Chapter 49 What a pity!
The next day, there was indeed no sound of roosters crowing on the farm, and it was quiet all around, but Qi Huaijing woke up early.
He had a dream. He dreamed of a top scholar who had passed the imperial examination and was in high spirits. He was dressed in red and decorated with colorful ribbons, wearing flowers in his hair and riding a horse. He came to the door of the Shen family and asked to marry his sweetheart.
Uncle Shen smiled from ear to ear and agreed without saying a word.
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When he woke up, his heart was still pounding, but luckily it was dark and Chen Tang was sleeping soundly in his arms, so he felt relieved.
Fortunately, fortunately I have married her.
After getting up, Chen Tang saw that he was depressed and couldn't eat well. He asked him what was wrong, but he just said nothing happened.
He was in a bad mood the whole morning, but Shen Tang was in a very good mood. He changed into a robe and excitedly took him out for a stroll.
She looked at the vast fields covered with wild grass, the men using wooden wheelbarrows to transport bricks and stones for building houses, the women picking up fallen beans and peanuts in the fields, the children chasing chickens and dogs...everything seemed new and lovely.
Country people don't have so many etiquette rules. During the busy farming season, young girls and wives have to go to the fields to work. They can wear whatever robes or skirts are convenient. If they are older and don't care about details, they can't even tell the gender of a person from three meters away. Everyone is used to it.
When passing by another village by chance, a few women who were picking peanuts were sitting on the ground to rest. When they saw Chen Tang coming over to ask about the harvest, they made room for her and chatted with her for a long time.
Chen Tang has always been a sweet-talker, so the women liked her very much after talking to her for a while. Seeing that they were getting along well, they even invited her to try the wild vegetable dumplings they had steamed themselves.
Chen Tang thanked him, took it and took a bite. He found it sweet and delicious, with a unique wild flavor. He ate it with relish and broke off half of it and handed it to Qi Huaijing.
"Do you want to try it? It's delicious!"
Qi Huaijing refused to eat it.
Chen Tang did not force him, and handed it to Hua Ping, and asked her to take out the snacks she brought from home and share them with everyone.
The ladies saw that Qi Huaijing was quite handsome, but he just stood there frowning and dazed, looking unhappy. When they saw that he was not as easy to talk to as Chen Tang, they asked her quietly.
"Girl, did this young man come with you? He seems to be in a bad mood."
Chen Tang glanced at Qi Huaijing who was standing with his hands behind his back, gazing into the distance, and also lowered his voice.
"He is my brother. He was spoiled by my mother since he was a child. He always kills chickens and scolds dogs. He looks a bit bad-tempered, but he is actually a very good person."
"Oh, you two don't look much alike... How old is your brother? Is he married?"
Chen Tang pursed his lips and smiled: "He is almost twenty years old. I heard that he wants to marry his cousin from my aunt's family."
"Oh, it's a good marriage, because you know each other well. If you marry a girl you don't know, she will be scared with such a bad temper."
Another woman interrupted and said, "That's right. You can't marry a man with a bad temper. He will hit you if you say something wrong, no matter how handsome he is!"
Chen Tang agreed with a smile: "Who said it wasn't!"
Another woman asked her loudly across the crowd, "What about you, girl? How old are you this year? Are you married?"
Chen Tang had just taken a bite of the vegetable dumpling and had no time to answer when Qi Huaijing heard what she said, turned around, walked over, sat next to her, and answered loudly.
"She's already married."
The ladies looked at Chen Tang, who was fair, pretty and easy to talk to, and they had long thought of their unmarried nephews and nephews. When they heard that she was engaged, they all sighed.
"Oh, what a pity, what a pity!"
"That's right, what a nice girl!"
"That's not..."
Qi Huaijing couldn't help but feel touched when he saw these village women shaking their heads and sighing at him and his wife, and his heart tightened.
...Who said it's a pity!
...What a pity!
We are clearly a perfect match, can anyone tell me... why is it such a pity!
I really want to have a big fight with them!
Seeing that his face was getting worse, everyone dared not pay attention to him and just chatted and laughed with Chen Tang. When she finished chatting and stood up to say goodbye with a smile, everyone was reluctant to let her go and chased her to stuff a handful of peanuts into her mouth, asking the girl to take them with her on the way.
Chen Tang accepted the peanuts with a smile, and waved goodbye to everyone after getting on the bus.
Qi Huaijing was not as happy as she was. He was depressed all the way and couldn't let go of the matter.
After thinking for a long time, he took advantage of Chen Tang chatting with someone on the roadside and quietly called Hua Ping over. He also asked her, as if chatting with her, how she felt about the Qi family these days, whether there was anything that was not going well, and whether she got along well with everyone...
After chatting about this and that for half a day, we finally got to the point.
"What about your young lady? Did she ever say... anything was not going well?"
He felt guilty and was always afraid that he had let her down.
Huaping thought for a while and felt that the Qi family was wealthy and comfortable, and the Third Master was considerate and caring towards his young lady, so the young lady should not have any dissatisfaction.
More than just consideration and care, she often suspected that the Third Master killed someone and hid the body in his previous life and was seen by the young lady, which was why he was so obedient in this life.
"No! The young lady always praises the Third Master, saying that he is considerate and attentive, and... and... a little like the Madam."
Qi Huaijing had just felt a little relieved, but when he heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but frowning again.
"...Like my wife? My mother?"
Huaping nodded.
When Qi Huaijing heard this, he originally thought it meant that he and Madam Yue looked alike, but when he thought about it more carefully, it was clearly talking about their temperaments.
Where...when...why does it feel like my mother's death!
His mother is so nagging and noisy, always... worried about this and that, always wanting to control him.
As Qi Huaijing thought about it, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. This... really is a bit similar.
Because of this, when Chen Tang lifted the curtain and asked Qi Huaijing to teach him how to ride a horse, he gritted his teeth and held back his worries, and only said one word.
"good."
Chen Tang didn't expect that he would agree so readily.
It was not until Chen Tang sat on the horse's back and asked him to hand over the reins to him that Qi Huaijing looked at her soft waist and then at the tall horse's back, and couldn't help but give her some advice.
"Do you really want to learn? I usually take you for a ride, and you always take the car to and from home, so there's really no need to learn."
Shen Tang shook his head decisively.
"I rarely have the opportunity to be outside, and when I get home, I have to behave myself. How can I act wild like this?"
She turned around, smiled, and added.
"Besides, it's rare to meet a good master like you who can ride a horse. It would be a pity if I don't learn from you."
Qi Huaijing's heart was moved when he heard this, but it was not because of her sweet praise.
He was born pampered, and no matter what he wanted to learn, the old man of the Yue family could always find the best master to teach him.
Living in such a pedantic family and without a mother, Chen Tang could only look for opportunities to learn to read, write, play chess, observe people's expressions, and guess people's hearts.
Since marrying into the Qi family, she has been looking for opportunities to learn accounting, housekeeping, and horse riding.
She often said that it is always good to have many skills and success will come naturally.
She did a lot of work when no one was around.
"Okay, then let's learn slowly."
Chen Tang nodded and smiled when he finally agreed.
Qi Huaijing first taught her how to control the reins, explaining it in detail. She followed his instructions and gently hit the horse, and the horse really walked steadily.
Qi Huaijing couldn't help but praise her.
"Very good, Chen Tang, you have learned very well!"
Chen Tang was feeling proud and imitated his tone.
"Very good, Huaijing, you teach very well."
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