Chapter 44 Chapter 44 It is not human to be a bit rogue just to find a partner...
"Sizzle--" When the vegetables were poured into the pot and started to stir-fry, Shen Shaoyuan walked into the kitchen. He washed his face with water, and asked Shen Moer while rubbing his face with a towel: "I just rode over here, and I seemed to see Fu Zhiqing running away from our house. He ran so fast, as if there were robbers chasing him. What's going on? Is there something urgent at the Zhiqing point?"
Shen Moer burst out laughing, thought for a moment, and picked out something unimportant to talk about first: "Fu Zhiqing sent a rooster over, it's alive, it's in the chicken coop, he said he wanted to replenish himself after the autumn harvest, it's inconvenient for Zhiqing to cook something."
"You and Zheng Zhiqing are going to have dinner at our house, right? They provide the meat and we provide the grain, so we are getting the better deal."
Fu Mingze and Zheng Jiamin had been helping out at his house for quite a while, and Shen Shaoyuan was quite familiar with them. He asked casually, "Are you going to do it tomorrow? Then can I bring something else when I come back from the commune?"
To sell meat, you need a meat ticket. Shen Shaoyuan thought about buying some pig offal that didn't require a ticket, and some liver tips. After all, it was a chicken, and they couldn't take advantage of it too much.
"You decide." Chen Moer flipped the spatula and quickly put the fried cowpea with bacon in the pot into a plate. Then she scooped water to wash the pot, added oil, and poured the beaten egg liquid into it.
Watching Shen Moer's skilled movements, Shen Shaoyuan felt a little sour in his heart. To be honest, his little Moer was a little princess who was more favored than those unfavored little princesses in Daliang. Now, in just a few months, she was already so skilled in doing housework.
Alas, the world is unpredictable!
Thinking of this, Shen Shaoyuan twisted the towel and said, “Xiao Moer, Dad has a happy event to tell you.”
Shen Moer looked back at her father and asked with a smile: "What's the matter?"
Shen Shaoyuan went out first to pour out the water in the enamel basin, came back to put the enamel basin away, stood next to Shen Moer, and said: "I will be a regular employee next month."
"Hey?!" Shen Moer's hands trembled, and she pushed the wild mushrooms on the chopping board into the pot, "Oh, I want to make scrambled eggs with spinach!"
Shen Shaoyuan didn't care at all: "Then let's have mushroom fried eggs and spinach soup."
Shen Moer smiled and said, “Okay.”
She flipped it over casually with a shovel, turned her head and looked at Shen Shaoyuan again: “Dad, you are so awesome!”
Shen Shaoyuan also laughed.
Shen Moer flipped the shovel a few times and said calmly: "Dad, I also want to tell you something. Well, it can be considered a happy event."
Shen Shaoyuan was surprised: “Oh?”
For Shen Moer, the biggest happy event recently should be that her two children won awards and can go to the provincial capital to compete. Shen Shaoyuan couldn't think of any other happy event for a while.
Shen Moer turned her head to look at her father and laughed mischievously: "Fu Zhiqing just said that he wanted to date me, and I agreed."
Shen Shaoyuan: “???”
Shen Shaoyuan: “!!!”
He was originally smiling, but his face darkened almost instantly, and he said angrily: "Is this a happy event?!"
Shen Moer smiled and said, "Aren't you still arranging for me to go on a blind date? Zhang Junliang is ordinary looking and has an unreasonable mother. The key is that he doesn't want to be a live-in son-in-law. From what I heard from Fu Zhiqing, he is willing to be a live-in son-in-law."
Shen Shaoyuan was speechless: "Is he willing to be a live-in son-in-law? He has no choice but to be a live-in son-in-law. He is so poor that he can't marry a wife and continue to live in the big bunk bed in the educated youth camp, right?! I have seen that this guy is not a warm-hearted person. He is busy running around to get us a bathroom. It is obvious that he has been planning something bad!"
Shen Moer laughed so hard that her body shook: "You also said that, people are busy running around."
Shen Shaoyuan said angrily: "I have seen it a long time ago. You are not dissatisfied with that damn Zhang Junliang. It is obvious that you have long been interested in that pretty boy Fu Mingze!"
Shen Moer did not deny it: "He is good-looking."
Shen Shaoyuan: "Can good looks be eaten?"
Shen Moer: “Looks like I can eat an extra bowl of rice.”
Shen Shaoyuan suddenly became even more angry: “Girls are extroverted!”
Shen Moer smiled and said, “I told him, if my father doesn’t agree, forget it.”
Shen Shaoyuan choked, and after a while, he sighed: "How can Dad not agree? The pretty boy is really good-looking, and he is also quite poor. He can be a live-in son-in-law, and he doesn't have parents around, and you don't have to suffer from your mother-in-law. It's... quite suitable."
I said the words "quite suitable" reluctantly, but it was indeed the fact. Moreover, if I were not so picky, there was nothing else to complain about Fu Xiaobailian except that he was a little poor.
Shen Shaoyuan thought about it, still a little angry, and said: "Send the chicken back to him!"
Shen Moer served up the wild mushroom scrambled eggs and started making spinach soup, and responded casually: “Well, send the chicken back to him, it will be sent in a while.”
Shen Shaoyuan glared at her for a long while, then sighed sadly: “Girls are extroverts.”
I also inexplicably felt that a stone that had been pressing on my heart seemed to have fallen to the ground.
Next month would be Xiao Moer's eighteenth birthday. There were very few girls of her age in Daliang who had not yet married. As for him, he was just relying on his status as the emperor's younger brother and his brother's love for Xiao Moer. He thought that even though he was older, there was no need to worry about not being able to find a suitable son-in-law in the whole Daliang.
I kept my daughter like this year after year.
Shen Shaoyuan regretted it when the rebels besieged the city. After changing to another world and living a little more stable, he had actually been thinking about this matter.
Now, the dust has settled.
Shen Moer glanced at his father and suddenly said, "Dad, Zhou Zhaodi's stepmother gave me trouble today."
"Hmm?" Shen Shaoyuan's attention was diverted. "That little girl who looks particularly skinny? Didn't she win the award? She's going to compete in the provincial competition. Her stepmother is still giving you trouble?"
Shen Moer told what happened today, and Shen Shaoyuan's face suddenly looked unhappy: "She bumped into our house, no, I have to go and teach her a lesson."
Shen Moer didn’t stop him, she just said, “Have dinner first, and go after you’re full.”
After finishing dinner and washing the dishes, Shen Shaoyuan fetched a basin of water, scrubbed his hands carefully, went back to the house to get something, and picked up a wooden stick at the door, then slowly went to the village.
Shen Moer smiled and followed behind.
When the father and daughter walked to the gate of Zhou's courtyard, Yang Da Niu was cursing inside: "…Who am I doing this for? I am doing this for this family! I can ask the production team for more work points, why don't I ask for them? And that Teacher Shen, there are two workers in her family, they have more money than they can spend, they have built a big house with blue bricks and tiles, and now she is counting on the little money loser to get results, what's wrong with me asking her for some money?! Pah, a family of cowards!"
Zhou Xiaoshuan's voice: "Keep your voice down! The team leader said that this is a collective matter. Besides, Zhaodi has been awarded a lot of work points. Forget it."
An unclear voice came from the inner room: "Listen to Mancang! How can he treat us Zhou badly? Don't make a fuss, just give birth to the baby peacefully..." It should be the old man of the Zhou family.
Yang Da Niu: "Since you are so concerned about your baby, why don't you go to the commune to buy malted milk and milk powder?! It's not that easy to raise a son. If he doesn't eat good food, why would he be willing to join your family?! You are a family of stingy cowards. No wonder the two brothers can't give birth to a son!"
Before he could finish his words, the gate was kicked open with a bang.
Yang Daniu was frightened and stood up immediately: "Who?!"
Shen Shaoyuan entered the yard, without saying a word, and went straight to the clothes rack. He kicked the rack over, and then knocked over the round winnowing basket with dried vegetables hanging next to it.
Zhou Xiaoshuan rushed over immediately: "Who!"
Shen Shaoyuan replied with great momentum: "Your ancestors!"
Yang Danniu came over right after him. Her eyesight was obviously better than Zhou Xiaoshuan's. She started cursing before she even got close to him: "Shen Laoqi, you bastard, why are you running to our house?!"
The thing in Shen Shaoyuan's hand suddenly moved upwards, and with a click, a bright light shone directly on Yang Danniu's face. Then he poked Yang Danniu with the stick in his other hand: "How dare you, a filthy thing, touch my daughter!"
As he spoke, he swung the stick to the side, knocking over a bamboo chicken coop nearby. The chickens that had been huddled in the coop in the dark let out shrill and sharp cries.
Yang Da Nv and Zhou Xiaoshuan were blinded by the light of the flashlight and remained silent for a long time before they reacted.
"Seventh Brother, what are you doing?" This is Zhou Xiaoshuan, a coward who only bullies the weak and fears the strong.
"Shen Laoqi, I'm going to fight you!" Yang Da Nv held her waist and wanted to rush forward, but was illuminated by Shen Shaoyuan's flashlight again. Just when she hesitated for a moment, Shen Shaoyuan swung a stick at the shelf next to her that was already upside down. The shelf made a crisp snap, and Yang Da Nv was so scared that she almost jumped up.
"Seventh Brother, she is pregnant!" Zhou Xiaoshuan shouted in fear.
Shen Shaoyuan sneered: "She is pregnant with your Zhou family's child, not my Shen family's child. If she dares to come over, I will beat her. If the child is lost, it is her own fault. At most, I will compensate your family for a few dollars of nutrition expenses. Don't worry, I can take out this money now."
Yang Danniu didn't dare to move at all.
She dared to jump like that just because she was pregnant and others didn't dare to touch her. This trick really worked. Now Zhou Xiaoshuan and his son dared not say anything against her.
But looking at Shen Shaoyuan's appearance, Yang Danniu felt that he seemed to really dare.
When he was asking for money from Shen Lao Da and Shen Lao Er, didn't he say he would take a rope to hang the person? People in the village said behind his back that Shen Shaoyuan was driven crazy by the fact that Shen Moer almost starved to death.
You know what, it really looks like he's a bit crazy and isn't afraid of anything.
Yang Da Nv is greedy for money, but no matter how greedy she is, she dare not embezzle the child's nutrition expenses. She is counting on the child in her belly to gain a foothold and power in the Zhou family.
"If you dare to make my daughter unhappy again, I will beat you to death."
Shen Shaoyuan stared at Yang Danniu for a few seconds, kicked away the debris on the ground, stepped on the scattered clothes and walked out of the Zhou family's yard.
It was not until she could no longer see Shen Shaoyuan that Yang Danniu howled like a child: "Zhou Xiaoshuan, you coward, you just watch your wife being bullied like this, I won't live anymore I——"
Shen Moer was standing under the tree outside the Zhou family's courtyard. Seeing her father coming out with a flashlight and a stick, accompanied by the shrill wailing in the yard, she couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Dad, you're acting like a bully who bullies men and women."
Shen Shaoyuan said dimly, "You really guessed it right. One year I ran into Concubine Cao's dandy nephew in Qinghefang. That boy asked his servants to smash other people's stalls in the same way. I just imitated him."
After a pause, he added: "Don't worry, she won't dare to trouble you again in the future."
Shen Moer smiled and said, "Of course, my father is so amazing. Let me get the flashlight. It doesn't need candles or fire, but it's so bright. This thing is really interesting. Section Chief Xu is really a good person. He even gave you these things."
She was originally standing at the door, thinking that if her father couldn't deal with the Zhou couple alone, she would rush in to help, but she soon found that it was not necessary. The moment her father turned on the flashlight, Yang Danniu and Zhou Xiaoshuan were shocked.
A flashlight costs five or six yuan, and you also need industrial coupons, which not many families in Yangliu Brigade can afford.
This makes her father's later statement that it is not impossible to come up with the few dollars for nutrition fees particularly convincing.
As expected of someone who has known how to fool the prince's brother since childhood, his acting skills are amazing.
The next morning, the news that Shen Shaoyuan had gone to smash Zhou Xiaoshuan's house spread throughout the village. During the break, Shen Lingling rarely showed any sarcasm, but just asked with a complicated expression: "Shen Moer, I heard that your family has a flashlight?"
She doesn't have one at home yet.
Strictly speaking, there are probably only one or two families in the village that have it. Of course, people don't take it out on a regular basis, as replacing the battery is expensive.
Shen Moer said casually: “That’s the office tool that the factory gave my father. Sometimes he needs a flashlight to shine on him when he works overtime, and he can also shine on his way home late at night.”
When Shen Lingling heard that it was provided by the factory, she immediately felt a lot more relieved. Although both her father and daughter were now paid salaries and their lives would not be too bad in the future, Shen Lingling really couldn't accept that things would suddenly become so good that they could even buy a flashlight.
It is normal for the factory to distribute it. It is similar to the labor protection gloves distributed by the factory.
Cheng Tao, who was listening nearby, laughed and said, "Uncle Shen Qi is really capable. The workers in other factories are only given some labor protection gloves or something, but he even gave them flashlights. That's amazing!"
Shen Lingling felt upset when she heard this. She stood up and left. When she reached the classroom door, she ran into a few middle-aged women who were sending their grandchildren to talk about this matter. She pretended to be casual and said, "The flashlight was not bought. Their family has no money to buy it. It was provided by the kiln factory. It can be used when working overtime and can't see."
Several middle-aged women suddenly realized what was going on and said, "This is really great. Shen Laoqi is really capable. The factory even gave him a flashlight. Wow, he got a flashlight for free. This is really great."
Shen Lingling: “…”
Is this the point? The point is that their family has no money, no money!
Shen Moer didn't know what Shen Lingling was thinking. She called Zhou Zhaodi to the office early in the morning and asked her a few questions. She was mainly afraid that after Yang Danniu was provoked by her father, she would not dare to cause trouble for them and would vent her anger on Zhou Zhaodi.
Zhou Zhaodi shook her head: "Maomao taught me. Whenever she scolded me, I would run outside the courtyard gate and cry. When she wanted to hit me, I would run too. She didn't dare to walk fast and couldn't catch up with me."
This little girl is now with Chen Maomao all day long, and she looks a lot braver. Shen Moer rubbed her head and said, "If there is anything, tell the teacher. If the teacher can't help, your seventh uncle will help us vent our anger."
Zhou Zhaodi nodded with bright eyes.
She was not in the yard last night, hiding in the kitchen and watching secretly. Uncle Shen Qi was really powerful. Although he smashed her things, Zhou Zhaodi felt that it was because her stepmother first caused trouble for Teacher Shen that Uncle Shen Qi did this. She did not think that Uncle Shen Qi did anything wrong.
On the contrary, she actually envied Teacher Shen. Teacher Shen was also a girl, but no one said that she was a money-loser. Whenever she was wronged, her father would support her.
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In the evening, Chen Moer sent Zhou Zhaodi home and stood outside the door for a while. She heard Yang Danniu cursing Zhou Zhaodi for being an ungrateful bastard and urging her to work. She did not do anything, so she took Maomao's hand and walked away.
"If there is a stepmother, there must be a stepfather. Zhou Zhaodi's stepmother is really bad, and her father is also really bad." Classmate Chen Maomao said in a condescending manner, then raised his head, opened his clear and stupid big eyes, and asked naively, "Sister Moer, can you ask the team leader to change Zhou Zhaodi's parents?"
Shen Moer laughed: "Who do you want to exchange with?"
She teased the kid: "Switch with you? Let Zhou Zhaodi go to your house and you go to Zhou Zhaodi's house. What if her stepmother beats you?" Maomao sighed: "I'm not afraid of her stepmother beating me. If she beats me, I can run away and she can't catch me. It's just that she swears all day long and I can't stand it."
“Comrade Shen Moer!”
Fu Mingze came over from another intersection and stopped at an arm's length away from Shen Moer. He lowered his eyes to look at her, then glanced at Maomao who was staring at him curiously, and asked, "Where's Zhou Zhaodi? Did she go home?"
Shen Moer: “Yeah, I just sent it back to her.”
Fu Mingze asked: "Her stepmother didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"
"We sent Zhou Zhaodi to the door and left. Her stepmother was scolding her in the yard, calling her an ungrateful person and asking her to wash clothes. Her stepmother is so bad and her father doesn't help her either. If there is a stepmother, there must be a stepfather!" Maomao interrupted with his little mouth.
Fu Mingze looked at him and said, "Okay, then we'll take you home now."
As a result, classmate Chen Maomao rolled his eyes, snorted, and said, "If you want to date, I won't be with you." After that, he ran towards his home.
The naughty kid chased chickens and dogs in the village all day long, so he didn't need anyone to send him home.
After a moment of silence, Fu Mingze chuckled softly.
This little brat is quite smart.
Shen Moer glanced at him, said nothing, and walked forward.
They were still in the village. Fu Mingze did not chase after them. He followed slowly and looked at his object from afar. Well, no, it was the back of his future object.
It was not until Shen Moer walked near the brigade headquarters that Fu Mingze quickly chased after her and followed Shen Moer into the yard. Without even waiting for Shen Moer to lift her feet, he very consciously kicked a stone against the door. When Shen Moer saw this, she couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing her smile, Fu Mingze secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'll go get some hot water first, and then I'll kill the chicken when the water is ready."
No wonder he came here so early, he came here voluntarily to help.
Shen Moer didn't say that she wouldn't let him help. She had decided to date him, so she had to let him help with the housework. Even after they got married, they would at least share the chores.
When Fu Mingze went to fetch water, Shen Moer went into the house and took some dried wild mushrooms. After thinking for a while, she took some angelica and codonopsis, cut a piece of clean linen, wrapped it together with the star anise, and tied it into a small pouch with silk thread.
Fu Mingze quickly fetched water, poured the water into the pot and covered it with a lid. Then he sat behind the stove and started to light a fire.
He looked unskilled in lighting the fire, so Shen Moer asked curiously, "Don't you take turns cooking at the Youth League?"
Fu Mingze looked at her and said, "Those who can't cook will be responsible for chopping wood and fetching water."
I see. Fu Zhiqing should be the one responsible for chopping wood and fetching water.
Fu Zhiqing was not very skilled at lighting a fire, but he was very skilled at burning it. The fire burned very vigorously and smoke soon came out of the pot. Shen Moer took a bowl, put the wild mushrooms in it, scooped a spoonful of boiling water from the pot, and poured it on the mushrooms.
Fu Mingze cleared the firewood from the stove and stuffed it into the ashes underneath. He stood up and said, "I'm going to kill the chicken."
Shen Moer glanced at him and asked, "Can you kill a chicken?"
Fu Mingze was slightly stunned and said, "I have never killed one before, but I have asked someone for advice."
Shen Moer was amused by him: “Who did you ask for advice?”
Fu Mingze: "I asked Aunt Cai, and she said... as long as you are quick, ruthless and accurate, just cut the neck once and it will be fine."
Shen Moer: "...Let me do it."
Shen Moer didn't have much experience in killing domestic chickens, but fortunately she had rich experience in dealing with pheasants and rabbits. With her steady hands and accurate knife, she cut the chicken's neck with one stroke, just as Fu Mingze said.
The killed chicken was thrown into an enamel basin filled with hot water. After soaking in hot water, the chicken feathers were easy to pluck. Two people sat on a small stool, each facing each other, and began to pluck the feathers.
The enamel basin was not big, so the two people sitting opposite each other across the enamel basin were naturally not far apart. Shen Moer moved slightly and touched his knee. She suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and moved again, but ended up bumping into his other knee.
“…”
This guy's legs are too long and really take up space.
Shen Moer raised her head and wanted to get up and pull the stool, but Fu Mingze was also looking up at her. They were close to begin with, and now their heads were bumping against each other.
The warm breath hit her face, feeling a little itchy. Shen Moer suddenly felt her breathing become a little disordered, and her heartbeat became faster and faster. She subconsciously leaned back slightly and stood up.
Almost at the same time, a wet hand grabbed her.
The fingertips with a thin layer of calluses unconsciously rubbed her wrist. Shen Moer's face suddenly became hot and she turned her head to glare at Fu Mingze: "What are you doing?"
Fu Mingze held her hand tightly, staring at Shen Moer with his dark and deep eyes. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Have you told your father?"
Shen Moer: "What if I said it, what if I didn't say it? Let go first!"
Fu Mingze: “No.”
He said like a scoundrel: “I told you that you are my partner, but I didn’t tell you that you are also my partner. I will tell Uncle Shen Qi in person later.”
Shen Moer was almost irritated by him and laughed: "Why are you being a rogue?"
"Yeah." Fu Mingze nodded and said seriously, "Isn't it human nature to be a bit rogue in order to find a partner?"
So you are quite glorious?
Shen Moer stared at Fu Mingze for a few seconds and thought to herself that this guy usually looks good with a cold face, but now that he is acting like a rogue, why does he seem to look even better?
How could she continue to argue with him?
"I have already told you that."
Shen Moer said helplessly.
As a result, this person suddenly stood up. Shen Moer felt the light in front of her eyes dim, and she was kissed lightly on the face.
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