Chapter 19: The most pleasing to the eye It
was almost noon, and Chen Dagang, Chen Xiangbei and others just came back for lunch.
When I walked to the door, I just saw Liu Mei protecting her head with her hands and running away in panic.
Several people were stunned. Usually, although Chen Dagang and his second brother's family were not very close, they at least lived in harmony.
How come when I went out to pick melons, my family was in chaos and there was a fight to the death?
Liu Mei had already run away. Chen Dagang snatched the broom from his wife's hand and asked in confusion:
"What's going on? Why are the two sisters-in-law fighting each other?"
"I'm so angry with her!" Li Jinju patted her chest, "Don't let her come to our house again. She just wants to break up Xiao Liang and Xiang Bei, and then sell Xiang Bei!"
After saying that, Li Jinju sat back in the main room and told her husband and daughter what had happened in detail.
At this time, Chen Xiangbei's two brothers had just come back from selling a batch of watermelons. They drank a bucket of water and sat on the stools to listen to their mother.
Liang Ziqiang quickly took out two more packs of Daqianmen and handed one pack to each of them.
The two actually had some complaints about Liang Ziqiang not paying the betrothal gift to marry Xiang Bei for such a long time. Moreover, they were not as mature as Chen Dagang and his wife, and they did not show their slight concerns. The two brothers showed everything directly on their faces.
At this moment, both of them had gloomy faces and took the cigarettes handed to them by Liang Ziqiang.
Fortunately, Li Jinju spoke in considerable detail, including the original words that Liang Ziqiang used to express his sincerity, and she spilled the beans all at once.
Hearing that Liang Ziqiang had been working hard to save up the dowry for more than a year, the Chen father and son looked better.
Finally, after hearing that the nephew that Liu Mei had been trying so hard to introduce was actually someone who could be shot at any time, Chen Dagang threw his cigarette butt heavily to the ground and said angrily: "Well done! If I had known that she was so vicious, I would have grabbed a broom instead of the one I stole, and I should have taken another one to fight with you!"
Liang Ziqiang quietly glanced at Chen Xiangbei, but saw that she was busy running back and forth between the kitchen and the main room, serving dishes and rice. He didn't know whether she heard the whole process her mother described.
Chen Dagang turned his head and looked at Liang Ziqiang again, and said in a deep voice:
"Xiao Liang, you said you cherish Xiang Bei, I also hope that this is your true words, and not just said it casually to refute Liu Mei!"
Liang Ziqiang nodded and said solemnly, "Dad, this is the truth. For more than a year, I have always thought this way, and in fact, this is how I have been preparing."
Chen Xiangbei's eldest brother glared at Liang Ziqiang and said:
"It's better this way. We can wait and see until you marry my sister in style. If you dare to use sweet words to deceive people and pretend to be perfunctory, I will beat you up!"
The second brother also said: "We are not as easy to talk to as my parents. If you dare to let Xiang Bei down, I will not lose to my brother in beating people!"
Liang Ziqiang forced a smile and reiterated that he would definitely do what he said.
To be honest, he was really a little scared of these two uncles.
It's not that he couldn't beat him. In terms of fighting, although the other party was not short, he was definitely no match for him.
The key point is that in his previous life, he was wandering around and working as a laborer, and Chen Xiangbei also suffered a lot. Although his father-in-law and mother-in-law felt sorry for their daughter's fate, they also knew the reason and did not resent Liang Ziqiang.
The two uncles didn't care about all this and were always extremely angry. They wanted to beat people up several times in the past forty years.
When Chen Xiangbei passed away, her two elderly uncles beat up Liang Ziqiang, who was also elderly. Liang Ziqiang lay there like a dead fish, motionless, as if only a body was left and his soul had flown away with Chen Xiangbei.
Now, having received Liang Ziqiang's solemn promise, the eldest and second brothers of the Chen family said nothing more. At this time, the mother-in-law was already urging everyone to eat.
Liang Ziqiang knew that the purpose of his visit to Chen Xiangbei's house this time had basically been achieved.
On the way here, he was thinking that he owed his father-in-law's family an explanation for not paying the bride price yet.
Unexpectedly, Liu Mei inadvertently created an opportunity for him to speak out so many of his true feelings in one breath, and also explained clearly that he was not deliberately dragging his feet for more than a year, but was working hard to prepare.
In this way, Chen Xiangbei no longer has to endure so much resistance and pressure in order to insist on marrying him like in her previous life!
Soon the family sat down around the big table, and the aroma of food was already filling the air.
Chen's mother braised the yellow croaker and cooked the red shrimp with garlic flavor.
I have to say that my future mother-in-law’s cooking skills are first-rate. Although the dishes are simple, they are all delicious and appetizing.
After eating a few bites, Liang Ziqiang had to secretly admit that this cooking skill was better than his mother's.
Of course, the fish and shrimp were all brought by Liang Ziqiang using seawater, so they are very fresh, which also ensures the delicious taste to a large extent.
No one said a word during the meal. Obviously, everyone tacitly believed that enjoying the delicious food was more important than anything else.
The most active one is the rhubarb under the table. It is busy shuttling between different family members, dreaming of getting lucky and having a shrimp or half a fish slip into someone's mouth.
All the watermelons and cantaloupes in the field have been picked. In the afternoon, the two elder brothers went out to sell the watermelons, while the rest of the Chen family went to the orchard on the mountain to pick their own fruits.
Liang Ziqiang of course chose to help pick the fruit. He would still have time to return to Pomfret Village in the evening, and he could also help the Chen family with work for half a day.
The Chen family contracted an orchard at the foot of the mountain and another at the mountainside, which together covered a considerable area. In the orchard, there were many different fruit trees, which was a feast for the eyes for Liang Ziqiang.
Lychees are purple-red with yellow skin, longans are brown-yellow, starfruits are yellow-green, mangoes are golden yellow, and bunches of mulberries are purple to black, hanging in the afternoon sun.
August here is completely different from August at the seaside of Pomwang Village. In the sea, there are unknown seafood hidden under the waves, but here, the fruits above your head are so abundant that they are eager to grow into your mouth.
Liang Ziqiang was familiar with the smell of every kind of fruit, but when it was mixed with the wind from the orchard, he couldn't tell what the smell was.
Now that I think about it, the pleasant scent I smelled on Chen Xiangbei this morning was the mixed scent of these fruits.
Chen Xiangbei's movements were very skillful. She tilted her neck and stretched her arms. She pressed the branch lightly with her left hand, and plucked a carambola with her right hand and put it into the fruit basket in her arms.
Liang Ziqiang's memory is filled with too many images of her working, most of which are scenes of her following him outside to do rough and tiring work.
To the point that he even forgot that when she was a girl, she once picked fruits in the garden. Even when she was working, her whole body exuded two words: pleasing to the eyes.
It is a kind of silent sexiness, very attractive but not ostentatious.
Some branches were too high, and although she was not short, she still couldn't reach them. Fortunately, she had moved a stool to the orchard in advance, so she stood on the stool, tiptoed slightly, and stretched her arms upwards.
The curves of the entire body are outlined in the spots of light.
Normally, she doesn't show her true colors, but at this moment, she ignores the cover of her loose clothes and displays the pride of her youth.
Liang Ziqiang immediately saluted her silently.
This is more than just pleasing to the eyes. It's already making people eager to try it.
He couldn't help but think of a word he often saw when watching short videos in his previous life.
Pure and lustful, isn't this what my wife-to-be looks like now? I am grateful for the recommendation votes, monthly votes, and wonderful reviews from book friends "Flourishing Memories", tail number 888, tail number 187, and tail number 1245. Your affirmation will be the biggest motivation for me to work hard! Keep asking for votes and reading the latest chapters.
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