Chapter 71 Good things are coming (4700 words)
"Xiangbei, do you remember what I told you in the orchard more than ten days ago?" Liang Ziqiang turned around and asked her as they walked side by side with Chen Xiangbei on the road.
"Which one? You seem to have said a lot."
"I said at the time that I would be ready to marry you in a few months, and I would definitely bring you home within this year."
"Did you say that? I don't remember! Hehe..."
Probably because she had a lot of fun at the beach today, Chen Xiangbei was acting mischievously, contrary to her usual behavior, and even winked twice playfully when answering him.
"Sad! If you can forget this, then I won't say anything more." Liang Ziqiang also joked with her, deliberately frowning and looking heartbroken.
"Go ahead, go ahead. Maybe if you say it again, I'll remember it."
Chen Xiangbei took the initiative to pull up his sleeves.
"So what did I say? I think things can be sped up a little. No need to wait for several months, just within these ten days, let's see if we can choose a better day, and then I will bring the betrothal gifts and formally go to your house to propose marriage!"
"Ah?" Chen Xiangbei's first reaction was that it was quite sudden. "How come it suddenly took more than ten days?"
"If you leave good things on the shelf without taking them, you're afraid that others will miss them!"
"You are the real deal!" Chen Xiangbei rolled her eyes at him, not knowing whether she was surprised or happy. "Don't worry, there are some things that others can't take away!"
"Then you have to get started quickly. The sooner you use it, the sooner you can earn money!"
"you……"
"It hurts, it hurts, I didn't say anything wrong!"
Liang Ziqiang rubbed the small piece of skin on the back of his hand that had been twisted red by her just now, and his expression became serious:
"It's like this. I went to the city yesterday to sell a batch of seafood. Guess how much money I got?"
"How much, a dozen or so? Not a few dozen, right?"
"You said it was too little, it was more than 400!"
"Four hundred...more? Just for one batch of goods?" Chen Xiangbei was really shocked this time.
"Yes, I won't go into details, but I've been lucky lately. My dad has taken the money to the county shipyard to buy a new ship. Now it's not just about the new ship, we've also saved enough money for our relationship. Oh, I mean the proposal, as for the wedding, anyway, I'll earn more money next time, and I'm sure I'll make enough money soon!"
"Can I earn so much next time? Is fishing really so profitable now?" Chen Xiangbei was still shocked by the loss of more than 400 yuan.
"I don't know about other people's fishing, but my next step shouldn't be a big problem! I'm not telling you to stop thinking about this. I want to tell you that in the next ten days, I'll choose a more festive day and go to your house to propose marriage!"
"Celebratory? How would I know which day is festive?" Chen Xiangbei felt disturbed by this sudden news. Her mind was a little confused and she had to think about it carefully.
"What day is today?" she asked after thinking for a while.
"August 28, the 20th day of the seventh lunar month." Liang Ziqiang always remembered the most recent date clearly.
"July 20th, what special festive days can there be after that? There probably won't be any in the next ten days. Oh, by the way, in the next twenty days or so, there will be a day that is so festive that it can't be any more festive!" Chen Xiangbei's eyes lit up, "How about you postpone it?"
"What day?"
"The fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival! It's a day for family reunion, isn't it a good day?" Chen Xiangbei reminded.
"It seems so. How could I forget that Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon? Then let's do as you say. I'll pick up the goods from your house on the Mid-Autumn Festival after the 25th!"
Liang Ziqiang didn't quite understand it, but intuitively, he felt that the 15th of August that she mentioned seemed to be a good choice.
"You keep talking nonsense!"
Liang Ziqiang's back of the hand was hit again, neither lightly nor heavily.
Everything was agreed upon and people had already arrived at the vegetable garden.
Looking at the green and juicy cucumbers on the rack, I quickly picked a few and threw them into the basket, then pulled a few lettuces, and thus completed the task my mother had assigned me.
"Just picking vegetables, why do you take so long?" Liang's mother was already waiting for his vegetables.
Liang Ziqiang put the vegetables in the kitchen, then approached his mother and said:
"Mom, let me tell you something. I plan to propose marriage in advance and do it soon."
Liang's mother was busy and stopped, thinking:
"That's as it should be. I didn't save enough money before, but now I have enough money. It's time to move forward, propose marriage earlier, and get married earlier."
"Yes. Isn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival in just over 20 days? I want to go to her house on that day, what do you think?"
Unexpectedly, when my mother heard this, she was silent for a moment: "Why do you have to choose Mid-Autumn Festival when there are so many good days?"
"Why? Isn't the Mid-Autumn Festival just right?" Liang Ziqiang wondered.
"What do you mean just in time? Mid-Autumn Festival is when Chang'e flies to the moon and she flies away, right? Whether it's proposing a marriage or getting married, we avoid the Mid-Autumn Festival here! You, on purpose, chose this day!"
Liang's mother couldn't help but scold Liang Ziqiang.
Chen Xiangbei happened to walk into the kitchen at this time. When she heard this conversation, she was immediately embarrassed.
She was the first to propose the Mid-Autumn Festival, but I didn't expect there were so many rules behind it. Chang'e flew away, which is really not right...
"Proposing marriage and choosing a date for marriage are not that casual. You can't just pick a date. Wait for your father to come back and ask him to find someone in the village to look at the almanac and choose a truly auspicious day for you, then go propose marriage!"
Liang's mother finally suggested.
Liang Ziqiang didn't say anything else. It seemed that the Mid-Autumn Festival was indeed not suitable, but it should not be difficult to choose a good day in the next ten or twenty days.
My mother said she would find someone to choose the date, so let my father do it. It is okay to listen to the elders' opinions on this matter.
Liang Ziqiang walked out of the kitchen, and Chen Xiangbei went into the kitchen to help Liang's mother.
After a while of busy work, the aroma of food wafted out from the kitchen. After a while, it would be time for lunch.
The most eye-catching thing is the bowl of spotted pig fish, which is the main source of the fragrance.
During the meal, Liang's mother was afraid that Chen Xiangbei would be polite, so she kept putting spotted fish into her bowl.
Lizhi, Xiaohai and the others were naturally not idle either, and their hands were working very quickly.
In the blink of an eye, only the skeletons of the two "powerful singers" were left...
There were quite a lot of shaved tongues, plenty of them. Not only could you scoop out a lot of them in the soup, but there was still half a pot left in the pot.
Not long after lunch, Chen Xiangbei suggested going back to Huagu Village.
Lizhi was naturally unwilling, and once again displayed her "ambition" and hugged Chen Xiangbei tightly:
"Don't go back today, sister-in-law. We have a bed at home! My bed is empty. You can sleep with me. When you marry me, you can sleep with me every day!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole family rolled their eyes at Liang Lizhi.
Especially Liang Ziqiang, he even had an idea to throw this girl away and never want her again.
Lest he keep her at home and ruin his happiness for the rest of his life...
Chen Xiangbei also laughed and touched Lizhi's cheek:
"Okay, I won't hug you anymore. How about you come with me and go to my house to play today?"
Lizhi cheered and prepared to run out. If Liang's mother hadn't held him back, they would have been in Huagu Village in half an hour.
"I send you!"
Liang Ziqiang had already picked up the big fruit basket.
The basket was originally the one that Chen Xiangbei had specially sent this morning for fruit. Now that the fruit had been cleared out, Liang Ziqiang put the Fuqiang flour he had bought from the department store in it, as well as the bag of White Rabbit milk candy and a bag of brown sugar.
As for the cigarettes and alcohol I bought at the department store last time, they were to be used when the bride came to propose, so they were not put in the basket.
Chen Xiangbei walked in front, Liang Ziqiang followed behind. As they walked, they walked side by side.
As they walked further on the quiet path, Liang Ziqiang's hand came over and gently held her hand.
"Oh!" Chen Xiangbei was embarrassed and her face turned red instantly, "Don't hold my hand, it will be so embarrassing if someone sees us!"
He had just escaped for a few seconds when he was caught again.
"Don't worry, there aren't many people on this road!"
"That won't work either, Da Huang is watching!"
"Da Huang is a good dog, he won't chew his tongue!"
"you……"
Chen Xiangbei looked left and right guiltily, and finally succumbed to fate, letting him hold her hand and slowly walk forward.
Seeing that she really didn't meet anyone along the way, Chen Xiangbei felt a little relieved and her face was not so red anymore.
"My mom asked me to bring some fruit over because she saw you came back empty-handed last time. And now you've filled the basket again!"
She glanced at the things in the basket and asked, "Where did all these things come from?"
"Not many. I bought these yesterday when I went to the city to sell goods. You have to eat Fuqiang noodles anyway. I bought that bag of White Rabbit especially for you. It's very sweet. You'll know when you go back and try it!"
"White Rabbit? When I was in school, there was a classmate whose family lived in the town. Maybe her family had some money. I heard her praise White Rabbit to the sky, saying that this kind of milk candy is the most delicious!"
The bag of milk candy was blocked by the Fuqiang flour in the basket. Chen Xiangbei only saw it after a careful glance and was instantly attracted to it.
"Has she ever given it to your classmates to eat?"
"How is that possible? Who is so generous? She said the candy was so expensive that she couldn't bear to share it even once."
"She's really mean. She seduced you and didn't let you taste it." Liang Ziqiang put down the basket. "Do you want to taste it now?"
"Oh, don't! It's such a big bag, you should leave it at home for Lizhi and Xiaohai to eat!"
Seeing Liang Ziqiang taking the bag of candy from the basket and tearing it apart, she tried to stop him.
But Liang Ziqiang had already torn it open: "We have some at home. I bought three bags, one for Lizhi and one for Xiaohai. Now they are both hidden under their pillows!"
"You must have spent a lot of money to buy so many, right?"
"Don't worry about it. I'll still have money to buy you candy later."
Liang Ziqiang had already swiftly taken one out of the bag and quickly peeled it open, revealing the milky white candy inside, which exuded a milky aroma.
He pinched the candy wrapper with his hand and put it to Chen Xiangbei's mouth.
Chen Xiangbei couldn't resist the aroma anymore and quickly took a small bite of his finger.
Her eyes quickly curved into crescents, and her dimples became more obvious. She said, "It's so sweet, completely different from the sweetness of fruit! You should try it too!"
Looking at her like this, Liang Ziqiang felt a little dazed.
The reaction was exactly the same as when she first ate it in her previous life! At that time, she also smiled with dimples on her face, and then pushed the candy to his mouth and said, "You eat it!"
The only difference was that in her last life she clicked her tongue a few times and leaned into his arms.
After all, they had been married for several years at that time, and it was no longer like what was happening now, where she would blush for a long time when I said a few flirting words to her, and would blush again when they held hands.
Liang Ziqiang reacted the same way as in his previous life and took a small bite of the candy.
"Is it delicious?" Chen Xiangbei looked at him with a smile.
Then, without any complaint that the candy had already been bitten by him, she continued to stretch out her mouth and this time took the remaining half into her mouth.
Unconsciously, the two of them moved closer and closer. Liang Ziqiang stretched out his arms and tried to hug her shoulders in his arms like he did in his previous life.
Chen Xiangbei didn't resist much this time.
Her breath was trembling and her eyes were wandering. Suddenly, she saw another bag of things in the basket: "What is that, candy too?"
"Well, that's brown sugar. You should know that, right? It's not for normal consumption, but when you have a little stomachache every month, this is the best thing to eat."
"Ah, why did you buy this?" Chen Xiangbei understood instantly, and her cheeks, which had just turned white, turned red again. "Who told you that? You are a man, how do you know everything..."
"It's not that difficult. I went to your house one time and saw that you had a stomachache. I came back and asked my mom a few questions and then I knew everything."
"Why are you asking this? Don't talk nonsense next time, do you hear me?"
Chen Xiangbei was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole to hide in.
The two of them were being affectionate, with Da Huang running alone in the front. When he saw that the two people behind him had not caught up for a long time, he turned around and went back.
Seeing the two of them, Da Huang barked twice and twisted his neck toward the front of the road. His meaning was too obvious: "What's the matter with you two? Why are you dawdling? I've already run a long way ahead. You two can't keep up this pace!"
The two of them quickly separated, Liang Ziqiang picked up the big basket again and walked Chen Xiangbei forward.
"Forget it, just go back. You've already walked this far. If you walk any further, you'll reach my house!"
"I'll be home if I can. If it's getting dark, I'll stay at your house for the night. What, you're not welcome?"
"You are not welcome!"
Chen Xiangbei probably remembered the embarrassing incident that happened that night, which later caused her to be misunderstood by her brother, and said with a bit of resentment.
Liang Ziqiang ignored her, shook her hand again, and continued to see her off for a long distance.
He actually delivered it to a place not far from her doorstep, but he had no intention of going into the house.
"In a few days, when I have someone help me choose a date for the proposal, I will come over and tell your family!"
After Liang Ziqiang gave some instructions, he turned around and walked back. Although Chen Xiangbei asked him to go inside to drink some water before leaving, he was afraid that once he went inside, Chen Xiangbei would come out to see him off again. It would be endless.
When I got home, I saw Liang Xiaohai squatting in front of the big basin, playing with turtles.
Ever since a turtle appeared in the house this morning, the chickens and ducks in the house instantly fell out of favor, and Liang Xiaohai no longer even looked at them.
When Liang Ziqiang saw this scene, he remembered that the turtle had an injury at the base of its front fin and he had not had time to treat it.
"Just enjoy watching it, but don't kill the turtle!"
After warning Liang Xiaohai, he turned around and ran to the barefoot doctor's house in the village.
I found a barefoot doctor, but the most common thing he had was mercurochrome, or red medicine. Although he also had some iodine, he was reluctant to give it to me.
Mercurochrome must not be used on sea turtles. This thing contains mercury and will be eliminated in the coming years.
After Liang Ziqiang said some nice words, the other party filled a thumb-sized bottle with some iodine for him to take back.
Use it sparingly; it will last a long time anyway.
When I got home, I moved the turtle to a dry place and disinfected its wound with a cotton swab coated with iodine.
As for the issue of the turtle's food, he originally wanted to go to the tidal ditch again to catch some small fish and shrimps, but it turned out that Lizhi had already fed the turtle with the shrimps he got from somewhere.
Seeing this, Liang Ziqiang taught Lizhi a lesson and asked her to apply iodine to the turtle's wound every few hours.
After teaching, he stopped caring about it. Seeing that it was still light, he picked up a hatchet and planned to go to the back mountain to chop some firewood.
As soon as I walked out of the house, I saw my father, exhausted, walking back home along the road.
Liang Ziqiang wanted to know how the boat purchase was going. He did not go to the back hills, but went to ask his father as soon as he came over.
"It's all done!" Liang's father replied loudly, "Don't worry, wait until I get home and drink some water, then I'll tell you slowly!"
When he got home, Liang's father was probably too thirsty, so he didn't drink the herbal tea. He just picked up the ladle and gulped down a gulp of cold water. He wiped the water drops off his chin and started talking to his family.
"It's good quality, just as strong as the one Rui Ge has, but it's smaller." Liang's father said, "Pay two hundred first, and the remaining one hundred and fifty will be paid on the day the ship is delivered!"
"When will the ship be delivered?" Liang Ziqiang asked anxiously.
"The boat is already built and now has been painted a new layer of paint. We can pick it up the day after tomorrow. But it may not be the day after tomorrow. I still have to ask Lin Liangsheng to choose a date. Delivery of the boat is a big deal, so we have to choose a good day!"
Hearing what my father said, the new ship should be coming home in a few days. After all, it is relatively easy to choose a day.
Liang Ziqiang began to get ready.
He also wanted to know what it would be like to use his own money to buy the first boat for his family and go fishing on the vast sea! Several good things will come at the same time. The two chapters updated on the 25th are included in this chapter, with more than 4,700 words, so I won't divide them into chapters.
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