In just a cup of tea, my aunt invited the three of them to dinner.
"In order to prevent you from delaying your return journey, the meal will be simple. I hope you won't mind." Guo said to the Zhao father and son.
Old man Zhao waved his hands repeatedly: "You are too polite!"
The golden fried eggs paired with chewy and smooth noodles are already a very good meal!
The few of them quickly finished their meal and without taking any rest, they pulled the mule cart to the field.
The Zhao family father and son took the tools to go to the ridges first, while Li Yan stood in the field, explaining to her aunt the method of planting sweet potato seedlings and demonstrating it.
Guo and her eldest daughter Lin Qing stood aside and listened carefully, fearing that they would miss any key points.
After Li Yan's demonstration, the mother and daughter joined forces and followed Li Yan's example to plant the seedlings and cover the soil.
After a busy period, Lin An, who had just finished his private school, heard that his niece had arrived, and hurried to the edge of the field, beckoning Li Yan to go back: "How can I let you work in the fields!"
Li Yan stood up and said with a smile, "It's okay. My aunt has never grown this crop before. I was just demonstrating it to her!"
Lin An then looked at the field curiously. He had indeed never seen this crop before.
Seeing her husband's puzzled look, Mrs. Guo explained it to him.
Lin An was excited when he heard this. If this thing was really so productive, then there would be no need to worry about the people going hungry.
Lin An didn't bother to persuade his niece to go back. He immediately rolled up his sleeves, went down to the field, and began to help plant seedlings like his wife did.
Guo looked back at her husband's clumsy appearance and felt amused. In the end, she didn't say anything and just let him be!
With one more person helping, they soon finished planting an acre of land. Li Yan stood up and patted the soil: "Aunt, you can plant the rest in the same way. We'll go back soon. It will be too late if we don't go back now!"
Guo looked up and saw that the sun was already setting, and then she walked towards the edge of the field, as if she wanted to see them off.
Li Yan hurriedly stopped her: "Aunt, don't see us off. We know the way here!"
However, Mrs. Guo insisted on sending Li Yan to the village entrance, and only turned around and went back to continue her work after she had gone far away.
When Li Yan rushed home, it was already dark.
"It's just right that you answered. Your grandfather came to look for you just now. After dinner, go and ask him if there is anything!" Li Erlang said to his daughter standing in the yard.
"Then I'll go take a look first." After saying that, he hurried to the next room.
Li Erlang shook his head helplessly and said angrily, "Kid, why are you in such a hurry?"
Just as he said this, Li Yan had already run away.
Li Yan ran to the bright main hall. At this time, her uncle's family was having dinner. Seeing his granddaughter, Mr. Li hurriedly asked, "Have you eaten yet? Daya, go get your sister a pair of bowls and chopsticks!"
Daya stood up immediately after hearing this, but was stopped by Li Yan: "No hurry, everything is ready at home. Grandpa, Dad said you were looking for me?"
Old Master Li put down his half-eaten white flour cake and said, "It's not a big deal. You asked me to distribute sweet potato seedlings to those households today, and then I took the initiative to distribute one acre of seedlings to the clan leader."
"I am really thoughtful. I actually forgot about the clan leader's family." Whether it was buying mountain land or leading the villagers to sell charcoal, Clan Leader Li gave Li Yan great convenience and support. Li Yan did not feel sorry for this little sweet potato seedling.
The grandfather and grandson talked for a while, and then Mr. Li repeated the arrangements for today: "Okay, don't worry about the remaining seedlings. I'll lead the team to take care of them!"
"Thank you for your hard work, Grandpa!" Li Yan said with a smile.
Mr. Li’s words were like a pillow for Li Yan. She didn’t have to worry about the farm work and could take care of the matters of opening the shop by herself!
After dinner, Li Yan remembered what her aunt had said today, so she went to her mother's room and prepared to tell her that her uncle had set a date for the wedding.
Looking at the eldest daughter who was tiptoeing around, Lin smiled and said, "Why are you being so sneaky?"
Li Yan asked in a very low voice, "Is Huniu asleep?" This little girl was very good at crying, and Li Yan was afraid that her voice would wake her up!
Lin looked at her energetic daughter lying beside her and said gently, "She's in high spirits right now."
Li Yan walked forward and saw the little person looking at her with a pair of bright eyes.
The little one, who is already one month old, has fairer skin. The little ball is so pink and tender that Li Yan's heart feels like it is melting.
Li Yan teased the little guy and told her mother the news she got from her aunt's house today.
Lin was happy, but she was being held back by the two little ones and couldn't help much for the time being.
"Your uncle is the same. He didn't even come back to tell me about such a big thing. I don't even know if he has everything ready for his wedding!"
"Don't worry, mom. I'm going to the city tomorrow. I'll go to my uncle to ask about this!" He was just planning to measure the door tomorrow to make a signboard, and this happened to be a coincidence.
"Take these ten taels of silver to your uncle. The wedding is already very rushed, and Miss Zhou cannot be wronged in the betrothal gifts!" After saying that, he went to the box to get the money.
"Mom, I have the money, don't worry about it, just leave it to me!"
The next day, Li Yan packed up and went out. She did not go to Xingren Hall, but went directly to Tongluo Lane where her uncle rented a house. Sure enough, she saw him there.
"Congratulations, uncle. I'm going to have an aunt!" Li Yan said with a smile.
Lin Feng's ears turned red at the girl's words, and he asked unnaturally, "Why are you here today?"
Li Yan sat down on a small stool in the courtyard without any image and said in a fake tone, "Mom said that you didn't tell her that you wanted to get married, and she's angry!"
Lin Feng stammered, "No, I didn't..."
He wanted to say that it was because his sister had just given birth to a child and he didn't want her to be distracted by his own affairs.
But before he could finish his words, Li Yan was amused by her uncle's awkward look. Lin Feng realized that he had been deceived by this girl. He reached out and poked Li Yan's head, saying helplessly: "You kid, you actually made fun of your uncle."
Li Yan smiled brightly and said, "I always see my uncle so calm and composed, but I never thought he could be nervous!"
At this time, Monkey came over with some snacks and said to Li Yan with a smile, "Brother Feng, you're tossing and turning every night now. I wonder if you're too excited about getting married and can't sleep."
Lin Feng seemed to have been pried into the little secret in his heart by the monkey's words, and kicked the monkey on the butt: "What nonsense."
The monkey nimbly dodged Lin Feng's attack, escaped quickly, and busied himself with sorting out the goods. Brother Feng had instructed that the market outside the city would be completed soon, and by then they could sell the goods at a good price.
"Don't listen to what that kid says." Lin Feng touched his nose awkwardly.
The conversation just now was just to tease her uncle, the groom-to-be. After the joke, Li Yan got down to business: "Mom asked me to ask my uncle, how are the preparations for the wedding going?"
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