msmithbooks Chapter 439 Not worthy
Chapter 439 Not worthy
After the flower matchmaker left, Yan Wen walked up to Liu Wen Niang.
"Mom, I don't want to get married yet."
Liu Wenniang glared at Yan Wen: "You are already quite old. If you don't get married, I'm afraid there won't be any girls suitable for you in the village. Besides, you have two younger brothers. If you don't get married, their life-long events will not be as important. It’s easy to settle down.”
Yan Wen frowned: "But I don't like that girl from the Cao family. If I don't have feelings for her, wouldn't it be harmful to her if I marry her home? Besides, everyone knows her thoughts about Erlang before. If Erlang and his little sister become a , how embarrassing will it be for our family to meet each other in the future?"
Liu Wenniang explained: "I'm not forcing you to marry that girl from the Cao family. There are many girls in our village who are trying to get married. Let the matchmaker help you pick a few more capable housekeepers. Marriage is a lifelong event for you. Mother won't If you are forced to marry someone, you must always choose someone you are satisfied with."
Yan Wen's hands dropped to his sides and clenched tightly.
"Qi Tianyi came back with a letter a few days ago, saying that he was treated very well in the military camp and that his son wanted to join him in the army. I have practiced kung fu with Ying Si for several months. I should be able to adapt to the military camp, and I also have If you’re proficient in carpentry, you might be able to put it to use.”
"Nonsense, the world is so chaotic now. Only people who are desperate will think of going to the military camp to beg for food. We haven't reached the point where we can't open the pot, so my mother will definitely not let you join the army."
"But my son doesn't want to stay in this mountain all his life. I want to go out and have a look. Even if I suffer some hardships, my life will not be in vain."
Liu Wenniang's eyes suddenly turned red: "Tell me the truth, are you still thinking about Miss Xu in your heart?"
"I...I didn't."
"Look at your guilty conscience and you still want to lie to your mother? Miss Xu is a good girl, but her status is very different from yours. Even if your parents agree to you being together, the Xu family will never agree."
Yan Wen felt a throbbing pain in his heart and took a deep breath.
"I know that I'm not good enough for Miss Xu, so I don't dare to think about it."
Liu Wenniang sighed lightly and said nothing more.
at dusk
Yan Shu, Jiang Ci and others finally returned to Banpo Village.
When I was in the village, I happened to meet villagers who had just returned from the mountains. Seeing that it was Yan Shu and the others who had returned, the villagers came forward to say hello enthusiastically.
"Miss Yan, your parents and brothers are still working on the mountain. The potatoes you sent to the mountain a few days ago have been planted in the past two days. There are only some old people and children left in our village during the day. Adults They all went up the mountain."
"okay, I get it."
After bidding farewell to the villagers, Yan Shu said to Jiang Ci: "I want to go up the mountain to see how their planting is going."
Previously, I just wrote down the planting methods on paper and gave them to Uncle Seven. Potato planting is very simple, and farmers like these should be able to understand it at a glance.
Jiang Cidao: "No hurry, let's put the goods bought on the carriage back to the yard next door."
"it is good."
The group of people came to the yard next to Yan's house. The door of the house was locked. The three people who stayed here, Ying Si, Guan Shan, and Guan Hai, also went out to plant potatoes in the morning.
Fortunately, Jiang Ci brought the house key, opened the courtyard door, and asked Wu Ming and others to lead the carriage and horses into the courtyard, while he accompanied Yan Shu up the mountain.
Wen Yutang said: "Master Jiang, Miss Yan, I will go up the mountain tomorrow. Now I want to go back and see my sister first."
Yan Shu nodded and said, "Go quickly."
After Wen Yutang left, Jiang Ci, Yan Shu, Yan Huai, Xu Shuangxue, maids Xiaolian, Wuming and others went up the mountain together.
Yan Shu went to the back mountain and found an extra path. It must have been opened by the villagers to make it easier to go up the mountain in the future.
With this path, it was much faster to go up the mountain. Yan Shu looked around curiously as he walked. A lot of open space was opened on both sides of the road. Many villagers were still busy in the open space. When he saw Yan Shu, Jiang Ci and others coming back, Everyone came forward to say hello.
After walking for half an hour, I finally saw Yan Ersheng, Liu Wenniang, Yan Wen, and Yan Wu, who were busy in the fields with Erzhu, Shitou, Yan Dahu, and Yan Xiangyang's father and son.
Yan Shu shouted to them excitedly.
"Father, mother!"
When Yan Ersheng heard Yan Shu's voice, he hurriedly straightened up and looked towards the field, and said excitedly to Liu Wenniang beside him.
"It's our daughter and they are back!"
Liu Wenniang raised her head and glanced at the farmer, then immediately put down her work and ran over. Yan Ersheng, Yan Wen, Yan Wu and others also hurriedly followed.
"My daughter, you are back, let me take a good look at you." Liu Wenniang held Yan Shu's hand and looked at it carefully.
"Well, it's fleshier and whiter than before."
Liu Wenniang then glanced at Jiang Ci and Yan Huai again, and nodded with satisfaction.
"You kids are taking good care of yourselves, so I'm relieved."
At this time, Xu Shuangxue stepped forward and bowed to Yingying.
"Aunt Yan is fine."
Xu Shuangxue was standing at the back just now. Liu Wenniang was only looking at Yan Shu and didn't notice her for a while. She was a little surprised when she saw Xu Shuangxue coming too.
"Miss Xu, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Xu Shuangxue smiled softly and said, "Sister Shu'er said the scenery on this mountain is very good, so I wanted to come over and have a look."
Yan Wen glanced at Xu Shuangxue, and then quickly shifted his gaze.
"There's still some unfinished work in the fields, I'll finish it."
After leaving these words, Yan Wen turned around and hurriedly walked into the fields again.
Yan Wu shouted: "Brother, don't be in a hurry with the work in the fields. It's getting late, let's go back first."
Yan Wen seemed not to have heard Yan Wu's words and walked into the ground without looking back.
Xu Shuangxue watched Yan Wen leave, feeling as if a piece was missing.
Does he really not want to see her?
She came here this time to ask him to marry her. Now seeing Yan Wen's indifference towards her, it might not be that easy to achieve her goal this time.
Yan Shu glanced at his silly eldest brother and sighed in his heart that he was such a boring gourd that he really didn't live up to expectations. He thought about him day and night when he didn't meet him, but now that he had met him, he was acting like a turtle.
"Dad, Mom, it's getting late, let's go down the mountain first."
Yan Ersheng smiled and said: "Okay, we have guests here today. I will go to the butcher Li's house in the east of the village to cut some meat."
Yan Shu said, "Bring back some more ribs. Let's stew the ribs for dinner tonight."
"Haha, if my daughter wants to eat, of course she has to arrange it. Then I have to go and have a look. If I get there late, I'm afraid they'll all be gone."
When several people were preparing to go down the mountain, Yan Shu saw Xu Shuangxue peeking at Yan Wen from time to time, and she turned around and went to the fields.
"Brother, go back when it gets dark. We'll do this work tomorrow."
"You guys go back first, I'll work for a while."
Yan Shu stepped forward and grabbed the handle of the hoe: "Brother, even if you don't want to see Sister Xu, you can't make it so obvious, right? I am a girl with a thin skin. How uncomfortable it will be to be ignored by you like this."
Yan Wen hurriedly shook his head and explained: "I didn't, I just... just didn't dare to meet her."