Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Almost choked

All the mothers in the world should be in the same mood, they all like to hear others praise their children.

This kind of praise is more enjoyable, more comfortable, more happy, and more proud than directly praising yourself.

So at this moment, when Madam Zuo praised Chen'er so highly, although Yang Ruoqing knew in her heart that her son was indeed outstanding and worthy of such praise, she still smiled modestly.

"Well, judging from the present, Chen'er has indeed brought glory to me and Fengtang, and is better than when we were two children." Yang Ruoqing said.

"However, he is still young, and he will only be ten years old in more than a month. He is just like that little tree seedling. It's hard to say what he will grow up in the future." She added.

Mrs. Zuo smiled and said: "There is a saying in the farm household that dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and rats beget holes."

"You and Fengtang are the best among young people, and your children can't be far behind."

"What's more, I think they are two brothers and sisters, but they are not bad at all. On the contrary, they are outstanding. When they are three years old and old, they will definitely be dragons and phoenixes when they grow up, and red rabbits among horses. Don't worry, remember. What I said today!"

Mrs. Zuo's reassurance made Yang Ruoqing smile happily again.

"Old madam, you just love them too much, then well, I will accept your good words first!" she said.

Yang Ruoqing talked with Mrs. Zuo for a while, and the topic shifted to the marriage of children without knowing it. When it came to marriage, the old lady sighed and directly talked about Zuo Junmo's marriage with Yang Ruoqing.

"Qing'er, when you first met my Junmo, how old were you?" the old lady asked.

Yang Ruoqing thought about it carefully, and said: "It's a long time ago. I guess I was only thirteen or fourteen years old at that time. I remember that Tang Yazi and I were not engaged at that time!"

What was the purpose of looking for Zuo Zhuangzhu when I came back to Zuojiazhuang in Huguang County, and now I have forgotten all about it.

I only remember that the first time I saw Zuo Junmo, he was wearing bunt clothes that were convenient for farmers’ work, and his trousers were rolled up to his knees. How the villagers channel the water from the stream into the nearby fields to irrigate the crops through the working principle of the waterwheel.

It should have looked like April at that time, with beautiful lakes and mountains, and a young man in his twenties, simple, pure, sunny, and cheerful.

At all, she didn't have the old-fashioned look she imagined before coming here, nor did she have the condescending old-fashioned style of the owner of a village.

Zuo Junmo, who was 21 and [-] years old at the time, was a young, talented, and good-tempered landlord.

"Look, you were only thirteen or fourteen years old at that time, and now you are 26, 12 years, a cycle has passed in a blink of an eye!" Mrs. Zuo spoke again, pulling Yang Ruoqing back from her thoughts.

Yang Ruoqing looked at Mrs. Zuo tenderly, waiting patiently for her next words.

"It's not that my mother-in-law sells melons and sells melons to boast. My Junmo is actually outstanding among men," Mrs. Zuo continued.

"Jun Mo's father left early. Our mother and I depend on each other for life. Jun Mo should have told you that our Zuo family is the successor of Da Qi's Mo family. The ancestral mechanism spring skills have always been passed down from father to son. Sun, from generation to generation this will be taught by precepts and deeds."

"But Jun Mo's father left early. At that time, Jun Mo was just in his teens, and his father left before he had time to teach him any family skills. Jun Mo learned everything by himself from an ancestral book. Talented."

"This child has been caring, sensible, and mature since he was a child,"

"He not only inherited the knowledge and skills of our Mohist school, but is also very talented in business. Almost [-]% of the shops in Huguang County belong to our Zuo family. Junmo's business has spread to Hangzhou, the capital, and even Farther away is the place where I, an old woman, is not famous."

When Mrs. Zuo said this, the smile on her face was proud, proud.

Yang Ruoqing understands this feeling very well, because Chen'er is also so outstanding.

"But, why is it so difficult for this child in terms of marriage?"

As soon as the topic changed, Mrs. Zuo was full of depression.

"When I was 16 years old, someone sent a matchmaker to my house to talk about matchmaking. At that time, I saw that he was obsessed with pondering the skills passed down in the family, and I didn't want him to be distracted, so I rejected it at a younger age."

"By the time he was eighteen or nineteen, he was able to support the family, opened a shop in the county town, and started a business,"

"At that time, another matchmaker came to the door, and I had a heart-to-heart relationship, but he was rejected."

"He said he didn't want to start a family so early, he said that a man wants to start a vigorous career first, let alone a boy who is eighteen or nineteen years old, there is really no need to rush."

"When he was 21 and [-], that is, the year he met you, Qinger, my natal brother wanted to marry his daughter Yingchun to Junmo."

"You met Yingchun, do you remember? A girl about your age..." Mrs. Zuo asked.

Yang Ruoqing nodded with a smile: "I have a little impression. When I came to your place, I met her twice. I remember one year when I was watching a dragon boat race during the Dragon Boat Festival."

In Yang Ruoqing's memory, the face of the girl named Yingchun had long been blurred.

However, Yang Ruoqing remembered her, why?
Because Yingchun girl likes Zuo Junmo and wants her cousin to marry her cousin, the two families get closer.

But Zuo Junmo invited Yang Ruoqing to come and watch the dragon boat race. In the eyes of Miss Yingchun, Yang Ruoqing and Zuo Junmo seemed to have a relationship beyond business partners.

That's why Miss Yingchun has always regarded Yang Ruoqing as her imaginary rival in love, and even secretly tripped Yang Ruoqing when she was at Zuo's house.

Of course, Yang Ruoqing cleverly dodged these stumbling blocks at that time, and even counterattacked Miss Yingchun, making Miss Yingchun feel dumb and dare not speak out...

"Yes, before Yingchun came out of the cabinet, I liked watching the dragon boat races on the Dragon Boat Festival the most, and I also liked to come to my aunt's house for a short stay." Mrs. Zuo continued.

"At that time, our two parents reached a tacit understanding, and wanted to get closer and match Yingchun and Junmo."

"As for Yingchun, he obviously likes Junmo, but Junmo has always loved Yingchun as a younger sister. I have hinted to him several times, but he doesn't seem to understand."

"I couldn't help it later, so I had to express it clearly, and he directly rejected me."

"At that time, he said that he had a favorite woman in his heart. I asked who it was, but he didn't say anything. I asked him to propose a marriage, but he said it was not time yet."

"Later, when he invited you to watch the dragon boat race at home, I suddenly guessed that the woman my Jun Mo was talking about at that time was you, Qing'er."

Yang Ruoqing was drinking tea, when she heard this, she was startled and almost choked.

(End of this chapter)