Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 316 Another Year

The two argued and argued, it was so lively when you came and I went.

In the end, it was Chunqiu who decided to raise his hand to surrender, and then he stopped here. Chunqiu Ni glanced at Zhou Huaiyan who was standing aside, he didn't expect that someone as indifferent as his senior brother would be so competitive, he really can't be judged by appearances.

Seeing that it was getting dark, during this period, Yuan Shi came in once, intending to leave Zhou Huaiyan here after dinner, but Zhou Huaiyan refused on the grounds that he had something to do at home, and Chunqiu on the side listened to his senior brother with her. Niang talked nonsense about self-painting, and despised this person in her heart.

"Since this is the case, it's a pity, hey," Yuan Shi sighed with regret.

Chunqiu knew that her mother really wanted to keep Zhou Huaiyan at home for dinner.

Zhou Huaiyan could also see Yuan's sincerity, so when he refused, his tone was quite sincere, "Auntie, Huaiyan has caused you more trouble here, it is really difficult to get out of the family affairs, and there is only my father in the other family, and I also Don't worry... I hope my aunt won't make trouble with my little nephew."

"How can this make it?" Yuan Shi excitedly stretched out her hand to hold the other party's gesture of bowing down, and said in a hurry, "This matter really doesn't hinder it. If it doesn't work this time, there will be a next time. If it doesn't work next time, there will be another time." The next time...Mr. Zhou" Yuan Shi was in a hurry and called Zhou Huaiyan a son. When she said this, Yuan Shi only spoke quickly, and quickly opened her mouth to change it. "Huaiyan don't worry."

"With my aunt's words, Huaiyan can leave with peace of mind." Zhou Huaiyan smiled, stretched out his hand to help Yuan Shi who stood up with him to the chair, and then sat down next to him.

"Hehe" Yuan Shi smiled, turned her head and said to the two people in front of her, "I'll go to the kitchen to get busy first, you brothers and sisters will continue to chat, continue to chat..."

After her mother left, Chunqiu turned his attention to Zhou Huaiyan, "Senior brother, is it because of Doctor Zhou's health?" Chunqiu's tone was full of probing and questioning, just like Chunqiu, every winter, Doctor Zhou's The body will get sick, which is also the "sequelae" after the death of the senior brother and his mother.

Zhou Huaiyan nodded affirmatively, there is no need for Zhou Huaiyan to hide this matter from Chunqiu.

"Father's health is getting worse year after year, especially when it snows, he has to rest in bed."

When Zhou Huaiyan said this to Chunqiu, his tone was a bit heavy. Chunqiu could also think of the situation of Zhou's family at this time, because the illness caused by heart disease was the most difficult to treat, not to mention that Doctor Zhou himself did not want to treat it.

Others can't control this kind of thing, even Zhou Huaiyan didn't dare to bring it up before his father years ago, so he could only give some warm decoction of Er Gu Ben Pei Yuan to alleviate the condition in a different way.

"It's snowing now, senior brother isn't home to take care of the genius doctor, why are you going out?"

Chunqiu looked at the sky, and then remembered that today is a snowy day. Logically speaking, Zhou Huaiyan shouldn't be in her house?
After listening to Chunqiu's words, Zhou Huaiyan said with a wry smile, "I don't want to take care of my father at home? Last night, my father took his servants to Peach Blossom Temple alone to pay respects to my mother. I only found out about this news this morning, and I want to go find him , was strictly prohibited, so..." Having said this, Zhou Huaiyan didn't continue, but just lowered his head, exuding an air of being abandoned.

Chunqiu pursed the corners of his mouth, wanting to persuade the other party, but he didn't know where to start, alas, Chunqiu thought in his heart, every family has hard-to-recite scriptures.

What Zhou Huaiyan said was the truth, that's why he came to Chunqiu's side today, because he had been depressed for a long time, and it was very uncomfortable not to tell someone.

After much deliberation, Chunqiu is the only person who can act as Zhou Huaiyan's "trash can", so it is not difficult to explain why Zhou Huaiyan came here.

After thinking about this, Chunqiu asked directly, "So, brother, are you planning to go directly to Peach Blossom Temple tonight?"

"That's right, I don't worry about dad being alone, even if I have a servant by my side." Zhou Huaiyan had planned this way before he came over. He could lower his dad's vigilance when he went there later, but he was just worried about his father's physical condition.

"Do you need to use my carriage?"

The carriage in Zhou Huaiyan's house had serious marks on the outside, and Chunqiu was worried that before Zhou Huaiyan arrived at Peach Blossom Temple, Doctor Zhou received a report from the servant.

"I'm sorry, junior sister." Zhou Huaiyan was not polite to Chunqiu. Now, it is really inconvenient for him to use his own carriage. Besides, he just rushed over tonight to check his father's physical condition. Our thatched cottage cannot do without people, and Zhou Huaiyan also It is impossible to stay with Dr. Zhou for a long time.

"Why are you being polite?" Chunqiu waved his hands indifferently, and continued, "Uncle Li is just at home, I will go out with you in a while, and go directly to Uncle Li's house to save trouble."

Due to the booming business of the Yang family in the past two years, the family bought two carriages, one was used by her father Yang Weibo to buy goods, and the other was used by Uncle Li to give away. The delivery carriage had already returned to Yangjia Village, and they couldn't make it back for a while, so now they could only count on Uncle Li's carriage.

Before dinner in the evening, Chunqiu changed his clothes and sent Zhou Huaiyan out. The two walked all the way to the door of Uncle Li's house, and Chunqiu went home for dinner after finishing the carriage business.

Spring and Autumn didn't go into details about Doctor Zhou's matter with Yuan Shi, but just explained Zhou Huaiyan's borrowing of the carriage from his family. Although Yuan Shi was curious about the purpose of borrowing the carriage from the other party, in the end, he was just curious and forgot about it.

As the days went forward day by day, the weather outside was getting colder and colder.

It was not until the 28th of the twelfth lunar month that the heavy snow that had lingered for a whole winter finally stopped. Chunqiu held the white fungus soup cooked by her new mother in his hand, looked out at the world covered in silver, and felt that another year would pass .

Because of the heavy snow that closed the mountains, it was the 29th of the twelfth lunar month when her father rushed back from Yangjia Village, one day before the Chinese New Year. This year, Yang Weibai didn't go home at all, but fortunately, he had already sent back all the New Year's goods a few years ago. This also made Yuan Shi breathe a sigh of relief.

The second elder brother Yang Chunming wrote in a letter saying that he would not be able to return home this year and could only stay in Pingchuan with Li Zhou for the New Year.

Yuan Shi sighed for a while after seeing it, thinking that she could stay with her son for two more days during the Chinese New Year, but the other party didn't come back.

There is no way, Yang Chunming, the newly appointed magistrate of the county government, is entangled in business affairs and cannot get away.

The letter arrived late, if it had been earlier, maybe Yuan would have dragged the whole family to Pingchuan to celebrate the New Year.

But it's too late to say anything now, and the time to go to Pingchuan is enough to dispel Yuan's thoughts. This year, their family of four can only celebrate the New Year in Linfang.

This can be regarded as the least lively year in the Spring and Autumn Period. There are no noisy children in the family, and there is no excitement of a family reunion. It is just that the four members of the family simply eat a meal, and the New Year is over.

(End of this chapter)