Lu Dagui was busy waving his hands.
"Auntie, don't get me wrong. I didn't say I wanted to accept Ms. Lin. When she first left, I was thinking about when she would come back. Later, I got used to it and no longer looked forward to it." He scratched his head a little embarrassedly. Scratching his head, he continued, "Auntie should also be able to tell that I actually have some affection for Qiuying, but I haven't shown myself yet, for fear of delaying her."
After listening to Lu Dagui's words, Yun Cuihe's furious mood eased slightly.
"You are not only a little bit stronger now than before. How can two people live a life without delay? You haven't even asked, how do you know whether Zhang Qiuying is willing to be delayed by you?"
She said, standing up.
"Since you have a good impression of her, I'll find a way to tell her that Fang's son will be back soon. If she asks me to be a matchmaker, she might agree because of my trouble. Then you will regret it. There’s no place to cry.”
After saying that, he put away the bowls on the table and went to the well to fetch water and wash the dishes.
Chu Yue looked at Lu Dagui.
"Brother Dagui, have you seen my husband-in-law today? How is his situation there?"
Lu Dagui nodded blankly, "I've seen him before. He's okay. He seems to have taken in an orphan and helped him with some housework in the yard. The county office's examination period has also been announced, and he has also signed up. It will be around March." The exam will be taken in the middle of the month.”
"Then did he say when he would come back?" Chu Yue continued to ask.
"If I come back, I'm afraid I have to wait until the results of the hospital examination are announced."
Chu Yue nodded, "Sure, I understand. Brother Dagui has been on the road all day, so he should rest first."
"Hey, okay."
After he finished speaking, he went back to his room.
Chu Yue and Yun Cuihe washed the dishes and put them back in the kitchen together, then pulled her to sit down at the dining table and started to check her pulse.
Yun Cuihe looked at Chu Yue with a puzzled face.
"Yueyue, what are you doing?"
Chu Yue made a gesture to keep silent, and after feeling her pulse carefully, she asked, "Are there any differences between mother's menstruation in the past few months and before?"
Yun Cuihe was slightly stunned, "It's not that different, but this month has been postponed for a few days. It was supposed to come on the tenth day of the lunar month, and it's already the seventeenth."
She said, looking at Chu Yue cautiously.
"But what's the problem?"
Chu Yue let go of Yun Cuihe's hand.
"It's not a big problem, but it needs to be treated carefully. It's a stage that every woman will go through. Don't worry, mother."
If the condition is well managed, this stage may be postponed.
Yun Cuihe breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's okay. Mom hasn't hugged her big fat grandson yet, and she hasn't seen Xing Ping and Xing An get married yet, so I can't bear to leave you."
Chu Yue smiled and said, "Mom has thought too much. These wishes will definitely come true. I will prescribe a prescription for you first. I will bring the medicine back to you when I go to the hospital tomorrow."
Yun Cuihe nodded, "Okay, I will leave this body to you."
…
Lu Dagui returned to the room, sat on the bed and thought for a while. When he caught a glimpse of Tiedan looking at him on the bed, he reached out and touched his head.
"Do you miss Tiedan?"
Tiedan nodded, then shook his head.
Lu Dagui was puzzled, "You are nodding and shaking your head. What's going on?"
"I miss my mother, but I don't want to embarrass my father."
After what happened these days, Tiedan could feel that his mother would never come back.
He lowered his head, picked at his fingers and said, "Tiedan doesn't know much about adults. Tiedan just hopes that his parents will live well."
Lu Dagui was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Tiedan to say such words.
He touched Tiedan's head, then lifted him onto his lap and sat down.
"No matter what happens, dad will never abandon Tiedan in the future. He will work hard to make money, raise you, and watch you marry and have children."
After listening to Lu Dagui's words, Tiedan's originally uneasy heart gradually calmed down.
He and Chu Wenzhu had been wandering around outside for a day with the three Yun Cuihe brothers and sisters. They were very tired and fell asleep in Lu Dagui's arms before it was completely dark.
Lu Dagui placed the iron egg on the inside of the kang and covered it with a quilt. He also placed pillows on the outside to prevent him from rolling off. Then he took out the wine he had stored for many days from under the bed, took a few sips and went out.
Chu Yue looked at Lu Dagui who was leaving and Heimu who was ordered by him to guard not far from the door, with a smile flashing in his eyes.
It seems that he has figured it out.
…
Lu Dagui went straight to the workshop and knocked on the door of the workshop when it was getting dark.
Fang had already rested, and Miao Miao had just been coaxed to sleep. Zhang Qiuying opened the door, and when she saw Lu Dagui outside, surprise flashed across her face.
"Brother Lu, why are you here?"
Lu Dagui pinched his sleeves nervously, looked at Zhang Qiuying with a sincere face and asked, "Qiuying, will you marry me?"
Hearing Lu Dagui's straightforward words, Zhang Qiuying's cheeks turned red.
She turned sideways and didn't dare to look in Lu Dagui's direction.
Whenever you fall in love with a girl, you always use a matchmaker to negotiate with her. How can you ask questions on your own?
Although Zhang Qiuying had been married before, she was still an innocent girl. When she was suddenly asked by Lu Dagui, she didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Brother Lu, have you drank too much and are you talking nonsense?"
Looking at her shy look, Lu Dagui couldn't take his eyes away.
He swallowed hard and bravely said, "Actually, I've fallen in love with you a long time ago, but I'm just afraid that I can't give you a good life. As you know, I've been married, I have a child, and I don't have much money on hand. I don’t have any savings, and my mother-in-law comes to interfere every three days..."
As he spoke, he paid attention to Zhang Qiuying's expression.
As a person who has experienced this, he knows very well that Zhang Qiuying did not stop him from speaking, nor did she directly drive him away, but she was giving him a chance.
Lu Dagui suddenly held Zhang Qiuying's hand tightly in his.
"But even so, I still want to marry you, are you willing?"
Zhang Qiuying blushed, feeling the big palm holding her, her heart pounding, and she didn't know how to answer.
After a while, Lu Dagui saw that she didn't respond, and slowly let go of her hand with a disappointed look on his face.
"Since you didn't mean that..." Lu Dagui smiled awkwardly, "It's okay, just think that I drank too much and went crazy. You go to bed early, I'll go back first."
He turned around and was about to leave when he heard Zhang Qiuying's voice behind him.
"You can marry me if you want. I have to have the etiquette that other people should have. You'd better find a matchmaker to talk to me. I can't talk to you."
After saying that, she immediately closed the door and leaned against the courtyard door, her heart seeming to jump out of her chest.
Zhang Qiuying clutched her beating chest tightly, and the corners of her lips curled up with a hint of sweetness.
Finally waited until he spoke.
The last marriage was more about family business than getting married, without any ceremony. She didn't want to be perfunctory this time, so she wanted to be truly married.
It doesn't require a lot of expense or ostentation, but this ceremony must be done so that she can truly experience the process of getting married, which can be regarded as fulfilling her long-cherished wish.
