Du Wanchun was not surprised by his words. The matchmakers were here today, but Zhou Ruiyuan didn't even come out to worship with her. She must have had other plans. She walked slowly to his side, picked up the book he was reading, and said with a smile : "Now that I have walked through the door of your house, I am the daughter-in-law of your Zhou family. You don't despise me for being stupid, and I certainly don't despise you for being crippled. The two of us are equally matched, and we are made for each other."
As she spoke, her eyebrows were curved, and small pear dimples appeared on both sides of her mouth.
Zhou Ruiyuan was shocked by her words. He raised his eyes and looked at the playful and agile little girl in front of him, slightly in a trance.
Du Wanchun lowered her head and looked at the book in his hand. It was an unusual book. She flipped through it and continued: "It's just that I need to be more considerate of you in the future. I am unruly, willful and bold...don't dislike me." I......"
Her words were clear and her words were sharp. Zhou Ruiyuan slowly put aside his surprise and slowly took the book in her hand, "Girl, aren't you stupid?"
Du Wanchun was not someone who was shy when seeing men. He was naturally not restrained when he spoke. He leaned against his desk with his small body, propped up his chin, bent his round eyes and smiled: "No, I'm stupid. People in the county say I’m stupid, so I’m stupid.”
Zhou Ruiyuan met her eyes and stared at her blankly, not knowing how to reply.
After all, he was only seventeen or eighteen years old and had never been close to a woman. Du Wanchun was so close to him that he could even smell the fragrance of her hair. His heart, which was originally as calm as dead water, suddenly started to tumble and beat loudly. Straight ring.
At this time, someone suddenly called out from outside the door: "Mom, go to the backyard!"
It was Zhou Zhao's voice.
Du Wanchun quickly stood up, opened the curtain, pushed the door and walked out.
I saw Mrs. Zhou hurriedly walking towards the backyard with the spatula she hadn't put down yet, "Zhao'er, what's wrong?"
Zhou Zhao couldn't hear it and kept running back, "Mom, come and see!"
Du Wanchun quickly followed.
The Zhou family's backyard is a piece of red land surrounded by a fence, but because of a month of rain, it is full of puddles.
There is a straw nest on both sides of the puddle, with two skinny ducks and a big duck egg lying in the nest.
Aunt Zhou had pawned her only jewelry to buy these two skinny ducks. They were still alive and kicking when they were first bought, but within a few days they fell ill. They were poisoned by her sister-in-law next door.
Originally, these two dying ducks would not survive tonight, but now they are alive and kicking and have laid an egg in the nest.
Aunt Zhou was very happy when she saw the duck egg. She carefully held the egg in her hand and said with a smile, "That's great, Zhao'er, Feng'er, we can finally eat eggs!"
This duck egg is also an egg. Although Zhou Feng and Zhou Zhao can't see and the other can't hear, they can still feel their mother's joy.
It has been three years since their family came to Changliu Village.
Aunt Zhou, whose real surname is Chen, was only five or six years old when she was sold to the capital as a child bride. When she came back with her three sons, her parents were dead, leaving only an eldest brother and two younger sisters who were not close to her.
The two younger sisters were both married, and they were married in Xiangtan Village next door. Knowing that it would be difficult for the elder sister to raise three children by herself, he asked the eldest brother to let them live in three abandoned small mud houses at home.
However, the eldest brother and sister-in-law, Mrs. Jiang, have always disliked the three of them, mother and son. Not only did they not help the orphans and widowed mothers, they also occupied their fields, stumbling upon them, and wanted them to get out early.
Aunt Zhou could barely make ends meet by relying on her sewing and mending skills for the county's dignitaries, but she couldn't survive without farmland.
Aunt Zhou wanted to find another way, bought two ducks, and planned to raise some ducks to sell at the market. Unexpectedly, her sister-in-law was jealous and poisoned her.
Now it's better, the duck is alive and can lay eggs, and the future will be smooth.
Aunt Zhou held the duck eggs in her hands and almost burst into tears.
The two ducks in the nest suddenly raised their heads and straightened their long necks to look at Du Wanchun in the distance. Their eyes were as bright as stars. Then they stood up together, twisted their buttocks, and flapped their gray and white wings.
Aunt Zhou looked up and saw a few duck eggs in the nest. She counted about four, and together with the ones in her hand, there were five in total.
She quickly bent down to pick it up, "Yeah, there are exactly five, enough for us to eat."
Du Wanchun looked at the round green-shelled eggs and was very curious about them. He trotted forward to help Aunt Zhou pick up the eggs.
Aunt Zhou stopped her while holding the egg and said with a smile: "Ban Chun, there is mud on the ground, don't come over."
After speaking, he waved to Zhou Zhao.
Zhou Zhao quickly stepped forward to help take the duck egg from her hand, looked at it with a smile, maybe too excited, and blurted out: "Mom, this duck egg is better than what we used to have in the palace..."
Before he could finish his words, Aunt Zhou interrupted him immediately, holding a duck egg in her hand, "Zhao'er, let's go into the house."
After saying that, he led Du Wanchun towards the house.
Only then did Zhou Zhao realize that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly shut his mouth and followed Aunt Zhou and the others.
"Mother, third brother." Seeing that their voices were far away, Zhou Feng followed him tentatively.
After the three of them entered the house, Zhou Zhao suddenly stood up and remained motionless.
Aunt Zhou looked back at him, feeling a little strange. She put down the duck egg and made a gesture and asked, "Zhao'er, what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Zhao raised his head and said blankly: "Mom, what did you say to me when you just came in from the backyard?"
