When the pears are green

That night, Song Li counted on her fingers the number of days left until Song Yue's engagement. She kept counting and counting until she got herself confused.

Jiang Qingzhou, who was standing by, held his chin with his hand and looked at Song Li, sometimes laughing happily, sometimes frowning in annoyance, and moving his ten fingers back and forth constantly. Finally, he covered his head with the quilt in anger.

Jiang Qingzhou pulled Song Li out of the bed sheet. He smiled and said to her, "It's only two days away. The day after tomorrow is the fifteenth day of the party."

"Hmph, why didn't you say anything when I started calculating? You just wanted to laugh at me." Song Li pretended to be angry and turned her head away.

Jiang Qingzhou hugged Song Li, and he leaned over to Song Li's ear and whispered, "I thought Xiao Li could figure it out herself."

The warm breath blew around Song Li's neck. Song Li blushed and pushed Jiang Qingzhou away, asking him to stay away from her.

Jiang Qingzhou let go of Song Li with a smile, then held Song Li's feet in his arms. Song Li wanted to break free, but was held tightly by Jiang Qingzhou.

"Don't move, I'll warm your feet."

"They are all for warming feet in winter, how can there be warm feet in summer?"

"Isn't this already the case?"

"Just keep yourself warm, but please don't touch me, it's itchy."

"is it?"

Jiang Qingzhou stroked the soles of Song Li's feet a few times with his fingers, and Song Li immediately burst into laughter.

Song Lixiao's tears came out. She wiped her tears with her hand and then kicked Jiang Qingzhou with her other foot.

Jiang Qingzhou was afraid that he had really angered Song Li, so he hurriedly let go of her hand.

Song Li immediately retracted her feet, she sat up and motioned Jiang Qingzhou to come closer to her.

Jiang Qingzhou thought Song Li wanted to whisper something to him, so he just approached Song Li and was pushed down by her. Song Li turned over and sat on Jiang Qingzhou, tickling his armpits with her hands.

"Hahaha, Xiaoli, I was wrong, I know I was wrong, hahaha..." Jiang Qingzhou begged for mercy while laughing.

The laughter kept drifting from the east room to the west room. Jiang Qingye, who was already used to it, stuffed the cotton he dug out of his torn cotton-padded jacket into his ears and then fell asleep peacefully.

The two people in the east room were still making trouble for each other until the sheet fell to the ground. Song Li then let go of her hands. She reached out to pick up the sheet and placed it on the stool at the head of the bed.

Jiang Qingzhou reached out and wiped away the tears from his laughter. He took out a clean sheet from the cabinet and covered himself and Song Li with it. Then he whispered to Song Li, "Xiao Li, let's not make trouble for each other anymore. Let's go to sleep."

Song Li nodded, feeling a little tired. After turning over a few times, she fell asleep.

Jiang Qingzhou combed Song Li's loose hair behind her head, then blew out the oil lamp. He fumbled with one hand to close Song Li's open collar, fearing that she would catch a cold at night.

The three members of the Jiang family, who had a rare moment of leisure, slept until noon before getting up.

After cleaning the yard, Jiang Qingzhou went to the kitchen to cook. Song Li sat in the shade of the yard mending clothes, while Jiang Qingye read a book nearby.

There was a knock on the door. Song Li walked over and opened the door. She didn't see anyone, but there were a few birds tied together in front of the door. She guessed that they must have been released by Jiang Gou Wa.

Song Li carried the bird into the kitchen and handed it to Jiang Qingzhou who was cooking, and then expressed her guess.

"Qingye should know where this kid lives. Let Qingye go and tell them not to send him there anymore." After Jiang Qingzhou took the bird, he put it aside and would deal with it later.

Song Li nodded. She walked to the yard and asked Jiang Qingye who was reading a book: "Qingye, do you know where Gou Wa lives?"

Jiang Qingye nodded and told Song Li: "I heard from Gou Wa that he and his younger sister are now living in their previous home."

"Okay, then you go and tell them not to give it away. Just keep it for yourself or sell it." Song Li instructed Jiang Qingye. Jiang Qingye put the book back in the room and went to Jiang Gou Wa's house.

Soon, there was another knock on the door. Song Li hurriedly put down the unfinished clothes, wondering who it could be this time?

Song Li opened the gate and it turned out to be Ruyi. She asked Ruyi to come into the yard and sit for a while.

Ruyi waved her hand and took out a few red knots from the bag she made and handed them to Song Li.

"Cousin, I won't go in. These two are heart knots, and these two are double bow knots. When you see Xiaoyue, please help me pass them to Xiaoyue. Also, these two Ruyi knots are for my cousin." Ruyi smiled and told Song Li the name of each knot.

Song Li hurriedly thanked Ruyi on behalf of Song Yue, and then asked Ruyi if she was worried about something.

Ruyi rubbed her face and interrupted, "I might be tired from learning to tie knots recently. Why would I be worried?"

"Really? But Ruyi, although you are smiling, your eyes are unhappy." Song Li hurriedly pulled Ruyi into the yard. She wanted to ask Ruyi what was going on.

Song Li pressed Ruyi down on the stool and shouted towards the kitchen, "Qingzhou, pour Ruyi a glass of water."

Jiang Qingzhou's response came from the kitchen. After a while, Jiang Qingzhou came out of the kitchen with two glasses of water. He handed one to Ruyi and the other to Song Li.

When Ru Yi saw Jiang Qingzhou being so considerate to Song Li, she looked at Song Li with envy, and then told Song Li about her worries.

"Cousin, my mother is going to arrange a marriage for me again." Ruyi whispered to Song Li.

Song Li sat on a stool nearby and asked Ruyi softly, "Ruyi, has anyone chosen yet?"

Ruyi shook her head and said not yet.

Song Li then asked Ruyi what kind of husband she wanted to find. She joked that there were many good unmarried young men in Wuzhuang Village, and she could ask Zhang to introduce a few to Ruyi.

"Cousin, even you are teasing me." Ruyi blushed instantly.

Song Li smiled softly and said to Ruyi, "Ruyi, I'm not teasing you, I'm just worried about you. If you don't tell me what you're thinking, how can the eldest sister-in-law guess it?"

Ruyi looked at Jiang Qingzhou who was standing beside her, hesitant to speak, and Song Li quickly signaled Jiang Qingzhou to go to the kitchen first. Jiang Qingzhou smiled and took the water cups from the two of them and returned to the kitchen.

"Cousin, I had a dream two days ago. I dreamed that..." Ruyi bit her lips lightly, not knowing how to tell Song Li.

Song Li asked anxiously, "What did you dream about? Did you dream about getting married?"

Ruyi quickly shook her head and continued, "I dreamed that I gave Constable Chen a knot, but he didn't accept it."

Song Li held back her smile. She placed the double bows in front of Ruyi and asked, "Is this it?" Ruyi shook her head.

"Is that it?" Song Li took out the Ruyi knot again, and Ruyi nodded embarrassedly.

Song Li took back the Ruyi knot with a smile and said, "Silly girl, you should give it to Constable Chen. He will definitely accept it." After that, she put the Ruyi knot that she had not taken out into Ruyi's hand.

"No matter what it was, he didn't accept it." Ruyi remembered that Chen Yuan rejected her in her dream.

"Ruyi, dreams are the opposite of what they actually are. There will be a rally tomorrow, and Constable Chen will definitely be there. Why don't you go and ask him?" Song Li comforted Ruyi.

Ruyi stood up with a red face. She put the knot in her hand back into Song Li's hand and whispered, "Cousin, I'll go back first." After that, she hurried out of the Jiang family's courtyard and met Jiang Qingye who had returned.

Jiang Qingye called out, "Sister Ruyi." After hearing this, Ruyi nodded slightly and ran away.

Jiang Qingye walked into the yard and asked Song Li who was thinking about the knot: "Sister-in-law, what happened to Sister Ruyi? I called her, but she didn't say anything."

"Your sister Ruyi is shy. Have you seen Gou Wa?" Song Li asked, raising her head.

Jiang Qingye also took a closer look at the knot. He smiled and replied, "I saw it. I told Gou Wa."

Seeing that Jiang Qingye was curious about the knot, Song Li handed the knot to Jiang Qingye and let him take a closer look.

Soon, Jiang Qingzhou called Song Li and Jiang Qingye to eat. Jiang Qingye returned the knot to Song Li, and Song Li put the knot into her box.

During the meal, Song Li told Jiang Qingzhou about Ruyi. Jiang Qingzhou smiled and said that Ruyi and Chen Yuan were both too reserved, which led to the current stalemate.

The ten-year-old Jiang Qingye didn’t understand the entanglements between men and women. He just wanted to know why dreams are always the opposite?