The first time in history

On his way back, Qian Mingduo hired a donkey cart at the city gate. It was called a donkey cart, but it was actually just a donkey pulling a wooden board with two wheels.

Qian Mingduo was lying on the donkey cart with his arms and legs spread out, holding a grass stem in his mouth and humming Teresa Teng's "Sweet Honey" leisurely.

He squinted his eyes and looked at the bright red sunset above his head. The more he looked, the more it resembled Diao Chan's beautiful face when she was shy. He stretched out his finger and tapped it lightly, as if trying to grab that bright red.

"Mr. Zhou, what good thing has happened to you?" The driver turned around and asked, "Why are you so happy?"

"Do you know me?" Qian Mingduo sat up straight, turned half a circle with his butt as the axis, and sat next to the driver.

"You are the son of Mr. Zhou from Mu'er Village," the driver said with a smile, "Who in this area doesn't know you?"

"Since you know me, can you charge me a lower fare?" Qian Mingduo said with a smile.

"Sure, I don't need to pay for your fare!" the driver said readily.

"I was joking with the old man." Qian Mingduo put his hands on the awning and saw a beautiful figure standing at the entrance of the village, looking forward to it. "I won't reduce the fare by a penny."

Qian Mingduo jumped off the donkey cart and slowly walked to Diao Chan. He lowered his head and sighed.

"Don't worry, ah!" Diao Chan said softly, "I never had the extravagant hope of becoming your principal wife. I feel very lucky to be your concubine." She wanted to hold Qian Mingduo's hands, but someone happened to pass by the village entrance. Diao Chan also lowered her head, pinching the corner of her clothes with both hands.

"Here is twenty taels of silver." Qian Mingduo took Diao Chan's hand and put the silver in her hand.

"How can there be so much silver?" Diao Chan had never seen so much silver before. She couldn't hold it with one hand. She held the silver with both hands and asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

Qian Mingduo opened the gate and put the key in his waist. Diao Chan followed Qian Mingduo and closed the gate. Diao Chan ran a few steps, stopped Qian Mingduo, held the silver in front of him, and said coquettishly: "If you don't tell me clearly where this silver came from, I will..."

"What are you going to do?" Qian Mingduo asked softly, "Are you going to report to the authorities?" He walked around Diao Chan and continued walking towards the hall.

Diao Chan followed Qian Mingduo into the hall, and watched him sit on the chair, without any intention of explaining the silver to her. She walked over and put the silver heavily on the table, then walked to the door, turned around, glanced at Qian Mingduo, and lowered her head, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

Qian Mingduo saw Diao Chan's tears "pa, pa" falling to the ground. He felt distressed instantly and thought that he couldn't tease Diao Chan like this anymore. He walked to Diao Chan, knelt on one knee, slowly hugged Diao Chan's waist, and buried his head in her chest.

"What's wrong with you?" Diao Chan was frightened by Qian Mingduo's behavior. She stretched out her trembling arms, hugged Qian Mingduo's head tightly, and said with a sob: "Don't scare me, I'm scared!"

"Thousands of years later, when a man proposes to a woman." Qian Mingduo greedily sniffed the fragrance of Diao Chan and said leisurely, "They will all be like me now, proposing on their knees."

"What is a proposal?" Diao Chan asked softly.

Qian Mingduo suddenly raised his head, stared into Diao Chan's eyes, and said softly: "Marry me, be my lady, be my wife."

"Really?" Diao Chan couldn't believe what Qian Mingduo said. "I...you...can marry me...as your...wife?"

"It's true, absolutely true." Qian Mingduo stood up suddenly, held up Diao Chan's face, and looking at her stunning beauty, he couldn't help but press his lips tightly against Diao Chan's lips.

Diao Chan let out a soft moan, and her whole body went limp.

"Is Zhou Jun back?" The old man pushed the door open and asked loudly, "Is Hongchang here?"

"......I......" Diao Chan wanted to answer her father, but her cherry mouth was occupied, so she stuck out her butt and pushed half of the door open, just enough to block the two people kissing. She wrinkled her small nose and smiled shyly.

"Uncle, I'm back." Qian Mingduo hurried out to greet him.

"I'm back." The old man looked around the courtyard and asked, "Hongchang, didn't you come?"

"At home... She thinks my room is a little dirty and is helping me clean it up!"

"Dad, why are you here too?" Diao Chan just walked out of the house at this time, and Qian Mingduo saw that her face was still blushing.

Just then, the gate was kicked open and two people walked in aggressively.

"What are you going to do?" Qian Mingduo didn't know why the two were acting like this, but they dared to act so arrogantly in his own yard. So he shouted, "Do you want to die?"

The older man stepped forward and shouted, "Zhou Jun, what right do you have to break off the engagement and bring shame to my sister?"

Qian Mingduo understood that this guy was Miss Su's brother, and he thought that he was the one who asked to cancel the engagement, so he stood up for his sister. He suppressed his anger and said slowly: "This marriage was agreed upon by your father and I, it has nothing to do with you!"

"My sister is lucky she hasn't married into your Zhou family yet." Miss Su's brother saw that Qian Mingduo's attitude was not so fierce anymore, so he jumped out and shouted, "Who knows what a ungrateful person like you will do to my sister!"

"That's right, a person like you who doesn't know what's good for you is not worthy of being my brother-in-law." Miss Su's brother also shouted: "You must give us justice today, otherwise..."

"What else can you do?" Facing the threats from the two brothers, Qian Mingduo's ferocity as he killed wolves in the desert gradually rose. He narrowed his eyes, and his gaze instantly became fierce. He said coldly: "Get out of here before I lose my temper."

Miss Su's elder brother and younger brother were frightened by Qian Mingduo's sudden momentum. They felt a hint of chill in Qian Mingduo's eyes, and their original arrogance suddenly dissipated.

The younger brother timidly pulled at his brother's clothes: "Brother, how about... let's go."

The elder brother was also afraid, but he still said stubbornly: "Zhou Jun, just wait for me! We can't just let the cancellation of the engagement go like this." After saying that, he and his younger brother left in a hurry.

"Zhou Jun!" The old man looked at the two brothers who slammed the door and left, and sighed, "I'm sorry to have troubled you in order to give Hongchang a name!"

Diao Chan was behind Qian Mingduo, silently holding his hand.

Today's meal was cooked at Qian Ming's home. Diao Chan went to buy several ingredients that people usually don't want to eat. It wasn't until the moon was above the treetops that the three of them sat together.