A Happy Event in a Farming Family: Marrying a Hunter

"She said she was tired and went home first." Yunluo didn't plan to tell her mother about meeting the pedantic scholar, so as not to worry her.

Zhou Rong sighed, "Never mind, Lan'er has been pampered since she was a child. It's quite commendable that she has come this far."

Yunlu didn't speak.

The family arrived at the grave, arranged the offerings, lit white candles, and Yunluo and Qinzheng kowtowed. After the formalities, the group didn't leave but sat on the grass nearby, waiting for the candles to burn out.

"Xiao Luo, did you go to the village head's house to buy eggs?"

Yunlu nodded, "Does Mother want to buy one too?"

"No, from now on, don't go to his house!" Zhou Rong instructed, her eyes filled with a deep meaning.

Upon hearing this, Yunlu realized something was amiss.

The village headman disliked her, and her mother seemed uncomfortable mentioning him. Her gossipy nature was piqued. She glanced at the grave and lowered her voice, "Mother, did Father have some kind of grudge against the village headman in the past?"

"Don't overthink things, kid!"

Yunluo persisted, pestering her and saying reproachfully, "Mother, your daughter has grown up. Tell me quickly so I can avoid the village head next time."

Zhou Rong was pestered by her relentlessly, and thinking that the child was grown up and it wouldn't hurt for her to know, she told her all about the past.

Yun Luo was stunned after hearing this.

Who would have thought such a thing would happen?

To put it simply, back then, her mother was a beautiful woman in the surrounding villages. Once, when she went to town to sell chickens, she met Fatty's father and her father.

What farmer wouldn't like such a beautiful, kind, and gentle-speaking girl?

The village head and his father both had their eyes on her. At that time, the village head wasn't the village head yet; he was still a naive young man. He only told his father that he had someone he liked and asked his father what he thought.

Coincidentally, the village head's family also arranged a marriage for him at that time. His father naturally misunderstood and thought it was a good match. He even blessed the two of them and sent gifts.

The village head was overjoyed, thinking that his father didn't like his mother and was planning to cancel the family's marriage proposal to ask his mother for a marriage match. But to his surprise, his father acted even faster and sent Old Man Yun to the match much earlier.

A misunderstanding ensued. The village head felt that his father had stolen his son from him, saying one thing to his face and another behind his back. Because of this, the two didn't speak to each other for many years.

Yunlu blinked, suppressing a laugh, "Mom, so back then, did you have your eye on my dad or the village head?"

Zhou Rong blushed. "Of course it's your father. He's so capable and literate. Your mother adores him."

Although she herself was illiterate, listening to her husband tell her stories from books made her feel that even the hardest days were sweet.

such a pity……

Do Grandpa and Grandma know about this?

"How could we let them know? Although the village head doesn't get along with your father, he's still a good man and would never stab us in the back."

Yunlu felt the same way. It was much better for the village head to look down on her and give her a cold shoulder than to be all smiles on the surface while cursing her in his heart.

"Mother, Xiao Luo, the candles have burned out. Let's go down the mountain," Qin Zheng reminded them.

Looking at the sun, it was about time, so the family packed up and headed down the mountain.

On the way home, Qin Zheng carried Yun Luo on his back, while Zhou Rong and Yun Shaojie led the two children by the hand. By the time they got back, it was already afternoon. The two children had played around on the mountain for a while, and when they returned, they each ate a pancake and went to sleep.

Yunlu put medicine on her foot, bandaged it up, and sat in the yard. She couldn't run around, but she was worried about her basket of eggs. To make preserved eggs, the eggs had to be kept fresh and couldn't be left for too long.

"Brother Qin, there's a small ditch not far from the stream in the village. There's lime there. Could you help me dig some up? I want to make preserved eggs."

"A mutated egg?" Qin Zheng frowned almost imperceptibly.

Xiao Luo always has strange things in his head.

"Yes, it's made with eggs, and some other ingredients as well. I'll make it today, because eggs don't keep well if they're left out for too long."

Although Qin Zheng was curious, he didn't ask any more questions and went out to find the materials she mentioned.

She had large-leaf tea and alkali at home, so she brewed the tea beforehand, gathered some rice husks, and then, limping, went to pick some pine and cypress leaves, intending to burn some wood ash.

The key to making delicious preserved eggs lies in the ash from burning pine and cypress trees, which also has a very mild alkaline taste.

However, the pine and cypress leaves were only half-dried, and it took Yunlu a lot of effort to get them burning. After she finished burning them, the whole room was filled with ash, which made her stand at the door with her hands on her hips, tears streaming down her face.

When Qin Zheng returned, this was the scene he saw. He dropped the lime in his hand, rushed over like lightning, pulled Yun Luo out, and went into the stove room by himself.

It didn't catch fire.

He choked when he came out.

Yunlu felt a little embarrassed. Did Brother Qin think she had set the stove on fire?

"I'm burning pine and cypress leaves, so there's quite a bit of smoke."

"Hmm!" Qin Zheng turned back without making a sound and picked up the lime that had been spilled on the ground. Yun Luo saw this and couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Could she think that Brother Qin was worried about her?

"Brother Qin..."

"Your foot isn't healed yet, let me help you." Without waiting for a reply, Qin Zheng picked her up and carried her. His already dark face darkened even more when he saw the prepared items on the table.

This girl doesn't listen to him at all!

"Hehe, it's alright, Brother Qin. You wash the eggs, make sure they're clean, and put them on the straw mat. Once they're dry, I'll teach you how to cook them!"

"Okay, I'll go close the door!"

After washing the eggs, Qin Zheng carefully followed Yun Luo's instructions, rolling them in the prepared sauce, then coating them with rice husks, and finally putting them into a jar one by one.

His serious expression piqued Yun Luo's curiosity. In this era, no one would cook eggs like that. "Brother Qin, aren't you worried that I'll waste these fifty eggs?"

Qin Zheng looked at her intently, then suddenly smiled faintly, "I believe you!"

Yun Luoxin skipped a beat, unsure whether it was because of his words or her own smile.

Brother Qin's smile is so handsome. Everyone says that he stopped smiling after Xiao Ran's mother left. He must have been very cheerful before.

As she thought about it, she felt uncomfortable. "Brother Qin, no matter what difficulties we faced, they're all in the past now. You should smile more so that life will get better and better!"

Qin Zheng was taken aback, his thoughts drifting far away.

Things are getting better and better?

can you?

He was just a discarded pawn, nothing at all, not even his two children...

"Brother Qin, did I bring up something that hurt you again?"

"It's alright!" Qin Zheng said calmly, suddenly remembering what she had just told him to smile more. Her eyes sparkled, and without anyone noticing, a smile appeared on her face.

This smile pleased Yun Luo, and the girl started talking, "Brother Qin, I've already saved more than two taels, and with yours, it'll be more than six taels. It's hot now, so if we put the eggs in the jar, they'll be ready in ten days at most. Fifty eggs, even after deducting costs, will make a small profit."

"Yes, my brother and I have also found work. We'll be in town for the next few days and will be able to come back every day. At the end of the month, I'll borrow some money from my brother to pay back the Wang family, and then pay them back slowly later."