"Oops! That's it, when did I become like this! Yang Ming didn't say it in the end, because he was now worried that if he said the three words "I love you" like a modern confession, would he let a famous lady like Gu Xiaoyuan be scared away.

Yang Ming, who refused to give up, pursed his lips and swallowed, and said, "Otherwise, Miss Du, now I still have to go to the passes at the entrance of the three villages to check the posts, you wait for me at home tomorrow morning, I will come to you, how about it?" ”

Du Xiaoyuan was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed, after all, this was not what she wanted to hear. She was already aware of Yang Ming's intentions, and she was unwilling to expose it, so she also forced herself to calm down and said: "Okay, Yang Gongzi, since you have something, I won't delay you, don't worry, I won't go anywhere tomorrow morning, just wait for you in the house, but please Yang Gongzi not break the contract." ”

"Well, don't worry, this time won't be like before," Yang Ming said and ran out as quickly as a rabbit. And Du Xiaoyuan sat silently on the pebbles alone, holding her cheeks for a while, until Yundie came to find her, and she followed back to the village.

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Du Xiaoyuan got up, she cut her makeup for half an hour on a basin of clear water, and deliberately changed into a newly bought purple flower fringe skirt, and then sat quietly on the pestle, and after a while the wind blew in, she hurriedly combed her hair bun.

"Xiaoyuan, today is the day of the market, you get ready, let's go", at this time, Zhang Yuanwai walked in.

As soon as Zhang Yuanwai came in, he saw Xiao Yuan sitting in front of the window like a hibiscus out of the water, so he took a step back in shock: "Yo hey, I said Xiaoyuan, what are you going to marry today, how are you dressed like a fairy, which makes my old guy feel like a spring, hehe." ”

"Grandpa Zhang, please take a seat, I can't go to town with you today, because", Du Xiaoyuan said and swallowed back the words of the other half.

"Because of what, you also know, every time I go to the town, I not only have to sell food for some pots and pans, but also help buy things for your daughter's family, you said that the whole village is a girl who can read and write, you don't go to the town with me to buy things for these girls in the village, who goes with me, I am an old guy with a lot of belly pockets and it doesn't look good, right?" Zhang Yuanwai said.

Du Xiaoyuan had to bite her thin lip and said, "Because Yang Gongzi is coming to me this morning, I can't accompany you to the town, and I ask you to forgive me." ”

"You said it earlier, no wonder you are dressed up so beautifully today, I won't interfere with your good things, I'll go to Yundie's girl", Zhang Yuanwai said and hurriedly rushed out of Xiaoyuan's room, and turned his head as soon as he got out of the house: "Xiaoyuan, do you want Grandpa Zhang and I will bring you something, such as fat powder jewelry or something." ”

"Thank you for your bother, you don't have to be like this", Du Xiaoyuan got up and came to salute, and then heard Zhang Yuanwai say outside: "Childe's elm head has finally opened up." Du Xiaoyuan blushed unconsciously, and secretly wondered if she had to wait for her parents to know about this?

Yang Ming didn't sleep all night last night, and although he got up early in the morning and ran along the river as usual, and went out with the army to exercise, he had been struggling with what to say when he went to see Xiao Yuan for a while.

Du Xiaoyuan looked out of the bamboo window many times before she saw Yang Ming's figure, and walked out with a smile: "Childe, you are here." ”

"Well, Miss Block, you got up so early", Yang Ming replied with a smile, I wanted to say the prepared words in one go, but when I saw that Miss Blockade was more beautiful than yesterday, I didn't know what to say for a while, so I said: "I'm going to visit every house today, why don't Miss Block talk with me while walking?" ”

"Okay", Du Xiaoyuan immediately closed the door, moved her steps lightly to Yang Ming's side, and smiled at Yang Ming.

Du Xiaoyuan's smile made Yang Ming couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and after relieving himself, he didn't know how to speak, so he kept walking silently until a young woman in front of him shouted "Childe, Miss Du".

Yang Mingcai found an opportunity to speak, and said with a smile: "She is Cao Laosan's newly married daughter-in-law, and now there are more than 200 households in our Hanjia Village, and every family has fertile land, and they have harvested a lot of light, and their Cao family has collected more than 80 stone of summer wheat this year, and they have become rich peasants." ”

"Yes, it's all because we have caught up with the people of Yixing, Jiangnan", Du Xiaoyuan said, Cao Laosan's father came out with a jar of wine and invited the two of them into the house: "Childe, this is my family's newly brewed wine, you can taste it." ”

Yang Ming took it with a smile and poured a small half bowl for Du Xiaoyuan: "You can also taste it, this is made with the clear spring water from the mountain and the newly harvested wheat, which is no worse than the wine that Zhang Yuanwai brought back from the town." ”

"Mo Xiao's farmhouse is full of wine, and the guests are full of chickens and dolphins in the harvest year", Du Xiaoyuan held the wine bowl in both hands and smiled and recited a poem in Lu You's "Visiting Shanxi Village", then lightly opened the sandalwood cuffs, and after drinking half a point, he smiled, and said: "It's really a mixture of spring fragrant wine, with a unique flavor, I want a little." ”

"Drink less, this is a strong wine, if you get drunk here, you will lose your image as a lady", Yang Ming is much more natural now, but he also began to joke, and after pouring a little more for Xiao Yuan, he also drank a little.

After getting out of the Cao family's house, Du Xiaoyuan was already a little dizzy, Yang Ming had to help her go, and the two walked along a path, only to see a house in front of the house and behind the house full of freshly pickled radishes, cabbage and bacon, and the slope was full of green vegetables, vegetables and fruits. Gu Xiaoyuan couldn't help blushing and smiled: "Who is this, although it is a bamboo fence hut, it is solid and rich." ”

"This is Grandma Zhang's house, because she is too old to raise fields and plant seedlings, and she doesn't want others to plant her fields, she planted all the fields in her own family, and now she can't eat them all, only to give them away, all the vegetables and vegetables at yesterday's feast are supplied by her", Yang Ming said and walked over and shouted: "Is Grandma Zhang at home?" ”

Grandma Zhang in Yang Ming's mouth is now in her eighties, and she is gradually a little old and dizzy, and it took a long time to recognize that it was Yang Ming, so she hurriedly took Yang Ming's hand and said: "It turned out to be Brother Ming, what a rare guest", and after looking at it for a long time, he saw that there was a woman next to Yang Ming, so he said: "Brother Ming, when did you marry a lady, why didn't you tell me earlier, if you have a wedding wine, come to me to get food." ”

When Gu Xiaoyuan heard that Grandma Zhang misunderstood that she was Yang Ming's wife, she lowered her head unconsciously, did not quibble, and beat Yang Ming's arm as if she was coquettish.

Yang Ming simply pulled her hand over, held the soft and tender slender jade hand of Du Xiaoyuan, and said, "Don't mind, she is already eighty years old, and her speech is a little confused." ”

"You're more confused than her, why are you holding someone's hand, let go!" Du Xiaoyuan said a word coquettishly, and did not break free, but after Yang Ming reluctantly let go, she withdrew her hand and stayed aside silently.

Yang Ming took Guan Xiaoyuan to visit many people's homes, all in all, the villagers of Hanjia Village, especially the displaced people who fled here with Yang Ming at the beginning, have changed greatly, and they no longer know what hunger is, what cold, and despair are.

In the sound of midsummer, the village is full of tranquility and harmony, and for the stormy world outside, this is a peach blossom paradise:

The land is flat, the houses are like that, and there are good fields and beautiful ponds and mulberry bamboos. Qianmo traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other. Among them, the men and women are dressed like outsiders. Yellow hair hangs down and is happy.