Chapter 20: The Night That Quieted Down
Most of the September seasons are looking forward to the advent of the National Day holiday, everyone is arranging the National Day travel plan, some to organize a long trip, some to contact relatives and friends, some to continue to work, some to stay at home, the most tragic is to be on duty, to give three times the salary can not make up for the lack of holidays!
Every May Day, National Day, and Spring Festival, Chen Qiang and Zhou Yuan are not ready to go far, they feel that going out during the domestic holiday is to go out to follow the footsteps of the flow of people and watch the continuous surging of the sea of people, which is to add blockage to others and to themselves! Their trips are generally arranged at the end of June when spring and summer turn to winter and November when autumn turns into winter, when there are few people and the price is low, and they are convinced that no matter how good the scenery is, there will be no more people!
Zhou Yuan did not deliberately blame Chen Qiang for getting drunk, Zhou Yuan always reminded and instructed with a little water: "The body is my own, and I love myself from loving myself!" Zhou Yuan's words are very soft, Chen Qiang knows that behind Zhou Yuan's gentleness is a kind of trust and expectation, if this trust and expectation is gone, Zhou Yuan may not say a word!
In the blink of an eye, the National Day is approaching, Chen Qiang and Zhou Yuan are planning the arrangements for the festival, although they will not go far, they can't stay at home every day! Chen Qiang and Zhou Yuan have been together for a long time, although Chen Qiang's parents have met when they came to Luancheng, but Zhou Yuan has not officially gone to Chen Qiang's house, Chen Qiang has mentioned this idea, Zhou Yuan's answer is to wait until his job is stable, and the future of the two will be clear before going!
Chen Qiang felt that the time was ripe, and the conditions proposed by Zhou Yuan had now been met, and Zhou Yuan should not refuse this time! In fact, Chen Qiang still has some concerns about inviting Zhou Yuan to his hometown, after all, the conditions in the neighboring county are still far from the health standards of Luancheng, and she is worried that Zhou Yuan will regret it after going to his hometown and break up with him when he comes back! Chen Qiang's worries are reasonable, when he was chasing Zhou Yuan, he was most worried about and had low self-esteem, rural college student Gao Pancheng Miss is like the gap between young men in the mainland in the nineties who even took care of the gap between rich women in Taiwan, the outlook on life, outlook on life, and values are different, how can they be together!
Zhou Yuan's thoughts are actually not as many as Chen Qiang's, she feels that if Chen Qiang wants to be with him, he must go through the test of life and the integration of habits, as for Chen Qiang's own identity, in China, there are three generations ahead, most of them are farmers! But if Chen Qiang had not embodied moldability and sustainability in his common life experience, Chen Qiang's status would certainly not have been maintained until now! At present, since Zhou Yuan is willing to be with Chen Qiang, it means that Chen Qiang has passed Zhou Yuan's pass, and Zhou Yuan's parents should not be a big problem, Zhou Yuan's parents are very satisfied with Chen Qiang's performance, and they respect Zhou Yuan's opinion on the issue of peasant background, if Chen Qiang can pass Zhou Yuan's pass, Zhou Yuan's parents will no longer stop him! This is a model of raising a daughter since she was a child and bothering less when she grows up!
Chen Qiang and Zhou Yuan reached an agreement after a brief discussion, and they were tentatively scheduled to leave on October 2 and return on October 5 to avoid the rush hour! After the plan was set, Chen Qiang hurriedly called his parents, reported the itinerary, and asked his parents to get ready, clean up the house, and prepare some delicious food, especially the sweet and sour pork ribs that Zhou Yuan likes to eat!
Chen Qiang's parents are very happy, since Chen Qiang got a girlfriend, the second old man is both happy and worried, happy that he is very satisfied with Zhou Yuan, the future daughter-in-law, and worried that Chen Qiang has not seen Zhou Yuan back to his hometown for a long time, every time Chen Qiang finds other reasons to fool him, relatives and neighbors are inquiring, and some are anxious to introduce his girlfriend to Chen Qiang, which makes Chen Qiang and his parents cry and laugh!
The news that Chen Qiang was going to take his daughter-in-law back to his hometown quickly spread to every corner of Longshan Village, Yanghua Town, a neighboring county, there were many people who said good things and blessings, and there were also some who sighed that they had no chance, and a few people turned envy and jealousy into hatred, hating others and hating themselves!
Chen Qiang and Zhou Yuan took a bus from Luancheng to the neighboring county early in the morning on October 2, and after getting off the bus, Chen Qiang took the initiative to call a taxi over, he didn't want Zhou Yuan to work too hard, and they also brought a lot of things, and it was not convenient to take the bus again! As soon as the taxi entered the entrance of the village, there were many children surrounding him, Chen Qiang quickly took some candy from his pocket and distributed it to the children of relatives and friends, Chen Qiang's parents were already waiting at the entrance of the village, and the meals at home were almost ready, just go back to the next pot!
Chen Qiang's father took the luggage, and Chen Qiang's mother took Zhou Yuan's hand and walked into Chen's house together! Chen Qiang's family is the first batch of farmers to build buildings in the community, and the family background is at the middle and upper level in the local area under the hard work of Chen Qiang's father, and Chen Qiang's father has a high prestige and influence in the village community! Zhou Yuan's arrival attracted all relatives and friends from the whole company to visit, but fortunately, Chen Qiang greeted his parents in advance and said that on the second day, it would be good for the family to have a meal, and he was not busy notifying relatives and friends to participate!
However, the habit of going from house to house in the countryside and the sudden surge of enthusiasm still frightened Zhou Yuan, since the noon meal, there have been relatives who have come to visit the door, and after lunch, other neighbors and friends rushed over one after another, Chen Qiang hurriedly excused himself to get up early in the morning to take a nap, and sent Zhou Yuan to the bedroom on the second floor to rest, and after blocking the living room below for a while, he also hurried upstairs to accompany Zhou Yuan!
"Chen Qiang, these relatives and friends of yours are too enthusiastic, although I was prepared in advance, but I still can't bear it, your parents won't blame me!" Zhou Yuan looked a little tired, but because he was in an unfamiliar environment, he still couldn't calm down mentally!
"It's okay, I told my parents, don't worry, hurry up and sleep for a while! I'm here with you! Chen Qiang comforted
"You sit for a while or go down quickly, don't let others wait too long, I'll lie down and recuperate!" Zhou Yuan said
"Okay, I'll go down in a while, you can sleep!" Chen Qiang said
When Zhou Yuan woke up, it was already evening, Chen Qiang didn't wake Zhou Yuan up halfway, she was indeed a little hard!
In the evening, Chen Qiang's mother pulled Zhou Yuan to her room, took out a slightly dim gold ring from a brocade box, handed the ring to Zhou Yuan with her own hands, and said: "This is a tradition of the Chen family, I should have given it to you again when I got married, but I think you are my daughter-in-law, and I should give it to you now!" ”
"Thank you, Auntie!" Zhou Yuan was flattered, this plot was exactly the same as on TV, and he didn't expect that he would become the protagonist of the plot!
The two exchanged a few more polite words, Chen Qiang's mother left Zhou Yuan's room, and Chen Qiang stood at the door waiting! Zhou Yuan was angry and funny when he heard the conversation between the two!
"Chen Qiang, where do you sleep at night?" Chen Qiang's mother asked!
"I'll go sleep on the couch on the first floor!" Chen Qiang replied
"I didn't prepare that many quilts, so you can sleep on the second floor!" Chen Qiang's mother said
"Mom, you're ......, this doesn't have a good impact, and it will spread tomorrow!" Chen Qiang said
"What era is it now, you haven't done this in Luancheng yet! Don't dare to go home? Chen Qiang's mother said
Chen Qiang was speechless for a while, although Chen Qiang enjoyed the treatment of being married very early, but after all, it was in the city, and the consciousness in the countryside was still relatively traditional! Chen Qiang hurriedly broke away from his mother, he was afraid that the conversation would reach Zhou Yuan's ears! In fact, Zhou Yuan can hear every word clearly!
"Chen Qiang, you come in, I have something to tell you!" Zhou Yuan shouted
"It's coming, Yuan Yuan!" Chen Qiang replied and returned to the bedroom!
"You can sleep on the second floor at night, the first floor is too tidal!" Zhou Yuan found a reason that was not a reason!
The night came quickly, Chen Qiang and Zhou Yuan were lying on the bed, they didn't do anything, they were enjoying this quiet night, such a night has not been felt for a long time! Chen Qiang's heart was excited, he knew that after tonight, Zhou Yuan had already recognized himself as his partner for the second half of his life, and Chen Qiang must also take on this burden!
In the night sky of Longshan Village, in the scattered village residences, all kinds of rumors about the son of the Chen family and his daughter-in-law are beautiful and envious in this quiet night!