Farmer's Homecoming

Chapter 1

In August, the rice fields in the countryside are golden everywhere. In addition to the rice that is about to be harvested, the soybeans on the ridges of the fields are also ripe.

Liu Chunsheng's family opened a tofu shop. Every August, his father would go to his hometown Liujia Village to harvest soybeans. This year, the Liu family's carriage also arrived in Liujia Village when it left in August, but this year there was only Liu Chunsheng on the carriage. one person.

"Chunsheng, why did you come here all these years alone? Where's your father?" The person who spoke was the village head of Liu's Village, who was also a relative of Liu Chunsheng, and the village head grew up with Liu Chunsheng's father. of.

"Uncle Yuan, my father has been in poor health recently. He has been taking care of him for a while. The doctor ordered him to take care of him a few days ago, so I came this year by myself." After stopping the carriage, Liu Chunsheng gave the village chief Liu Dayuan After talking about his father's situation, he began to ask about the harvest in the village this year.

"Uncle Yuan, how is the harvest in the village this year? I think the rice at the entrance of the village is growing well. The tassels on each plant are crooked, golden and plump, and you can tell that the harvest is good." Although the family has moved to the town It's been more than ten years, but the houses in the village are still there, and the rent collected every year is almost enough for half a year's food for the family. This year's harvest is good, and it can save my father a fortune in selling medicines.

Everyone in the village knows that the Liu family will collect soybeans when they come back to the village, so they will be ready around the same time.It was the same this year. Not long after Liu Chunsheng entered the village, everyone knew that the Liu family had come to collect soybeans. After a while, people brought their own soybeans to the village chief's house one after another.

"Chunsheng, I heard that your father is ill. Are you going back to the village to celebrate the New Year this year? This year the village will worship the ancestors, so you have to come back."

"Boss, don't worry, father is fine, just take care of him, he will be refreshed by the time of the Chinese New Year, and we will come back sooner."

"Oh, Chunsheng is going to be seventeen this year, right? Your mother didn't find a wife for you?"

"Yes, Chunsheng has reached the age of marrying a wife. When their family moved to the town, he was still a milk baby. How time flies."

"Hehe, aunts, stop teasing me." Liu Chunsheng didn't expect the topic to change so quickly, and he immediately talked about his own marriage.

Liu Chunsheng is going to be seventeen soon, and many boys his age in the village are already fathers, so his family naturally mentioned his marriage to him.It's just that Liu Chunsheng felt that marriage was a big deal, and he couldn't let others make fun of it as if it were a joke. He just had to listen to his parents' arrangements.

There is also a special rice store in the town to collect the grain from the farmers, but the Liu family is two hours away from the town, and it is inconvenient for the villagers to go to the town. Go to the village to harvest soybeans.

On the way back with a cart full of soybeans, Liu Chunsheng began to think about whether to make a living at home besides the tofu shop. My father spent too much money on medical treatment this year, and almost all his savings of more than ten years were spent. , if you don't think about earning a little money, next year Dad's soup and medicine expenses will become a problem.

Liu Chunsheng's house in the town is a small courtyard with two entrances, and outside the small courtyard is his family's tofu shop.When he just walked in front of his shop, he realized something was wrong. It's already afternoon, why are there so many people in front of the house?If you can explain clearly in the morning, they are all queuing up to sell tofu, but it's already this time, why are there so many people?

"Chunsheng, you're back. A nobleman has come to your house. Go in and have a look." The Liu family has lived on this street for more than ten years, so there are naturally many acquainted neighbors. Liu Chunsheng knows this. The talking Aunt Liu likes to talk big, and what she said has to be discounted to listen, so he didn't think much about it and went straight into the room.

I thought Liu was talking big, but seeing the battle in his yard, Liu Chunsheng was dumbfounded.There were two rows of more than a dozen people dressed as servants standing in the small courtyard of his house, and there were two more at the entrance of the front hall. After hurriedly entering the front hall, Liu Chunsheng saw a middle-aged man in his forties sitting inside, Judging by his attire, this person is either rich or expensive.

"Daddy, Mommy, we have guests at home today." Liu Chunsheng walked in quickly and sat on the other side.

"Chunsheng, you're back. You haven't eaten dinner yet. Your mother is saving it for you. Let's go eat first. Your mother and I will greet the guests at home."

"Okay." From the faces of his parents, it can be seen that this guest is not welcome at home. Liu Chunsheng understands his parents' temperament. Maybe for this person who looks like a distant visitor, it seems that there must be something wrong with this person.

Wanting to know what was going on, Liu Chunsheng didn't listen to his father's words and obediently went back to the kitchen for dinner. He hid behind the door and secretly listened to the conversation in the room.

"Master Shen, have you seen it all? My family only gave birth to a son in Chun. If the Shen family must fulfill the promise of the year, then wait for the next generation." When the Shen and Liu families were still in Liujia Village, the two The old man of the family at that time made a marriage arrangement for the children, and agreed that if the family had children in that generation, they would marry the children of the right age, but until the Shen family left, neither of the two families had a daughter, so the marriage was delayed. .

"Brother Liu, that's not what you said. Since this marriage exists, it doesn't care whether it's a man or a woman. Anyway, Dayan men and men can also marry each other. The family has already decided on this matter. The dowry has been placed at the inn. Wait until officially hired.

I came here today to let you know so that you have time to prepare. I have already made it clear, so I won’t stay any longer. Let me leave. "Let's go, when Liu Chunsheng came out, the man had already stood up, and then led a group of people out of the house.

"Father, what's the matter? What's the matter with the marriage that man said?" Liu Chunsheng didn't quite understand, obviously they had talked a lot before he came back.

"Sigh, back then, because the two families had a good relationship, they made a marriage agreement with each other. Who would have thought that many years have passed, and the Shen family, who has been invisible for decades, has come out and made such absurd demands!"

Aunt Liu slowly told his son about the matter with the Shen family. This was the marriage that Apa Shen's grandfather had arranged at that time. At that time, the two families still left tokens. This is over How long has it been, who knows that the Shen family really came here.

"Father, you mean that ancestral treasure at home is actually something from the Shen family?"

"Well, it was given by the Shen family when the marriage was established. Your great-grandfather left a message for the family to pass down from generation to generation." Aunt Liu has been in poor health recently, and now he has met with a heart-wrenching situation. Seeing the matter, his face looked ugly, Liu Chunsheng looked at Father's face, and couldn't say anything else, he could only say comforting words.

"Father, don't worry, the Shen family can't harm their own people. Now that they know that I'm the only man in the family and don't have a daughter, maybe this marriage is nothing more than that, and their family won't want their daughter to marry me. I’m a poor boy.” The life of the Liu family is passable in the town, but Liu Chunsheng looked at this man’s style and knew that the power of the Shen family must not be comparable to that of the little Liu family, and his daughter naturally would not married to him.