Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 146 Calculation

As soon as Zhou Ning heard the name Liu Huaer, he remembered that the last time he saw Liu Huaer was when the Song family was putting up the beams of their new house. Compared to that time, Liu Huaer had lost a lot of weight, and her eyes were swollen from crying all the time recently. He was just panicking just now, but now when he thought about it, the look in that girl's eyes was really creepy.

Thinking of what Liu Huaer had done, Zhou Ning couldn't help but shudder. He quickly said that he would never go out alone again.

Song Chunsheng squeezed her husband's hand with satisfaction, took out food from the basket and started eating.

Zhou Ning took an empty cloth bag, took over Song Chunsheng's job, and started picking cotton.

Cotton bolls in the Song family's cotton fields have burst one after another, revealing the snow-white cotton inside. At this time, cotton harvesting can only rely solely on manpower. Whenever the Song family has time, they will go to the fields and collect the cotton in time.

At first, Zhou Ning, like the other villagers, had no hope for the "silkworm cocoons" grown in the fields. He had seen hemp and silkworm cocoons, and they looked different from cotton. However, Song Chunlin swore that cotton was warmer than hemp, had a higher yield than silk, and was softer and more absorbent when woven into cloth, and was warmer when made into quilts.

At first, everyone in the village treated the Song family as a joke, watching them busying themselves, thinking they were just wasting their time. Although Zhou Ning didn't say anything, he was still a little worried in his heart, fearing that all their hard work would ultimately be in vain.

Fortunately, as the cotton gradually matured, when Zhou Ning touched the soft, snow-white cotton for the first time, he was amazed at the cotton ball that was highly similar to a silk cocoon.

"Silkworm cocoons can actually be grown in this land!" Zhou Ning couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the cotton in his palm.

Song Chunsheng came over with a smile and put a peach into Zhou Ning's hand. "Let's eat a peach and go home. We have already picked all the fruits in this field. I will come back to check tomorrow."

Zhou Ning took the peach, which was cleaned. He opened his mouth, took a bite, squinted his eyes and said, "It's so sweet."

"Sweet, right? You should eat more. You finally gained some weight, but it's been lost again in recent time." Song Chunsheng's eyes were full of heartache. When Zhou Ning first got married, he was very thin and small, with dark skin and dry hair. After coming to the Song family for a few months, he finally gained some weight and his skin became a little whiter. However, after the busy farming season, the weight he had just gained was lost again. Now that he finally has some free time, Song Chunsheng doesn't want him to work too hard.

Zhou Ning thought of what Song Chunsheng had said before, asking him to fatten himself up so that the Song family could have more children. He turned his face away embarrassedly, not daring to look at Song Chunsheng.

After returning home, Song Chunsheng asked Zhou Ning to go and rest. He went to the study, found Song Chunlin, and whispered a few words in his ear. Song Chunlin looked confused at first, but after listening, he became excited.

So a few days later, Liu Huaer was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night when she suddenly heard someone knocking on her window. Who would knock on her window in the middle of the night? Liu Huaer was so scared that she huddled in her bed and dared not come out.

Song Chunsheng and Song Chunlin outside saw that there was no movement inside, so Song Chunlin came up with a bad idea and asked his brother to shout twice for the people inside to hear. Song Chunsheng had a dark face and refused to shout. Song Chunlin helplessly reminded him: "If you don't get her out, how can we do anything?"

Although Song Chunsheng felt that what he said made sense, he still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart. He prepared himself for a long time outside, and when Liu Huaer was almost asleep inside, he shouted awkwardly to Liu Huaer's window:

"Liu Huaer, it's me, please come out for a moment."

Liu Huaer inside seemed to hear Song Chunsheng's voice in a daze. She jumped up and listened carefully. There was indeed a man's voice outside. Could it be that Song Chunsheng really came to see her?

Thinking of this, she was no longer sleepy and quickly got out of bed. She tidied up her appearance and made sure everything was fine before she shyly opened the window.

Song Chunsheng was standing in front of the window, his back to the moonlight. Liu Huaer couldn't see the expression on his face, but she could tell from his figure that he did look a bit like Song Chunsheng.

"Are you Chunsheng?" Liu Huaer asked uncertainly.

Song Chunsheng didn't say anything, but nodded slightly.

Liu Huaer wanted to rush over excitedly, but Song Chunsheng took a step back, and she was stuck on the windowsill, stretching out her hands awkwardly.

Song Chunsheng didn't want to meet her, so he just said calmly: "Follow me."

Liu Huaer was so excited that she didn't care about anything else. In her mind, she was so outstanding, how could Song Chunsheng choose Zhou Ning, that jinx, instead of her?

Look, isn't he coming to see her?

As for why the other party came in the middle of the night, Liu Huaer also explained for Song Chunsheng in her heart. He is a married man now. It is said that a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a secret lover. Men all like this.

Liu Huaer walked out of the door triumphantly, completely unaware that the door of her parents' room had slightly opened behind her.

Song Chunsheng was walking in front and Liu Huaer was following behind him. Song Chunsheng walked so fast that she could hardly keep up. The old couple from the Liu family behind him could not keep up even more and could only follow from a distance.

After walking for a while, the two old people could no longer walk. It was late at night and there was only moonlight. Their eyesight was poor and they walked unsteadily. They only saw Liu Huaer following someone into a dilapidated house.

Old Lady Liu looked at the dilapidated house in doubt and wonder: "Old man, is that man really Song Chunsheng? No, what does he want to do by coming to our daughter in the middle of the night?"

Old Man Liu snorted in annoyance: "Why bother with him? Anyway, if he dares to bully our daughter later, I will never let him go. I will make him divorce that guy and marry our daughter."

Old Lady Liu still had a trace of rationality: "If he really wanted to marry my daughter, wouldn't he have done it long ago? Why would he have to meet her in the middle of the night? There might be something fishy going on here."

"What's the trick?" Old man Liu pulled his wife impatiently, signaling her to catch up quickly.

Song Chunsheng and Song Chunlin in this room had already prepared everything. Looking at the two people entangled and sleeping soundly on the ground, Song Chunsheng and Song Chunlin both turned their faces away. If it wasn't for the plan, they really didn't want to take another look.

Song Chunlin listened to the noise outside and signaled his brother and the other two to come over. The two brothers immediately jumped out of the broken window. After they walked away, Old Man Liu and Old Lady Liu pushed the door open and looked around. There was no moonlight in the room, and they only saw two white figures on the ground. They couldn't see who they were, and subconsciously thought they were Song Chunsheng and Liu Huaer.

"What a corrupt thing!!!" Old man Liu was so angry that he kicked the person on the ground. Liu Huaer, who was lying on the ground, woke up immediately after being kicked. She screamed in pain. Liu Erbing, who was about to wake up beside her, was frightened by her scream. It was already cold at night, and now he didn't even have anything to cover himself, which made him feel even colder.

Seeing that both of them woke up, Old Lady Liu suddenly felt something was wrong. The man's voice did not sound like Song Chunsheng. When the man stood up, the moonlight outside shone on his face. Old Lady Liu didn't know what to think, and immediately picked up a wooden stick at hand and smashed it hard on the man's head.

Poor Liu Erbing had just woken up when he was knocked unconscious again by Old Lady Liu's stick. Before he could react what was happening, he fell down again.

Old man Liu next to him also discovered that the other person was not Song Chunsheng, not to mention Liu Huaer who was closest to him. She screamed in shock. Old man Liu did not care that his daughter was naked, and hurried forward to cover her mouth to prevent her from shouting. Old lady Liu threw away the stick, searched the ground, and put clothes on her daughter at random.

The two checked and confirmed that there was nothing else left on the ground, and Liu Erbing was lying motionless, as if he was dead.

Fearing that he had beaten someone to death, Old Man Liu did not dare to confirm it, but deep down he also felt that it would be best if Liu Erbing died.

The couple escorted Liu Huaer back to Liu's house quickly. Liu Huaer was still in shock. When Old Mrs. Liu asked her, she only knew that she had gone out with Song Chunsheng. She thought Song Chunsheng came to see her because he had feelings for her, but now she was not sure.

Old Lady Liu repeatedly asked her, "Are you sure that man is really Song Chunsheng and not Liu Erbing? Did he personally admit that he is Song Chunsheng?"

Liu Huaer was about to speak when she suddenly remembered that the man did not say that he was Song Chunsheng. He only said one sentence from beginning to end. Based on this one sentence alone, Liu Huaer was not sure whether that man was Song Chunsheng.

Seeing her daughter like this, Old Lady Liu poked her daughter's head hard.

"You are so stupid! You didn't even know who the other person was, and you just ran away with him. Luckily it was me and your father today. If it was someone else, Liu Erbing, a second-rate guy, he is fearless, and you would be in trouble. Have you forgotten how the village dealt with those women who had affairs in previous years? They would be thrown into the pig cage!"

After being frightened by Old Lady Liu, Liu Huaer also felt scared. She cried and asked Old Lady Liu in a panic what to do now.

Old Mrs. Liu pondered for a while and then asked Liu Huaer if she felt any discomfort, especially that part of her body.

Liu Huaer felt it carefully and didn't feel anything wrong. She was overjoyed to find out: "Mom, I'm fine. I don't think he did that to me."

Old Mrs. Liu looked at her daughter carefully. When she sent her daughter back just now, she didn't notice anything wrong with her walking. She also felt that based on the time they had rushed there, nothing would happen, so she felt relieved.

After returning to the upper room, Old Lady Liu told Old Man Liu about this, and Old Man Liu responded indifferently.

"That's good. The Wu family has urged Hua'er to marry quickly several times before. If that's the case, we should just send her over earlier to avoid unnecessary trouble."

Old Lady Liu was still a little worried: "What about Liu Erbing..."

Speaking of Liu Erbing, Old Man Liu snorted coldly: "It's better for him to be dead. If he's not dead, we're not afraid. Anyway, I'm an old man. If he dares to hit on my old girl again, I'll exchange my life for his!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Old Mrs. Liu was also shocked when she heard the old man's words.

The old couple did not sleep all night and held on until dawn. Old Mrs. Liu ate a quick breakfast and went to the village entrance early to wait for someone to find Liu Erbing. As a result, she sat in the village for a whole morning and only found out that Liu Erbing seemed to have been beaten again, stripped of his clothes and thrown into a broken house. He was injured and frozen all night. When he was sent to Doctor Wang, he was almost feverish.

Hearing that Liu Erbing might be burned silly, Old Lady Liu breathed a sigh of relief and went back to report the good news to Old Man Liu.

Although there were no problems with Liu Erbing, the couple was still afraid of more trouble, so a few days later, Liu Huaer got on the Wu family's bridal sedan and got married in an extremely low-key manner.

Zhou Ning was very happy when he heard the news. He no longer had to be suspicious when going out. Now he could go anywhere in the village.

Song Chunsheng looked at Zhou Ning lovingly from the side. He didn't intend to tell Zhou Ning what he had done for fear of scaring him.

And Liu Erbing was not really burned stupid. He always had a bad reputation. He usually did all kinds of things, such as stealing and molesting decent women. This time when he was plotted against, he thought that someone was looking for revenge on him. He did not forget that when he woke up, there was a woman lying next to him. Not long after his head injury healed, he went to provoke those people who had a grudge against him. As a result, he was really beaten up with a club in retaliation.

As the Song family harvested the first wave of cotton, even the village chief's son came to watch the fun and confirmed that the cotton could really be woven into cloth. Everyone was very excited and asked Song Dazhuang if he would sell the cotton seeds.

Song Dazhuang smiled and said nothing. Everyone was a little disappointed, but think about it. Such precious cotton seeds could not be sold easily by anyone. Now only the Song family is growing cotton, just like potatoes and sweet potatoes in the past, they have a monopoly. The son of the village chief guessed that the Song family would probably have to hold back a big wave.

In the end, the Song family really made a big mistake - quilts.

When the large quilt measuring two meters by two and a half meters came out, the Song family members' eyes widened.

Aunt Song trembled as she touched the thick quilt, a little incredulous: "Is this really the cotton that we grow ourselves?"

Song Chunlin smiled and told him: "Grandpa, this is the cotton grown by our family. Haven't you been watching it all the time?"

Song A-mo laughed: "Little Grandpa, I am so happy. Look at this quilt, it is so thick. It is so warm to have such a quilt in winter."

Song Chunlin told everyone: "New quilts are the warmest. We all use silk quilts now. They each have their own advantages. Silk quilts are lighter, not so heavy, and more comfortable."

With the new quilt, Grandpa Song and Grandma Song immediately thought of Song Yuanyuan, who was born not long ago. They planned to make a few more small quilts for the little girl, two each for mattresses and covers. The little girl's crib was soon filled with quilts, and the whole bed was covered with soft and thick padding. Song Chunxiao loved to roll around on her bed the most, and Song Qin would always pull him off her sister's bed.