bookcurios Chapter 61
Chapter 61
Mrs. Zhong didn't notice that her daughter was not right, but Chen Dongzhi had been watching her, so he naturally noticed that something was wrong with her expression. While Mrs. Zhong was feeding vegetable leaves to the rabbit and didn't notice this side, he quietly walked over.
He glanced at her quietly and whispered, "Ruyi, what's wrong with you? Are you not feeling well?" Otherwise, why do you look so bad?
Zhong Ruyi didn't want to pay attention to him, but seeing his nervous face, she snorted unhappily, "I'm not uncomfortable, I just think some people are really annoying to look at."
You come here every day with eager eyes and give her gifts all the time. You should at least express your feelings to her.
Chen Dongzhi thought she was talking about Zhong Laosan and never expected that he was the one who made her unhappy.
Seeing his bewildered face, Zhong Ruyi sighed helplessly and pulled him aside. "Brother Dongzhi, if you keep sending things to my house like this, people will gossip about us if they see us." She glanced at him and saw that he hadn't reacted yet, and continued, "If your future wife knew about this, wouldn't she be heartbroken?"
At this point, even if Chen Dongzhi was a wooden man, he came to his senses. He became anxious after hearing this. He didn't care about other people's gossip, but he couldn't agree to it when the gossip was about Zhong Ruyi.
But, if he is not allowed to send things or come to the Zhong family, how can he meet Ruyi?
Just as he was racking his brains over what to do, Zhong Ruyi's sudden words startled him so much that his eyes widened.
When he reacted, his face flushed and he stammered, "What do you mean by dating? If it's not suitable, break up, if it's suitable, get married?"
Zhong Ruyi looked calm, but she was actually extremely nervous. If she waited for this idiot to express his feelings, her second and third children would be born by then. It would be better to let her speak first.
"Yes, we will date and spend some time together, maybe a year or two. If we feel that we are not compatible, we can break up. If we are suitable, we can continue dating for a while. It won't be too late to talk about marriage then. How do you think?"
Seeing that he was still shocked, Zhong Ruyi continued, "Brother Dongzhi, go back and think about it carefully. I, when I say this, I am naturally interested in you, but my feelings for you only stay on your appearance. In fact, I don't know you at all."
"Being in love gives us a chance to get to know each other. If you feel that I am not what you thought I was after spending time with me, it is better to stop the loss in time."
Zhong Ruyi doesn't want to be rushed together after being gossiped about because of their close relationship. If they don't live happily together, won't they become a pair of resentful couple?
However, this concept of falling in love was first heard in ancient times. Can’t you see that Chen Dongzhi is still in shock?
After saying that, Zhong Ruyi went to help Zhong's mother pack the things to be taken to town, leaving Chen Dongzhi alone standing there in a daze.
Mother Zhong glanced at Chen Dongzhi who was still standing there stupidly, and then looked at her daughter who was pursing her lips and not saying anything. The two of them were standing far away just now, so she didn't hear what they said. Looking at their expressions, she couldn't guess what they were talking about.
She whispered to her daughter, "What are you two talking about? I see that silly boy is standing there like a wooden stake, not moving at all."
"Did he express his feelings to you and you rejected him?"
Zhong Ruyi gave her mother an unfathomable look. Seeing her look, Zhong's mother thought that she had guessed it right, and couldn't help but feel a little pity for Chen Dongzhi.
But pity is pity, if my daughter doesn't like him then she doesn't like him, no matter how good he is, it's useless.
Zhong's mother thought that Chen Dongzhi had just expressed his feelings and was rejected, but in fact it was her daughter who proposed first. She felt a little pity for him, and seeing that he was still standing there stupidly, she walked over and spoke to him in a soft voice.
"Dongzhi, love is something that cannot be forced."
Before Zhong's mother finished speaking, Chen Dongzhi suddenly raised his head with a sharp gaze, which startled Zhong's mother.
"... Dongzhi, what's wrong with you?" Is it because you are too sad to be rejected by your daughter? It's really scary to see this.
When Chen Dongzhi first heard Zhong Ruyi talk about falling in love, he didn't quite understand it. But when she talked about marriage, he couldn't hear anything else she said. He only caught these few words and his face turned red.
...Talking about marriage, he couldn't help but giggle. Mother Zhong was horrified. What happened to this child? He was gloomy and giggling. Could he be stimulated?
Mother Zhong walked away quickly, not daring to talk to him again, for fear that he might get crazy and hurt her by accident.
Chen Dongzhi originally wanted to say goodbye to Zhong Ruyi, but he didn't see her. He guessed that she was busy, so he had to leave by himself.
Chen Xiaoxue saw her elder brother coming back in a hurry and hiding in the room as soon as he came back. She was a little surprised. What happened?
Seeing that he hasn't come out for a long time, he just went away to do his own thing. I'll ask him when he comes out.
Chen Dongzhi pried up a brick in the corner of his room, revealing something inside - a cloth bag.
He picked it up and poured everything inside onto the table. A lot of small coins rolled out of the cloth bag, some big, some small, and some whole ingots. One ingot was worth fifty taels.
This was given to him by the general when he came back from the military camp, a total of one hundred taels. He gave fifty taels to Chen's mother and kept fifty taels for himself. Together with the money from selling the deer, the total was more than one hundred and twenty taels.
After counting the money, he fell into deep thought. Ruyi said that if the two of them got along well, they could get married after a year or two. He never thought about what to do if they didn't get along well after a year or two.
Now all he could think about in his mind was the future life of the two of them together, and he sat there grinning foolishly.
Chen's mother had just come back from touching the eggs and saw that her son's door was closed in broad daylight. She thought he was resting in the room because he was not feeling well.
"When did your eldest brother come back? Why did he hide in his room as soon as he came back? Is he not feeling well?" She was a little worried that her son's hidden illness from his previous injury at the front line might have flared up.
Chen Xiaoxue touched the clothes that were hung out to dry in the morning. Some of the thinner ones were already dry, so she took them away first.
"I just came back in a hurry and locked myself in the room as soon as I got back. I don't think I'm feeling unwell. Let's wait until my brother comes out and ask him, mother."
When Chen's mother heard her say this, she felt a little relieved, but she was still a little worried. She walked to the door of Chen Dongzhi's room and listened carefully, but heard no sound.
As luck would have it, Chen Dongzhi opened the door at this time. When he saw his mother standing in front of his door, he was a little confused, "Mom, what's the matter?"
Seeing that her son did not look unwell, Mother Chen was completely relieved.
She waved her hand and said, "Recently I heard from your Aunt Zhao that her Zhongsheng has found a job as a porter in town, earning a hundred coins a day. The porter who is recruiting workers is familiar with Zhongsheng, so he asked him to find a few more people to work. Zhongsheng asked your Aunt Zhao to ask me if you want to go?"
The dock? A hundred coins a day is a very good salary. Zhongsheng asked him to go because his mother and Chen's mother were close. If it were someone else, they would have to give benefits to get this opportunity.