When Yuan Qi returned home, just over an hour had passed.

Xiao Hei was confronting the big rooster at home in front of the chicken coop in the back yard. When he saw Yuan Qi come in, he wagged his tail and ignored him. He stood there and stared at the rooster across from him menacingly, roaring in his throat.

It went on and on. The four dogs scratched the red earth with their paws, as if it was not the rooster across the way that had a grudge against it, but the damned land.

The big red-crowned rooster on the opposite side was not to be outdone, staring at Xiao Hei arrogantly. The feathers on its neck were fluttering, and its pair of powerful big rooster feet were fixed in place. It stood there as if it was unshakable. There was still something in its mouth.

From time to time, a sharp hissing sound was emitted.

Yuan Qi has long been accustomed to this kind of scene. Through the moonlight, he saw a pile of leftovers scattered on the ground between the two. Needless to say, it was another conflict caused by fighting for food.

He stood there for a while, originally wanting to watch a shocking chicken-dog fight, but a woman's laughter came from the room.

Yuan Qi was a little confused: It's so late, and someone comes to visit, who is this?!

No longer paying attention to the imminent battle situation between these beasts, Yuan Qi walked into the house without saying a word.

Yuan Qiniang's father and mother were sitting on the kang with a fat middle-aged woman chatting about something. When Yuan Qiniang saw him coming in, she grabbed him and said with a smile: "Xiao Qi, you have a good life! Noble man.

I’m here to pull the string for you! Come and see Aunt Zhang soon.”

When Yuan Qi heard this, his heart suddenly thought, could it be that I really wanted to go through the back door? He was a little impatient, but he couldn't be rude to the visitor, so he calmly called out "Hello, Aunt Zhang" and looked carefully.

Looking at this fair and fat woman, I realized that I seemed to have seen her once before.

When Aunt Zhang saw Yuan Qi being so obedient, she suddenly smiled and the fat on her face trembled.

"Oh, this is your Xiaoqi! He's really good! Look how strong he is! Look how clever he is with tiger-like eyebrows and big eyes!"

"Look at how much Aunt Zhang praised you. Why don't you thank Aunt Zhang? She is a well-known big family in our village, and her family also runs a blacksmith shop."

When Mrs. Yuan heard Aunt Zhang praising her children, she suddenly felt happy and asked Yuan Qi to reply.

"Thank you Aunt Zhang."

Yuan Qi said casually. He suddenly remembered that this Aunt Zhang was the mother of his deskmate "Crispy". Crispy's name was Zhang Xiaocui. Because she was thin-skinned, Yuan Qi and Donkey Baldy gave her the nickname

"Crispy". Looking at the way the fat woman came here, she didn't want to tell her girl to him, right? Didn't I go through the back door, but this woman came uninvited?

"What a good boy." Aunt Zhang praised him in front of Yuan Qi's parents.

Father Yuan Qi was sitting on the kang, smoking a big cigarette, his eyes narrowed to a slit. Seeing that Aunt Zhang loved his baby more than himself, the frown he used to frown relaxed. He took two more puffs of cigarette,

Said slowly:

"Then what we just talked about..."

"Oh, brother, of course it's no problem. I'll just let the relationship go and let them get together when we wait for the adult ceremony. Anyway, my little Cui'er is interested in your little Qi!"

Aunt Zhang burst out laughing, her fat body trembling, and Yuan Qi's skin was covered with goosebumps.

It turns out that Aunt Zhang really took the initiative to come to propose marriage. That girl must have been too shy to express her feelings to her, so she took advantage of the coming of age ceremony to tell her mother about it, so she took the initiative to come to her door.

Yuan Qi wanted to understand the reason and immediately felt unhappy.

There has always been an unwritten consensus in Chaoyang Village: Although manipulation can be done before the coming-of-age ceremony, it is still the man who proposes marriage to the woman's family. If the woman's family proposes marriage first, it means that the man is timid and will not succeed, which will make the villagers sneer.

Being the butt of laughter makes it difficult for a person to hold his head high. Although it was indeed brought up by the woman’s family, and no one knew about it in secret. But he, Yuan Qi, didn’t want to bear such a shameless blame!

Just as he was about to object to this matter, Aunt Zhang seemed to see his concerns and said with a smile:

"Xiao Qi, my aunt knows very well what you are thinking. I told your parents just now that we are the only ones who know about this and will never tell anyone else. Besides, others have done this too, so no one knows!

"

Yuan Qi's father and mother also started to feel relieved.

Yuan Qi was a little speechless. Why are his parents so confused? But he couldn't refute, otherwise he would make his two elders unhappy and cause a conflict with Aunt Zhang. If this fat woman gossiped in the village, his parents would look up to him.

If you don’t get up, that’s not a good idea!

Thinking of this, although he felt unhappy, he could only resign himself to fate.

Aunt Zhang continued to chat enthusiastically with Yuan Qi's parents there, as if they were already a family. Yuan Qi was embarrassed to leave on the spot. After all, they came for him. If he left, wouldn't it be too bad?

Don't know what's good or bad.

After half an hour, the fat woman Aunt Zhang raised her buttocks and said she wanted to go back. The three of them sent her out of the house, and Xiao Hei was lying in the kennel in the front yard with a lonely look on his face. When he saw everyone walking out of the house, he was shaking his head.

The tail ran over and rubbed against Yuan Qi's legs.

By the moonlight, Yuan Qi discovered that this guy still had chicken feathers on his mouth, which must have been bitten off from the chicken. However, it didn't take advantage of it. A lot of hair was pecked off, and a bunch of hair was missing on the buttocks.

, appears particularly prominent.

Yuan Qiniang suddenly remembered something and said to Aunt Zhang: "Aunt Zhang, wait a minute. I'll get you something."

After saying that, he ran neatly to the backyard with his little feet, and came back after a while carrying the big rooster that was fighting with Xiao Hei. Yuan Qi saw that its eyes were a little depressed, and there were blood stains on the comb, which must have been scratched by the dog's paws.

.The chicken feathers on the body are also missing, and the chicken feet have also shed a layer of skin.

When Xiao Hei saw Yuan Qiniang carrying out the big rooster, he roared again, his four claws scratching the ground constantly, as if he was about to launch an attack at any time. The rooster was held by Yuan Qiniang. Although he could not move, it seemed that he still remembered Xiao Hei's enemy.

, also started to move wildly, and let out a few screams as if to challenge.

Yuan Qiniang drove Xiao Hei away and said with a smile:

"Aunt Zhang, you see, you didn't prepare anything, and you didn't even eat when you came. You can take this rooster."

Aunt Zhang pretended to be reluctant and said:

"Sister-in-law, you are too polite. I came to propose marriage and you gave me something. Then what have I become?"

Yuan Qidi saw what Yuan Qiniang meant, and then said:

"I told him Aunt Zhang, from now on we will be the in-laws, and there is nothing left to share between you and me, just take it!"

Aunt Zhang resisted a few more times, but when she saw that she couldn't do it, she had to accept it, but she kept saying polite words.

Soon, the three of them finally sent Aunt Zhang out of the door.

At this time, the full moon was already hanging in the sky, projecting onto the vast land, and the whole world was filled with brilliance.

Yuan Qi breathed a long sigh of relief and murmured in a low voice: "Strange jade, sudden marriage proposal. Tonight was really wonderful."

Yuan Qiniang said: "What are you mumbling about? You are mumbling."

"Nothing. I'm happy."

Yuan Qi laughed and walked into the yard. He called Xiao Hei, patted his head and said, "You saw it too. No one will compete with you for food in the future. You can dominate our house by yourself."

"Speaking of this, I really feel sorry for that big rooster. I rely on it to guard the backyard. One day I will go to Liu Houhou's house who sells chickens in the west of the village and buy another one."

Yuan Qidi said with some distress.

"Be content, a chicken has become a major event in our Xiaoqi's marriage, it's worth it!"

"That's right. Once the marriage is settled, as long as it passes the test before the coming-of-age ceremony, it will be fine."

"Yes! Xiaoqi, you have to work harder."

The second elder walked into the house while chatting.

Yuan Qi looked at the figures of the two elders and then at Xiao Hei, who was a little confused, and smiled bitterly.
Chapter completed!