She was earnestly smoothing out the wrinkles in the bed sheets.

But he was seriously looking at her face.

The sheets were washed very clean, and the fresh scent of soap nuts lingered in his nostrils.

In his eyes, the girl's face, round like a bun, was radiant under the sunlight, shining brightly!

His eyes were wide with amazement.

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Until she waved her hand in front of his face, he didn't come to.

"Táng yázi, why are you staring straight at my face?" the girl asked, tilting her head.

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Luo Fengtang's cheeks flushed slightly.

“There’s something dirty on your face,” he said.

“Ah?”

As soon as the girl heard this, she got agitated and reached out to rub it.

“You can’t rub it off, I’ll help you take it down.” he said.

Great!

The girl, seemingly unaware of it, leaned her face closer by a few inches.

One heart, almost about to jump out of the chest.

The boy held his breath almost, raising a hand that trembled slightly, and gently touching the girl's cheek...

This was the first time he had touched her cheek.

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Her cheeks, so soft, so tender... !

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Getting closer, he smelled a faint fragrance on her that he couldn't name.

This jasmine soap smells even better than the refreshing scent of soapnut powder.

He became as if he had been drinking, his head spinning and his body light.

Did you drop it?

Yang Ruqing suddenly asked.

Luo Fengtang instantly came to his senses, "Oh, I dropped it."

He said, his finger retracting as if he'd been electrocuted.

“What dirty thing is this? Let me have a look,” she said.

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His eyes dodged a little.

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He stuttered, “It fell on the ground, I can't find it...

"Is that so?"

Yang Ruqing tilted her head, thoughtfully gazing at his flushed face.

Suddenly, she seemed to understand.

My heart skipped a beat.

This kid, when did he learn to be bad?

With a sly smile, she suddenly leaned in close to him, winking: "Tang Yazi, we're even now, aren't we?"

"What?" Luo Fengtang looked bewildered.

Yang Ruqing giggled, "I touched your butt, and you touched my face, so we're even now!"

Luo Fengtang: “...”

“Haha”

Yang Ruohua patted her hands and jumped down from the stool.

Leaving with a head full of black lines, Luofeng Tang turned and walked towards Luotiejian.

After chatting with the blacksmith, Luo Tie, and glancing at the sun high overhead, Yang Ruqing decided to bid farewell and head home.

Lu Tiejiang said, "Let Tang's son send you!"

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Yang Ruqing smiled: "In broad daylight, why would I need to send anything?"

The blacksmith immediately said, "I gathered a lot of pine needles today. Let the young boy deliver two bundles to your house!"

“Lao Da, it’s not easy for you to collect so much cotton. You keep it and burn it yourselves.” Yang Ruoqing said.

The blacksmith waved his hand dismissively. "Oh, it's nothing special,"

He turned to call Luofeng Tang: "Tang YaZi, what are you doing there, staring blankly? Qing'er is going home. Quickly grab some firewood and follow me!"

Luo Fengtang hadn't fully recovered from Yang Ruoheng's previous statement, 'touched my butt twice.'

Hearing Luo Tiejiang's order, he hurriedly replied and turned to pick up two bundles of cotton wool and followed Yang Ruoqing out of the courtyard.

On the road, Yang Ruqing saw that he was still blushing and not talking much.

She couldn't help but feel a secret thrill inside.

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This silly boy, his skin is really thin!

His house is at the south end of the village, and her house is at the north end.

His house is almost across the whole Changping Village from hers.

Along the way, it was awkward to bear, so Yang Ruqing thought of some topics to divert his attention.

"Well then, have you and your uncle agreed on what to use those ten taels of silver for?" Yang Ruoqing asked.

Her family uses it to buy farmland.

Luo Fengtang's family didn't have any land either. Logically, they should also have been preparing to acquire some land, right?

Hearing Yang Ruqing's question, Luofengtang pondered for a moment and said: "My uncle that day went with the third aunt and Yu Dabo and the others to look at the fields. He came back and said that he wanted to buy an acre of two-liang water paddy field for four ounces of silver to grow rice."

"What about the remaining six taels?" Yang Ruqing asked again.

"Uncle said, take out another four ounces and renovate the house," he added.

"Mhm!" Yang Ruqing nodded and then asked, "There are two ounces left, right?"

Luò Fēng Táng lowered her head, no longer speaking. However, her face was even redder than before.

Yang Ruqing saw him like this and suddenly understood.

Perhaps he's saving it to marry a wife?

"Tang Ya Zi, how old are you this year?" she suddenly asked.

"Sixteen," he said.

Sixteen?

She bit her lip.

He will be seventeen after the Chinese New Year.

In this era, early marriage and childbirth are advocated.

When a girl reaches fourteen and comes of age, she can almost be betrothed.

It's not uncommon for fifteen or sixteen-year-olds to have children.

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On the contrary, regardless of whether it's a boy or a girl, when they reach seventeen or eighteen and haven't started talking about marriage, their elders at home get anxious.

Those who were twenty-five or twenty-six years old, like Yang Huazhou, were considered strange by others if they remained unmarried.

Of course, special cases exist like Big Hall Brother Yang Yongxian who is only in his late teens or early twenties and hasn't gotten married yet.

He needs to focus on studying!

"Tang Ya Zi, isn't your uncle urging you to get married sooner?"

Yang Ruqing tentatively asked.

Luo Fengtang grinned, nodded, then thought of something and shook his head.

"Is it or isn't it? You've made me dizzy with your back and forth." she said.

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Luo Fengtang flushed and said, "He can worry about his own business, I'll take care of mine."

“Ah?”

Yang Ruoqing was surprised.

What kind of answer is this?

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I wanted to ask a few more things, but when I looked up, I was already at my doorstep.

Two people entered the courtyard. Mrs. Sun had an apron tied around her waist, and she was gathering loose pine needles and twigs at the base of the wall in the back garden with a bamboo rake.

These days I haven't had time to go into the woods to collect firewood, and the firewood at home is running low.

"Mother!"

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Suddenly, Yang Ruoqing's voice rang in the woman's ear.

She raised her head and saw Yang Ruqing and Luo Fengtang walk into the courtyard, one after the other, heading towards her.

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"Mother, Uncle Luo sent our family some cotton fluff."

Yang Ruqing entered the door and said.

Sun immediately saw Luofeng Tang carrying two bundles of cotton wool in his hands.

"Oh, I was just wondering if this firewood would be enough to cook a meal. Luckily, Tang's child brought more firewood!"

Sun shi exclaimed in surprise.

She took the firewood from Luofengtang's hand and told Yang Ruqing, "Ruqing, quickly take Tang Ya Zi inside to have some tea."

Lu Fengtang hurriedly said, "Aunt Three, I won't have any tea. I need to go see my Uncle Third and leave."

“Why are you in such a hurry? You could stay and have lunch with us before leaving!” Sun Shi persuaded.

Luo Fengtang smiled and shook his head: "Come again another day."

He turned and went to Yang Huazhong's place.

Here, by the courtyard wall, Sun and Yang Ruoqing were discussing matters.

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“Just now, Yu Dafu sent a message through someone saying that Li Guizi and the village head will be free the day after tomorrow, and they will come to our house in the morning to sign the contract.” Mrs. Sun said.

Yang Ruqing was very happy to hear the news.

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Had you signed that contract earlier, those two mu of good farmland would have been yours! Please let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!