That evening, Li Long went to his eldest brother Li Jianguo's house again.
They had already finished dinner. When Li Juan and Li Qiang saw Li Long arrive, both children abandoned their homework and ran over, tugging at his clothes and holding his hands as they peppered him with questions.
After answering the two children's questions, Li Long sent them back to their homework. Liang Yuemei was clearing away the bowls and chopsticks. She stepped sideways out of the kitchen and asked:
"Xiao Long, have you eaten? If not, I'll make you something."
"I've eaten, Sister-in-law. I came to discuss something with you."
Li Jianguo came inside after feeding the pigs. Hearing that, he set down his bucket and asked:
"What is it? Go ahead."
"I'm planning to hold my wedding with Xiaoxia next week," Li Long said. "I feel we can't put it off any longer."
"Well... isn't that a bit rushed? Couldn't you push it back another week?" Liang Yuemei did feel the schedule was rather tight.
"Look, Sister-in-law, it's early April now, and the soil has warmed up. If we hold it next week, we still have almost ten days to prepare. That's enough. By mid-April, planting will be in full swing. Corn, oilseed sunflowers, rapeseed, and the like are easy enough-a big tractor can sow those. But we're planting watermelons, and sowing ten mu by hand will take at least two days. After that, I still have to go into the mountains. Brother-in-law said he's planning to sell meat on Old Street, so I need to help him arrange for some cattle and sheep up there.
"My friends in the mountains may move to their next pastures in late April. I have to take them some grain. All these things come one after another. If we