Chapter 015 Her mother's childhood sweetheart
Ji Shaoping was extremely efficient in his work. After responding to Su Rushu, he asked his youngest son Ji Wenchuan to take her and Song Tinglan to the old house of the Jiang family.
This old house has been in disrepair for a long time and has to work hard to clean it. There are a few thatched houses that cannot be lived in for a while. Fortunately, there is a bluestone tiled house in the Jiang family, which should be the house where her grandfather and grandmother once lived.
I was originally thinking about going to the restaurant in the town to pick up Jiang Shuyu, but I happened to meet Ji Shaoping going to the county government office to do business, so I also saved Su Rushu from going to another trip.
Maybe at first she thought about paying attention to the differences between men and women in this era, but Su Rushu felt that it was no big deal. When old friends met and talked about the past, they might also divert some of her mother's attention and her mood would also become better.
But Jiang Shuyu didn't know that she had been sold by her daughter, so she was eagerly waiting for Su Rushu to pick her up back to Taohua Village.
When she really saw the person she came, Jiang Shuyu was really shocked. She actually saw her former childhood sweetheart.
Ji Shaoping looked at Jiang Shuyu, who had no longer had a young face, and thought to himself that they had been parting for almost twenty years.
They were also a pair of childhood sweethearts envied by everyone in the village. Later, because Ji Shaoping was conscripted and joined the army, his life and death were unknown on the battlefield for several years. When he returned home successfully, Jiang Shuyu had already married a wife, and Ji Shaoping was unwilling to disturb her happiness.
He thought Jiang Shuyu would be her eldest wife of the Su family, and he would be his Taohua Village Xiaolizheng. He would never disturb each other in his life and would never meet again, until now.
Jiang Shuyu paused her feet and said tentatively: "Shaoping, why are you here? You have been..."
Ji Shaoping tried his best to calm down his excitement and said, "I came back from the army a few years ago and became a real person in our Taohua Village. Today I saw your daughter coming to ask about the land of the Jiang family. This child has grown up so old, and he is the same as you back then."
Jiang Shuyu lowered her head and remembered that she had promised to wait for him to come back to get married. It was indeed because she was sorry for Ji Shaoping. She lived in the town for many years and did not leave any explanation to him.
Ji Shaoping scratched his head and smiled like smoke. "Life is just a few short years, so naturally I will be happy. I have always respected your decision very much. Back then, and now it is the same. When do you want to come, our Taohua Village welcomes you. The children have started to clean up your house, so we have to hurry up and enter the village before dark."
"Hey, okay." Jiang Shuyu couldn't help but smile and responded happily.
Ji Shaoping naturally took the few luggage and clothes in Jiang Shuyu's hand, and the two of them quickly stepped on the road back to the village.
As soon as the sky was getting dark, Su Rushu and the others had almost finished cleaning up. After they cleaned up the bluestone tiled house, they did look a bit like a family.
Su Rushu clapped her hands and sat down beside the well in the yard to rest. Looking at her future home, she smiled with satisfaction.
Song Tinglan took a few steps and picked up Su Rushu, "The road around the well is slippery. If you fall down, Wenchuan and I will have to work hard to catch you."
Su Rushu pouted and glanced at him with a angrily look. She was too lazy to argue with the poisonous tongue Song Tinglan anymore, so she walked straight to Ji Wenchuan on the side.
"Brother Wenchuan, why didn't you see your mother? I'm tired of your family for a day today. I'll ask my aunt to come here for a hot meal later."
Ji Wenchuan looked down at his toes when he heard this, trying to make his tone sound less loud, "I don't have a mother, she died when she gave birth to me."
The boy's skin was dark and seemed to carelessly picking up the dead skin on his hands, but Su Rushu still caught the dimness in his bright eyes.
Su Rushu subconsciously patted his shoulder. Perhaps the silent encouragement at this moment could ease the bitterness in his heart.
But at this time, some people don’t have eyes and insist on taking other people’s pain as happiness.
"Yo Chuanzi, where did your father find such a beautiful child bride for you? He just agreed to sell the Jiang family land to my mother. Then you took a young wife to live in the house. Your father is clearly abusing public power and defrauding the people."
Wang Ergou carried a hoe and went to the gate of the yard with his mother one after another, with a very rude tone.
Ji Wenchuan clenched his fists, not afraid of him at all, "Wang Ergou, stop farting, when will my father take your money?"
The woman wrapped in a headscarf behind her stepped forward and said in a slight manner: "Miss, I think you are not very old. This kid defeats women and killed his mother when he was born. You can't marry him in a random way. I told me that our Ergou is also a handsome talent. Isn't this piece of land just for my Ergou to marry a wife? Do you think about it?"
Su Rushu had a blank expression on her face: "I will kill my husband."
Song Tinglan originally wanted to watch the show casually, but a crack suddenly appeared on his handsome expression.
Well...Ku is not very well-behaved.
When Aunt Wang saw that Su Rushu was toasting and not eating the punishment, she lost her face in an instant. She raised her voice and threatened: "I'm telling you, my child's second uncle is a celebrity around the county magistrate. Don't blame me for suing the county for a lawsuit. Your father is doing it to the end!"
Su Rushu cleaned her ears and looked at her disdain, "Auntie, did you ever kissed by a pig when you were born? Why did your mouth smell so smelly?"
Ji Wenchuan also came up with a fierce spirit. He was about to go up and greet Wang Ergou and his son. Fortunately, Su Rushu stopped him in time.
What's more, Song Tinglan looked graceful, with the purest and harmless laughter, while making the most ruthless words: "Wang Ergou, you slander Uncle Ji for taking the money but not giving you a house. Do you know that slandering the imperial officials is going to be in prison for ten years? Aunt Wang, you claim that your relatives become small officials and get close to the county magistrate. If this is spread, it will be a rumor that the county magistrate will protect you or hate you at this time?"
Su Rushu raised her eyebrows and looked at Song Tinglan who helped her fight back with a sassy moment. Unexpectedly, this little scholar was able to catch up at the critical moment.
Looking at Aunt Wang and his son who were blocked by Song Tinglan's words and couldn't hold it up for a long time, Song Tinglan slapped him and gave him a Zaotian. "Aunt Wang doesn't understand the rules of the officialdom when he doesn't leave the village. This matter is quite serious. Tinglan also kindly reminded him, don't be stupid enough to jump into the pit."
As soon as he finished speaking, Aunt Wang knew that Song Tinglan had been teaching in the town all year round, so he had naturally seen the world. After hearing his school of preaching, he really didn't dare to act rashly, so he had to refuse and say that he would discuss it when he came back.
(Aunt Wang: I actually don’t want to agree to him, but he calls me aunt.)
Su Rushu was amazed and couldn't help but feel sad. Song Tinglan used the image of a pure and harmless little scholar to deceive many good women, and it was so popular that all young and old were obsessed with it.
Just as I took care of Aunt Wang and his son, I saw Ji Shaoping coming with his luggage from afar, and Jiang Shuyu followed him to the entrance of the village.
When he was about to reach the doorstep, Jiang Shuyu paused his feet and looked at him, unable to help but feel a little moved.
More than ten years have passed, and things have changed. Fortunately, she finally returned home, and now this is her and Shu'er's small home.
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As night fell, everyone saw that they had almost finished, so they started to arrange meals.
Jiang Shuyu took out the food box he brought back from Yunxiangzhai, which contained several hot dishes that Zhao Dahong had cooked in person.
Seeing that there was still less soup, after all, it was the first day she opened a house. She was happy and asked to cook for everyone in person.
However, the ingredients were limited, so she simply used mushrooms, soybean sprouts and tomatoes to make a three-fresh mushroom soup. The soup was plump and warmed the stomach and moisturized the intestines. Everyone praised it throughout the whole process.
Jiang Shuyu was surprised that her daughter's cooking skills were so good, she was just as good as Chef Zhao in the restaurant.
Seeing her daughter being smart and skillful, she became more and more elegant and generous, Jiang Shuyu always felt that after this change, her daughter seemed to have grown a lot, and she was happy from the bottom of her heart.
At this time, Yu Guang visited Song Tinglan, who had been busy all the time, and the two were so talented and beautiful, and they were not very good at matching.
At this moment, Jiang Shuyu silently added a point to the young scholar in his heart.
Chapter completed!