“Mother force it and twist his ears off.”
Song Lin added his voice to the fire, saying that his own mother was so angry, and that she had touched a girl where she shouldn’t have, and that the head of the family had no choice but to marry Miss Qi to him.
Song Wangyue took a slow sip of water. The Qi family is a dart board, so they are considered to be the children of the jungle, so they should be unconventional, and it was an emergency at the time.
“We don’t know what the situation is like, so why don’t we go to the county town tomorrow morning and see our grandmother and her family before we go see Sister Qi.”
Grandma Song let go of her hand.
Song San Xiao covered her ears and fled to the outer room, “What I said is true, you will know when you go tomorrow.”
Grandma Song made a move to hit him again, but Song Sanxiao ran back inside his own house in a huff.
Grandma Song sat down and sighed. If Qi Ying had fallen in love with Lao San, she would have sold all the things in the house and bought the bride price right away. But Qi Ying clearly hated Lao San, and that slap on the face during New Year’s Eve was the best proof of that. Everyone in the family understands this, but Lao-san still doesn’t know what’s going on.
“Grandma doesn’t need to rush, we’ll go tomorrow and see what Uncle Qi and Auntie Qi say.”
Grandma Song sighed again, “That can only be the case.”
“Yue’er!”
Accompanied by the sound of stomping footsteps, Song Shen ran in like a gust of wind.
Song Wan Yue had never been away for so long, he was going to miss her to death.
“Second brother.”
“Eldest uncle, aunt.”
After calling out to the people, Song Shen stood in front of Song Wangyue and looked her over carefully – she seemed prettier seemed to have grown a bit taller too, “What took you so long to go? Second brother thought you weren’t coming back.”
Song Shen had heard a little bit about Xu’s identity by chance and knew that she was the daughter of a great Confucian family, thinking that when Song Lin and Song Wan Yue had gone to the capital, the three of them might not come back.
Without waiting for Song Wan Yue to speak, he went up to her and pulled her, “Go, go, go, I’ll take you to the workshop, they miss you too.”
Song Wan Yue went with him to the workshop, and the women greeted her joyfully.
The weather was hot, and the workshop was even hotter. The women were all sweating profusely, but none of them complained of suffering, instead they were all smiling.
Song Ming’s daughter-in-law, in particular, was much fatter, and Erma, who had grown taller and was not as timid as before, saw Song Wan Yue and jumped straight into her arms, “Sister Yue’er.”
Song Wan Yue stroked her head and nodded with a smile before leading her out, taking out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from her face, “Why aren’t you practising your calligraphy in the house, why have you come to the workshop?”
“I know how to write everything that sister Yue’er taught me.”
Before she left, Song Wangyue had written a lot of words for her to follow.
“Er Ya is so smart then.”
Having received praise, Er Ya’s eyes lit up with joy.
Song Wan Yue took her hand and said to Song Shen on the side, “It’s too hot, if this continues, the people inside will suffer from heatstroke, from today onwards, let them come out to cool off for a while after making a pot.”
“I know.”
Song Shen looked at Erma and still couldn’t resist asking, “Yue’er, is the capital good, are all the houses there particularly beautiful, are the streets full of rich people and no one picks up any broken silver when it falls on the ground?”
Erma also looked at her expectantly.
Song Wan Yue laughed, “The houses in the capital are beautiful, as for the rest, they are similar to ours, and some are even poorer than us.”
“Poorer than us?”
Song Shen’s eyes widened incredulously.
That was the capital, a place where every inch of land was gold, how could there be poor people?
“When I get the chance, I’ll take Second Brother on a trip, and Second Brother will know when he sees it.”
Song Shenguang felt his blood boil just thinking about it, “Remember what you said, if you don’t take second brother there in the future, second brother will never love you again.”
……
The next day, Grandma Song’s family came to the county early to meet Mr. Lao and the others.
Grandma Song was better off, but Master Song didn’t know where to put his hands and feet when he saw the old gentleman.
The old gentleman asked him how much land his family had planted and what was growing in it, and before long he was completely relaxed, talking about everything, even the grass growing in it.
The old gentleman stroked his beard and listened, nodding his head from time to time.
After a few pleasantries, Grandma Song and Meng asked Song Lin to go and buy some noodles and vegetables, “Let’s make dumplings for lunch today, buy them and choose the vegetables first, make the noodles and we’ll start making them when Yue’er and I return.”
Song Lin went to buy them.
“My in-laws’ mother, I have to go out with Yue’er on some important business, please don’t blame me.”
Meng waved her hand, “We’ve already caused you a lot of trouble by coming, so if there’s anything you can do, don’t mind us.”
“Don’t say anything like that, in-laws, we’d love to have you here. ”
When Grandma Song and Song Wan Yue had left, Meng asked Xu curiously, “What is your mother-in-law doing here, and why is she taking Yue with her?”
Xu told them about Song San Xiao.
“It’s a good thing, why is your mother-in-law still unwilling?”
“That Qi girl was in love with Si’er at first.”
Meng was surprised.
……
Grandma Song and Song Wan Yue took their gifts to the Wei Yuan Dart Office.
Qi Ying was badly injured and was lying pale on the bed. The moment she saw Song Wan Yue her face changed slightly and instantly returned to its natural state.
She didn’t expect her to be hurt so badly, and her eyes were full of pain, “That brat Lao San only told me yesterday that you were injured, so we didn’t come over when it was late. It hurts, doesn’t it? You must take good care of yourself.”
“Many thanks, auntie.”
When she heard her address, Grandma Song was stunned, in the past Qi Ying had always called out to her grandmother when she went to the house, then she sighed, “Miss Qi, why are you doing this? Listen to my advice, let’s just pretend that this incident never happened, and you can find another good family. I promise you that our family will not say a word about what happened that day.”
“No. ……”
Qi Ying was a bit anxious and tried to get up, but as soon as he moved he pulled the wound and the pain caused sweat to break out on his forehead.
Grandma Song panicked and soothed her, “Don’t move, say what you have to say slowly.”
Qi Ying spoke somewhat quickly, as if she was afraid that she wouldn’t believe her, “I used to like Song Si and wanted to get close to him, but since she won the imperial examination, I’ve stopped thinking about it. If I marry him, he will treat me well for the rest of my life and will not tie me down, he will let me do what I like, he will spoil me, I am willing to marry him.”