Xiao Yao also came over.
It was the first time people in the village had seen her and their eyes fell on her, marvelling at how good-looking the young lady in the capital was, so white and soft that her skin could drip water. Her clothes looked good too, her shoes looked good too, even her hair looked good.
Being stared at by so many people, Xiao Yao was a little uncomfortable, Song Wan Yue saw it in her eyes and leaned towards her, whispering, “The village people are just curious, there is no malice, sister-in-law just relax and carry on.”
Xiao Yao nodded slightly and relaxed a little.
A bold woman came forward and raised her voice to ask, “Song Si daughter-in-law, you are so handsome, I have never seen anyone more handsome than you in all my years, our Lord Song Si is blessed.”
With one person to start with, the others were emboldened to laugh and agree.
“I am the one who is blessed.”
Xiao Yao’s voice was warm and gentle, very nice to listen to.
A woman slapped her thigh violently, “My goodness, your voice is so nice, not to mention Song Si, even my bones go soft when I hear it, a young lady in the capital is really different from our country people.”
The crowd burst into laughter.
It was a harmless joke, and the village head did not stop it.
Someone turned to Song Si and teased, “No wonder you haven’t let your daughter-in-law go out, so it’s because you can’t let her go.”
With a smile on his face, Song Si admitted openly, “Yes, I can’t let go of her, this is my daughter-in-law whom I’ve married with great difficulty.”
The crowd laughed and the atmosphere grew higher and higher.
A carriage drove into the village and came this way.
At first the crowd didn’t pay any attention until the carriage came closer, and then they looked over.
When the carriage stopped, the boy from the front board jumped down and respectfully lifted the curtain, and the county magistrate, dressed in official clothes, appeared before the crowd.
The village chief hurriedly greeted him and knelt down, “Greetings, my lord.”
As soon as he knelt, the entire village, except for the Song family, followed suit.
The county headman walked around them and went to Song Si and knelt down, “My humble servant has met Lord Sire.”
Silence fell around them, so quiet that the village people could hear their own heartbeats, who was the County Magistrate, someone they might not see in their lifetime, someone they would have to kneel and kowtow to whenever and wherever they saw him, but now he was actually kneeling down for Song Si ……
The people who had just been flirting with Song Si had cold sweat running down their cheeks.
Song Si’s majestic voice rang out, “Get up.”
The County Magistrate stood up. He had taken his wife and children back home for the New Year break, but as soon as he returned today, he heard that Song Si had returned with his wife, so he hurriedly changed into his official uniform and hurried over.
Song Si looked at the villagers who were kneeling all over the ground.
The county magistrate understood, “Get up all of you.”
Everyone stood up with trepidation, even the village headman, who had always been calm, had cold sweat on his back. He knew that Song Si had become a big official, and he also knew that Xiao Yao was the young lady of the Ding Guo Mansion, but he didn’t know how big an official he was, he only knew that Song Si was from the Song family village, so he had listened to the villagers’ advice and invited Song Si to dinner today.
Song Si had already got up and walked towards his home, and the county magistrate took a wrong step back to follow him.
The villagers remained silent until the backs of the two disappeared.
Elder Song coughed lightly twice and greeted, “It’s alright, let’s all continue eating.”
The crowd looked in unison at the village chief, who wiped a handful of cold sweat from his forehead and reluctantly waved his hand, “Eat, go home when you’re all full.”
As his words fell, the crowd flew back to the seats they had just taken, finished their bowls of food in three or two sittings, and dared not linger for a moment to return home.
In just a quarter of an hour, everyone was gone, leaving only the Song family sitting around the table.
“This ……”
The Song grandmother had a bit of a headache, after living in a village for so many years, the village people are very good at guessing what’s on their minds, after this incident today, I’m afraid that in the future the village people will never be as close to them as they were before.
Master Song also lost his mind to eat. He could see the cold sweat on the village head’s face just now, and even the village head was like that, let alone the villagers.
Song Wangyue took in the family’s expression and smiled as she picked up her chopsticks and put them into her grandmother’s bowl, “Everyone was just scared for a while.
“Is, is that so?”
Song Shu asked, scratching his head.
“Of course.”
Song Wangyue chucked another dish into Elder Song’s bowl.
Song Shu was half-hearted.
Xiao Yao pursed her lips and agreed, “Yue’er is right, they’re just scared, they’ll be fine in a couple of days.”
She had seen a lot in the capital for a long time, and not only Song Shu, but even Elder Song and Grandma Song believed her. Everyone’s restless hearts settled down and they picked up their chopsticks to eat.
Song Wangyue quietly gave a thumbs up to Xiao Yao before looking out into the courtyard and narrowing her eyes.
The county magistrate only stayed for two quarters of an hour before leaving.
When he left, Song Si came out and froze for a moment when she saw that there was no one outside except her own family.
Song Wangyue smiled and teased, “They’ve all been scared away by big brother. ”
Song Si thought of something and shook his head and laughed, he was just afraid of scaring the people in the village, so he didn’t dare to put up an official front after he came back, but he didn’t expect that he still scared them.
The family finished eating, is ready to clean up, the village people suddenly appeared again, in the blink of an eye, the tables, chairs, benches and dishes cleaned up, the action is so fast, the Song family simply did not react, once again there is no one in front of the eyes.
Xiao Yao was dumbfounded as she watched.
Song Wangyue smiled and took her arm, “You’ve seen it, haven’t you? Country people work very sharply.”
Xiao Yao subconsciously nodded her head.
Seeing her like this, Song Wangyue laughed uncontrollably, “I’ll accompany sister-in-law to pack.”
In fact, there was nothing to pack, since Song Wan Yue had said so, Xiao Yao led her to her house and asked Qing’er to make tea, “Yue’er, do you have something to say to me?”
“Yes, there are a few words, I will tell you all together when big brother comes back later.”
Hearing her say so, Xiao Yao didn’t ask any more questions, picking up the tea and holding it in her hand, talking to her about something else.
Not long after, Song Si also came in, and Song Wan Yue instructed Qing’er to go to the door and keep watch, she looked serious, “What time does big brother plan to leave tomorrow?”
“The hour.”
“I always feel that your journey back will not be peaceful.”
Song Si and Xiao Yao looked at her.
“It’s just my intuition, nothing based on facts, but it’s better to take precautions in advance than to be caught off guard when the time comes. Here’s what I think: tomorrow, let the guards who followed you here escort the empty carriage to go one step ahead, and you will leave an hour later on the wrong side, taking an ordinary carriage, and those guards who went with me to Qing Yun County will spread out to protect you.”
“As you wish.”
Song Si didn’t hesitate in the slightest. Something could happen on his big wedding day, and it was not uncommon for something to happen on the way back.