Just as Meng Yang left, Li An returned, still covered in mud, he came back and went to take a shower and change before coming over, smiling as he sat down, “The soap is just great, rubbing it once removes the smell of sweat from your body.”
“You like it when I pick it up for you to use back at home.”
Song Wangyue said with a smile.
Li An was busy waving her hand, “No, no, I don’t need it on a regular basis.”
He had never been a person who cared about food and clothing, and he worked with mud every day, so if he wasn’t at the old man’s place, he wouldn’t have bothered to use the soap, which he had heard was a waste of several taels of silver.
Song Wangyue also did not insist, had the meal set out, accompanied them to use it and went back to her courtyard. She hadn’t even entered the house when she heard footsteps, turned around and saw Meng Jiao running in like the wind, her eyes lit up when she saw her, “Yue’er, you’re going back, aren’t you? Don’t forget, you promised to take me to the capital to learn more about the world.”
Looking at her longing face, Song Wan Yue lost her smile, “Don’t worry, of course I won’t forget. However, you also have to talk to your family first, lest they disagree.”
Hearing her say that she hadn’t forgotten, Meng Jiao’s eyes narrowed with laughter as she took her arm and turned it around before releasing it, “You’re right, I’ll go and tell my mother now.”
After saying that, she ran away like the wind.
Song Wan Yue laughed and shook her head, turned around and walked inside, poured a glass of water and sat at the table, thinking about what she had left to do.
I don’t know how long I thought about it, but the sound of footsteps rang out again in the courtyard, different from the lightness of earlier, with a slight anger, landing on the ground with a stomping sound.
Song Wangyue raised her eyebrows and looked towards the door, not surprisingly, it was Meng Jiao, who came in and sat beside her with a pout.
Obviously, this was something the family hadn’t agreed to.
Song Wangyue put down the glass of water in her hand, picked up an empty cup and poured water, handing it to her, “They didn’t agree?”
“They said I can’t go that far away as a girl.”
At the mention of what her mother had said, Meng Jiao was furious, what was wrong with a girl? Why can’t she go to such a faraway place? Yue’er had come to Jiangnan from the capital, hadn’t she? They were so happy to see her, so why didn’t they want her to go to the capital? It’s not like she’s never coming back.
“You’ve never been away before, so your family should be worried, so don’t worry, take your time and talk to them.”
“I must go with you.”
Meng Jiao swore and drained her cup of water in one gulp, if her mother didn’t agree, she would follow secretly, and when she got on the boat, her mother would have no choice but to take her.
Her thoughts were so clearly written on her face that Song Wangyue could not even pretend not to see them.
“This is a big deal, you need to talk to your family properly, if they don’t agree, even if you go along on the boat, I will still throw you back.”
“Yue’er ……”
“It’s useless for you to shout at me. As the saying goes, children travel a thousand miles and their mothers worry, the family is reluctant to let you go because they are worried about you, you have to think of ways to reassure them. Impulsiveness won’t solve things.”
“How can I reassure them? I’ve already said that I’ll come back after a few months in the capital, and besides, there’s still you and my aunt and grandmother, but they still don’t agree.”
“Why don’t you go and talk to your uncle and grandfather, she knows you and thinks she will support you.”
Meng Jiao’s eyes snapped open! Yes, grandfather loved her the most and had never restricted her before, he would definitely agree this time.
“I’ll go now!”
Meng Jiao put down her glass of water and stood up, lifting her feet to run outside, but was pulled by Song Wangyue with quick eyes and hands, “Don’t go today yet, uncle grandfather is bothered.”
“Upset?”
Song Wangyue nodded her head, gesturing for her to sit down, and deliberately told her about Meng Cheng and Xu Ling’er having mutual feelings for each other.
When Meng Jiao finished listening, her mouth opened wide, and it was only after a long time that she asked incredulously
“He, they were, when did they start, when did they start?”
She was in charge of the two workshops and went there most often, while Sango went there less often, and every time she went there, she would go with her, so how could she not have noticed?
“The feelings between a man and a woman are subtle, sometimes a glance is enough.”
One glance?
Meng Jiao’s mouth opened even wider, she had never heard of anyone being pledged to each other for life after just one glance.
Song Wangyue lifted her hand and made a gesture to close her jaw which was about to fall off, “You’ll know when cousin grows up a bit more.”
Meng Jiao rolled her eyes, Yue said as if she understood, had she forgotten that she was only ten years old? And she was already thirteen, if we were talking about that, she knew a little more than Yue’er.
No, Yue’er had been betrothed, could it be that she and Gu Yi had also fallen in love at first sight?
She was so curious that she almost couldn’t help but ask, but she couldn’t hold back her words, she couldn’t rub salt into Yue’er’s wounds and she couldn’t let her think about it any more.
So she stood up and pulled Song Wan Yue up towards the bed, “Forget about them, tell me about the old man’s poisoning.”
The two of them took off their outer clothes and got into bed, lying head to head as Song Wan Yue spoke in a slow voice and Meng Jiao listened with occasional gasps of surprise.
They talked for more than an hour before the two of them fell asleep.
After a good night’s sleep, Song Wangyue woke up the next day and freshened up, and went over to accompany the old man for dinner. Inside the house, Li An was also there.
“Uncle Li.” Song Wangyue called out to someone.
Li An answered, a little green under his eyes.
Song Wangyue looked at the old man and saw him nod, so she knew that he knew about Xu Ling’er and Meng Cheng, and was afraid that he hadn’t slept well all night.
Song Wangyue didn’t ask too many questions, she accompanied the two of them to have dinner, went back to her house to change her clothes, and asked someone to call for Meng Xuan to come over.
Meng Xuan usually had business to take care of, and since he was already married, he did not have many chances to meet Song Wan Yue, mostly during meals. When he heard the servants say that his younger cousin was looking for him, he was very puzzled and quickly came over, “Cousin, what do you want from me?”
“I want second cousin to accompany me on a trip to the governor’s house.”
Originally, it was Meng Cheng who had been accompanying her there, but today Meng Cheng was supposedly unavailable, so Song Wan Yue called for Meng Guang to come over.
Hearing that she was going to the governor’s house, Meng Xuan’s expression changed slightly, “Is cousin sister going to ……?”
“A follow-up consultation.”
Hearing that it was a follow-up consultation, Meng expanded and invisibly exhaled a breath and nodded his head.
Song Wangyue took the carriage and Meng Xuan rode the horse, arriving at the entrance of the governor’s house.
The gatekeepers knew her, and when they saw her get off the carriage, one greeted her, while the other ran quickly to make progress to report.
In a moment, the housekeeper came out with rapid steps, wondering why Song Wangyue had come, but not showing it on the surface, “Please come inside, Miss Song.”
“I’m here to review the old lady’s medical history.”
The housekeeper was delighted and led her to the backyard.
Having not eaten sweets for many days, the old lady felt no taste in her mouth at all, and nothing she ate tasted sickly. Seeing her master in this state, the sisters who served her stole a small piece of pastry when the people were not looking and sent all the underlings out to take it to her.
The old lady was eating happily at the moment when she heard the maid report that Song Wangyue had arrived and choked in fright.