Xu had never been angry with anyone in all her years, and today she was indeed angry to the point that Qi Ying had just acted as if Yue had deliberately frightened her.
“I’ll go back and tell your grandmother that since we’ve broken off the relationship, it’s better to have less contact in the future.”
“Mother says so.”
Song Wangyue sat down next to her, “Let’s not talk about them. I’ll ask Shopkeeper Jin to prepare an elegant room, we’ll have hotpot later.”
Song Lin lifted the curtain and came in, walked to the charcoal pot to dissipate the coldness from his body, sat down opposite them and said to Song Wan Yue, “I just gave your third uncle twenty taels of silver, I see that Qi Ying looks like that, it must cost a lot.”
“Father is rich!”
Song Wan Yue smiled and winked at Xu.
The bit of anger in Xu’s heart hadn’t completely dissipated and she glared at Song Lin.
Song Lin’s heart felt weak from the glare. He had given Song Sanxiao a hundred taels at the beginning, and with Song Sanxiao working at the stall every day, he should have saved some, so the silver in his hand should be enough. Just now he hadn’t thought about it so much, so he gave the silver ticket he had to Old San.
“Mother and I were just saying that we should deal less with Third Uncle and the others in the future, and since we have broken off the relationship, we should break it off completely, and Father should not be so generous in the future.”
Song Lin touched his nose sheepishly and stole a glance at Xu, seeing that Xu was also looking at him, he quickly responded, “I know, from now on I won’t give them a penny.”
Song Wangyue called out to the shopkeeper Jin and asked him to prepare an elegant room.
When Xu finished drinking from her cup, she took Xu’s arm and got up, Song Lin also got up and the three of them went upstairs.
Song Lin helped to pour the meat into the pot, and when it was cooked, he put it into Xu’s and Song Wan Yue’s bowls.
Song Wangyue winked at Xu.
Xu was amused by her daughter.
Seeing her smile, Song Lin was relieved, thinking that she would never give money to Lao San privately again.
Halfway through the meal, the mate knocked on the door and said respectfully, “Dongjia.
“Master Huang?”
Song Wangyue was surprised, the pastry shop in the capital should be open, why would Master Huang come here?
“Invite the man up.”
The servant withdrew and quickly invited the people up, apart from Mr. and Mrs. Huang Gao, there was also Huang Yu.
Upon seeing Song Wangyue, Huang Yu knelt down.
When Huang Yu returned home with Huang Gao, she did not follow him to the doctor’s office the next day. Later, when she heard from Huang Gao about what happened that night, she knew that she had dragged Song Wan Yue into the trouble, and that if she had not tried to save her, Song Wan Yue would not have been injured. When she got well, she begged her grandparents to bring her over to Song Wangyue to thank her in person.
Song Wan Yue got up to help her, “No need for that, get up.”
Huang Yu had tears in her eyes, “The girl has suffered for my sake ……”
Song Wan Yue squeezed her wrist, Huang Yu is a smart woman, immediately realized that she did not want her to say that, after a pause, changed her words, “If it were not for you, I would not be here today, this kneeling is deserved.”
Xu was aware of how serious Song Wangyue’s injuries were, and up to now she still didn’t dare to exert too much force on her right arm. Although Song Lin didn’t see it, he had been hunting in the mountains with the village people all those years ago and had been injured at times, so he knew how serious the injury was. But Xu and Song Wan Yue didn’t tell him, so he just pretended he didn’t know, and sniffed, “We’re all family, it’s right for Yue’er to save you, so don’t be polite, all sit down and eat the hot pot together.”
“Master, Madam.”
Huang Gao and his wife saluted, Huang Yu smiled, also wiped her tears and curtsied after them.
“Come on, don’t be so polite.”
Xu asked Huang Yu to come and sit beside her, seeing that her eyes were still red, knowing that this was a grateful girl who was very fond of her.
The Huangcakes sat down next to Song Lin at the bottom.
The servant brought in three more sets of bowls and chopsticks.
Xu picked up the chopsticks and greeted them, “Let’s talk while we eat.”
Huang Gao and his wife had heard of hot pot, but had never eaten it before, and Huang Yu, needless to say, had never even heard of it.
“Eat the meat first.”
Xu took her chopsticks and put the meat in Huang Yu’s bowl, “Dip it in the sauce and you can eat it.”
Huang Yu hurriedly thanked her but did not move her chopsticks, waiting until everyone else had eaten before she lowered her head to eat.
Xu looked at her and became more and more fond of her.
When they had finished eating, they went downstairs to the backyard. Huang Gao and his wife and Huang Yu followed them to the house where they were waiting for guests, and Huang Gao said, “Dongjia, we have come here today to ask you for something.”
Song Wangyue guessed what it was about, after what had happened, Huang Yu could not stay at home. But the people in the workshop had all signed death contracts, and most of them were women, and Huang Yu was too young to be married, so she was not suitable for the workshop.
“I’ll write a letter for you to take back to your sister-in-law, and she will naturally keep someone in the pastry shop.”
Huangcao also had her own considerations. It was true that the work in the pastry shop was not tiring, and her granddaughter knew some of it, so she would be able to get started once she got in, but after all, her granddaughter was at the age of marriage, and she would definitely not be able to find a suitable in-law in the capital for a long time.
He asked tentatively, “Can the proprietor arrange something else?”
Song Wangyue told him about the situation in the workshop, “It’s not impossible, but I’m afraid that it will delay Miss Huang Yu’s life.”
“I don’t intend to get married.”
Huang Yu spoke with astonishment.
The Huangcao couple were frightened, “Yu’er, what are you talking about? There is no place for a girl not to get married.”
When Lu Ziyu came to her door to ask for her hand in marriage, she was happy from the bottom of her heart that such a gentleman with good manners would be his husband. But after this incident, she was completely disappointed with all men, and she really did not want to marry anyone else. This time, she begged her grandparents to bring her here, not only to thank Song Wangyue, but also because she wanted to stay with Song Wangyue, even as a maid.
Over there, Xu returned to the house and was still praising Huang Yu, “That child is not only pretty, she is also very understanding and not at all petulant.”
Jin came into the house to bring tea, just in time to hear Xu’s words, and said with a smile, “It’s rare to hear Miss Sun praise someone so much.”
“That child is to my liking, I liked her from the first moment I saw her.”
When she finished, she thought of something, “Master Jin, I remember your grandson hasn’t been married yet, right?”
“Yes, my grandson is fifteen years old and has not yet been married.”
“What do you think of that Topaz girl?”
Master Jin froze.
He was the one who received the three Huang Cao when they entered the tavern to ask questions, and at that time he took an extra glance and had some impression of Huang Yu, who looked very good, but looked not too young, and should have been engaged long ago, according to reason.
“That girl she ……”
“It’s a long story, I don’t know much about it, if you have that interest, I’ll ask Yue’er for you later.”