Jiang Cheng nodded: "This is true."
He turned to look at his little cousin and said, "I'm not just talking about the shop, but also about Chen Guanglu. I saw him a while ago."
Yingbao blinked: "He came to our shop to cause trouble?"
"He doesn't dare to do that." Jiang Cheng said, "At least I know a few constables here. Jin Wu was promoted to the head of the police force, and his grandson even recognized your sister-in-law as his godmother."
Yingbao was a little surprised.
My eldest cousin's wife is only in her twenties at most, and she's already someone's godmother
Qiu Rong smiled and said, "Jin Wu's daughter-in-law gave birth to several children a few years ago, but all of them died. Last year, she gave birth to a big fat boy, and she insisted on recognizing me as her godmother. She also said that the master in the temple had predicted and asked her family to find a godmother with the surname Zhao for the child, and another with the surname Chou. Zhao means to cover the child, and Chou means to imprison the child and not let him leave."
It was the first time that Yingbao heard such a statement and she was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Hong Xiao smiled and said, "My second brother also has a godmother, whose surname is Leng. A master also predicted that my second brother's horoscope is dominated by fire, so he should find a godparent with a horoscope dominated by water, or a family with the surname Leng. My second brother's godmother's surname is Leng."
Erni burst into laughter when she heard this, making Zhang Yuying blush.
"You're such a big mouth!" Yuying glared at her sister, picked up a piece of chicken liver and gave it to Zhang Xiaolang, saying, "Eat quickly. After dinner, I'll teach you how to write."
Zhang Xiaolang nodded and smiled with his eyebrows curved.
He wanted to live here with his second brother for the rest of his life and never go back to that home.
After dinner, Jiang Cheng took his wife and son home.
Jiang Yunniang closed the gate, walked around the yard, fed Xiao Hei something to eat, then washed up and went back to her room to rest.
Yingbao and Erni were lying on a bed, looking at the moon in the sky through the linen curtains and window lattices, and listening to Erni chattering about things at home.
"Yingbao, you don't know that there was a weaver who almost made Aunt San so angry that she vomited blood."
Yingbao: “?”
"Why is my mother so angry?"
"Hey! I'm telling you, when you go back, just pretend you know nothing, and don't ever say it was me who told you that."
"What's the matter?" Yingbao pushed Sister Erni.
Erni waved a palm-leaf fan with one hand, crossed her thighs, and said slowly, "That weaver girl is very pretty, but she is not a good student. She has a husband and children, but she pesters Uncle San all day long, and was sent back home by Aunt San."
Yingbao's face twitched and she asked, "What's this and that?" Did Dad cheat on Mom
Erni patted her little cousin with a palm leaf fan and said, "You are just a kid, don't ask so many questions."
"Didn't you tell me that?" She just wanted to know whether her father had made any mistake.
Erni was speechless, but she quickly found a way out and said, "Okay, okay, I'll learn it for you."
Then she clamped her throat and imitated the way a woman spoke, her voice delicate and tender: "Mr. Jiang, my hand is torn, Mr. Jiang, do my clothes look good?"
Erni imitated the woman's speech and couldn't help giggling.
Yingbao didn't find it funny and kept pushing Erni: "Tell me what my father's reaction was."
Erni laughed for a while and said, "Uncle San said that there was a chive leaf stuck on your teeth, and then the weaver ran away."
Sakura:...
Dad is worthy of being called Dad. He doesn't even need to use bad words to slander others.
The next day, Yingbao got up early, washed up, and took Xiaohei out for a walk to let it have fun.
Her aunt got up earlier than her and had already set up a food stall under the bamboo shed next to the shop.
Xiaolang was actually helping out, serving porridge and holding chopsticks for the guests.
After the guests finish their porridge, he will take the bowls and chopsticks to a wooden basin and wash them clean.
Half of those who came for breakfast were students from the county school across the street. They had just returned to the county school after the busy farming season and were probably well off, so most of them came out for breakfast.
There are many people selling breakfast on the roadside like Jiang Yunniang, and there are people eating next to the stalls at this moment.
Yingbao unexpectedly saw a handsome man eating wontons at another wonton stall. It was her biological father Chen Changping.
He was wearing a square scarf used by students and a green robe. Although he was in his thirties, he looked much younger than his actual age.
The person next to him seemed to be his classmate, talking to him while eating wontons.
Yingbao passed by them quietly and heard them talking about going to Fucheng Township for the exam this autumn.
When she got home, she saw Erni making breakfast, so Yingbao went to help her light the fire.
"Sister Erni, will you go back with me?" she asked.
Erni was kneading dough and steaming buns, and she said, "I won't go back. If I go back, they will propose marriage to me again. It's so annoying."
Sakura:...
Okay, I'll wait for my second cousin to come back and then I'll go back alone.
However, the master may also go to Chuanhe Town. He said that he just passed by and took a casual look last time, but this time he will stay in the village for a while to understand the living conditions of the villagers.
Erni kneaded two trays of steamed buns and let them rise for a while before steaming them.
The flour was fermented by my aunt Jiang Yunniang before dawn. She used some of it to make meat patties and left the rest in the kitchen for Erni to make buns for her own consumption.
After breakfast, Yingbao went to the medical office accompanied by Sister Erni.
The master and the eldest senior brother still seemed very busy and were not in the medical office. Only the second senior brother was guarding the yard alone.
Yingbao discovered that all the fruit seedlings she had planted had grown quite tall, and the grape vines had even grown lushly, but they had not yet bloomed and borne fruit.
"Junior sister, why are you back today?" Zhang Min sat by the ditch, and was bored, tapping the water surface with a willow branch. "Master and Senior Brother went to Jinding Mountain, and they will be back tomorrow."
Yingbao: "I just came back to ask, are you still going to Chuanhe Town? If not, I'll leave by myself."
"Go, go, go! Why aren't you going?" Zhang Min immediately jumped up and smiled flatteringly: "I also want to go and see your lychee forest and that deer park."
The junior sister always boasted to him about how great her hometown was, and how it was a thousand times better than the bitter and cold place of Jingzhou.
He wanted to see whether the remote mountain village was really as she described.
Yingbao knew what Second Senior Brother was up to at a glance, but she didn't expose him. She pointed at Second Senior Sister Ni and said, "This is my second cousin. She also studied medicine. Do you think she can study in the medical department?"
Zhang Min scratched his head, "You should ask Master about this. As long as he agrees, you can enter the two departments of the Medical Department at will."
"Okay, I'll ask Master when he comes back."
Yingbao turned to Erni and said, "Let's not go back to the shop today, so we don't have to run back and forth."
It was a hot day, and there was a pile of big ice cubes in her cave that she couldn't take out, so she was very anxious.
It was different back at the hospital.
No one dared to visit the Yin-Yang Department, so he just had to prepare the fruit pulp ice drink in the cave and take it out quietly.
"Yeah." Erni nodded.
In fact, she was quite envious of her junior sister for being able to study medicine in such a place. If she could also come here as a student, she would definitely study hard and not be as dull as before.
Afterwards, Yingbao took Erni to the pavilion beside the ditch to enjoy the cool air while watching the second senior brother taking a bath in the ditch.
Zhang Minju splashed water over and said angrily, "What's wrong with you two? Don't you know the difference between men and women? I'm taking a shower..."
Yingbao: "We came here first."
Erni didn't say anything, but she supported her little cousin.
Zhang Min was about to point at the two of them and say something when he suddenly saw a group of people walking in.
The one leading the group was actually Xiao Chengjun.