Later, she heard that Ji Ninghai had married the Prime Minister's daughter.

Chen Yu sat down again and said, "It was your parents who came to my house to break off the engagement, and you really don't know how many unpleasant things they said?"

Ji Ninghai was slightly taken aback, then chuckled and said, "They told me they were going to your house to propose marriage, but after they got there, they found out you were seeing someone else! After that, I married my wife!"

Niu Da's hands tightened slightly.

Ji Ninghai said, "Those are all old stories, they've been weighing on my mind, and I need to clear them up eventually! My wife is also a very good person!"

Niu Dadao: "I'm not that petty," but he was still a little nervous. Ji Ninghai was now the prefectural judge.

"To be honest, I really liked Shen Yu back then. After a year of marriage, I still refused to consummate the marriage with my wife. My mother initially thought it was because she couldn't have children, and she suffered a lot because of it," Ji Ninghai said.

"I later found out that we never consummated our marriage." "Perhaps that's why my mother used the excuse of returning to her hometown to pay respects to her ancestors to propose taking a concubine at the Shen family's residence! But I really didn't know anything about this! I only heard that Shen Yu got married and had a child."

"Shenyu, back then, I was quite heartbroken and drank a lot of alcohol. It was around that time that I consummated my marriage with my wife." "Looking back now, I realize it wasn't you who wronged me, but my family who wronged you."

With a simple apology, the humiliation and wounded pride that Chen Yu had suppressed in her heart for many years seemed to vanish instantly.

"Mommy, Daddy, it's getting late, let's hurry back to the inn!" Little Fu Bao said at the right moment.

"Honey, let's go back!" Chen Yu said. "Lord Ji, we're leaving now!"

Ji Ninghai said, "Very well! However, since you don't want these silver notes, I'll have my servant bring you more saltpeter. You'll need it when you sell your fruits! This is a gift from me to thank you for saving my son!"

Saltpeter was not something that ordinary people could possess. Even the royal family could only give ice to officials of various prefectures through ice tickets. Saltpeter used to make ice was even rarer, and it could be said to be priceless and unavailable.

Even if you have the money, it's very difficult to buy.

It was a controlled item by the imperial court because it could be used to make gunpowder. Apart from special permission from the emperor, ordinary officials and their families could not obtain these saltpeter stones.

Ji Ninghai's existence stemmed from the fact that his deceased sister had once been the emperor's beloved. As a result, the emperor would send him some saltpeter every year and grant him special permission to use it to make ice, which he would then use to run an ice business in secret.

Chen Yu and Niu Da accepted the saltpeter.

Niu Da instinctively grabbed Chen Yu's hand, while Xiao Fu Bao followed behind, covering her mouth and giggling. Dad's jealousy had definitely gotten the better of him tonight.

“Master Niu, please wait a moment. I’ll hitch up the carriage and have someone take them back. I have something to say to you!” Ji Ninghai said.

Niu Da frowned slightly.

Chen Yu gripped Niu Da's hand tightly and said, "Lord Ji, you can say whatever you need to say here. There's no need to keep my husband here."

"Look at you, I'm not going to eat him! I'm just worried that this will cause a rift between you and your husband. Besides, I really have something important to say to him!" Ji Ninghai said.

“There are still over thirty pounds of saltpeter outside. I’ll hitch up a cart and have it come with you! Later, I’ll personally deliver your husband to you, okay?”

Niu Yong and Xiao Heng also felt somewhat puzzled.

Little Fu Bao said, "Mom, let's go back first! Dad will be fine!"

After Chen Yu and the others left.

"Come, let's have a couple more drinks. Don't take what we just said to heart; it's all old news. Life is full of ups and downs. Right now, all I have in my heart is my deceased wife, but it's a pity it's too late." "She was the daughter of the Prime Minister, yet she stood by me through thick and thin. One year, I was framed and imprisoned, and she stayed with me for a whole year."

"Actually, even if I was guilty at the time, she didn't have to go to jail with me. Even if she really committed such a crime, her family members wouldn't be implicated. It was then that I truly fell for her. It was then that I truly began to appreciate her. She was very beautiful, to be honest, even more beautiful than Chen Yu!"

Upon hearing this, Niu Da couldn't help but retort: ​​"What are you talking about? My second brother said in his book, 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!'"

Ji Ninghai laughed and said, "Maybe so. At that time, I felt that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her the peony of the nation. We had a son and a daughter together. It's just a pity that she injured her health while accompanying me to prison. She passed away a few months after giving birth to our son."

"You and I, we each have our own destiny! I've long since stopped thinking about your wife! But, well, men are a bit proud, and I was still a little angry at first because I felt betrayed! Now it seems that it's my family that owes Chen Yu a lot!"

Niu Da poured himself a glass of wine and suddenly felt much more at ease. His wife could only be his.

"It's my honor that you don't care! To be honest, if it weren't for your parents' visit, I wouldn't have had this chance, but your parents are so hateful!" "What's wrong with my wife? She's the best in the surrounding area, even in the whole of Jiangzhou!"

Ji Ninghai poured two more cups of wine. "I am truly grateful to your younger brother and son for saving my son. That thief was incredibly audacious. I only have these two children, and they dared to abduct my son right under my nose. If he were dead, I don't know how I would explain it to my wife in the afterlife. She would definitely blame me. It's quite a coincidence that today is also the anniversary of her death."

Ji Ninghai's wife died six years ago.

He observed six years of mourning for his wife.

After a few rounds of drinking, Ji Ninghai and Niu Da had both drunk quite a bit. Drunk, they said, "We really hit it off immediately, it's fate! I'd like to arrange a marriage between our families! What do you think?"

Niu Da raised his hand slightly: "Huh, why are there so many fingers...? A marriage alliance? Good! But which of my daughters or sons have you taken a fancy to? I can't interfere with Heng'er's marriage; he still has relatives in Zhaoshan Village."

"My daughter will be with your brother! As for my son, whichever daughter takes a liking to him in the future, he can marry her! If she doesn't like my daughter and son, we can talk about it again when the kids grow up and have their own ideas! Is that okay?"

Jining Maritime Road.

Niu Da, drunk and staggering, said, "Okay, wait, your daughter is with my brother, so we're not from the same generation? And an older sister is with an uncle, and a younger brother is with a niece, so how are we supposed to address each other? Should we call her 'older sister' and 'older sister-in-law' like your family, or 'uncle' and 'aunt' like my family? This is so confusing! No way!"

Ji Ninghai paused for a moment, then laughed, "It seems like there's a generational gap. Your brother is eight years older than my daughter, which... is indeed a bit inappropriate! So, how many daughters do you have?"

“I have five daughters! My eldest daughter… let me count…” “My eldest daughter is four years older than your son, while my second daughter, Meihua, is only one year older than your son.”

Ji Ninghai took a few gulps of wine and said, "Being a year older is good! Being a year older is good! It's just that you didn't bring her today, so I couldn't see my future daughter-in-law!" "The one you brought today, how many daughters are you?"

Niu Dadao, the fifth child in my family.