Yu Jiao wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated into the body of a poor rural girl, sold off in a marriage of luck to a sickly man.
Thinking she’s landed in a farming-romance novel, ...
The waiter came in with an old man in a brown shirt and said to Yu Jiao, "Miss, the carriage has been called for you. This is the driver. You can discuss the fare."
Although the driver was a bit old, he was an honest man and not the kind of person who would ask for an exorbitant price. Although his carriage was a bit shabby, it had a lot of space. Knowing that we were going to Qingyu Village, he asked for twenty-five cents.
Yu Fuling lowered the price, considering that the driver would have to make a round trip, and finally agreed on a fare of twenty cents.
The shop assistants helped to load the cloth, which cost a total of four taels and seven cents, which was cheaper than Yu Jiao had imagined.
After loading the cloth, the three of them could barely fit in the car. Yu Jiao didn't care about the difference between men and women, and Yu Fuling deliberately let Yu Jiao sit next to Yu Qizhe.
"Everyone, sit down. We're leaving now." The driver jumped onto the edge of the carriage, turned his head and said to Yu Jiao and the other two in the carriage, then he raised the whip and the carriage started moving.
Due to inertia, Yu Jiao swayed backwards, and her whole body almost stuck to Yu Qizhe's chest.
Yu Qizhe raised his hand to support her elbow, and a low voice came from above her head, "Be careful."
His voice was so close that it seemed to be right next to her ear. Yu Jiao could even feel his breath. Her body stiffened and her face became hot. She quickly sat up straight and left Yu Qizhe's arms.
To ease the embarrassment, she opened the car curtain and looked outside.
After the soft body withdrew, Yu Qizhe felt a little lost and restrainedly withdrew the big hand that was supporting Yu Jiao's arm.
Seeing a stall selling steamed buns on the street just opening the steamer, Yu Jiao couldn't help but feel greedy, and said to the driver outside the carriage, "Excuse me, please stop for a moment, I want to buy some buns."
The driver let out a whoosh and stopped the carriage.
Yu Qizhe was sitting outside. He first opened the curtain, jumped off the carriage, and extended his hand to Yu Jiao.
Yu Jiao hesitated for only a moment, then placed her hand on his palm and helped Yu Qizhe get off the carriage.
Standing in front of the steaming steamer, Yu Jiao asked with a smile on her face, "What kind of fillings are there?"
The vendor selling steamed buns greeted enthusiastically, "The vegetarian fillings are leeks and eggs, tofu and shepherd's purse, and the meat fillings are pork and cabbage. How many do you want, girl?"
"Five of each," Yu Jiao said readily.
When the vendor heard that she bought so much, he couldn't stop smiling. He quickly packed the food for Yu Jiao in a paper bag and also gave her two vegetarian buns.
Yu Jiao paid the money and was about to return to the car with Yu Qizhe holding the buns.
A man in a blue shirt suddenly came forward and said, "Female doctor, I met you again."
Yu Jiao looked at the middle-aged man who was talking. She didn't recognize him and asked in confusion, "You are..."
The middle-aged man hurriedly said, "Miss, you ate noodles in our noodle shop today. I am the shopkeeper." He counted out fifteen coins from his purse and handed them to Yu Jiao. "I was a little flustered at first. After the girl left, I found out that the waiter in the shop took your meal money. Thanks to your help in the noodle shop, our shop was spared from unnecessary disaster and did not suffer any losses."
The noodle shop was opened by the middle-aged man himself. When Yu Jiao left, he had not yet reacted. Later, he found out that the waiter had taken her money for the noodles. He was very upset. If she had not come to the rescue, the man who was choked by the noodles might have really died. The consequences would have been disastrous. The middle-aged man was thinking about this matter all afternoon. Unexpectedly, after the restaurant closed, he met Yu Jiao on the road.
Yu Jiao confiscated his money, and felt deeply that the shopkeeper was a simple person. She smiled and said, "It is only natural to pay for meals. I just happened to be there. It's just a small favor. The shopkeeper doesn't need to take it to heart."
The middle-aged man insisted that he would give the meal money to Yu Jiao no matter what. Yu Qizhe at the side spoke up to help, "The carriage is still waiting. We should leave now."
"It's getting late, boss, you should go home early." Yu Jiao said with a smile, and walked towards the carriage with Yu Qizhe.
The middle-aged man had no choice but to give up and asked, "Where do you live, female doctor?" After asking, he added, fearing that it would be abrupt, "If anyone in my family is sick in the future, I can come to your house for treatment."
As Yu Jiao got on the carriage, she turned around and said to the middle-aged man, "Qingyu Village, surnamed Yu."
The noodle shop owner took note of this in his heart, thinking that if any of his family members or relatives got sick in the future, he would ask them to go to Qingyu Village to see Miss Yu. After all, it was very difficult for women to practice medicine in this world, and it was not easy to be a female doctor.
This little episode made Yu Jiao very happy. When you meet someone with a simple and kind nature, you will feel that the whole world is beautiful.
Seeing that she and Yu Qizhe were holding so many buns, Yu Fuling couldn't help but feel sorry for the money and said, "You spend money lavishly. No matter how rich you are, you should be careful with your money."
Yu Jiao smiled and stuffed a meat bun into her hand to cover her mouth. "I wanted to take it back and let Aunt Song and Uncle Mengshan taste it, so I bought some more."
Yu Fuling really kept silent. The longer they spent together, the more she felt that Yu Jiao had a good temper and was nice to people.
Yu Jiao reached out her hand and handed a meat-filled bun to the driver in front of her. "Old man, you can have something to fill your stomach."
The old man driving the car didn't expect that he would have a share too, so he politely declined. Yu Jiao stuffed the bun into his hand.
The old man smelled the meat and couldn't bear to eat it, so he found a handkerchief, wrapped it up, and stuffed it into his arms, wanting to take it home for his grandson to eat.
The carriage started moving slowly again. Yu Jiao and the other two were eating buns in the carriage. Perhaps the vendors in this world are not so cunning. The buns have thin skin and large fillings. The vendors' cooking skills are very good. Yu Jiao felt full after eating only one meat-filled bun, and she and Yu Fuling shared a shepherd's purse-filled bun.
When I got home, it was already dark.
The old coachman helped unload the cloth from the cart. Seeing the three people coming back with so many pieces of cloth, Zhao stretched her neck to stare.
Song looked at the seven or eight rolls of cloth piled up in the room and was shocked. "Where did this come from?"
Yu Fuling said, "Yu Jiao bought them. We each have a new set of clothes, and I have two sets."
"What a kid... How much money would it cost to buy so much cloth!" Although Song was happy, she felt sorry for the money just like Yu Fuling.
Yu Fuling tried to comfort her, "Please don't blame her. This is just her filial piety. If it were someone else, they would definitely not be willing to buy it for us."
Yu Mengshan didn't expect that he would also have a share. He was so happy that he didn't know why. When he saw Yu Jiao coming in, he smiled and said, "Meng girl is so thoughtful."
In the main room, Yu Ruhai and Yu Zhoushi felt very upset when they saw that all the cloth had gone to the second room and they had no part at all.
Although Zhao was jealous, she did not dare to blatantly snatch Yu Jiao's things. She only said sourly in front of the old couple, "The second branch has become rich, and dad gave them a good daughter. Look at how generous they are. If you don't know, you would think they moved the cloth shop to their home. I heard that everyone in the second branch has a share!"