Once reborn, Su Jiaojiao returned to the year she was forced into marriage. This time, she no longer escapes; she calls off the engagement, fights against scoundrels, earns money herself when broke...
Chapter 444 Going Home with Him
The Lu family's old house is just an ordinary old house. It was also the first family business that Mr. Lu worked hard to build in Liuhu District when he was young. After several renovations, it has become what it is today.
The courtyard is decorated with green bricks, black tiles, a vermilion gate, and a screen wall with blooming flowers. The courtyard is paved with light grey tiles, which is elegant and clean.
"My grandparents renovated the house to welcome you." Lu Jingyou took her hand and walked in, a smile on his face. "Don't worry, they will definitely like you."
Su Jiaojiao smiled but said nothing.
No matter how calm she was, she still felt a little nervous when facing an unfamiliar environment.
The main house is three steps higher than the yard. There is a veranda in front of the steps, connecting all the rooms in the yard. You can see traces of new decoration.
The sun is shining and the breeze is blowing gently.
The aroma of food wafted through the yard, and the tabby cat on the windowsill raised its tail and meowed.
"Grandpa and grandma, we're back." Lu Jingyou pushed open the door to the main room, glanced at the people sitting on the sofa in the living room, and introduced them to Su Jiaojiao with a smile, "This is my grandpa and grandma, dad and mom."
"Hello, Grandpa and Grandma, hello, aunt and uncle." Su Jiaojiao went forward to greet them. When she saw Lu Jingyou's grandmother, she was stunned. Isn't this the grandmother who lived on the first floor below her?
"Jingjiao, don't you recognize grandma?" Mrs. Lu smiled and took her hand. "Take a good look at me. Do you recognize me?"
"Grandma..." Su Jiaojiao called her again. Yes, it was the old lady on the first floor.
It turned out that she was Lu Jingyou's grandmother, and all the previous speculations had answers.
Everyone guessed the beginning, but no one guessed her identity.
"Your grandmother lived in Jinyuan for two months. You two know each other." Old Master Lu smiled as he sat beside her. "She's been talking about seeing you at home these days!"
"Grandma, when did you live in Jinyuan? How come I didn't know?" Lu Jingyou was a little surprised. He put the bags he was carrying on the table and said, "These are the gifts Jiaojiao bought for you."
"Come on, and bring so many gifts." Lu Jiahe said politely, "It's quite cold outside. Please sit down and have some tea to warm yourself up."
"Mom, I'll go to the kitchen and take a look," Lin Manli glanced at Su Jiaojiao, forced a smile at her, and got up to go to the kitchen.
"Your Grandma Song is here too. I specially asked her to come over and make you some salt and pepper pork ribs, which you love." Old Mrs. Lu held Su Jiaojiao's hand tightly and said with a pleasant face, "This will be your home from now on. Come over when you're free. The room is ready for you. Stay here tonight and we can have a good chat."
"Yes, it's a holiday today, so just stay here. I'll let Jingyou take you back tomorrow." Mr. Lu looked very easy-going.
"Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma. I have something else to do, so I can't stay here tonight." Su Jiaojiao declined. She didn't feel comfortable staying at their house.
As he was talking, Song Xiangyun came over from the kitchen, looked at the girl dressed in pink, and said with a smile: "Let me see who's here."
"Hello, Grandma Song." Su Jiaojiao's eyes lit up, and Song Xiangyun smiled, "Your grandma knew you were coming, so she specially asked me to come over and be your chef!"
"Grandma Song, you've worked hard." Su Jiaojiao smiled.
"Is the food ready?" Mrs. Lu asked her, "Let's eat now."
"Alright." Song Xiangyun took off her apron. "Manli even made a special cold dish!"
After the greetings, everyone sat down to eat. Including Mrs. Wu who was cooking in the kitchen, there were eight people in total.
Sixteen dishes for eight people filled the entire table, exquisite and sumptuous.
Su Jiaojiao sat between Lu Jingyou and Old Mrs. Lu. They took turns serving food to her, so that her bowl was always full and she felt embarrassed to eat.
Especially Lu Jingyou, who kept peeling shrimp for her. She poked him quietly: "Stop peeling, we can't finish it."
She originally wanted to eat a little and then put down her chopsticks and stop eating.
Who has the nerve to keep eating from a bowl...
"If you can't finish it, leave some." Lu Jingyou knew that she loved eating shrimp, so he peeled a few more for her. He knew that she would be embarrassed to peel them.
This dish of blanched shrimps retains the shrimp heads and tails for the sake of appearance. After processing, the shrimp skin can be easily peeled off with a light pull.
The others laughed in unison.
Only Lin Manli felt very uncomfortable. Since she was a child, she had always peeled shrimps for her son, and she had never seen her son be so considerate to anyone.
When she saw Lu Jingyou naturally took all the leftover shrimp from Su Jiaojiao's bowl, she was even more shocked. He actually ate her leftovers...
After finally finishing the meal, everyone sat down to drink tea, and Lu Jingyou then showed them the gifts that Su Jiaojiao had bought.
Mr. Lu said he liked this tea pet very much, and Mrs. Lu said the scarf was very beautiful. Lu Jia and Lin Manli also said they were good after receiving the gifts.
"Xiao Su is so thoughtful." Lu Jiahe smiled, "We also have a gift for you, I hope you like it."
Lin Manli then took the gift box and handed it to Su Jiaojiao: "It's just a small gift, do you like it?"
"Thank you, uncle and aunt." Su Jiaojiao took it, took a look, and smiled, "It looks very nice. I like it very much."
"As long as you like it." Lin Manli said in a light tone, without any expression on her face.
"Jingjiao, grandpa and grandma have a gift for you too." Old Mrs. Lu also brought over a gift box and opened it herself for Su Jingjiao to see. "Do you like it?"
It is a green jade necklace, full of color and radiant crystal.
Su Jiaojiao was a little hesitant.
Gold has a price but jade is priceless. This is too precious, but it would be bad not to accept it in such an occasion.
It doesn’t seem like a good idea to accept it, right?
"Look how good grandma is to you. I've never seen this necklace before." Seeing Su Jiaojiao hesitate, Lu Jingyou immediately took it and put it in her hand.
"Thank you, grandma!" Su Jiaojiao had no choice but to accept it. "It looks very nice."
"It can be used as a necklace or a bracelet." Mrs. Lu put it on her wrist herself, "Wrap it twice more, it's just right."
"Mom, this is your favorite jewelry." Lu Jiahe recognized this necklace. Old Mrs. Lu rarely wore it, but she often took it out to look at it.
"Of course the favorite thing should be given to the favorite person." Old Mrs. Lu took Su Jiaojiao's hand and said, "Let's go sit in grandma's room."
Lin Manli twitched the corners of her mouth. She had been married for so many years, but she had never seen the old lady give her such an expensive gift. She was really getting senile!
The first time she came to visit, she became her granddaughter-in-law?
Maybe not?
After the two left, Mr. Lu said to Lu Jingyou, "The girl is quite good. We all like her very much. When are you planning to get married?"
"Grandpa, she's only a junior. It's a bit too early to talk about marriage now!" Lu Jingyou coughed lightly, "Let's talk about it after she graduates!"
The main reason is that Su Jiaojiao has no intention of getting married, and he can't show too much eagerness in front of them.
Otherwise, all the pressure will be on Su Jiaojiao.
"Dad, you're too hasty to talk about marriage after our first visit!" Lin Manli was speechless. "We don't even know what their family thinks!"
If the old man knew about Su Jiaojiao's family situation, he might not be so anxious.
The old couple were so anxious, as if their son couldn't find a wife.