Chapter 116: People's Reactions

Ye Mingzhu paused, and she tried her best to control herself so as not to look at Aunt Jiang.

Uncle Yan? Is that what she meant?

Aunt Jiang said calmly, "Your Uncle Yan just gave me a fish. I was just about to invite him to dinner, but you guys came back and he left."

Jiang Hongyu felt mixed emotions. He stood up and walked outside. A moment later, a man followed him in. It was indeed Uncle Yan.

"Mom, Uncle Yan is not a stranger. There's nothing wrong with having a meal together." Jiang Hongyu spoke naturally, and everyone present nodded.

Ye Mingzhu stood up and said, "I'll go get some dishes for Uncle Yan."

Uncle Yan waved his hands nervously: "No, no, I can get it myself..."

Jiang Hongyu said, "I'll go get it. Uncle Yan, don't you know where the dishes and chopsticks are in my house?"

Uncle Yan: ...

Everyone in the room: ...

Jiang Hongyu ignored the expressions of everyone in the room and went straight to the kitchen to get a set of bowls and chopsticks and a plate.

I don’t know if it was intentional, but I placed the plate in front of Uncle Yan.

Uncle Yan immediately stood up and lowered his head like a child: "Brother Yu, I..."

"Please sit down, Uncle Yan. These are what I bought from town. Eat them while they're hot." Jiang Hongyu picked up a piece of food with chopsticks for Uncle Yan, and Uncle Yan quickly took the bowl to eat it.

Ye Yun'an wanted to say something, but Ye Mingzhu picked up a piece of food for him with his chopsticks. He looked around, lowered his head and started eating.

Ye Mingzhu smiled and lowered her head to start eating.

Aunt Jiang started to eat only after she saw that everyone had started eating.

"Uncle Yan, eat. You are my master, just like my father."

"Uncle Yan, your apprentice's home is your own. Don't be so reserved. Eat your food."

"Uncle Yan..."

Jiang Hongyu didn't eat much himself, but he gave a lot to Uncle Yan.

Uncle Yan didn't dare to refuse and could only stuff the food into his mouth desperately.

Ye Mingzhu couldn't stand it anymore and called out to him, "You haven't eaten much yourself, why are you only concerned about greeting Uncle Yan?"

Jiang Hongyu glanced at her, his eyes filled with resentment and grievance...

Uncle Yan quickly finished the food in his bowl, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and said, "I'm full. I'm going back first. Brother Yu, when you come to town, come and call me. I'll take you there."

As soon as Ye Mingzhu stood up, Uncle Yan's shadow could not even be seen.

Jiang Hongyu didn't say anything, but calmly picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.

Ye Mingzhu glanced at him. The knuckles of his chopsticks had turned white. She sighed in her heart. No one spoke at the table for a while.

Soon, Aunt Jiang put down her bowl and chopsticks: "I'm full."

Jiang Hongyu nodded slightly without saying anything.

Ye Mingzhu also put down her bowl and chopsticks: "Mom, I brought you something, I'll go get it for you."

Aunt Jiang said there was no rush and asked her to eat first, but Ye Mingzhu could no longer eat.

She took out some of the new jewelry, brown sugar, and snacks she had bought and helped Aunt Jiang put them in the room.

Aunt Jiang took her hand and said, "Mingzhu, there's nothing wrong between mother and your Uncle Yan."

Ye Mingzhu really didn't know what to say about this matter. She just nodded and said, "Mom, it's okay. You and Brother Yu are mother and son. If there is anything, just talk it out. Brother Yu is definitely hoping for the best for you."

Aunt Jiang's eyes flashed, she sighed, and asked Ye Mingzhu to go back first.

Ye Mingzhu was not optimistic about Aunt Jiang and Uncle Yan. Remarriage in ancient times was not such a simple matter.

She looked at Jiang Hongyu's expression and seemed to be somewhat resistant.

In the evening, Jiang Hongyu talked about this matter and he was really unhappy: "My mother and master are my closest relatives, but their families on both sides will not agree."

He didn't explain it clearly, but it seemed that both families had people in the capital and would not agree to them getting married in this place of exile.

Ye Mingzhu rolled her eyes: "They are so far away, what do they know? You are my son, as long as you agree, no one can object."

Besides, it’s still unknown when we’ll get the news from the capital. Maybe Aunt Jiang’s little son has already been born.

Jiang Hongyu didn't agree or disagree, he just said he was tired and wanted to sleep.

Ye Mingzhu understood him. No one wanted to suddenly have a stepfather.

However, looking at Aunt Jiang's expression, it seemed that she didn't want to live with Uncle Yan either. It was just that Jiang Hongyu looked so sad, so she didn't want to say this.

The two of them lay down separately. Ye Mingzhu was tired after a few days and fell asleep quickly, while Jiang Hongyu tossed and turned and fell asleep very late. As soon as the sun rose, he could no longer fall asleep.

He didn't want to wake Ye Mingzhu, so he simply got up, walked out of the house, did a set of boxing in the backyard, and then went to the mountain to chop a pile of firewood.

When Ye Mingzhu got up, there was a circle of chopped firewood in the yard, and Jiang Hongyu was cleaning it up.

Ye Yun'an came out of the kitchen with a basin of water in his hand: "Sister, go wash up first, my brother-in-law has already prepared breakfast."

If the sky hadn't been still a little dark, she would have thought she had gotten up late.

She glanced around the yard but didn't see Aunt Jiang.

Ye Yun'an knew what she meant and whispered, "Aunt Jiang has already gone out. She said she was going to the mountains to collect herbs and told us to eat on our own."

Ye Mingzhu glanced at Jiang Hongyu, who was chopping wood in the yard, and nodded to indicate that she understood.

When it was time for breakfast, the whole table was rather quiet. Jiang Hongyu didn't even raise his head, but just lowered his head to drink his porridge.

Ye Yun'an even buried his head in the bowl of porridge, as if it was some kind of delicacy.

"Brother Yu, I want to visit my third uncle's house after dinner." Ye Mingzhu took the initiative to talk about her plans for the next moment.

"Um."

"I'll bring out some more snacks and food. Take them with you when you go on patrol and share them with your colleagues."

"Um."

"We just got back, why don't you stay home and rest for a day?"

"Um."

Ye Mingzhu: ...

"Uncle Yan left in a hurry yesterday. Can you bring some food to him later?"

"Uh-huh?"

Jiang Hongyu finally raised his head. Ye Mingzhu looked at him with a half-smile: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Jiang Hongyu lowered his head again.

Seeing that he didn't look reluctant, Ye Mingzhu didn't care. They had just gotten married and it concerned the people closest to them, so it was better for him to make the decision himself.

"I'm fine. I'll go to town tomorrow. I'll go to Uncle Yan's house later and tell him."

It was not until after dinner that Jiang Hongyu suddenly said this.

Ye Mingzhu nodded. It was up to him to decide on this matter.

After dinner, Jiang Hongyu took two warm egg pancakes and handed them to Ye Yunan: "Go and give them to your Aunt Jiang. She is picking herbs on the road just up the mountain."

Ye Yun'an took the egg pancake wrapped in cloth, and Jiang Hongyu said again: "Let her come back early, it's still a bit cold on the mountain now."

Ye Yun'an nodded, glanced at Ye Mingzhu beside him, and ran away.

Ye Mingzhu looked at Jiang Hongyu in surprise, and was caught by him when he turned around: "Why are you looking at me like that? Is this wrong?"