Chapter 47: Diligent Husband

"The one who came is my eldest brother's second daughter. My eldest brother asked her to come and see us. She happened to meet you and Brother Yu'er's wedding." Aunt Jiang's smile was a little stiff.

"I have already written a letter to my eldest brother and asked her to take it back."

Ye Mingzhu felt a little strange. Aunt Jiang's niece must be a noble lady from the capital, so why would she come to such a remote place?

Besides, the Jiang family has been exiled here for more than a year or two, so why did they suddenly send someone here?

All sorts of thoughts raced through Ye Mingzhu's mind: "Miss Zhou is my mother's niece?"

Although it was a question, Ye Mingzhu felt it was correct.

Aunt Jiang nodded: "Yes, she came here with a friend to visit relatives. If she hadn't mentioned it herself, I wouldn't have recognized her at all."

Aunt Jiang was even shocked when she heard the purpose of Zhou Jinzhi's visit. She really didn't expect that after so many years, the Zhou family still thought of her and even sent their own daughter to see her.

"Miss Zhou just came to see her mother?" Ye Mingzhu was a little unconvinced.

She had only met Zhou Jinzhi once. At that time, she was just sitting there, watching them talk, smiling the whole time, and seemed like a quiet lady from a noble family.

But she came from the capital to Pinggu Town just because of her friendship with Jiang Wanyi, and then came to see her exiled aunt. Why did she not believe it?

Aunt Jiang didn't expect Ye Mingzhu to be so perceptive. She nodded and said, "The Jiang family may overturn the verdict."

"The Jiang family was implicated and exiled. Now someone in the capital wants to investigate what happened. My family asked Jinzhi to come and tell me about it."

Ye Mingzhu asked calmly, "You guys, are going back to the capital?"

"It's not that easy," Aunt Jiang said with a wry smile. "But some people want to overturn the verdict. It might take one or two years at the fastest, five or six, or even seven or eight years at the slowest."

"Mingzhu, we are already married. This cannot be changed whether we return to Beijing or not." Jiang Hongyu was a little anxious.

"But, our marriage certificate hasn't been written yet?" Ye Mingzhu blinked. She remembered that in Yuanshan Village, marriage certificates were only written after the couple got married.

"I've already written it. I'll have the village chief submit it tomorrow morning." Jiang Hongyu immediately assured, "Our wedding will follow the most formal etiquette. You will be a member of my Jiang family."

Oh, Ye Mingzhu finally understood what Jiang Hongyu meant when he explained the wedding ceremony to her.

"Mingzhu, you never despised my status as an exile before, and no one will talk about your status in the future." Jiang Hongyu spoke to Ye Mingzhu, but his eyes were looking at Aunt Jiang.

Aunt Jiang had something else to say, but he looked at her so disgusted that she waved her hand and said, "Alright, go back."

Ye Mingzhu: ...Did it end too quickly?

Jiang Hongyu immediately pulled Ye Mingzhu back to the room. Ye Mingzhu could even feel the hasty pace of Jiang Hongyu's steps.

After returning to the house, Jiang Hongyu brought Ye Mingzhu a cup of hot water: "Actually, the Zhou family came for another purpose."

Ye Mingzhu sat steadily, took a sip of water, and then listened attentively.

Jiang Hongyu finally sighed: "The Zhou family asked Zhou Jinzhi to come so that my mother could see her. If my mother agrees, the Zhou family will arrange the marriage between the two families and hold the wedding after we return to Beijing."

Ye Mingzhu thought about Zhou Jinzhi's age and was a little confused: "Are the Zhou family sure that you can return to Beijing within a year or two?"

"I'm not sure, but Zhou Jinzhi is not the only daughter in the Zhou family. She also has a cousin who is three years younger than her."

Ye Mingzhu then realized that what Jiang Hongyu was talking about was the marriage between the two families. As a modern person, she was a little confused.

"Zhou family, are you worried that you will be wronged?"

Jiang Hongyu shook his head and curled his lips, his face full of sarcasm, "If they were worried about us being wronged, they would have let my mother divorce me back then. They did this just to occupy the position of the future mistress of the Jiang family."

"My father was wrongly accused and knew he would be exiled, so he wrote a letter of divorce to my mother. However, the Zhou family refused to let my mother return home, saying that the Zhou family did not have divorced women. They forced my mother to go into exile with me."

"If it weren't for the money sent by my father's old friends, my mother and I would never have been able to get here."

"I heard Zhou Jinzhi has been here for half a month. The fact that she came to our wedding today means she has no interest in me and is just following her family's orders."

Ye Mingzhu blinked her eyes when she heard this. "But Miss Zhou is a noble lady from the capital. She came all the way here and heard that you were getting married. She can't cry and make a fuss about marrying you, right? Especially since you can't return to the capital right now."

Jiang Hongyu: ...Which side are you from?

Ye Mingzhu was tired of listening. She yawned softly, "What exactly are you dissatisfied with? Are you dissatisfied that the noble lady didn't like you?"

Jiang Hongyu's expression had returned to normal, and he quickly shook his head: "I just think the Zhou family is too calculating. I don't want to marry a woman from Beijing at all."

Ye Mingzhu: "You didn't want to marry her, and she didn't want to marry me either. The result is the same. Don't worry about it, just go to sleep."

Jiang Hongyu felt something was wrong.

Ye Mingzhu stood up and asked, "Where is the basin at home? Where can I wash?"

Jiang Hongyu put the thought that flashed through his mind behind him, took Ye Mingzhu to the kitchen, poured the hot water he had reserved into the basin, and took her to a small room on the side of the kitchen.

The small room was ten square meters in size, with a washbasin rack in the corner. Jiang Hongyu put the wooden basin on the rack and took out a pig hair toothbrush and tooth powder from the side for her.

"This is the bathroom. In the winter, you can put down the charcoal brazier in the corner and take a bath in the tub."

The winter in Yuanshan Village is not too cold, but most families just wash themselves and do not take a bath. In order to keep warm, they light four charcoal braziers. If others knew about this, they would definitely say they are spendthrifts.

However, Ye Mingzhu likes it.

Seeing that Ye Mingzhu looked fine, Jiang Hongyu went back inside and took out a small box. "This is the facial cream my friend bought in the city. Many ladies are using it. Here are some bath beans. You can use them to clean your face and take a bath."

Ye Mingzhu was amazed. She knew without asking that no one in the entire Yuanshan Village had as many toiletries as the Jiang family.

After she washed her face and returned to the house, Jiang Hongyu introduced her to a hair care oil that smells light and not greasy. Using it every day can keep your hair black, shiny and smooth.

After Ye Mingzhu finished a set of ancient skin care treatments, she felt for the first time that the ancient times were quite good. This skin care routine is almost catching up with modern times.

Jiang Hongyu had already spread out the quilt, with two thin quilts neatly arranged.

Ye Mingzhu glanced at him with a half-smile.

Jiang Hongyu quickly explained: "Today is our first day of marriage, we have to sleep together, otherwise it will be unlucky."

Ye Mingzhu moved in her chair and said with a smile, "You are so nice to me, you have to tell me why, otherwise, I won't be able to sleep."

Aunt Jiang's family wanted Jiang Hongyu to marry someone else, but she was not worried. She had her own space and money, so she didn't worry at all that the Jiang family would abandon her. Having been married once, she would probably be freer in the future.

But Jiang Hongyu prepared so many toiletries and diligently accompanied her to wash up, which was not normal.

Could it be that he has fallen for her? Although it is already dark, it is still a little early to dream.