Chapter 115 Laughter and Joy

"Sister, how do you know you are useless? You were once a talented woman in the capital, and no one could match your poetry and couplets. There are even legends about you in Chang'an City. Why are you slandering yourself?" Su Ying said with a smile.

"No one can match me?" Madam Zheng was stunned. Thinking of her past glory, she smiled bitterly and said, "Silly girl, how can my sister be so talented? It's just people's praise. Don't take it seriously!"

"Sister, don't you want your children to leave Lingnan?" Su Ying asked.

"Leaving Lingnan? Is that even possible?" Madam Zheng's eyes lit up, then dimmed. "How can the fugitives leave? The dynasty has changed, and everything is gone!"

Su Ying smiled and shook her head, "Sister, it's precisely because of the change of dynasties that your chance has come. On the contrary, for us, it will take three generations."

Madam Zheng stared at Su Ying blankly, and it took her a long time to digest the meaning of these words. "Yes! Yes! Oh, why didn't I think of that!"

Madam Zheng spun around excitedly. "Hey, hey, my son Fuzai is still running around in the village. No, I can't let him play around anymore! He has to study!"

He hurried out of the mill, leaving behind a message: "You guys go ahead and grind. I'll be back in a minute."

Yang Chunhua watched Madam Zheng leave happily, with envy and loneliness on her face.

Su Ying went forward to push the millstone. The millstone was a bit heavy and she couldn't push it by herself. Su Lu saw it and went forward to help.

"I'll do it!" Yang Chunhua put down the things in her hands and wanted to exchange with Sister Su Ying.

"No need, sister, you just grind it, the two of us can push it." Su Ying smiled and pushed Yang Chunhua away.

Yang Chunhua and Su Ying have similar body shapes, so she can't push as well as the two sisters.

"Let me do it. You are so young, how can you have the strength?" Yang Chunhua insisted.

"Really, there's no need. We two sisters can do it. We won't add to the trouble. Sister, go quickly. The mill is empty." Su Ying refused to let go.

Yang Chunhua had no choice but to continue grinding with her head down. Although her hands were rough, her every move revealed the dignity and composure of a lady from a noble family.

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet. Yang Chunhua was a quiet person and had no children, so Su Ying couldn't find a suitable topic to talk about.

Everyone has a future and hope, except her. Other people's joy is just salt in her wounds.

Su Ying realized later that what she had just said was rash.

"Why are you looking at me?" Yang Chunhua smiled faintly when she noticed Su Ying stealing glances at her. "A Ying has always been open and generous. Why are you so stingy now?"

"Hehe, my elder sister found out!" Su Ying said with a smile, "My elder sister has a sharp eye!"

"Just keep talking nonsense, you little girl!" Yang Chunhua laughed. "Pan'er is so kind! If Fuzi can succeed, she can go back to Chang'an! It's been twenty years. I wonder what Chang'an is like now?"

"Chang'an is magnificent, and all nations come to congratulate! The Khan is an emperor of all ages. If I have the chance to return to Chang'an, I must feel the grandeur of our prosperous Tang Dynasty!" Su Ying praised generously.

She also wanted to see the Tang Empire under the Zhenguan reign, but unfortunately she was in exile when she traveled here. The grandeur of the Tang Dynasty and the prosperity of Chang'an only existed in the history textbooks she had read.

"I'm just like you. It's probably impossible in this life!" Yang Chunhua sighed.

"How is it impossible? If Hu Zi, Asan and A Mu become successful, won't my sister follow them back?" Su Ying blurted out.

Yang Chunhua is a widow. If that day really comes, I believe the Yang family will take her away.

"Hu Zi and the others? They are all good kids. I really hope that day will come!" Yang Chunhua smiled gently.

Thinking of my own Abao, if he were still alive, he would be ten years old and should be preparing to go to the village school.

Like Zheng Pan'er, I would rush home in a hurry, grab the child's ears, and tell him to study hard.

"Sister, believe me, that day will come!" Su Ying comforted.

"I believe that with Aying here, life in our village will get better day by day!" Yang Chunhua said seriously.

"Sister, you come from a prominent family and have great talent. Would you like to teach the girls?" Su Ying invited.

"What we learn is all flashy and superficial. How can we compare with Aying?" Yang Chunhua said with a smile.

"Sister, you are from a famous family, and you can't make any mistakes in those complicated etiquette and rules. The girls of the next generation in the village are born in poverty. If they don't learn and train early, won't they be looked down upon if they really return to Chang'an one day?

Survival in the wilderness must be learned, as must the etiquette and rules of the wealthy families. Even if this generation cannot make it out, preparations must be made for the next. Thousands of years of family heritage cannot be easily discarded; it is the ladder for children to ascend to heaven."

"Aying is still very insightful!" Yang Chunhua did not expect that a girl from a poor family knew so much, and what she said was very reasonable.

"In the future, when people from our village go out, they will not only be able to live a prosperous life themselves, but also be able to benefit the people and help the world." Su Ying said in a clear voice.

Yang Chunhua looked at Su Ying, a little girl with great energy, always so high-spirited and full of vitality.

"So, sister agreed!" Su Ying saw that Yang Chunhua didn't say anything.

"Yes!" Yang Chunhua nodded, "Aying, please don't think I'm shallow."

"Of course not. Sister is giving a lecture, and Ying also wants to come and attend! I want to learn from Sister's demeanor!" Su Ying said with a smile.

The two chatted animatedly, and Su Lu listened quietly, her eyes full of admiration.

My cousin is very good at talking. You can see with your own eyes that the aunt’s face is becoming more and more lively and she is smiling more and more.

I was happy to hear it, it was all exciting news, and I felt that the future was bright.

"Is this your sister? She's so pretty!"

Yang Chunhua saw Su Lu looking back and forth between him and Su Ying, her eyes as clear as a deer, and she looked like an honest and docile child.

"Yes, she's from my third uncle's family, A'Lu! She is gentle, smart and beautiful." Su Ying said as she moved her cousin's head.

"Aying!" Su Lu felt embarrassed by the compliment.

I've always considered myself timid, clumsy, and the least impressive of my sisters. Was it me that my cousin was praising? Am I really that perfect?

"Our A-Lu is the cutest girl in the world!" Su Ying praised again.

Su Lu's face turned red with embarrassment, but her heart was sweet.

"Sister! There's Xiaotao, there's Xiaotao!" Xiaotao, who was sitting at the door, saw that her sister had forgotten about her and reminded her loudly.

"Yes, and our Xiaotao, you and Alu are my best sisters, the most beautiful sisters!" Su Ying said with a smile.

"How old is Xiaotao?" Yang Chunhua looked at Xiaotao with her big, blinking eyes, and remembered that she also had a sister of this age.

"Five years old!" Xiao Tao said crisply.

"So cute!" Yang Chunhua reached out and touched Xiaotao's soft fur.

"Sister is so beautiful!" Xiao Tao said surprisingly.

"Really? Xiaotao also put honey on her lips, so sweet?" Yang Chunhua was amused, "I am your aunt! Your sister is making aunt happy! Why do you call me sister?"

"But, sister is really beautiful!" Xiaotao's big eyes were full of confusion.

Yang Chunhua in front of me is really beautiful, and her smile is especially gentle!

"Oh, Xiaotao, Auntie really likes you!" Yang Chunhua hugged Xiaotao and kissed her, "Hahaha..."

The laughter of several people came from the mill, and the villagers passing by finally heard Yang Chunhua's laughter again.