Chapter 526 A Mismatched Couple
Jiang Zhizhi remained cautious due to the inexplicable appearance of Su Li.
After leading her into the house, I asked her a few more questions.
Su Li answered very sincerely, saying whatever came to mind.
Fang Hua cut a plate of watermelon and brought it over: "Eat some watermelon first, then stay for dinner later."
Su Li politely thanked Fang Hua, "Thank you, Auntie."
Shang Shang started circling around Su Li, and then became attracted by the crossbody bag she was carrying.
Su Li's crossbody bag was made of various colored fabrics sewn together, and it was bulging inside, with no one knowing what was inside.
Shangshang peeked closer, pointing her little finger at the cloth bag: "What's inside?"
Su Li looked down, exclaimed "Eh!", and took something out of her bag. It was a flute made of bone. She generously gave it to Shang Shang: "This is for you."
Shang Shang happily took it and examined it for a long time: "What is this?"
Su Li pointed to one end: "If you blow here, it will make a sound. This is new, and I've never used it before."
Shang Shang curiously put it in her mouth, puffed out her cheeks, blew on it, and made a "beep" sound.
It doesn't sound very good; in fact, it's a bit harsh.
Shang Shang blew with great enthusiasm, becoming happier and happier as she blew, waving her little hands and beaming with joy.
Jiang Zhizhi looked at the bone flute in Shang Shang's hand with a complicated expression. She remembered that, according to rumors, bone flutes were made from human bones.
After thinking for a moment, he asked Su Li, "What is this bone flute made of?"
Su Li smiled, her eyes crinkling: "Sister, it's made of antelope bone, not human bone, so don't worry. This bone flute can summon many animals in the mountains."
Fang Hua was startled when he heard this: "Oh my god, isn't that very dangerous?"
Su Li waved her hand: "No, those animals won't hurt people."
Shangshang loved the gift so much that she didn't find the sound unpleasant at all and kept blowing on it.
Little Zhou looked disgusted, stretching out his little arms to cover his ears, leaning against Jiang Zhizhi's chest, his little brows furrowed in unhappiness.
But we can't let my sister stop blowing.
Jiang Zhizhi smiled as she watched Su Li teach Shang Shang how to play the bone flute, thinking about Su Li's self-introduction earlier.
At the age of 21, she ran away from home because her parents wanted to marry her off to an older man as a replacement for her brother's marriage.
She learned all these skills from her grandmother, who was a famous shaman in their village.
Jiang Zhizhi wasn't sure if there were still shamans in remote villages at this time.
However, nowadays, wizards seem to be like prophets. When someone in the family gets sick, or gets married, travels far away, or has an important date, people will ask a wizard to choose an auspicious day.
Shang Xingzhou sat there sulking, watching Su Li act as if nothing had happened, and then he wanted to go over and strangle her.
Seeing Shang Xingzhou's angry expression, Jiang Zhizhi quickly interrupted Su Li: "Su Li, how many days will it take you to finish that antidote?"
Su Li snapped out of her daze and smiled, "You can call me A-Li. As for the antidote, I don't know either, because there are many medicinal herbs here."
Shang Xingzhou felt his head was about to explode again. He stood up, ready to lash out: "No, what are you saying here?"
Su Li shrugged: "Are you in a hurry? If you are, come back to my hometown with me. I'll have my grandma make you the antidote. It will definitely be faster that way."
Shang Xingzhou gritted his teeth: "I'm not going. You hurry up and finish it. If you can't finish it in half a month, I'll sue you for poisoning and put you in jail."
Su Li pouted and looked at Shen Luojia: "I can cure this older sister right now."
Jiang Zhizhi, however, dared not let her try: "No rush, let's wait first."
Su Li's eyes darted around: "You don't believe me? I really can cure it."
Jiang Zhizhi smiled and said, "She's pregnant now, so we don't dare to start treatment rashly, for fear of harming the fetus."
Su Li thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you'll believe me later."
For dinner, Su Li stayed to eat without any hesitation.
I don't know why, but Shangshang really likes her, or rather, she likes her even more.
After Su Li arrived, he stopped playing with Xiao Zhouji and stopped looking for Shen Luojia, and just stayed by Su Li's side.
After giving her a bone flute, Su Li also gave her a tortoise shell for divination.
Shangshang really liked both of these items and always held them in her hands with great affection.
Even Fang Hua was surprised: "Shang Shang likes this aunt so much, how about you go with her?"
Surprisingly, Shang Shang nodded and said, "Okay."
Fang Hua was both amused and exasperated: "Look at our Shangshang. I used to think that our Shangshang was a bad person who would be easily cheated and taken away. Turns out I just hadn't met her yet."
After the meal, Shang Xingzhou wanted to go back to see Bian Suxi, and Su Li wanted to go with him.
Shang Xingzhou was in a bind. If he took Su Li back, given Bian Suxi's personality, she would definitely try to set them up in a mess.
However, Su Li was clearly unwilling to be left out.
After all that trouble, Su Li still went back with Shang Xingzhou.
Because Su Li disagreed with leaving Shangxingzhou and was afraid of his health problems, she was not by his side immediately.
After the two left, Fang Hua laughed and said, "I think Su Li and Xing Zhou are quite a good match."
Zhou Chengyu agreed: "This girl looks very intelligent, and she would be a good match for Xingzhou."
Jiang Zhizhi smiled and said, "You shouldn't play matchmaker haphazardly; you should consider the opinions of both of them."
Fang Hua was even more optimistic: "These two are a perfect match. Look at how Xingzhou has ever treated anyone else. Xingzhou has a sunny and generous personality. He would never yell at a girl like that."
Jiang Zhizhi thought about it and agreed; the two of them really did have a love-hate relationship.
It wasn't until they went to bed that night that Zhou Xiye analyzed Su Li with Jiang Zhizhi.
“She’s definitely lying. She probably didn’t run away from her arranged marriage. Look at the way she talks. She’s obviously been well taken care of by her family and has never suffered any hardship.”
Jiang Zhizhi was surprised; she hadn't really noticed that, only that Su Li had said she came from the mountains.
Swap marriages are a very normal thing.
Now that Zhou Xiye said that, she realized that something seemed off.
Su Li certainly didn't seem like a child who had suffered hardship; her hands were also fair and clean.
"So she approached Xingzhou with a specific purpose?"
Zhou Xiye was also unsure: "Let's observe first, we need to be cautious."
After all, Su Li's kindness towards Shang Shang was genuine.
The next morning, before Jiang Zhizhi even went to work, Shang Xingzhou brought Su Li over.
While Su Li was being pestered by Shang Shang, Shang Xingzhou pulled Jiang Zhizhi to a corner and said, "Sister, please save me! When Mom saw Su Li, she said that Su Li and I look like a married couple, so why don't we get married?"
"She also said that if I marry Su Li, she will definitely cure my symptoms quickly."
Jiang Zhizhi was amused; this was indeed Bian Suxi's style.
"You're too nervous. Su Li might not even be interested in you. Calm down. Don't get all excited and overstimulated just by mentioning Su Li!"
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