Tonight's barbecue includes grilled garlic to enhance the flavor.
If Chu Jinjin had known this would happen tonight, she definitely wouldn't have added this dish. The smell of garlic is the bane of kissing; it ruins even the best feeling.
Chu Jinjin returned to her seat with composure, facing the three men's horrified gazes with equanimity: "What's wrong? Haven't you ever seen one before, or have you never kissed one?"
In terms of shamelessness, she surpasses these three married women in some respects.
Princess Le'an shook her head blankly: "Jinjin, I've found that you always manage to surprise me."
Chu Lingling felt that Madam Li's speed was nothing compared to this, and she suddenly felt a little envious, and it seemed that she had come to a little more understanding.
When they first got married, the man wanted her every night, like a wolf that could never be full. But I don't know when it started, it seems that after she gave birth to their son, he completely lost interest in her.
She realized that she had gained weight, her stomach was no longer flat, and her skin was no longer as smooth.
Men only see the surface and don't think about why it's for.
On occasional sleepless nights, she had desires, but she could only suppress them deeply, because they were things she couldn't think about, much less speak of.
Zhan Qin returned to his seat expressionlessly, his gaze vacant.
He suddenly felt very proud.
I'm so proud of Chu Jinjin. What does it matter if a woman like her marries into another family?
Chu Jinjin sat down next to him gracefully, took his arm, rested her head on his shoulder, and sighed contentedly.
She had done the same thing when she was in a relationship with Xu Wenda before, but this time it was different. There was an indescribable sense of security. She hadn't had much contact with the man in front of her, but she deeply believed that he wouldn't be like Xu Wenda.
The sound of hurried footsteps rang out, and without turning around, Chu Jinjin could tell it was her mother.
"Jinjin, Jinjin, something terrible has happened." Liu Shi looked beautiful when she ran; according to Chu Zujian, she looked like a girl running through a flower field.
Liu's footsteps and voice both stopped abruptly. She looked at the two people leaning against each other in disbelief: "You, you two, are you drunk?"
Zhan Qin struggled to pull his arm out: "Auntie, I... I love Jinjin, please grant my wish."
"Ah, grant my wish, ah." Madam Liu's expression was indescribably complicated. She seemed to want to get excited, but something stopped her. Finally, she stomped her foot and remembered her intention. "Jinjin, Madam is coming right away. Chu Jiyu has been kidnapped by bandits."
Chu Jinjin had almost forgotten this name.
She conspired with bandits to kidnap her own father, and she once wanted to kill him with her own hands.
Wang understood this and protected him with her life, refusing to reveal where she had sent him, even at the cost of her own life. Later, one incident after another occurred, and Wang's behavior gradually changed her impression of him.
Since things have come to this, let's wait until Father wakes up to decide what to do.
We can't really force Wang to her death.
Besides, now that she's in charge of the family, she can't be so one-sided anymore. If they really bring the person back, how to deal with them—whether to keep them alive or kick them out of the house—requires the opinions of her father and grandfather.
Chu Jinjin slowly straightened up and said, word by word, "What happened?"
Wang had already rushed over. Before Chu Jinjin could speak, she knelt down straight, her head banging loudly: "Jinjin, Jinjin, please save that wicked child. He, he is, after all, a member of the Chu family."
Princess Le'an and Li Xinzhi exchanged a glance. It was a family matter, and it was not appropriate for outsiders to be present, so they both took their leave.
After a moment's hesitation, Zhan Qin also took his leave.
Chu Jinjin saw the person to the door, then returned with a grim expression: "Mother, please get up. How did you get kidnapped?"
Wang's behavior during this period is enough to prove her feelings for this family. To be fair, she is not a bad person, but she is a mother who is both too good and extremely bad.
Wang's eyebrows were red and swollen, and she refused to get up. Her expression was desperate: "Jinjin, you are the only one who can save him."
That day, when the pharmacy sent people to arrest her second son, she immediately understood what had happened.
When the master wakes up, he will definitely kill his son. She can't just stand by and watch. She would rather die herself.
“I sent him to an estate in Jincheng. It was a place I bought when I was a young girl. No one else knows about it except me.” Large tears rolled down Wang’s cheeks. “I was thinking that I would wait for your father to wake up and see how things were. If it didn’t work out, I would let him live like this for the rest of his life. It’s better than him dying.”
Chu Jinjin frowned: "Jincheng?"
Strictly speaking, Jincheng belongs to the northern region.
Wang nodded vigorously: "You two... that beast, he writes to me every now and then. Although there is a severe drought in the north, it doesn't affect the estate much. Before he left, I gave him a lot of silver."
They're all flesh and blood that fell from my body.
Wang hated him intensely, yet she also loved him deeply.
The estate wasn't large, and the servants were all people she secretly bought and trusted. She intended it as a backup plan, so that if she ever fell into trouble, she would have a way out.
Chu Jiyu knew he had made a big mistake. At first, he behaved himself and rarely went anywhere. He obediently wrote letters to report his whereabouts and admit his mistake.
But after this incident, how could Madam Wang be at ease? She secretly sent a reliable person to tell the steward of the estate to send a letter every now and then, making sure to report on what the second young master had done.
About a month and a half ago, the accident still happened.
Chu Jiyu couldn't stand it any longer. He was not content to live a life of hiding from the light of day. He wanted to beg for his father and family's forgiveness, but he also knew that he had committed such a serious crime that even kneeling to his death at his doorstep would be useless. He had to do something.
The drought in the north is getting worse.
I don't know what he was thinking, but he actually started reselling grain.
Chu Jinjin gasped in shock: "Is he not as troublesome as he thought, and wants to drag the entire Chu family down with him?"
The north was suffering from a severe drought, but what was truly fatal was the skyrocketing price of grain; the same amount of silver could only buy a very small amount of grain on ordinary days.
In such situations, there will never be a shortage of people looking to profit from the French disaster. If goods can be safely transported from other cities to the disaster area, the profits will be unimaginable.
However, how could the imperial court possibly allow it?
There are long-standing laws stipulating that once a reseller is caught, he or she will be severely punished, and in serious cases, his or her entire family will be implicated.
“I tried to persuade him, I wrote to him pleading with him.” Wang’s eyes were full of tears, and she shook her head desperately. “But he was too eager to prove himself, and believed that he could only atone for his sins by earning enough money.”
The distance was too far, and letters were too slow. Wang wanted to go but had no opportunity; she couldn't find a suitable reason to leave home for so many days.
She had originally planned to wait until Chu Jinjin left before finding a suitable reason to go there in person.
Unexpectedly, just as he received an urgent message from the steward, Chu Jiyu, who was reselling grain, encountered bandits on the edge of the disaster area. Not only were all his grain and money taken away, but the bandits, upon learning that his family was wealthy, demanded a huge ransom.
Wang dared not hide it any longer.
We have the money, but those are disaster areas where people are starving to death everywhere. How can we go and rescue people? Should we send our eldest son?
She couldn't let her eldest son take the risk.
After much thought, Chu Jinjin realized that she was the only one who could save her son, as she was about to head to the disaster area.
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