Chapter 178 Unknown
This "some other day" was originally an excuse, and the adults understood it, but Zhou Ruoyi was a child, and he simply set the date of "some other day" as an uncertain one.
Li also said, "Miss Su should be free that day. I will try to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and let Miss Su have a taste."
Su Yujin helped the Zhou family a lot. Although the Zhou family also expressed their gratitude, Su Yujin still had never had a proper meal at the Zhou family. In Li's opinion, this was a bit rude.
Now that Zhou Ruoyi had brought it up, she naturally didn't want to give up such an opportunity.
Seeing that both mother and son said this, Su Yujin felt that it would be arrogant and impolite to refuse, so she nodded and said, "It would be disrespectful to refuse. Then I will come to bother Madam and Master Yi when the time comes."
"I'm looking forward to Miss Su's coming, so why bother you?" Seeing Su Yujin agree, Li smiled and was already thinking about what kind of food to prepare to entertain her that day.
When Zhou Ruoyi saw Su Yujin nod, he was so happy that he almost jumped up and down. "Then Sister Su, you have made a promise. You are not allowed to regret it when the time comes."
"Let's make a pinky promise!"
Zhou Ruoyi stretched out his little finger.
"Okay, pinky promise." Su Yujin responded with a smile, hooked her little finger with Zhou Ruoyi, and stamped her thumb.
"Then I won't disturb mother and sister Su. I will go back to my study to review my lessons first." After Zhou Ruoyi bowed properly, he flew to his own yard like a little swallow.
When they got to the yard, the servants brought hot water for Zhou Ruoyi to wash his hands and also brought him some chestnut cakes.
There is still some time before dinner, so I'll have a piece of cake first to fill my stomach so I don't get hungry while reviewing.
This is their usual practice and Zhou Ruoyi has gotten used to it.
However, although Zhou Ruoyi rolled up his sleeves today, he only put his left hand in the basin and washed it back and forth.
"Brother Yi, are you trying to be lazy today?" Mother Zhuang joked, "This is the first time I've seen someone wash only one hand."
And only wash your left hand.
"Mom, please turn a blind eye today and forgive me. I have only washed my left hand and used only my left hand these days." Zhou Ruoyi laughed, and took his left hand out of the basin and wiped the water droplets on the towel.
"Why is this happening?" Mrs. Zhuang immediately became alert. "Could it be that the young master's right hand is uncomfortable?"
"That's not the case." Zhou Ruoyi shook his head repeatedly. "This right hand has made a promise with Sister Su, and it has been stamped. It cannot be washed off. We have to wait until Sister Su really fulfills her promise and comes to our house for dinner. Otherwise, it will not work."
Well, it must be because of this matter.
Mother Zhuang said angrily and amusedly, "How can you not wash your hands? It's a good thing that the young master and Miss Su didn't agree on a long time. If they had agreed on something for next year, would the young master have to not wash his hands for a year?"
Zhou Ruoyi chuckled, "Mom, just give in to me this time. It's only going to be a few days, so I'll be careful and not get my hands dirty. Anyway, I can write and eat with both hands, so it won't be a problem. Mom doesn't have to worry about me eating with dirty hands."
After that, Zhou Ruoyi tugged at Zhuang's mother's sleeve with his left hand, pleading, "Just this once, Mom, please agree to me."
Such a pitiful appearance makes people feel pity for him.
Mother Zhuang is already old, and now she takes care of Zhou Ruoyi day and night. Naturally, she has special feelings for him, and she can't stand it at the moment.
In addition, Zhou Ruoyi was usually sensible, and this was a rare thing that he insisted on. Zhuang's mother was reluctant to let her child be sad, so she could only nod helplessly, "Okay, okay, I'll do as you say this time, but don't do this again in the future."
"Yes!" Zhou Ruoyi nodded like a chick pecking at rice, took the chestnut cake with his left hand and put it into his mouth.
The chestnut cake is really delicious and very sweet.
But it’s not as sweet as the ones made by Sister Su.
Zhou Ruoyi would glance at his right hand on the table from time to time and laugh.
The task of seeking cooperation with the Feng family was entrusted to Li. What Su Yujin needed to do in the next two days was to wait for news from Li.
And because the looms of Hong Qiuyan and her sister would take some time to be delivered, Su Yujin thought that it would be more convincing to negotiate business with the Feng family once the real thing was available, so she told Li not to be so anxious, but to get some information from the Feng family first to see what the Feng family's attitude was and whether they were interested in the matter.
Perhaps because the waiting time is the most difficult and boring, Su Yujin has been thinking about cooking to pass the time at home these days.
Make peach cakes, toast slices, egg cakes, toffee, and even try making some glutinous rice wine and prepare to cook some glutinous rice wine dumplings to eat.
So much so that all kinds of aromas are wafting in this small courtyard all day long, and just smelling them makes people salivate.
But today, there is a different smell mixed in with the fragrance.
It was the smell of residual gunpowder after the firecrackers were set off, which was particularly pungent, and one could even faintly hear the crackling of one or two firecrackers.
"It's still a long way to the New Year, why are they setting off firecrackers?" Mother Liu was scrubbing the freshly cut pork liver in her hands, preparing spicy pork liver for Su Yujin to eat at noon. When she heard the noise outside, she frowned.
"I heard that the Hu family is having a wedding." Ai Cao smacked her lips and raised her eyebrows, "Marrying off their daughter!"
"Which Hu family?" Mother Liu didn't react for a moment.
"Which Hu family is it? Hu Qiaohui's family."
"Oh." Mother Liu suddenly realized, "I heard a few days ago that Hu Qiaohui seemed to have found a husband. She had already sent the engagement letter, but the betrothal gifts had not been sent yet, and the wedding date had not been set. I thought it would be in the twelfth lunar month, but I never thought it would be done so quickly."
"It must be done quickly, otherwise it would be inappropriate if the man changes his mind. I heard that Hu Qiaohui's in-laws are pretty good. The man is about 25 or 26 years old, and seems to have a good character and is honest. The family also has a few acres of land. If she works hard, she will have enough to eat."
As Ai Cao spoke, she became a little angry. "She is lucky to be able to get married and have such a good marriage!"
Hu Qiaohui deserves to be cursed and have her spine broken because she has such harmful thoughts. There is no way she can get married smoothly.
People like this should find a hemp rope to tie a loop, put their necks in it and hang themselves on the beam of their own house, so that they won’t have any dirty thoughts and harm others again!
"Whether it's cheap or not, we'll talk about it later." Mother Liu disagreed, "You can't tell now."
"What do you mean?" Ai Cao didn't quite understand.
"Since he is an honest and decent man and his family has land, he wouldn't be unable to find a wife at the age of 25 or 26. He wouldn't have to meet someone like Hu Qiaohui to start a family." Mother Liu explained.
There must be something here that others don’t know!
There aren't many monthly votes recently, so the ranking is a bit bleak...o(╥﹏╥)o (End of this chapter)
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