Su Qingluan's first reaction upon hearing this was: "My parents actually have relatives who can come and go?" That was a rare visitor. After all, she had traveled through time for so long and had never seen anyone outside of Huaxi Village interact with Su Guangfu and Yang.
Then the smiling Grandpa Li broke her fantasy and said: The relatives are those who come from the head of your family.
Hmm? Mu Xingzhi?
The corner of Su Qingluan's mouth twitched: The entire identity of "Mu Xingzhi" is fictional. How could such a person have any social connections?
unless……
Su Qingluan helped the staggering Grandpa Li into the house and looked at... the young man who was helping Grandma Li move the millstone up in the backyard.
...Young man, you have great skills. Su Qingluan thought so, and was full of admiration.
"Oh, I didn't expect that although you look delicate and weak, you actually have so much strength!" Grandma Li praised happily.
At this time, a cold but very pleasant voice was heard: "It's okay, it's just a small favor."
"Oh, you must be tired. Come sit here and have a drink of water..." When Granny Li wanted to ask the woman to sit down, she saw Su Qingluan supporting Grandpa Li in from the corner of her eye. She quickly greeted them, "Hey, girl, your sister-in-law is here!"
Su Qingluan was stunned for a moment before she realized that the "sister-in-law" that Grandma Li was referring to must be herself.
The man turned around, and Su Qingluan could see clearly that he was tall and had fair skin, but it was not the kind of naturally fair skin. He had a pale look that came from not seeing the sun for many years.
Although this person is a beauty with delicate features, the expression on her face is very dull.
Not only his expression, but this person's temperament was also very cold, which made Su Qingluan feel as if he was somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember it for a while.
At this time, Granny Li called out, "Qingluan, since you're back, I won't keep Yaoyao any longer."
"Yaoyao?" Su Qingluan looked at the beautiful woman with a cold temperament. She didn't expect that this name was actually quite cute. It was a bit inconsistent with the person's temperament.
Yaoyao didn't explain much, but just bowed slightly to Su Qingluan and said, "Greetings, sister-in-law."
Grandpa Li sighed beside him, "It's a pity that your cousin is not feeling well, otherwise he wouldn't have let you suffer the cold outside for so long..."
"That's right," Granny Li replied, "Go back quickly and ask your sister-in-law to cook something hot. Look at this little kid's face, it's all frozen white!"
After some greetings, Su Qingluan left some pickled bacon and a fresh cabbage, and said goodbye to the Li family's grandparents with "Yaoyao".
After returning home, Su Qingluan turned around and asked "Yaoyao": "Is it okay to keep the donkey in the yard?" Although there were sheds for raising chickens and ducks in the yard, there was no scene of raising large livestock.
"...I'll find a way." "Yaoyao"'s voice was still very cold, and there was a bit more scrutiny in her eyes as she looked at Su Qingluan.
Su Qingluan had already guessed that the woman in front of her was most likely one of Mu Xingzhi's subordinates, so she didn't care about the look she was looking at her. She just turned around and made a pot of hot tea for "Yaoyao". After all, it was so cold that it was too uncomfortable to feel cold all over. Even if "Yaoyao" didn't drink it, she still wanted to warm herself up.
The woman named Yaoyao didn't pay any attention to Su Qingluan's words. She sat quietly in the front hall waiting.
When Su Qingluan left in the morning, she did not completely extinguish the fire in the stove, but only kept boiling water - because she wanted to use the steam from the hot water as "heat" to make dough and steam buns - so it didn't take long to boil a pot of hot water to make tea.
Su Qingluan brought over two bowls of hot tea, gave one to the other person, and then sat down opposite and asked, "May I ask this girl's real name?"
"Yaoyao" looked at Su Qingluan: "Sister-in-law, what do you mean?"
Su Qingluan's mouth twitched: "Miss, what you know and what I know, it's meaningless to continue acting, right? Isn't it Mu Xingzhi's idea that you came here this time?"
Su Qingluan was not sure how much the "Yaoyao" opposite her knew about Mu Xingzhi's affairs, but she believed that if it was Mu Xingzhi's intention, he would definitely not let the other party come here rashly without giving her any information.
But she was not sure whether the other party knew Mu Xingzhi's true identity, so she still called him Mu Xingzhi.
Hearing Su Qingluan actually calling Mu Xingzhi by his name, "Yaoyao" raised her eyebrows and exclaimed in disbelief: "How dare you call the master by his name!"
Su Qingluan: ...She always calls me by my name...
"Then what do you usually call him? Wouldn't it be strange to call him 'Master'?" At least from the outside, "Mu Xingzhi" was just a poor scholar with some knowledge but poor manners. If someone called a man like that "Master", it would be strange no matter how you looked at it, right?
Rather, this title with a clear class nature can clearly demonstrate Mu Xingzhi's unusual status and position, which is inconsistent with his intention to keep a low profile and hide his identity.
"...We are all like General Tong He, calling the master 'Dongjia'. As for me, I can call the master 'cousin' when we are outside."
Su Qingluan nodded: "I see." Then a question suddenly occurred to her: "Who is General He?"
"...He's the General He who has always been by the Master's side?" Yaoyao was shocked. "You don't know?"
"Song Bo is actually a general?" Su Qingluan was truly shocked. Although she knew Song Bo had the temperament of a warrior, she always thought Song Bo was a secret guard or something like that. She never imagined that he was actually a general...
Su Qingluan suddenly thought that she seemed to have asked Song Bo to help her chop firewood and light the stove countless times, and the two of them even got together to happily exchange cooking experiences.
Thinking about this scene, combined with the identity of "General", Su Qingluan always felt a sense of disconnection.
Silently sweeping away the shattered image of the "Great General" in her imagination and burying it deep in her soul, Su Qingluan looked at the equally speechless "Yaoyao" and asked the question she had wanted to ask from the beginning: "What should I call this girl? The so-called 'Yaoyao' should be a pseudonym, right?"
"It's not really a pseudonym. 'Yao' is indeed part of my name."
Su Qingluan took another look at the young woman before her, and suddenly a thought struck her: "Could it be... your name is 'Yaoguang'?"
Yaoguang was really surprised this time: "How did you know..."
"Isn't it one of the 'Big Dipper'?" Su Qingluan realized at this time that the familiar feeling was also shared by the previous "Kaiyang".
The neat, capable and slightly indifferent temperament cannot be said to be very similar, it can only be said to be exactly the same.
Yaoguang nodded, put down the teacup, and took out a letter from her bosom: "This is what the master asked me to pass on to Miss Su."
When Yaoguang mentioned the three words "Miss Su", her tone was very subtle, but Su Qingluan's attention was all on the letter and she didn't notice it at all.
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