Gangzi recalled that he had held back when he spoke with Liu and the others last night. Moreover, when the two sides were fighting, Yun Erzhuang and Yun Sanzhuang from the eldest son's side, along with their wives, did not get involved in the mess. It seemed that they had their own plans.
Gangzi was overjoyed at the thought of soon having meat to eat. Suddenly, he remembered something that had just happened and couldn't help but admire Yunling. He said:
"Great, boss! Second Auntie just said she wanted to come with us to look for soil and maybe see if we could catch any pheasants or pigeons, but you insisted she stay behind. So that's what you were planning."
"Hey, don't talk nonsense. I just don't want so many people following along."
Gangzi gave a meaningful "Oh," and asked in confusion:
"Boss, the method you mentioned for finding Yun Xiaowu and Yun Xiaoliu, is it by writing a letter to Master He in Jiangnan?"
Yunling glanced back at Gangzi and smiled faintly:
"Wow, you could be my boss now."
"I just stumbled upon this by sheer luck, nothing like the boss. But, if we're going to write a letter, it'll probably have to go to the city. And while we were eating porridge, the boss mentioned that these ceramic tiles are quite troublesome. What do you want to say?"
"Hey, when did you become like that deadbeat Lu Yinghuai?"
As soon as Yunling uttered the name "Lu Yinghuai," she was immediately stunned. She didn't know why she suddenly thought of this old man; it was strange.
Gangzi and Tang Ling exchanged a smile, then teased each other:
"Boss, it seems like we haven't seen Young Master Lu in a long time. I wonder how he's doing now. Do you think he might have fled to Bianjing?"
"I'm not a mind reader, how would I know?"
Yunling paused, turned around, and saw Gangzi and Tang Ling snickering. She immediately realized that the two were teasing her, and she felt both ashamed and angry. She snapped, "Angry!"
"Are you all just watching me make a fool of myself? Fine, today you'll be punished by only eating wild vegetables and no meat."
Tang Ling stared wide-eyed innocently. She hadn't done or said anything, so how did this blame fall on her head? Actually, whether she ate the meat or not didn't matter to her, but if Yun Ling misunderstood her, she would be more wronged than Dou E. Therefore, she said:
"Young lady, this is all Gangzi's personal behavior and has nothing to do with me."
"Hey, Tang Ling, you..."
Gangzi saw Yunling's lips curl up and knew she was faking her anger. As the boss, he was always tough on the outside but soft on the inside, especially towards loyal people like him. So he put aside his resentment towards Tang Ling and looked forward to the meat that was delivered to his door.
And just as Gangzi had predicted, the meat was indeed delivered to his door.
The second and third sons' wives took out two pieces of cured meat from the rice jar at home. They were thinking of asking Yunling to help them find Xiaowu and Xiaoliu, but they didn't expect to see Yunling. Instead, they met Yun Ruoxia, who was always feisty.
They wanted to turn around and leave, but they were afraid that Yunling was not far away, and if they left, they would lose the opportunity, which would be a bad deal. After all, it was not easy for them to go out and come to the mountains at this critical moment.
Therefore, the two of them had no choice but to stay, and even asked:
"Xia Jie'er, do you know where Ling Jie'er is? We need to find her."
Yun Ruoxia didn't see anything, but just seeing the two pieces of cured meat in their hands made her thoughts race. She hadn't eaten meat in a long time, and now that they had rice, if they added two more pieces of cured meat, they could make a cured meat rice dish.
Good heavens! She couldn't even imagine how cheerful she would be when she ate this bowl of cured pork rice, especially when that little bit of soy sauce was poured on top—she would feel like she was in heaven.
When the second son's wife saw that Yun Ruoxia did not respond, she was extremely embarrassed. She started digging her toes into the ground and finally entrusted this important task to the third son's wife.
The third son's wife was suddenly given a critical mission. She realized that the two pieces of cured meat she was carrying were very hot. If she stayed any longer, she was afraid she would be burned by the ropes attached to the meat. So she hurriedly said:
"Xia-jie, is Ling-jie around here? Let's go find her right now."
"Hey, what's the rush? What did you bring?"
Yun Ruoxia stood up, patted her bottom, and walked towards the two of them. In just a few steps, she exuded a powerful aura, which startled the two of them, causing them to take a step back.
"No, didn't you travel all the way here to find a place to stay? We thought you might not have much on you, so you asked for rice yesterday."
"No, what the third wife means is that no matter what, we are still relatives even if our bones are broken. What happened before was our eldest son's fault. We hope you adults will be magnanimous and just let us go like a fart."
Yun Ruoxia knew perfectly well that this was for those two annoying Yun Xiaowu and Yun Xiaoliu. Could it be that Yun Ling was so unwilling to let her come up the mountain today because she knew that these two had come to deliver good things?
Yun Ruoxia was secretly overjoyed, but her face remained stern, like that of a debt collector. Her tone also turned cold as she said:
"So... you came here to apologize with these two pieces of cured meat?"
“Xia’er, actually, the feud between our two families is really just a matter between your mother-in-law and father-in-law and your parents. It has nothing to do with our two families. You see…”
Yun Ruoxia clicked her tongue twice and swiftly snatched the two pieces of cured meat from the third brother's wife's hands. She picked up the cured meat, looked it over from left to right, sometimes frowning and sometimes sighing. Only after confirming that the cured meat was safe in her hands and could not be taken away did she reply:
"That's true, but when our family was in our most difficult time, neither of your two families offered any help. If you had just secretly given us something like this, we wouldn't be asking for favors now."
"this,"
“We were wrong,” the second son’s wife said, stopping the third son’s wife from grabbing the cured meat. “But you know, we are the ones who married into this family. If our husbands are incompetent, we have to watch our mothers-in-law’s face. Even if we want to help, there’s nothing we can do.”
Alright.
Yun Ruoxia was practically drooling from the aroma of the cured meat; she had no energy left to deal with these two, so she said:
"I will tell Ling'er about this when she returns from the deep mountains. If she is willing to show compassion, then this matter will definitely be accomplished. Don't worry, go back now."
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