Chapter 73: Keeping Public and Private Affairs Separate
Jiang Yu ate everything up out of courtesy, leaving only the soup unfinished.
He didn't finish the drink in order to maintain his image as a gentleman, so as to avoid being laughed at by Su Wan for his poor eating manners.
After all, they were in the countryside, and Jiang Yu couldn't be too conspicuous, for fear of being seen by passers-by, so he only danced for a while and returned the sword to Su Wan for safekeeping.
Su Wan was going to the vegetable garden to get some fresh vegetables to eat. After eating the noodles, she went out with the basket on her shoulder.
"Jiang Yu, I'm going to pick vegetables!" I greeted him, and he wanted to go with me.
"I'm with you."
"We're not going out to play, we're just picking vegetables. Why are you following us?" Su Wan raised a reasonable question.
Now that we are familiar with each other, there is no need to be as polite as before. Just say whatever you want to say. There is no need to hide anything.
"It's too boring at home. I want to go out more!"
He had just come back, and now he was leaving again.
But she can't restrict other people's actions.
Forget it, let’s go together, it’s not like we’ll lose any meat. She couldn’t tell what was wrong with Jiang Yu, but it was just wrong.
So the two of them closed the bamboo fence gate of the yard and went out to the vegetable garden one after another.
I have to make shaqi ma when I come back later. My life schedule is very full.
I came to the vegetable field that was collectively cultivated by the villagers. I had been here with Su Yun before and knew which field belonged to my family.
There are Chinese cabbages in the field, which are all green, pollution-free and pure natural plants.
At this time, most people are taking a lunch break at home and few people come out.
When the two of them came, they only saw two figures from a distance, who seemed to be the He Jiaolan sisters.
She originally wanted to go up and say hello, but before she could say anything, she saw He Jiaolan pushing her sister He Jiaoxing to the bottom of the field.
After pushing it, she patted the dirt off her palms and left without looking back.
Su Wan was a little confused by her behavior. Aren’t they sisters?
Even if there is a dispute, her sister will not speak and cannot defend herself. How far can the dispute go?
He Jiaolan did not realize that Su Wan witnessed her bullying her sister.
When Su Wan came over, He Jiaoxing was already ready to climb out of the ditch by herself.
There is a canal underneath, and water from the river is diverted here to irrigate the vegetable fields.
She was pushed down, her whole body was soaked, with mud on her face, her clothes stuck tightly to her body, and she was shivering with cold in the November weather.
When Jiang met this, out of courtesy, he immediately turned around to avoid the sight and walked away for a distance.
Su Wan reached out and pulled her. She couldn't speak, but just bowed slightly to Su Wan to express her gratitude.
Su Wan didn't ask why He Jiaolan treated her like that. She couldn't speak, so it was useless to ask.
"Go home and change your clothes quickly, or you'll catch a cold!"
Upon hearing this, He Jiaoxing looked in the direction her sister left, fear unconcealed in her eyes and a timid expression.
She shook her head and didn't dare to go home yet.
"Although I don't know why you two sisters have a conflict, don't be afraid of her. Go back and talk to your parents. They will help you get justice."
Looking at her reaction, Su Wan subconsciously thought that she was afraid of her sister.
When He Jiaoxing heard this, her eyes became dim again. Su Wan didn't know that her parents were also partial to her sister.
Even if she told them, they would not give her justice, but would just join in scolding her.
She is a mute, and this congenital defect causes her to always be inferior to her sister in every aspect, so it is natural for her to suppress her.
As soon as Su Wan saw her look, he knew that this was not simple and was definitely not as simple as she thought.
But she doesn't like to meddle in matters that have nothing to do with her.
"Wait for me to pick some cabbage. It will be quick. Come to my house and sit for a while before you come back!" This was all she could do.
She quickly picked a handful of bok choy, enough for the whole family, and put it in the basket, then she took He Jiaoxing back.
Jiang Yu walked in front without looking back. Due to the etiquette between men and women, the man could not look directly at the woman because her body was wet.
After returning, Su Wan asked her to wash her face and put on her own clothes, or to be more precise, the clothes that Gu Yue had worn.
We are all of similar age and stature, so it's fine as long as we can wear it.
Su Wan actually didn't want to wear Gu Yue's old clothes, but she had no money in the early stage and the new clothes she had ordered had not been made yet.
He Jiaoxing changed into clean clothes and kept talking to Su Wan in a babbling voice, probably to express her gratitude.
"You're welcome. It's nothing. If you don't want to go back now, just sit at my house for a while before going back."
Su Wan washed his hands, said hello and left her alone, kneading dough in the kitchen. He Jiaoxing didn't stay long either, and soon left with her dirty clothes. Jiang Yu kept avoiding her and only came out after she left.
He helped Su Wan with lighting the fire and doing odd jobs without any complaints.
Afterwards, Su Yun and his two brothers came back. Today's business was not as good as yesterday. There were still more than a dozen pieces left unsold. Because there were fewer people in the village today, they only made more than six taels of silver. Su Yun looked at these unsold shaqi ma and felt a little frustrated.
He tried so hard to sell the goods, but he still couldn't sell them all.
"Fourth brother, if business is this good every day, then why do we say business is so easy? Then everyone in the world should do it together. It's just that a little bit of it is not sold, so what's the big deal?"
Su Wan comforted him in time and told him not to be infected by this emotion.
"Fourth brother, you are just too competitive. In fact, you are fragile and can't stand the blow. How can you do this?"
Su Yun nodded, temporarily put aside those gloomy thoughts, and helped Su Wan prepare the goods to be sold tomorrow.
He is still young and has little experience, so if things don't go well, it will easily hit him.
Because we are going to a big village tomorrow, we need to prepare more shaqi ma.
Su Wan prepared one hundred copies, and tomorrow the two brothers will each take a portion.
This was still very hard, as he had to walk a lot and was very tired, but he had no complaints.
Tomorrow may be more tiring, but you will gain more.
This is the path Su Yun chose himself. The idea has been given to him, so he has to make corresponding efforts.
As for Su Yi and Su Chen who helped with the labor, Su Wan would prepare wages for them. He couldn't let them work for the fourth brother for free. It was the fourth brother who wanted to save money for business, not them. They had to keep public and private affairs separate.
Su Chen came back just after dusk. Su Wan heated up some food for him and then sat at the door waiting for him, just like the day when he rode to the provincial capital to get medicine. She was worried about why he hadn't come back yet and was afraid that he had encountered danger or something. But when she waited for him, she didn't see his parents.
"What happened? Didn't your parents come back with you?"
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