100 Chapter 100
◎Mu Yun's Marriage◎
"Let's get a doctor tomorrow. A broken bone takes a hundred days to heal. I suggest you rest for an extra month and have a double confinement."
"So long!" Gui'er was dissatisfied.
"Everyone in the village is getting ready for the winter. If you don't take good care of yourself after your confinement, are you planning on going out to plow the fields or something?"
"That's right," Nanny Zhu agreed. "Madam Cheng asked you to come to the city to recuperate. It's an opportunity many young women long for. If you don't take advantage of the confinement period to take good care of yourself, you'll regret it for the rest of your life."
"I'm worried."
"What's the rush? If you don't want to stay in confinement, I'll go back." Nanny Zhu turned to ask Cheng Mu, "Madam Cheng?"
Cheng Mu: "Of course I hope you can stay here, but I feel a little bad for the boss for borrowing your room for so long. I'd better write a letter to him first."
Nanny Zhu said, "Before I came here, the headmaster told me to listen to Madam Cheng's instructions. Our escort agency has a branch in Puyang City. You can ask them to deliver your letter. It will arrive tomorrow."
"When did you open the semicolon?"
"A few months ago," said Madam Zhu, "those escorts were chosen for Semicolon."
"What?" Gui'er asked Nanny Zhu in disbelief. "Those escorts? Those from Zhaojia Village? The ones recruited for the Puyang City branch?"
Nanny Zhu was also surprised, "You know that too."
Gui'er was speechless. Everyone said he was a bodyguard. That's what they said, but that wasn't... wasn't it? Gui'er looked at Cheng Mu with a questioning look.
Cheng Mu said, "When you can challenge the escorts alone, it means you have recovered."
"Who wants to fight a bodyguard alone!" Gui'er said angrily.
Cheng Mu said she wanted to write a letter, Guier asked her to write it here and asked Madam Zhu to get paper and pen.
As soon as Nanny Zhu left, Gui'er grabbed Cheng Mu and said, "How did those people become escorts? Aren't they the... Eighteen Riders?"
"Tell you to be careful with your words."
"I only whispered this to you, but I didn't tell anyone else." Gui'er felt she had found a flaw. "Don't you also know that they opened a branch here?"
"Gui'er, no matter how anxious you are, it's useless to worry about anything unless you take good care of yourself." Cheng Mu said sternly, "Don't worry about Mu Yun. If you really want to, how about you train the eighteen riders? I'll take care of the dozen or so, and you just select and train them."
Guier's eyes widened.
After heating the kang and packing up, Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi took Muyun to visit the neighbors. The souvenirs were still tomato and chili sauce, but this time, things went much more smoothly. There were no doors they couldn't knock on. Most families welcomed them with smiles, and some even invited them inside to sit and let their children play with them.
"Little Dad is still so powerful. Those aunts and uncles kept asking him questions." Xiao Liu came back and said to Cheng Mu with a pout, "Mom is right. People love to bully others, especially women."
"No way!" Xiao Qi said, "They all say that Xiao Dad is handsome and talented. How can they bully him by asking if he's married?"
"Have you forgotten the rejection we received last time? It was Aunt Gui who took us there last time!"
"You mean Aunt Gui isn't as impressive as Little Daddy?"
"Stop pulling me, is that what I mean? Mom, look at him!"
Cheng Mu pulled one of them in each hand and said, "Alright, stop arguing. Just say these things in front of your mother, okay? Don't tell your Aunt Gui. If you do, you'll be in big trouble. Don't blame your mother for not warning you."
Mu Yun and Cheng Mu were still living in their original room. After Mu Yun arrived, he left the two of them at the gatehouse. He told Cheng Mu to move the other two to General Lin's old house.
"The house has been uninhabited for a long time and is in a state of disrepair. It needs some repairs."
Cheng Mu had no objection, but only reminded, "Write a letter to your Master Lin."
Speaking of letters, Cheng Mu didn't expect that after she wrote to the head of Wuda, she would receive a reply just one day later.
Cheng Mu sighed and folded the letter.
"Madam Cheng, what did the boss say?" Nanny Zhu took off her apron and held it in her hands.
"Even if Madam is eager to go home, she can't just leave like that. The headmaster is really..." Cheng Mu was a little speechless, "She has given us a difficult problem."
Nanny Zhu looked solemn and very confused.
Cheng Mu handed her the letter and asked, "Why don't you read it yourself?"
Nanny Zhu knew a few words, but not many. "I can only read briefly, and my eyesight is not good enough. Madam Cheng, just tell me directly."
"Let us look for some girls for Mu Yun." Cheng Mu opened her mouth several times but almost couldn't say anything.
Nanny Zhu was surprised at first, then she covered her mouth and laughed twice, "It's time for Master Yun to get married."
"Madam Cheng, your eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, so it's only natural for you to worry about her. Young Master Yun treats you very well, so the eldest boss should entrust this matter to you. No one else can do this except you!"
"Just tell me what you want me to do."
To be honest, although the escort agency has a wide range of business, it can hardly be considered a wealthy family. Wu Tao is not that kind of old-fashioned woman, so why doesn't she let Mu Yun choose the woman he likes?
She mentioned it once in her last letter. She didn’t know if her apologies for borrowing Nanny Zhu for so long were too strong, so the head of Wuda University was so bold as to entrust this matter to her!
Cheng Mu wanted to write a letter to refuse, but Nanny Zhu stopped her.
"Madam Cheng, does the boss have any family in mind in the letter?"
"No." He only required a girl from a respectable family. In this world, as long as she wasn't from a brothel, anything would do.
"That's right. Madam Cheng, the boss has given full authority to this matter. He only said to look at a few families, but didn't say that there must be a result. You know, Master Yun is not close to the boss, and the boss doesn't even know what he likes. He is completely in the dark. Besides, the boss has to do this. Next year, Master Yun will be eighteen."
Nanny Zhu spoke earnestly, and Cheng Mu said, "Nanny, you really care."
"I served Madam Rui for a while. We had a master-servant relationship. Madam Rui was most concerned about Master Yun. Alas," Nanny Zhu choked up, "If Madam Rui were here, there would be no need to trouble Madam Cheng."
Cheng Mu no longer said anything about refusing, "Please invite Bingren to come to your home some other day."
Cheng Mu wrote a letter to Wu Tao, delivered by someone from the Puyang branch. Mu Yun knew about it. After receiving Wu Tao's reply, the person from the branch reported it to Mu Yun. Mu Yun didn't read Cheng Mu's letter, but he had to intercept Wu Tao's letter to read it.
He already knew the contents of the letter, but when he came back to eat, he still asked Cheng Xi, "Did the boss send a letter?"
"Yes. Gui'er still needs to recuperate, so I'd like to keep Madam Zhu for a while longer. I'd also like to let her know that we'll be staying in Puyang City for the next few months."
"What did the boss say in his reply?"
"Nothing. Someone lent it to me and asked me to keep an eye on you."
Mu Yun pressed on, "What do you want to take care of?"
"Just...all aspects." Cheng Mu changed the subject. "Have you sent the letter to Master Lin? How long will it take to receive it? Now that he has become a general, I'm afraid he won't be able to return to Puyang City in the future. The house can just be repaired a little. Ask him if he needs to deal with it."
"I sent him the deed and the banknote. I want the house. The people in Zhaojia Village can't neglect their training. The training ground in the house can be used as it is."
Cheng Mu frowned slightly, "Master Lin hasn't agreed yet, what's the difference between you and robbing!"
"It was Master Lin who taught me how to steal things." Mu Yun laughed.
The chief's eldest daughter-in-law was the first neighbor to visit.
She is tall, in her forties, with a big mouth and a loud voice.
"We've been neighbors for all these years, but this is the first time I've come to your house. When you came back last year, I really liked your son and wanted to bring my grandson to play with him, but I didn't expect you to leave so soon."
Cheng Mu smiled politely. She had left early, and Xiaoqi had been attending school here for quite a while. She hadn't been here before, so she must have a purpose for coming today.
Cheng Mu invited her to sit in the study.
The head of the village head's daughter-in-law drank two cups of tea and talked a lot. Cheng Mu sorted out two important pieces of information: one was to inquire about the recipe of tomato chili sauce, and the other was to inquire about Mu Yun's marriage.
Cheng Mu said that the tomato chili sauce was made in the summer and they didn’t bring much, so she gave her another can.
Hearing that Mu Yun hadn't proposed marriage yet, the head of the village head's daughter-in-law's eyes lit up, "Your brother-in-law is really good-looking and polite. What kind of marriage do you want?"
Anyway, Cheng Mu was going to ask Bingren about it. After exchanging glances with Nanny Zhu, she asked the head of the police station and her daughter-in-law to help her see which girl was good and a good match for him, and to introduce the best one to him.
Cheng Mu generously gave her something when she asked someone to do something for her. "These are tomato seeds, and these are pepper seeds. Tomato and pepper sauce are made from these two. You can make it yourself next year according to the recipe."
The head of the village head and his daughter-in-law felt that the trip was worthwhile and left happily.
Just as I sent her out, a girl came running towards me. "Mrs. Cheng, you're really back!" She smiled brightly and said, "I'm Li Lan!"
"Li Lan?" Cheng Mu finally recognized her. "Girls really change a lot as they grow up. They become more and more beautiful. Come in and sit down."
Compared to last year, Li Lan has become much more lively and generous.
"I've been carefully caring for the chili seedlings you gave me last time, Madam Cheng, and have already planted four crops." She smiled. "Thanks to Madam Cheng, the chili sauce I make is incredibly valuable. My grandparents really like me now."
Cheng Mu didn't know about this situation, no wonder the head of the police station and his daughter-in-law came to ask for it with a flattering face.
"Last time I saw you turning this place into a greenhouse—"
"Your sister Gui is in there now, recuperating after giving birth."
"Oh," Li Lan said, a flash of embarrassment flashing across her face. "I don't know. I came in a hurry and didn't buy any eggs."
"It's okay. Do you want to go in and see her?"
Li Lan nodded and said, "I'll apologize to Sister Gui today and make it up to her next time."
Just now, the eldest daughter-in-law heard that Gui'er was in the confinement room after giving birth, but she stayed away from her, for fear that she would enter her range. She said nice things, saying that she had a cold body and that people in confinement needed to rest.
Li Lan was talking animatedly with Gui'er inside, while Nanny Zhu held Cheng Mu back.
"Madam Cheng, she just asked if Master Yun had returned as well. Whose family is this girl from? Does she know our Master?"
"Mu Yun has two masters, one civil and one martial. This is the daughter of the civil master. Her father is a scholar."
Nanny Zhu was delighted. "It's feasible in terms of status, and we're childhood sweethearts."
Cheng Mu was surprised. Childhood sweetheart? They had never even spoken to each other before, so they just knew about this person.
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