Chapter 106 The Su Family Splits
Unable to resist her enthusiasm, and besides, this Aunt Zhou did not look bad. After all, he was a killer in his previous life, so he was quite good at judging people. Su Hanchu immediately asked Liu Shan to drive the carriage over, and told Uncle Liu to take everyone to eat first. Uncle Liu used to be the steward of the Prince Qin's Mansion, and now he still took care of everyone when Su Hanchu and Jun Moye were not at home.
Jun Moye had already learned how to drive a horse-drawn carriage along the way. Since they were going to transport something, there naturally couldn't be too many people, so Jun Moye drove the carriage, while Su Hanchu and Aunt Zhou sat in the carriage and chatted all the way, with Aunt Zhou pointing the way from time to time.
After about an incense stick of time, they arrived at the neighboring village, Banshan Village. Su Hanchu looked at the sign on the road that said "Banshan Village" and felt that the words "Banshan Village" were a little familiar.
Until Jun Moye spoke up and reminded him.
"At first, I remember my father-in-law and his family were assigned to Banshan Village."
Su Hanchu also remembered it all of a sudden.
"Oh, yes, it's Banshan Village. What a coincidence."
Then he took Aunt Zhou's arm and spoke.
"Aunt, my family has been assigned to Banshan Village. From now on, our families will be in the same village."
Aunt Zhou didn't expect that things would be so coincidental.
"Or maybe we're destined to be together, Hanchu. From now on, we'll have company when we go back to my parents' home. My aunt doesn't have a carriage, so you'll have to take me along when you go back."
It was fate, and Su Hanchu was happy too.
"That's easy. We're all from the same village. Auntie, you've helped me a lot. Don't just ask for a carriage. Feel free to borrow one if you need one."
The two talked and laughed all the way and soon arrived at Aunt Zhou's parents' home, the Qian family.
As soon as they approached the yard, Aunt Zhou spoke loudly.
"Brother, sister-in-law, come out quickly, we have a distinguished guest at home, sister-in-law..."
A woman quickly opened the door.
"My little sister is back. Hey, where did this distinguished guest come from?"
As Jun Moye stopped the carriage.
Aunt Zhou jumped out of the carriage nimbly and went up to hold the woman's hand.
"Sister-in-law, these are the new Jun family members in our village. They need to buy some tables and benches, so I brought them to our house. I liked these two children the moment I saw them. You and brother must give them a stool later."
When she heard there was business, the woman's smile became even more pronounced. When she looked at Su Hanchu and his wife, her face was filled with joy, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were all smiling.
"Come, come inside and sit down. It's so cold, you must be cold from driving the carriage. Let me pour you some hot water first."
Su Hanchu called out sweetly.
"Hello, Aunt Qian."
Aunt Qian laughed hurriedly when she heard this.
"This child is so sweet. Come and drink some hot water."
As he spoke, he handed a cup of hot water to Su Hanchu.
Then he sat down aside.
"My children, I am so happy that you have come all the way to my house to look at furniture. But unfortunately, a family has come to my house today and has taken away many of the furniture. There is not much left at home now.
So, you guys take a look first, if there's anything you like, take it and use it first, if not, tell us what you want, and we'll make it for you, okay?"
When Su Hanchu heard this, he felt that the people who came to pick up the furniture might be his parents. After all, the Su family had just arrived here and needed to buy everything.
"Aunt Qian, did you say the person who came to pick up the furniture was surnamed Su?"
Aunt Qian was surprised when she heard this.
"How did you know? It's true. He just moved to our village these past two days. He bought a lot of furniture from our house and even ordered some beds."
Su Hanchu smiled and spoke when he heard this.
"My last name is Su Hanchu, too. If nothing unexpected happens, the people who came to buy furniture should be my father and mother."
Aunt Qian smiled when she heard this and spoke quickly.
"That's a coincidence. When you go back to your parents' home, you must come visit my aunt."
Su Hanchu looked at the sky. Well, it wasn’t too late yet. Maybe he could go to his parents’ house.
"That's for sure, Aunt Qian. Let's first see what furniture we have. I want to go to my parents' house."
Aunt Qian stood up and spoke after hearing this.
"Okay, come with me to the east room. There are a few tables and some benches..."
Su Hanchu and Jun Moye followed Aunt Qian to the east room. It was indeed a furniture making room, and the east room was very spacious.
There were about three tables, two long benches, and more than a dozen short bamboo stools.
Su Hanchu took them all.
"Auntie, how much silver are these together?"
Aunt Qian spoke readily after hearing this.
"Hanchu, you were brought here by my sister, so I won't charge you more. If you want all of them, this table will cost you 100 coins each, the stools 20 coins each, and the woven stools 15 coins each. There are 12 bamboo stools in total, so I'll charge you the price of 10."
Upon hearing this, Su Hanchu took out his purse and gave five taels of silver to Aunt Qian.
"Aunt Qian, here are five taels of silver, five hundred wen. That's the money for today's things. I'm taking advantage of you a little. For the rest, you can ask Uncle Qian to make us benches and chairs, and eight beds. We'll come back and get them in a few days."
Aunt Qian was extremely happy that she had a business worth five taels of silver all of a sudden.
"Oh, okay, okay, don't worry. My family is famous for making these things in the surrounding villages. I will definitely make them for you with the craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation."
Su Hanchu smiled politely.
"Then I'll trouble you, Aunt Qian, to take care of it. Aunt Qian, do you know where my mother and her family live? I want to go see them."
Aunt Qian spoke upon hearing this.
"They were assigned to the east end of the village. How about this, I'll take you there. It's very close anyway. I'll be back in a while."
Soon, several people moved the table and benches onto the carriage and arrived at the Su family according to Aunt Qian's instructions.
At this time, the Su family was having a lively meal, and the house they got looked much better than the one the Jun family got.
Because when Su Hanchu parted with the Su family, he bought a lot of food and daily necessities for them, and also gave Wei Furong a lot of money. The Su family now seemed to have no worries about food and clothing. In addition, the utensils were almost all purchased, so they lived a good life.
Wei Furong watched everyone eating happily. Thanks to Su Hanchu's protection along the way, the Su family did not lose many people. More than half of the people were still there. Even the old lady and the old man Su were just in a worse health. Because the headman found a few people in the village who knew how to repair houses to come and repair the old house allocated to the Su family, there were several tables of people sitting in the Su family's yard.
Wei Furong looked at the lively scene but was a little worried about her daughter.
"Tachikawa, I don't know what's going on with Chuchu. Let's ask around tomorrow and go to the next village to look for them."
Su Lichuan was naturally also thinking about his daughter.
"Well, we'll go tomorrow. We have a carriage at home anyway..."
Before he could finish his words, there was a knock on the door and shouting.
"Sister Su, look who's here."
Soon the door opened.
Wei Furong saw her daughter, whom she was still thinking about, at a glance and spoke in surprise.
“Chu Chu…”
Su Hanchu suddenly ran into Wei Furong's arms.
"Mom, I've missed you so much these past two days."
Aunt Qian said goodbye and went back, while Aunt Zhou stayed with Su Hanchu and would take the Jun family's carriage back later.
Wei Furong hugged Su Hanchu and spoke.
"Mother is thinking about you too. She's discussing with your father about going to the next village to look for you tomorrow. Come on, sit down and have dinner."
Zhou Xuewei was considerate enough to bring the dishes and chopsticks.
Jun Moye greeted the others.
Su Hanchu looked at the several unfamiliar people in the yard with some confusion. Wei Furong handed her the meal and spoke.
"When we came to Banshan Village, we met a very nice village headman who allocated us three nice houses. He also found someone in the village who knows how to renovate our houses, and they are almost finished today."
Su Hanchu was a little surprised when she heard this. If her grandparents were still alive, how could the family split up? She approached Wei Furong and spoke in a low voice.
"Mother, is this the way the three branches of the Su family will each live separately from now on?"
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