Chapter 105 Good Aunt

"These, these were picked for me by others. I don't know where they are exactly. I'll go ask for you later."

Yin Ning subconsciously wanted to ask who picked it, but when he saw Yinzhu's blushing face, he suddenly understood.

"Okay, okay, just tell Wanwan when you're done asking."

Jiang Wan turned around immediately after hearing her name. She finally remembered why she came to Yinzhu's house, but her cousin didn't let her say anything more and took her away.

"Cousin, I haven't asked yet..."

"Don't ask, I've already asked. Yinzhu said those things were also picked by others, and she will ask others before telling you."

Jiang Wan was puzzled.

"The tide is about to go out, and she is busy prying oysters. She has to pry the oyster meat when she gets home, and it is troublesome for her to go and ask people. If she told us, why don't we just go and ask directly?"

Yin Ning smiled mysteriously and didn't express his guess until he got home.

"These bluegrass and turmeric should be given by the person whom Silver Pearl loves. She blushed when I asked her about it, so I didn't ask her again."

Jiang Wan blinked.

If you say this, she will know who sent it.

It must be that Xiaoshan didn’t run away.

"Don't ask her. She will tell you herself later."

Jiang Wan nodded and pursed her lips to promise not to talk nonsense.

The tide receded around noon, and the sun was shining brightly outside. But Jiang Wan didn't want to stay idle at home, so she ignored her mother's objection, put on her straw hat and went out.

She likes to go fishing just like her mother likes to pick herbs. She knows that there are a lot of seafood to bring home when the tide goes out, so how can she bear to sit at home?

That's free seafood.

Jiang Wan carried the bucket and ran straight to the place where she caught clams last time. Just as she put everything in place and used a branch to pick up the alkaline noodles, she heard someone walking towards her.

The sound of footsteps on the beach is not very obvious, but you can still hear it when you get closer.

Jiang Wan looked back and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

It turned out to be Qian Yue.

She seemed to be looking for me.

"Little sister Wan~"

Jiang Wan got goosebumps all over her body.

Obviously, I don't have this feeling when Xiaoman and the others call me like this.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Qian Yue, and I'm a good friend of Zhou's second sister-in-law. We met at the beach a while ago, so maybe you don't remember me."

Qian Yue smiled gently, walked to Jiang Wan's side, squatted down and looked like she wanted to have a long talk.

Jiang Wan's heart suddenly started to ring with alarm bells.

This woman is a snake and scorpion that can send puffer fish to the Zhou family to harm people. Suddenly she is so kind to me. Who knows what kind of harm she is planning in her mind.

If someone is diligent without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief.

She looked around and felt relieved when she saw several ladies digging clams not far away.

"Mrs. Qian, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Qian Yue: “…”

When she heard the word "auntie", the smile on her face froze. She had clearly just called her "Little Wan Sister", was this damn girl deaf?

"Sister Xiaowan, you can just call me Sister Yue."

"Ah? But you and Aunt Xu are good friends, so you are naturally a generation older than me. And you are married now, so it's okay to call me auntie."

Jiang Wanjian was determined not to change his words, and he would just annoy her as much as possible. Qian Yue was so angry that she wanted to refute him but couldn't find a reason.

Who asked her to introduce herself as Xu Mingwei's friend?

"Mrs. Qian, what's the matter that you don't want to go to the sea to find me?"

Qian Yue tried hard to get used to the three words "Mrs. Qian" and said softly, suppressing her anger: "It's nothing serious. I just saw you catching clams here by yourself so I came to check on you. Do you want my help?"

"OK."

Jiang Wan couldn't ask for more.

She had to squat all the time to get the clams, and her legs were going numb, so it would be great to have someone to help her.

"Mrs. Qian, take this branch, dip it in some flour and put it into the clam's hole, and it will crawl out by itself. Thank you so much."

Jiang Wan handed the things to Qian Yue, and then walked to a nearby rock and sat down to rest while she stared at him in amazement.

Qian Yue squatted there blankly holding the branch for a long time, and only did so reluctantly when she heard Jiang Wan urging her.

It was just a polite remark, but this girl took it seriously. She is indeed a child.

This is good, it will be easier for me to ask questions.

Qian Yue helped catch the clams while chatting with Jiang Wan about all sorts of things. It took a while before they got to the point.

"Xiao Wan, there are two other families who came to the village with you. I know the Zhou family quite well, but I haven't seen the Cai family walking around in the village. Do you know what's going on with them?"

Jiang Wan realized something and said, "We used to live on the same street, so we know each other more or less."

Qian Yue calmly guided Jiang Wan to continue talking about the Cai family. Jiang Wan was not a child, so of course she understood that this was the reason why she came over today to get close to him.

Why is she suddenly so concerned about the Cai family?

"I heard from Zhou Ersao that the Cai family has a child prodigy who is very good at studying. Do you know who it is?"

"I know, it's Cai Shuyuan."

Jiang Wan had heard about the Cai family from her mother, uncle and aunt a long time ago.

Cai Shuyuan is not a child prodigy.

He was carefully nurtured from childhood, and when he passed the imperial examination at the age of seventeen, it could only be said that he had a talent for studying. Later, he was not good at more advanced studies, and although he passed the imperial examination, his name was not on the list.

My uncle said that if he could be less utilitarian and study hard for a few years, he would definitely be able to pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi. What a pity.

"Mrs. Qian, why are you asking him?"

"Oh... that's right. My sister recently asked me to help her find a marriage partner for her niece. I heard from Zhou Ersao that Cai Shuyuan is a top scholar and a good person, so I wanted to find out more about him."

Qian Yue looked very serious, as if he was really inquiring about something for his niece.

Jiang Wan thought about her words carefully and suddenly understood.

This is not asking for my niece, it's clearly asking for myself!

Why did Aunt Xu speak well of Cai Shuyuan in front of Qian Yue? Because she wanted to bring Cai Shuyuan and Qian Yue together.

These two, one a scumbag and the other a bad guy, are a good match when they get together.

It goes without saying that if these two people got married, it would be a complete mess.

Aunt Xu's plan is really amazing.

But Qian Yue was not the kind of person who would blindly believe everything, so she came to ask herself. She knew it was not a good idea to ask her aunt and mother, and she could not contact her cousin, so she came to ask herself.

After all, I was only twelve years old and it was easy to fool me.

"Aunt Qian, you are such a good aunt."

Jiang Wan tried hard not to laugh too much and talked about Cai Shuyuan's reputation in the outside world in a nice way.

"There were many young ladies in Kyoto who liked him in the past, but unfortunately he was exiled here. What his second uncle's family did before also implicated his family, which is really pitiful."

A hint of joy flashed in Qian Yue's eyes.

It's better to be pitiful. The more pitiful I am, the more important my appearance is to him. Only then will he be devoted to me in the future.

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(One more chapter today! The second update will still be at 9 o'clock, and the third update will be very late around 11:30. My dear friends, you can read it tomorrow morning.)