Chapter 136: The Old Father’s Heart

That night, the old clan leader, the old village chief and the Zhou family had a delicious meal together.

After dinner, the adults were responsible for seeing the guests off, while Jiang Wan and her cousin were responsible for clearing the table.

Of course, it was not their turn to wash the dishes.

"Cousin, leave it here to soak. My dad will come and wash it later."

What??

Jiang Wan thought she had heard wrongly.

Does your uncle wash the dishes? Really?

"Look at your eyes, is it weird that my dad washes dishes~"

Yin Ning looked like he was used to it, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, and he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes.

Jiang Wan opened her mouth, but when the words came to her lips she didn't know what to say.

It wasn't that she thought her uncle couldn't wash dishes, but she felt like she was missing something.

Since she came here, her aunt has always been a virtuous person. She never lets her uncle get involved in the housework and even rarely lets him work on the vegetables in the backyard. No matter how tired she is, she is reluctant to call her uncle.

This was probably the case in most families at that time, who believed that men should not enter the bedroom or do housework, especially for educated men like my uncle.

So what changed her aunt and uncle's minds? Jiang Wan was really curious.

She slipped into her cousin's room, looked at her cousin's recent embroidery, chatted for a while, and then ran to the window.

"Cousin, come and sit on the bed."

"No, I want to see when my uncle will wash the dishes."

Jiang Wan lay on the window, secretly watching what was happening in the yard.

To be honest, my cousin's bed is quite tempting, but at the moment, my uncle washing dishes is more attractive to him.

Moreover, she herself did not like anyone sitting on her bed. She had just gotten a lot of dust on the floor in the kitchen, so she could not sit on the bed anymore.

Yin Ning smiled secretly. Not to mention her cousin, she herself also found it shocking that her father washed dishes.

But it is true.

As soon as my mother said her hands were sore, my father would take the initiative to wash the dishes. Whenever he was at home, he would also help light the fire, cook, and clean the house.

In such hot weather, Dad and Mom were always chatting and laughing while cooking in the kitchen, and they seemed to be in a better mood. She seemed to understand a little, but also a little confused.

But she is the happiest because her parents have a good relationship.

"Wow~ Uncle really went to wash the dishes~"

Jiang Wan saw with her own eyes that her aunt rolled up her uncle's sleeves and straightened his collar, and then followed her mother out of the kitchen.

My uncle was left alone washing dishes with a big smile on his face, looking very happy.

Enjoy it.

Tsk tsk tsk~

"Wanwan, go home!"

"Here it comes, here it comes!"

"Cousin, I'm going home with my mother first. I'll come see you tomorrow."

Jiang Wan turned around and said something to her cousin, then went out and returned home with her mother.

After the lively birthday party, there are still many places to clean up at home.

Yin Huaishan was cleaning in the kitchen, while Song Wenhui was cleaning outside.

The couple worked together and quickly cleaned up the mess.

The sky gradually darkened. Yin Ning was a little tired from playing today, so she went to bed early after washing up. However, her parents next door could not fall asleep for a long time.

"Huaishan, Aning's birthday on the 15th was very sad."

"I know... today's coming-of-age ceremony is indeed a little simple..."

Song Wenhui frowned.

"Who said that? I mean Aning is already fifteen years old. It's time for us to get married."

With my daughter's personality and looks, if nothing had happened to her family, all the suitors would have come knocking on the door.

But now...

When he said this, Yin Huaishan's face instantly fell.

"Don't worry, Aning is still young."

He has no intention of marrying off his daughter at all.

As he is now in exile, his daughter can only marry in the village.

It's not that he looks down on the boys in the village, but in fact, his daughter is not qualified to be a wife of a villager.

Aning was raised in a pampered environment. She was good at music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she was not good at cooking, washing clothes or chopping wood. Two days ago, she burned both her hands while steaming an egg.

Embroidery is a craft that can make money. Does she have to waste her eyes embroidering at home every day after she gets married?

He felt heartbroken just thinking about it.

No matter what the current conditions at home are, his daughter is his treasure.

He now only allows his daughter to embroider for two hours every day for fear of hurting her eyes.

Of course, it seems that my daughter will have no trouble finding a husband right now.

After all, he was a teacher and his sister was the only doctor in the village, and Aning was as pretty as her mother.

With these conditions, it is easy to talk about marriage, but few people are sincere about it.

"Hui Niang, do you want to marry your daughter to the village?"

"well……"

Song Wenhui was silent for a long time.

If you marry a boy from the village, you either have to go fishing in the wind and sun, or take care of the whole family. Just look at the women in the village and you will know that they are busy all day long.

But……

"If not marrying in the village, then where can I marry? Kyoto? Although we seem to have a few friends there, we can't go back later, and this little bit of friendship is useless. And marrying so far away, can you be assured?"

Yin Huaishan was of course worried.

But he insisted on not discussing the issue of his daughter's marriage.

"Besides, if she marries someone from the village, she won't have to endure any hardship as we will be there to take care of her."

"Let's wait and see. Maybe there will be some improvement in the future."

For example, if there is some unexpected amnesty for the whole world...

Ah, this idea seems a bit rebellious. The current emperor looks quite young, so it probably won't happen in the near future. But we can wait and see if he has a son. There was a precedent in the past dynasty where the emperor was too happy to grant amnesty to the whole country when a prince was born. We can wait and see.

With a general amnesty, a family’s household registration can be changed back to good citizens, and they can also return to their ancestral home.

After all, that is one's root.

By then, everyone there will know each other well, and it will be better to find a better match for my daughter.

Forget it now; he is not mentally prepared for it yet.

"Why don't you ask my younger sister tomorrow and see what she thinks."

"Okay, I'll ask my little sister."

Yin Huaishan held back his laughter and said nothing.

He had heard his younger sister say more than once that Wanwan would never talk about marriage before she was eighteen years old.

My younger sister is definitely on his side.

The next morning, Yin Huaishan waited for his wife to go look for his younger sister, but she was busy delivering snail meat and left immediately.

Seeing that the class was about to start, he had no choice but to go to school.

Jiang Wan had just gotten up at this moment, and as soon as he went out, he saw Baozhu and another girl working in the pharmacy.

They are all so diligent, which makes me look lazy...

I'm a little sleepy, why don't you go back and lie down?

Jiang Wan washed the dishes and was about to look for her mother when she saw a tall and thin man coming in from the gate.

"You are Miss Jiang, right?"

"Who are you?"

"Oh, I am the new manager of Fengwei Restaurant. I came here today to discuss the supply of oyster sauce for next month."

Jiang Wan immediately perked up.

Finally I've found you.