Chapter 371 Smashing

This New Year is a happy New Year for the vast majority of people in Hailing City.

The home of the village chief of Shili Village.

"Thanks to Lord Qin, all the oysters in our village were bought at a high price this year. The four of us in our family earned nearly five taels of silver just from our efforts. Villages with more people must have earned more."

The village chief's wife's words were full of envy. In fact, there were nearly ten people in her family, but the main labor force in the family was working on the fishing boat.

As for oysters, who knows how long the trading company can keep them. The harvest from the fishing boats is more stable.

"You know nothing. It was Master Qin who took the lead, but the recipe for using oysters was from Miss Jiang, the little lucky star from Lianjiagou. We can't forget her even though we are grateful to her."

The village chief happily took a piece of meat and took a sip of wine. He felt extremely relaxed all over.

In previous Chinese New Years, there were only a few fish and crabs on the table. A plate of tofu was considered good.

Meat?

The meat is used to make oil, and at most some oil residue is left to stir-fry the cabbage.

The situation of being able to eat a whole piece of meat with one bite like today had only appeared in his dreams.

The village chief looked at his grandchildren eating with their mouths full of oil, and his gratitude towards Miss Jiang and Lord Qin naturally grew stronger.

I hope that Miss Jiang will be prosperous in the coming year, and the business of the company will be more prosperous, so that the villagers along the coast can also benefit from it.

This night, too many people are silently wishing for you in their hearts.

Jiang Wan sneezed, turned around and went into the house to put on more clothes.

"Cousin, I want to go for a walk around the village. Lanterns are lit outside today so it's not dark. Do you want to go?"

Yin Ning looked at her aunt and parents who were drinking tea and chatting, nodded, and took her cousin's hand.

"I'll go for a walk with you, it's a good way to help digest the food."

The dishes that her cousin cooked today were so delicious that she couldn't help eating. Fortunately, her aunt prepared some digestion pills, otherwise she wouldn't be able to walk right now.

The two sisters held hands, said goodbye to their family, and went out together.

Not long after I walked out, I heard a series of footsteps behind me. I turned around and saw two dogs chasing me.

Jiang Wan ignored them. The dogs in the village, who knew whether they were distant relatives or not, did not bark or bite when they saw them. Instead, they played with them affectionately. This made the two little guys run outside every day.

Today is Chinese New Year and the two kids have eaten their fill, so it would be nice for them to go out for a run.

"When I first came here, the roads in the village were very rough. Now it's very comfortable to walk on, and I don't have to worry about falling or getting scratched. Cousin, it seems like you have been helping this village grow."

"Of course I will help. We are going to live here for the rest of our lives. We must make the village better so that we can live comfortably."

Jiang Wan paused after she finished speaking and asked her cousin in a low voice.

"Cousin, do you still want to go back to Kyoto?"

Yin Ning was in a trance for a moment, and the days he spent in Kyoto suddenly popped up in his mind.

She would get up on time every morning to practice calligraphy and piano, or learn housekeeping from her mother, or go out and attend parties to meet other ladies from the imperial court.

When they got home, the family had dinner together. They didn't talk while eating or sleeping. After dinner, they greeted their parents and went back to their room.

I didn’t feel that way before, but now, in comparison, I feel that those days were really dull.

"Don't worry, I don't want to go back to Kyoto. I like life here very much."

"As long as you like it..."

Jiang Wan put down the small stone in her heart and felt happy again.

At this time, every family should be eating New Year’s Eve dinner, and the air is filled with the aroma of various dishes.

The sea breeze blew in waves, blowing them to every corner of the village.

The two sisters were in a good mood and walked towards the beach, occasionally one or two cheerful tunes drifting in the sea breeze.

While the small fishing village was celebrating the New Year happily, the Jiang family in Kyoto was smashing their dishes.

With a loud bang, the whole table of food fell to the ground.

Jiang Cheng's hand holding the chopsticks was stunned.

My cousin actually dared to flip the table!

This is the Jiang family!

This is New Year’s Eve dinner!

"you!"

"What do you mean? Jiang Cheng, you are such a good person. On one hand, you coax me to keep the baby, and on the other hand, you flirt with another woman and even set a wedding date!"

Jiang Cheng, who was filled with anger, heard these words, and the fire in his heart was instantly extinguished, and then he felt guilty and angry.

"Who told you that nonsense? You are pregnant, aren't you afraid of getting angry and hurting the child? Sit down quickly."

Jiang Cheng said this and went forward to coax the man.

In the past, Qian Yingying would be obedient when talking about children. But now, that doesn't seem to be the case.

After all, Qian Yingying had spent so much time and effort to become the wife of the Jiang family. Now her status was about to be lost, and the wife she had always dreamed of became a concubine. How could she be willing to accept this?

"Cousin, if you care about the child, you wouldn't lie to me like this. Now, either cancel the engagement..."

"impossible!"

Jiang Cheng roared out of reflex.

You must be joking. She is the daughter of a marquis. How could he have the guts to withdraw? Even if he could withdraw, he would not.

He was still counting on his fiancée's family to help him get ahead.

"Okay, okay, my cousin is really heartless and ungrateful. Then I won't cancel the engagement. I want to be his second wife."

As the word "co-wife" came out, everyone fell silent.

No matter how much the old lady loved her niece, she couldn't love her more than her own son, so she immediately gave Yingying some money.

"It's New Year's Day, so please be quiet. Cheng'er is already tired from his work, and you're still making trouble with him. Will you be happy if he really makes trouble to the point of distracting you?"

The old lady winked at the nanny beside her, and the nanny immediately called someone over to clean up the dishes.

Soon another table of new food was served.

Qian Yingying refused to give in.

"Having a concubine is my bottom line. I will never be a concubine!"

After saying that, she touched her belly, and Jiang Cheng's eyes flashed.

He likes the child, but compared with his own future, the child will also be a step down. Moreover, this is just an unborn child, and he has no feelings for him at all.

"Yingying, you have to think about me too. How can I afford to offend the Marquis's Mansion? Although being a concubine doesn't sound good, my heart is always with you. Your child will also inherit everything, isn't that enough?"

Jiang Chenghua probably made too many cakes, and Qian Yingying no longer liked them. In the end, the family left the New Year's Eve dinner unhappily, and each of them returned to their own courtyard in a huff.

The next day, the news that the Jiang family had smashed the New Year's Eve dinner spread.

I don't know which servant girl taught him this, but he remembered every line of dialogue very clearly, and even learned the tone of voice exactly.

That afternoon, the marquis brought people to the door.

Jiang Cheng did not go out during his day off, and was completely unaware of the rumors outside. When he saw that it was someone from the Marquis' Mansion, he happily welcomed the person in.

"Butler Chu, you brought so many people here. Is it because Miss Three has some instructions?"

"Master Jiang is really smart. Miss Three did have some instructions."

Butler Chu was too lazy to look at Jiang Cheng's flattering face and waved to the people behind him.

"Smash it for me!"