Chapter 30 Chapter 30 Jinyu, I am very happy
Laughter broke out, and Xuan Jinyu's face turned even redder. She pulled a handkerchief from her sleeve and covered her face with her hands, deceiving herself by not looking at anyone.
Xu Yu Niang looked at her daughter-in-law's blushing face and was very pleased. She hugged her in her arms and said, "Her second aunt, please stop teasing her. My daughter-in-law is thin-skinned and can't compare to you."
Second Aunt Su slapped her son again, ignored Su Guanwen's deliberate cries of "Ouch, ouch", and quickly walked up to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Xu Yu Niang looked at her with a smile, and Second Aunt Su also smiled teasingly, then began to coax her niece-in-law, "Jinyu, if anyone dares to laugh at you, Second Aunt will beat him for you."
Xuan Jinyu buried her head deeper into Xu Yu Niang's arms.
Second Aunt is so mischievous, just like Third Sister-in-law Chang Meiyan, she just loves to tease people!
Amidst laughter, Su Guanzhang walked over quickly and dispersed the crowd of onlookers.
"Jinyu," he pulled her out of her mother's arms, "come out and get some fresh air. Don't get suffocated."
I just had a heart attack, I can’t keep it to myself like this.
Xuan Jinyu raised her head, a blush still lingering on her face, making her look stunningly beautiful.
"You are not allowed to laugh at me either." She spoke, her voice trembling.
Her appearance made Su Guanzhang inappropriately recall the love affair between husband and wife in the tent in the past. Her face was also flushed like this, and her voice was both tender and trembling, which made him love and pity her.
"I'm not laughing at you." Su Guanzhang took her into his arms, "Jinyu, I'm very happy."
Happy that she would protect him.
Fights and quarrels between brothers are common, and there are times when swords are used without mercy during duels, and there are also times when brothers cut each other's flesh. But this is common in a military family, and no one feels bad about it.
But Jinyu felt sorry for him.
He always hid his emotions so deeply that even his parents could hardly notice. This was one of the few times he opened up to others.
"Jinyu, I'm very happy." He said it again, rubbing his cheek against Xuan Jinyu's smooth little face, "I'm very happy that you care about me."
"Who said I felt sorry for you?" Xuan Jinyu's face turned even redder as he rubbed her. She stubbornly refused to admit it, "Second Aunt is talking nonsense. Tong Jie'er also misunderstood. I'm not unhappy."
Su Guanzhang looked at her with a smile.
He doesn't believe it!
Xuan Jinyu stomped on his foot angrily, "Don't laugh! Everyone is laughing at me, you can't laugh."
He is on her side, anyone can laugh except him!
Although Su Guanzhang, this stinky man, didn't show much expression, she was still shy now. How could she bear to be laughed at like that? Did she still have any dignity left?
"Well, I won't laugh anymore." Su Guanzhang rubbed her again, touched his forehead with hers, rubbed for a while, and then stood up straight.
"I've almost finished cooking, and dinner will be ready soon. Do you want to wait for me here?"
Xuan Jinyu glanced back and found that everyone had dispersed, so she nodded.
Su Guanzhang returned to the fire, lifted the lid of the pot, sprinkled some salt, and quickly served the fish.
This officially marks the start of the meal.
After receiving instructions from the adults, the children knew that their aunt was shy, so they obediently put what had just happened behind them.
The three sisters-in-law came over to pull Xuan Jinyu.
Chang Meiyan: "Thanks to you, Jinyu, we are in for a treat tonight."
Ding Qianqian: "That's right. Tonight's meal, from the rice to the soup to the dishes, was all prepared by me."
Xu Xuanniang: "Yes, I have been married into the Su family for so many years, and now I can eat the dishes cooked by my brother-in-law."
Not to mention the past ten years since she married into the Su family, even as Su Guanzhang's uncle's cousin, she has never had such luck in the past ten years of interactions with them.
How could my brother-in-law take the initiative to learn how to cook to appease his family? Even with that cold and indifferent face, it is not easy to see any emotions from it.
Only Jinyu can cure him.
The sisters-in-law laughed and pressed Xuan Jinyu onto a flat stone covered with a towel.
Xuan Jinyu was so amused by her three sisters-in-law's constant barrage of comments that she couldn't help but retort, "My sisters-in-law seemed to be having a good time teasing me, but why did my brothers catch up with you and see you crying?"
It was obvious that the three brothers had caught up with them. The sisters-in-law were happy in their hearts, but because there were so many people around, they couldn't show it, so they just teased the couple.
They are so mischievous, each one is more cunning than the other, and it is hard to tell who is leading whom astray.
Xu Xuanniang and her sisters-in-law looked at each other and burst out laughing.
She had just washed her hands when she reached out and gently pinched Xuan Jinyu's face. "Jinyu is really good at talking. She brought all three of us into this."
She practiced martial arts and was much stronger than the average boudoir girl. Xuan Jinyu's face was delicate, so she didn't dare to use force, so pinching her was just like touching her.
This caused Chang Meiyan and Ding Qianqian to smile with ill intent.
Chang Meiyan shouted towards the place not far away: "Fifth brother, look! The eldest sister-in-law is teasing your young mistress!"
Ding Qianqian also echoed, "Fifth brother, I can be a witness."
Su Guanzhang is the fifth and youngest of his generation in the family.
Before he got married, his brothers and sisters-in-law all called him "little brother" and he didn't seem to complain. But when he was about to get married, he stopped allowing people to call him "little brother" and only called him "fifth brother".
His brothers and sisters-in-law would not offend him and changed their words in front of him.
Xuan Jinyu didn't know what her three brothers were like in private, but her sisters-in-law had teased her many times in private and still called her "little brother".
Su Guanzhang probably knew how his brothers and sisters-in-law made fun of him behind his back, but he didn't seem to react.
I guess I don't care.
I just don't know why he suddenly asked his brothers and sisters-in-law to change their words.
Su Guanzhang did not react to his sisters-in-law's jokes. However, Xu Xuanniang just smiled and touched Xuan Jinyu a few more times after hearing what her two younger sisters-in-law said.
This caused Chang Meiyan and Ding Qianqian to say in unison: "Oh, sister-in-law, please let go and let me touch you too." After that, they stopped complaining, washed their hands, dried them, and were about to touch Xuan Jinyu's face.
Xuan Jinyu leaned against a tree, begging for mercy repeatedly, but her words were provocative, "Three sisters-in-law, are you angry because I thought you were right?"
Su Guanzhang, who was washing the pot, raised his head when he heard the voice and saw Xuan Jinyu covering her face with her hands, revealing her curved eyebrows. She was not angry, nor did she show the shyness she had just shown as she was unwilling to see anyone.
The three sisters-in-law were also considerate of her body and played with restraint. They all protected her to prevent her from falling.
So he quickly lowered his head again and concentrated on scrubbing the pot several more times - this pot had just been used to cook fish, and he was afraid that the fishy smell would remain, which would make Xuan Jinyu feel uncomfortable when she ate in the evening.
After making sure that the pot was completely free of fishy smell, he poured water in it, put the pot on the fire, and dried it with the residual heat.
The children were so amazed by the efficiency with which he worked that they all asked their fathers to come and see.
Su Guanyu called his mother again.
Xu Yu Niang smiled as soon as she saw it and praised: "Not bad, Zhang boy is a good worker."
Su Guanyu took the opportunity to continue the conversation, "Let me cook for you from now on."
Hearing this, Xu Xuanniang smiled and said to her husband, "Husband, how can I be alone? I will cook, and you can light the fire and help out."
Chang Meiyan and Ding Qianqian stopped bothering Xuan Jinyu and went to see their husbands.
The twins Su Guanwen and Su Guanwu were different from other twins. They looked different and had completely different personalities; but at this moment, they rarely showed almost identical expressions of astonishment.
There was a burst of laughter.
"With the arrival of the three brothers, Xuanniang has relaxed quite a bit," Xu Yu Niang sighed with a laugh. She no longer had the tension she'd felt in the death row, nor did she have the quiet, sullen demeanor of the past two days, focused solely on taking care of the children.
Old Madam Su was originally watching her grandchildren and their wives joking with love, but when she heard Xu Yu Niang's sigh, she held her and Second Aunt Su's hands.
"They are all good daughters-in-law of our Su family."
The Su family's laughter could be heard from far away, and the two groups of people who were eating couldn't help but look at them again and again.
"Their house is really lively." Wang Hu said to Li Xiaoming.
The first two days had been quite dull, with only occasional laughter and chatter, and only the children seemed lively. Today the children were fine, but the adults were all laughing and noisy.
Li Xiaoming quickly finished a grilled fish and went to get the freshly grilled pheasant. Hearing this, he just smiled and didn't respond. He took a bite of the pheasant leg.
"It's normal for the family to be lively when they get together." Chen Yang casually took over the conversation a few steps away, but his eyes did not move towards that direction at all.
Most of his officers and soldiers were also focused on eating, their eyes occasionally drifting over, but they would quickly retract them. Unlike the imperial guards, their gazes were not as obvious as those of the imperial guards, who would not retract them for a long time after they had moved on.
Li Xiaoming looked thoughtful.
The officers and soldiers and the imperial guards belonged to different departments, and their daily duties mostly did not overlap, so there was no noticeable difference between them.
But now that the two groups have been brought together, the distinction between them is clear and the gap is easy to see.
"Is the current Minister of War Lord Yue Feng?" he asked Wang Hu.
Wang Hu didn't understand why, but he nodded anyway.
"No wonder." Li Xiaoming said.
"What are you talking about?" Wang Hu asked in confusion.
"Nothing." There were so many people around that Li Xiaoming said nothing.
The officers and soldiers of the Ministry of War were obviously much better trained and more disciplined than the imperial guards.
He remembered that Yue Feng was an old member of the Su family, and combined with what he saw when he caught up, he confirmed his guess.
After the full crowd dispersed to rest, Li Xiaoming told Wang Hu the truth, "Look at these officers and soldiers in the Ministry of War. They are very similar to the Su family army."
"Su's army?"
"Yes, but they are only similar in appearance. They are still a little less spiritual," Li Xiaoming said. "After all, they have never been on a real battlefield, so they don't have the murderous aura of the Su family army."
"'Evil spirit' doesn't sound like a good word," said Wang Hu.
Li Xiaoming smiled and reached out to pluck a lush green leaf. "Who's watching this score? If the Mobei army were to come and see, the murderous aura of the Su family army would be enough to scare them."
Otherwise, if the second uncle of the Su family is missing and the three major generals have been captured and sent away from Mobei, why is the Mobei army still unable to take over the front line?
Generals are important, and soldiers are also very important.
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