When everything was settled, Jiang Maocai and Shen Mei took the silver and walked out.
At this time, Jiang Cheng called Jiang Maocai from behind.
"Dad, this is the last time I'm going to call you!" Jiang Cheng saw Jiang Maocai turning around, lifted his clothes and knelt down, kowtowed three times in anger, "These three kowtows are my return to you, thank you for raising me!"
After Jiang Cheng kowtowed, he turned around and went into the house without waiting for Jiang Maocai's response.
Song Tingzhi was afraid that Jiang Cheng was in a bad mood, so he went into the house to check.
Jiang Maocai was lost in thought as he watched Jiang Cheng's back until Shen Mei pulled down his clothes. Jiang Maocai used Shen Mei's strength to leave.
"Brother, thank you so much today..." Xu Sanniang and Song Tao sent Song Bo out the door, and Song Tao called Song Bo to the door.
"It's okay. I can't help much. You have a lot of things to do at home today. Let's talk about it another day." Song Bo was about to leave but turned back. "Your family must take good care of the child in the future. He only has you two."
"Don't worry, big brother. Chengcheng is my biological child. I will definitely treat him well!"
Only after Xu Sanniang gave him repeated assurances did Song Bo slowly leave, stroking his beard.
"These are troubled times..."
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Inside the room, Jiang Cheng sat on the edge of the bed in a daze, taking out a jade pendant from somewhere and staring at it blankly.
"What's wrong?" Song Tingzhi sat next to him and rested his head on his shoulder.
"It's okay." Jiang Cheng took a deep breath, "I'm the one who got you into trouble."
Jiang Cheng didn't explain it clearly, but Song Tingzhi knew he was referring to the ten taels of silver given to the Jiang family.
"This is nothing. Before, I was thinking that I hadn't given you a complete wedding ceremony. Now, giving you these ten taels of silver will be considered as a betrothal gift." Song Tingzhi said, "Ten taels of silver is worth buying out such a miserable family."
"I won't promise you any big oaths, I will definitely prove it with my actions." Song Tingzhi held Jiang Cheng's face, stared into his eyes, and said word by word.
"Of course I believe you." Jiang Cheng laughed when Song Tingzhi stared at him.
If he didn't believe it, he wouldn't have entrusted himself to the Song family so decisively.
"I have never understood why my mother, such a good person, would marry Jiang Maocai. I really feel sorry for her!" Jiang Cheng said with a nostalgic look on his face as he touched the jade pendant.
"Is this your mother's?" Seeing how much Jiang Cheng cherished the jade pendant, Song Tingzhi couldn't help but move over to take a look.
The jade pendant is made entirely of white jade and is carved with a cluster of orchids.
"Well... this is the only thing my mother left me. I've been keeping it well hidden, so they haven't taken it away."
Seeing that Song Tingzhi was really curious, Jiang Cheng directly put it in his hand for him to take a closer look.
"It doesn't look like something that belongs to an ordinary family." Song Tingzhi held it in his hand and looked at it carefully again and again, deducing the origin of the jade pendant.
"It doesn't matter anymore. No matter what my mother's past status is, it has nothing to do with me anymore." Jiang Cheng took the jade pendant from Song Tingzhi's hand and put it back. "Now I am the husband of the Song family. No matter what happens, as long as you don't abandon me, I will never let you down!"
Song Tingzhi didn't say anything, but just hugged Jiang Cheng in his arms.
How could I possibly betray the person I fell in love with at first sight!
The two chatted in the house for a while, and then Xu Sanniang asked them to go out for dinner.
Unlike usual, no one was talking at the dinner table today, everyone was just eating.
Xu Sanniang and Song Tao were afraid of hurting Jiang Cheng and dared not speak. Although Song Yu and Song Qian didn't know what was going on, they could feel that the atmosphere at home was not right and it was not as lively as before.
"Dad, Mom, please eat!" Jiang Cheng used the serving chopsticks to pick up some dishes for Xu Sanniang and Song Tao to ease the atmosphere.
"Okay, okay, let's eat." Xu Sanniang saw that Jiang Cheng's expression was the same as before, without any change, and she felt much more relaxed. She secretly teased Song Tao, "You eat too!"
Xu Sanniang also picked up a piece of food with chopsticks for Jiang Cheng.
"Mom, I want some too! I want some too!" Song Yu saw Xu Sanniang and Jiang Cheng picking up food from each other and wanted some too, so he held the bowl and said loudly.
"Okay, pick some for Xiaoyu too!" Xu Sanniang picked up a piece of food for Song Yu with a loving look on her face.
With Song Yu's mediation, the atmosphere at the dinner table eased a lot and soon returned to normal.
After dinner, the Song family continued to do what they had to do as usual, as if nothing had happened.
Nothing can be hidden in the village. Something that the Song family talked about early in the morning, so naturally it had to be discussed behind the scenes.
Some people felt sorry for Jiang Cheng, while others thought that Jiang Cheng and Song Tingzhi might have been secretly in cahoots and that was the reason for this drama.
However, outsiders don’t know what the truth is, they can only guess secretly to satisfy their own little hobbies.
However, seeing that the Song family looked normal when they came out, many people who wanted to find out the news gave up the idea.
It was already afternoon when He Xiaomi learned the news. He could not sit still when he heard the rumors in the village. He ran to the Song family and went in to talk to Jiang Cheng.
Originally, Jiang Cheng was curious about what urgent matter He Xiaomi had, but when he heard it, he laughed and began to calm He Xiaomi down.
Everyone else felt that Jiang Cheng was pitiful, but Jiang Cheng didn't think so, so he didn't act as if he wanted pity.
Because he trusted He Xiaomi, Jiang Cheng told him everything about himself. He Xiaomi felt the same way and was angry but sad for Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng talked for a long time before He Xiaomi believed that she was really fine.
"Oh, by the way, my mother asked me to invite your family to have dinner with us the day after tomorrow." He Xiaomi complained about Jiang Cheng for a long time, and suddenly remembered the purpose of her visit.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"It's nothing, I just want to thank you for helping my family." He Xiaomi poured herself a glass of water to moisten her throat.
"Before, there were a lot of things going on at home, and seeing that your family wasn't very peaceful, I didn't tell you. I thought I'd wait until things were less busy before inviting you. Who knew this would happen again? But my mother said I couldn't put it off any longer, otherwise it would be the New Year, so she let me come."
"Why do you need to treat me to a meal? That would be a burden for my aunt!" Jiang Cheng said politely.
"It's okay, my mother is happy!" He Xiaomi waved her hand, "Don't refuse, just go!"
He Xiaomi put her arm around Jiang Cheng and acted coquettishly.
"Okay, I'll tell mom and the others later. I'll definitely go!" Jiang Cheng agreed, feeling much less depressed.
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