After seeing Mrs. Qian like this, Xu Sanniang and the others were in a bad mood for several days. Whenever they saw her on the road, they would think of what she had said. The more Xu Sanniang thought about it, the angrier she got! Sometimes she was so angry that she would go to Mrs. Qian's house and have a big talk with her!
After what happened to Mrs. Qian, Xu Sanniang completely stopped arranging a marriage for Song Qian for a short period of time. She was afraid that another self-righteous person like this would come along, which would be really fatal!
It has been three months since Jiang Cheng started selling tofu. In the beginning, he could earn about five taels of silver a month. Later, after Jiang Cheng fell ill, he no longer made tofu every day, and could only earn about three taels of silver a month.
After three months, he had earned eleven taels of silver. Jiang Cheng calculated that, plus the remaining money he had, the total was ninety-eight taels and five hundred and thirty-six coins.
Before, Jiang Cheng asked Song Tingzhi to inquire about the prices of shops in the town. Song Tingzhi also took a fancy to two shops with neither a good location nor a bad location. One shop cost 78 taels and the other 82 taels, with little difference.
But if they sold the shop, Jiang Cheng and Song Tingzhi would only have about ten taels of silver left.
Ten taels of silver will be spent soon if you live in the town.
Song Tingzhi went up the mountain today. Jiang Cheng plans to talk to him when he comes back.
Just when Jiang Cheng was thinking about something, Xu Sanniang came back from outside. She didn't even have time to knock on the door and pushed it open directly.
"Chengcheng! There's news about Qiangnan!" Xu Sanniang quickly walked to Jiang Cheng, pulled his sleeve and said.
"Who?" Jiang Cheng didn't react for a moment.
"Qiangnan! Song Qiangnan!" Xu Sanniang repeated.
"Brother Qiangnan?"
"Yes, it's him. He asked someone to bring a letter back!" Xu Sanniang looked very excited.
"What does the letter say?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"Qiangnan said he found a job in an escort agency outside. He's been running around with the escort team for the past six months and has only recently had some free time. He plans to come back and visit his family in a few days!"
Xu Sanniang told Jiang Cheng everything she knew. "He also said that he was impulsive and ran away from home without thinking clearly, which made his parents worry!"
"Then uncle and the others should feel much better!" Jiang Cheng said after understanding the situation.
"Yes, I'm finally at peace after six months of worry!" Xu Sanniang sighed. "Your aunt said she'll give him a good beating when he comes back."
"Aunt-in-law is just saying this in anger. How could she really beat up Brother Qiangnan? She's already feeling sorry for him!" Jiang Cheng teased after hearing this.
"That's hard to say! I think your uncle and aunt are very angry right now!" Xu Sanniang disagreed with Jiang Cheng's opinion and said she wanted to make a bet with him to see who was right!
Jiang Cheng didn't believe it and agreed readily!
The villagers smiled more when they saw Song Bo's family coming out, and asked curiously. Aunt Wang did not hide it and told them the news that Qiangnan was coming back.
The news soon spread everywhere, even Dahai's mother knew about it.
"Are you happy now? Your little lover is back!" Yu Zhaodi said sarcastically while sitting on a stool embroidering some handkerchiefs.
"Mom, you think too much!" Lu Xiaoxiao was drying clothes in the yard. When she heard Yu Zhaodi say this, she paused slightly and then said disapprovingly.
Ever since Lu Xiaoxiao was scolded out by Yu Zhaodi the last time she came, she has no plans to come to Dahai's house again after returning home.
It was Lu's father and mother who persuaded her that Qiaoqiao was, after all, a descendant of the Lin family, and this could not be changed. Even if she was unwilling, she had to take Qiaoqiao to see Yu Zhaodi.
Her husband died early, and now her son is gone too. She is the only one left at home. Father Lu wants Lu Xiaoxiao to visit her from time to time to prevent gossip from outside.
Recently, Lu Xiaoxiao sometimes comes here to do chores for her, and brings Qiaoqiao here when she is free.
Yu Zhaodi was no longer as confrontational as before. Although she would sometimes speak sarcastically, like just now, she mostly kept quiet and just watched.
"Hmph!" Yu Zhaodi snorted coldly, "Who knows what you're thinking? Maybe you're still thinking about rekindling your old relationship with her some night!"
When Yu Zhaodi saw Lu Xiaoxiao busying around, she thought of her previous affair with Song Qiangnan, and her words became more and more unforgiving.
"Mom, since you are so free, I won't bother you here anymore!" Lu Xiaoxiao didn't indulge her. She hung up the clothes, put the basin back, said something to Yu Zhaodi, and left without looking back.
"Hey - you!" Yu Zhaodi was so angry when she saw her leave like that that she couldn't even sit still.
No one knew about what happened in Dahai's family. After Lu Xiaoxiao returned, she did not tell her parents about these things. She was just much quieter than before. She did not say anything when her mother asked her, and her mother had no choice.
Song Qiangnan said in the letter that he would be back in three days. On the third day, when he was angry, Aunt Wang and Song Bo got up early in the morning.
Although Song Bo didn't say it in his heart, he missed his youngest son very much and kept walking back and forth in the yard.
After an unknown amount of time, Aunt Wang heard a familiar voice coming from the door.
Aunt Wang was so excited that she hurried to the door. When she opened it, she saw the unshaven Song Qiangnan.
"You kid, you still remember to come back!" Aunt Wang didn't have time to think about it, she threw herself into Song Qiangnan's arms, crying and patting his chest.
Aunt Wang's voice was so loud that it attracted a lot of people. When everyone saw that Song Qiangnan had really returned, they immediately started talking about it. After all, no one had forgotten what happened at that time so quickly.
Song Qiangnan looked around, then whispered and pulled Aunt Wang in.
After Song Qiangnan entered the room, he knelt down on the ground when he saw Song Bo. Song Bo didn't show any mercy and picked up a stick to start beating him.
Aunt Wang was crying so hard that she didn't even react when Song Bo had already hit her many times. When Aunt Wang came to her senses, she pounced on Song Bo and snatched the stick from his hand.
"What are you doing?" Aunt Wang asked.
"What for? I'll beat this unfilial son to death! Ask him! Did he think about us when he left? He left quietly for such a long time without even writing back!" Song Bo shouted, "He thought that everything would be over if he wrote back. What a wishful thinking!"
"The child has finally come back, please don't hit him!" Aunt Wang cried and advised.
"Only by beating him will he learn the lesson!" Song Bo pushed Aunt Wang away and continued beating her.
There was a lot of commotion in the yard. Song Qiangdong and his wife rushed over from their house. After seeing this scene, Song Qiangdong went over to help Aunt Wang take the things from Song Bo's hand.
When Aunt Wang saw her eldest son coming, she threw herself on Song Qiangnan and hugged him and cried.
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