Chapter 456 Dispelling Doubts
Du Wanchun watched her retreating figure, gripped the token and booklet in her hand tightly, and turned back home.
That night, she told Zhou Ruiyuan about it.
Zhou Ruiyuan took the booklet and token and looked at them for a long time before saying, "Just in case, I'll give the token to Father, and let Father and Mother both take a look at the contents of the booklet."
Du Wanchun flipped through a few pages of the booklet. "That's good. It's better to prepare early so that Granny Ma won't come and test us."
Zhou Ruiyuan snatched the booklet from her hand, wrapped his arms around her waist, gently rested his chin on her shoulder, and said, "I heard that you tricked that Granny Ma away with just a few words."
Du Wanchun felt a ticklish sensation on her neck from the warm breath he exhaled.
She shrank back and said, "Isn't that because she wants to give you a concubine?"
Zhou Ruiyuan hugged her even tighter. "Is my wife jealous?"
Du Wanchun blushed at his words, grasped his hand, and said, "If I were jealous, I would have kicked that old woman out of Cheng'an County right now."
For some reason, Zhou Ruiyuan felt quite happy. He picked her up, let her sit in his lap, and gently kissed her lips.
"I actually enjoy seeing you jealous."
Du Wanchun's cheeks flushed red. She reached out and gently touched his face, revealing her small dimples as she smiled and said, "Speaking of jealousy, I've never seen my husband get jealous."
Zhou Ruiyuan raised his deep eyes and looked at her gently, "Of course you can't see it, I just chased away all the men within a ten-mile radius."
Du Wanchun looked up at him and asked, "Really?"
Zhou Ruiyuan nodded seriously, "Really."
Du Wanchun chuckled.
Zhou Ruiyuan held her tightly; if it weren't for the baby in her belly, they probably would have already fallen into bed together.
Du Wanchun didn't dare to provoke him again. After chatting for a while, the two fell asleep in each other's arms.
Her husband always had a serious expression in the yamen, but he would only say these joking things when he was with her. If outsiders saw this, they would probably be shocked for many days.
The following day, Du Wanchun handed the token and the booklet to Aunt Zhou and the Third Prince.
After hearing Du Wanchun's instructions, the two of them began to write down the things in the notebook.
In the afternoon, when Aunt Zhou went to the market to buy sugar figurines for Xiao Mianmian, she accidentally bumped into Granny Ma.
Granny Ma thought about it all night, but still couldn't figure out what was wrong with Aunt Zhou.
I ran into her today and wanted to get to the bottom of this.
"Yue'e," Granny Ma called to Aunt Zhou.
Aunt Zhou turned to look at her, "Granny Ma, you're still here? Haven't you returned to the capital?"
Granny Ma stared at the corner of Granny Zhou's eye and said, "Yue'e, didn't you used to have a mole at the corner of your eye? Why isn't it there now?"
Aunt Zhou laughed and said, "Yes, but the fortune teller said this mole was bad, so I took something to wipe it and covered it up."
"It's covered up?" Granny Ma asked in confusion.
Aunt Zhou wiped her eyes with her hand and said, "Look, there it is."
Granny Ma quickly looked up and found that the red mole was indeed there.
She asked in surprise, "Yue'e, what are you applying to your face? How can you cover up that red mole so well?"
Aunt Zhou smiled and said, "It's the rouge sold in my rouge shop. If you have dark spots or small moles on your face, it can cover them up a bit."
Granny Ma found it amazing and said, "This rouge is really useful."
Aunt Zhou pointed to her own rouge shop and said, "If you want some, you can buy it at the shop. I'll give you a discount since we used to know each other."
Granny Ma had no interest in buying any rouge; her gaze fell on the cabbage that Aunt Zhou was carrying, and she said, "Does the Zhou family still like to eat cabbage these days?"
Aunt Zhou looked down at the cabbage in her hand and said, "Yes, usually the nanny at home buys vegetables, but when I came out just now, I happened to see a vendor selling this vegetable, so I bought some."
Granny Ma recalled the past and said with a smile, "I remember your mother-in-law once said that your husband's favorite food used to be cabbage. Every day, whenever the gentlemen in the manor ate this vegetable, she would make some for your husband."
Aunt Zhou agreed, saying, "That's right."
After chatting with her for a while, Granny Ma's doubts lessened considerably.
She eventually brought up the topic of her granddaughter's marriage.
Aunt Zhou said frankly, "I also feel very sorry. If my eldest son were still alive, I would definitely have made him marry your granddaughter. Unfortunately, he has passed away now, and there is nothing we can do about it."
"If all else fails, I'll arrange a ghost marriage for them, okay?"
Granny Ma quickly shook her head and said, "That won't do. My perfectly good eldest daughter is not suited for a ghost marriage."
After saying that, she left looking displeased.
Aunt Zhou breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her leave.
Fortunately, she had put a red mole on her face when she came in and left, otherwise she really wouldn't know how to deal with this Granny Ma.
After returning to the inn, Granny Ma told Ma Tao'er about her encounter with Aunt Zhou.
After hearing this, Ma Tao'er remained silent in the room for a long time.
Granny Ma continued to persuade, "Tao'er, let's go back to the village."
Ma Tao'er suddenly looked up and said, "Grandma, no, we're not going back. Didn't the Zhou family say they wanted to arrange a ghost marriage for me? Then let them arrange it. Once we're married, I'll be the Zhou family's eldest daughter-in-law, and they'll have to support us."
Looking at her granddaughter, Granny Ma thought she had gone mad.
"Tao'er, have you thought this through? This ghost marriage is marrying a dead person! Aren't you afraid that the dead person will come looking for you?!"
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