Chapter 338 Still Needs to Endure Some Hardship
Sitting in the carriage again, Song Chunxue could almost feel Lord Xie's gaze falling on her through the carriage.
The carriage moved slowly forward, her mind in turmoil.
She thought Lord Xie had come to return the gold, but when she searched the bag he had given her, she found a lot of food.
The meal included carefully selected dried meat, a bag of dried apricots and raisins, two roast chickens, and two small jars of apricot blossom wine.
How did he know she liked apricot blossom wine?
None of these things were enough to disturb her peace of mind; the key was that there was a brocade box inside.
Jiang Hongying and He Chuan opened it and said that it must have been a special gift from Lord Xie.
Well, being given gifts by another man in front of her juniors made Song Chunxue feel like she was being cuckolded by her child's father.
However, she quickly put that thought out of her mind.
Don't put shackles on yourself and bind your feet; your heart is already tired enough.
What the child thinks is her business; the key is how she should deal with it.
She held the brocade box, but hesitated to open it.
It's not that I'm afraid, but I feel uneasy.
She couldn't help but look at the Taoist priest, "Senior brother, what divination did you perform for him?"
"I can't tell you, and you'd better not ask." The Taoist priest pulled on the rope, glancing at the brocade box in her hand. "Aren't you going to open it and take a look? I'm really curious."
"What are you curious about? If it weren't for Senior Brother insisting on bringing us together..." Thinking of the child sitting behind her, who might be eavesdropping, she said irritably, "Don't cause any more trouble next time. I've said I'd spend the rest of my life with a dog."
"But you've gone on a long trip to look for your child, is it permissible to bring a dog?"
“Why not? We might not see Senior Brother’s mount again next time. Bring two wolfhounds with you, and even bandits will avoid you.” Song Chunxue said irritably, “You have so much free time, you might as well worry about yourself. I will have a house full of children and grandchildren in the future, but when you go to the underworld, there won’t even be anyone to hold a mourning stick for you.”
“Finding a suitable disciple is also an option. Your fourth sister’s son, Alai, is quite good. He is the most suitable for cultivation. Who knows, he might even come up the mountain in the future. During festivals, wouldn’t he burn some gold and silver mountains for me?”
"..." Song Chunxue opened her mouth, but couldn't refute it.
She knew that in the past two years, her senior brother had either stayed on the mountain or wandered around the countryside, teaching A-Lai something new each time.
When she comes back, she will bring back delicious food prepared by her fourth sister.
However, since Sanwa is getting married soon, she needs to send a message as soon as possible to ask her older sisters to come over.
Second Brother will definitely come; he's Third Brother's uncle.
Oh no, you have to go and invite her aunt and uncle, and she also has to bring wine to invite her second uncle.
Speaking of which, my senior brother hasn't left the house in a long time. Should we ask him to go with her to invite his uncle and also visit Ah Lai and Fourth Sister?
In this lifetime, Fourth Sister certainly never imagined that the son she raised so well had long been coveted by her senior brother.
After being set up as a matchmaker by her senior brother, Song Chunxue suddenly wanted to set him up as well.
Let him experience what it's like to be forcibly matched with someone.
Thinking of this, she felt much better and stopped worrying.
She opened the brocade box, and inside lay a jade bracelet.
"This is a fine piece of jewelry. As expected of someone raised by a prominent family in the capital, they have a keen eye for quality. This bracelet is clearly very valuable, worth half a piece of gold."
The Taoist priest glanced at it twice and praised it repeatedly, "Look at the floating flowers inside, this bracelet might have been brought from the capital."
Song Chunxue leaned closer to the Taoist priest and whispered, "In the brocade pouch I gave him yesterday, besides a few talismans, I also slipped in two pieces of gold. Has he returned them?"
"What did you say?" The Taoist priest was both amused and exasperated. "Junior brother, you're a real talent."
Why are you cursing me?
"I told you before, giving money is vulgar, but you really are..."
Song Chunxue disagreed, "Although I'm not very good at divination, I did a simple divination, and he needs that thing."
"..." The Taoist priest was speechless. "Apart from the Heavenly King himself, who in this world doesn't lack that stuff? Who complains about having too much of that stuff?"
"..." Anyway, she couldn't give away jade pendants or bracelets; no matter how valuable they were, they weren't as practical as gold and silver.
Moreover, doesn't sending these things imply other meanings?
She didn't want Lord Xie to misunderstand.
If he's not interested, then don't waste his time.
Once she gets back, she will write to Lord Xie to make things clear. If he has too many unwanted romantic advances, she can ask her senior brother to cut them off for him and wish him to find his true love soon.
Hearing her meaning, Master Zhang lowered his voice and said, "Junior brother, guess if there's any possibility that I've calculated that Lord Xie's destined partner is you? Otherwise, why would I bother to play matchmaker for you two?"
Song Chunxue's eyes widened. "Didn't you say you couldn't see through my destiny?"
"But I see it clearly, whether he succeeds or not is entirely up to you."
Song Chunxue was extremely surprised.
"Then, is it possible that Senior Brother made a mistake? After all, a true match doesn't refer to one person, but rather a type of person."
The Taoist priest hesitated, then said, "Never mind, I might indeed have miscalculated."
"Can you cut off his unwanted romantic advances?" Song Chunxue whispered, "Like those who insisted on getting married yesterday?"
"He's already been executed. Don't ask any more questions. Asking again would be revealing heavenly secrets. Go inside and sleep. Don't delay this humble Taoist from driving the carriage."
Song Chunxue sat cross-legged and leaned back, saying, "It's better for me to sleep here, so the child won't have a good night's sleep."
She put the brocade box into her senior brother's cloth bag, saying, "This bracelet is so valuable, senior brother, keep it safe and return it next time we meet."
"..."
...
Two days later, at dusk, they arrived in Jincheng.
Everyone got off the carriage and followed behind it, climbing up Wuquan Mountain.
When He Chuan and his family saw the courtyard bathed in golden light, they stood there stunned, speechless.
"What are you standing there for? Take the things off the roof of the carriage and load them onto the horse-drawn carriage. You can put them back on tomorrow."
The Taoist priest pointed to the courtyard in front of him and said, "Hongying, this courtyard now belongs to your mother. Why don't you guess how she bought it?"
Hongying gently placed Xiaoxu, who was struggling to get down, on the ground, and said softly, "It wasn't... stolen, was it?"
"Anyway, it didn't cost a single copper coin, so calling it robbery isn't wrong." The Taoist priest took out a key from his cloth bag. "Let's go, you can choose whichever room you want to stay in."
Jiang Hongying turned around and glanced at He Chuan, who was standing there in a daze, and couldn't help but give him a push.
"Come on, you're lucky to be a live-in son-in-law. If I had known this would happen, why would I have married into this family?"
He Chuan looked at her and said, "If you don't get married, how will your mother find you? If you don't get married, you'll be just like your eldest son, an ingrate in your mother's eyes. She would never agree to let you come home."
He looked at the courtyard in front of him and sighed, "If you want to enjoy happiness, you still have to endure some hardship before you can reap the rewards."
Jiang Hongying glared at him.
“There must be a driveway next to it, so the carriage can enter the yard and be taken directly to the carriage shed without having to unload the contents.”
"Hmm, such a grand courtyard must have a gate for carriages. I'll go look for it." He Chuan said seriously, "Considering I've been quite good to you, don't treat me too badly in the future. I'll definitely repay your kindness."
Jiang Hongying was amused, "How come I never noticed before? You're quite sharp."
"It must be thanks to the Taoist priest."
Song Chunxue walked over and said, "You've finally seen the light. Have you decided how to thank the Daoist Master?"
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