Chapter 314 You all came together
Jiang Hongying took the heavy basket of pastries, took out two, and looked at her eldest son.
"Boss, come get some snacks."
The others glared at them with annoyance.
The eldest brother quickly ran to Jiang Hongying, took the snacks, and said nothing.
"Let's go."
Song Chunxue carried her bags and packages out, not wanting to linger in the courtyard for even a moment longer.
The eldest child seemed used to such noisy scenes and knew he couldn't go with his mother. Holding two pastries, he watched his mother's back and took a bite of one.
Looking at his boss's expression, He Chuan felt a tightness in his chest.
Old Mrs. He walked to the front of the main room and sat down. "I want to see if they can really abandon their child and go back. She thinks she's so capable, bragging is free, huh? Staying in the best inn in Liangzhou City, how much money does she have?"
As Song Chunxue and the others walked out of the courtyard, the second sister-in-law stepped over the threshold and said in a low voice, "I saw Hongying's mother holding a piece of cloth. That mother of hers is really something. She doesn't even know when to start arguing. She should at least let the other person put the things down and deal with them for a few days until they leave before arguing."
It would have been better if they hadn't mentioned it, because once it was mentioned, they remembered that the cloth Song Chunxue was holding earlier didn't look like the worst kind. When she was standing in the yard, they could smell the roast chicken.
"You're so good with words! Go chase after her and take her to your house. Leave your things behind." He Chuan's mother said irritably. "He Chuan, go cook. Your wife thinks she's all grown up and won't cook anymore, but you still have to eat, right?"
He Chuan pulled his eldest son outside, saying, "I'm not hungry. Tonight, my son and I will sleep in the donkey shed."
"He Chuan, you stop right there."
He Chuan didn't say a word, and led the eldest brother out of the yard.
The eldest son looked at He Chuan and asked, "Dad, are we really going to sleep in a donkey shed?"
He Chuan glanced at the courtyard gate and saw that his second brother had gone inside to talk. He picked up his eldest son and whispered, "Let's go find your mother and have some roast chicken."
The eldest child stopped eating his snacks, his eyes shining, "Really?"
"Really, shh, keep your voice down, we're going to catch up."
Song Chunxue walked ahead, carrying heavy things in her hands. Xiujuan also helped her carry a basket of snacks. They ate as they walked, laughing happily.
"Grandma, the snacks are so delicious!" Xiujuan said, running a long way ahead with the snack basket in her arms. "Grandma is our hero, otherwise Mom would be crying again tonight."
Jiang Hongying sniffed, wanting to refute but unable to find the words.
The life she's lived these past few years is simply unspeakable to her mother.
In recent years, He Chuan's mother has become increasingly outrageous and demanding, and she can't stand not scolding him every day.
"Hurry up, I feel like the city gates are really about to close. We can't really end up sleeping in someone's donkey shed."
Jiang Hongying followed closely behind her mother and found that her mother was nimble and had a straight back, and seemed even younger than she had seen two years ago.
"It's not that bad. If Mother really had the money to stay in the best inn, she could spend a few dozen copper coins to find a room on the estate."
Song Chunxue nodded, "That makes sense, but I don't want to share a room with other people. We just want to prove ourselves and find an inn in town to stay in."
They jogged to the city gate and saw people paying the guards to open it.
"Hurry up, hurry up! You think you can open the city gate without fifty copper coins?" The guards shooed them away. "If you don't have money, get out of the way."
Song Chunxue stepped forward and asked, "Fifty copper coins to let us all in?"
Jiang Hongying grabbed her, "Mother, fifty copper coins is enough for us to stay at Granny Yang's place for ten days or so."
The soldier glanced at Song Chunxue, then at the woman behind her carrying a bolt of cloth, and said, "Fifty copper coins each."
"What?" Jiang Hongying shouted, "Are you robbing me?!"
"Mother, let's go back and stay in the Yang family's new courtyard. Fifty copper coins should be enough for a night."
Song Chunxue smiled slightly and looked indifferently at the soldier, "Fifty copper coins each. Do you know what will happen to you if this gets to Lord Xie Zheng's ears?"
The soldier was taken aback, then glared at Song Chunxue and said irritably, "Get lost, get lost, if you don't have money, then get lost."
“I come from Zhuanglang County and am an old friend of Lord Xie. Today, besides seeing my daughter, I also want to visit Lord Xie. I need to settle accounts with him for the land he bought in Zhuanglang County and the grain he grows.”
“If you only want fifty coins from us in total, I won’t tell him about it, but if you…”
"Get out of here! Even if you were offered fifty taels of silver, you wouldn't be allowed into the city tonight!" the guard shouted angrily. "Get out of here now!"
“Sir, let’s talk this out. Helping others is helping yourself. Here, I’ll give you sixty copper coins, and you can let us in. We have no choice. Our in-laws are so unreasonable. If we stay in someone else’s sheep pen or donkey pen, and they go to Lord Xie tomorrow to make my daughter divorce her husband, this matter will become a big deal.”
As she spoke, Song Chunxue took out sixty copper coins from her bundle and stuffed them into the soldier's hand.
"Please, have some mercy. We just want to stay here peacefully for the night. Nobody wants to cause trouble, right?"
"Mother, don't give it to him! It's sixty copper coins!"
Jiang Hongying said she was going to snatch the copper coins back, but the soldier quickly stuffed them into his pocket and said to his brother next to him, "Open the city gate and let them in."
"Mom, why are you wasting this money..."
"Hongying, mother-in-law, can we go into the city?"
Song Chunxue laughed and said, "Yes, hurry up and go in, otherwise the soldiers will close the city gates soon, hurry, hurry, hurry."
He Chuan quickly carried the eldest son towards the city gate.
"Grandma, Grandma." The eldest child in He Chuan's arms smiled and held up a snack. "Delicious."
Song Chunxue's nose tingled with emotion. "Sigh, as long as it tastes good, I'll take you to buy even better ones later."
Hongying's eldest son chuckled.
Jiang Hongying couldn't help but shed tears as she carried Xiaolong through the city gate.
Before long, they arrived in Liangzhou City.
Sixty copper coins were more than half a year's allowance for Jiang Hongying, and might even last her longer.
She felt bad about the money.
She felt more sorry for herself.
How did I end up like this, making my mother see me in such a wretched state from so far away? She's so useless.
He Chuan walked up to her and put the eldest brother on the ground. "The eldest brother can walk by himself. I'll carry Xiaolong."
Xiao Long hugged Jiang Hongying's neck tightly, "No, I want my mother to hold me."
He Chuan smiled wryly, "Is Xiao Long upset that I didn't go with you?"
Jiang Hongying sniffed. "It's not your fault. After all, you are their own son."
“But they didn’t treat me like their own son. Otherwise, knowing you’re my wife and they want you to take care of them in their old age, they should have treated you better.” He Chuan’s voice was full of helplessness and vicissitudes. “It’s my fault for being so useless.”
Song Chunxue, who was standing to the side, laughed and said, "Alright, alright, help me carry these things. Which is the best inn in town?"
Just then, a window upstairs opened, and a head popped out.
"Junior brother, where are you going? Isn't this the best place you can find? You don't even want to stay here."
Song Chunxue stopped in her tracks and looked up to see her senior brother shaking a wine pot. "Come on up, this place is pretty good."
Jiang Hongying looked on in surprise, "Mother, you...you came with the Taoist priest, have you become Taoist partners?"
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