Chapter 722 Aunt Zhang Comes to Arrange a Marriage
When the man saw Shu Yu, he instinctively wanted to call out to her. But then he thought that what Shu Yu had come to tell the old lady was not suitable for her to hear, so since Shu Yu had already left, he didn't call out to her again.
She turned around and walked into the Lu family's courtyard. Looking at the old lady, she called out, "Auntie, are you busy?"
Shu Yu excitedly arrived at the riverbank carrying a bucket. Fang Xiyue brought a grass carp, which was quite heavy, weighing about seven pounds.
Grass carp has tender flesh, making it perfect for making sauerkraut fish.
Shu Yu carried the heavy bucket to the riverbank and felt quite exhausted.
There weren't many people by the river at the moment, but she still found a spot downstream to start cleaning the fish.
She had only tidied up halfway when she saw several people approaching from a distance, about to do laundry. Shu Yu glanced up and looked at them, but didn't recognize any of them.
Those few people were quite familiar with Shu Yu, after all, she was the first prisoner in charge of Zhengdao Village, and she was a woman, especially since she had only been exiled here for a short time.
In a short period of time, Shu Yu rose three levels in one leap, almost becoming a legend in Zhengdao Village.
A bolder girl walked over to her and, seeing her cleaning fish, quickly squatted down and said with a smile, "Miss Lu, let me help you. I'm quite skilled at cleaning fish."
Shu Yu looked up and saw that the girl seemed to be about the same age as her, and she seemed a little nervous when she spoke.
She shook her head and smiled, "No need, I'm almost done. You go ahead and do your work, or you'll get it dirty."
The girl opened her mouth, but Shu Yu lowered her head again, clearly not wanting help. She looked away with some regret, turning back every few steps.
She went back to her friends and squatted down to wash clothes.
But soon someone chuckled mockingly and whispered, "Trying to curry favor with them? They don't even acknowledge you. What's there to be proud of? Even if you're in charge, you're just a prisoner exiled here."
"Xiaoqiao, what nonsense are you talking about!"
"Why are you so angry? You just have your eye on her brother, but the brother has to be interested in you too. You may not be a criminal, but you are the descendant of a criminal. Her brother is an honest doctor with a bright future. Even if he were to marry, he wouldn't marry someone like you."
"You..." The girl stood up angrily, threw the clothes in her hand back into the basin, and looked forward as if she was about to settle accounts with her.
Seeing this, the others came over to persuade him.
Shu Yu was far away, and the other girls were upstream, but two sentences spoken by the girl named Xiao Qiao still drifted down with the wind.
She looked up, frowned, and saw her brother...? Who? Da Niu...
Oh, no, it's Zhao Xi.
Shu Yu clicked his tongue and sighed. He hadn't expected that even though Zhao Xi wasn't in Zhengdao Village, his legend still lingered there.
She shook her hands, put the cleaned fish into the bucket, washed her hands carefully twice, then got up, carried the bucket home.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw Zhang's mother talking to the old lady.
Shu Yu was taken aback. "Aunt Zhang?"
When Zhang's mother saw her return, she stopped talking and stood up to say goodbye. "Then I'll go back first. Auntie, Ayu, you two go ahead with your work."
The old lady nodded, and Zhang's mother nodded to Shu Yu again before leaving.
Shu Yu put down the bucket and asked curiously, "Grandma, did Aunt Zhang come over for something?"
"Oh, she's here to arrange a marriage."
(End of this chapter)
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