Chapter 402 That Year, That Day, That Man
The first thought that came to Jiang Wanwan's mind was: "Can Chen Xingjiang play the horse-head fiddle?"
Bater laughed out loud, his smile was very sincere: "Yes, we used to play together, one of the brothers had a horse-head fiddle at home, his mother taught us to play the horse-head fiddle, only brother Shen learned it first, it sounds very good."
"If you have a chance, ask him to play for you, or ask him to teach you how to ride a horse. He knows everything. He is the Saker Falcon of our grassland."
"Every time we wrestled, four or five of us couldn't beat him. He had Han Chinese ancestry, but his skills were the best among us."
Jiang Wanwan listened to Bater's words, and the image of Shen Xingjiang whom she saw for the first time appeared in her eyes.
He was very tall, with long hair half tied at the back of his head with loose strands on his forehead. He was wearing an old Mongolian robe and drove the tractor like an off-road vehicle. He must be a very qualified driver because he didn't get out to help with the luggage after he drove the car in front of them.
He leaned lazily against the car, hugged his shoulders and closed his eyes to rest.
At the time, Jiang Wanwan felt that this person... was really difficult to approach.
Just as he was about to complain in his heart, the man felt her gaze and opened his eyes.
He has very long eyelashes, and his pupils are as black as ink jade. He doesn't have any emotions and is very calm, just like the midsummer moonlight cast on the lake. There is no wind, and the lake is pitch black... Only the silver moon shines on it, reflecting a bit of silver.
His pupils were dark with a little bit of highlight.
Jiang Wanwan was stunned because she had never seen such a look.
As she was staring blankly, the man sat up, stared at her for a few seconds, then jumped off the car, easily picked up her luggage and threw it into the back of the tractor.
He put it on her and asked her to climb up by stepping on his legs.
He didn't say a word the whole time. When Lin Youshuang seemed to want his help, he turned around and walked away without even paying any attention to him.
She didn't know why, but when she thought of his past, and heard from others about that unrestrained, carefree man who rode horses and watched flowers while galloping, she felt sad.
It seemed as if her arrival had put his life on another track.
"Sister-in-law? Sister-in-law?"
Jiang Wanwan came back to her senses when she heard Bater's voice: "What's wrong?"
In front of me is a very dilapidated farmyard.
Bater breathed a sigh of relief: "We're here. I saw you in a daze and thought you were feeling uncomfortable. Get off the car."
He tied the cow to a tree and held the shaft to secure the cart, making it easier for Jiang Wanwan to get on and off. Jiang Wanwan said thank you and got off.
"Sister-in-law, wait for me here. There's a dog in the yard. I'll go in and say hello."
This production team looked very poor, and the air was filled with a faint smell of sheep and cow dung.
Jiang Wanwan: “Okay.”
Bater went in and came out soon. He scolded the dog in the yard in Mongolian. The vicious dog licked its nose with its tongue and went back to its dog hole wailing.
Bai Runa came out with her son Gong Yuan. She was very thin, and her face was cracked and chapped by the sun and wind. Her son was also very thin, with big bulging eyes.
"Hello, do you want to buy anything?"
Bai Runa asked nervously, she was afraid that the buyer would go back on his word, as the item she had was not cheap.
Jiang Wanwan motioned for her to go inside and talk.
"Hello, how old are you?"
Gong Yuan can speak some Chinese, as his father is a Han Chinese.
He shyly hid behind Bai Runa: "Eleven."
Jiang Wanwan, who looked only seven or eight years old, opened the package in her hand and took out a piece of fragrant and soft egg cake.
"Come and try it to see if it tastes good."
Gong Yuan's eyes widened again and he glanced at Bai Runa. Bai Runa saw that Jiang Wanwan's concern was not fake, so she touched Gong Yuan's head.
Gong Yuan came over, took the egg cake and started to eat it voraciously.
When you are extremely poor, you won’t be in the mood to consider whether you can afford to eat.
Jiang Wanwan handed Bai Runa a piece, but Bai Runa refused to eat it. Her Chinese was also very stiff: "Thank you, I'll just eat something else later."
Jiang Wanwan didn't waste any words: "Take out the bracelet and let me see it."
Bai Runa nodded and went to get the bracelet.
Everyone in this area knows Bater. Bater's family is well-known for being good and righteous. If everyone believes in him, they will believe in Jiang Wanwan.
The white jade dragon bracelet is wrapped in a piece of red cloth.
"for you."
Jiang Wanwan took it and opened the red cloth. A white jade bracelet with clear patterns, dense and moist texture was placed on the cloth. It was very greasy and the color was deep-rooted. The bracelet was shaped like a dragon head playing with a pearl. It was vigorous and upright, without any power. The back had two ridges raised and long lines engraved to represent dragon whiskers. The carving was delicate and lifelike.
The lower part is decorated with a grid-like pattern of dragon scales, which are meticulously carved. It is made of white jade and is in the shape of a ring. The thickest part of the whole device is where the dragon head and the dragon ball meet.
Jiang Wanwan took a look and said, "What a pity. There should be four of them, stored together with the other plain jade bracelets. Now there is only this one left."
Bai Runa wiped the sweat from her forehead: "Then...then can you still accept it?"
Jiang Wanwan nodded: "Of course I can take it. I won't hide it from you. If someone else were to take it, they would give you two hundred and seventy at most. I'll give you three hundred. Please keep it a secret. If someone comes to you tomorrow and asks for the bracelet, you can report her for speculation."
Bai Runa didn't expect that this bracelet was worth three hundred yuan, but she felt it was worth it: "Thank you, comrade."
After buying the house in the county town, Jiang Wanwan sent another batch of ginseng to the capital. Thanks to the Cheng family's connections, the wild ginseng was quickly sold out, and she earned more than 300 yuan, which she happened to carry with her.
She took out the money and counted out three hundred and gave it to Bai Runa: "The sale of the bracelet must be kept secret. No one can know that you sold the bracelet, otherwise it will be bad for your child."
What she was worried about was that outsiders would know that Bai Runa was rich, and that people in her natal family or in-laws would become jealous and make the whole family rich.
It is very easy for a whole family to become wiped out in rural areas.
Human hearts are unpredictable. If someone kills Bai Runa, pushes her into a river, or starts a fire, marries her carefully, and then tortures her to death, Gong Yuan will not be able to keep the money, and the money will fall into the hands of others sooner or later.
She was afraid that honest people might let the cat out of the bag, and that children were unstable factors, so she changed her words to scare them.
Bai Runa hugged Gong Yuan tightly: "We won't tell anyone. I will tell him not to say anything."
Jiang Wanwan nodded with a straight face: "If I know that you told others, my parents won't allow it. Anyway, if I know, I will take the money back."
Bai Runa hummed, her face full of nervousness.
Jiang Wanwan put down the food, took the bracelet and left with Bater.
Bater drove the ox cart out and said, "Sister-in-law, you are just like Brother Shen, both are good people. You are afraid that Bai Runa will tell others and get bullied."
Jiang Wanwan looked at the sky and was in a good mood: "Yes."
She got the bracelet, and if she wasn't pregnant, she would have wanted to come over in person to see Jiang Lian being driven away and reported.
Jiang Lian came early the next morning. Just like in her previous life, she found Bai Runa and asked to buy the bracelet. Bai Runa looked at Jiang Lian in horror.
Without even saying a word, he went to the captain and reported her for profiteering!
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