Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Poke
When Shu Niannian heard the word "tanghulu", she thought of the scene in Haicheng Snack Street where Ye Jinhong used his thumb to wipe the sugar stains off her lips.
Shu Niannian's face turned even redder instantly.
Her skin was originally fair, and now there was a blush on her fair face. At first glance, she looked extremely beautiful.
Ye Jinhong had never seen Shu Niannian like this before, and was stunned for a moment.
He pulled Shu Niannian to the middle of the yard and stopped, then stared at Shu Niannian. Shu Niannian felt embarrassed by his gaze and tried to pull her hand out of Ye Jinhong's hand. However, Ye Jinhong's hand was like a big pair of pliers and she couldn't break free no matter how hard she tried.
With so many people in the room looking at them, Shu Niannian felt a little embarrassed.
Lin Xuanyin was also very embarrassed. Her son had always been steady and prudent in doing things, but now he was holding a little girl's hand tightly. Even though she knew that her son lost his composure because he loved Shu Niannian, it was not good for her as a mother to hold a little girl's hand tightly in front of her parents.
"Ahem!"
"Ahem!"
"Ahem!"
Lin Xuanyin coughed several times in a row, the sound was loud and heavy!
Hearing Lin Xuanyin's cough, Ye Jinhong suddenly came back to his senses.
After realizing his own gaffe, Ye Jinhong did not find an excuse to make amends. He turned around, took Shu Niannian's hand and left quickly.
The two walked to the side of the car, and Shu Niannian blushed and asked angrily, "Why were you like that in the yard just now?"
Ye Jinhong opened the trunk, took out the sugar gourd and handed it to Shu Niannian. The tips of his ears were red, but his eyes were staring at Shu Niannian honestly. After a long while, when Shu Niannian felt embarrassed by his stare, he said softly, "Well, you are pretty! You were pretty before, and you are even prettier today."
Shu Niannian was holding the candied haws, standing there in a daze. He had never seen Ye Jinhong like this before, tender, stiff, and a little at a loss.
Ever since she started dating Ye Jinhong, she could find something different about him every time he was with her.
Although he helped her in her previous life, she called him uncle and treated him as a family member, so he stayed with her, treating her like a non-blood relative, and never crossed the line from beginning to end.
He is her partner in this life, and he can't hide his shyness and joy, which pop up from time to time.
It was clearly just an ordinary compliment, but now that it came out of his mouth, it became so alluring.
The blush on Shu Niannian's face deepened. She bit her lip and glared at him, "Why have you become so slick?"
Ye Jinhong's voice became deeper, his eyes filled with unspeakable emotions, "Then I will only be smooth-talking to you."
His voice was so low and mellow that the ending of his words seemed to carry a little feather, tickling her heart.
Shu Niannian couldn't bear the tickling anymore, so she raised her hand to pinch Ye Jinhong's waist.
"Huh?"
Shu Niannian's hands pinched Ye Jinhong's waist several times, but she didn't pinch the flesh.
She looked up at Ye Jinhong, her round almond eyes full of doubt, "Where's your meat?"
Ye Jinhong grabbed Shu Niannian's restless little hand and laughed, "The meat is hidden."
In fact, he was not hiding anything. There was no fat on his body at all. How could she pinch it?
Shu Niannian's hand was caught, and the two of them held hands, looking at each other. Although they didn't say anything, the air around them was filled with pink bubbles.
Lin Xuanyin was sitting in the main room, getting anxious. She asked Ye Jinhong to go get the gifts, but Ye Jinhong insisted on taking Shu Niannian with them. The two of them had been gone for such a long time and had not come back. What was going on?
Grandma Ye was also extremely anxious. She had prepared the gifts herself. They were not much and not heavy. So how come her grandson took his future granddaughter-in-law and never came back?
Among the few people, only Grandpa Ye was calm and composed, not in a hurry at all. He looked at the gate with a smile, thinking that he would be able to hold his great-grandson in his arms soon.
In the end, Lin Xuanyin still couldn't keep her composure. She stood up to see what Ye Jinhong was doing and why he was so slow!
This was an amazing sight. Ye Jinhong was next to the trunk, holding the girl's hand with one hand, and his eyes seemed to be glued to the girl.
Ouch, it’s really unbearable to watch.
For a moment, Lin Xuanyin stood at the gate, not knowing whether to go in or back out. When Mr. Ye saw his daughter-in-law standing at the gate, he felt a little resentful towards Lin Xuanyin.
How can you be so tactless? Can't you give young people some space to be alone?
Seeing Lin Xuanyin pacing back and forth at the gate, she was in a dilemma. She poked Old Man Ye and asked, "What do you think happened to Xuanyin?"
"Should I go and have a look?"
As she was about to stand up, Mr. Ye quickly stopped her, "Oh, there's nothing to see."
Lin Xuanyin's eyes were fixed on Ye Jinhong, who soon noticed it, but he did not let go of Shu Niannian's hand. Instead, he stared at Lin Xuanyin in his current state. He seemed to be saying, "Look, this is the person I chose. She is very good and I like her very much."
As they looked at each other from a distance, Lin Xuanyin also understood what Ye Jinhong meant by his eyes.
She smiled at Ye Jinhong and gave him a thumbs up.
This means that she has recognized this marriage and accepted Shu Niannian as her future daughter-in-law.
"Hurry up, everyone is waiting for you." Lin Xuanyin smiled helplessly, and finally had to remind Ye Jinhong, "Do the important things first, there will be plenty of time later."
Although she didn't say it explicitly, everyone inside and outside the room understood what she meant.
Ye Jinhong didn't think there was anything wrong. He got over the hurdle in his heart, and his skin became thicker. Shu Niannian, on the other hand, blushed. She quickly hid behind Ye Jinhong and poked his back again and again with her slender fingers.
Each one is heavier than the last!
Ye Jinhong stood still and let Shu Niannian's fingers play tricks on his back, while also blocking Lin Xuanyin's sight, "Okay, mother, I'll be right there!"
Lin Xuanyin returned to the main room with a smile. Ye Jinhong turned around and whispered, "Have you let out enough anger?"
Shu Niannian snorted coldly, "No!"
Ye Jinhong chuckled, "But we have to take the gifts in first, otherwise they will come out one after another to see us."
Ye Jinhong's words frightened Shu Niannian. Thinking of the scene Ye Jinhong described, Shu Niannian wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. She bit her lip and clicked hard a few times before giving up. "It's all your fault!"
Ye Jinhong coaxed, "Yes, yes, you are right, it's all my fault."
He took out the gift boxes one by one, and they filled up a large area. Shu Niannian was dumbfounded, "Why did you bring so many things?"
Ye Jinhong smiled and said, "It's not much. Although the gifts were all requested by grandma, I actually bought more, but the car couldn't fit them, so I didn't bring them. I'll send you more later, and you can keep them and enjoy them slowly."
Shu Niannian followed Ye Jinhong to carry the gifts into the main hall. Shu Guodong and Li Guifen were also stunned. For rural people to get engaged, they would only need a few kilograms of fruit, a few kilograms of sugar, and at most a few kilograms of meat. Why would they need so many things?
Li Guifen roughly counted the items. There were two eight-treasure boxes, which contained various nuts and dried fruits, six pounds of premium brown sugar, six pounds of premium fruits, six bags of red paper candies, six packs of red paper biscuits, six pounds of braised beef in soy sauce, six barrels of malted milk, six pounds of pork, six pounds of mutton, a pair of large herrings, and some other things that Li Guifen had never eaten and could not name. She asked Shu Niannian what they were, and Shu Niannian whispered, "They are chocolate and tea cakes."
Shu Guodong and Li Guifen looked at each other. Li Guifen said to Lin Xuanyin in a bewildered manner, "Oh, this is such a waste!"
Grandma Ye laughed and said, "Hey, don't despise me, I ordered the gifts. These are just things that are put out in the open. They are not valuable. Nian Nian, come here. Grandma has something good for you."
As she spoke, she waved at Shu Niannian, who walked over. Grandma Ye held Shu Niannian's hand and took out a black velvet box from her pocket. Grandma Ye stuffed the black velvet box into Shu Niannian's hand and said, "Here, take it. This is a gift from grandma. Open it and see."
Shu Niannian opened it as she was told, and inside was a jade bracelet that was completely emerald green without any impurities. This was a jade bracelet that could be a family heirloom, and it was given to her as a gift?
Shu Niannian quickly handed the black velvet box back to Grandma Ye. She shook her head repeatedly, "Grandma, this is too expensive! I can't have it!"
Grandma Ye pushed it to Shu Niannian again.
"I dare not refuse the gift given by the elders."
Ye Jinhong walked to Shu Niannian at some point and put the velvet box that he had been pushing around in Shu Niannian's pocket. "Take it. This is what grandma gave you. It's yours from now on."
Ye Jinhong has already said this, if Shu Niannian continues to refuse, it would seem particularly pretentious.
"Thank you, grandma."
Shu Niannian had just put away the jade bracelet when Lin Xuanyin pretended to be unhappy and said, "Mother, you are such a fool. At times like this, shouldn't the daughter-in-law take the lead? Can't I give away the worthless things in my hands first, and then you can give me your treasured jade bracelet? You gave it away first, and if I give this one later, it will seem like I am particularly stingy!"
Grandma Ye rolled her eyes elegantly and scolded with a smile, "You are the one who has too many problems. Okay, next time I will let you deliver it first. Really, you are stingy, but you blame me."
Lin Xuanyin pulled Shu Niannian to her side and said with a smile, "Don't look down on me."
As she spoke, she took out a flat jewelry box from the bag on her arm like a magician. Although the jewelry box had no decorations, it was simple and elegant. At a glance, Shu Niannian could tell that the jewelry box was made of fine red sandalwood and was probably quite old. The surface of the jewelry box had already shown patina.
Lin Xuanyin opened the jewelry box, and immediately there was a golden glow inside. This turned out to be a complete set of gold headwear? !
The flower-shaped hairpin is hand-made. Although it bears heavy traces of human labor, it still cannot hide its beauty. If it were in later generations, at least one would boast that it was purely hand-made, and the labor costs would be included in the calculation.
This... is still very valuable!
But Shu Niannian had already accepted Grandma Ye's jade bracelet, so she had no reason to refuse Lin Xuanyin's gold headpiece. Shu Niannian put the gold headpiece away and thanked Lin Xuanyin, "Thank you, Auntie!"
Lin Xuanyin was unhappy, "What should you call me?"
Ye Jinhong stood beside Shu Niannian and said on behalf of Shu Niannian, "Thank you, mother."
Shu Niannian repeated in a low voice, "Thank you, mother."
Lin Xuanyin laughed again, "I'm just teasing you, silly child. You haven't married into our family yet, so you can call me whatever you want. Of course, I'll be happier if you call me mother!"
After the police car drove away, everyone in the village came to Shu Niannian's house to watch the car. The people bustling in the alley were speculating one after another, wondering what kind of guest had come to the eldest wife's house.
How come there were three or four large jeeps driving at once?
Seeing the neighbors hanging around the door, Li Guifen went out with two kilograms of red-paper candies. Aunt Zhang saw Li Guifen coming out and asked directly, "Guifen, who are the guests coming to your house? Judging from their style, I'm afraid they are officials, right?"
Although she was a little jealous, she had a good relationship with Li Guifen. Because of this relationship, she could only envy and not be jealous. Li Guifen smiled and said, "Nian Nian is getting engaged today, and this car is driven by Nian Nian's boyfriend!"
Aunt Zhang opened her eyes wide, "Your Nian Nian is really amazing. How come all the people she meets are either rich or noble? She's so lucky!"
Li Guifen smiled but didn't say anything. Shu Niannian's target was Ye Jinhong, who was Lu Jianjun's uncle. She didn't want to say much today. The more she said, the more mistakes she made. Li Guifen distributed the red paper candies to the children in the neighborhood. "There are guests at home, so I won't talk to you."
Seeing that Li Guifen didn't want to talk more, Aunt Zhang didn't ask any more questions. Li Guifen still had half a pound of candy left in her hand, so she stuffed it all at once to Aunt Zhang, "Sister Zhang, you see I'm really too busy, can you help me out a little bit?"
Aunt Zhang glanced at Li Guifen. How could she not understand? Li Guifen was asking her to do something. Aunt Zhang stuffed the red paper candy into her pocket, blinked, and pushed Li Guifen back to the yard. "Okay, go and accompany your guests with peace of mind."
Li Guifen looked at Aunt Zhang with gratitude, then turned around and went back to the yard.
In the yard, Shu Chengzu was teaching Grandpa Ye how to practice Tai Chi, and Li Tingshun was trying to trick Shu Wenqiang into joining the army, which only left the silly boy stunned.
Lin Xuanyin and Grandma Ye strolled in the yard, looking here and tinkering there. Ye Jinhong and Shu Niannian had nothing to do, so they huddled aside and whispered to each other.
Li Guifen waved to Shu Niannian and asked her to go into the kitchen to help with cooking, but Ye Jinhong followed closely.
Li Guifen: ...
How can we let the future son-in-law into the kitchen when it’s his first time coming home?
"Oh, you go out and sit for a while, Nian Nian and I can handle it here!" Li Guifen said with a smile.
Ye Jinhong was unwilling to go out. He sat down in front of the stove and said sweetly, "It's okay, mom. I'll do the work for Nian Nian. Let Nian Nian take a rest."
Li Guifen, who was suddenly called "mother" by her future son-in-law, was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
She really didn't expect that Ye Jinhong, who was of the same generation as her, would call her mother so smoothly and spontaneously. What else could Li Guifen say? It was obviously inappropriate to drive him away. People said that he was working for Nian Nian.
Shu Niannian squatted beside Ye Jinhong, poked Ye Jinhong's thigh, and smiled with curved eyebrows.
Shu Niannian was suddenly so close to Ye Jinhong that through the light, Ye Jinhong could even see the fluffy hairs on Shu Niannian's face.
Ye Jinhong suddenly wanted to kiss Shu Niannian.
The look in his eyes as he looked at Shu Niannian became deeper and deeper.
Shu Niannian didn't have this idea, she just thought that Ye Jinhong was so funny now.
This day completely refreshed her entire understanding of Ye Jinhong.
Li Guifen cooks very quickly, and most of the meat dishes are prepared in advance. Before Ye Jinhong and the others arrived, Li Guifen had already washed and cut all the side dishes into pieces. Now all she had to do was make the finished product.
Li Guifen didn't know whether Lin Xuanyin and the others liked steamed buns or rice, so she made preparations for both situations. She steamed a pot of big steamed buns and also stewed rice.
Ye Jinhong looked at the big steamed buns that had just come out of the pot and whispered to Shu Niannian, "I can also make steamed buns. I'll make them for you later."
Shu Niannian looked at Ye Jinhong in surprise, "Why do you know how to make steamed buns?"
She doesn't know how to do it.
Ye Jinhong smiled and said, "I learned it when I was doing wilderness survival training. Not only can I make steamed buns, I can also make flower rolls and dumplings. I can also make the flower buns and wild geese that are given to my parents on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!"
Shu Niannian excitedly grabbed Ye Jinhong's arm, "You can actually make flower buns? Is there anything you can't do?"
Ye Jinhong thought about it seriously. He pointed at the already prepared chicken stewed with mushrooms, braised pork intestines, and braised herring on the chopping board and said, "I can cook these, and I can make them with different flavors, such as the sauce-flavored ones from the north, the sweet ones from the south, and the spicy ones from Sichuan and Chongqing."
Shu Niannian looked at Ye Jinhong with starry eyes in admiration, and asked for money without asking, "You are really amazing, so will you cook for me in the future?"
"Of course I can. Besides, I'm very talented at cooking. No matter how complicated a dish is, I only need to watch it once and take a bite to know how to make it. And I cook it pretty well." Ye Jinhong praised himself and even raised his eyebrows to show off to Shu Niannian.
"Then can you make pastries? Small snacks like sugar cakes, almond cakes, walnut and red date cakes, etc.?"
Shu Niannian suddenly remembered that in her previous life, every time Ye Jinhong came to see her, he would bring some small cakes, among which these were the most common. What did Ye Jinhong tell her at that time?
The nanny at home made too much and he couldn't finish it. He was afraid that it would expire after a long time, so he always brought large and small bags of sweet pastries to feed her.
At that time, she had a poor appetite, low blood sugar, and was always prone to dizziness.
Whenever Shu Niannian felt unwell, she would quickly eat a piece of cake so that the sugar in it could replenish her energy as soon as possible.
Ye Jinhong stuffed a piece of firewood into the stove and looked at Shu Niannian in surprise, "How do you know I can make these? I won the first prize in the Second Army Cooking Competition for these snacks you mentioned."
"Really?! You're amazing. I...I was just guessing."
Shu Niannian felt sad, and she quickly lowered her head to prevent Ye Jinhong from seeing her red eyes. It turned out that those pastries were made by him. He didn't want to add to her psychological burden, so he kept lying to her, saying that those pastries were made by the nanny.
The meal was quickly prepared. As for the rural people, they lived by the mountains and by the water. Whenever guests came, they would serve the same dishes over and over again: chicken stewed with mushrooms, braised spareribs, and offal hotpot. These were Shu Niannian's favorites, but this time there were also braised pork intestines, sour fish soup, and some seasonal vegetables that had just grown in the fields.
Shu Chengzu and Old Man Ye sat at the top seats, next to them were Grandma Ye and Lin Xuanyin, Li Tingshun and Shu Guodong, then Shu Niannian and Ye Jinhong, the two brothers Shu Wenhui and Shu Wenqiang, and Li Guifen was the last to come to the table.
Old Master Ye was happy and pulled Shu Chengzu, clamoring for a drink. Shu Chengzu was also very happy. He didn't expect that by chance, Ye Jinhong, the young man he had always been optimistic about, would now become his grandson-in-law?
The two chatted and laughed, and finally, they set the wedding date for Shu Niannian and Ye Jinhong right at the dinner table.
Just wait until Shu Niannian finishes the college entrance examination and then they can get married.
Ye Jinhong made a rough calculation and found that it was only three months.
The corners of his mouth curled up, and he stood up to toast Shu Chengzu, "Thank you, Grandpa, for your help."
Shu Niannian didn't say anything, just sat there quietly. Her family had made the entire decision about her marriage, and she had no objection.
After the wedding date was set, the rest of the things were left to the family. Shu Niannian had to go to school, and she didn't dare to be distracted during the sprint period of the second semester of her senior year.
In the afternoon, before leaving, Ye Jinhong secretly gave Shu Niannian an exquisite necklace. Shu Niannian took it and put it directly around her neck. She took out a amulet from her pocket and put it into Ye Jinhong's hand.
"I'm still pretty poor now, and I can't afford expensive things. I got this amulet from a temple, and I even had it blessed by a master. Take it, and don't despise it."
Ye Jinhong put the amulet into his shirt pocket, close to his heart.
Shu Niannian's eyes were slightly sore, but she only said, "Be careful."
Ye Jinhong grabbed Shu Niannian's hand, and while no one was paying attention, he bit Shu Niannian's index finger. Shu Niannian held on and watched the jeep drive away.
I turned around and tears started to flow.
He has no memory of his previous life, but he still likes her.
******
When Shu Niannian went to school again, Sun Yingzi ran to her happily and said, "You know, Sun Ruxue dropped out of school. She will be detained by the police station for two weeks. The principal asked her to transfer to another school, but Sun Ruxue refused and made a scene in the principal's office. The principal was afraid that her family was rich, so he didn't dare to kick her out directly. Who knew that at this time, Sun Ruxue's mother came to her crying and said that her rich father was locked up for three years, and her family's mountain was directly taken over by the government. Her good days as a young lady are over. After hearing the bad news, Sun Ruxue fainted first, and came to withdraw from school early this morning."
"Are you happy?!"
"Happy, she has to bear the consequences of her own actions. She has brought this upon herself!"
Shu Niannian knew that Sun Ruxue would have this ending, so she was not too surprised, but Sun Yingzi was really happy.
"Yingzi, study hard and go to the same university with me in the future."
Sun Yingzi hugged Shu Niannian's neck and said happily, "Okay! My grades are in the top ten in my grade. As long as you don't choose Peking University or Tsinghua University, I will help you get into a university. Isn't it a sure thing?"
Shu Niannian stretched out her hand and made a pinky promise with Sun Yingzi, "Keep your word!"
Sun Yingzi said cheerfully, "Keep your word!"
A month passed peacefully, and then good news came from the second room: Shu Meilan was pregnant, and the child was Lu Jianjun's. Shu Meilan asked Lu Jianjun to marry her.
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