Chapter 128 Mother and Daughter Reunion
Chen Yulan took a step back, protecting her son, and asked nervously.
"You, you feed this old man and this money-loser, what's your conspiracy?"
"I can't stand seeing you mistreating them, is that a problem?" Aunt Yuan glanced around the yard, listening to Chen Yulan swearing, she picked up the broom leaning against the wall and hit the mother and son.
"Get out!" she yelled.
Chen Yulan bent down and picked up her son. "You old vicious woman, you have a weird personality. No wonder you killed your man. Your daughter didn't come back to see you. You deserve it! Ouch! It hurts. You really hit me..."
Aunt Yuan had caught up with us without us knowing when.
The stinging broom hit my back like a thorn, which was extremely painful.
She was old and her physical strength couldn't keep up, so she was out of breath after only chasing for a dozen steps. But what Chen Yulan said deeply hurt her heart.
"Old man, are you hating me for losing my daughter? Ling'er, why don't you come back to see me?"
Plop! Tears fell, and she wiped them away.
Yuan Ling's feet seemed to be buried in the ground, her body was numb, and she couldn't move forward. She took a deep breath, covered her chest, bent over hard, and shouted.
"mother!"
"Ling'er?" Aunt Yuan murmured, dazed for a moment, and quickly turned her head. The sun shone down, blocking the face of the person in front of her, and her figure could no longer overlap with her daughter's.
But the emotion that surged from the bottom of her heart hurt her heart.
She yelled again, "Mother!"
Aunt Yuan's legs and feet went weak. She opened her arms and hugged her daughter who was kneeling on the ground tightly. She sobbed in grief. The sunlight fell on her white hair, giving it a layer of gold.
It seems that the five years of waiting were worth it.
Yuan Ling cried, "Mother, I am an unfilial daughter. I only came to see you now."
Aunt Yuan held up her daughter's face and was shocked to see that it was haggard and yellow with hunger. "Ling'er, are you, are you not doing well?"
The neighbors all came out, and they didn't recognize Yuan Ling when they saw her.
Yuan Ling wiped away her tears and said truthfully, "Lv Yu is a heartless man. He trapped me at home and wouldn't let me come back. Thanks to my benefactors, Jiusu and Mr. Jiang, I'm afraid I would never be able to come back in this lifetime."
They all called Lu Yu a beast.
Seeing this, Chen Yulan stepped forward and said, "My sister saved your daughter, Auntie, why don't you show some appreciation? Give us ten taels of silver."
Aunt Yuan hugged her daughter, raised her head and snorted coldly.
"Chen Yulan, have some shame. What does this have to do with you? Are you crazy because you're short of money? If you dare to meddle in our family affairs again, I'll beat you to death with a broom."
Chen Yulan didn't dare to speak anymore.
Jiusu said, "Auntie, let's go home and talk about it. Sister Yuan Ling must be tired."
"Hey!" Aunt Yuan nodded and said to her neighbors, "I'm having a banquet tomorrow to welcome my daughter. Everyone, come and eat."
At this time, Jiu Mu sighed.
"Yulan is probably going to get beaten up pretty badly."
She turned around and saw the person in Aunt Yuan's arms. She was shocked. After taking a closer look, she recognized who it was.
"Isn't this Yuan Ling?"
"Auntie, I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you?" Yuan Ling's eyes reddened again when she saw an acquaintance. Facing the aunt's concern, she smiled and said, "Thanks to Sister Jiusu."
Jiu Mu looked at Jiu Su behind her and lowered her head.
They sat around the table, and Yuan Ling recounted her experiences since she got married and Hui Ye appeared. Everyone present was moved.
She wiped her tears and said, "That bastard really makes me sick!"
Aunt Yuan hugged her daughter and cried bitterly.
Jiu Mu comforted her, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."
Aunt Yuan and her daughter looked at each other and nodded at her. They both stood up and knelt on the ground facing Jiusu.
"Thank you, benefactor!"
"Hey hey hey!" Jiusu hurriedly helped the two up. "Auntie, Sister Yuan Ling, we are all neighbors, why be so polite? Everything is fate. Let's live a good life from now on."
Aunt Yuan was so angry that her teeth were itching.
"That's because I didn't let him see that bastard. I must beat him to death!"
Jiusu also felt that he deserved a beating, but she didn't expect that the day when she saw Aunt Yuan protecting her daughter would soon come, and she would see a white-haired mother chasing a strong man around the street and beating him up.
What a shocking and great scene.
When separating.
Jiu's mother led her granddaughter west, while Jiusu and Jiang Jing went east.
Her back was stiff and she didn't know what to say to her daughter. No, that was not her daughter. How could she be raised well? She had never been close to her since she was a child.
Jiu Zhishu held her grandmother's hand, looked up, and asked innocently, "Grandma, don't you like your daughter too?"
Jiu Mu shuddered all over, and her smile was stiff.
"What mother doesn't love her daughter?"
"Then why don't you like your aunt?" Jiuzhishu didn't understand.
Jiu's mother sighed, "She and I have no destiny in this life, no mother-daughter relationship. No matter how much affection I pour into her, it will belong to someone else. I don't like her, nor do I hate her. It's just that every time I go to sleep, I think of one thing, and I can't fall asleep because of thinking about it."
Jiu Zhishu asked, "What's the matter?"
Jiu's mother shook her head and pinched her granddaughter's face.
"Why am I telling you all this? Let's go home. Your mother will go crazy again soon. When that happens, just hide in grandma's arms. I will protect you."
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"The young lady is back!" Chang Bo was hanging red lanterns. When he heard the sound of a carriage, he hurriedly asked someone to open the door. Zitan and Koushao heard the news and hurried out.
Zitan was carrying the luggage.
Kou Shao held the young lady's arm and said, "Young lady, you are finally back. You have been gone for seven days. I missed you so much."
"I haven't been gone for seven years." Jiusu looked up and asked, "Why are you hanging lanterns? Is there some happy event in the mansion?"
Chang Bo said, "Miss, the day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. I took the liberty of hanging some lanterns and red ribbons in the mansion to make it festive."
Mid-Autumn Festival?
Jiusu looked up at the round moon in the sky.
"Time flies, Uncle Chang. Buy whatever you need. If you run out of money, come and ask me for a banknote."
"There's still a lot left to cover the expenses of the mansion you gave me." Chang Bo said with a smile, "Miss, go and have some rest. I'll take care of this."
After a simple dinner.
Jiang Jing and Jiu Su both went to the study. Curtains and screens separated the space between the two. He looked at the shadow of his beloved on the screen, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
Physical fatigue slowly dissipated at this moment.
"With a beautiful woman by your side, you will achieve success in your studies."
Jiusu stood up, poked his head out from behind the screen, puffed out his cheeks, and snorted, "The academy is testing love subjects? Read less novels and study more, okay?"
Jiang Jing followed her example and held up three fingers, making an 'ok' sign.
Jiusu returned to his seat.
The hot pot restaurant's menu is divided into five areas: soup base, meat, vegetables, drinks and snacks.
The menu takes up a whole page. I'll ask tomorrow about what vegetables are available. There is a manager, four waiters in each area, and two kitchens with two chefs and two assistants each.
Dormitory and three meals are provided.
Time passed slowly. She took the densely written menu, placed it on the table, put her hands behind her back and asked, "You have beautiful handwriting. Can you help me write ten menus?"
Jiang Jing knew that this was something from a hot pot restaurant.
He said, "My father can carve characters. I'll have him make you a few large wooden signs to hang on the walls of the hot pot restaurant. I'll write ten menus for you using book folds. How about that?"
Jiusu nodded: "Thank you and uncle for your hard work."
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