Chapter 544 Turning the Page
With the meat filling ready, Lin Yuesha taught Madam Xu how to prepare the filling and make dumplings. The main difficulty was rolling out the dumpling wrappers.
However, Madam Xu's hands were exceptionally nimble. From being unfamiliar with the process to becoming familiar with it, it only took her fifteen minutes to have the dumpling wrappers piled up into a small mountain.
Lin Yuesha had some tips on making dumplings. She hadn't counted them, but she knew at least twenty different styles. Since homemade dumplings didn't need to be complicated, Lin Yuesha taught Madam Xu the simplest way to make ingot-shaped dumplings.
“Madam, Miss Lin’s maid, Longjing, is outside the door.”
When the maidservant came to report, Lin Yuesha thought of a possibility. Upon seeing Longjing, she couldn't contain her excitement and asked, "Have they arrived?"
Jiang Baozhu, Hongtao, and Lin Yuesha had been waiting for the two of them.
"Yes, Miss Jiang is talking with Madam."
Longjing was overjoyed. She knew that her young mistress had been waiting and looking forward to it. The house had long been prepared and was cleaned every day.
"Moon Sa, we have guests at home, you should go back first."
Seeing Lin Yuesha's smiling face, Madam Xu smiled as well and said, "A small basket of fresh peaches was delivered from the estate today. You can take it over and share it with your girlfriends."
"Thank you, Auntie. Then I won't be polite."
The Xu family has a peach orchard in the suburbs, where they grow late-ripening peaches. These peaches are just ripe and juicy at this time of year. On a hot day like this, cutting the peaches into pieces and making an ice bowl is the perfect way to cool down.
Lin Yuesha had long forgotten the rules and hummed a little tune as she ran home. When she saw Jiang Baozhu and Hongtao, she almost burst into tears.
During this time apart, from the north to the capital, Lin Yuesha had a thousand words to say, but she was too excited to know what to say for a moment.
"Alright, Baozhu, you two go and talk."
Mrs. Chen said with a smile that she was too old to talk much with young girls, so as to avoid making the girls feel uncomfortable around her.
"Sister Baozhu, Sister Hongtao, come with me."
Lin Yuesha led the way, but Hongtao didn't go; instead, she stood with Baicha. She said that she had come to the capital to be Lin Yuesha's maid, and even if they were close friends, they couldn't be disrespectful to each other.
Lin Yuesha tried to persuade Hongtao several times, but Hongtao remained unmoved.
"Alright, just let her go, otherwise she won't feel a sense of belonging."
Jiang Baozhu listened to Hongtao's nagging all the way, and eventually got used to it. Since it was Hongtao's own choice, it should be respected.
The two sisters went straight to the new house. When Jiang Baozhu entered her boudoir, her eyes immediately welled up with tears.
Actually, she had wanted to live with Lin Yuesha for a long time, but at that time, Lin Yuesha's family had limited space and was a blended family, so it was really inconvenient for her to move in.
Now, with several empty rooms in the three-courtyard house, Jiang Baozhu no longer had any worries. She had brought enough money this time to open a shop in the capital.
“Sister Baozhu, this will be your home from now on. My parents and older brother are all your family.”
Lin Yuesha held Jiang Baozhu's hand, feeling somewhat emotional. Not everyone can be a sister; it's not enough to just have similar temperaments. This has already been proven in Bai Youran's case.
"Sister Yue Sha, I..."
On this trip, Jiang Baozhu sent Zhang Jing's younger brother, Zhang Fang, to a family where a minor official lived. The family had no male members, but the couple was harmonious, and Zhang Fang quickly integrated into the family and lived quite well.
She considered bringing the person to the capital, but being far from their homeland wasn't a good option for them.
She had already taken care of things in the north. Before coming here, she even visited the Chen family in town, and they were all doing very well.
“Sister Baozhu, I know you are disappointed, but people have to look forward.”
Even if Jiang Baozhu doesn't mention her father Jiang Huai, Lin Yuesha has to bring it up herself. It's not that she wants to reopen old wounds, but some wounds need to be opened to drain the pus and blood before applying medicine so that they can heal faster.
If you keep covering it up, the wound will only fester little by little.
"Yes, I'm very disappointed. I feel indignant on behalf of my mother."
Such was the way things were in an era that favored sons over daughters. Jiang Baozhu felt a little awkward but accepted it. However, she could not tolerate her father's deception and betrayal.
If her father had taken that woman into the family, Jiang Baozhu would have accepted it, but he didn't, and he didn't let her or her mother know about that person's existence at all.
Perhaps this happened in her past life, but Jiang Baozhu was kept in the dark and firmly believed in her father's love for her and her mother.
Who would have thought that being reborn would not change the fate of his family being destroyed and his life ending in tragedy, but instead made things even more complicated.
After leaving the North, Jiang Baozhu pondered the matter all the way, but still couldn't figure it out.
It's one thing for people's hearts to be fickle, but why hide even this kind of change of heart? Is Jiang Huai doing this to have a son, or has he simply lost all affection for his mother, Xu Shi?
Perhaps now, the reason is no longer important; her departure has conveniently benefited that family.
Jiang Baozhu believed that being reborn would change the tragic ending of her previous life, but her and her mother's weakness caused her great suffering and made her see the truth.
My father is alive, but I can't go home; I'm still all alone.
“Sister Baozhu, I’ve said it before, we’re sisters, closer than blood sisters. Do we have to be related by blood to be family?”
Lin Yuesha shook her head. Not entirely. Her family, including her stepfather and stepbrother, had no blood relation, yet they lived in perfect harmony.
It's fate that we can come together; it's a gift from heaven. As long as we love each other and care for one another, that's enough. Besides, fundamentally speaking, Lin Yuesha isn't the original owner of this body, and she has no relation to her mother, Chen Shi.
“Sister Yue Sha, you’re right. I was just being too sentimental.”
Now that she's in the capital, Jiang Baozhu is turning a blind eye to the past and starting a new life. She loves her new three-courtyard house, especially the decor of her boudoir—it's warm and has the feel of home.
"The journey from the north to the capital was extremely arduous. Sister Baozhu, did you encounter any bandits?"
Lin Yuesha wasn't sure if Jiang Baozhu and the others had taken the same route. He Niangzi had been brought to the capital, but there were still bandits gathered around several mountain strongholds.
"We didn't encounter any bandits, but we ended up in a shady inn."
Speaking of this experience, Jiang Baozhu felt only horror and tremor.
The group reached a three-way intersection. That night, thunder and rain struck, and Jiang Baozhu witnessed a lightning bolt strike an old tree.
Walking through the forest on a rainy day is very unsafe, and Lin Yuesha was also on tenterhooks.
The people of Daqi take oaths very seriously, especially oaths that promise to be struck by lightning, as the chances of actually being struck by lightning are indeed too high.
The shady shop is hidden in the mountains; you won't find it unless you look carefully.
“When we went to stay at the hotel, Gu Yi reminded us that there was something wrong with the hotel.”
Having experienced fleeing from the barbarians and being betrayed by Zhao Sanniang and Xiao Xi, Jiang Baozhu had seen a lot and was not afraid. The shop had five people in total, including the manager and employees; although they knew martial arts, they were no match for Gu Yi.
Those men made no attempt to conceal their presence; the stench of blood on them was overwhelming. However, the surrounding area was filled with forests, and sleeping in the carriage was even more unsafe, so the group had no choice but to opt for the shady inn.
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