Chapter 45 Overjoyed
Li Zheng was truly thinking about Lu Qiniang in this matter.
Fortunately, Xiao Yan had not been here for long, so the matter could be largely covered up.
Lu Qiniang said, "No need. Thank you for thinking of me, but there is nothing between Xiao Yan and me. Xiao Yan is our Zhang family's benefactor."
Xiao Yan had nowhere to go.
If someone had taken him in, why would he have been locked in an iron cage for so many days?
"I can't drive my benefactor away. When my brother comes back, I will explain everything to him."
During the time when Xiao Yan was mistakenly believed to be dead, he gave the family the greatest help, allowing her to keep the family.
"No, Qi Niang, just let him go. You don't know, sometimes, face is more important to a man. It would not be good if rumors were spread outside." The head of the village said earnestly.
"If I did it, I did it. If I didn't, I didn't do it." Lu Qiniang said proudly, "Others may not know, but my brother knows my temper. Thank you for telling me so much today. I know you always have my best interests at heart. I've been grateful for your care for so many years."
"No, no." The village head felt a little guilty.
"My brother is coming back. This is great news. I want to tell the kids."
"Okay, okay, thank goodness you bought girls back then. If you had bought a son and recognized him as the eldest, it would have been difficult for you to have any more children in the future." The village head sighed, "Abandoned mother, don't be anxious, think carefully about what I said to you!"
Now the village head speaks in a friendly and amiable manner.
When Lu Qiniang sent him out, she saw the "ignorant" Xiao Yan sweeping the yard with great effort using a large broom.
"Let me do it. Don't do these things. Be careful of your injuries." Lu Qiniang snatched the broom.
Xiao Yan did not compete with her, but just stood there quietly, his posture like a green bamboo, neither sad nor happy.
He wondered when Lu Qiniang would tell him that Zhang Heyao was going to return home in glory?
Unexpectedly, it happened right then and there.
"Xiao Yan, let me tell you something."
"Um."
"My brother is not dead. He's even become a high-ranking official." Lu Qin's mother suddenly burst into laughter, and the whole courtyard was filled with her heartfelt laughter. "Our good days are coming! Daya, Erya, Sanya, your father is coming back! You have a father now!"
"Mom, what are you talking about!" Erya said, "Don't even think about me calling you daddy, unless you give me a big red envelope, like... one or two taels of silver."
"Ten taels, I'll give you ten taels!" Lu Qiniang said generously.
"Dad!" Erya shouted immediately, coming over and holding out her hand to Lu Qi's mother, "Mom, ten taels!"
Lu Qiniang slapped her hand, then picked her up and spun her around, "Erya, your real father is coming back."
"What? My father is coming to redeem me?" The blood drained from Erya's face.
"It's not that one, it's Zhang Heyao. Your surname is Zhang now, and you are a child of the Zhang family!" Lu Qinniang's laughter echoed.
She was really happy.
Daya and Sanya were both a little confused.
Resurrection from the dead?
It was Xiao Yan who reminded them, "Your father, Zhang Heyao, is not dead."
"Not only did she survive, she even became a high-ranking official. Arya, haven't you always envied the daughters of officials? Now you are one too!"
"Mom, wait, wait, please put me down. You're shaking me so hard I can't hear you clearly. Please say it again!"
"Your father is coming back! He's become a high-ranking official! Our good days are coming!"
Xiao Yan stood quietly by and could feel the huge shock and excitement that this unexpected joy brought to the mother and daughter.
Only he was isolated from this excitement.
"I'm not dreaming, am I?" Erya raised her hand and touched her face. "I actually became a lady?"
Sanya jumped up and said, "I want to eat fish, meat, snacks and candy every day!"
Only Daya remained calm, but her eyes were also filled with joy.
Lu Qiniang paced back and forth in the yard excitedly, "What should I do?"
She is so impatient, which is not good. How can she be a wife of an official?
She will be an official's wife in the future, and she can't embarrass Brother He Yao like she did before.
"I have to ask Doctor Hu how long it will take me to lose weight. I can't do this..." she muttered to herself.
"Mom, you need to dress up. I'll teach you!" Erya said, "Let's go buy some rouge and powder first. Come on, I'll take you to the rouge shop!"
"Are you crazy? Rouge is so expensive in the rouge shop! Besides, how can I, a person like me, go out with the nerve to rub myself like a monkey's butt and look like a ghost? No, no!" Lu Qin's mother was shy.
She felt that she was out of tune with those exquisite people.
Even if she becomes an official's wife, she is still herself.
"Why are you embarrassed to go out? Who is born to be a government official's wife? Isn't that something you learn later? Dressing up, dressing up, and having style are all things you learn gradually. There's nothing you can't do. Besides, I'm here with you!"
Erya was already rubbing her hands in anticipation, "Where's the money? Bring it with you, and let's go spend it!"
Anyway, my father, who is a high-ranking official, is about to come back. Will I still be worried about not having money then?
Mother said that she would give her ten taels of silver as compensation for changing her words!
"No, stop it, let me calm down." Lu Qinniang didn't have a brain burnt out. "Keep a low profile, don't make a fuss, don't let people think we can't hold two ounces of sesame oil in our dog stomachs. Although this is indeed a great joyous event, we have to be low-key in front of outsiders and pretend a little."
"Why pretend to be happy at this event? They should be the ones acting like your grandchildren in front of you." Erya thought of all the cold stares she had received over the years, and now she wished she could return them all immediately.
I have experienced too much of the warmth and coldness of human nature.
"You're still young and don't understand. Many people don't wish others well, but become jealous and even do bad things when they see others doing well. Now that we're doing well, we should keep a low profile and not provoke them. Otherwise, we'll cause unnecessary trouble, which is so annoying."
"You are so unsuccessful in everything you do." Erya said with disgust.
But today she was still immersed in great joy and soon began to hum a little tune.
Daya calmed down, looked at Xiao Yan with some worry in her eyes, and said softly, "Mom, let's squeeze in and give the main room to Uncle Xiao."
Xiao Yan: "..."
good.
She is indeed the girl he has praised many times in his heart for being smart and talented.
He arranged a new identity for himself so quickly.
uncle.
He quickly went from being Lu Qiniang's husband to her brother.
And the brother she always called him has now returned and become her husband again.
"Uncle?" Lu Qiniang was stunned for a moment, but reacted later than Xiao Yan. She quickly nodded, "Yes, yes, yes, call me uncle. Xiao Yan, from now on, you are my real brother!"
Xiao Yan pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.
Lu Qiniang thought he was worried about his future situation, "Don't worry, Brother Heyao is not an ungrateful person, he will help you."
"Yeah." Xiao Yan answered, but what he was thinking was——
It doesn’t matter whether you help me or not. I just hope that he is worthy of your sincerity and perseverance.
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