Chapter 182 No Fight, No Familiarity
Kong Mingxue puffed and cut several chopsticks, and he spoke to Jiang Tongmu incoherently.
"I just don't dare to talk to you. My grandma told me to study hard because you guys are well-dressed. I'm afraid if I say something that offends you, you'll kick me out of school. There are more than a dozen people in my family waiting for me to learn more words in school and teach them to my younger brothers and sisters..."
Jiang Tongmu explained for the first time.
Meng Bujiu stopped while using the chopsticks to pick up the noodles.
"I'm sorry, Tongmu, although I have never quarreled with you, I am just a bystander. In your eyes, I am afraid that you will think that I am in cahoots with them. Then I have bullied you. You can punch me back later as an apology. However, don't hit me in the face. My handsome face is still waiting to seduce pretty girls."
Meng Bujiu also apologized.
"Hey, you are so handsome? You are so shameless. If you were handsome, then the black pigs raised on my farm would be able to be the third place in the imperial examination."
Kong Mingxue's words made Jiang Tongmu laugh so hard that his stomach hurt.
The resentment in his heart dissipated at this moment.
After the meal, the three of them cleaned up the casserole and dishes together.
Then he restored the kitchen to its original state and ran back to the room.
Before leaving, Jiang Tongmu took out twenty copper plates from his waist and placed them on the stove.
It would be a lie to say I'm not afraid.
It's not like home outside.
The kitchen is so clean that the cook would know even if there is one more footprint.
I hope the cook can keep these copper plates a secret.
Jiang Tongmu thought.
It had already gotten dark.
"You fight me, and then I'll go to sleep." After washing up, Kong Mingxue said to Jiang Tongmu.
He stretched his neck and turned his right cheek towards Jiang Tongmu.
The same is true for Meng Bujiu.
But he stuck his butt out.
Jiang Tongmu burst out laughing.
"I won't beat you. I called you a fat pig before. As for not blaming you, you've never done anything to me. As a bystander, you are just neutral. The ones who bullied me from the beginning to the end were the other two of you four. I really treated you as one, but after today, things will be different."
Jiang Tongmu pushed Kong Mingxue's cheek away with his left hand.
He gently patted Meng Bujiu's butt with his right hand.
He smiled and lay down on the bed.
"What foursome? I haven't played with them much these days. You know, I've been in school for so many years, and I'm lonely. No one plays with me. They're all here to study, so they're the only ones who play with me. Don't worry, I'll stay away from them in the future, so they don't mess with the wrong people and get me in trouble."
Meng Bujiu considered more.
It’s not like there weren’t some distinguished guests at the school a few years ago.
Didn’t the nephew who recently became the county magistrate study in his grandfather’s school?
What if Ding Huanfu and Deng Siyuan offend such a person?
I’m afraid he will be implicated.
Even if this hadn't happened today.
He was also ready to stay away from those two people.
"Me too. If you don't blame me, that's what I mean."
The follower Kong Mingxue also echoed.
For the first time, the three of them chatted harmoniously until they fell asleep.
Early in the morning, the teacher in the school struck the gong and the students got up.
The three of them smiled at each other.
Yesterday's secrets are hidden in each of our hearts.
The small kitchen at that time.
The cooks saw that the black noodles in the cupboard had disappeared, the wilted vegetables in the corner that were about to be thrown away had also disappeared, and the casserole and stove had signs of use. They wanted to get angry and report it to the manager.
Suddenly I saw the copper plate on the stove.
They each got some.
Swallow this matter back.
The Jiang family's ox cart arrived at the town just as the city gate opened.
The shop opened much earlier today, but business is still booming.
"Grandma, where do you think Daddy is now?"
Jiang Fubao sat in the shade, kicking his little legs and asking his grandmother out of boredom.
"Well...it's already noon, they should be here soon. The carriage runs fast, maybe they have already arrived." Zhang Jinlan was kneading dough, she looked up at the sun and replied.
"This time I gave ten watermelons to Aunt Yun. I hope Aunt Yun and Sister Wanru can enjoy eating them." Jiang Fubao continued.
To pick watermelons.
We haven't sold sugar candy for five days.
Jiang Fubao had cold noodles for lunch. He sat on a chair, holding the bowl and slurping the noodles.
The noodles are icy cold and taste sour and sweet. There is no chili powder in this bowl.
Grandma was afraid that she would get angry.
After eating the cold noodles, she drank half a cup of mung bean soup.
The weather is too hot.
Even in the shade, Jiang Fubao felt sticky.
Her mother took off her outer clothes and she lay on the bamboo mat on the ground to sleep wearing only a red bellyband.
The breeze blew across her exposed skin.
Somewhat warm.
In a daze, she felt someone sitting next to her, fanning her with a palm-leaf fan.
The dryness gradually subsides, and sleepiness comes.
Jiang Fubao closed his eyes and began to snore.
"This child sleeps so soundly." Zhang Jinlan fanned herself and looked at her granddaughter lovingly.
Chang'an Town, a hundred miles away.
A line of carriages entered the city, and after asking several passers-by, they finally found the Fang family.
The carriage stopped outside the Fang family's gate.
Jiang Siyin and the coachman carried ten watermelons in a sack to the door. He wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand and said to the coachman, "Wait for me in the carriage. We'll catch up and go back after we deliver the things."
"Okay, I'll turn the carriage around and wait for you."
The coachman returned to the carriage, and Jiang Siyin also knocked on the door of Fang's house.
There are two iron rings on the door.
Just pick it up and tap it gently, it will be much louder than tapping it with your own hands.
"Who are you looking for?" The doorman came quickly.
"I am Jiang Siyin from Jiangjia Village in Lianshan Town. Your mistress came to my house before. I passed by Chang'an Town today, and my mother asked me to bring some fruits to Madam Yun to taste."
Jiang Siyin naturally wouldn't say that he sent it specially.
The concierge understood immediately.
"Okay, please wait a moment. I'll let them know and come right back." The doorman closed the door and quickly ran to the front yard.
At this time, Yunlan was reading on the second floor with her children and nephew.
"Madam, the doorman said that Jiang Siyin from Jiangjia Village in Lianshan Town is here. He said he would like to bring you some fruits on the way. Would you like to invite him in?" The head maid went upstairs, came to Yunlan, bent down and whispered the doorman's words into her ear.
"What? The Jiang family is here? Go and invite him in yourself."
Yunlan sat up from the beauty couch.
she exclaimed.
"Mom, do you think Lai Di and Fu Bao are here?" Fang Wanru was also very excited.
Including the Fang Changyi brothers.
Only Fang Changquan was puzzled.
He had never been to Lianshan Town, and naturally had never been to the Jiang family.
"I don't think he came. Mom guessed that he came here on purpose to give us some fruits, probably watermelons, and he was afraid that we wouldn't accept them, so he said it was on his way."
The smart Yun Lan knew what Jiang Siyin meant without having to think too much.
Led by the head maid.
Jiang Siyin sat in the main hall on the first floor of the courtyard building.