Near noon, the carriage that came to pick up Yang Qinyue arrived, and A'ruan returned the wedding dress that she had mended last night to him.
Erjiu looked at A'ruan's dancing hands and said to Yang Qinyue, "The journey is long. When you arrive in the capital, you must take good care of yourself as a man."
Yang Qinyue bit her lip and lowered her head, stroking her wedding dress with her fingertips, and her eyes slowly turned red.
Wei Min did not come over. Only A'ruan and Erjiu came to see him off.
Seeing that Yang Qinyue was reluctant to leave Zhucheng, the place where he was born and raised, A Ruan shook his head and sighed imperceptibly.
"Master Yang, who was so fond of his son that he would rather sacrifice his life to protect him, certainly wouldn't want him to humiliate himself and become a servant to others," Erjiu told Yang Qinyue what A Ruan said directly, "Your mother made the wedding dress so gorgeous, she must have hoped that one day you would wear it beautifully and give yourself to another person who cherishes you."
Life under someone else's roof will certainly not be as easy as before, but as long as you grit your teeth and endure, you can always survive.
A Ruan has lived this kind of life for more than ten years and has deep feelings about it. But Yang Qinyue is not Erjiu. Aruan cannot leave him in Zhucheng, nor will he leave him with his wife.
Yang Qinyue hugged the wedding dress tightly in her arms, looked at A Ruan with tears in her eyes, and said with a sob: "Thank you, my lord, the wedding dress is now exactly the same as before."
Yang Qinyue still had to hurry on her way and couldn't delay any longer. The person who came to pick him up was his mother's close friend for many years. Fearing that it would be inconvenient for a man like him to travel on the road, he specially sent a servant to serve him.
When Yang Qinyue heard the servant's gentle reminder behind her, she bit her lip, lowered her eyes and bowed to A'ruan, thanking him for his care during this period.
A Ruan shook his head, indicating that he should take care of himself.
After Yang Qinyue got on the carriage, he lifted the curtain and looked outside at A'ruan who was standing there watching him leave. Looking at this gentle and kind man, he felt extremely guilty. Finally, he withdrew his hand in pain and self-blame, lowered his head and cried bitterly.
It was precisely because he knew how good A'ruan was that although he had a good impression of Wei Min, he did not dare to go any further.
From then on, no matter how good Wei Min was, it had nothing to do with him, an outsider.
The courtyard feels more lively with one more person, but doesn't feel deserted when one person is missing.
The days were getting hotter day by day, and in the blink of an eye it was July.
It was an evening in late July when Wei Min received Wei Lian's letter.
Over the past six months, Wei Min has almost always maintained contact with his family and Master Wei.
Wei Lian went to school for a few years when he was young. Although his literary talent and knowledge were not as good as Wei Min, he had no problem reading and writing letters.
Wei Min went to Beijing to find A'ruan in the first month of the year. When he arrived in February, he wrote a letter back to inform his sister that he had arrived and asked her not to worry.
After passing the imperial examination and becoming the top scholar, Wei Min was immediately demoted to Zhucheng. Wei Min did not hide anything from his elder sister and teacher about the series of events that happened, and he wrote them all in the letter.
The old house at home was given to Wei Lian to help take care of, and she was also asked to harvest the crops in the fields, and the money earned was naturally given to her.
Besides, Wei Min calculated that little Wei Luo should be old enough to go to school this year, so on the way to Zhucheng, he discussed with A Ruan to ask someone to send some of the money given by Jiang Wuque back.
A'ruan always remembered the travel expenses that Sun gave him, so naturally he had no objection. He calculated that Sun would give birth soon, so he had been making some clothes for the baby in his spare time these days, and planned to send them back to Sun.
A'ruan didn't know whether the baby in Sun's belly was a boy or a girl, so he made two servings.
Sun probably gave birth in June, and the letter she received now must have mentioned the child.
Wei Min leaned against the door frame of the kitchen holding the letter, looking at A Ruan who was making snacks inside. Seeing that A Ruan was busy, he didn't say anything and just watched quietly.
The kitchen in summer is much hotter than usual. A Ruan raised his hand and wiped the sweat off his forehead with his sleeve, and happened to catch a glimpse of Wei Min at the door.
She stood with her back to the light, the sunlight shining on her body, giving her facial features a soft golden glow.
Ah Ruan looked up and her eyes met Wei Min's gentle eyes. She leaned lazily on the door frame, looking at him with a smile on her face, with infinite patience and tenderness, as if she could never look enough.
Obviously, they had been married for more than a year, and had done the things they should do countless times in different ways, but at this moment, Ah Ruan's heartbeat inexplicably quickened because of this simple look. For a moment, she was embarrassed and lowered her head, rubbing her apron shyly like a teenager who had just got married.
Wei Min smiled even more when he saw him like this. He raised his hand and shook the letter between his fingers, and asked him with a smile: "Aruan, my sister has sent me a letter. Do you want to read it?"
When Ah Ruan heard that there was a letter from home, she looked up at Wei Min again, hurriedly untied her apron, and went into the house with her to read the letter.
Wei Min walked directly into the inner room with his tail behind him, sat down on the edge of the bed, patted the bed under him, and A'ruan immediately sat next to her.
Ah Ruan was busy reading the letter and didn't remember why he had to go into the house and sit on the bed to read the letter.
Wei Min glanced at A Ruan who was leaning beside her, tilting her head and eagerly waiting to read the letter. There was a smile in her eyes, but her movements were not hurried at all. She opened the letter slowly and leisurely.
Ah Ruan wanted to know whether the child was a boy or a girl. Seeing that Wei Min was moving slowly and calmly, she couldn't help but glance at her suspiciously, wishing she could open the letter for her.
A'ruan was illiterate, so he waited for Wei Min to finish reading the letter and read it to him.
Wei Min unfolded the paper and roughly scanned the contents of the letter from beginning to end. He picked out the contents and said, "Sister said that she received the money she sent last time. She said that it's not easy for us to be here as we are unfamiliar with the place, but life at home is still OK. She asked us to keep the money for our own use in the future."
A Ruan unconsciously grabbed Wei Min's arm and looked at the letter. There were two or three pages filled with black words, but he could only recognize a few words.
Ah Ruan raised his hand and "asked" her:
——Didn’t my sister mention the child?
Seeing the contents of A'ruan's letter, Wei Min smiled and half-huggled him into his arms, resting his arm on his waist. He handed the letter to him with one hand and said, "Of course I mentioned it. Brother-in-law is pregnant with a girl. It weighs 6.6 jins, which is a perfect combination. Father and daughter are safe."
Ah Ruan smiled when she heard this and was truly happy for her sister and brother-in-law. Although he was illiterate, he reached out to take the letter handed to him by Wei Min, held it in both hands and took a look at it.
Wei Min crossed his free arms and wrapped them around A'ruan's slender waist. He rested his chin on his shoulder and whispered softly in his ear, "My sister gave the child a nickname, Liuliu, and asked me to give him a full name after watching him."
As Wei Min spoke, he put his mouth close to A'ruan's earlobe, and gently pursed his round, flesh-pink earlobe with his lips.
Although her actions were not honest, what she said was still about the things in the letter, so A Ruan listened seriously.
"Xiao Luo was also sent to the county school. He was still young and a boy, so my sister picked him up and dropped him off every day. When the villagers heard that I had won the top prize, they all came to congratulate me."
Wei Min nuzzled A'ruan's ear and said, "Sister said she wanted to use the money we gave her to start a business. If she makes money in the future, it will be considered as our investment."
A Ruan originally wanted to ask her sister whether she had enough money from her business. They still have some spare money now, so should she send it back?
But after sensing Wei Min's increasingly obvious intentions, Ah Ruan raised the hand that was about to "speak" and instead gently pressed her arm, shaking her head slightly.
It was still daytime, and his period had just ended. Moreover, Erjiu was still waiting in the kitchen for him to come back and make some snacks.
Wei Min raised his hand to take the letter out of A Ruan's hand and put it aside. He turned around and pushed him down on the bed, propped his arms on both sides of his head, looked at him and said, "Don't rush to eat it. I don't want to eat it yet."
Ah Ruan could naturally tell what Wei Min wanted to eat at the moment, and immediately raised her hand and placed her palm on the crook of her neck, silently indicating that it was not possible.
Wei Min saw what Ah Ruan hadn't "said" yet, so he lowered his head and put his mouth close to his ear, and said in a low and hoarse voice that was very touching, "Your period ended this morning."
This time it lasted the longest, a full seven days.
When Ah Ruan heard that a woman knew this kind of thing so clearly, she couldn't help but blush. She also knew that her wife must have been very depressed this time, so she found an excuse to bring him into the house as soon as her period ended.
A Ruan was naturally happy that his wife had a strong desire for him, but he was still too shy to do such a thing in broad daylight and felt embarrassed. Especially if he didn't leave for a long time, how would he explain to Erjiu why he and Wei Min stayed in the room for so long?
Ah Ruan raised his hand and discussed with Wei Min:
——How is the evening?
Wei Min actually wanted it right now, but seeing that A'ruan's face was very red, he hesitated for a moment and then gave in, lowering his head and whispering something in his ear.
Upon hearing that, A'ruan glared at her with her watery eyes, hesitated for a while before giving up struggling, closed her eyes, pursed her lips and nodded, agreeing with her words.
Wei Min then let him go, stood up and straightened his messy clothes, reached out to pull A Ruan up from the bed, bent down to straighten his wrinkled clothes, kissed him on the forehead, and said, "Go."
When Ah Ruan arrived at the kitchen, Er Jiu was busy and exhausted. When he saw him coming, he waved as if he had seen a savior, saying, "Master, come and take a look. The steamer is smoking. Do you want more firewood?"
A Ruan came over to take a look and shook his head to indicate that there was no need to add more firewood.
Erjiu heaved a sigh of relief, raised his hand to wipe away the sweat on his forehead, who knew whether it was from anxiety or heat, and said, "If you don't come over, I will boil the water in the pot dry."
He looked up and saw that A'ruan's face was red. He immediately exclaimed, tilted his head and asked, "Master, why is your face so red?"
Ah Ruan naturally knew that his face was hot right now. Facing Erjiu's clear eyes, he could only smile:
——It might be hot.
Erjiu nodded in agreement and picked up a palm leaf fan to fan him. "It's so hot today, why doesn't it rain?"
A Ruan was bending over to make pastries. He just nodded perfunctorily when he heard this. His mind was now full of the words that Wei Min whispered in his ear, and he didn't listen carefully to what Er Jiu said.
The author has something to say: Small theater
Wei Min: To know what will happen next, please wait for the next chapter
A Ruan: Isn’t it just what I want? →_→
Wei Min: ...Let me pretend to be serious for a while_(:зゝ∠)_
A Ruan: No! ╯^╰
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Let me try my best and see if I can update it tomorrow (double update, you know~)_(:зゝ∠)_
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