Chapter 188 Three Years Later
After calling him to stop, Su Ruojin suddenly didn't know what to say, "Um...are there any regulations...that don't allow..."
The young lady seemed to be hesitant to speak, and Siping really didn't understand. He clasped his hands together and said, "Please speak frankly, Second Lady."
"Does the young prince have any rules that say colleagues can't get married?"
Now Siping immediately understood what the young lady was asking. He thought about it carefully and realized that the Investigation Department did not seem to have any regulations that prohibited colleagues from getting married. Some special spies even pretended to be a couple when necessary. It was not impossible that they could become a real couple while pretending.
He smiled and said, "Second Madam, are you asking about Hua Ping?"
"Have you all seen what's on Uncle Hua's mind?"
That's natural, but Miss Ye's heart is now on revenge and she has no intention of starting a family. Once a woman starts a family, it means she is content to stay at home, and it would be inconvenient for her to come out and avenge her father.
Siping nodded.
Su Ruojin understood that Uncle Hua Ping, like a flower, had feelings, but Ye Huaizhen, like a handful of flowing water, had no feelings. So, forget it. She would not worry about it anymore. It would just depend on whether Uncle Hua Ping and Ye Huaizhen were destined to be together.
Su Ruojin continued to open shops to make money. Due to a heavy snowfall last winter, Zhao Lan's morning tea shop and hot pot restaurant were unable to open on time. After other shops opened, he began to renovate his shop, which was not completed until the end of February. He finally opened the shop on an auspicious day in March.
During this period, Siping specially hired a young driver, who would take her to the shop every now and then to check whether the decoration was in line with the drawings and whether there were any mistakes. After all, the decoration drawings were drawn by her, so she could only go to supervise.
When she went to supervise, she met Zhao Lan nine times out of ten. At this time, except for work and food, she didn't treat herself as a child, but in other aspects, Su Ruojin grew up step by step according to the routine. Neither adolescence nor adult emotions existed at all. So she didn't notice many abnormal behaviors of Zhao Lan at all. She just felt that this boy was very serious no matter what he did.
Su Yanli reported to the Taichang Temple and became a seventh-rank doctor in the Taichang Temple, in charge of education. He dealt with the Imperial College from time to time and felt as if he was still in the Imperial College. There was nothing to adapt to and it was pretty good.
After a busy spring, summer comes.
With more servants in the house, the courtyard house was indeed too small to accommodate them. Just when Su Ruojin was about to go out to look for a house, Siping helped the Su family look at three houses and let them choose. The Su family members all went to look at the three houses and picked a medium-sized and medium-exquisite house with two entrances and two exits. The whole family, including the master and servants, finally had room to live in it.
It took about three months from the time they saw the yard to the time they moved in. When the Su family moved in, the leaves in the yard had just turned yellow. It seemed as if all the old apricot trees had turned yellow overnight. When the autumn wind blew, the leaves hanging from the branches and falling on the ground were so beautiful that they looked like a 3D panoramic picture. Su Ruojin sat among the trees for several days in a row and sighed. She felt as if she was in a high-definition picture. It was so beautiful that it seemed unreal.
Lying in the rocking chair, with the sunlight shining through the branches, Su Ruojin subconsciously covered her eyes when she woke up. She slowly adapted to the light, opened her eyes slowly, and looked toward the top of the frame. Grape vines covered the entire wooden corridor. The leaves that had emerged swayed in the afternoon breeze, shaking the gears of time.
Three years passed in a flash.
The ten-year-old girl turned into a pretty young girl, wearing a goose yellow spring dress without any ornaments, not even earrings. The afternoon sun shone down from the sky, shining through the dense branches of the grape trellis, forming a cage of light, which just fell on her snow-white face, creating a layer of unreal hazy halo. Her long eyelashes like crow feathers were dense and curled, and her bright eyes were watery and reflected the light, clear and lively.
"Ajin...Ajin..." Yang Si Niang rushed in as if she was seven or eight years old, "I came to see you!"
The young lady is the same age as Su Ruojin, also thirteen years old this year. She has a pair of watery black eyes on her round oval face. She can't help laughing and jumps happily. She runs straight to the recliner and pinches her lazy best friend.
"Wow, you stinky A'rong, your hands are made of pliers, it hurts me so much." Su Ruojin covered her nose with one hand and pushed away Yang Si Niang's strong hand with the other.
"I told you not to get up to greet me." Yang Si Niang took advantage of the opportunity to find her upturned little nose and insisted on pinching it for fun.
Two best friends got into a fight.
Li Xiuzhu said nothing, brought the tea and placed it on the small table next to the rocking chair.
It was early summer, and Yang Birong was quite thirsty after running in from outside. She picked up the teacup and gulped down a few sips. After quenching her thirst, she spoke again, "Ajin, I heard that Zhucui Pavilion has new products on the market. Go buy them quickly, or they will be sold out again."
Su Ruojin didn't care about these jewelry, but in this era, young ladies had very little entertainment. What else could they do besides these? So she jumped up from the recliner and said, "We have to hurry up, otherwise Miss Arong will cry if she doesn't get it."
"Oh!" Yang Si Niang was embarrassed and started to tickle Su Ruo Jin. Once she didn't buy the cherry earrings she wanted, she couldn't help crying. Now she is often made fun of by the stinky A Jin, "Who is like you? You don't even wear earrings. What kind of young lady are you?"
Su Ruojin curled her lips. She would not wear it unless it was necessary. It was too troublesome.
Yang Birong came here today to drag her bestie to go shopping. Seeing that she was willing to make a move, she smiled happily and circled around her.
"I'm going back to my room to change clothes." She called out as she went back, "Sister Maoya, please ask my sister if she wants to go."
"Okay." Mao Ya, who was drying bedding in the corridor, put down the bamboo racket, went down the stairs and went to the lady's side.
Yang Birong followed Su Ruojin into the room and said with a puffy mouth, "I originally wanted to go and call Xue Liuniang, but then I thought about it and decided not to go."
Three years ago, not long after the Su family moved, Mrs. Yang also bought a new yard and moved away from their original place. The Yang family now lives not far from the Su family, so the two of them visit each other frequently and are still good friends.
The Xue family has never moved and is still living in the original place. In the past few years, Mr. Xue has worked in the Ministry of Works and taken some private jobs. His life is okay, but it cannot be compared with the Su and Yang families. The Su and Yang families do business openly and their shops are very profitable.
Lord Xue was an official of the imperial court, and it was not easy for him to make a living directly. He had no capable manager, and Mrs. Xue was disdainful of doing business and taking care of chores. So while the Su and Yang families were making progress, there was basically no change in the Xue family.
"If you don't want to shout, then don't shout."
Xue Liuniang’s personality is still as awkward as it was when she was a child, and Su Ruojin doesn’t like playing with her very much, but she often comes here with Xue Wulang, so she can’t just leave her alone, so just play with her when she comes!
Su Ruojin just changed her clothes. She was still a young girl, so she didn't need to use anything except applying facial moisturizer, and she was healed quickly.
He shook his head and said, "Let's go."
Yang Birong glared at her and said, "At least wear two pearl flowers on your head and earrings on your ears!" This is too simple!
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