Xiaohua quickly shook her head and said, "Sister Jiaying, I'm fine with waiting any longer, as long as you can come back."
"Little fool, of course I will come back. Xiaohua, let's go to Fengyun Town now, okay?"
Xiaohua was stunned.
"Why so fast, Sister Jiaying, have you dealt with your sister-in-law's affairs?"
Shu Jiaying smiled bitterly.
"People are really realistic. As long as you give the money and let anyone handle it, it doesn't matter. As long as the intention is there, that's all that matters."
These words were too complicated for Xiaohua to understand. She couldn't grasp their meaning yet. She said to Shu Jiaying, "I thought we would stay in Guangming Village for a few more days, so I moved all our luggage back into the room."
"It's okay, just put it back together. Xiaohua, have you eaten?"
Xiaohua nodded.
"Yes, I just made some porridge for myself, and there's still some left in the pot. Sister Jiaying, Brother Chen, do you two want some more?"
Thinking of Xiao Qifeng and Zhang Erleng, Shu Jiaying had no appetite at all. She said to Yu Chenfeng, "Go to the kitchen and eat something first. Once I've packed our luggage, we'll leave immediately."
As she spoke, Shu Jiaying walked into the house silently.
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In the courtyard of the house in the back mountain, Mrs. Ke saw Old Man Shu squatting at the foot of a tree, smoking a pipe with a dejected look on his face. She quickly walked up to him and asked, "Old man, did you tell Yu Chenfeng about what I told you to do?"
Old Shu glanced at her sideways.
"What are you talking about? That damn girl is a complete traitor. During the last plague, I was trapped in Fengyun Town. If she hadn't been there to interfere, would I have spent nearly eight taels of silver on Zhenghetang's medicine in vain?"
Old Man Shu hadn't mentioned this to Mrs. Ke, so when Mrs. Ke heard that Old Man Shu had spent nearly eight taels of silver in one go, she immediately clutched her chest in pain and cursed, "You old man, why didn't you tell us about this big thing when you returned to the village?"
"What's there to say? I've already written the IOU. I have to pay it back anyway, otherwise the interest will add up and it will be a disaster."
"What? You actually wrote an IOU to someone? I think you're really stupid. Once you write this IOU, you won't be able to deny it even if you want to.
I don't care... My Zhen Meng was taken away by someone, but she can at least earn a thousand taels for the family. Now your daughter has been taken back by the current prince to be a concubine. You must at least ask that prince for a betrothal gift of ten or twenty thousand taels. Otherwise, we will lose a daughter. How can such a good thing happen in this world? "
"hehe……"
Old Man Shu laughed dryly at himself and blew a smoke ring into Ke's face.
"That damn girl has already drawn a line between us and each other. She doesn't even recognize me as her father. Do you think it's any use for me to talk to her again?"
"This damn girl, how could she be so ruthless?"
"Old woman..."
Standing up from under the tree, Old Man Shu knocked the ashes of his empty cigarette on the trunk. He seemed to be in deep thought for a long time before he made up his mind and said, "We have taken over Qifeng's play. It would not be good for the villagers to leave before the performance is over. Anyway, this place was paid for by that stupid prince. I think after we have dealt with Qifeng's funeral, why don't we move to Fengyun Town as a family?"
Even though that little girl has a prince backing her up, our daughter is still the general's daughter. When we have the chance, we'll ask Zhen Meng to accompany us to the prince's mansion to negotiate with him face to face. I don't believe he'd be so shameless as to marry Shu Wenqing's daughter for nothing."
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