Chapter 63 This is Your Son-in-Law [VIP]
Knowing that Goudan would be able to return home today, the old people stood at the village entrance early in the morning, looking forward to it.
As soon as the group showed up, Grandma Wang started shouting, "He's back! Goudan is really back!"
Grandma Maizi helped the old sisters to reunite with their grandchildren.
"Grandma!" Chen Goudan shouted, and the grandfather and grandson immediately hugged each other and cried bitterly.
The elderly people nearby also began to wipe away their tears, thinking of their relatives who were still in the quarry.
Blind Grandma Chen excitedly dropped the stick in her hand and hugged her grandson tightly, fearing that she would lose him again: "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back safely."
Chen Goudan wiped his tears and stepped out of his grandmother's arms, kowtowed twice to everyone present.
He knew how he escaped from the man-eating quarry, and he would always remember this favor.
Everyone was welcomed into the village by the elders.
Inside the house, Maizi was lying on the bed when she heard Goudan's voice and waited for others to enter the house.
When the two kids first met, they started crying.
When Wang A□□ returned to see Chen Yao's husband, she didn't expect him to be so handsome. Sitting together with A□□, they looked like a perfect match.
"Ayao, thank you so much this time." Grandma Wang poured water for everyone.
Chen Yao held the bowl to warm her hands: "Grandma, from now on, as long as we have money, we can bring her home. We don't have to worry about those servants holding her back anymore."
When the old people heard this, they had no doubts at all and just kept saying good things.
They will have to work harder to make money in the future.
Chen Yao and his group had to hurry home before dark, so they didn't stay long.
Before leaving, Chen Yao told the old people in the village that she would come with the government officials to re-measure the mulberry forest tomorrow.
When Chen Goudan knew that she was going to buy the village woodland, he volunteered and raised his hand, saying that he would help guard it and would never let outsiders touch any of the plants or trees there.
Chen Yao raised her hand and rubbed his thin face: "If you encounter any difficulties at home, come to Xiahe Village to find us, understand?"
Goudan nodded heavily and watched everyone leave with the grandmothers.
Xiahe Village, Shen family.
Huang Mei swept the empty house where Yang Wenying used to live inside and out with a broom. She propped open the old window with a wooden stick, and the cold wind made the door panel rattle.
"Mom, the smell of chicken shit has long gone away, why are you still opening the window?" Tian Baozhu couldn't bear it anymore.
Isn't Yang Jizong just a fugitive who married into the Shen family? Does the whole family need to pay so much attention to him?
Sweeping the house and making bread and dumplings.
Huang Mei pulled her daughter to the corridor and pointed at her forehead, warning her: "No matter what the Shen family's attitude towards him is, you just have to remember one thing: he saved Dongsheng's father's life. Do you understand?"
Tian Baozhu let out a soft "oh" and turned to go to the kitchen to help make dumplings.
The whole family waited and waited, and finally the person came back home.
Huang Xing stood at the door. For the first time, she did not greet her husband first. Instead, she looked at Yang Jizong's face and welcomed him into the house with both heartache and warmth.
"Dongsheng, make dumplings!"
With a shout from Huang Xing, Huang Dongsheng threw the plump white dumplings in the winnowing basket into the boiling soup pot.
"Zi'an, is your arm injury feeling better? When you get home, take a good rest and get well."
Yang Jizong was pushed into the house by the crowd. He answered all the questions honestly with a smile on his face, without any sense of strangeness.
Shen Qingshan fell behind the crowd and hung the counting rope on the wall. He watched everything that happened in the room and coughed heavily.
In an instant, the talking stopped abruptly.
Everyone looked at Shen Qingshan. Shen Qingshan's mind exploded. Just as he was about to argue with them, he heard his daughter say.
"Dad, Mom, I'm hungry. Let's wash our hands and get ready to eat."
Tian Baozhu immediately went to the kitchen to fetch water and poured it for everyone to wash their hands, while winking at Chen Yao fiercely.
Before Chen Yao could react, she was pulled by her mother to sit on the same bench with Yang Jizong.
Her father was so angry that he kept humming.
"The dumplings are here!" Huang Dongsheng brought the cooked dumplings into the room. He didn't give the first bowl to anyone, but placed it in front of Yang Jizong.
"You are the elder, you eat first." Yang Jizong stood up respectfully and passed the steaming dumplings to Shen Qingshan.
Unfortunately, Shen Qingshan didn't buy it at all. He walked out, got two bowls from the kitchen and placed them in front of his wife and daughter.
As soon as he moved, no one could sit still anymore. They all went to the kitchen to get dumplings and fled the battlefield.
Even Yang Wenying silently said to her brother when she left, "May you wish me good luck!"
"If you want to eat, just do it yourself. Don't expect anyone to serve you in my house." Since there was no one else in the room, Shen Qingshan started scolding.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Huang Xing glared at her husband and then pushed the bowl of dumplings in front of Yang Jizong: "Zi'an, ignore him. Go and try these dumplings to see if they taste good to you."
Seeing Shen Qingshan eating, he picked up his chopsticks and took a bite, "Aunt, this pickled vegetable is very tasty. I have already eaten all the ones that A Yao sent last time.
He unpacked the package and brought the jar to Huang Xing.
Huang Xing looked at the clean jar and then at Yang Jizong. She was like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, and the more she looked, the more satisfied she was.
"Eat quickly, dumplings
Yang Jizong nodded.
After a while, the people who had just disappeared returned to the table.
After Yang Jizong finished a bowl of dumplings, he got up and went to the kitchen as if he knew the way.
Chen Yao finished her dumplings and was about to leave, but before she turned around, Yang Jizong called her.
"Ayao, we are going into the city tomorrow. Can you take me with you?"
Before Chen Yao could reply, Shen Qingshan questioned her.
What are you doing in the city? Do you have money?
Yang Jizong said frankly that he had no money on him and had to borrow from Chen Yao first, but he would give all the money he earned from copying books to Chen Yao in the future.
In order to avoid further fighting between the two sides, Chen Yao stepped forward to resolve the issue. "Okay, you and I will go to the city tomorrow. Dad, don't you still want to go hunting? That business——"
Chen Yao kicked Huang Dongsheng under the table, and Huang Dongsheng immediately picked up his cousin's words, "Uncle, if we can't catch those rabbits and pheasants, we will earn less."
As expected, Shen Qingshan lost interest when the family shop business was mentioned.
After dinner, Yang Wenying led her brother into the side room, briefly explained the situation of the Shen family to him, and gave him the money she had saved.
Yang Jizong waved his hand to refuse, looking at the bags of soybeans piled in the house, his eyes darkening slightly.
The next day, early morning.
Chen Yao had just opened the door and had not yet stretched her waist when she saw the brother and sister, one clearing snow in the yard and the other doing embroidery in the corridor.
"Why are you up so early? Where are my parents?" Chen Yao put down her arms uncomfortably.
Yang Jizong went to the kitchen to get her some hot water to wash up, and told her where her parents were.
"Ayao, the porridge is warm in the stove, go and drink it quickly. Don't you still need to buy land and grain with my brother?" Yang Wenying felt that she was in the way by standing there, so she pushed away the head that was sticking out to her, blocking her light.
Chen Yao snorted, stood up straight, turned around and saw that Yang Jizong had already served her porridge and took out some chopped pickled radish from the cupboard and placed it on the table.
"Ayao, sit inside and eat. It's windy outside." After doing all this, Yang Jizong was afraid that Chen Yao would feel uncomfortable, so he went out to sweep the snow again.
Chen Yao sat at the table, drinking porridge while stretching her neck to look outside. The more she looked, the more satisfied she became. She felt that Yang Jizong did have the talent to be a son-in-law.
After finishing the meal, Chen Yao planned to ask Village Chief Zhao for a pass for Yang Jizong, but who would have thought that Yang Jizong would directly take out the pass from his arms.
Chen Yao was full of confusion. When did this guy get up?
"Ayao, let's go into the city to do some business first." Yang Jizong put the pass into his arms, took the counting rope hanging on the wall, put on the backpack and opened the fence gate for Shen Yao.
Yang Wenying sat in the corridor and watched her brother and Shen Yao leave home, the corners of her mouth gradually rising.
Walking all the way into the city, Chen Yao originally thought that she would have nothing to say to Yang Jizong, but unexpectedly, this man was a chatterbox. Just the few talks he threw out about introducing new species in the spring, where to find the new species and how to plant them had completely piqued her interest.
Once they entered the city, there was no longer any sense of alienation between them. Chen Yao wanted to take the initiative to spend money to buy some pens, ink, paper and inkstone at the bookstore, and ask Yang Jizong to draw the distribution maps of crops in various places that he knew so that she could buy them and farm them.
Yang Jizong held Chen Yao's wrist to stop her from buying pens, ink, paper and inkstone for him. Instead, he showed his calligraphy to the bookstore and took on the job of copying the book.
"Your handwriting is so beautiful." Chen Yao walked out of the bookstore with him and went to the grain store.
"I heard from Wenying that you are also practicing calligraphy?"
Chen Yao chuckled twice, "It's better not to mention that word of mine."
So he pulled Yang Jizong's sleeve and went into the grain store, still in the name of Manager Ren's relative, to buy two stone of brown rice for the elderly people in Wanhe Township.
"Aren't we going to the government office?" Yang Jizong was led by Chen Yao to the entrance of the East Market, and he saw her happily saluting the officer in front of her.
"Officer Liu, I'd like to buy some wasteland today. Could you please recommend some for me?"
Liu Chuang completely ignored the man standing next to her and asked in surprise, "Are you really going to buy wasteland? Which piece do you want to buy, and how many acres?"
Chen Yao immediately told him in detail about the wasteland she wanted to buy.
"Wait for me here, I'm going back to the yamen." Liu Chuang rolled the notebook into his sleeves and left in a hurry.
Chen Yao called him anxiously from behind, and just as she was about to run after him, Yang Jizong grabbed her hand.
"Ayao, who is this person? Can he be trusted?"
Chen Yao immediately said in a resounding voice: "Of course it's credible. Brother Liu is from the government and usually looks after the East Market. We used to set up a stall here and sell raw silk. It was thanks to him that we took care of it. He's a very nice person."
Hearing Chen Yao's last compliment, Yang Jizong tightened his grip on her hand a little, and his face looked a little grim.
"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Why don't you go home first and Brother Liu and I will go."
"No." Yang Jizong shouted, startling Chen Yao. Then he lowered his voice and explained carefully, "I'd better go with you. We can look after each other on the way."
After Liu Chuang returned, he handed over the deed to the wasteland she wanted to buy, and he took her to the public to verify the acreage.
How could Chen Yao let him advance the money? She immediately took out two taels of silver from her sleeve and handed it over: "I will definitely have to trouble Liu Gongcha and my colleagues in the future. Please use the other tael of silver to treat my colleagues to a drink on my behalf."
Liu Chuang did not refuse this time, as the people in the yamen really needed to be taken care of.
The two of them went to the city gate together. After Liu Chuang got on the ox cart and left the city, he casually asked, "Is this your son-in-law?"
Chen Yao glanced at Yang Jizong beside her, who happened to be lowering his head waiting for her answer.
"Oh, yes, it's him."
After hearing a satisfactory answer, Yang Jizong, relying on his status as a son-in-law, moved closer to Chen Yao. His pair of affectionate eyes made Chen Yao blush: "The wind is strong, I'll block it for you."
Seeing this, Liu Chuang, who was standing next to them, immediately adjusted the direction, turned his back to the two of them, and started chatting with the driver.
Yang Jizong continued to adjust his sitting posture with great satisfaction. If anyone looked back, they would find that Chen Yao was completely enclosed in his arms, tightly shielded.
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