Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly stopped Aunt Zhou, who was about to go out and chase after her, and said to her:
"Aunt Zhou, you shouldn't go. Let her have some peace and quiet. Let Ningwu go find her later."
Aunt Zhou glanced in the direction Ning Qiu had left and nodded with a worried expression.
Jiang Yuwei pulled Aunt Zhou to sit down at the table in the yard.
“Aunt Zhou, if you ask me, the decision of whether or not to go to the capital should be made by the young couple themselves. If they discuss it and feel that going to the capital is better, then they will go willingly. Now you made the decision without even discussing it with them. Ning Qiu must feel that it is too sudden and she can’t accept it for a while.”
Aunt Zhou nodded in agreement upon hearing this.
“I usually make the decisions about everything in this family, big or small. Now that a new person has suddenly come to live here, I haven’t gotten used to it yet. I didn’t think this through and didn’t consider Ningqiu’s feelings.”
Jiang Yuwei patted Aunt Zhou's hand to comfort her:
"The reason Ning Qiu reacted so strongly is mainly because she just got married. Her parents originally wanted to marry her off to someone from the same village, someone they knew well, so they could visit each other more often and see their daughter frequently. Now that they've just gotten married, they're separating her from him, so it's understandable that she's unhappy. Aunt Zhou, please don't criticize her."
Aunt Zhou sighed and said:
“I’m not going to argue with her. It’s a shame that Ningqiu married into our family. I feel sorry for her, so why would I argue with her?”
Seeing that Aunt Zhou thought this way, Jiang Yuwei felt relieved, looked into the inner room, and called out:
"Ningwu, come out quickly and go to your father-in-law's house to bring your wife back. We can talk things over. If you don't want to go to the capital, it's fine for you to stay in Ningjia Village. You two can discuss it yourselves."
Ning Wu, who was tending the fire inside the house, was unaware of what was happening in the courtyard. He only realized that Ning Qiu had been angered and gone back to her parents' home when he heard Jiang Yuwei calling him. He quickly dropped the fire poker in his hand and ran towards the village head's house.
By this time, Ning Qiu had already returned to her parents' home and told them what had happened that morning.
When the village head heard that Aunt Zhou's family was going to the capital with Jiang Yuwei, he immediately frowned.
Even the village head, who rarely smoked, took out his pipe and started smoking without saying a word.
Seeing this, Aunt Ning said anxiously:
"Honey, stop smoking! You need to think of something! Our Ningqiu just got married and now she's going to have to suffer with them, running around like this. Waaah, I should have listened to my sister and not let Ningqiu marry into that family!"
As she spoke, Aunt Ning began to cry, and when Ning Qiu saw her mother crying, she also started to cry.
The village head, annoyed by the mother and daughter's crying, picked up his pipe, slammed it on the table, and shouted angrily:
"Stop crying! All you do is cry! Shut up, all of you! Ningqiu, you're married now, stop running back to your parents' house all the time. Go back to your home!"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Ning quickly hugged Ning Qiu tightly, sobbing as she said:
"You old fool, what use is a father like you? You can't even protect your own daughter. Ningqiu, listen to your mother, we're not going back."
Seeing his wife's protective attitude, the village headman glared angrily and pointed at Aunt Ning, cursing:
"You're so clueless! You can protect her for a while, but can you protect her forever? Now that she's married, she's someone else's wife. You're so foolish!"
At this moment, Ning Chen also came out of his room. Seeing his mother and sister hugging and crying, he asked in confusion:
"Why are you crying? Going to the capital is a good thing, isn't it? Right now, I'll wait until next year when I pass the preliminary examination, and then I'll take the exams step by step. In the future, I'll definitely go to the capital to become an official."
As he spoke, Ning Chen sat down directly, took out a handkerchief, handed it to Ning Qiu, and smiled:
"Sister, why don't you and your husband go to the capital and establish yourselves first? It will be much more convenient for Father and Mother to go later. Anyway, our family will go to the capital eventually. Didn't Father and Mother consider this when they supported my education?"
Ning Qiu immediately felt there was some truth to Ning Chen's words, so she stopped crying, took the handkerchief Ning Chen offered, and smiled:
"Look at me, I haven't quite figured it out yet. I'm just crying because I'm thinking about leaving you all."
Ning Qiu took Ning Chen's hand and smiled:
"Ning Chen, study hard and get into the capital as soon as possible. I'll be waiting for you there."
Ning Chen nodded, and Aunt Ning smiled and said:
“Our Chen’er is so clever. Ning Qiu, don’t argue with Ning Wu when you get to the capital. You’re unfamiliar with the place and the people there, and your parents are worried that you’ll be bullied.”
Ning Qiu smiled and said:
"Mom, don't worry, if Brother Ningwu dares to bully me, I'll have Sister Yuwei beat him up for me!"
Ning Wu, who had come to pick up Ning Qiu, was immediately flustered and at a loss for what to do when he entered the door and heard Ning Qiu say that she wanted to beat him up. Before Ning Qiu could speak, he hurriedly said:
"Qiu Mei'er, come back with me. I'll do whatever you say, whether we go to the capital or not. If you say we'll go, we'll go; if you say we won't go, we won't go."
Ning Qiu couldn't help but find his appearance amusing.
"Haha, who said I'm not going to the capital? I just can't bear to leave my parents, so I came to talk to them and say goodbye. Alright, stop standing there like an idiot, let's go, let's go back and pack our things."
Seeing Ning Qiu smile, Ning Wu quickly followed suit with a silly smile. The village head, seeing his foolish son-in-law who only had eyes for Ning Qiu, shook his head and smiled helplessly.
In this way, he could feel at ease letting Ning Qiu go to the capital with their family.
After the village head and his family saw Ning Wu and Ning Qiu off, Aunt Ning went back to her house to make some dry food. She wanted to make extra for Ning Qiu to take on the road.
After leaving Aunt Zhou's house, Jiang Yuwei went to Aunt Zhang's house.
Xiao Yun was playing with the children in the yard when she saw Ning Qiu arrive and quickly pulled her to sit down.
"Sister Yuwei, what brings you here?"
Jiang Yuwei looked at Xiaoman and then at Xiaoyun, and smiled:
"Xiaoman is growing up quite fast these days."
Xiao Yun looked at Xiao Man, who was lying on the ground playing, with doting eyes and smiled:
“This child can eat a lot.”
Jiang Yuwei nodded.
"It's all thanks to you, my mother, for taking such good care of us. We're going to the capital in a few days, and I was thinking of asking if your family would like to come too. If we do, we can travel together and take care of each other."
Xiaoyun laughed when she heard this:
“Sister Yuwei, our family has discussed this matter, and we've decided not to go to the capital. Ningjia Village is our home, and my husband is also very attached to the past and doesn't want to leave. In addition, our Xiaoman is too young and not suitable for long-distance travel, so we won't go to the capital.”
Hearing this, Jiang Yuwei nodded and smiled.
“I understand. After we go to the capital, we will have to trouble your family to take care of my little courtyard.”
Xiaoyun nodded repeatedly in agreement.
Jiang Yuwei left Aunt Zhang's house and hurried to the small courtyard. She still needed to go to town to buy some things today.
To her surprise, as soon as she arrived at the courtyard, she saw Chen Guixiang with Ning Chunlin and Old Man Ning, holding onto Wang Ma's arm tightly.
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