Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuwei immediately stood up and bowed, saying:
"If you don't mind, I'd like to become your goddaughter!"
Everyone was drawn to the commotion and turned to look:
"What? The old lady wants to adopt a goddaughter?"
"If anyone should be recognized, it should be my daughter. My family is related to the old lady's maternal relatives."
"Yes, how did I end up acquainting with such a countrywoman?"
"Oh, you're mistaken. That's no ordinary village woman; she's very good at winning over the old lady."
Seeing that Jiang Yuwei had agreed, the old lady was very pleased and pulled Jiang Yuwei to sit down beside her. She then instructed the maid beside her:
"Go and bring me my set of gold jewelry inlaid with rubies. I want to give it to Yuwei as a gift when we first meet!"
Master Sun had also heard about what had happened here and rushed over, but before he could even speak, the old lady glared at him and shouted:
"Look at how rushed you are, what's wrong? Are you happy because you know I'm going to adopt a goddaughter?"
Master Sun glanced at Jiang Yuwei, then looked at the old lady and smiled helplessly:
"Yes, yes, Mother wants to adopt a goddaughter, so naturally I have to come and see."
Seeing this, the old lady pointed to the wine cup beside her and said to Master Sun:
"Pour the wine. I think there's no better time than today. I'll adopt this daughter as my goddaughter today."
After saying that, the old lady looked at Jiang Yuwei and smiled:
"Yuwei, do you think this is feasible?"
Jiang Yuwei smiled and nodded repeatedly as she said to the old lady:
"I'll do whatever you say."
At this moment, the maidservant serving the old lady had already brought the jewelry. The old lady opened the jewelry box and put it on Jiang Yuwei. Then, she handed Jiang Yuwei the wine that Master Sun had personally poured. Upon seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly knelt down to pay her respects and called out in a clear voice:
"Thank you, godmother."
The old lady was very happy and quickly reached out to help Jiang Yuwei up, smiling:
"Good daughter, good daughter, I will have a daughter now."
After saying that, he turned to look at Ning Wan sitting next to him and smiled:
"From now on, Wan'er will have to call me Grandmother, understand?"
Ning Wan looked up and smiled sweetly at the old lady:
"Grandmother, Wan'er understands."
Seeing this, the old lady happily hugged Wan'er and laughed:
"Hahaha, good, good Wan'er."
Seeing that his mother hadn't smiled so happily in a long time, Master Sun gladly accepted Jiang Yuwei as his younger sister and smiled at her:
"Yuwei, from now on, our two families will be even closer than family."
Jiang Yuwei smiled and nodded, saying:
"Yes, I'll be troubling you quite a bit in the future, Master Sun."
Master Sun waved his hand and said:
"Don't call me Master Sun anymore, just call me Second Brother. I have an older brother, but his family has long since settled in the capital. We'll have a chance to meet in the future."
The old lady standing to the side nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"Yes, call him Second Brother, Second Brother."
Jiang Yuwei nodded with a smile and said:
"Second Brother!"
Jiang Yuwei and her family had a pleasant birthday banquet with the old lady. After dinner, the old lady allowed them to leave.
Master Sun ordered Steward Li to personally escort Jiang Yuwei out of the manor, and then he looked at the old lady and asked in confusion:
"Mother, why do you like Jiang Yuwei so much?"
The old lady looked into the distance and smiled faintly:
“Yuwei, this child is no ordinary person. Not to mention that she was able to find that eight-hundred-year-old Gastrodia elata, just look at the birthday gift she brought today, which is quite extraordinary. She is not a simple village woman. How could she be a simple person, having started from scratch in the countryside and opened a shop in this Ping'an Town? I'm afraid my days are numbered. It won't do you any harm to be on good terms with Yuwei's family. In the future, you'll have someone to help you in Ping'an Town, won't you?”
Master Sun asked in confusion:
"Mother, if that's what you're saying, why don't we choose a few from among our relatives?"
The old lady glared at Master Sun and sighed:
“How can those people compare to Yuwei? They all have their own ulterior motives, but Yuwei is different. She is kind by nature. If you are kind to her, she will repay you tenfold. It’s different, fundamentally different.”
Master Sun nodded thoughtfully after hearing the old lady's words.
On the other side.
Jiang Yuwei and her group were traveling towards Ningjia Village at night. Ning Huaizhi, sitting on the oxcart, looked at Jiang Yuwei and asked:
"Yuwei, didn't you dislike Yuanwai? Why would you agree to recognize the old lady as your godmother today?"
Jiang Yuwei patted Ning Huaizhi on the shoulder and smiled:
“I don’t like Master Sun, but I don’t hate him either. The old lady is a kind-looking person. Our family has a connection with her. Besides, she was the one who proposed to recognize me as her goddaughter today. I don’t want to offend the old lady at the birthday banquet. Moreover, I have already lost my mother. Wouldn’t it be good to have someone else who loves me?”
As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei looked up at the moon in the sky and said in a deep voice:
"Now that our paper mill is about to open, I know the Ge family won't let us off easily. Rather than fighting them alone, it's better to have a powerful backer."
As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei turned her gaze to Ning Huaizhi and continued:
"You saw it too, what kind of people went to the Sun family's birthday banquet today? If we have the Sun family as our backing in the future, we will be able to gain a foothold in Ping'an Town more quickly. Even if that Ge family is unreasonable, they will have to think twice before they try to deal with us."
Ning Huaizhi laughed after hearing Jiang Yuwei's words:
"My wife is so thoughtful. I was just worried that you might have been wronged, so I asked a question."
Jiang Yuwei waved her hand and said:
"What grievance have I suffered? Didn't you see how generous the old lady was? She gave me gold jewelry and a longevity lock for our Wan'er. I'm overjoyed."
The family returned to the courtyard chatting and laughing, tidied up, and went to their rooms to sleep.
next day
Jiang Yuwei thought that today was also the day Manager Wang was to deliver the goods, and the shop couldn't be delayed, so she hurriedly woke up the simpleton and drove the oxcart to the shop with her to pick up the goods.
When the two arrived at the shop, Manager Wang's men had just arrived as well. Jiang Yuwei quickly got off the oxcart and directed everyone to move the things into the house. After seeing Manager Wang's men off, Jiang Yuwei asked the simpleton to stay in the shop to clean up.
Jiang Yuwei pondered that since there were items in the shop, someone needed to guard it. She needed to buy a set of bedding to lay in the backyard and have the simpleton live there to help guard the shop before she could feel at ease.
So Jiang Yuwei first drove the oxcart to the market to buy some food, then went to the general store to buy a set of bedding and pillows. She also thoughtfully prepared a set of toiletries and cooking utensils for the mentally challenged man before hurrying to her own shop.
To his surprise, as soon as he entered, he saw several burly men blocking his shop and confronting the idiot.
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