Chapter 12 Going Out Together
Ye Mingzhu quickly designed two hairpins. She looked at the wooden stick in her hand with some dissatisfaction. Since no one in the family could study, there was no paper. It seemed that she had to go to town to buy some paper and pens.
Getting a pen is easy, you can burn wood into charcoal and use a charcoal pencil, but it is very inconvenient without paper. If she wants to make money by designing jewelry in the future, paper and pen are the most important equipment.
After carefully memorizing the map drawn on the ground, Ye Mingzhu wondered whether she should go to the town.
Yuanshan Village is not far from the town, and it only takes an hour and a half to walk there. Although there are ox carts in the village, the fishermen live frugally and most of them are reluctant to spend a penny, so they usually walk there.
Ye Mingzhu had been to the town twice, both times when her father was still alive and took her there. The most recent time was two years ago.
If I go to town, it would be better to sell some of the pearls I have so that I can explain the additions to my house.
Ye Mingzhu looked at the sky and wondered if there were any ox carts left in the village. If she went today, it would be better to tell her third uncle, otherwise there would be no one home when Ye Yunan returned.
Although Uncle Ye brought some food to the family, the siblings were young and weak, and it was definitely not good for them to eat coarse grains for a long time. They had to buy some fine grains and add some seasonings to the family.
Ye Yun'an's clothes were too small, so he needed to make two new ones.
Ye Mingzhu looked at her clothes. She had been squatting and drawing, and there was some dirt on her pants. She went straight back to the house, changed into a bean green dress, and combed her hair neatly again.
She was just hesitating whether to tell Uncle Ye when there was a knock on the door.
"Is anyone home?" A familiar male voice asked.
While Ye Mingzhu was answering that there was someone, she was guessing who it was when Jiang Hongyu pushed the door open.
"I want to go to town today. Do you want to come with me?" Jiang Hongyu said, "I want to buy some engagement items. Do you want to choose them yourself?"
Jiang Hongyu took out two hot eggs from his pocket and handed them to Ye Mingzhu: "You just fell into the water yesterday, you should eat more good food to replenish yourself. Eat them while they are hot."
Ye Yun'an boiled an egg in the morning. Ye Mingzhu asked him to boil another one, but Ye Yun'an was reluctant to do so. She was not used to eating alone, so they ended up sharing half.
The Jiang family was exiled, so their lives must not have been easy. I didn't expect that they would be willing to boil two eggs.
Although the engagement was hastily arranged and their marriage was a cooperative one, she was still somewhat touched by the concern.
"Have you got a meal yet?"
"This is for you." Jiang Hongyu stuffed the egg into Ye Mingzhu's hand and accidentally touched her hand, and his ears suddenly turned red.
"One for each of us." Ye Mingzhu peeled the eggs in her hand and handed one to Jiang Hongyu.
Jiang Hongyu didn't want to eat it, so Ye Mingzhu put it directly next to his mouth: "I don't have the habit of eating alone, one for each of us."
Jiang Hongyu's ears turned even redder. He opened his mouth and ate the egg, then handed her the basket. "Here are the eggs I exchanged for you, along with a pound of pork. You're not in good health, so eat more good food to replenish your body."
Ye Mingzhu was a little surprised. She didn't expect that he would actually bring him food.
The basket that Jiang Hongyu handed over was the size of a basketball and was covered with a large piece of leaves. It was hard to tell how much was in it, but the weight was at least two kilograms.
"I still have eggs at home. You can take these back and eat them." Ye Mingzhu didn't want to accept them. She knew from the original owner's memory that pork and eggs were valuable things.
"We still have some at home. You fell into the sea yesterday and you need some replenishment." Jiang Hongyu insisted that Ye Mingzhu accept it.
The two of them are about to get engaged, so why bother to divide these things into so many details?
"There are too many eggs." Ye Mingzhu was still a little hesitant.
Jiang Hongyu simply picked up the eggs and walked towards the kitchen. He knew that Ye Mingzhu was not the type of person who would take advantage of others, but their relationship was different now.
"I'll put it down for you and cook one for every meal from now on."
Although Ye Mingzhu suffers from a cold, he won't urge her to have a child, but she will feel better if her body is well.
Yuanshan Village is located in a remote area, and even if they have money, it is not easy to buy supplements such as bird's nest. However, this is the seaside, so they should be able to buy some sea cucumbers.
The grocery store in town should also sell brown sugar. It is said that drinking brown sugar regularly is good for women's health.
Ye Mingzhu followed Jiang Hongyu into the kitchen, and finally took the basket and put the eggs and pork separately.
It was about the same as she had guessed, probably more than two kilograms, less than twenty pieces.
"The village's ox cart has to go to town today and will leave in about a quarter of an hour." Jiang Hongyu looked at Ye Mingzhu's clothes and it looked like she was ready to go out.
"Yun'an is out. I'll go tell my uncle and aunt and ask them to tell Yun'an later." Ye Mingzhu was straightforward. She locked the gate and went to Uncle Ye's house.
Uncle Ye was not at home, only Fang and her two sons were working at home.
Knowing that Ye Mingzhu was going to town, Fang frowned and said, "It's not safe for you to go to town alone. Wait for your third uncle to go to town in a few days and then take you with him."
"Jiang Hongyu and I will go together." Ye Mingzhu felt it would be better to say it out loud.
"Jiang Hongyu?" Fang was a little surprised. "Why did he take you to town?"
Although the two of them said they were engaged yesterday, going to town together today would still cause some gossip.
"There aren't many things at home, so I went to buy some food. Jiang Hongyu said he would buy me some engagement items and asked me to choose." Ye Mingzhu told the truth.
Fang's expression became subtle.
A few years after she got married, the Jiang family was exiled here. Aunt Jiang was a good doctor, and she had some problems during childbirth, and it was Aunt Jiang who cured them.
The two of them interacted more often and had a good relationship. She knew that the Jiang family lived better than most villagers, but she really didn't expect that Jiang Hongyu would marry the quiet niece of his husband's family.
She never expected that Ye Mingzhu, who always kept her head down before, would dare to go to the town alone with Jiang Hongyu after getting engaged.
And judging from the attitudes of these two people, it seems that they have a good relationship. Could it be that they knew each other before?
Seeing Fang remained silent, Ye Mingzhu thought for a moment and said, "Aunt San, let Yun An have lunch at your house first. I'll bring the food over when I come back in the afternoon."
No one has an easy life these days. Yesterday, her third uncle and aunt gave them food, and she had already made up her mind to pay it back. There was no way she would let her brother eat for free at her third uncle's house today.
Fang finally came back to her senses and quickly shook her head: "Yun'an is just a child, how much can he eat? I'll ask Yunli to tell Yun'an later that you don't have to worry about his lunch. Be careful when buying things for the wedding, and go early and come back early."
Although she didn't want to have much contact with the second wife, she was not so reluctant as to give the child a meal.
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