Chapter 13: The Wedding Date Moved Forward
Ye Mingzhu smiled. She had already made up her mind to go to the town to buy some things for her third uncle's family and return the things that her third uncle had given them two days ago. Only when there is give and take can relatives be friends.
Uncle Ye was good to the two siblings. If the other party was a good person, they could visit each other more often in the future. Since they lived in the village, there must be two families with whom they had a good relationship.
Ye Mingzhu agreed with Fang and followed Jiang Hongyu to the village entrance.
There were two baskets on the ox cart, and the driver was dozing off on the cart.
"Uncle Tiezhu." Jiang Hongyu greeted the coachman.
"Well, I'll be waiting for you," the driver nodded, looking at Ye Mingzhu with loving eyes: "Mingzhu, are you feeling better?"
"Much better, thank you, Uncle Tiezhu." Ye Mingzhu asked with a smile, "Did Uncle Tiezhu go to the city to see Brother Dabao?"
Ye Tiezhu asked the two to get on the cart and shouted again. As the cart slowly moved forward, he said, "That's right. The master is very strict. Dabao didn't have time to come back, so your aunt insisted that I bring him some food."
Ye Tiezhu and Ye's father were cousins within the fifth degree of mourning, and they had a good relationship when Ye's father was alive.
Ye Tiezhu has a slight limp in his legs. His family owns ten acres of land and he rarely goes out to sea. He usually drives a bullock cart to the town to transport people. His eldest son, Ye Dabao, is an apprentice in the town, and he delivers some food and vegetables to the town every now and then.
Many people in the village envied Ye Dabao for being able to work in the town. It was said that Dabao's master was related to Aunt Tiezhu's family, otherwise it would be difficult to find a job in the town.
Ye Tiezhu was a talkative person, and the ox cart moved slowly, so he turned back from time to time to say a few words to Jiang Hongyu.
Upon learning that the two were going to buy engagement items, Ye Tiezhu enthusiastically gave them advice: "If you want to buy fabric, go to Jinxiufang. The fabric there is good and cheap. It's next to your brother Dabao's shop. Your brother Dabao works at Linglong Pavilion. His shop sells jewelry. If you want to buy anything, you can look for Dabao."
Only then did Ye Mingzhu realize that Ye Dabao was actually an apprentice in a jewelry shop. Could he ask Linglong Pavilion to make the designs he would make in the future?
With this idea in mind, Ye Mingzhu listened carefully to Ye Tiezhu bragging about how Ye Dabao's master had turned a small shop into a big shop in just a few years. Now there were two or three employees in the shop, and they were planning to open another shop in the county town.
If Dabao becomes an apprentice next year, he may be sent to the county to make jewelry.
Jiang Hongyu had looked at Ye Mingzhu several times. He didn't understand why Ye Mingzhu wanted to inquire about the jewelry shop, but it didn't affect his cooperation.
He nodded from time to time and praised Ye Dabao for his promising future. Ye Tiezhu was happy to hear that and said more. In the end, he insisted on sending Jiang Hongyu and the other two over.
Jiang Hongyu saw Ye Mingzhu smiling and refusing. He also had something to say, so he politely declined, saying that he had to go buy some medicine first and then buy some fabrics and jewelry later. Ye Tiezhu enthusiastically pulled the two of them to the door of the pharmacy before leaving.
Ye Mingzhu was a little amused: "I have lived in the village for so many years, and Uncle Tiezhu has never made things so easy for me."
Jiang Hongyu raised his eyebrows: "Do you think I talk too much?"
"No, I just think you're good at chatting with people." Ye Mingzhu waved her hand. Jiang Hongyu's ability is called "social bull" in modern times. Although she couldn't do it, she would never look down on him.
Jiang Hongyu nodded with satisfaction. "My mother said that some medicines are not available on the mountain, so she asked me to go to the pharmacy to buy them. Once the medicines are available, I can prepare a medicinal bath for you."
Ye Mingzhu didn't expect that the first thing he did when he came to town was to buy medicine for her. It seemed that this man really wanted to live together.
The two of them walked in together. Jiang Hongyu walked into the pharmacy as if he was familiar with the place and handed a list directly to the medicine boy, asking him to get the medicine according to the list.
The medicine boy was a little surprised: "So many medicines?"
Jiang Hongyu did not explain, but handed the medicine boy a piece of silver and said that it was a reserve. Only then did the medicine boy go to get the medicine.
The medicine boy was very quick. In a short while, he prepared the medicine, tied it with a hemp rope and handed it to Jiang Hongyu.
The medicine bag exuded a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine. Ye Mingzhu hesitated: "Are we going shopping with so many medicines?"
Jiang Hongyu was originally worried that he would not be able to get his medicine because he bought too many things, but he ignored the fact that he had prescribed a lot of medicine and that the Chinese medicine had a strong flavor.
He turned around and said a few more words to the medicine boy. The boy pouted and went into the inner room and took out a bundle: "This is for your medicine. Remember to bring it back."
Jiang Hongyu bowed to the other party and thanked him, saying that he would definitely get it back and buy him a bag of hemp candy.
The little medicine boy blushed and rolled his eyes: "Who wants your hemp candy? Go away."
Jiang Hongyu laughed and led Ye Mingzhu out. After they left the house, he said, "My mother has collected a lot of herbs and will sell some to the pharmacy. The medicine boy Tian Qi just now is the shopkeeper's son."
Jiang Hongyu asked Ye Mingzhu whether she wanted to buy cakes or fabrics first?
Ye Mingzhu asked without hesitation: "Can you go buy some paper and pens first? When you are free, come and teach Yun An how to write?"
Jiang Hongyu didn't expect Ye Mingzhu to attach so much importance to learning, which made him more confident about what he was going to say.
The two people walked slowly towards the bookstore.
On the way, Jiang Hongyu talked about marriage: "My mother said that we should discuss the matter of marriage between the two of us. However, my mother wanted to build a house near your house. That way, our houses will be next to each other, which will make it more convenient for you to take care of your brother."
"You think of the house?" Ye Mingzhu was a little surprised. They were talking about living in her house yesterday.
"Well, my family still has some money, enough to build a house. Then my mother will move there with me, and we will have a new house when we get married."
Ye Mingzhu understood after a little thought that it was not a big problem if the man was unwilling to live in the woman's house, so she nodded in agreement.
Jiang Hongyu licked his dry lips and said, "I thought about getting married soon. My life is a bit chaotic, and there were some bad rumors in the village yesterday. I also think that we are a good match."
Is this last sentence a confession?
Ye Mingzhu felt that the first two reasons should be more important than the last one, so she agreed after just a brief thought.
Jiang Hongyu looked at her in surprise: "Do you agree?"
"I agree. After we come back, we can talk to the village chief about building a house. When the time comes, we can build a higher wall and connect the two houses. It will be convenient for you to teach Yun'an calligraphy and martial arts every day." Ye Mingzhu reacted quickly and had already started to arrange the follow-up matters.
Jiang Hongyu's heart instantly calmed down, and his tone of voice became much lighter.
"Then I'll buy some more things and send them to the village chief in the evening. I'll have to trouble him to go to the county to get a marriage certificate in the next few days. However, if you move to my house, you will be considered an exile in the future. Child, you can't take the imperial examination."
Ye Mingzhu burst out laughing, dispelling Jiang Hongyu's worries: "It's good enough for villagers to know a few words, but how can the imperial examination be that easy? Even if I marry a villager, how many of them can pass the imperial examination?"
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