Chapter 17 The Lu Family's Strategy
Jiang Hongyu stayed in the village chief's house for half a minute and then came out with a satisfied smile on his face.
Village Chief Ye's wife looked at the snacks on the table, a little confused. "The exiles all live at the entrance of the village. Why did you agree to let him move in?"
Village Chief Ye's face was full of seriousness: "Didn't he marry the daughter of Ye Lao Er's family? He is not an outsider."
The wife of the village head, Ye, sighed: "Ye Lao Er and his wife are both gone, leaving behind two children. Forget it, any help is appreciated."
Village chief Ye watched his wife take away all the snacks on the table, quietly touched the ten taels of silver in his sleeve, and smiled with satisfaction: He is a sensible child, I can treat him better in the future.
Jiang Hongyu has just agreed with the village chief to conduct the survey tomorrow and start building the house the day after tomorrow. The new house will be next to Ye Mingzhu's house.
He first went to tell Ye Mingzhu. Ye Mingzhu didn't expect him to be so efficient and she had more confidence in her future life.
Ye Mingzhu wanted to keep him for dinner, but Jiang Hongyu shook his head: "The village chief will arrange for someone to come over to measure the land tomorrow. You pack up your things at home and I'll come over tomorrow."
After he left, Ye Yun'an asked, "Sister, does your future brother-in-law know that you can't cook?"
Ye Mingzhu's body stiffened, and she smiled and said, "Let's live together in the future. How can we cook for so many people at home?"
Ye Yun'an snickered: "Are you afraid to tell your future brother-in-law?"
Ye Mingzhu glared at him: "That's for the future. Your sister is hungry now, why don't you go and cook?"
Ye Yun'an went to cook with a smile, but in his heart he was thinking about how to hide the fact that his sister couldn't cook.
Ye Mingzhu bit her finger in annoyance. In modern times, her mother cooked most of the time, but after coming here, Ye Yun'an cooked again. She had forgotten that she couldn't cook. It seemed that she had to find an opportunity to talk to Jiang Hongyu about it.
Since they will live together in the future, it’s okay for Ye Yun’an to cook, and she can just help.
You know what, the brother and sister actually thought of the same thing.
…
Jiang Hongyu was walking on the way home, touching the bag in his hand with a smile on his lips.
"Brother Yu." Lu Jingya rushed out from the side and bumped into him.
Jiang Hongyu dodged it with a quick move, but the bundle in his hand was pulled open by her, revealing the exquisite wedding dress inside. The colorful silk threads flashed brilliantly in the setting sun.
Lu Jingya's eyes turned red: "Brother Yu, what are you holding in your hand?"
Jiang Hongyu packed his bag and walked forward without even looking at her.
Lu Jingya reached out to grab his clothes, but he dodged her, her voice full of resentment: "Brother Yu, is that a wedding dress in your hand? Are you really going to marry someone else?"
Jiang Hongyu then turned his head and looked at her: "I told you, we have no relationship, don't come to my house anymore."
In order to avoid Lu Jingya from pestering him further, Jiang Hongyu quickly walked away after saying this.
Lu Jingya's eyes were red, and tears rolled in her eyes for a long time before finally falling. She wiped away her tears fiercely and walked slowly towards home.
"Yaya, what happened? Who bullied you?" Just as I reached the door of my house, a middle-aged woman came out of the yard, shouting.
Lu Jingya turned her head without saying a word and continued walking into the house, running into a young woman.
"Ms. Xu, please go to the village and ask who bullied Jingya. She is crying." The middle-aged woman shouted at the young woman who just came out.
The young woman just glanced at them and walked towards the kitchen without saying a word.
"you……"
"Mom, forget it." Lu Jingya growled.
The middle-aged woman quickly walked up to her and said, "Yaya, what's going on? Tell me."
Lu Jingya bit her lower lip with determination, which made the middle-aged woman feel heartbroken. She said, "Mom, let's go to the room and talk."
After the two men entered the house, the young woman looked back at them, sighed, and went into the kitchen.
The Lu family also lived in a thatched house, with a layout similar to that of the Jiang family. Lu's father and mother lived on the east side of the main house, while Lu Jingya's eldest brother Lu Jinghui and his family lived on the west side of the main house.
Since being exiled, Mr. and Mrs. Lu have used all their money to buy two acres of land. However, Mr. Lu did not know how to farm, and the annual harvest was barely enough for the family to eat and drink.
Lu Jinghui is 22 years old this year. A year ago, he rescued Xu, who was being robbed by thugs in the town, and later married her.
Xu's family lived in Jinsha Village, next to Yuanshan Village. She was pretty and had been reluctant to marry the exiled Lu Jinghui at first. However, when the news of her being harassed by local thugs spread back to the village and Lu Jinghui seemed willing to take responsibility, she had no choice but to marry him.
It's just that she looked down on Lu's mother and Lu Jingya's pretentious nature, and rarely talked to them.
Lu Jingya pulled Lu's mother into the room, looked through the window again, lowered the window, and when she looked back, her face was full of hatred: "Mom, Brother Yu is going to marry that woman in the village."
Mother Lu's expression darkened. "We came from the capital together. You two grew up together as childhood sweethearts. How come you're not closer than that woman?"
The expression on Lu Jingya's face became even more distorted. Mother Lu slammed the table and said, "I'm going to find that woman tomorrow and ask her how she could be so shameless as to fall for someone else's man."
"Mom," Lu Jingya's face was full of disgust: "Why are you just like the gossipy old ladies in the village?"
"I'm doing this for you." Mother Lu patted Lu Jingya unhappily.
"Mom, tell me, if I'm with Brother Yu..., will he still not marry me?" Lu Jingya's expression was a little dazed. "We grew up together, he has to marry me."
Mother Lu didn't quite understand and stared at Lu Jingya blankly.
"My eldest sister-in-law had a bad reputation and had no choice but to marry my eldest brother. If Brother Yu and I do something, they definitely don't want to make a big deal out of it. Then we can get married naturally." Lu Jingya's face was full of determination.
"Didn't I tell you not to talk about your sister-in-law?" Mother Lu glanced nervously out the door, then hesitated again: "Didn't you say you rarely saw him when you went to the Jiang family? How do we arrange this?"
Lu Jingya laughed, her laughter was crisp and sharp: "Aunt Qing will help me."
Mother Lu asked suspiciously, "Their relationship isn't good, why would she help you?"
Lu Jingya didn't know why, but as long as she was willing to help, it would be fine. As for the steamed buns she was promised for two months, the Jiang family was living so well, it would be enough for her to hide some fine grains when the time comes.
Mother Lu was a little worried, but Lu Jingya always had her own ideas, so she could only compromise: "Okay, then I'll listen to you."
In fact, the reason why Lu Jingya was so persistent, besides liking Jiang Hongyu, the most important reason was that Jiang Hongyu was the best candidate she could meet.
She had been to the town several times, but seldom met young men from wealthy families. The men in the village were either fishermen or farmers. They looked rough and came from poor families. She couldn't imagine what life would be like if she married into such a family.
If she marries into the Jiang family, if the Jiang family is vindicated, can she follow them back to the capital?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
