Chapter 317 Arrangement of Green Beans
Only then did Ye Mingzhu realize that she had not yet introduced mung beans.
She used the excuse that she was full and asked Aunt Jiang to accompany her for a walk in the yard, leaving Ye Yunan and Lu Dou to continue fighting with the food.
"Lu Dou was kidnapped and sold?" Aunt Jiang frowned. "Do you know where his home is?"
Ye Mingzhu shook her head: "Ludou only remembers that his family is in the capital, and he doesn't remember any more details."
She glanced inside the house and lowered her voice, "I think the name Green Bean is fake. We rescued him, and when Uncle Yan gave him a bath, he had very delicate skin, unlike a farm child. I've also seen his hands, and he doesn't have any calluses at all."
Normally, children aged five or six would already be helping with farm work. Even if they didn’t have calluses on their hands, they would be familiar with the work. However, Green Bean’s behavior was just like those of young masters who had been served all year round.
"It's impossible for a five or six-year-old child to not remember his own name and home, right?" Aunt Jiang also thought that the name Green Bean was fake.
"What are your plans for bringing him back?" She felt a little surprised when she heard Ludou calling her sister.
"Ludou's background is different. I asked him to call me cousin and say that he is a relative from my grandma's side of the family and my uncle asked me to bring him back." Ye Mingzhu has been thinking about what kind of background would be better for Ludou.
At the beginning, she asked Ludou to call her cousin, and it was really just a casual remark.
But later she discovered that one lie required countless lies to cover it up.
Her parents are both locals, and she has no relatives on her mother's side. She can only be said to be a relative of the older generation. Wang Dahu recognized her and asked her to bring her back.
When Wang Dahu writes to her, she will tell him about this to prevent it from being exposed.
She also considered asking Luodou to recognize Jiang Hongyu as her cousin, but the Jiang family was exiled, and saying so would cause too much trouble, so it would be better to say that he was a relative of their family.
Suddenly, Ye Mingzhu thought of a problem. Luodou's slave status had not yet been revoked by the government, and she still had to find a way to change Luodou's household registration.
"Oh..." Ye Mingzhu couldn't help but sigh.
"If you really don't know what to say, just say they're relatives from my mother's side." Aunt Jiang didn't want Ye Mingzhu to worry too much, so she took the initiative to say, "My mother's family is from Beijing, so it just so happens that it makes sense that Lu Dou is from Beijing."
Ye Mingzhu only vaguely knew that Aunt Jiang's maiden name was Zhou and that her family had been practicing medicine for generations, but she knew everything else quite well.
She hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head. She was the one who brought the person back, so she didn't want to cause trouble for others.
Seeing that she was unwilling, Aunt Jiang didn't say much and talked about what things should be bought for the New Year. They took advantage of the bustling county town to buy everything.
"Auntie, I want to go shopping with you too." Ye Yun'an, who had already finished his meal, heard about shopping, wiped his mouth quickly, and ran out.
Luodou didn't know Aunt Jiang, but that didn't stop him from nodding and looking at her with longing on his face.
"Okay, then I'll take you shopping. I'll buy you anything you like." Aunt Jiang said generously.
"Aunt, have you made a fortune recently? Why are you so happy?" Ye Yun'an also noticed the changes in Aunt Jiang.
Aunt Jiang smiled and nodded at his nose: "Even if I don't get rich, I still have money to buy things for you."
She looked at the mung beans again and said with a smile, "There are mung beans too."
Green Bean's eyes lit up and she said sweetly, "Thank you, Auntie."
Aunt Jiang patted his head and praised him: "Good boy."
Seeing that everyone had reached an agreement, Ye Mingzhu thought about going to the county government office to see Yu Jiaming and Xiaowu.
Aunt Jiang asked Ye Yun'an and Ludou to sit down and rest for a while, and they went to the street to buy things a quarter of an hour later.
Although Ye Yun'an and Lu Dou were a little impatient, they still sat down obediently and waited for Aunt Jiang and Ye Mingzhu to talk.
"Master Yu went out a few days ago and said he would not be back until after the New Year." Aunt Jiang whispered in Ye Mingzhu's ear.
According to the imperial court's regulations, local officials could "stop writing" after the 20th day of the 12th lunar month, and could not start work until they returned to the yamen on the 20th day of the 1st lunar month to "open the seal".
Generally speaking, this period of time is for officials from all over the country to visit their families, but they are too far away from the capital, and a month is definitely not enough to travel back and forth.
"I wasn't sure if you could come back before the New Year, so I prepared some New Year gifts in advance and sent them to the government office. I also sent them to Mr. Lin's family." Aunt Jiang has really changed a lot now. Although she is still a little weak, she can handle these things with ease.
Ye Mingzhu couldn't help but praise Aunt Jiang.
Aunt Jiang was also happy and said casually, "It's true that I didn't have many opportunities to exercise before."
Ye Mingzhu agreed with her and said, "Yes, we didn't let mother do anything before. From now on, all the household affairs will be left to her."
Aunt Jiang raised her chin: "I'm sure there's no problem."
Ye Mingzhu smiled secretly. It seemed that she had unknowingly made Aunt Jiang agree to stay at home in the future.
Aunt Jiang happily invited Ye Yun'an and Ludou to go shopping on the street.
Mo Wan and Wu Tie followed out and wanted to go together.
It was obvious that Aunt Jiang had a good relationship with the two of them, so she waved her hand and told them to go.
At this time, the shop was no longer busy, so Ye Mingzhu asked Wu Yue to go with her so that Aunt Jiang would not be unable to take care of the four children.
Wu Yue put down what he was holding and followed.
After Aunt Mo finished preparing the snacks in the back, she walked to the front to help Ruan Linlin sell the snacks.
We waited until the whole street was filled with the aroma of food and all the people outside had left.
Ruan Linlin tapped her arm and said, "Oh, business is really good today."
Even though she was tired, she was reluctant to rest. It was because the snacks were selling so well these days. Even poor families would buy a package of snacks during the New Year to offer as sacrifices or when visiting relatives.
"Everyone has been working hard these days, so we'll give everyone an extra month's salary." Even without looking at the account book, she knew the business in the shop was good after sitting here for a while.
"Sister Linlin will go order some pork and cloth later. Two pounds of pork per person, plus enough cloth to make a set of winter clothes."
"It seems that the boss came back at the right time. He gave us things as soon as he came back." Ruan Linlin had some family background, but the rewards from Ye Mingzhu represented recognition, so she was still very happy.
"We promise to do a good job." After expressing her determination, Aunt Mo asked Ruan Linlin to go to the back to eat and then rest for a while. She helped to look after the shop in the front.
Ruan Linlin winked at Ye Mingzhu, and the two of them walked back.
"Auntie Mo has been very energetic recently. When she has nothing to do, she is either researching new snacks or helping us sell snacks in the front." Ruan Linlin didn't rush to eat when she got to the back, but drank a glass of water first.
"I saw that you were more energetic when you collected the money just now. I will count on you to be the head manager of my shop in the future." This was something that had been agreed upon before, and Ye Mingzhu didn't mind using it to encourage Ruan Linlin.
After hearing this, Ruan Linlin not only did not look happy, but frowned: "Boss, don't say this in front of Wu Yue."
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