Chapter 48: Mingzhu Shows Off Her Power
The smile on Jiang Hongyu's face froze, and he sat down next to Ye Mingzhu with his lips pursed.
"I have to go out for something, and I need you to help take care of my mother."
"Going out? How many days?" Ye Mingzhu was a little surprised.
"A friend of mine ran into some trouble outside and asked me to go help him. I'll be back in three days at the least and five at the most." Jiang Hongyu said with some embarrassment, "I can't tell you the reason, but it's definitely not for me to do anything bad."
"Aren't you going to tell your mother?" Ye Mingzhu said with certainty.
Why did she feel like she had the wrong script?
First, there was a possibility that my husband’s family would return to the capital, and my newly married husband was almost engaged, but now he has to go out for some reason. Why is life full of surprises?
Jiang Hongyu nodded: "Can you give me a reason to go out?"
Ye Mingzhu felt that it was not that she had taken the wrong script, but that the other party was not sober.
"It's enough for you to go out and ask me to cover up for you, why do you need me to make excuses for you?"
Jiang Hongyu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked up again: "I will give Yun'an some enlightenment in the next two days, and then I will teach him martial arts when I come back. I have seen that Yun'an's body is very flexible. Although it is a bit late to start learning now, it will definitely be no problem to strengthen his body."
Ye Mingzhu showed a thoughtful expression. Jiang Hongyu turned around and found a small box nearby. "I'll give you this money for the time being. We have rice, flour and meat at home. I'll cook at home. I heard you can draw. That will be considered your dowry. I won't interfere."
Ye Mingzhu casually opened the small box, and inside were seven ten-liang silver ingots and some loose silver, which looked to be about four or five liang.
"My maternal grandparents' home is about a day's journey from here, in Xinghua Village on the other side of Pinggu Town. I'll tell you to go to Xinghua Village to deliver the letter. You just have to come back within five days."
Ye Mingzhu told the solution she had already thought of.
"The place I'm going this time might not be on the way to Xinghua Village?" Jiang Hongyu said uncertainly.
Ye Mingzhu looked him up and down, which made him feel a little uneasy: "What's wrong?"
"Didn't you ask me to find you an excuse? My maternal uncle is the only one left. He left with a merchant caravan three years ago and said he would come back once he made some money. When you come back, you can just say you didn't see him."
Ye Mingzhu's uncle is Wang Dahu, who is 21 years old this year. After Ye Mingzhu's grandparents passed away three years ago, he didn't want to farm the two acres of thin land at home, so he followed a caravan from outside to buy goods.
Before leaving, he came to see Ye's father and mother, and smiled and promised the original owner that he would come back before she came of age and earn money as a dowry for her.
But now several months have passed and Wang Dahu has not returned yet. I don’t know if he encountered danger outside.
A few days later, she said she was worried about her uncle and asked Jiang Hongyu to go to Xinghua Village to check it out. It made sense if someone asked about it.
Jiang Hongyu felt relieved after hearing what Ye Mingzhu said. He thought for a moment and said, "If everything goes well this time, I will go to Xinghua Village to take a look."
Ye Mingzhu nodded. The original owner used to have a very good relationship with her uncle. It would be great if she had the chance to know news about him.
"Okay, can we go to bed now?" Ye Mingzhu yawned, and seeing Jiang Hongyu nod, she took off her shoes and went to bed without any delay.
"Aren't you worried at all?" Jiang Hongyu lay on the bed but couldn't sleep, so he pushed Ye Mingzhu.
Ye Mingzhu had been busy all day and was already tired. Just as she was about to fall asleep, she was pushed awake. She felt a little irritable and spoke in a rather rude manner.
"What are you worried about? Since you dare to go out, you must be confident. If you return to the capital in the future, give me a letter of divorce and I will live on my own."
Jiang Hongyu felt that she was still a little expectant when she said the last sentence.
"Any other questions? If not, I'll go to sleep." Ye Mingzhu asked when she saw Jiang Hongyu didn't say anything.
"No matter if I have the chance to return to the capital in the future, I will not give you a divorce letter." Jiang Hongyu said this very sincerely.
Although his decision to marry Ye Mingzhu was based on mutual benefit, the two of them had been getting along very well during this period, and he was very satisfied with the marriage.
Ye Mingzhu heard this but didn't take it to heart. She turned over and fell asleep.
Jiang Hongyu originally wanted to talk about something at home, but now it was difficult to say anything, so he could only slowly close his eyes.
The next morning, Ye Mingzhu woke up to the smell of rice.
The big red wedding characters pasted on the unfamiliar furniture in the house reminded her that she was married.
Ye Mingzhu stretched, took out a set of clothes from the box and changed into them. Jiang Hongyu came in from outside.
"Breakfast is ready, Yun An is here, go wash up first, and you can eat soon."
Ye Mingzhu went to the bathroom. The water in the washbasin was warm. After brushing her teeth, she washed her face with hot water and applied facial cream.
Jiang Hongyu held a pearl hairpin in his hand: "Can I help you comb your hair?"
"...No need, I can do it myself." Ye Mingzhu felt goosebumps all over her body when she thought of him standing behind her.
Fang taught her how to do a bun for women, and she did it in just a few seconds by looking in a bronze mirror.
Jiang Hongyu inserted the hairpin into her bun, smiled and nodded: "I bought this hairpin at Linglong Pavilion in town a few days ago. It suits you very well."
Ye Mingzhu had just recognized that this was the first picture she drew. Although the bronze mirror was blurry, it looked good.
At this time, voices were heard outside.
Jiang Hongyu coughed and said quickly, "I didn't have time to tell you yesterday, but some of my relatives come to our house from time to time to ask for money. My mother is too soft-hearted to refuse, so I'm going to trouble you with these things."
Ye Mingzhu touched the hairpin on her head: "This is what we agreed on before, it's nothing to worry about. However, you have to give me a standard. What level can I achieve?"
Jiang Hongyu shook his head: "Just do whatever you want, as long as you and my mother are fine."
Ye Mingzhu understood, which meant she could do as she pleased.
"We've been here for so long, why is my sister-in-law the only one home? Did Brother Yu take his wife out the day after his wedding?"
There was a sharp, harsh voice outside, which could be heard outside their window.
Ye Mingzhu raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Husband, I didn't expect that the custom in your capital is to talk outside other people's windows. In our village, only gossipers do this."
Jiang Hongyu: ...You get into the role so quickly.
Ye Mingzhu gave him a look of watching a good show and walked out with her head held high.
There were four or five women outside the house, sitting neatly in her room.
The harsh-speaking woman said, "Brother Yu's wife, you got up too late. The sun is already high in the sky."
Ye Mingzhu looked at the sky and it was at most three quarters past morning outside.
"I don't know where Auntie's house is. It seems that the sun where you live is different from ours. I'll go tell the village chief later that your working hours are different from ours."
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