Chapter 508 Finale
Ye Wu and Jiang Hongyu came back together. His attitude towards Uncle Yan and Aunt Qing was even more enthusiastic than Jiang Hongyu's.
Uncle Yan, who had experienced everything in the afternoon, naturally knew what he wanted. Uncle Yan gave Ye Wu the divorce documents he had been carrying with him.
Ye Wu took it with trembling hands and said thank you several times to Uncle Yan and Aunt Qing.
"I'll go show it to Linlin." Ye Wu turned around and ran outside.
After a while, Ye Wu and Ruan Linlin came back, and Ruan Linlin knelt down in front of Uncle Yan and Aunt Qing.
"Thank you, thank you." Ruan Linlin's voice was choked and she could no longer cry.
Aunt Qing stood up and helped Ruan Linlin up, then told her how they got the divorce papers.
Although Ruan Linlin burned down the house, she still left a frame. Her husband was cruel enough to sell the burnt-out house and even found a job as a clerk in a pawnshop.
Uncle Yan and Aunt Qing pretended to be relatives of the Ruan family and came over, scaring her husband.
Uncle Yan scolded the man and took advantage of his panic to make him write a divorce letter, and said that from now on he and Ruan Linlin had nothing to do with each other, whether alive or dead.
The other person originally wanted to ask about Ruan Linlin's situation, but Uncle Yan asked him to hand over the Ruan family's house, and the man ran away.
Two days later, Uncle Yan went to inquire about the man's situation again. He heard that the man had quit his job and moved to another place.
Now Ruan Linlin has no relationship with that man anymore, so it doesn't matter if they meet in the future. Uncle Yan has already filed the divorce agreement in Ruan Linlin's hand with the government, so Ruan Linlin is now unmarried.
Ye Wu gave the two of them a big gift and invited Uncle Yan to be the witness of his wedding on the spot.
Ruan Linlin blushed and ran out. Ye Wu followed her out at the urging of everyone.
Uncle Yan asked about the watermelon. He said that he was lucky enough to eat a piece of watermelon in the past. It was because he had made great contributions in solving a case and he ate it at a palace banquet. The envious eyes of the people who attended the palace banquet at that time almost killed him.
So many years have passed, and although I can no longer remember the taste of the watermelon, Uncle Yan still remembers clearly the looks in everyone's eyes at that time.
Ye Mingzhu smiled and recounted the story of the watermelons she accidentally bought on the way to Linchang. "We were just trying it out, but we didn't expect to be able to grow watermelons. It's just that this is the first year, so the number of watermelons we grew is relatively small. Fortunately, we saved a lot of watermelon seeds this year, so we can plant more next year."
Uncle Yan sighed, "Back in the capital, everyone thought this watermelon tasted great. Many people wanted to try growing it, but none succeeded. I never thought you would succeed. You're so lucky!"
Ye Mingzhu didn't bow. She smiled and said, "This isn't my credit. It's all thanks to the people on the farm. Without them, I wouldn't be able to grow watermelons myself."
She was just trying it out, but she didn't expect the watermelons to be so popular. With such a small piece of land, not counting the ones she gave away and the ones they kept, she earned more than a thousand taels of silver from the ones she sold, which was much more than what she could earn from doing anything else.
Among them, Xiaoyun made the greatest contribution. In order to grow the watermelons, she did not come back for more than a month. Ye Mingzhu was afraid that she would miss her daughter, so she asked Lao Hu to drive Nini to the farm in a horse-drawn carriage to reunite with her for several days. After the watermelons were sold, Ye Mingzhu rewarded her with fifty taels of silver.
There was not much work to do in the fields during this period. After asking Xiaoyun's opinion, Ye Mingzhu sent Nini over to reunite with her.
Although Aunt Qing had never eaten watermelon before, she had heard of it. She didn't expect that the first watermelon she ate was grown by her own daughter-in-law.
"Mingzhu, it's really a blessing for Hongyu to marry you." Aunt Qing said this with great sincerity.
Jiang Hongyu held Ye Mingzhu's hand: "Mom, I think so too."
Ye Mingzhu turned around and glanced at him embarrassedly: "There are still so many people here."
Luodou and Ye Yun'an burst into laughter and both claimed that they didn't see it.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the whole house became lively. Ye Wu pulled Ruan Linlin back, and Ye Lang also came with his wife Ying and the children. The whole family, regardless of gender, sat together and had a lively reunion dinner.
Two months later, Jiang Hongyu won a victory at sea and reportedly captured several foreigners. He was promoted to a fifth-rank guerrilla general. Aunt Qing folded her hands in gratitude to all the gods and Buddhas in the sky.
Jiang Hongyu said after he came back that this time it was all thanks to Ye Mingzhu. If she hadn't saved them last time, they would never have found any news about those foreigners, let alone this meritorious service.
According to Ling Tongzhi, military generals like Jiang Hongyu who were promoted to the fifth rank at the early twenties were very rare in the entire Dashun Dynasty.
Now, Aunt Qing, who already liked Ye Mingzhu, held her in the palm of her hand. Ye Mingzhu's position in Aunt Qing's heart has surpassed Jiang Hongyu and ranked first.
Originally, there was a discord between the civil and military officials, and the wives of county officials seldom invited the wives of these military generals to their banquets. Ye Mingzhu was young and could not get along with them, so she did not take these matters seriously.
Ever since Ye Mingzhu started selling watermelons, the wives of officials, led by the county magistrate's wife, began to associate with Ye Mingzhu. Since Jiang Hongyu was promoted to guerrilla general, the county magistrate's wife would always invite Ye Mingzhu to attend every banquet she held, and she couldn't refuse even if she wanted to.
Fortunately, Ye Mingzhu had learned some etiquette and rules from Mr. Lin, and she knew a lot, so she could talk to these wives of officials. She also found an opportunity to recommend her own Sweetheart Shop.
During the Chinese New Year, Sweetheart House opened another branch, specializing in making expensive and beautiful snacks to supply the wives of officials.
When the watermelons were ripe the following year, Ye Mingzhu's popularity skyrocketed. In order to buy watermelons, everyone greeted Ye Mingzhu with a smile. Even Prince Jing and Yu Jiaming in the capital wrote letters to make reservations.
Ye Mingzhu would go to the farm every day to check on the melons to prevent any unreserved guests from trying to grab the melons from the field.
In the spring, Ye Mingzhu bought a few servants who were good at farming and put them on the farm. Xiaoyun taught them how to grow watermelons, so the number of ripe watermelons this year was four or five times that of last year. Of course, more people came to buy watermelons.
This year, Ye Mingzhu set aside twenty or thirty watermelons at home so that the family could eat their fill. She also set aside watermelons for Prince Jing, Yu Jiaming, Wang Dahu, Jian Pingping and Lin Dong's family before buying the rest. In total, she made more than five thousand taels.
During the New Year, Ye Mingzhu gave red envelopes to everyone in the family as a New Year's gift to thank everyone for their efforts over the year.
Jiang Hongyu took Ye Mingzhu's hand and whispered, "Mingzhu, shouldn't you give me a New Year's gift too?"
Ye Mingzhu nodded generously: "Of course."
Jiang Hongyu touched her belly and said, "It's time for us to have a baby."
Ye Mingzhu blushed and nodded slightly, and Jiang Hongyu's smile became even brighter.
In the new year, everyone will surely get better and better.
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