Chapter 12 Fish Soup My wife is the most gentle and generous person.
After the government withdrew its troops, Dongqiao Street gradually returned to its former bustle.
However, the case of the Minister of Revenue has not yet come to a conclusion, and the people in charge of the case still have to continue investigating, but they will not make a big fuss about it.
The sun was quite strong during the day. Jiang Keyu and Chang Yunbai stood in front of the noodle stall. Chang Yunbai used a folding fan to shield his face from the sun and asked the stall owner, "I heard your stall is open until at least the hour of Xu?"
The stall owner who was kneading dough looked up and glanced at him, but did not answer immediately.
Seeing this, Jiang Keyu took out some change from his sleeve and put it on the table. "Boss, two bowls of noodles, please. No need to change."
"Okay!" The noodle stall owner smiled happily, "Please sit over here, both of you."
He said with a gleam in his eyes, "It's also to earn a little more money to support the family, so this stall must be open until at least the hour of the dog every day."
Chang Yunbai asked again, "Did anyone suspicious pass by this stall that night five days ago?"
"Five days ago?" The noodle stall owner recalled carefully.
Finally, he shook his head. "That night was the slowest, so I remember it. Only Old Zhang's son came to eat a bowl of noodles as usual. I didn't see anyone else, let alone anyone suspicious."
Jiang Keyu raised her eyes, "The son of the Zhang family?"
"He's the son of Old Zhang, the tofu seller in the alley." The noodle vendor sighed. "Old Zhang's family is poor. Last year, Old Zhang fell seriously ill and has been bedridden ever since. To raise money for his medicine, his son worked all sorts of jobs. He worked until very late every day before coming to my place for a bowl of noodles."
Jiang Keyu turned her head and looked towards the alley entrance, "Where exactly does he live?"
"Just walk along this alley, and it's the one at the end."
"You suspect this old Zhang's son?" Chang Yunbai thought for a moment and shook his head. "But he comes here every day, and his identity is clear."
Jiang Keyu didn't answer him, but said to the noodle vendor, "Go upstairs."
"Okay!"
"Are you still planning to eat it?" Chang Yunbai's face was full of doubt.
Jiang Keyu calmly picked up a pair of chopsticks for herself and said, "It's already noon, I have to eat a bite."
He already had suspicions in his heart, "Let's go to Lao Zhang's house after dinner."
"But I don't want to eat this." Chang Yunbai said resentfully, "I don't want to go to Old Zhang's either."
He didn't give up, "Let's just go to Old Zhang's house, can we get something else to eat?"
Jiang Keyu snorted coldly, "It's good enough that you have time to eat."
"Xiao Si!" Chang Yunbai waved his hands high, as if he saw a savior.
Jiang Keyu followed his gaze and saw that it was Sheng Qinyin who came with a lunch box.
"I finally found you." Sheng Qinyin walked straight over, panting.
"Didn't you go to Tanghuayuan?" Jiang Keyu was surprised.
Sheng Qiyin nodded. "I did go, but I just walked around and left. I had nothing to do, and I knew you were working hard on the investigation, so I went to the Cuisine Restaurant and brought you some hot dishes."
"Xiao Si is really considerate." Chang Yunbai sighed. Seeing her gloomy expression, he asked puzzledly: "But why do you look so bad? It's like someone bullied you."
"No." Sheng Qinyin touched her face and glanced at Jiang Keyu very quickly and carefully.
Chang Yunbai, who caught this glance, turned his head with a questioning look in his eyes.
"Me?" Jiang Keyu, who was about to taste the noodles, looked around in surprise, "Is it because I didn't give you a ride this morning?"
"No, not really." Sheng Qinyin smiled, but it looked a little forced.
Chang Yunbai raised his eyebrows, "Just tell me what's going on. With Big Brother here, are you afraid that no one will take charge of you?"
Sheng Qiyin lowered her head and was silent for a while, then glanced at Jiang Keyu again.
Jiang Keyu couldn't hide her surprise, "Tell me."
"I, I'm fine." Sheng Qinyin stammered, "It's just that, it seems, it seems that Sister Song doesn't like the apology gift I chose for her. She... said the fan is ugly, just as ugly as me, as ugly as me."
After these words were spoken, Jiang Keyu and Chang Yunbai both fell silent.
"Big brother, second brother." Sheng Qiyin's voice was timid, and her self-doubt and lack of confidence were obvious. "Tell me the truth, have I really become ugly?"
"No." Chang Yunbai immediately denied it and turned to look at Jiang Keyu.
Jiang Keyu stared at her for a moment, then suddenly sneered.
"Are you mistaken? My wife is very gentle and generous. She has never said harsh words to the servants. How could she possibly say such harsh words to you?"
Sheng Qiyin was stunned, her eyes reddening uncontrollably. "So Second Brother thinks I'm lying. What do I want?"
"You probably misunderstood what she meant." Jiang Keyu said affirmatively.
I can't think of any other reason.
Sheng Qinyin hesitated to speak and lowered her head, as if trying to calm herself down.
After a while, she said, "Maybe." There was a grievance that could not be hidden in her words, "Maybe I'm overthinking it. I just feel that since I wore Sister Song's clothes last time, her attitude towards me has been a little different from before. Especially... especially when you, second brother, are not around."
"You really think too much."
Jiang Keyu sighed imperceptibly, and her already meager appetite vanished in an instant. She even felt more worried and sad than Sheng Qiyin.
"Her attitude towards me recently has been pretty average."
Sheng Qiyin: “…”
Chang Yunbai's curiosity surged in his heart, "Why?"
The half-drunk beauty in the pavilion and waterside terrace appeared in Jiang Keyu's mind again. He didn't want to think about it, but it seemed that from that day on, Madam... he couldn't tell what had changed, but he always felt that she was different from before.
"Bang, bang." Chang Yunbai knocked on the table. "What are you staring at? Did you and your wife have a fight?"
"No!" Jiang Keyu retorted subconsciously, "Maybe... the child is too noisy and she is exhausted."
Chang Yunbai nodded half-believingly, looked around, and saw that everyone was more depressed than the other. He didn't know who to comfort first.
*
In the evening, the meal at the Jiang Mansion was already on the table.
While waiting for Jiang Keyu to come back, Song Baoyuan was flipping through the account book and asked Qiao Yue to choose clothes for her to wear to the housewarming party at Chang Mansion.
"Don't be too plain, after all, moving to a new house is a happy occasion. Don't be too flashy either, it's someone else's happy occasion, and it won't attract attention."
She was talking to one end, while Jiang Chengyou was running over there, shouting "Mom!"
Song Baoyuan turned around and saw a little man running towards her with ink spots all over his body, holding a piece of paper with three big words written on it.
"Mom! Look at what I wrote!"
After entering the room, Jiang Chengyou couldn't wait to show it. He held the paper above his head and turned around in place, making sure that everyone in the room could see it clearly.
His name was written on the paper.
"Young Master is awesome!" Qiao Yue was the first to praise him.
"It's so ugly!" Jiang Suisui tilted her head and said loudly, "It's not even as pretty as what Daddy wrote for me."
Jiang Chengyou wasn't at all upset. He made a face at his sister with slight dissatisfaction, "Who cares what you think?"
Jiang Suisui was not willing to be outdone and also bared his teeth at him.
"Okay, you guys." Song Baoyuan was helpless, but she only gave them verbal advice and did not stop them from making noise.
So before Jiang Keyu even entered the house, she had already heard the hustle and bustle at home, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously rose.
"Daddy!" Jiang Suisui saw a familiar figure and took advantage of Jiang Chengyou's distraction to snatch the paper from his hand and ran towards Jiang Keyu, "Look at what my brother wrote!"
In contrast to her, Jiang Chengyou immediately felt uneasy when he saw his father. He was especially nervous when Jiang Keyu read his handwriting.
"Did you write it yourself?" Jiang Keyu asked doubtfully.
Jiang Chengyou put his hands behind his back and replied in a low voice: "The teacher grabbed my hand and wrote it."
Seeing the sudden tension in the atmosphere, Song Baoyuan immediately spoke up to mediate, "Husband, please go to the inner room to change clothes and prepare for dinner."
"Okay." Jiang Keyu agreed, carried Jiang Suisui back to her seat, and turned to walk inside.
As he was about to pass the screen, he paused and looked down at his wet sleeves and cloud boots.
"Chengcheng, you should sit down and eat too."
Song Baoyuan's gentle voice came from behind him, but it had nothing to do with him.
Finally, he walked into the inner room alone.
"It's raining outside." Qiaoyin came in with clean clothes. "I don't know when it started, but there's not a sound at all."
Upon hearing this, Song Baoyuan glanced sideways and looked outside. The ground was indeed wet, and there were footprints under the eaves.
She realized something, slowly turned around and looked at the figure behind the screen.
When Jiang Keyu changed her clothes and was about to come out, she looked away in advance.
"I'm sorry," Song Baoyuan said softly, scooping hot soup into a bowl and handing it over. "I stayed indoors all day and didn't notice it was raining. I forgot to send someone to bring you an umbrella."
"It's okay." Jiang Keyu took the bowl. "It's just a little rain. Besides, I came back in a carriage, so I didn't get wet."
Song Baoyuan wanted to explain, but she didn't know what else to say.
The soup was still hot. Jiang Keyu took it in her hand, shook it, and seemed to be thinking about something.
"At noon today, Xiao Si came to bring food to me and Chang Yunbai. Chang Yunbai saw that she looked unhappy and asked her what was wrong. She actually said that you called her ugly."
Song Baoyuan was stunned and suddenly lowered her head as if she was wronged.
"I heard her say she was going to Tanghua Garden to pick out some jewelry in preparation for the Chang Mansion's housewarming party. I figured she'd want to look pretty so she could be seen in public. Seeing her face was a little sallow, I reminded her to avoid staying up late or eating green tangerines."
"I guess she misunderstood you." Jiang Keyu didn't care about this matter, so she put it out of her mind after she said it.
But Song Baoyuan was surprised that what she said just now was so thoughtless.
So... hypocritical.
Jiang Keyu glanced at her casually, "Little Fourth is thoughtful and kind. He specially bought the fish soup we often eat from the Delicacy Restaurant. It reminds me of the sweet-scented osmanthus fish soup that Madam made herself."
Is he saying that she is not as considerate as others? Song Baoyuan didn't quite understand what he meant. "Well, I'll make it tomorrow and send it to you."
"No need!" Jiang Keyu said hurriedly, "There are so many things to do at home, and you have to take care of those two naughty kids, so you don't have to waste your energy on me."
Song Baoyuan lowered her eyes and said as she put some food into Jiang Chengyou's bowl, "It's not really a big deal."
"Really, there's no need." Jiang Keyu refused again and again, "If you have time, you should keep it for yourself and rest more."
As if he was afraid that she would insist and that she would be tired because of him, Jiang Keyu's face was serious and he emphasized it again.
"No need to bother."
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