Chapter 15

Thinking of what his grandma said before leaving, Mu Chuan stuffed the basket into Qi Bai’s hands without thinking, “You come along.”

Qi Bai: …..

I sighed slightly, took the two baskets and ran out the door quickly. As expected… I sent two people home, and they said…

“Okay, let’s eat. How about trying my cooking?”

After Qi Bai brought back the food, Meng Wanshu asked everyone to sit down. The meal was very rich and delicious. Compared with the low oil and salt consumption in every household in this era, Meng Wanshu’s meal was delicious and full of flavors.

With the soda they brought back from town, everyone enjoyed the meal.

The only downside is that I didn’t get to have a drink…

After dinner, we cleaned up the dishes and went home to rest.

Meng Wanshu and Jiang Yule finished washing up, and then sat down on the reclining chairs in the yard, enjoying the evening breeze.

“Yu Le, we still have one day off tomorrow. What do you think we should do?” Meng Wanshu sat on the rocking chair in the yard, swaying back and forth, looking at the stars in the moonlight in the night sky, slightly absent-minded.

“I don’t know, but I plan to rest at home. When work starts the day after tomorrow, it will be difficult for us to rest.”

“Well, it’s fine as long as I go to work. I don’t rely on those work points to make a living anyway,” Meng Wanshu said nonchalantly.

“It’s also okay for the sake of face.” Jiang Yule let out a long breath. Although it was okay for the sake of face, it was farm work after all. How could it be easy?

“Also, don’t say that when you go out next time. If someone catches you saying that, you’ll suffer the consequences.”

“Yeah, I know.” Meng Wan let out a long sigh. Why was she born in such an era? Even if it was a few years later, the situation would be much better than it is now. It’s a pity that things in the world can’t always go as one wishes.

“Go back to bed early.” Jiang Yule got up from the recliner and asked Meng Wanshu to rest early.

“Well, you go back first, I still want to get some fresh air.”

“Well, be careful not to catch a cold.” Jiang Yule got up and went back to the room, locked the door, put on her nightgown and lay in the soft quilt she had added several mattresses to.

The nights in the countryside are much cooler than the daytime. The small lattice windows under the eaves are opened a little, and a breeze blows through, which is very comfortable. Accompanied by the chirping of insects and birds, Jiang Yule gradually falls asleep.

Jiang Yule sleeps peacefully here

Mu Chuan, who was just across the street from me, couldn’t even sleep…

“Grandma, what can I do? The educated youth have been in the countryside for less than three days. You dragged me there yesterday. What can I do?” Mu Chuan sat on the kang helplessly. As for his grandma staying up late at night and dragging him to argue about how to look at the educated youth next door, he could only use his eyes to see it. What can he do…

“What’s wrong with three days? Your grandpa and I fell in love at first sight. Three days is a long time.”

“No, I’m not asking you to be sure now. I just want to ask you, who do you like better, Yule or Wanshu?”

“Grandma, it’s wrong for us to talk about lesbians at home like this,” Mu Chuan said righteously.

“Let me tell you, whether you were in the army or in Beijing before, you were far away and your grandma couldn’t take care of you, but you are right in front of me now. Your mother gave me a mission at that time. You must get married in the next few years.”

“I think Yule is very good. She is pretty, gentle, well-educated and sensible. She is pleasing to the eye, but…”

Grandma Mu seemed to think of something while she was talking. She looked Mu Chuan up and down, and occasionally made a few tut-tut sounds, with a hint of disdain…

Mu Chuan felt uneasy when his grandma looked at him. Everything he said before was going smoothly, but why did it suddenly go wrong…

Mu Chuan’s heart suddenly tightened.

“No…but what?”

Grandma Mu glanced at Mu Chuan with a hint of disdain and said, “Don’t you say you don’t want to talk about lesbians? Why are you asking?”

Mu Chuan: The arrow shot out eventually hits oneself…

“This…isn’t this just a matter of words?” Mu Chuan explained helplessly. No matter how quiet and cold he was outside, in front of his grandma, he could only be a little brat who never grew up…

But Grandma Mu didn’t intend to keep it a secret, and followed Mu Chuan’s words to speak out her true feelings, “What else can I do, but you are old!”

Mu Chuan: I shouldn’t have asked…

“You said Yule is only 18 years old, and you will be 28 in two years!”

“Grandma, I’m 24 this year”

“You’re still 24, your birthday is too young, you’re already 26 when you’re only two years younger, and you’re 8 years younger than Yu Le.”

“I’m telling you, don’t think that grandma is speaking too early. A girl like Yule, who is pretty, educated, and comes from such a family, hasn’t started working yet. When she does, you’ll see. Many families in the village are eyeing her.”

Grandma Mu saw that although Mu Chuan was looking down and didn’t know what he was thinking, he didn’t look impatient, so she gave him a few more instructions.

“You, even if you don’t like Yule in the future, you should protect her when things go wrong. Many people in the village now know that Yule’s parents are gone. Although they are the relatives of martyrs, it just sounds glorious. Most people see that this girl is helpless and easy to control. In addition, she has some money in her hands. Grandma is worried that someone will have bad intentions.”

“Yes, I understand, grandma.” Mu Chuan lowered her head and responded softly, not knowing whether Zhou Jiashu was her supporter…

“Okay, you should go to bed early too.” Seeing his expression, Mu Chuan’s grandmother sighed slightly and turned back to the house.

After grandma left the room, Mu Chuan lay down on the kang, looking at the ceiling in a daze. Jiang Yule was indeed a little different to him. Maybe it was because of the clear eyes she looked at him with, maybe it was because of the helplessness she felt when she said her parents were martyrs, maybe it was because of her energetic appearance during the day.

In his eyes, Jiang Yule was contradictory. She looked like a pampered young lady, but life was so miserable for her, yet she was still so bright and beautiful. It was contradictory, but it seemed reasonable.

Now that I think about it, going to the countryside might be a better option for her. She is still alone, and it is just a matter of moving to a new place. She will also have fewer so-called relatives waiting to eat her meat and gnaw her bones.

Grandma is right. A girl like this is really too much of a concern. But the person who should protect her… should it be me…

Mu Chuan couldn’t figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it. He turned over and fell into a deep sleep, but his sleep was not sound at all.

On the second day, Mu Chuan was exercising in the yard early in the morning. His short-sleeved T-shirt showed his muscular body. As the horn sounded, the family members got up one after another. Some made breakfast, some washed up.

Mu Chuan’s grandfather’s surname is Shen. In addition to the old couple, there are Mu Chuan’s uncle Shen De, aunt Fang Aiping, brother Shen Wenke, sister Shen Wenai and so on.

The population was not large, and Shen Tian was the leader of the brigade and had a salary. Shen Wenke could earn full work points at work, and his second uncle Shen Zhi and mother Shen Ting had been sending money home over the years, so the Shen family lived a good life.

My aunt is usually a reasonable and capable person. She can manage the household affairs in an orderly manner by herself. Even if my nephew wants to live in the house permanently, she is not unhappy at all.

Compared to other families with lots of problems, the Shen family is unusually harmonious.

“Mu Chuan, come wash up and come eat.” The aunt-in-law held the bowl and chopsticks and called Mu Chuan to eat.

“Okay, aunt.” Mu Chuan went to the well to get a basin of water, and while washing his face, he also wiped the sweat off his face.

“Hurry up and wash, then take two breakfasts to the neighbors. They sent us such a big portion of meat last night, we have to give them one in return. Only when there is give and take can the relationship last long.”

“Grandma, I won’t go. It’s a different story whether they get up early or not. Why should a man like me go there?” Mu Chuan poured out the water and refused without thinking.

“Well, that’s true. Then wait a minute and come over to send it off later.” Mu Chuan’s grandmother was determined not to let Mu Chuan show his courtesy.

“No, grandma, the two young women live alone, and it’s not appropriate for me to keep moving up to them.” Mu Chuan said, then he made a steamed bun, picked up a backpack and went out. Before he left, he said, “I’ll go up the mountain to take a look.”

Can’t afford to offend….He can afford to hide…

“Then try to catch a pheasant or a rabbit and send it to the neighbors,” Grandma Mu Chuan shouted anxiously.

“Grandma, I’m just taking a look, I won’t catch anything.” After saying that, the person had already walked away.

“Hey, this damn kid, I said so much to him yesterday, it was all in vain”

Mu Chuan’s aunt looked at the man walking away, then looked at her mother-in-law who was angry at her for not fighting back, and asked tentatively, “Mom, are you trying to match Xiao Chuan with the educated youth next door?”

“Yeah, but you said so much to this kid last night. I thought he would take it to heart, but how come he went back after a good night’s sleep…”

“Mom, didn’t you dislike those educated youth before? Why are you trying to bring them together now?” Fang Aiping asked in confusion. Her eldest son had a crush on an educated youth before, and her mother-in-law was so straightforward in opposing it. It was very strange that she was doing this now.

“That’s different. The educated youth that Wen Ke liked before wanted to marry someone with good financial conditions because she couldn’t work. If she was sincere, I wouldn’t object. But Yule next door is different. That kid is good-looking and kind-hearted. Most importantly, I don’t think Mu Chuan is worthy of her…”

“Um…” Fang Aiping didn’t know what to say… Her nephew was good-looking and capable. If it weren’t for that incident, he would be a serious military leader and a third-generation red. For a person like this, there must be a rich man next door…

She can’t wait to see…

“Mom, how about I go next door and deliver breakfast?” Fang Aiping asked tentatively.

Grandma Mu Chuan glanced at Fang Aiping. Don’t think she doesn’t know what’s on her mind. If you want to go, go. Why make up an excuse? “Go if you want to. But I don’t know if those two girls are up yet.”

“I’ll go check. If he’s not up yet, I’ll deliver it later,” Fang Aiping said as she prepared to deliver breakfast to the people next door.

“Okay, then you go, that female educated youth named Jiang Yule, the one with long hair and the best look.” Grandma Mu Chuan was afraid that Fang Aiping would recognize the wrong person, so she described her to her.

“Okay, Mom, I got it,” Fang Aiping said as she went to the next door with breakfast.

When Fang Aiping left, Meng Wanshu was washing up in the yard. When she heard the noise at the door, she quickly wiped her face with a towel and walked towards the door.

“Hello comrade, who are you?”

“Ah, I’m Mu Chuan’s aunt. Mu Chuan’s grandmother thought you didn’t have breakfast, so she asked me to bring some over.”

“Hello, Auntie. Sorry for making such a special trip.”

“It’s no trouble, it’s only natural for neighbors to help each other.”

Fang Aiping was being polite, but she was stunned in her heart. Although she didn’t know if the girl in front of her was the Jiang Yule her mother-in-law had mentioned, her face was fair and rosy, her eyes were curved and smiling, and her eyes were as black and shiny as gemstones. Even her hair was so smooth. When the little girl came over, she even had a fragrance all over her body.

Well… at the age of 18, Mu Chuan is a bit old

“Wanshu, who is that?” A soft and gentle voice, with a hint of sleepiness, came from the room.

Fang Aiping looked up in the direction of the voice, and when she saw the girl coming out of the house, her steps into the yard suddenly stopped.

Damn, this is a fairy girl~

Mu Chuan is marrying above his station!

Since then, another senior member has joined the matchmaking team.

“Yu Le, this is Comrade Mu Chuan’s aunt, here to deliver breakfast.” Meng Wanshu led someone into the room and explained to Jiang Yu Le.

“Aunt, this is too much trouble for you.” Jiang Yule seemed to have just woken up, and there were faint marks on his cheeks, which gave Jiang Yule, who was filled with a cool temperament, a bit of fireworks.

Pure and charming, contradictory and unusually harmonious

“You are Jiang Yule, and you are Meng Wanshu, right?” Fang Aiping recognized the servants according to the two names in her memory.

“What’s up, auntie? I’m Jiang Yule.”

“I am Meng Wanshu”

The two girls smiled coquettishly, and Fang Aiping immediately understood her mother-in-law’s good intentions.

With these two girls at home, she can eat two more bowls of rice…

“Hey, hello, come on, have breakfast while it’s hot, I won’t disturb you anymore,” Fang Aiping said, waved her hand and walked out of the courtyard, looking back as she walked.

As soon as he entered his home, he went to his family who were having breakfast, sat down at the table, took a steamed bun, and said while eating, “Oh my God, that girl is so pretty, like a fairy. From this point of view, our Mu Chuan really needs to work harder.”

“Yeah, that brat just doesn’t live up to expectations.” Mu Chuan’s grandmother seemed to have found an ally in an instant. She didn’t even bother to eat and was talking excitedly.

“Is it that good?” Shen De was somewhat skeptical. Grandpa Mu Chuan on the side was also listening attentively. Mu Chuan was already good-looking, but now the girl was so good-looking that Mu Chuan was not worthy of her. How good was this? Could it be that she was really a fairy from heaven?

They were also curious, but since she was a man, it was inconvenient for them to approach her. They could only wait until tomorrow to go to work and sneak a peek…

“Yu Le, do you think the Mu Chuan family is a little too polite?” Meng Wanshu looked at the food in front of her. It was not very good, but it was much better than most families.