C71 (1/2)

After Jiang Han finished speaking, the Jiang Family mistress fell silent for a long time and did not reply.

However, in her heart, she made up her mind. After Jiang Qian's daughter marries into the family, she will definitely make her set the rules.

Just by the fact that she was Jiang Qian Qian's daughter, she wouldn't allow her to climb onto her own head!

Jiang Han didn't know what decision his mother had made on the seat of honor. Before his mother even spoke, he had thought that she had been convinced by him.

In the following days, Jiang Han would count on his fingers every day to see when Xu Yanzhu would arrive at the capital. After all these years, he had truly missed her.

Xu Yanzhu did not know that people in the capital were thinking about her, nor did she know that in the capital, before she had even married into the capital, there were already enemies waiting for her.

And this enemy, was the person in charge of the Jiang Family.

Because her grandmother had told her to go to the capital after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xu Yanzhu was not in a rush to stay at home. She would visit Dong Shu every afternoon at Shihuan Courtyard to talk to him.

”Third Aunt, you're still my sister's smock?”

When Xu Yanzhu came to the Shihuan Courtyard today, she was sitting in the courtyard sewing a coat for his daughter. The cotton had already been scrubbed, so she had to be extra careful with each needle, afraid that the thread would be exposed.

Hearing Xu Yanzhu's voice, Dong Shu stopped moving her hands. Only then did she raise his head and look at her: ”Yes, I'm slow. The child's coat and trousers do not need embroidery, but they do not allow the thread to be exposed when sewing.

The most important thing was that Dong Shu stitched the child's clothes every afternoon just to pass the time, so her movements were extremely slow.

But now that Xu Yanzhu had arrived, she could stop her movements and turn to look at him.

”Yanzhu, your complexion seems to be much better than a few days ago.”

”Third Aunt, why are you teasing me now?” As Xu Yanzhu spoke, she sat down by Dong Shu's side and poured herself a cup of warm water, ”You should know about my attitude towards this marriage. It's a joyous occasion, but what I value the most is to go to the capital and ask for news for my family. However, I feel better today. I'm afraid that I'll be delighted to see them come up with so much dowry! ”

Dong Shu naturally understood who Xu Yanzhu meant by 'they'. Thinking about what second brother and Second Sister-in-law had done before this, Dong Shu also didn't want to bring it up again.

”Did you set a date to leave?” Dong Shu saw Xu Yanzhu had finished asking these questions, and immediately continued to ask: ”I am pregnant, and your Third Uncle does not trust me to send you off, so I want to cook a few dishes personally for you and Cui Hua before you leave the capital.”

She had also mentioned this matter to Xu Shiqiu before. It was only after Xu Shiqiu had agreed that she would tell Xu Yanzhu about it.

Xu Yanzhu did not expect the Third Uncle to have such a plan. She did not reject him, but after nodding her head at Dong Shu, she said: ”Alright, we definitely cannot leave on the fifteenth day of the eighth month. We will leave on the twentieth day of the eighth month.

”Okay, when your Third Uncle returns from the front yard, I will inform him about this matter. He seems to have said that he will bring us to play in the county in two days, you should prepare yourself for it in the next two days.”

Once Dong Shu said this, Xu Yanzhu's eyes lit up.

If it had been someone else who had raised this matter, it might not have been successful. After all, she was still a married woman, so it was not easy for her to leave the house.

But now, it was actually Third Uncle who had asked for it. As long as it was Third Uncle who had asked for it, Grandmother would definitely not refuse it. As long as Grandmother agreed, she would definitely be able to leave successfully.

Seeing that Xu Yanzhu was happy, Dong Shu also became happy.

The two of them chatted for a while longer before Xu Shiqiu, who was in the front yard looking through the account books, returned with an account book.

”Yanzhu is coincidentally here. Take a look at your shop's account books, they also save me the trouble of having Cui Hua send them over to you.” As she spoke, Xu Shiqiu sat down beside Dong Shu, and the account book in her hands was also instantly brought in front of Xu Yanzhu.

When Xu Yanzhu heard Xu Shiqiu's words, she was initially unwilling to extend her hand and receive the account book, but when he saw that she did not make a move, Xu Shiqiu immediately opened his mouth: ”Take a look, in the future, when you are in the capital, I will not be able to conveniently send the account book over.

Because of Xu Shiqiu's words, Xu Yanzhu took the account book and looked at it.

Seeing that Xu Yanzhu was looking through the account books earnestly, Dong Shu informed Xu Shiqiu of what she had just said to Xu Yanzhu.

”August sixteenth, then. I just happened to be free that day.” After Xu Shiqiu finished speaking, he saw that Dong Shu was slightly puzzled and hurriedly explained, ”Every year, there will be a lantern festival from the fourteenth to sixteenth day of August in the county, and there will be no curfew.

We couldn't make it in time for fifteen and had to spend the holidays at home with our mothers. But after lunch, we could go to the county in the afternoon and play. We could also see lanterns.

Dong Shu was immediately excited when she heard Xu Shiqiu's words. She had been in the Xiahe Village for so many years, but she had never gone to Linhai County to see the lanterns show.

When Xu Yanzhu finished looking through the account book, she was very excited to see the Lamp Auction in Linhai County again. Thinking about how she had heard about the Lamp Auction in Linhai County, she couldn't help but look forward to it.

Xu Shiqiu was prepared to bring Dong Shu and Xu Yanzhu to the county to see the lanterns. He was the one who directly told the entire story to the Old Madame Xu.

If it were in the past, Old Madame Xu would probably not let a person with a special physique like Xu Shiqiu, who was pregnant, and Xu Yanzhu, who was about to be married off to another girl, out. However, when she thought about how Yanzhu was about to leave for the capital, she agreed in the end.

Just as Xu Yanzhu had expected at the beginning, even if her parents didn't want her to go out, there was nothing they could do. As long as Third Uncle opened her mouth and her grandmother agreed, there was nothing they could do about it even if they disagreed.

Because she was thinking about going out in the afternoon, Xu Yanzhu came to the Shihuan Courtyard early on the sixteenth of August, preparing to help Dong Shu prepare lunch.