Chapter 325 - Chapter 325: Chapter 321: Watching a Bath_1 (1/2)

Chapter 325: Chapter 321: Watching a Bath_1

Jiang Cheng nodded, “That is indeed true.”

He turned his head towards his younger female cousin and said, “Not only am I talking about the shop, but also about that Chen Guanglu. I saw him a while ago.”

Yingbao fluttered her eyes, “Did he come to our shop to cause trouble?”

“He dares not,” Jiang Cheng said, “After all, I do know a few constables and government officials here. Jin Wu was appointed as the arrest officer, and his grandson even acknowledged your sister-in-law as his godmother.”

Yingbao was somewhat surprised.

Her elder brother’s wife was only just over twenty years old, and she’s already someone’s godmother?

Chou Rong laughed and said, “Jin Wu’s daughter-in-law lost several children over the years, but last year she gave birth to a healthy baby boy, who insisted on acknowledging me as his godmother. They said it was calculated by a monk from the temple, and told them to find a godmother for the baby with the surname Zhao, and another one with the surname Chou. Zhao means to shield the baby, and Chou is interpreted as captive, to keep the baby from leaving.”

It was the first time that Yingbao heard such an explanation, and she found it really amusing.

Hong Xiao laughed and said, “My second brother also has a godmother, she has the surname Leng, which the monk has approved of. It was said that my second brother’s birth characters have too much fire element, and so he needs to find a godparent with a water element, or a surname that means coldness, that’s why his godmother has the surname Leng.”

The moment Erni heard this, she giggled non-stop, which made Zhang Yuying blush.

“Don’t meddle!” Yuying glared at her sister, picked up a piece of chicken liver for Zhang Xiaolang, and said, “Hurry up and eat. Once you’re done, I’ll teach you to write.”

Zhang Xiaolang nodded, his smile reaching his eyes.

He wished he could stay here with his second brother forever and never go back to that home of his.

After dinner, Jiang Cheng went home with his wife and son.

Jiang Yunniang locked the door of the courtyard, walked around the courtyard, fed Xiaohei, then washed up and went back to her room to rest.

Yingbao and Erni were lying on the same bed, looking at the moon through the mosquito net and window lattice, while listening to Erni’s endless chatter about their home.

“Yingbao, you don’t know. A seamstress almost provoked my third aunt to vomit blood.”

Yingbao, “?”

“Why was my mother so angry?”

“Hey! I’ll tell you, but when you go back, pretend you don’t know anything. Never admit that I was the one who told you.”

“What happened?” Yingbao nudged Erni.

Erni lazily fanned herself with a cattail leaf fan, her leg casually propped on the other. “That seamstress, she’s good-looking, but she’s mischievous. Despite having a husband and kids, she bothers my uncle with this and that all day. Third aunt drove her home.”

Yingbao’s face twitched, she asked, “What do you mean, this and that?” Did her father cheat on her mother?

Erni swatted her with the fan, “You’re just a child, don’t ask so many questions.”

“Wasn’t it you who told me?” She just wanted to know whether her father made a mistake.

Erni was speechless, but quickly recovered, saying: “Alright then, I’ll show you.”

Then she chocked her voice and mimicked a woman’s voice, her tone was coquettish: “Master Jiang, I’ve hurt my hand. Master Jiang, do you like my dress?”

Erni couldn’t help laughing as she imitated the woman.’

Yingbao didn’t find it funny, kept nudging Erni: “Just tell me how my father reacted.”

After laughing for a while, Erni replied: “Your father told her, ‘you have a piece of leek stuck on your teeth’, and then the seamstress ran away.”

Yingbao: ‘······’

Her father really knew how to handle people, he could shame someone without even using foul language.

The next day, Yingbao got up early to wash up, then took Xiaohei for a walk, letting him frolic around.

Her aunt woke up even earlier than her, and had already set up her food stall under the bamboo shed next to the shop.

Xiaolang was also helping at the stall, serving porridge and handing out chopsticks to the customers.

Once the customers finished their breakfast, he would take the bowls and chopsticks to a wooden basin and wash them clean.