Chapter 130 Where Did You Meet Her?
Hearing her daughter's news, Mrs. Qian felt so excited that she almost cried. Holding Su Jiuyue's hands, she asked, "Did you see my daughter? Where's she? How's she doing? Why there are so much money? How did she earn it?"
When Mrs. Qian was young, she urged her husband to go out to work during the slack season. Although her husband was lazy, he had gone out to work once or twice when he didn't want to hear her complaints.
Therefore, she also had a general understanding of the current salary level.
If a man went out to work, he could earn 60 coins a day. How could her daughter get two silver dollars? Therefore, she felt really worried.
Su Jiuyue had promised Yang Liu that she wouldn't tell her family her whereabouts, so she just shook her head. "I don't know. Yang Liu only asked me to give you the money, but she didn't tell me more about it."
Mrs. Qian also knew it clearly that since they didn't know each other quite well, it was not easy for Su Jiuyue to help Yang Liu deliver the money. Therefore, it was almost impossible for them to have a heart-to-heart talk.
"Where did you see her? What was she doing at that time?"
However, Mrs. Qian didn't give up, so she kept asking. If she could know what her daughter was doing at that time, maybe she could go to that place and found her.
She thought as a girl, her daughter must marry someone instead of leading a wandering life outside.
Although the son of the Xia Family wasn't so good, her daughter could still rely on him when she was old.
"Yang Liu saw me first. At that time, I felt tired after walking for a long time, so I drank a cup of tea at a tea house. She saw me, so she came to talk to me."
Su Jiuyue thought now that Yang Liu was not willing to come back, she shouldn't tell her mother her whereabouts.
Sometimes, one would do something that he thought was good for others, but what he did actually hurt them.
"Is there anything else she wanted you to tell me?"
Su Jiuyue shook her head. "No, she just asked me to give this to you so that you won't worry about her. She's all right."
Mrs. Qian felt a little upset. Although Su Jiuyue could understand her feeling, she couldn't stay any longer., since she had been here for a long time.
"Mrs. Qian, now that I've given you the thing, I should leave now."
Hearing that, Mrs. Qian came to her senses and forced a smile. "Are you leaving? It's time to have dinner right away. Why don't you stay for dinner?"
Now, although the imperial court had distributed relief grain, every household still didn't have surplus food. Therefore, Su Jiuyue didn't dare to have dinner here.
What's more, perhaps, Mrs. Qian just politely asked her to stay but actually she didn't really want her to stay for dinner.
"No, thanks. It's the end of the year, so there are many things waiting for me to do. I'v been out too long. I really have to go back now."
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When she came back, she found that Wu Xiyuan, who had already waken up, was sitting on the threshold of the gate in a daze.
When he saw that she came back, he immediately brightened his eyes and opened his arms, running towards her.
"Darling!" He shouted so loudly that every passer-by turned to look at them.
Su Jiuyue has been used to being watched by others, so she ran towards him without feeling embarrassed. "You've got up. Do you feel uncomfortable?"
Wu Xiyuan nodded, which made she nervous. "What's wrong? Didn't I prick the right acupoints? What should I do? Come on, let me feel your pulse."
Then she pulled Wu Xiyuan's hand to feel his pulse, but was stopped by him.
Feeling puzzled, she looked up at him. Then she saw him stretching out his hand and point at his heart. "I feel uncomfortable here."
Frowning, Su Jiuyue felt puzzled since he never said that his heart felt uncomfortable before. What kind of disease was it? With limited medical skills, she couldn't deal with intractable diseases.
Flustered, she thought if she couldn't cure him, she would take him to Capital and ask her master for help.
"Why did you feel uncomfortable?"
"Because I'm missing you."
Su Jiuyue suddenly looked up, meeting his eyes. He looked innocent and happy with his eyes full of her.
She felt that she was watched wholeheartedly by him.
It made her feel a little excited and shy.
Blushing, she somewhat felt embarrassed. Lowering her head, she reached out to pat him gently on the back of his hand. "Nonsense. You scared me!"
Wu Xiyuan smiled. "Not nonsense. What I've said is true!"
There were always people peeping at them on the road. Although Su Jiuyue thought that she was thick-skinned, she felt a little embarrassed now.
Then, she took Wu Xiyuan's hand, walking towards the yard. Just as Tian Xiuniang came out of the house, she shouted to the main room when she saw them. "Mom, your sweetheart is back!"
Su Jiuyue was stunned for a moment before she realized that Tian Xiuniang was talking about her. Then she heard her mother's voice in the room. "Then, hurry to cook!"
Tian Xiuniang complained, "Mom, you show partiality to her!"
Then, Su Jiuyue said hurriedly, "Sister-in-law, let me help you."
Hearing that, Tian Xiuniang felt much better. "Alright. Wash your hands first."
That night, everyone slept soundly, except Wu Xiyuan. He didn't sleep for half a night.
When he took a nap this afternoon, he dreamed that Su Jiuyue was dead. He was so distressed that he couldn't breathe. However, no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't wake up from his dream, so he had to attend her funeral completely.
When she was buried, as if something bounded him was opened, he immediately woke up from his dream.
In the same room, he lay on the same Kang with the same pillow, next to which was the pillow used by her.
He turned over to face Su Jiuyue. It was dark in the room, so he couldn't see her face clearly.
He quietly stretched out a finger from the quilt and secretly put it into Su Jiuyue's quilt.
When his finger touched her hand, he opened his palm and wrapped her hand in it. Feeling her temperature, he seemed to be more secure in his heart. Then he fell asleep slowly.
The next day, Su Jiuyue woke up, finding herself lying in Wu Xiyuan's arms again. She felt very upset. When she was at home, no one said she had a bad sleeping posture. After living in Wu Family, why did she always sleep in his arms every day?
It must because his arms were too warm.
Seeing that he was still asleep, Su Jiuyue gently took away his hand on her waist and slipped back into her quilt.
Seeing that he didn't wake up, she was relieved and began to dress herself.
Recently, she and Tian Xiuniang had taken turns making breakfast. It's her turn today.
After adding two pieces of charcoal to the stove in the room, she then took a piece of glowing red charcoal to the kitchen to make a fire for breakfast.
When the cocks crowed for the third time, Su Jiuyue finished making breakfast. The family began to get up one after another.
Tian Xiuniang swept the yard inside and outside with a big broom. Liu Cuihua took a basin of washing water and sprinkled the water in the corner of the yard. Then, she shouted to Tian Xiuniang, "Xiuniang, take the money. Ask Mr. Qian to write couplets for us. The new year is coming. Without the couplets, it's not like celebrating new year."