Chapter 1786 Mace (first update)
When the sun was about to set, Blacksmith Luo returned from Zhoujia Village.
Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang are cleaning the front yard. In fact, their yard is not dirty at all.
Because Tuoba Xian, Sun, and Wang Cuilian are cleaning every now and then, they are just doing it casually, just to welcome the New Year and follow a routine.
So the couple was busy there, and Xiaohua Xiaoduo was playing with Baby Luo.
Blacksmith Luo drove the carriage into the yard. When he saw Baby Luo from a distance, his mouth widened.
"Baby, look here, look here, let's see what delicious food grandpa brings you!"
Blacksmith Luo shouted excitedly.
Yang Ruoqing stopped what she was doing and turned to look over there.
I saw Blacksmith Luo getting off the carriage, carrying a stack of firewood on his shoulders, and the stack was full of candied haws.
The strings are fiery red. At a glance, they look like they are carrying fiery red maces.
As we get closer, look at the strings of candied haws.
One by one, the particles are full and round, and the color is bright and lustrous.
The outside is wrapped in a layer of transparent sugar coating and sprinkled with white sesame seeds.
You can imagine the sour and sweet taste. Before you even eat it, your mouth water can’t wait to drip down.
"What's wrong with your uncle? Why did you buy so many candied haws?" Yang Ruoqing smiled and asked Luo Fengtang beside her.
Luo Fengtang was also confused. He put down his work and came to Blacksmith Luo.
"Uncle, why did you buy so many candied haws on a stick? You can't finish them all!" Luo Fengtang said.
At this time, Blacksmith Luo was pulling three candied haws from the stack and giving them to Xiaohua, Xiaoduo and Baby Luo.
Hearing this, he raised his head with a simple and honest smile on his face.
"I didn't buy these candied haws with my own money. Your aunt and uncle bought them for me to bring back," Blacksmith Luo said.
What?
Luo Fengtang was startled, and turned to look at Yang Ruoqing behind him. Both of them saw the same surprise in each other's eyes.
Yang Ruoqing visually inspected the stack of candied haws in front of her. There should be thirty candied haws on this stack.
The price of candied haws in town is two cents a bunch, so this pile is sixty cents.
The Iron Rooster and Luo Da'e were actually willing to spend sixty coins to buy these?
Even if Blacksmith Luo is here to send New Year's goods, according to Luo Da'e's usual routine, she is a person who can only get in but not get out!
Is the sun coming out from the west?
As if he could tell what the young couple were thinking about, Blacksmith Luo smiled again and said, "I'm hiding this from you today. In fact, I went to Zhoujia Village to give something to your aunt. Go order some New Year’s goods.”
“Uncle, we all know, it’s okay, you can give it to me as long as you feel happy”
Luo Fengtang interrupted Blacksmith Luo and said in a calm voice.
Blacksmith Luo was stunned for a moment, then Luo Fengtang continued: "Auntie is uncle's biological sister. If uncle wants to move around with auntie, that is your freedom."
"But come to me. , I definitely won’t hang out with relatives with such character, this is my attitude, please understand me,” Luo Fengtang said again.
When Blacksmith Luo heard these words, he realized that his nephew was still unhappy.
“Hey!”
Blacksmith Luo sighed heavily.
"Your aunt, what you did in the past is really chilling. I can understand that you don't want to have anything to do with them."
"Actually, I am not the same now or in the past. I went to pick them up just because I thought of their family background..."
"I couldn't help it, so I sent something to them," Blacksmith Luo said. Luo Fengtang was silent, while Yang Ruoqing took out a handkerchief and wiped the candy from the corner of Baby Luo's mouth.
After it was done, Yang Ruoqing stood up and said with a smile: "Just give it away. My aunt's house is really good this year. I didn't let my uncle come back empty-handed."
The previous chat with aunt Wang Cuilian, Only then did Yang Ruoqing know that during the Chinese New Year last year, Blacksmith Luo also secretly visited Zhoujia Village.
No matter how many things were sent, Zhoujiacun accepted them all, without even returning half of the melon seeds.
"Uncle, don't be upset if I ask questions that don't sound right to you." Yang Ruoqing continued.
“Even if we don’t come back to my aunt’s house, we don’t care. Our family is not short of food and drink.”
"I just want to ask, did my aunt's family buy this pile of candied haws? Or did you pay for it yourself and let them give it a good name?" she asked again.
As soon as this question came out of his mouth, Luo Fengtang suddenly showed doubts.
"Uncle, we all know what kind of person my aunt is. Don't do this for her to make us change our view of her. It's really unnecessary!" he said.
Blacksmith Luo couldn’t laugh or cry.
“You two, you have really thought too much this time!” Blacksmith Luo said.
"I was just about to tell you about this. This time, your aunt's family is in a huge turnaround!" Blacksmith Luo said.
“Their three low thatched houses were demolished and a new yard was built. That yard is almost as big as Qing’er’s yard!”
“Your aunt and uncle are well fed and clothed, and we have two servants at home. "
"One is dedicated to cooking and washing, and the other is cleaning the yard and feeding the cows and pigs in the backyard."
"They all have the rice and wheat flour I sent. No, I have plenty at home, let me bring them all back.”
"Huh?"
Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang were shocked again.
Luo Fengtang rushed to the carriage, lifted the curtain of the carriage and took a look inside. In the carriage, two and a half bags of rice grains and wheat flour were indeed there.
The fish and meat contained in a bamboo basket nearby were also returned intact.
“They didn’t want my things, and they even spent money to buy a bunch of candied haws for me to bring back to pick up the baby.”
"Your aunt's family is living a good life!" Blacksmith Luo was excited and pleased at the same time.
"Uncle, what's going on? Could it be...?" Yang Ruoqing asked.
Could it be that Zhou Xia finally realized her conscience and came back to take care of her parents?
As soon as she turned this corner in her mind, Blacksmith Luo confirmed her suspicion.
"Last time I went back to the capital, I said I saw Zhou Xia. None of you believed me, and you said you were dazzled."
"I'm going to Zhou's house today. Your aunt told me not to become a heretic."
"She said Zhou Xia was really not dead. She was rescued by a wealthy family in the capital and recognized as her goddaughter."
"In the future, that wealthy family will find a good marriage for Zhou Xia." Blacksmith Luo said.
Yang Ruoqing asked: "Zhou Xia returned to Zhoujia Village by herself?"
Tiejiang Luo shook his head: "She didn't go back. She arrived in Qing'an County, and then sent someone to secretly take your aunt and uncle away. We were picked up and met at an inn in Qing’an County.”
"Zhou Xia said these words herself. Before she left, she gave your aunt and uncle a hundred taels of silver to support them in their old age."
(End of Chapter)