bookrebus Chapter 204: Deeply Emotional
Chapter 204: Deeply Emotional
Just at this time, the old lady's son-in-law came specially, looking exhausted after traveling all the way. When he arrived in front of their team, he dismounted from his horse and knelt in front of the old lady in one smooth movement.
He greeted them, "Father and mother-in-law, how are you? I am late. I rode as fast as I could but I was still late in welcoming you into the city."
Wow, in the eyes of the old ladies in Shenjia Village, the young man’s movements are so handsome, they are so jealous!
Looking back at his daughter and granddaughter, he sighed and wondered if each of them would be able to find someone as handsome as this young man.
Finally, after thinking about my family's conditions, I decided that it would be fine if I could be one-tenth as handsome as this guy.
If Shen Youyou, her aunt, and the young ladies knew what the old ladies were thinking, how would they feel? Why did they ask for such a low amount, only one tenth?
Besides, Shen Youyou didn't follow that line at all. She just watched the fun. When she saw the old lady quickly stand up and help her son-in-law up with both hands,
The old man of that family also came over immediately, and his eyes were filled with tears of emotion when he saw him. He didn't expect that at such a critical moment, when Youzhou was nearly a thousand miles away from Jeju, his son-in-law would actually travel day and night to come and greet him.
This kindness has already made the two elders of the family extremely grateful. They held their son-in-law’s hand with trembling hands:
"It's not too late, it's not too late, and the friend you asked to help has been very considerate of us. Go over and say hello to him. At noon, he knew we couldn't leave, so he specially sent us some hot meat buns."
Seeing this, Old Lady Hua sighed to the old ladies in Shenjia Village: "Look, at this critical moment, a girl who married well also got some benefits. You must not be partial in the future."
Except for Mrs. Tian Cuifen who loved to contradict her sister-in-law, everyone else nodded and agreed with what she said.
We have changed. We no longer favor boys over girls like before. The girl and Youyou in our family are both very capable. Maybe in the future we won’t have grandsons, but granddaughters.
Old Mrs. Tian rolled her eyes and said to her sister-in-law: "How dare you ask others not to be partial to you? You are partial to me, to no limit."
Grandma Hua never hides her partiality for her little granddaughter: "Our daughter Yoyo is the most blessed. She will marry better than all the other girls in the future."
Shen Youyou pretended not to hear, but in fact she was feeling emotional, Grandma, you are half right, I am lucky, I will definitely live a good life, but forget about getting married.
To use a very inspiring saying from my previous life: I don’t want to marry into a wealthy family, I just want to become a wealthy family myself.
The young daughter-in-law of Dahaiye also sighed quietly with the sisters-in-law and brothers and sisters around her: "Indeed, a girl as smart as Yoyo will definitely marry a wealthy family that passes on farming and reading in the future, otherwise the third brother will not let her go."
Her husband Shen Wangfu, who was standing next to her, heard what his wife said and thought he had heard it wrongly.
How could my wife be so stupid: "Are you stupid? The third child is now a junior high school student. In the future, he may become a juren or a jinshi. When he grows up, he will be a daughter of an official family. Why would he marry into a wealthy family?"
Grandpa Shen also waved at Shen Youyou: "Come on, Youyou, come to Grandpa."
Shen Youyou was embarrassed, but since Great Grandfather had called her, she had no choice but to go. She walked up to him and called out obediently, "Great Grandfather!"
Master Shen smiled and said, "I think our Yoyo is also a lucky person."
Old Man Shen next to him was in high spirits. He didn't realize at all that it was his granddaughter who was being praised and that he should be humble. He just looked at her happily with pride on his face.
Old Lady Fang also said loudly: "Oh, look at how handsome we are, with eyes curved like crescent moons and eyebrows curved like willow leaves, so attractive."
Everyone said, "Yes, yes. You can tell at a glance that he has inherited the best qualities of his parents."
Shen Youyou was speechless and thought: Guess whether I believe what you say?
Knowing that she was going into the city, she dressed up as a boy on purpose and smeared a layer of charcoal dust on her face, making it look dirty. Are you sure you can see what I look like?
To be honest, she even looked at herself in the water after applying it. Oh, she was a dark and thin tomboy. The only thing people could remember about her was her pair of shiny black eyes.
At this time, the team in front of the city gate began to stir. Rows of heavily disciplined soldiers, with solemn expressions, began to escort the laborers with words carved on their faces away.
Next came the military households and border farmers, who were also taken away by many officers and soldiers.
Next came the rose-red team and the maroon team. Look, the levels are clearly divided.
There was also a story told by the son-in-law of their team, who knew some inside information, saying that these teams had to pass through a busy downtown area before leaving.
It will be shown to the local people there, so that they can see what will happen after the city is broken. Once another prince occupies the northern border, you may suffer the same fate as these people.
So you know what to do, right?
Yes! That's right! We must fight against the foreign enemy together, unite as one, rise up and fight bravely, and face the foreign enemy in unison.
It is nothing more than educating their own people through these refugees. Alas! Living in such a world, without money and power, you can only be slaughtered by others.
It is said that they will receive ideological education on the way. In fact, the son-in-law didn't even need to say this, Shen Youyou could probably guess most of it.
It's simply: Aren't you unwilling to be a military household or a frontier farmer here?
You can become locals here, eat the food grown by us locals, and share our local land. Isn't it right for you to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy with us?
Without giving and contributing, are you worthy of us opening the city gates to welcome you in these troubled times?
We all work hard to make a living, why should we give you food and drinks for free?
The situation is much better for teams like those that are doing it at their discretion. They have already bought their own right to reside in the area through connections or money, and are considered local citizens.
However, there are fewer people to manage the rose-red and maroon teams, while the number of people being managed is large. It is estimated that the next provincial capital will start to arrange for them to settle in each village.
Therefore, they were on a forced march, traveling day and night. Even if the leader asked them to rest, they might have to sleep outdoors in the wilderness.
The leader of Shen Zhiqiu and his team, Zhou Tou, also came over to inform them to buy some steamed buns, pancakes and dumplings from the snack stand in front.
It’s getting dark today so we can only go to the post station outside the city. We cannot stay overnight in the city.
Of course, you don’t have to buy it. There are hot meals available at the post station. After saying this, he deliberately glanced at Shen Zhiqiu.
The meaning was very clear. This was said to Shen Zhiqiu, and it was obviously a reminder. The post station did provide hot meals, but as for the price, it was hard to say.
Shen Zhiqiu responded quickly and took a few men to buy dry food. They almost bought all the freshly-baked steamed buns and pancakes from the snack stalls.