Mu Siyu carried the wooden basin to the river, took out the dirty clothes and started washing them.
Originally, there were many young and old wives washing clothes here. When they saw her coming, they all took the opportunity to chat.
"Ms. Shaoyu, your business is doing well. When I passed by that day, the sales were crazy!"
"It's okay, it's a small business."
"You're not young anymore. A stool is one tael of silver, and a table is two taels. The price is not low. People like us can't afford it."
Mu Siyu smiled and said nothing.
"Your family's life is really getting better and better. You can make money, your man is an official, and your children are studying again. You are the only one in our village."
"Sister-in-law Wang, has your family become rich recently? I look at the clothes you are wearing, do they smell like a woman's?"
"How can I get rich? It's not the same as before." Mrs. Wang fiddled with the pearl flowers on her head.
"Oh, you spend five taels of silver on your pearls, right? You don't think you're going to make a fortune. We don't know what your family was like before?"
"That's right. We're not going to lend you money, so why are you hiding it? Tell us how you got rich?"
Mrs. Wang wrung her clothes, wrung them dry and threw them into the basin next to her. She said angrily: "You ask Miss Shaoyu, how can I compare with her?"
After Wang left, people in the village gossiped about Wang again.
Mu Siyu did not participate in their conversation, but she also heard a lot of gossip.
Ms. Wang has been shopping recently, even her daughter Niandi, whom she doesn't like, bought new clothes, which shows that she is really making money.
Speaking of Niandi, Wang Cailian, Wang's niece, has stopped pestering Lu Xuan recently and seems to have given up. This is good to avoid another quarrel.
A young daughter-in-law from the village came over holding a wooden basin and said mysteriously: "Have you heard? Something happened to Li Dalang."
"Something happened to Li Dalang? What happened?"
"I heard that while he and Widow Jia were messing around in a small shabby house in the village, another lover of Widow Jia caught him and had his third leg broken."
"Article 3...puchi..."
Mu Siyu packed the washed clothes and left with the tub in her arms.
"It's different for this man to be an official. Look how proud she is now."
"No."
Those gossips can't affect Mu Siyu's mood at all. Human nature has always been like this. If everyone is the same, then of course it's you and me. As long as one family gets rich first, all kinds of yin and yang will appear, even if they are brothers.
This happens, let alone outsiders.
Mu Siyu had just returned home and was drying clothes when someone knocked on the door.
Lu Zhiyun took Xiao Hei to open the door.
"Uncle An." Lu Zhiyun shouted when she saw the person coming.
Mu Siyu turned around and saw An Yiheng and said, "Mr. An, please sit down for a while. I'll be there soon."
"No rush." An Yiheng did not dare to look directly at Mu Siyu since he discovered his despicable thoughts.
He randomly picked a stone bench and sat down.
Lu Zhiyun came in for a while and ran out with a teapot.
An Yiheng quickly took it: "Thank you, Xiaoyun'er."
"Uncle An, you're welcome." Lu Zhiyun smiled.
"I heard that you are studying, why didn't you go to private school?" An Yiheng asked.
"I usually go there, but today my mother is at home and I want to accompany her. Anyway, I have learned today's lessons in advance, so it's okay if I don't go."
An Yiheng nodded: "You are very smart."
Mu Siyu hung up her clothes and walked over and sat down opposite An Yiheng: "Mr. An is here because of your sister's affairs, right?"
"Yes. I wonder what Mrs. Lu thinks?" An Yiheng looked at her.
"Brother Xia told me last night. I didn't express my position at the time and asked him to think about it all night before making a decision. Mr. An must have known what happened yesterday. Our brother Xia can be regarded as An Yu's savior, if only for the sake of being responsible
, There is no need for this. I asked him if he really likes him, and if he does, of course I will support him. If it is just for responsibility and sympathy, then there is no need. There are so many poor people in the world, and we can't sympathize with him."
"What did Brother Xia say?"
"When I went out early this morning, he stood guard outside the door. He talked about his relationship with Miss An."
"origin?"
"He said that he came to Hubei City a few years ago. At that time, Miss An was not blind yet, and she was an optimistic and cheerful little girl. He also had a father who cared for him. Although his mother was cold to her, she was not mean to her. Later, there was an accident.
She lost her father and her eyes. He watched her fall and get up again and again."
At that time, Xia Kun, who was heartbroken, paid attention to this little girl. Because of his attention, when those gangsters wanted to take advantage of the little girl, he stepped in to smooth things over.
The little girl didn't know that she had been able to go smoothly without being bullied all these years, not because she was surrounded by good people, but because there was someone who was silently guarding her.
"It turns out that my little sister has been able to live peacefully all these years because of Brother Xia." An Yiheng looked moved.
As an elder brother, he doesn't do as much as Xia Kun.
"He said he wanted to make Miss An happy." Mu Siyu said, "I believe him, so even if Mr. An doesn't come, I plan to ask a matchmaker to come to propose marriage."
"I would like to ask, what is Brother Xia's status in the Lu family?"
"He signed a five-year contract and can leave after five years. He is not a slave, he is our friend, so you can rest assured. An Yu is also our friend when he gets married. He will live like us and will not be treated badly in the slightest.
If Mr. An is worried about his sister, you can come over and see him at any time. However, we live close to each other and you know how your mother treats An Yu. We have no obligation to take care of your mother, right?"
"What's more, the betrothal gift is one hundred taels of silver. If your mother knows how to run a business, she can use this money to do a small business. What's better than that?"
"One hundred taels?" An Yiheng frowned.
Yu didn't mention this.
No wonder Mrs. Yu is eager to marry An Yu. She also has a good attitude towards An Yu today. It seems that she knows that this daughter can bring benefits to her.
"Yes. We are willing to pay this amount of money, but you have to make it clear to your mother that if we have paid the money, she cannot come to An Yu for anything."
An Yiheng brought the words to Yushi, and Yushi suddenly became unhappy.
"What do they mean by the Lu family? Are they still worried that I will come to disturb them?"
An Yiheng said calmly: "Can't you, mother?"
"I..." Yushi was embarrassed.
She won't look for people from the Lu family, but she will look for An Yu. An Yu is her daughter, why can't she ask her for food and drink?
"Mom, you'd better not make this idea." An Yiheng said calmly: "Brother Xia is a servant of the Lu family, and everything he owns belongs to the master. If you rashly touch their things, you can directly send them to the official."
Yes. Actually, I don’t think this marriage is appropriate. Although Xia Kun is a good person, he is a servant. Our sister was also a servant when she married, and the children they will have in the future will also be servants."
An Yiheng said this deliberately, just to dispel Yu's wishful thinking.
