No matter how low their voices were, the woman next to them could still hear a few words. When the topic finally came up, everyone in the circle became matchmakers and kept praising Gu Qingliang.
A whole afternoon passed, and the Jiang family yard finally returned to calm again.
Now in the Jiang family, in addition to the Jiang family, there are four members of the Wang family, Zhang's natal family and two people brought back by Bai Yifeng.
In the evening at the end of August, when it was sweltering and hot in the house, everyone moved stools and sat around the yard to talk. As they talked, the conversation spread to several children of several grandchildren.
Mrs. Wu (Xiao Yanniang) was sitting next to Mrs. Zhang. She asked, "How is the grandson of the head of your village?" As soon as Mrs. Wu said this, Zhang Xiaoyan immediately blushed.
It's not surprising that she thought too much. The group of women were discussing too intensely this afternoon. Their voices became louder as they talked, and they looked at her frequently. It was hard not to hear them.
Now that they were talking again, Zhang Xiaoyan couldn't help it, stood up, stamped her feet and ran away with Jiang Zhiyue.
Wu smiled and said: "Xiaoyan is thin-skinned, let's continue, how is Mr. Gu Qingliang, and are his family members easy to get along with?"
In the evening, everyone else left the Jiang family.
Only then did the Jiang family remember that the two people Bai Yifeng had brought back had not yet been carefully arranged.
When the Jiang family asked about it, Bai Yifeng took the initiative to introduce them: "This is my master, and this is the boy next to me who takes care of my master's daily life."
"Master, I have told you this too, this is
There were many Jiang family members, so Bai Yifeng introduced Mr. Bai one by one. His mouth was dry after the introduction, so he picked up a large glass of water and drank it.
"It turns out to be Mr. Bai. Mr. Bai Yifeng has been telling us about you for a long time. Today we finally met. Mr. Bai is indeed a man of great integrity."
Mr. Bai smiled and said: "Yifeng also told me about his stay at your house on the way here. If it weren't for you, this kid would have died long ago. This is a great favor."
"Anling."
When another young man brought back by Bai Yifeng heard this, he immediately took out a purse from his arms and handed it to Mr. Bai.
"This is a small gift. Thank you for taking care of Bai Yifeng during these days."
Mr. Jiang quickly excused himself: "You can't help me, sir. We regard this guy Bai Yifeng as one of our own, and everything he does is not worth mentioning."
The two of them tried to shirk the situation, but finally Mr. Bai said that the three of them would be bothering Jiang's family for a while in the coming days, and this would be considered as their food expenses.
Mr. Jiang was holding the little girl in his arms. When he saw a purse dangling in front of his eyes, he grabbed it and raised it in front of Mr. Jiang.
Then she let go of her hand, and the purse fell into Mr. Jiang's arms.
The little girl sat in Mr. Jiang's arms and turned around with difficulty, as if she had found something interesting, and grabbed Mr. Bai's beard.
Little Wang quickly stood up and took the little girl's hand away. After apologizing, she held her in her arms and sat far away from Mr. Bai.
The purse was already in Mr. Jiang's arms. Mr. Jiang reluctantly accepted the purse. The purse was full of money, but it didn't feel like silver.
Mr. Jiang felt it like a banknote.
Oops, this wallet is almost bursting. How many banknotes are there?
At this time, at the village chief's house, everyone surrounded Gu Qingliang in the center and also interrogated him about what happened during the day.
Wu asked: "What happened to the Zhang girl during the day?"
Gu Qingliang scratched the back of his head and said, "What's going on?"
Mrs. Wu (Gu Qingliang's mother) pinched his pigtails, hummed and laughed twice and said, "Don't tell me, last time the Jiang family girl saw that you didn't want to go, I thought you didn't like that.
Girl, I have found several girls for you these days, and starting from tomorrow, you can visit them one by one."
Gu Qingliang quickly refused: "I won't go."
Mrs. Wu didn't care what he said, and arranged for herself: "You have to look at each other in the past few days to see which one suits you. Once we get married, give your mother a grandson as soon as possible. Look at those two boys from the Jiang family.
How gratifying.”
Gu Qingliang said: "I won't go, I have someone I like."
"who is it?"
Now it was not just Mrs. Wu who was asking, everyone's eyes were shining brightly, and they looked like a bunch of people eating melons.
Gu Qingliang was afraid that if he didn't say anything, his mother would drag him to see the couple tomorrow.
Now that he had said it, he simply said: "My son likes Miss Xiaoyan, who is the cousin of Xiaodong's family. Mother, please go to her house to propose marriage.'
Gu Qingliang worked in a papermaking workshop, so he called Jiang Zhiyue Little Boss like everyone else.
Gu Qingliang's younger brother asked: "Second brother, when the Jiang family first came here, they said they wanted to see each other but you didn't want to go. Is that what you had in mind?"
Gu Qingliang replied: "Yes, but Miss Xiaoyan left at that time, and I don't know where she went."
Mrs. Wu was so angry that she knocked on Gu Qingliang and said, "You idiot, you can't inquire after you leave. If you hadn't delayed things, my grandson would have been born soon."
Gu Qingliang covered his head and said: "Mom, please find a way to propose marriage as soon as possible, otherwise you will have to wait longer to hold your grandson."
The next day, Jiang Dalang and others said they wanted to get together with their former classmates and friends, so they called Wang Hao from next door and went to town together.
Jiang Ming and Jiang Yulai drove to see them off, and happened to go to the town shop to see what was going on in the bookstore.
Jiang Zhiyue, who was at home, was blocked by Mr. Bai.
"I heard that Miss Jiang has come up with a more affordable way to make paper. I wonder if I can go to the workshop and visit it?" Jiang Zhiyue led the way: "Nothing is wrong, old gentleman, come with me."
The papermaking workshop is a few hundred meters away from Jiang's house. On the way, Mr. Bai said: "I came in a hurry yesterday, and I haven't thanked the girl for saving her life last year."
Then he took out a safety buckle and handed it to Jiang Zhiyue and said: "The girl saved me once. When I passed the temple, I asked for a safety buckle for the girl and hoped that the girl would accept it."
"A life-saving grace?"
Jiang Zhiyue couldn't remember when she had seen this little old man and saved him?
Mr. Bai smiled and replied: "Girl, noble people often forget things."
"A year ago in Yunxi Town, the girl saved me once from some gangsters. However, the girl and your second and third uncles left in a hurry and did not have time to say thank you."
Yunxi Town. Isn’t that where they lived before fleeing the famine?
Jiang Zhiyue went through what happened at that time in her mind, then looked at Mr. Bai and then at An Ling who was following him, and finally had some impression in her mind.
It seems that I actually saved an old man on crutches from a gangster.
He turned out to be Bai Yifeng’s master!
After understanding what Mr. Bai was talking about, Jiang Zhiyue saw that the safety buckle was indeed made of ordinary material, so she took it without any burden.
"It's just a matter of convenience, old gentleman, don't worry about it."