Shen Yingxue walked into Shen's house with a dull expression. She closed the door and leaned blankly behind it. Her heart was beating so fast, as if it was about to jump out of her throat.
She had never experienced such strong emotions in the five years she had been married to Zhou Shui'an. Shen Yingxue's face was so hot that it could boil an egg. She lowered her head slightly, the curvature of the corners of her mouth slowly widened, and her two phoenix eyes were sparkling, revealing a girlish look. Affectionate stupidity.
"Yingxue, what are you doing standing at the door stupidly? Why is your face so red? It's not hot today..."
Mrs. Zhang came out of the kitchen with a bowl of fruit and saw Shen Yingxue at the door. She seemed to have been standing there for a long time. Mrs. Zhang looked at her with confusion and stared at her for a moment. Shen Yingxue still didn't move, so she had to speak. asked.
Shen Yingxue suddenly came back to her senses. She first looked back in a panic, trying to make sure there was no one outside the door. She was afraid that Mrs. Zhang's words would be overheard by Guo Zhao, otherwise she would really be embarrassed to see anyone.
"Mom, I'm fine, I'll go into the house now..."
Shen Yingxue was afraid that Mrs. Zhang would ask again, so she quickly ran a few steps into the yard.
"What does this frizzy hair look like? It's so weird and abnormal..."
Mrs. Zhang couldn't figure it out, so she simply stopped thinking about it and carried the fruit into the main room, her face returning to joy.
"Miaoya is back, hurry up and enter the house."
"Miaoya is back!"
When Shen Yingxue heard Jiang Miao's return, her shyness disappeared.
They had been away for more than a month, and the Shen family members were all thinking about her. Now that she knew she was back, Shen Yingxue was very happy and walked towards the house with her clothes in hand.
Outside Shen's house, Guo Zhao heard the conversation between Mrs. Zhang and Shen Yingxue, and his stern face melted, with a smile in his eyes.
He stood for a while and waited until Shen Yingxue entered the room before turning and leaving. Guo Zhao was so happy that he walked briskly back home.
Guo's mother asked her maid to look at the door several times. It was past noon before Guo Zhao returned home.
"What time is it? Why are you coming back now? The county government is so busy?"
Guo Zhao was so busy with official duties that he couldn't even eat. Guo's mother was angry and worried.
"I can still cook for you now while I'm alive. But when I die, you will be the only one left in the family. You have a bad temper like a stone in a latrine. You are as smelly and hard as a stone in a latrine. How can you still be popular in the family?"
Guo's mother would be so worried that she could not sleep all night long just thinking about him being alone and widowed for the rest of her life. She only hoped that she would live a few more years and not let this family become deserted.
Guo Zhao's cold heart was a little moved. He looked at Guo's mother's gray hair and felt a rare sigh of relief.
"When I find the person I like, it depends on whether she is willing to marry me."
"That married woman? Guo Zhao, if you dare to be that wild man, your mother will not recognize you as her son. If the men of our Guo family are upright, no one will do anything dirty!"
Guo's mother was so angry that she was afraid that he would do something wrong if he couldn't think about it.
"Mom, where did you miss me..."
Guo Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This is how his mother saw him. He looked like a low-ranking person.
"She has made peace with her husband's family."
"Isn't it because of you?"
Mother Guo asked dubiously, obviously still not believing what he said.
"When I met her, she had already divorced."
Guo Zhao explained patiently, and Guo's mother breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as he doesn't come to the house to act as a wild man, that's fine. However, Guo Zhao has been single for so many years and is busy with official duties at the county government all day long. Where did he go to find the woman he fell in love with? Maybe it was in those dirty places?
Guo's mother was worried again. Although she was looking forward to Guo Zhao marrying a wife, she didn't care about the woman's family background, but at least she had to be a wife from a good family.
"Whose wife do you like? Let me look at you..."
Guo Zhao paused in picking up the food. Shen Yingxue has not agreed to him yet. It is not certain whether the two of them can succeed. He wanted to take it step by step, and now he rashly told Guo's mother that if he failed, the gain would be more than the loss.
"Mom, please eat first, this matter is not urgent."
"Why, she doesn't like you?"
Guo's mother was anxious when she heard that Guo Zhao had finally fallen in love with a young lady. If she didn't like him, he would have to remain single. Guo's mother was so worried that she couldn't eat. She looked at him with a look that made her want to be single.
"You can't even get a wife, and you still have the heart to eat. With your cold and stubborn temper, what kind of young lady can like you?"
Guo's mother's words poked her heart, and the food in Guo Zhao's mouth no longer tasted good. Is he that unbearable?
Is it really because of his cold temper that Shen Yingxue doesn't like him? Guo Zhao secretly reflected on whether he had done enough. Apart from going to the shop to buy snacks every day, he had no chance to get along with Shen Yingxue.
Moreover, he only had five taels of silver per month, while Jiang Ji's shop could earn dozens of taels per month. The more he thought about Guo Zhao, the more he felt that he was not worthy of Shen Yingxue.
The frustration on his face was so obvious that Guo's mother thought she had gone too far, so her tone was a little softer. She took out a purse from her sleeve and pushed it to him.
"Well, I didn't mean to belittle you. You can take the money and buy some jewelry for that little lady."
Otherwise, his son's cold and straightforward temperament would not please the young lady at all.
"I have money."
Guo Zhao didn't want to accept it. How would he use Guo's mother's money to buy things for Shen Yingxue?
"Take what my mother gave you. This was originally the money to get you a wife." Now it depends on whether Guo Zhao can live up to his expectations. If he still can't get a wife, Guo's mother thinks he will be a bachelor for the rest of his life.
Shen family
When Jiang Miao returned to Shen's house, she took a hot bath and changed into clean clothes. She was used to being disgraced in Zhenjiang Mansion. After being cleaned, her whole body came back to life.
"Miaoya, you're back!"
Shen Yingxue saw that she hadn't closed the door and opened the door directly. Jiang Miao sat in front of the window combing her hair and saw a bright smile on Shen Yingxue's face.
"Sister!"
Jiang Miao put down her comb and stood up to greet her. She was still very happy to see her family after being away for these days.
"You have lost weight since you went to Zhenjiang Mansion, and your chin is now pointed..." Shen Yingxue looked at her increasingly slender face with some distress.
"You said it would be better to let the third child go alone at that time. You stay at home and wait for the conditions there to improve before going there. You have to suffer the same pain as before..."
The Shen family has watched her grow up, especially Jiang Miao, who is now well-behaved and sensible. Her status in the hearts of the Shen family is higher than that of Shen Yanqing. Shen Yingxue truly cares about her.
Jiang Miao felt warm in her heart. She stepped forward and took Shen Yingxue's arm, leading her to sit down on the bed.
"Although Zhenjiang Prefecture is not as good as home, it is still good. I can eat enough every day. My sister may not have seen me for a long time and thinks I have lost weight. In fact, it is not because I am hungry, but because I have gained weight."
Jiang Miao's body is only 16 years old, which is the age when girls have sex. It is normal to lose weight.
