
The next day, Mrs. Huang was ordered to go to the Ji Family. Because Wei Changying sympathized that Mrs. Huang's second son, second daughter-in-law, and only granddaughter were all in the Ji Family, she asked her to have dinner with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter before coming back, no matter how things went. Therefore, Mrs. Huang didn't come back until noon.
At this time, Wei Changying also finished dealing with the family affairs and was asking someone to put the frozen cheese up to eat. Mrs. He told her to put less ice. Hearing that Mrs. Huang had come back, she ordered, "Prepare a bowl of frozen cheese for Granny Huang, too."
Mrs. Huang came in with a wet basket and thanked Wei Changying with a smile. She said, "I ran into the Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family, and she told me right away about the matter of the jade."
Wei Changying was astonished and said, "I'm too busy that I forget about this. Granny, find two jades later and don't let her come. I'm swamped now, so I don't have time to slight over her. Thus, Granny, send the jades over to her."
And then she asked Mrs. Huang, "What's in your basket?"
"Weiwei is gluttonous. When she saw me today, she begged for lotus seed cakes from me." Mrs. Huang said, "I thought that young madam allowed me to stay there longer, so I made lotus seed cakes for her. And I bring back some of them for young madam."
Wei Changying asked with a smile, "How's the goldfish she raised in the lotus jar of Ji Qubing? Have you bought her new fishes and tank now?"
"Those fishes are all dead." Mrs. Huang smiled and said, "I also bought her new fishes and tank. Today, my daughter-in-law also complained that Weiwei was not even diligent in answering the door because she stayed around the tank all day. And I said to her that if she makes a mistake because of this, I will take the fish and tank away from her."
Wei Changying then said, "Children are always playful. I don't think there are many people visiting Ji Qubing. Even if people visited him, he was so bad-tempered that others did not expect to be greeted graciously, and it was okay for them to be snubbed by him. If those people could tolerate Ji Qubing, how could they haggle over with a child?"
With a smile, Mrs. Huang said, "Young madam, everyone knows that Miracle Doctor Ji is being served on by the people from our family. If they are neglected, it will be our family's fault."
"..." Wei Changying was a little speechless and then said, "What if our family neglected them? Weiwei and others are serving Ji Qubing, not the people who visit him."
Mrs. Huang then changed the subject and said, "I've asked Zhu Lei today. He said that guard Jiang's injury has been stable, and now he is only resting to heal. Miracle Doctor Ji told him that the young madam is very generous so that there is plenty of money to prescribe good medicine for him. Zhu Lei was so grateful to the young madam that he told me today that he must come and kowtow to the young madam to thank you."
"Uncle Jiang is not only his master but also my teacher." Wei Changying smiled and said, "Besides, Uncle Jiang was implicated by me this time. If I didn't provide him with the best medical treatment, I would be too heartless. This is not a favor, and there is no need for him to thank me." She asked, "What about Mrs. Yu?"
"I told guard Jiang, and he is now relieved. He told us never to mention the matter of letting Yu Yanhua become Zhu Lei's wife." Mrs. Huang smiled and said, "But the young madam really expected it. Today, when I was talking to my daughter-in-law, Weiwei came and said that Yu Yanhua was kneeling at the door of the Ji Family again."
Wei Changying frowned and said, "She indeed badgered with guard Jiang?"
Mrs. He had been listening on the side, and now she asked, "What did you do, Sister Huang?" If Mrs. Huang was clever, she could also learn from her!
"It was her fate not to have a good life. Not long after she knelt, Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family also visited Miracle Doctor Ji. When she saw her kneeling in front of the door, she asked for the reason." Mrs. Huang looked like she wanted to laugh yet restraining herself, and she said, "Yu Yanhua went on to say that she would like to be a slave for guard Jiang to make up for her father's mistake. As a result, Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family was overjoyed to hear this and said, 'Do you want to be a slave for Jiang Zheng? Don't you know that he owes our master and disciples' medical expenses and that he is detained with my master now? I was worried that the man is poor and unable to repay, and I did not expect to know that a slave would pay the debt.' She then told Yu Yanhua to go in with her."
Wei Changying and Mrs. He said at the same time, "Then what?"
"Then Yu Yanhua at first thought she had good luck, so she kowtowed to Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family and thanked her. She said that she would do her best to take good care of the Miracle Doctor Ji and Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family." Mrs. Huang said with a smile, "However when they went up the stone steps, Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family was impatient to listen to her wordiness, so she said bluntly to her, 'Serving us? What are you talking about? There are others who serve us. I want you to try the medicine. Master was not sure what effects the newly prepared medicines would have, so I was asked to find several death row prisoners. I was impatient to deal with people in my clan, so I was thinking about whether I should quietly feed Jiang Zheng the new medicine. But I was afraid that I would offend the sister of the Wei Family. It's my luck that you came here yourself today.'"
"..." Wei Changying almost laughed out loud!
Mrs. He hurriedly asked, "Then what about Yu Yanhua?"
"Weiwei, who opened the door to Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family, said that when Yu Yanhua heard this, she didn't say a word. She turned and ran faster than a rabbit, regardless of the fact that one of her embroidered shoes had dropped in the alley." Mrs. Huang said, "She won't dare to come to the door tomorrow."
Wei Changying said, "It would be nice if she dared to come again. With the ruthlessness of Duanmu Xinmiao, it is not impossible for her to catch Yu Yanhua to try medicine."
Mrs. Huang smiled and said, "Eighth Miss of the Duanmu Family is not ruthless. She just obsessed with medical skills too much so that she valued less on people's life."
She then said, "I made the lotus seed cake during noon. I'm afraid that it would go bad on the way, so I put some ice in the basket. Now it is cold, and it will need to be heated to be able to eat." She handed the basket to Mrs. He.
Mrs. He didn't think much about it, took the basket, and asked Wei Changying how many she wanted to eat. She then said, ''I will go to the kitchenette and steam it again."
Although cooks were serving in the kitchenette, for the things that were ordered by Wei Changying, Mrs. He always cooked herself and brought them up in person.
After she left, Mrs. Huang stopped smiling and said to Wei Changying, "I went to see Jiang Zheng today. Zhu Lei walked me out. What he said to me surprised me a little."
Wei Changying saw that she handed the basket to Mrs. He, instead of going out and giving it to the maidservants on the porch, and she knew that Mrs. Huang was deliberately sending her away with an excuse. Now Wei Changying was surprised and asked, "What did he say?"
"Zhu Lei asked me that whether Sister He takes a fancy towards his master?"
Before Mrs. Huang finished her words, the mouthful of ice cheese Wei Changying was swallowing almost choked her. She coughed a few times. Mrs. Huang hurriedly went up and stroked her back. After she stopped, Wei Changying wiped the corner of her mouth with a veil and asked wryly, "How could he think that way? Anyone who has served me for more than two years will know how much Granny He hates Uncle Jiang."
"But Zhu Lei told me this," Mrs. Huang said, "He said that when he came over yesterday, he only expected us to send two servants here to help him drag Yu Yanhua away. However, Sister He went in person. And she not only went there to send Yu Yanhua away, but also especially went to see guard Jiang. After seeing guard Jiang, she started to scold guard Jiang again..."
Wei Changying hurriedly asked, "Why did Granny He start to scold Uncle Jiang? Wasn’t it Uncle Jiang who wanted to make Yu Yanhua become Zhu Lei's wife?"
"Zhu Lei said that they did not mention Yu Yanhua at first. However, Sister He first said that guard Jiang was too stupid that he didn't ask carefully when his old friend moved from the capital city's environs to the capital and had the money to open a naan bread shop. Not to mention that he had gone to buy naan bread so many times. The Yu Family had not asked him to buy anything before, but now they suddenly mentioned it. How could they not have any second thoughts?" Mrs. Huang said, "Guard Jiang argued that when his father and he traveled, they almost always stopped in a teahouse run by the Yu Family when they went near the capital city's environs. Sometimes when the Yu Family lacked what the imperial capital had, they would ask them to bring it with them when they returned from the capital. So on that day, Yu Fu said that there was not much flour in the shop, and he couldn't walk away from the shop. And he didn't want his daughter to appear in public, so guard Jiang said he would buy some for him."
"Then how did the subject turn back to Yu Yanhua?"
Mrs. Huang said, "Sister He said that she found Yu Yanhua very articulate so that she was obviously not a kind of person who didn't meet others."
"Guard Jiang said casually that the second daughter of the Yu Family was indeed very articulate. Then Sister He grasped this word, saying that since Yu Fu kept a close eye on his daughter and did not let her appear in public, how could guard Jiang know that the girl was articulate? Obviously, he not only has seen her, and at least he has heard her talk to others, or he has spoken to her so that guard Jiang would think that the girl was articulate. Guard Jiang said that sometimes the girl came out to greet him when he went to buy naan bread. Sister He then said that guard Jiang was stupid, so he didn't know that Yu Fu sent him to go shopping on purpose..."
Mrs. Huang sighed and said, "Guard Jiang was bored, so he said that he used to want to hire Yu Yanhua as Zhu Lei's wife. And then he was scolded by Sister He before he finished! The two people did not argue for a few words, and Sister He said that. Guard Jiang was furious. If he hadn't been hurt and persuaded by Zhu Lei, he would have rushed to the outside to argue with Sister He."
Wei Changying was quite speechless and said, "So Zhu Lei thought that Granny He is interested in Uncle Jiang? Doesn't he think that Granny He treats Uncle... Emm, very rudely?"
"Zhu Lei said that he felt that although Sister He seemed to scold at his master, in fact, she was very concerned about his master. He also said that Sister He wondered if guard Jiang had taken a fancy to Yu Yanhua. He sounded like... sounded like Sister He was jealous of this?" Mrs. Huang whispered in an awkward voice. "Zhu Lei also kept telling me that his master had lived a lonely life and that if his master could have a considerate wife, he would be the most welcome and would like to treat his master's wife as his own mother. Young madam, what do you think of this?"
Wei Changying didn't know what to say. She recalled it carefully for a moment and said, "Maybe I didn't pay attention to it before? I never thought Granny He was interested in Uncle Jiang." Last year, before Jiang Zheng saved Wei Changying and her brother, Mrs. He could not wait for Jiang Zheng to die as soon as possible.
She then didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Zhu Lei is also a funny guy. Granny He scolded Uncle Jiang like that and made Uncle Jiang so mad. However, as Uncle Jiang's only disciple, he not only didn't help him vent out the anger but still wanted Granny He to be his master's wife? I don't know whether Uncle will beat him up after Granny He left."
"Guard Jiang hasn't fully recovered from the injury yet. I'm afraid it won't hurt him even if he wants to beat him up." Mrs. Huang joked and said, "Let me tell young madam something more surprising. What original words that Zhu Lei said to me were - For such a valiant and agile woman like Sister He, he believes his master must have liked her a long time ago, but he was just too embarrassed to say it out."
Wei Changying was stunned, "Granny He was indeed agile, but valiant? Did he mean the temper when Granny He scolded Uncle Jiang?"
Mrs. Huang laughed and said, "I don't know! It could be." She joked a bit and then said, "However, I think guard Jiang is a good person..."
"Uncle Jiang is much older than Granny He, right?" Wei Changying was stunned and said subconsciously.
Jiang Zheng was nearly half a hundred years old, but Mrs. He was only over thirty. There was a full difference of more than ten years between them. Therefore, although both of them had a close relationship with Wei Changying, she had never considered Jiang Zheng before when she was negotiating with Mrs. Huang to find a candidate for Mrs. Huang to remarry.
When Mrs. Huang mentioned, Wei Changying felt very surprised, "And it is not certain that Granny He likes Uncle Jiang, right?"
"Young madam, you don't know Sister He when she was young." Wei Changying watched and listened to Mrs. He cursing Jiang Zheng to death when she grew up, so she preconceived that it was impossible for her wet nurse and her teacher to be a couple. But Mrs. Huang, who had seen Mrs. He when she was young, disagreed and said, "When her husband was still alive, didn't she also scold him all the time? She has more bark than bite. She will scold those she doesn't like and also scold those she likes." She then lowered her voice, "It is said that beating shows affection and scolding shows love. Sister He is exactly this kind of person."


