C264 cowardice

Very quickly, news of the Song Family spread throughout the village, and one after another, people came to visit the mother and daughter. Knowing that Mian Niang had fallen to such a state because of Madame Song Li, they couldn't help but sigh and say how good Mian Niang was.

In the end, he had fallen head first, so Mian Niang had been feeling dizzy and clear-headed these past two days.

Knowing that the external medicine was left by Jiang Ting, he did not say anything, but when he woke up, he would always look at the medicine bottle in a daze.

"Looking at it again, what's there to look at?"

The white porcelain bottle was ordinary in work, and nothing special could be seen from it.

Mother Yun had been taking care of her mother at home for the past two days, cooking and brewing medicine, and she was indeed more concerned about her mother-in-law and even her husband. Now that she looked over and saw the porcelain bottle, she gave a light laugh, "What do you want to look at, and said that Jiang Ting doesn't have any interest in you, now that I want to ask you, keep his dagger and jade pendant properly, and now that I'm looking at such a thing, what are you thinking?"

"I, I'm not thinking about anything!"

Mian Niang's eyes were bright and clear, "I'm thinking that he wouldn't return here for no reason.

He must have heard from Song Zhien that he was dressed in green and was travel worn. Being sent out like that was probably a very dangerous matter, if he left there he would not be heard, and no one would know how things went, or if he was really in danger.

Mistress Cloud scrutinized her. "There won't be any danger. His martial arts are so high and his heart is so ruthless. If there's really danger, it can only be someone else."

"I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. So what if my martial arts are strong? I'm not invincible."

"Oh, you're still thinking that he is unrivalled in this world? Are you really treating him like a god that descended to the mortal world?"

Even though she knew that this person's heart was actually on Mian Niang's behalf, it did not mean that her heart was truly at ease.

Mian Niang laughed, and did not argue with her.

This person was crazy, he really couldn't argue with her. He also didn't want to cause more trouble.

After lying on the brick bed for two days, Mian Niang finally woke up. It was time to make tofu, the Peach Blossom House was opening for business tomorrow, she could not disturb their business.

She didn't care about Mistress Yun's objections and went to pick up the beans. Mistress Yun couldn't force her, and didn't really want her to do it, she only allowed her to sit by the side and watch. She then brought Song Zhien to soak the beans and had the plug go get water.

With three vats of water, even a young man like Feng Zhiling would need a period of time to fill them up.

Song Zhien helped them from behind.

The bolt let him go back. "I'm here, how can I do this with a child like you?"

Song Zhien shook his head and rejected: "I have to slowly learn to do these kinds of jobs. I can't just let Sis A do them all by himself."

"Let him go. We can't always rely on others to live our lives."

Mrs. Song and Li supported themselves with walking sticks as they spoke to the plugs.

Just as the Old Doctor had said, she was not really hurt. The few cyan and purple scars on her body could only be considered as light injuries compared to the ones on Mian Niang's body. After taking a dose of the soup, everything would be fine.

Madame Song was not unreasonable, she was not desperate to save the poor, this family had a lot of work to do, they needed someone to help Mian Niang out. They could not always count on others to help them.

Song Zhien could not take out two buckets of water, so he could only take out two half buckets.

After all, he had grown up in a crop yard since he was a kid. The first time, he had stumbled a little, causing half a bucket of water to come out. The second time, he would be able to walk stably with a carrying hook in his hands.

He followed closely behind Feng Tuo. Along the way, he met Chen Erniu and wanted to take over the carrying pole in his place, but he refused.

The child probably heard the rumors in the village and called Erniu his brother, but he was no longer as close as he was before. "Be careful not to let your parents see that you're unhappy, and then find our family to wrongly accuse our Sis A."

There was no one else on the way so Song Zhien had to keep his mouth shut. Song Zhien did not have that worry anymore: "If you want to make people uncomfortable, then my Sis A will be the one to suffer in the end. Don't harm our family."

Chen Erniu was stunned, his heart was pierced by his words, he wanted to defend himself, he stuttered for a long time but was unable to say a complete sentence.

"Brother Erniu, whether or not you marry my Sis A has nothing to do with him. Don't pick on my Sis A."

However, at home, when the adults spoke of it a lot, they would always be heard by the children of their own families, and not every child would understand the importance of it, so they only parroted what they had said to Song Zhien.

If he had to marry a wife, why did he have to pester Sis A to get involved?

Song Zhien had never been able to find the appropriate opportunity, he could not go to Chen Erniu's house because of this. If this matter got out of hand, it would be bad for the Sis A, but now, when he met this person on the way, he could make things clear.

"I do not wish to ruin your Sis A's reputation."

He was still thinking that his father and mother would not be able to beat him down and choose between Xiu Chi and Mian Niang. He hoped that they would choose Mian Niang, even if only by a little bit.

He was also willing to give it a try.

He didn't expect his parents to be so heartless, causing him to simply give up.

In the past, it was because the Song Family was poor that they did not come to his doorstep to propose marriage. But this time, his parents told him clearly, even if Xiu Chi's reputation was not good, he was still better than Mian Niang who had been abandoned by her husband.

He refused to accept this and fought with his parents on the spot. He didn't understand why his parents would help him out so much since they despised the Song Family.

"One yard for one yard, the widows and orphans look pitiful. If there's anything, no one would be so bored as to look on helplessly. However, if I were to throw my son in, I'd have to say something else."

"It's not like you guys don't know about Mian Niang. She was abandoned not because it was her fault, but because there's no difference between her and her pure and innocent daughter's home."

He had quarreled with his parents even more fiercely than he had quarreled with the Gu family, and was even more obstinate than he had been at the Gu family. Now, his parents finally understood which one was the one he truly wanted to marry.

His father had slapped him so hard that his face had swollen for days.

"Do you really think you can handle the heavy burden of that family?"

"You were implicated by Song Zhixiao, can you withstand it?"

"Her family didn't offend anyone else, but the royal family. If we were to pursue this matter further, how many heads would you have to carry such a heavy burden?"

Chen Erniu backed off, as the Gu family had already sent a letter, saying that they did not need any betrothal gifts, as long as the marriage did not end, they would do anything.

They wanted to save the reputation of their clan, and the parents of the Chen Clan wanted their son's life. The words that he himself had said, they couldn't just swallow them back like that, they had to be counted.

Chen Erniu's struggle was suppressed in this manner once again.

That bullshit didn't stand up to his parents' words.

After finding out that Song Zhixiao had been pardoned and still had hope to be promoted, he tried to fight for his again.

Mother only sneered, "On the battlefield, it's a matter of life and death. Do you think you guys were sitting together with mud when you were young?"

Once something happens to Song Zhixiao, the heavy burden of this family would still fall on Mian Niang.

Being able to help for a while didn't mean that he would be able to help for a lifetime.

The Song Family had their own misgivings, allowing Chen Erniu to beat a retreat.

Song Zhien laughed coldly, then left the place. Only Chen Erniu was left in a daze.

Neither of them mentioned it when they got home.

Mian Niang's leg was still injured, and on the second day, she became the first one to get up.

Mian Niang then stood up, the brother and sister pair saw each other in the bean curd and began to work in tacit understanding.

After working so hard, the two of them held hands. At this time, it seemed that everything they said had become artificial.

When Mistress Cloud vaguely woke up and came to the kitchen, the siblings had been busy for a while.

Mistress Yun blamed Mian Niang for not calling her.

Mian Niang laughed: "It's not like you know anything, why would I ask you to do it?"

Ever since he was injured, he had been troubling her. No matter how good his relationship was, he wouldn't be able to bear it.

"Can't I pick what I can do?"

Mistress Cloud refuted, and began to add firewood to the pot as well.

The three plates of tofu were quickly completed, and Bao Sheng rushed over with the carriage. After entering the door, Madame Song Li just came out of her house, and greeted them with each other.

A bowl of tofu brain was carried by Song Zhien in front of Bao Sheng.

The young man took it embarrassedly, "Since the new year has started, we'll have to eat and drink for free at your house again."

"What's this? You're running dozens of miles like this every day. That's what you're really tired of."

Besides, I don't need to do anything else when I'm here to take the tofu. My master's temper is the worst in the morning, so if you don't believe me, go ask my fellow brothers which one of them isn't trying their best to steal my job, but they won't be able to take it from me.

Madame Song Li only thought that his words were polite.

"Speaking of which, that nanny Ding Pi Shui sent by your family's Xiao Song is really useful. Right now, master's cough is much better."

"As long as it works."

Mian Niang was wearing a hat on her head, covering up the bandaged wound, she carried the tofu out and greeted Bao Sheng.

Bao Sheng laughed, "You said that we are both men, why can't we be as meticulous as Song. If we had thought about it earlier, Master wouldn't have coughed for such a long time."

Mian Niang's feet paused, she almost tripped herself and quickly calmed herself down to look at Bao Sheng, revealing a smile.

Madame Song Li quickly tried to smooth things over. "You don't know about this, but isn't she just in time? Her father used this side of the prescription to cure her cough before, and she found out about this. Do you think she can think of that?"