When the pears are green

Chapter 200 Guess

The young man's hearty laughter was getting closer and closer, and three young students in the same blue gowns walked out of the gatehouse with brisk steps.

Li Yun'an, who came out first, strode to Yang Jing and called out in a coy voice, "Jing'er."

A blush appeared on Yang Jing's cheeks. Song Li glanced at the couple who were about to express their true feelings to each other, and tactfully stood with Wu Mingshu.

Wu Mingde followed Li Yun'an out of the gatehouse. He first looked at the crowd with expectation, and then greeted Wu Mingshu and Song Li with disappointment.

Wu Mingshu looked at the absent-minded Wu Mingde and explained to him with a smile: "Mingde, I originally wanted Xiaoyue to come with us, but Uncle Song has to plant wheat today, and Aunt Zhang..."

"Sister Wu, what happened to my mother?" Song Li asked anxiously. She hadn't been back to the Song family for a long time, and the last time she saw Song Yue was more than a month ago.

Wu Mingshu said to Song Li with some embarrassment: "Xiao Li, Aunt Zhang is pregnant, but the doctor said the baby is a little unstable, so Uncle Song wanted to wait three months before telling you. Just pretend I didn't say anything."

Song Li covered her mouth in surprise. She didn't expect that she would have another brother or sister when she was almost seventeen. But if you count carefully, Zhang is only thirty-two or thirty-three years old, so it is normal for her to be pregnant.

"I understand, Sister Wu." Song Li planned to find time to visit Zhang after the tofu was made.

Wu Mingde was also shocked. He planned to go to the temple in the city to ask for two amulets before the county school was on holiday, one to give to Song Yue and the other to be passed on to Zhang.

The last young man who came out first looked at Li Yun'an and Yang Jing who were cuddling together, then glanced at Wu Mingde, Wu Mingshu and Song Li who were talking, and finally walked over to Hu Zhijian and Gao Xing while looking back.

"Zhining, stop looking. They don't recognize us as relatives." Hu Zhijian couldn't help but complain.

After hearing this, Hu Zhining laughed and teased Hu Zhijian: "Second brother has always been a playboy. I'm afraid your eyes scared these women."

Hu Zhijian was furious. He pinched Hu Zhining's ear and asked, "What are you talking about, you little brat? I am your brother from the same mother. How can I look at you in that way? My eyes are normal."

"Second brother, I was wrong. The look in your eyes is normal, not obscene at all." Hu Zhining begged for mercy loudly, attracting the attention of Song Li and others who were talking attentively.

Li Yun'an, who had a good relationship with Hu Zhining, rushed forward to rescue Hu Zhining. Hu Zhining made a bitter face and begged Hu Zhijian for mercy again: "Second brother, the eldest brother has spoken, let go quickly."

"What kind of elder brother is he? Isn't he older than you?" Hu Zhijian deliberately increased the strength of his hand, causing Hu Zhining to scream "wow wow" again.

Hu Zhining shouted and refuted: "Why, why doesn't it count? My sister-in-law's eldest brother is naturally our eldest brother. Even if I sue my father and mother, I am still right."

Hu Zhijian then let go of his hand, revealing Hu Zhining's right earlobe, which was like a red cherry dripping with blood.

Hu Zhijian then invited Li Yun'an and others to have a simple meal together. Li Yun'an quickly covered his ears and refused, and in his heart he once again believed that Hu Zhijian was the arrogant person who did whatever he wanted as Hu Zhining mentioned.

After Hu Zhijian and the other two left, Li Yun'an and Wu Mingde took Song Li, Wu Mingshu and Yang Jing to a restaurant near the county school.

The restaurant was not big, but there were already quite a few diners seated there. With the addition of Song Li and the other four people, all the tables and chairs were just filled.

While waiting for the restaurant to serve their food, Song Li and the other two began discussing why the county school gatekeeper's attitude had changed so drastically.

After hearing this, Li Yun'an explained to Song Li and the others helplessly, "That's because Zhimin donated several sets of books to the county school before the start of the school year. Zhimin asked the caravan to buy them from Bianzhou. The three sets of books cost nearly five hundred taels. Zhimin specifically mentioned Mingde and me in front of the instructors, so the county school automatically tied us two to the Hu family."

"Yun'an, isn't this a good thing? With the help of Mr. Hu, no one in the county school should bully you." Yang Jing asked Li Yun'an who was a little melancholy.

Li Yun'an secretly held Yang Jing's hand under the table and smiled as he told her, "Jing'er, everything has its pros and cons. The good thing is that the teacher is really good to us two, but the bad thing is that some classmates will deliberately target us. They always say that the teacher is biased towards us because the Hu family is rich, but they forget that Zhining ranked fourth in this college exam, I ranked fifth, and Mingde ranked seventh. The three of us are not bad at all."

Song Li comforted Li Yun'an not to care too much about other people's opinions. Instead of wasting time with irrelevant people, it is better to use his energy on studying.

Li Yun'an and Wu Mingde both felt that what Song Li said made sense, and they told Song Li and the other two some interesting stories from the county school.

Song Li then asked about Jiang Qian's situation. Yesterday afternoon, after Song Li sent Wu Mingshu and Yang Jing away, she met Zhang Ying who was outside coaxing her child. Zhang Ying asked Song Li to help find out about Jiang Qian's recent situation.

"Sister Song, Jiang Qian and I are not in the same hall, nor do we eat together. We can only see him in the classroom. Jiang Qian is still working very hard." Wu Mingde spoke vaguely about Jiang Qian's situation.

Song Li nodded. With Wu Mingde's last words, she would be able to report well to Zhang Ying when she returned.

"Sir, the noodles with topping are ready. Be careful as they are hot. The rest of you please wait a moment, it will be ready soon!" said the shopkeeper as he put a bowl of noodles with minced meat on the table.

Li Yun'an quickly brought the bowl to Yang Jing and asked Yang Jing to eat slowly first.

Song Li and Wu Mingshu couldn't help teasing Yang Jing and Li Yun'an, and Yang Jing was so embarrassed that she almost buried her head in the bowl.

After dinner, the sun had begun to set.

Wu Mingshu had no choice but to give the rattle she bought for Wu Yuanzhan to Wu Mingde, giving him the opportunity to pass it on to Wu Yuanzhan.

Li Yun'an, who was standing by, said goodbye to Yang Jing in a low voice: "In seventeen days, the county school will be closed. Wait for me to go back and see you."

"How did Yun An count so clearly?"

"I count them every day, so I remember them clearly."

The two wanted to continue talking, but they heard Wu Mingshu shouting, "Jing'er, let's go back quickly. Don't miss the oxcart back to town."

Yang Jing handed the bag to Li Yun'an and said that it contained a gift for him.

Li Yun'an, full of joy, and Wu Mingde, full of disappointment, sent Song Li and the other two to Renshou Street.

Song Li and the other two successfully found a man driving an ox cart outside the city wall. After each of them gave the man three cents, they sat on the ox cart and waited for the others who were going to ride the ox cart to come back.

The returning ox cart was still parked near Hu's Restaurant. Before Song Li and the other two got off the cart, they saw Jiang Qingzhou, carrying a backpack, walking towards them in a hurry.

Jiang Qingzhou helped Song Li jump off the ox cart. Song Li asked Jiang Qingzhou with a smile why he was carrying the backpack.

"I just went to the clinic and showed the old doctor some Xanthium sibiricum and mulberry leaves. Xanthium sibiricum is ten cents a pound and is already on sale. As for mulberry leaves, the old gentleman said I can get twenty pounds for six cents a pound. He also said we don't have to wait until the frost falls and we can pick them now. I've made an appointment with the old gentleman to pick them and send them to him in the next two days." Jiang Qingzhou told Song Li in detail what happened in the clinic.

Song Li listened carefully to every word Jiang Qingzhou said, then smiled and praised Jiang Qingzhou for doing a good job.

Jiang Qingzhou's face showed happiness and joy. After saying goodbye to Yang Jing and Wu Mingshu, they prepared to go to the bookstore to pick up Song Xing and Jiang Qingye after school.

On the way, Song Li told Jiang Qingzhou that Hu Zhijian was going to give her bittern.

Jiang Qingzhou was puzzled. He couldn't understand why a person he had never met would use such a vicious method to treat Song Li. Fortunately, Song Li was not greedy for advantage.

"Qingzhou, I guess he wants to use me to deal with Mr. Hu. He knows Mr. Hu's situation in the town very well. We have close contacts with Mr. Hu. He guessed that once we make tofu, we will definitely give some to Lingling and Mr. Hu, so he came up with the idea of ​​killing someone with a borrowed knife. The dosage he told me will not kill people, but it will definitely make people seriously ill." Song Li thought about it and decided to tell Jiang Qingzhou his guess.

Jiang Qingzhou felt that what Song Li said was almost right. He thought that if he had the chance, he would definitely meet this evil-minded Hu Zhijian.

Seeing Jiang Qingzhou's unhappy expression, Song Li smiled and changed the subject, "Qingzhou, how many fish did you, the Master, and Li Yi catch?"

Jiang Qingzhou quickly gestured and replied: "There are five or six. Li Yi is waiting for you to go home and make fish fillet soup!"

"That's fine. Let's pick the mulberry leaves these two days and start making tofu. I'll go back and draw a few molds to see if I can make it. As for a stone mill, let's buy one. Although it's expensive, it's safe to keep at home."

"Okay, I'll ask about the price tomorrow when I come to give the old doctor the mulberry leaves."

The two walked side by side, their shadows lengthened by the setting sun.