Chapter 18: Thanksgiving
Jiang Wanmu woke up in the morning, lying on the bed and quietly listening to the movement outside the room. The snowflakes swooped down on the window, and the sound came into Jiang Wanmu's ears, making her tighten the quilt even more and move her stiff feet in the quilt carefully. She listened carefully to the sound of Ji Yan's father and brother shoveling snow in the courtyard, and could vaguely hear Ji Yan's small voice talking to them. Jiang Wanmu had a shallow smile on her face, in this courtyard, since there was auspicious words, there was more liveliness.
Jiang Wanmu heard the sound of Ji Yan's father and brother saying goodbye to Ji Yan, and heard the sound of the courtyard door closing gently, so she got up briskly and took care of her appearance. She had breakfast, and when she saw Ji Yan who walked into the room, her black hair was tied haphazardly, and she shook her head secretly in her heart.
During the Chinese New Year, it is a time for family reunion. The Jiang family is also very lively, and the old man and his wife, who are officials outside, have already said that they want to go home. Listening to the movement now, it's about quite close to Kyochu. The people in the Jiang family are all busy, and Jiang Wanmu is an idler. Ji Yan's mother couldn't take the time to come over in the morning to help her young daughter take care of her hair because there were many things in the house.
Two days ago, Jiang Wenqi took advantage of Ji Yan's departure time and secretly ran over to Jiang Wanmu and said, "Third sister, my father is coming back for the New Year this time. I will bring a lot of food. And ask me what I want, third sister, what do you want? Jiang Wanmu thought about it and felt that she had nothing to want. Then he shook his head at him and said, "Wen Qi, I have everything to eat, so I don't need anything." Jiang Wenqi entered Wanmu's room for the first time, and looked at her empty room, there was not a single pot of charcoal fire in it.
After he saw it, his eyes moved slightly, he looked up at Jiang Wanmu, thought about it and said in a small voice: "Third sister, I will talk to my father and ask my uncle and aunt to treat you better in the future." When Jiang Wanmu heard what he said, she was so frightened that she covered his mouth and said, "Wen Qi, you must not let your family know about your relationship with me, including your father." If you don't say yes, I won't see you again. ”
Jiang Wenqi looked at Jiang Wanmu and nodded, Jiang Wanmu let go of the hand covering his mouth, thought about it and explained: "I think it's good for me to be like this." The old lady has not even allowed me to mention me all these years. Your father is a filial son, and he doesn't want his children to have a deep relationship with me. I don't remember the two eldest brother and eldest sister you said before I was three years old, and I don't know if they saw me. But after the age of three, I remember that I had never met them, nor had I met your great uncle. ”
Although Jiang Wenqi is young, he has lived under his mother over the years, and he has experienced more things, and he is more mature and sensitive than people of the same age. He listened to Jiang Wanmu's words and thought about the things that people mentioned. I know a little bit in my heart. Her aunt is strict in keeping the family, but the stupidity of the third sister has been circulating, and even people outside the Jiang family know that the Jiang family has an unsmart third lady.
Even why the fourth young master came to visit Jiang Wanmu after the oral marriage agreement, in fact, there is also this meaning. If Jiang Wanmu is indeed as stupid as rumored, this family affair will drag on for a few years, and it will slowly drag it out. Jiang Wenqi had heard of these things, but he had more contact with Jiang Wanmu than other people, and knew that his third sister was not stupid, but he didn't say much. He listened to Jiang Wanmu's words now, thinking that she lived alone in a remote courtyard, and even learned to read and write, she had to avoid people, and his heart became slightly sour.
Jiang Wenqi nodded and promised: "Third sister, I won't let my father know about our relationship." Jiang Wanmu nodded, and hurried Jiang Wenqi to leave quickly. After Jiang Wenqi left, Jiang Wanmu remembered the scene in the Jiang family, and felt that she was like an underground party member before the liberation, she had to be careful and cautious, always stay vigilant, and never forget her own heart. She comforted herself very happily and felt that she would be fine in the future. No pain, no gain.
After Jiang Wanmu and Ji Yan had breakfast, they sat in the room for a while, stood up and moved for a while. When they got to the yard, the snow was thicker on the middle road, and the two took planks to shovel the snow off both sides. Jiang Wanmu has passed many years, such a quiet day, she has gone from the first year of boredom to the current calm, forcing a calm mental journey. But Ji Yan is still in her first year, she is young, and she listens to the excitement in the distance from afar. She couldn't help but walk around the yard. As soon as the wind blew, her untied hair was blown in all directions.
Jiang Wanmu walked out of the room and saw her hands pressing her hair, her eyes looking out of the courtyard, as if her eyes were going to penetrate the door panel and shoot out directly. Jiang Wanmu went to the courtyard, dragged her into her room, and pressed her on a stool. She turned around and came over to get a comb and stood behind Ji Yan. Break her hair up and comb it straight, and then comb it according to the hair that Ji Yan's mother has been combing Ji Yan all the way around.
Jiang Wanmu helped Ji Yan comb her hair, and when she saw her sitting on the stool in a daze, she said to her, "Ji Yan, go find your mother." Don't tell anyone that I combed your hair for you. Ji Yan touched his hair in disbelief, looked up at Jiang Wanmu's hair again, and said in a small voice: "Miss, your hair, Aunt Mugen, didn't she secretly come over to help you comb your hair every day?" After she finished speaking, she shook her head again and said, "Miss wakes up later than me, and I have never seen Aunt Mugen come in the morning." ”
Jiang Wanmu glanced at Ji Yan's stiff and incredulous appearance, reached out and pulled her up, pulling her out of the door. After she closed the door, she sighed softly in her heart, in the past few years, she has taken care of a delicate woman into a person who can live independently. She stroked her own hair, and in this life, she had thick and dense hair. She remembered that she hated this kind of hair the most in her previous life, and if her hair was a little longer, she would go to a special hair salon to find someone to trim it.
Half a year before Jiang Wanmu's mother was leaving, she had already started combing her hair. It's just these things, she and Mu Genniang hide it from the people outside, and they would rather the people outside be stupid and stupid when she is. According to Mugen's mother's words: "Miss, you stay a little and be safer." If you don't bother like this, you can grow up safely. Aunt Yu thought about it and understood this, and she didn't dare to come to see Miss in the past two or three years. Alas,、、、"
Jiang Wanmu heard the movement outside, and heard Ji Yan say happily outside the room: "Miss, I'll go to welcome the old lady back." Jiang Wanmu didn't answer her, but jumped in the house by herself. A few days ago, Ji Yan muttered several times in front of her in a small voice, talking about the return of the Jiang family and his wife, and saying that everyone would be rewarded for the people who went to greet her.
The old man and wife of the Jiang family have been outside for many years, and they often send letters and gifts back, and almost everyone in the house has a share of the young masters and young ladies, and even the newborn has a gift to receive. It's just that Jiang Wanmu has never received such a gift, and they, like all the people in the Jiang family, forget that Jiang Wanmu is actually their granddaughter.
What is sadness? Jiang Wanmu, who woke up for the first time, had. Later, as Yu Xixi stopped coming to the door, she slowly said to herself, "This is just a temporary place to live, and you can't ask them to give you some extra emotions." This is a place where you can grow up safely, and you should be grateful. ’