When the pears are green

Chapter 182 Return

After Yang Jing walked out of the gate, she remembered that she didn't know Li Yun'an's address at all. She hit her head in frustration, then pushed open the gate that had just been closed.

"Jing'er, didn't you just go out? Did you forget to bring something again?" Yang Zhang, who was preparing to spin cloth, asked with a smile.

Yang Jing nodded obediently. After listening to Yang Zhang's nagging, she let out a long sigh and went to the kitchen to find Yang Yu who was eating.

"Third brother, do you know where Mr. Li lives?" Yang Jing asked while standing beside Yang Yu.

With a "click", Yang Yu slapped the chopsticks on the bowl. He whispered to Yang Jing why a girl like her asked about Li Yun'an's residence.

Yang Jing quickly explained: "Third brother, I borrowed something from Mr. Li the day before yesterday, and I am going to return it to him today."

After hearing this, Yang Yu kept wondering what Yang Jing had borrowed. After thinking about it, he finally guessed that Yang Jing must have borrowed the fu by Li Yun'an.

"I don't know where Yun'an lives, I just know that his family owns a grocery store near the market. Do you want me to go with you?" Yang Yu suppressed the mixed feelings in his heart and asked Yang Jing.

Yang Jing quickly refused with a smile: "Third brother, I'm not a child anymore. I can find it. I'm leaving first."

After Yang Jing left, Yang Yu kept reciting the Heart Sutra in his heart, but the contents on the paper and the scene with Wu Mingshu that day kept pouring into his mind, making him even more agitated.

Yang Jing wandered around the market but still couldn't find the Li's grocery store that Yang Yu mentioned. Just when she was looking for someone to ask for directions, she saw Jiang Qingzhou who was delivering bean sprouts to the restaurant.

"Brother-in-law Jiang, do you know where the Li family's grocery store is?" Yang Jing hurriedly ran to Jiang Qingzhou and asked.

Jiang Qingzhou nodded. He led Yang Jing to the north for about 300 meters, then pointed to the shop behind the sycamore tree and told Yang Jing: "Miss Yang, this is it."

Yang Jing hurriedly thanked Jiang Qingzhou. Jiang Qingzhou turned and left after Yang Jing entered the shop. He wanted to go to Zhanggou Village to find Zhang Peng first, and then go home.

Yang Jing did not see Li Yun'an. In the huge shop, only Lingling was sitting at the counter looking through the account book.

Lingling heard footsteps. She quickly closed her account book and walked over to Yang Jing and asked, "Miss, what do you want to buy? We have a complete range of items in our shop, including needles and thread, handkerchiefs, sachets, etc."

"Young shopkeeper, I'm here to look for Mr. Li Yun'an." Yang Jing hurriedly explained to the enthusiastic Lingling.

Lingling was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yang Jing carefully with more eager eyes.

"Sister, what's the matter with you looking for my brother? My brother is reading at home today and won't come to the shop. If you have something urgent, I can take you home." It was the first time that Lingling saw a girl looking for Li Yun'an. She naturally thought that there was some kind of relationship between Yang Jing and Li Yun'an.

Yang Jing quickly took out the cloth bag containing "The Great Music Ode" from her bag and handed it to Lingling. She told Lingling: "Little shopkeeper, this was lent to me by Mr. Li the day before yesterday. Since Mr. Li is not here, please pass it on to me. Please do not open it without permission."

Lingling took it with a smile, and then asked, "Sister, please don't call me Little Shopkeeper. My name is Li Yunling, and everyone calls me Lingling. I don't know what your name is, so I can tell you."

"My name is Yang Jing." After saying this, Yang Jing hurriedly said goodbye to Lingling. She was a little unable to resist Lingling's overly direct gaze.

Yang Jing and Hu Zhimin passed each other at the door of the shop. Hu Zhimin saw Lingling staring at Yang Jing's back, so he smiled and asked, "Lingling, what are you looking at?"

Lingling handed the cloth bag in her hand to Hu Zhimin and told him about Yang Jing coming to return something.

Hu Zhimin took the cloth bag in his hand and looked at it. Since Yang Jing didn't allow them to open it, he and Lingling naturally wouldn't touch it.

Lingling returned to the counter and continued to look through the account book. After flipping through a few pages absentmindedly, she asked Hu Zhimin to help her find out about Yang Jing's situation.

"Yun An really makes our Lingling worry a lot. I'll go back and ask Kai Xin to ask someone about it. The town is not big, so we should be able to find out the result in the afternoon." Hu Zhimin rubbed Lingling's hair and returned to the restaurant from the shop with a smile.

At this time, Jiang Qingzhou arrived at Zhanggou Village. He first handed a piece of pork in the basket to Jiang, and then said to Jiang and Zhang Peng: "Aunt, uncle, Xiaoli and I bought the empty house to the right of my house a few days ago. We dug a doorway between the two houses yesterday, and I would like to ask uncle to help build a courtyard gate."

Zhang Peng quickly agreed with a smile. He also said that Jiang Qingzhou's arrival was just in time, as he and Zhang Jixiang might have to go out to work together in a while.

Zhang Peng called Zhang Jixiang out of the room, and the two of them took their tools and went back to Jiangjia Village with Jiang Qingzhou.

On the way, Jiang Qingzhou asked Zhang Peng about Ruyi's marriage. Zhang Peng sighed and told Jiang Qingzhou: "Alas, Ruyi is unlucky. Your aunt and I fell in love with her, and she was introduced to someone else the moment she fell in love with us. It's always like this, as if someone is deliberately making trouble for us."

"Uncle, don't worry. This means that Ruyi's marriage is not yet here. Ruyi is a good girl and will definitely meet someone better than she is now." Jiang Qingzhou could only comfort Zhang Peng in this way. Of course, he could not reveal Chen Yuan who played a role in the middle.

When Jiang Qingzhou and the other two arrived home, Song Li was talking to Jiang Heng's eldest daughter Jiang Cailian at the gate of the courtyard.

The introverted Jiang Cailian first lowered her head to greet Jiang Qingzhou and the other two, then quickly ran home.

Song Li hurriedly welcomed Zhang Peng and Zhang Jixiang into the yard, and then said to Jiang Qingzhou as they walked in, "Cai Lian is here to bring me a bowl, and some spinach seeds, I will plant them in the afternoon."

Jiang Qingzhou nodded. Since Jiang Qingye was not needed for things like building the courtyard gate, he asked Jiang Qingye to help Song Li tidy up the vegetable patch in the yard so that it would be convenient for planting vegetables in the afternoon.

Jiang Qingzhou, Zhang Peng and Zhang Jixiang completed the courtyard gate in one day, and by the time the gate was installed, the sun had not yet set.

Song Li, who had just finished planting spinach, hurriedly asked Zhang Peng and Zhang Jixiang to stay at home for dinner before going back.

Zhang Peng quickly refused. He showed Song Li the spinach seeds wrapped in cloth and said with a smile, "Xiao Li has already given me some seeds. If your aunt knew that your brother Jixiang and I had another meal at your house, I don't know how she would nag me. You still have to worry about your sister Ruyi. If you meet someone suitable, just tell your aunt."

Song Li nodded in agreement quickly. She wanted to mention Chen Yuan to Zhang Peng again, but was afraid that Zhang Peng and Jiang would overthink it, so she thought it would be better to wait until Chen Yuan bought the land.

Before leaving, Zhang Peng suggested to Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou that they tear down the gate of the new house and turn it into a wall, which would be safer.

After Zhang Peng and his son left, the two of them took another look at the dilapidated gate of the new courtyard. They felt that what Zhang Peng said made sense. After all, this door was not used much, so it would be better to just change it into a wall.

Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou discussed as they walked home. They decided to buy some adobe bricks from the kiln factory in town tomorrow and then start to turn it into a wall.

When the two returned home, Jiang Qingye had already brought the boiled hot water into the bathroom.

Jiang Qingzhou first asked Song Li to help him get some clothes to change into, and then asked Jiang Qingye to go back to his room to read picture books.

"Xiao Li, let's take a shower together." Jiang Qingzhou grabbed Song Li, who was about to leave after putting down her clothes, and begged.

Song Li rolled her eyes at Jiang Qingzhou and told him to pay attention to the occasion.

"I promise not to do anything rash. Xiaoli, don't you feel sorry for me after working all day?" Jiang Qingzhou shook Song Li's arm coquettishly.

Song Li looked a little shaken, and Jiang Qingzhou quickly closed the door, fearing that Song Li would leave in the next second.

On this side, Lingling closed the shop early with the news about Hu Zhimin. After returning home, she did not immediately return the cloth bag to Li Yun'an, but chose to hand the cloth bag to Li Yun'an through Li Liushi during dinner.

"Brother, this was given to you this morning by a girl named Yang Jing. She said you lent it to her the day before yesterday." Lingling explained with a smile to Li Yun'an who looked puzzled.

Li Liushi pushed open Li Yun'an's hand that was about to take the bag. She grabbed the bag and asked, "Yun'an, where does this Miss Yang live? How old is she? Is she married?"

Li Yun'an glared at Lingling, then told Li Liu frankly: "Mother, Miss Yang and I are just acquaintances, I don't know her situation."

Li Liu didn't believe Li Yun'an's explanation. She pretended to open the cloth bag in order to gain Li Yun'an's compromise.

Li Yun'an glanced at Li Liushi who was somewhat obsessed with her marriage. He smiled and told Li Liushi to open it quickly so as to exchange for his innocence.

Li Liu smiled and opened the cloth bag. She took out the paper from the bag, opened a corner and started reading.

Although Li Liushi didn't know many words, she still understood some of the content. She was glad that she didn't let Lingling see it, but she also felt that it was abominable for Li Yun'an to show such a thing to a girl.

With her face flushed red, Li Liu slapped Li Yun'an on the head, shocking Li Ying and Lingling who were watching the fun and standing up from their seats.

"Mom, why did you hit me?" Li Yun'an held his head and asked with a look of grievance on his face.

Li Liu kicked the stool behind Li Yun'an away. She pointed at Li Yun'an and shouted, "How dare you say I hit you? Look at what you have done. Kneel down!"

Li Yun'an had never seen Li Liushi so angry, and hurriedly knelt down in front of Li Liushi.