When the pears are green

Chapter 259 Remembering the Past

Li Yi was dazzled by Su Mian's bright smile. He turned around and looked at Su Mian who was running forward holding Jiang Huan's hand. Her waist-length hair was blown up by the spring breeze in the faint fragrance of the paulownia flowers.

Seeing this, Zhang Feng unconsciously increased the strength of his hands. Li Yi frowned and cried out in pain.

"Niannian, I didn't mean it, I...I..." Zhang Feng spoke incoherently, not knowing how to explain to Li Yi.

Li Yi ignored Zhang Feng, rubbed his hurt arm and continued walking forward.

Zhang Feng hurriedly caught up and held Li Yi's right hand.

Li Yi smiled faintly at Zhang Feng and discussed the name of the unborn child with Zhang Feng in a low voice.

The sun was getting hotter and hotter. Jiang Qingye stood under the shade of a tree and asked the uninterested Su Mian and the depressed Jiang Huan: "Mian Mian, Huan'er, do you want to go home or keep going?"

Su Mian and Jiang Huan looked at each other and chose to go home in unison.

After Su Mian returned to Jiang's house, she lay on the eight-immortals table and watched Song Li wrap powder thread on the fabric to make samples.

Song Li listened to Su Mian telling her what happened at noon while working.

After Su Mian finished speaking, she curiously asked Song Li, "Sister-in-law, who were Qingye's two former friends?"

Song Li thought for a moment and answered seriously, "Mianmian, those are the granddaughter and grandson-in-law of Mr. Li from the bookstore, Li Yi and Zhang Feng. Qingye had a good relationship with Li Yi, who was disguised as a man, in the first two years of studying in the bookstore. Later, because of the appearance of Zhang Feng, their relationship gradually cooled down. After Qingye passed the examination for a student four years ago and went to the county town to study, he has not had any contact with Li Yi since then. It's a coincidence that you can meet the two of them today."

After hearing this, Su Mian nodded and did not ask any other questions.

In the afternoon, Song Li first cut out a set of sample fabrics and gave them to Su Mian to sew.

Su Mian's needlework was much better than Song Li had imagined, with smooth and even stitches.

Song Li couldn't help but praise Su Mian after seeing this. Su Mian proudly showed off to Song Li: "Sister-in-law, this is the result of my two months of study. My cousin said that I have a good talent for needlework."

"That Mianmian is really amazing. I learned it for three or four months, but my stitches were still a mess." Song Li said, and remembered the pain of being pricked by a needle on her finger before, and shuddered.

Su Mian looked at Song Li's expression and also remembered his own thumb which was full of needle holes.

Towards evening, Su Mian showed the undergarment she had just sewn to Jiang Qingye who had just returned from cutting grass in Jiangjia Village.

Jiang Qingye washed his hands and touched the stitches on his clothes and said softly, "Mianmian, do your eyes hurt? I remember that every time Madam Su asked you to learn needlework, you always said your eyes hurt."

After hearing this, Su Mian felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey.

When Song Li saw Jiang Huan and Jiang Yao walk into the main room, she hurriedly put the scissors, needles and thread on the stool into the sewing basket, and then handed it to Jiang Qingzhou who had just walked into the main room.

Jiang Qingzhou put the sewing basket on the cabinet in the main room so that Jiang Huan could not reach it by standing on the stool.

Song Li held Jiang Yao, whom she hadn't seen all afternoon, on her lap, and asked Jiang Huan, who was leaning on her shoulder, "Huan'er, did you play with Chong'er and Baozhu when you went back?"

Jiang Huan pouted and replied, "Mom, we didn't go home, we went straight to the mulberry fields. I picked a few rape flowers for you, but they were burned by the sun and can't be used."

Song Li quickly comforted Jiang Huan: "It's okay, I'll go see the rape flowers with you in a few days."

After hearing this, Jiang Yao leaned over to Song Li's ear and shouted, "Mom, Yaoyao is going too."

Song Li's ears were buzzing, but she still agreed with a smile.

After Jiang Qingzhou came out of the main room, he first asked Jiang Huan to take Jiang Yao to play in the yard, and then he hugged Song Li and whispered to her what he had heard from Jiang Ping.

"Alas, Jiang Xiaoniu is gone, and his wife is relieved. I heard from my second sister-in-law before that the family that pawned his wife has renewed the pawn for another five years. I'm afraid that Jiang Xiaoniu's uncles and brothers will take this opportunity to sell Jiang Xiaoniu's wife to that family. I really hope that family can buy Jiang Xiaoniu's wife." Song Li sighed as she spoke, turned around and leaned on Jiang Qingzhou's shoulder.

Jiang Qingzhou didn't respond, but just hugged Song Li tightly.

After night fell, Jiang Qingye and Su Mian returned to their own house carrying lanterns.

Su Mian lay on the pillow and asked Jiang Qingye who was sitting next to him reading a book: "Qingye, I heard from my sister-in-law that you had a very good relationship with the lady you met today in the first two years of studying in the book house. Can I know how good this relationship is?"

Jiang Qingye put the book aside, entwined a piece of Su Mian's hair with his fingers and answered softly: "Mian Mian, my parents and Master Li are old friends. In the summer when the corn was tall, Master Li asked Xiaoxing and me to stay in the book house temporarily. That's when Li Yi and I became good friends. I didn't know she was a girl at the time. When we lived in the book house, we often cooked, washed clothes, and discussed the contents of the comic books together."

"Is that all?" Su Mian raised her head and asked.

Jiang Qingye nodded solemnly and said, "That's all. When we get married, Xiaoxing will come back. You can ask him if I lied to you."

Su Mian rested her head on Jiang Qingye's legs and smiled, "Why am I asking him? When did you know that lady was actually a girl?"

Jiang Qingye pondered for a moment and then chuckled and replied, "After I passed the exam to become a scholar two years ago, Xiaoxing and I went to the bookstore to visit Master Li and met Li Yi, who was dressed as a woman."

After hearing this, Su Mian half-closed her eyes and pretended to say casually: "I saw that lady was quite pretty, didn't Qingye feel moved at that time?"

Jiang Qingye stroked Su Mian's face with his fingers and said very seriously: "I'm not moved, but I understand why my brother and sister-in-law didn't let me enter Li Yi's room or hang out with Li Yi when Li Yi and Master Li were staying at my house. I only like Mian Mian, especially the Mian Mian who made me drink."

Su Mian held Jiang Qingye's restless fingers and slowly sat up. Then she stared into Jiang Qingye's eyes and confessed, "Qingye, that was not an accident. I deliberately plotted against you."

"I know. I heard your conversation with my brother-in-law today. I'm glad that you were plotting against me and not someone else. No matter how it started, this is the fate between us after all. Mianmian, promise me that you will never mention this matter again, okay?" Jiang Qingye said, hugging Su Mian.

Su Mian leaned over to Jiang Qingye's ear and whispered in agreement.

The warm breath blew against Jiang Qingye's ears, and her small earlobe turned red uncontrollably.

Outside the green gauze tent, the dim oil lamp swayed left and right with the night breeze blowing in from the gap in the window.

Three days later, Song Li and Su Mian finally finished the two sets of wedding dresses. Ruyi helped Su Mian embroider auspicious clouds and heart knot patterns on the lapels and sleeves of the outer garment respectively.

Su Mian put on her outer garment and smiled as she asked Chen Lingyi and Jiang Huan who were surrounding her and looking at her: "Lingyi, Huan'er, does it look good?"

"It's beautiful, Auntie is really beautiful."

"Of course she looks good. Auntie is the prettiest."

Su Mian laughed happily and asked Chen Lingyi and Jiang Huan to go to the house next door to ask Jiang Qingye, who was planting a pomegranate tree, to play with the spinning top.

Song Li rubbed her sore waist and asked Su Mian to take the wedding dress back and try it on, and then modify it if there was anything inappropriate.