Chapter 195: There Is a Girl Named Zhiniang

The sun sets over the western mountains and the lanterns begin to shine.

The villagers in Xiaonanhe Village have been busy with farm work for a day, and they all go home for dinner one after another.

Su Zhiniang stretched her waist, put down the embroidery in her hands, and prepared to warm up this morning's meal for dinner.

There were gifts sent by some people piled up in the corner of the back room, but Su Zhiniang didn't use them. She arranged them in categories according to the name cards. She had asked someone to send some gifts back, but it didn't take long for others to send them back.

Su Zhiniang thought to herself that she would wait until Wei Jichen came back before making any plans. After the initial surprise, Su Zhiniang immediately calmed down. She had both hands and feet and did not want to sit back and rest. She carefully kept the salary and money sent back by Wei Jichen.

But now, wealthy families are no longer willing to give her clothes for sewing. In other people's minds, Su Zhiniang is already the general's wife, so how can she still do such menial work?

Su Zhiniang had no choice but to buy some silk and sell it for money.

I heard that the imperial court had made peace with the Japanese, and I didn't know when Zijie would come back. Su Zhiniang frowned slightly, picked up a piece of tofu, and chewed it gently.

At the intersection of Xiaonanhe Village, two people riding a car were walking slowly. They were Wei Jichen and Wang Huaiqing. Originally, Wei Jichen wanted to arrange for Wang Huaiqing to stay in Tianjin City, but Wang Huaiqing refused and insisted on following him, saying that Wei Jichen didn't even have a protector around him. There was no one around, and he couldn't rest assured.

The driver was a servant of the Governor's Mansion. Seeing that it was getting late, he couldn't help but raise his whip and speed up.

After a while, Xiaonanhe Village was already vaguely visible, and some urchins in the village could be seen playing at the entrance of the village.

When the urchins heard the noise, they looked over curiously. When Wei Jichen and others walked in, one of the urchins immediately exclaimed, "It's Brother Xiucai, Brother Xiucai is back."

Another urchin immediately refuted: "My mother said to call the general, the general is back, the general is back."

Several urchins immediately clapped their hands and jumped, shouting loudly at the top of their lungs.

Wei Jichen had no choice but to get off his horse and let the handlebars take out some candies from the car and distribute them to the children. Fortunately, he had been prepared, otherwise he really didn't know what to do now.

The silent village of Xiaonanhe suddenly began to boil, with rustling, banging, and banging sounds. The villagers rushed to tell each other, and after a while, a large group of people gathered around them.

One was called General, and the other was called Xiucai Ge. It was very lively for a while.

Wei Jichen quickly bowed and clasped his fists in return.

The village chief and the old gentlemen from the village came out in front of everyone. The village chief nodded and bowed and saluted quickly, and said with a smile on his face: "The general has returned to his hometown in honor, why didn't anyone inform him first? If these children hadn't seen him, wouldn't it have made people think Our Xiaonanhe Village has neglected the general."

"What are you talking about, Chief? We are all fellow villagers. We are related by relatives. I am a general outside, but I am a scholar in this village. How can I alarm the fellow villagers? Isn't it embarrassing for the juniors?" Wei Jichen took a step forward. , quickly helped him up and said seriously.

"This kid, Xiucai, is so promising. He has brought a sigh of relief to our Xiaonanhe Village." The old man from the village came forward and patted Wei Jichen on the shoulder, his eyes filled with relief.

The old gentleman once taught Wei Jichen that not to mention that Wei Jichen has become a general now, even if he is a central minister in the court, he must be treated as a disciple and called sir when he comes back.

Wei Jichen hurriedly stepped forward and took his hands, and asked as he walked: "Zijie is very relieved to see that Mr. is still walking like flying."

The old gentleman was treated like this, and he was very prosperous. He was in high spirits and smiling. When he saw that the villagers around him were still watching, he couldn't help but waved his hands and cursed with a smile: "The scholar has been in a dusty journey. I just came back and you are covered in sweat." , don’t disturb him anymore, and leave quickly.”

The commander echoed from the side: "Let's go, let's go. Let the general rest for the night. If you have anything to do, we can talk about it tomorrow."

The villagers dispersed in a hurry with smiles on their faces, and those who took their wives and children returned happily.

In a short time, everyone was gone, leaving only the old gentleman and the village chief keeping company.

Su Zhiniang naturally heard the news about Wei Jichen's return, and it was the Aunt Wang next door who stepped forward to tell the news with her throat broken with joy.

Su Zhiniang, who was originally as calm as water, suddenly panicked. She lost her usual calmness. She and Wei Jichen had not seen each other for several years, and she didn't know what to do.

Onlookers could see that Aunt Wang pointed at the burlap clothes on Su Zhiniang's body and asked her to dress up quickly.

Su Zhiniang took a moment to realize that she had gotten into a lot of trouble because of her beauty, so she didn't wear makeup or dress up on weekdays.

Seeing this, Aunt Wang quietly closed the door and went out to watch the fun.

Su Zhiniang sat in front of the dressing table, took out the rouge foundation that had not been used for a long time, carefully traced and powdered her eyebrows, and even slanted her eyebrows several times because of her excitement.

Then she pulled her black hair into a soft bun, and a beautiful beauty emerged.

Su Zhiniang was busy for a while, only to realize that she hadn't changed into her clothes yet. She hurriedly took out the Su Luo Bailiu skirt she wore during the Chinese New Year from the bottom of the cabinet. After finally sorting everything out, she found that her makeup had fallen off again. Quite a few.

I was really in a hurry, and my heart was like a deer.

At the gate of the fence, the old gentleman and the village chief stopped when they arrived.

"General, it's getting late, so I won't go in and disturb you. If you have any instructions, just come home and let me know." Li Chang said with a pointed smile.

The old gentleman stroked his beard and solemnly exhorted: "Zhi Niang has suffered a lot for you. You must treat her well when you go back."

"What the gentleman taught me is that I have been a little careless over the years." Wei Jichen was also a little uneasy.

The head of the village was about to leave. Seeing the coachman and Wang Huaiqing still standing here, he couldn't help but pull the corners of their clothes and whispered: "Why don't you two stay in my house for a while?"

The coachman agreed immediately. When he saw Wei Jichen's house, he was filled with emotion. He didn't expect that the world-famous General Wei would be so simple, with two or three small rooms, which were no different from the surrounding bungalows.

Wang Huaiqing saw the head of the village winking at him, hesitated for a while, and smiled and clasped his fists to Wei Jichen and said: "Sir, I will be there at any time to obey your orders."

Wei Jichen didn't stop him. His house really couldn't accommodate another person. If he kept Wang Huaiqing, he would probably have to sleep in the kitchen. It seemed that he had to buy some family business.

Soon, several people disappeared in the night, leaving only Wei Jichen.

Although Wei Jichen, who had integrated the memory of the young scholar, came to this place for the first time, he felt as if he had grown up here since childhood, and was extremely familiar with it, but also a little strange.

The fence around the house was built at some point, forming a small courtyard. In the courtyard, there were several willow trees, and there was a chicken coop next to the willow trees. The old hen heard the noise outside and clucked a few times.

Wei Jichen walked into the yard, came to the door, stretched out his hand to knock on the door, but unconsciously took it back, paced back and forth a few steps, but just couldn't muster up the courage.

While Wei Jichen was hesitating, the door creaked and was opened from the inside.

The conversation outside had actually alarmed Su Zhiniang a long time ago. She shyly hid in the room and knocked outside. At this time, seeing Wei Jichen hesitating outside, she opened the door.

"You're back." A shy and excited voice sounded in Wei Jichen's ears.

Wei Jichen looked and saw a girl of about seventeen, wearing a white silk skirt, with two buns on her head, bright eyes, white teeth, and skin as white as snow.

Under the warm red light, the girl looked even more beautiful and gorgeous. When she looked at Su Zhiniang, the world seemed to be bright.

"I'm back." Wei Jichen couldn't help but respond to her when he heard Su Zhiniang's soft and sweet voice.

"Come in when you come back. I just fried a few side dishes." Su Zhiniang saw the man's straight eyes, and her pretty face was hot, and she gently stepped aside.

Wei Jichen didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to respond and go in.

Entering the room, he saw that the furnishings inside were even simpler. Two or three chairs and a table were the most important furnishings in this room outside.

The oil lamp was already lit on the table, and there were three or two side dishes on it. They were all light things like radishes, green vegetables, and tofu, without any oily smell.

Su Zhiniang served the rice and placed it in front of Wei Jichen. After seeing Wei Jichen sitting down, she stared at the dishes and said with self-blame: "Brother came home suddenly, Zhiniang didn't have time to go buy vegetables, so she only made these."

Although Su Zhiniang was Wei Jichen's child bride, the two had not married. Before that, their relationship was more like brother and sister. Su Zhiniang had always called Wei Jichen brother, and she was used to it, so of course she blurted it out at this time.

Wei Jichen glanced at her lightly and saw that although Su Zhiniang had painted her cheeks and eyebrows, she still couldn't cover up the color on her face. He knew at a glance that it was caused by malnutrition.

"Didn't I ask someone to bring some silver back? Why don't you buy more chicken, duck, fish and meat on weekdays?" Wei Jichen couldn't help but blame her with heartache.

Su Zhiniang trembled slightly, but she felt that Wei Jichen had changed a lot after coming back this time. Not only did he have a lot more manliness, but he also knew how to be considerate and caring. If it were before, Wei Jichen would never have thought of these.

"Brother is a man of great things, Zhiniang keeps those silver coins for brother's emergency needs." Su Zhiniang stood aside and whispered.

"People who do great things cannot starve their family members to death." Wei Jichen frowned, and seeing Su Zhiniang standing all the time, he could not help but point to the chair opposite and said: "Zhiniang, sit down quickly, I can't finish it by myself."

Su Zhiniang was about to say something else, but Wei Jichen coughed lightly, and Su Zhiniang sat down quietly.

In the past, although Su Zhiniang was young, she was like an older sister, taking care of everything in an orderly manner. The little scholar knew nothing, and all the major matters in the family were decided by Su Zhiniang.

This time, when Wei Jichen came back, Su Zhiniang suddenly felt that she was lighter, and she really felt that she had become a little girl.

Wei Jichen looked down and saw that Su Zhiniang was wearing a pair of embroidered shoes that were washed white, and there were traces of stitches on them, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.