I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 185 - 182: Mrs. Jiang: Nothing Decent to Serve Everyone

Chapter 185: Chapter 182: Mrs. Jiang: Nothing Decent to Serve Everyone

Jiang Mingyue quickly finished reading and prepared to return to her own courtyard No. 42, but just as the thought crossed her mind, she found herself standing in courtyard No. 42 from No. 43.

No need to doubt it, compared to the weedy wasteland next door, this courtyard had long been organized neatly by her. But why was this the case? Did her spiritual power upgrade again? Impossible.

Jiang Mingyue had a thought, took down the basket, opened it, and pulled out the oiled paper package stuffed by her cousin. However it was tied like a zongzi, it was no match for her violent unboxing. What met her eyes were two bundles of large bills, ten thousand per bundle, with the bank seals still intact.

Tsk! Another twenty thousand, but there were also a few other items underneath.

Jiang Mingyue unfolded them one by one. The first was a land deed in Yun Dian, which was a provincial city, and the area was three to four times larger than this place. Jiang Mingyue frowned: Is hoarding real estate safe at this time? Even the old house in Pear Blossom Lane of the Fang Tao family was nationalized, so on what basis could her big cousin keep this for her? But what she could think of, her big cousin would think even more deeply, and that person was a cunning businessman, it was impossible that he would spend money and end up with nothing.

Jiang Mingyue contentedly folded it back up, at worst she would ask Yan Jinzhi at some point; here, Yan Jinzhi’s status was certainly much higher than theirs as siblings, they might not be able to do it, but what about Xiao Yanzi?

The other was a palm-sized small box, Jiang Mingyue opened it to see, and inside lay a piece of ancient jade. Jade was not surprising, she had plenty in her warehouse, but this piece’s pattern was captivating at a glance because it was identical to the one on her cousin’s sleeve—a pair of little figures sitting on a crescent moon, could such a coincidence exist?

Of course not, Jiang Mingyue looked closely, the jade was ancient, but the pattern had been modified; whoever carved it must have been a master, otherwise, it would have been impossible to modify it into such a delicate piece, and merely within an instant of holding it, her palm was filled with warmth, this warmth seemed to flow through her veins, spreading throughout her body, a moment later her whole body was warm and comfortable, refreshing, such a rare piece of jade, no wonder her big cousin was willing to put effort into modifying it.

Jiang Mingyue happily hung it around her neck with a red string, anyway, people dressed conservatively now, so with it on her no one would notice.

Very safe!

The rest were a few little trinkets to amuse girls, thinking there was nothing more, but then a land deed appeared again, her gaze landed on her next-door No. 43.

Jiang Mingyue was very impressed, about to marry a wife, how could he not even consider for himself a bit.

Still miffed, she remained angry even as she waited in the Jiang Family kitchen.

But she didn’t forget the main task, swiftly taking out some space food before Xiao Ran, who was on fire duty, came in.

Braised chicken, spicy rabbit cubes, followed by some ingredients.

Not long after, Xiao Ran ran in.

"Sister, why are you just waking up now? You’re so lazy! Xiao Ran got up early, cleaned the floor, and dug up wild vegetables with Xiao Meng to feed Coal, I completed the task you assigned. Am I amazing?"

"Yes, our Xiao Ran is the most amazing kid! When you are older, you can even cook for sister."

"Ah?" Xiao Ran was suddenly a little confused, asking for praise turned into him having to cook? But it’s not impossible.

"But I can’t cook."

"Did you know how to read when you were born?"

"Of course not, it was sister who taught me."

"It was me teaching you, but you also had to love learning."

"Oh! I got it, if I can’t cook, I’ll learn from sister, someday I’ll also make braised pork as delicious as sister’s."

Jiang Mingyue: "...Yes" though she didn’t quite understand why this little one had such a fixation on braised pork.

Regardless, she hoped to cultivate him into an all-round husband for her future sister-in-law.

The big one and the small one cooked together, the aroma drifted out in waves, fortunately, each family now had a little bit, otherwise, everyone would be drooling with hunger. Though smelling it made them want to eat, people of this era knew to avoid such situations; no family was rich. Even when three houses politely invited them to eat, they hurriedly declined saying their own meals were ready too, so work arrangements for an afternoon meeting were decided, and then everyone returned to their own homes, leaving only the villagers who came to collect water.

Mrs. Jiang didn’t expect that, just after washing her hands and preparing to help set the table for her daughter, a few young people arrived in the courtyard, everyone handsome, though she did not recognize any.

"Who are you?"

Yan Jinzhi had already recognized them by this time.

"It’s you?"

Xu Modun smiled and nodded: "Indeed, it’s us. The banner is ready, I still need Mr. Yan to help hand it over, also, pass on my gratitude and from the villagers to Shi Wu." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Yan Jinzhi accepted the still rolled-up banner, with no intention of unrolling it.

"I’ll deliver it, and I will certainly pass on your message."

"Thank you!"

After finishing what he had to say, Xu Modun smiled at Mrs. Jiang, beaming like a boy-next-door.

"Hello aunt, I’m Yueyue’s cousin Xu Modun."

Following Xu Modun inside were Yin Zhenlian and Lian Fengyi who exchanged glances: in high school, we didn’t see this guy being so polite.

Mrs. Jiang was a little surprised, she never imagined she’d meet her daughter’s relatives from the city one day. Honestly, when Yueyue was taken back by Zhenmei, the third daughter felt uneasy, suspecting Yueyue had quarreled with her family, and even she guessed that the city Jiang Family had a biological daughter and didn’t care for the adopted daughter, leading her to be somewhat dissatisfied with Yueyue’s city relatives.

It wasn’t the child’s fault to be mixed up, nor did she choose to live a good life in the city. She didn’t know it at all! Moreover, Yueyue was kind, always thinking of others first, completely different from Jiang Zhenzhu’s selfishness; city folks shouldn’t treat Yueyue coldly.

Unexpectedly, seeing people today didn’t seem to be what she thought.

Seeing Mrs. Jiang stunned, Xu Modun didn’t rush her, but instead turned and offered the gifts.

"Aunt, it’s the first time meeting, not knowing what you like, I took the liberty to prepare a little something, nothing valuable, just a token of my affection."

Since it was called a gesture, Mrs. Jiang had to accept.

"How could I take this, you’ve gone to such expense."

"It’s expected. I also brought some people to join for a meal, not knowing if it’s convenient for you, aunt?"

"Of course it’s convenient, what’s there not to be convenient about. Just the countryside is different from the city, no fancy things, hospitality might not be as expected."

In the kitchen listening in, Jiang Mingyue had almost had enough.

"Mom, the food is getting cold."

Others: Yueyue! It’s the middle of summer, you say cold? That excuse is really perfunctory but truly effective.

In an instant, everyone stopped the formalities and sat down one after another. Just a common rural meal, they didn’t worry about seating arrangements, casual pairing was fine.

Yet when the three sat with Yan Jinzhi, looking at the sumptuous meal on the table, they were slightly dazed. Aunt Shen’s words echoed, are there really no decent things?

Braised chicken, spicy rabbit cubes, chicken soup with morels, braised pork, fennel meatball soup, steamed morel egg custard, dry-fried shredded potatoes, and cold fern salad.

Eight dishes. Even paying at a state-run restaurant couldn’t get such a lavish spread, let alone them suddenly coming to freeload a meal.

Yin Zhenlian, Lian Fengyi: Just for this kind of meal, later let Xu Modun ask if his cousin needs a live-in son-in-law?

While Xu Modun felt: Finally relieved! New brick house, large courtyard, it is said there is a solar street lamp, and now a well is dug at the entrance, it seems his cousin hasn’t suffered living in the village, besides the slightly poor rural conditions.

Currently, Nanxi City is a total mess. His university professor once said, at this time, it’s better to retreat to the countryside, if the situation improves, he can help her return to the city again, or even go to Yun Dian.