After Jiang Wan said her itinerary on Mrs. Xie's side, Xu Fenggu also felt a little inexplicable. But it is rare to be able to make friends with Mrs. Zhixian, so later Mrs. Xie often asked someone to drive a carriage to invite Jiang Wan over to talk about it, but she did not refuse.

The carriage of the county magistrate's family always ran and the Jiang family took Jiang Wan away, so it was naturally impossible to hide it from all the villagers, and the villagers were a little unclear about the situation. The version of the rumor that circulated before was that the county magistrate originally came to propose marriage, but after hearing that Jiang Wankefu quit his marriage, who has ever seen that after quitting his family, he always looked for someone to play with a girl?

Jiang Wan's family suddenly came to inquire because of this, Xu Fenggu looked cautious when she saw those people coming to investigate, not to mention how proud she was, and it was always said to the outside world that Mrs. Zhixian and Jiang Wan fell in love, so they often got together. Later, everyone in the village knew about Jiang Wan's friendship with Mrs. Zhixian, and naturally became more and more polite to the Jiang family. In the far away place of the Tiangao Emperor, the magistrate is the biggest official, and the ordinary people can't even see it on weekdays, and they have a natural awe in their hearts.

Gradually, Jiang Wan's family's current situation of not coming to half of the village on weekdays has changed greatly. Whether it is a middle-aged woman or a young girl, they all like to come to Jiang Wan's house to sit, when Jiang Wan is there, she listens to her talk about the county government, the county lady, and when Jiang Wan is not there, she chats with Xu Fenggu. Liu Caiyun once whispered to Xu Fenggu that the rumors about Jiang Wan in the village have been less spread recently, naturally not because she knew her good and knew that she should not spread rumors, but she was afraid that Jiang Wan, who was good friends with Mrs. Zhixian, would hate herself because of this, so she held back and didn't say anything.

For the endless stream of guests, Jiang Wan will sort it out when she is in a good mood, pick up some irrelevant things to talk about to satisfy their curiosity, and when she is in a bad mood, she will not see anyone. She benefited a lot from her friendship with Mrs. Xie, and after coming into contact with Mrs. Xie, Jiang Wan found that she liked this innocent Mrs. Zhixian very much although she was nearly forty years old. Mrs. Xie's naivety is not stupid, she is just very good at seeing the good in others. For example, Jiang Wankefu's reputation, Mrs. Xie only felt pitiful when she talked about it, and so unfortunate things happened to her. After gradually understanding some of Mrs. Xie's concepts, Jiang Wan also understood why Xie Chengchou grew up to be such an atheist, it was all genetic. However, she has always only intersected with Mrs. Xie, rarely saw the magistrate, and once inadvertently met the magistrate on Mrs. Xie's side, the two just greeted each other politely, and then probably because she was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable, he left quickly. Zhixian Xie Zhengcang is an elegant middle-aged beautiful man, and it can be seen from the time he gets along with his wife that he loves his wife very much, and there is no concubine room in the house except for Mrs. Xie.

Sometimes Jiang Wan goes to the county seat, and she will take the initiative to find Mrs. Xie, she regards this lady more and more as a New Year's friend, and many times she doesn't have so scruples when she speaks.

Although Ronna's return date is far away, Jiang Wan and Xie Chengchou have already begun to look for a suitable factory address. Thinking of building a textile factory, Jiang Wan was a little excited, is she a budding capitalism? If she really did a career, maybe the history books of later generations would have a faint touch on her.

Because Mrs. Xie often invited herself to the county office, it was much more convenient for Jiang Wan to leave home, and with Mrs. Xie as a reason, she could prepare with Xie Chengchou. She herself doesn't mind running around by herself, but this society is too harsh and unfriendly to women, and Jiang Gu is still young, so no one will be convinced if she pushes him to the front of the scene, so in the end, she still has to bring Xie Chengchou, and it will be much more convenient to do things in his name. Xie Chengchou is very idle on weekdays, so naturally he will not refuse, and often runs with Jiang Wan before and after, and he feels happy when he is tired.

Because Rona has not come back yet, all Jiang Wan can do at present is to make preliminary preparations and pick some alternative addresses first, but Rona will naturally not buy it if he does not come back. The problem of equipment is much more complicated than the factory address. She found a lot of carpenters, but there are not many who can make looms and jacquard machines, and the quality of the products is also good or bad, she then learned some ways to use looms and jacquard machines, and personally verified the effect, so that she picked out a few carpenters, and then found these people when mass production is going to be carried out in the future. And the female worker of the loom is not difficult to find, and there are many women who have no job at home, and as long as they can afford the money, they can be trained after recruiting people.

The agreement with Rona was to communicate once every one to two months, and let the people in the delegation send a letter back directly, and tell them about the situation by the way. In the second month of Rhône's departure, that is, at the end of the year, he sent someone back, and it was not long to bring it back, after all, it was just the beginning, and he had not yet been able to find a suitable cotton source.

Pei You's side, he is studying hard every day, getting up early and going to bed late, and after a long time, there is naturally a faint blue in his eyes. Although Jiang Wan doesn't often take the initiative to look for him, she can basically see each other every day in and out, and once she found time to secretly chat with him alone for a while, asking him to pay more attention to rest and not get tired.

Because of the agreement with Xu Chunying, Jiang Wan only needs to avoid her father and mother on weekdays, and she is much more upright when she cares about Pei You. She will often send some food to the past, care about Pei Yulian, and when she bumps into Xu Chunying, she will also shush and ask for warmth for a while - although Xu Chunying's attitude towards her has not changed much, she is polite and polite, and she is not a little more intimate, but she doesn't mind.

Winter solstice, Laba ...... In the few festivals before the Spring Festival, Yamashita Village is lively. In ancient times, there was a scarcity of materials, unlike modern people who could eat, drink, and enjoy entertainment anytime and anywhere, and this era basically only chose to do a lot during the festival, but there were also many entertainment activities.

In the first Spring Festival in ancient times, Jiang Wan and her family celebrated the New Year together, and made a wish that everything would be smooth in the new year.

After the Spring Festival, Pei You is also preparing to leave for the capital. This year's spring time is February 18, and it takes a total of ten days on the way to the capital. Pei You set off after preparing for the Lantern Festival, and he had to buy some things before he went, Jiang Wan agreed with Pei You after hearing about it that the two would meet in the county seat, and she would accompany him to buy it, which could be regarded as a rare date.

That day was a day when the Jiang family did not go to the county seat, Jiang Wan said that she was going to the county seat to find Mrs. Xie, Xu Fenggu still asked her to take Jiang Gu, Jiang Wan pushed that she was going to find Mrs. Xie, Jiang Gu went inconvenient, and she was already familiar with the road back and forth to the county seat, and the road was always safe, so she refused to take Jiang Gu. Xu Fenggu hesitated for a long time, and was finally persuaded by Jiang Wan to let her go to the county seat alone.

Jiang Wan set off first, gave him a look when she passed by Pei You's house, and left first, waiting not far from the village. After a while, Pei You hurried over, with a faint flush on his face, and he didn't know whether he was running or being ashamed. Jiang Wan saw that there was no one around, so she walked side by side with Pei You with confidence.

Pei You's body was a little stiff, and he naturally had no experience in such a date. Jiang Wan knew his character, and she didn't dislike it, but she didn't notice his stiffness, but naturally talked about the recent interesting things at home and in the village. She said that Jiang Gu has recognized a lot of words recently, and she can also memorize some poems, and also talked about the recent conflict between Xu Daniu's mother and his daughter-in-law, which made everyone in the village know and even fight, and also said how good Mrs. Xie is, she and Mrs. Xie are friends for the past year, and they are very close to each other.

Because the two rarely spend a lot of time together like this, Jiang Wan accumulated a lot more words, Pei You was a little nervous at first, but later relaxed, and answered from time to time, not letting Jiang Wan play a one-man show alone.

After a while, Jiang Wan also said that she was tired, and the two walked in silence for a while, Jiang Wan remembered the purpose of this trip, and suddenly turned her head to look at Pei You and smiled: "You have to go to the exam without distraction, your mother and Yulian, my family will take good care of them." ”

"Thank you......" Pei You also looked at Jiang Wan, with a smearing and affection in his eyes, "After I leave, I want you to bother more." ”

"What are you doing with me so politely?" Jiang Wan glanced at him with disgust, "When you come back, you want to marry me, and I take care of my future mother-in-law and sister-in-law, what's wrong?" ”

Pei You's face was crimson...... It's ......"

Seeing his flushed face, Jiang Wan suddenly had an impulse in her heart, looked around to confirm that there was no one, she suddenly approached him, kissed him lightly on the lips, and quickly retreated.

Pei You froze in place, his face was flushed, and he looked as if he had been struck by lightning.

Jiang Wan was still a little shy, but seeing his appearance, the shame in her heart dissipated, only to see her walking forward with her hands behind her back as if nothing had happened, and after walking for a while, she didn't see Pei You follow, so she turned around and called, "What are you still standing there for?" If we don't go faster, when we get to the county seat, it's going to be dark! ”

Pei You was awakened by her voice, and hurriedly quickened his pace to keep up, but his eyes never dared to drift to Jiang Wan. The kiss as light as a feather seemed to be his hallucination, and when he saw her light and breezy appearance, he wondered if he had hysteria, so he would daydream about it. But there seemed to be a tremor and charm on her lips after her soft and fragrant lips were lightly touched, and he couldn't help but touch his lips, and he didn't even know when Jiang Wan would stop, and almost bumped into it.

Jiang Wan smiled and looked at the confusion when he touched his lips, as if she suspected that Fang Cai's words were just a dream. She tapped her lips and smiled: "It wasn't a dream just now, if you feel at a loss, I can let you kiss it back." ”

As soon as these words came out, Pei You's already red cheeks turned a little red, and he said helplessly: "I, I don't ...... I ......" was so frightened and embarrassed that he couldn't utter half a complete sentence.

Jiang Wan pretended to be aggrieved: "You dislike me? ”

Pei You panicked and hurriedly said, "I didn't!" ”

"Then why won't you kiss me?" Jiang Wan pretended to be dissatisfied.

Pei You said: "We, we haven't married after all, so it's not ...... etiquette."

"You just don't want to kiss me anyway!" Jiang Wan snorted, turned around and walked forward, but the corners of her mouth had a narrow smile.

Pei You only thought that Jiang Wan was really angry, so he hurriedly chased after him and pleaded in a low voice: "Wanwan, don't be angry, I didn't mean that......"

Jiang Wan didn't reply: "That's what you mean!" ”

Pei You reluctantly followed behind Jiang Wan, and after walking out for a while, he seemed to have finally made up his mind, and took a step closer and grabbed her sleeve: "Wanwan ......"

Jiang Wan stopped, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, but she didn't look back, she just pretended to be angry and said, "Since you dislike me, what are you pulling me for?" ”

"Wanwan, I really don't dislike you." Pei You took the trouble to explain in a good voice, "I just don't want to surprise you. ”

As he spoke, he took a light breath and slowly walked in front of Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan smiled when she saw his movements, and looked away with a straight face, as if she was still angry.

Pei You's gaze fell on her delicate red lips, her brain buzzing, so nervous that she almost forgot to breathe. He took a deep breath, let his face turn red, and slowly lowered his head to approach Jiang Wan.

Realizing what he was going to do, Jiang Wan's heartbeat also accelerated in an instant, she just didn't know what he was going to do, she just lowered her eyes and was silent.

When Pei You got closer and closer, and the breaths of the two were entangled, Jiang Wancai swept his eyes, and then was amused to find that he had his eyes closed, the whole person was like a tight bow, and his lips were even trembling slightly. She suddenly blamed herself, Pei You was a reserved person after all, and she still persecuted him like this, she was simply inferior to a beast...... She suddenly raised her hand and touched Pei You's cheek, and when she saw him open his eyes in fright, she smiled and said, "I know you don't dislike me, I'm just playing with you." ”

She let go of him, walked forward again, and smiled coquettishly: "Hurry up, we still have a long way to go!" ”

Pei You came back to his senses, and hurriedly followed quickly, walking side by side with Jiang Wan. He glanced at her slightly, his gaze couldn't help but sweep over her plump and moist lips, and a little loss suddenly felt in his heart.

After that, Jiang Wan just pretended that nothing had happened, and continued to tell Pei You some interesting things, and Pei You's demeanor gradually became natural.

When she arrived at the county seat, Jiang Wan accompanied Pei You everywhere to buy things, some things Pei You didn't expect, Jiang Wan had to take him to buy, such as new ready-to-wear and the like, the capital is not as good as Changping County, and there are more snobbish people, and the treatment is different if you dress well. Pei You calculated the money in the family, and felt that it was enough, so he agreed to buy a set, but in the end, Jiang Wan rushed to pay the money. She said that he was not familiar with the place in the capital, and no matter how much silver he had, it was not enough to spend, and it was good to take a little more with him.

Pei You didn't want to spend Jiang Wan's family's money, and Jiang Wan's words to gag him were very simple: If you come back in the future, you will marry me, and this is a dowry spent in advance. Pei You was ashamed and embarrassed, and was dumbfounded.

The two walked all the way, Pei You remembered to buy some paper, so he entered a bookstore, Jiang Wan went in and found that this bookstore seemed to be the one where she sold books at the beginning, and it was too late to leave, so she had to pretend to pick up books and turn her back to the counter.

Pei You saw that Jiang Wan was picking a book, so he didn't bother him, and asked the guy to get him some paper, and when he was waiting, he saw the book next to him, and was suddenly attracted by the name of one of them, so he couldn't help but step forward and pick it up and look at it, the book cover was written "The Widow and the Scholar", and there were two lines of small print next to it: Written according to real events; A couple for a lifetime.

Pei You's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, he glanced at Jiang Wan, and saw that she didn't pay attention to herself, so he opened the book, and what just came into his eyes was the plot he was familiar with. He swallowed nervously, took the notebook back to the counter, pushed it in front of the guy who was bandaging the paper, and whispered in a tense voice: "Wrap it together." ”

The guy didn't think it was strange, put the script on the paper, and was about to continue bandaging it, but saw Pei You reach out and stuff the script into the rice paper. The guy was stunned for a moment, and then he didn't ask much and continued to bundle the paper. He felt that this scholar was too embarrassed, but it was just a script, and it wasn't the Spring Palace, so he needed to be nervous like this?

When Pei You bought good things and walked to Jiang Wan's side, she deliberately turned sideways and didn't give the guy a straight face, and whispered to Pei You: "Have you bought everything?" ”

"Hmm." Pei You replied in a low voice.

"Then let's go." Jiang Wan couldn't wait to say.

The two men who both had ghosts in their hearts left the bookstore.

After leaving the bookstore, the two of them returned to normal and continued shopping. At noon, we ate noodles together, saw that we had almost bought everything, and then set off back to the village.

After a day of shopping, Jiang Wan and Pei You both felt tired, and their interest in speaking was not very high, and they only said a few sentences from time to time. But Jiang Wan likes to get along like this very much, just walking together quietly makes her feel happy. She even hoped that time could stay in this moment forever, and he walked side by side with her, just like an ordinary modern couple, and in her heart was the expectation and joy of his future high school return to marry her. I was uncertain and uneasy, and I didn't think much about it at this moment.

Seeing that she was about to arrive at Shanxia Village, Jiang Wan took a step forward and asked Pei You to wait a while before coming back. When she returned to her home, she told her family that she had come back safely, so she took a broom to the gate of the yard and pretended to clean it. After a while, Pei You also came back, and when he saw Jiang Wan cleaning at the gate of the courtyard, he knew that she was waiting for him, so he couldn't help but stay at the gate of his yard for a while, and smiled at Jiang Wan from afar.

Jiang Wan saw that he had arrived safely, and after looking around to make sure that no one saw him, she waved his hand at him and motioned for him to go in quickly. Pei You hesitated for a while, approached the courtyard door, and walked out again after a while, and saw Jiang Wan still looking in his direction at the gate of his yard. Seeing him go and return, Jiang Wan only felt funny, waved at him again, and this time she went back to the courtyard first. Pei You stood there for a while, and then went back.

Pei You left on the sixteenth day of the first month, and many people in the village came to see him off. Li Zheng Xu Guanghai also promised Pei You that he would take good care of his mother and sister and let him go to the exam with peace of mind. Pei You searched for Jiang Wan in the crowd, smiled at her through so many people, and then said goodbye to his mother and sister again and set off on the road.

The day after Pei You left, Xu Chunying fell ill. Because Xu Guanghai promised Pei You that he would take good care of Xu Chunying at first, he enthusiastically came over to help, but there was no filial son in front of the so-called long-term sick bed, not to mention that he was just from the same village. Therefore, after coming to see Xu Chunying for a few days, Xu Guanghai didn't come often, he saw that Xu Fenggu was a neighbor of Xu Chunying's family, and often came to take care of Xu Chunying, so he told her to take care of Xu Chunying more, and then rarely came back.

Xu Chunying's illness is menacing. Older people can't afford to fall, and after her previous falls, her body is actually not very good. For so many years, she has raised a son and a daughter alone, and her body has been in a serious deficit, she has been supporting Pei You before, and as soon as he left, she immediately fell down as soon as her heart was relieved.

Xu Fenggu is enthusiastic, and she naturally has no complaints when she comes to take care of Xu Chunying. Jiang Wan once promised Pei You to take care of his mother and sister, so she often came with Xu Fenggu. Xu Fenggu didn't want to wronged Jiang Wan at first, but seeing that Jiang Wan had no complaints, she seemed to be quite happy, so she didn't say anything more.

After Xu Chunying fell, Jiang Wan spent more time alone with her, but Xu Chunying didn't like to talk very much, and most of the time she wouldn't say anything to Jiang Wan. Jiang Wan didn't care either, and took care of her with all her heart, just like taking care of her own mother.

Xu Fenggu invited Dr. Qian to see Xu Chunying, and took a lot of medicine, but Xu Chunying's body has not improved, Xu Fenggu has a sad face on her face, and sometimes she says something worrying to Jiang Wan at home. Jiang Wan was also very anxious about Xu Chunying's illness, but when facing her mother, she could only comfort her.

One day, Jiang Wan was taking care of Xu Chunying, and Xu Chunying, who was originally silent, suddenly asked in a dumb voice: "Wanwan, do you hate me?" ”

This is the first time Xu Chunying has called Jiang Wan "Wanwan", she has always called Jiang Wan "Jiang Wan" in the past, and it seems that she is using such a blunt name to distance the two. Jiang Wan thought that maybe it was the care of these days that made Xu Chunying soften her heart, so she changed her name.

Jiang Wan hurriedly walked to Xu Chunying's bed and sat down, and laughed softly: "Auntie, what did you say?" How could I hate you? ”

Xu Chunying was silent for a while, and her always cold and hard face seemed to soften a little at this time: "You and You'er are in love, but I am a vicious mother-in-law, who has set up many obstacles and refused to let you have a lover and finally become a family, do you really hate me?" ”

Jiang Wan lowered her gaze, this seemed to be the first time Xu Chunying had spoken to her like this, she felt a little sour in her heart, and said bluntly: "Auntie, I don't hate you." You are Pei You's mother, you will always think about him, I have such a bad reputation, you are afraid that he will be hurt, so you don't want us to be together...... I know it all. ”

Xu Chunying was silent for a long time and sighed: "Wanwan, you are indeed a very good girl." ”

Jiang Wan shook her head and said in a low voice, "Auntie, I am also a very selfish person. Since I understand your worries, in order not to bother you, I should not have had a relationship with Pei You...... But I didn't. I like him and I want to be with him. The matter of Kefu is completely unwarranted, and the previous one is really just a coincidence......"

Xu Chunying was silent again, and after a while, she said, "Wanwan, I have something to beg you, please answer me." ”

Jiang Wan saw that Xu Chunying looked serious, and knew that what she was going to say was very important, so she also said sincerely: "Auntie, you said, if you can do it, I will definitely not shirk it." ”

Xu Chunying smiled: "It's not difficult for me to beg you." She paused, her cloudy eyes seemed to be looking at Jiang Wan, "After I die, don't tell Sù You'er, wait until he finishes the exam." ”