Chapter 310: Chapter 310. Thinking About It Day And Night
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Su Qing brought her parents directly to the government office. Her parents were used to living in luxury and could not live in a low, cold mud house. She could not bear to let her parents suffer.
She would temporarily stay in the government office and immediately find an excellent location to build a house. She could now give her parents the best life.
“Su Qing.”
Ji Shuisheng walked into the government office with a smile on his face. His starry eyes were smiling as he looked at Qing’er, who he had longed for day and night.
A day apart felt like three years. He had been busy during the day but didn’t feel that way. Every time he calmed down at night, his longing would surge like a tide.
“Shuisheng.”
Su Qing was also pleased to see him. How he looked at her was different from how he looked at others. There was a hint of a smile in her indifferent eyes. There was joy from the bottom of her heart.
“Are you tired?”
Ji Shuisheng stared at Su Qing without blinking. His doting gaze was reluctant to move away from her. Although Su Qing was still dressed as a man, his eyes would not change. They were as bright as the moon and stars.
“A little.”
Su Qing nodded. She had been busy and nervous these past few days, saving people and being a coachman. She felt tired when she saw Ji Shuisheng.
Su Hanxuan walked out of the carriage with a dusty face. He looked a little tired. After all, he was older than a young man, and his old bones were unforgiving after a long journey.
Su Hanxuan noticed that Ji Shuisheng was looking at his daughter with love in his eyes, but his daughter was engaged. Although Su Hanxuan admired Ji Shuisheng very much, he could not go back on his word. It could only be said that fate was playing tricks on people.
“Shuisheng.”
Su Hanxuan calmly stood between Ji Shuisheng and his daughter and greeted him with a smile.
“Second Master Su?”
When Ji Shuisheng saw Second Master Su, his eyes lit up, and he greeted him excitedly. He had only spent a day with Second Master Su in Luo City, but he felt they were like good friends who had admired each other for many years.
It was great that he could come to Mo City. They could drink and talk freely.
Su Hanxuan felt slightly regretful when he saw Ji Shuisheng’s eager eyes. It was a pity that if his daughter were not engaged, Shuisheng would be an excellent man to entrust her life to.
Luan Hong and her parents also alighted from the carriage. Yang Zhi helped to carry the children out of the carriage. The scene was very spectacular. More than ten children stood in the courtyard, hiding behind Luan Hong and looking at Ji Shuisheng curiously. A few timid ones even tugged on Luan Hong’s clothes tightly.
In the eyes of the children, Luan Hong was the most trustworthy because she was the one who brought them out of prison.
Yang Ruxue and Xiao Chen were the last to leave the carriage. Xiao Chen was braver than the other children. When he saw Ji Shuisheng talking to his father, he ran over with his short legs and tilted his head to look at Ji Shuisheng. His big, sparkling eyes were filled with curiosity as he asked him in a cute little voice,
“Who are you?”
“Ha, I’m big brother!”
Ji Shuisheng smiled when he saw the cute little handsome boy with a pair of big, good-looking eyes as white as a porcelain doll.
Whose child was this? It was even more festive than the babies in the New Year paintings.
“Big brother.”
Xiao Chen did not look like he was a stranger. When he saw that Ji Shuisheng liked him, he called him brother sweetly.
Yang Ruxue had just recovered from a serious illness and was exhausted from the journey. Su Qing saw her mother’s exhausted look and walked over to help her.
“Mother, come in and rest.”
Ji Shuisheng’s eyes widened in surprise when he heard Su Qing call her mother. He subconsciously tidied up his appearance. Although he did not know where the word ‘mother’ came from, he knew from Su Qing’s affection for her mother that it must be her mother.
Ji Shuisheng, who had always been confident, lost his confidence for the first time. He was not prepared at all to meet Su Qing’s mother suddenly. He was afraid that his future mother-in-law would not like him.
“Alright.”
Yang Ruxue didn’t even have the strength to walk. She had been traveling in a carriage or camping in the wild for four to five days. It was tough.
Yang Ruxue’s const.i.tution was weak, and she feared the cold. Su Qing felt her mother’s hand was as cold as ice. She quickly spread a few wool blankets on the bed and let her mother and aunt sit on them. She also found cloaks made of fox skin. Su Qing designed these and was initially prepared to be sold in the capital. Now, they were for her mother and aunt to use first.
Ji Shuisheng remembered that Su Hanxuan was Su Qing’s father and respected him even more. The east room was filled with people, so he invited Su Hanxuan and Luan Qingshan to the west room.
Luan Qingshan had a heavy psychological burden on his journey. If he escaped like this, he would be a fugitive from the imperial court and would never be able to make a comeback.
He didn’t expect to live in the government office in Mo City. He felt even more uneasy. Was this considered a rebellion?
Although the stove was lit in the room, Ji Shuisheng still thoughtfully lit up the two rooms’ brick beds. The room was as warm as spring. Yang Ruxue sat on the hot brick bed and drank a bowl of steaming brown sugar water before she warmed up.
“Sister Su Qing, I made some buns. They’re still hot!”
They had just settled down here when Ji Xiaoying received the letter and ran over. When she entered the house, she happily called out to Sister Su Qing, carrying a freshly steamed mutton stuffed bun. She immediately became cautious when she saw the two n.o.ble madams, Yang Ruxue and Yang Rubing, and Luan Hong, who was as bright as a ball of fire. She had never seen such n.o.ble madams. All she had seen were ordinary women like Auntie Li and Auntie Qiu.
Ji Xiaoying didn’t know whether to enter or leave. She asked Su Qing timidly,
“Sister, who are these people?”
“My mother, my father, my uncle, my aunt, and my cousin.”
Su Qing introduced Xiaoying to her family. Ji Xiaoying was so shocked that her mouth was wide open.
Sister Su Qing didn’t want to talk about her background. She always thought Sister Su Qing grew up in an ordinary family like her.
So Sister Su Qing was the daughter of a wealthy family? Her mother was so beautiful and elegant. She was the kind of n.o.ble person who made people feel that she was unattainable at a glance.
“Then…Then how should I address you?”
Xiaoying didn’t know how to greet Yang Ruxue, so she asked Su Qing for help.
“Just call her aunt.”
Su Qing thought about it and decided that calling her aunt was more appropriate.
“Alright, then… Then I’ll call her.”
Xiaoying took a deep breath. She, who had always been innocent and romantic, was very nervous in front of Yang Ruxue. She placed the mutton bun on the table and called out carefully,
“Aunties, have some buns!”
Xiaoying was afraid that the two ladies would find her rude, so she didn’t dare to speak loudly.
Yang Rubing smiled at the embarra.s.sed Xiaoying. Yang Ruxue was more approachable and said,
“Thank you.”
Her voice was as gentle as spring water. Xiaoying was excited when she heard it. She looked at Yang Ruxue with a red face. Sister Su Qing’s mother was so gentle! How good would it be if she had such a mother?
Thinking of her mother, whom she had never seen, Xiaoying’s eyes dimmed.
Su Qing brought her mother and aunt hot water to wash their hands. She had never taken care of anyone before, so she was still a little stiff. This was her filial piety for the original owner.
“Mother, Aunt, let’s eat!”
Su Qing saw that her mother and aunt had finished washing their hands, so she took the buns and handed them over.
They were used to eating scallion buns, so Su Qing didn’t think anything was wrong..