Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

Changfu is gone.

Old Lady Lin swallowed her saliva, her cloudy eyes blazing brightly: "Promoted? Ah Wan, you are an eighth-rank official now?!"

Cheng Wan nodded and smiled brightly: "I've been promoted! I'm now an eighth-rank governor, directly under the Rui Wang Mansion, and I usually follow the orders of Lord Sima."

Old Mrs. Lin clapped her hands and her face almost broke from laughing.

"Oh my! If I had known, I wouldn't have let Daniu and the other two go back so soon! They really missed out on this great news!"

Old Mrs. Lin looked annoyed.

The next moment, Old Lady Lin licked her lips, her eyes sparkling: "How about we go back to the village?!"

Old Mrs. Lin couldn't bear to think that her eldest granddaughter had just helped everyone solve a huge problem, and then got promoted. If she returned to the village at this time, how proud she would be!

Wouldn't the old ladies in the village praise her to the sky? !

When she thought of that scene, Mrs. Lin's breathing became heavy.

"Mom." Aunt Cheng tugged at Old Lady Lin's sleeve.

She knew Old Mrs. Lin too well, and she knew what she was thinking just by looking at her expression.

Aunt Cheng looked at Cheng Wan. She was not sure whether the current situation was suitable for Old Lady Lin to return to the village to "show off".

Cheng Wan carefully rerolled the letter of appointment for the eighth-rank governor and glanced at the excited old lady Lin: "Grandma, you may not be as happy as staying in the city if you return to the village now."

"How could that be? How can I not be happy to go home? I still have to tell your grandfather about your promotion."

Cheng Wan shook his head: "Grandma, you can go back if you want, but I won't go back yet."

When she returns, the villagers may come to kowtow to her with tears and laughter, and people from other villages may even come to ask her for help.

She didn't want to deal with either of these two situations.

Old Mrs. Lin clapped her hands again, smiling so hard that her teeth were showing:

"Ah Wan, grandma just misses home, so she's going back to stay for two days, and she'll go back to the city the day after tomorrow!"

Cheng Wan glanced at Mrs. Lin, who was trying hard to hold back her laughter, and twitched her lips to remind her:

"Grandma, don't smile so happily in the village. There should be a lot of people from other villages coming to Pingnan Village to cry and make a fuss these past few days. They are so sad, and we can't help them, nor can we add fuel to the fire, right?

Also, grandma, when you return to the village, don’t hang out outside all the time. You can’t be sure that someone will think you are a kind old lady and be soft-hearted. They will come to you for help. You can’t help them, but you will feel bad if you don’t help them.”

Old Mrs. Lin closed her grinning mouth and nodded seriously: "Grandma knows, I only laugh secretly with your father and the others at home! If someone really comes to beg me, I will cry with them, but I won't say a word! Grandma will also take good care of your father and the others, don't worry, there will be no trouble."

Deng Xiong drove the horse-drawn carriage carrying Old Mrs. Lin and some temporary purchases back to the village.

On the way back to the village, Old Mrs. Lin kept chatting with Deng Xiong. When they got back to the village, the villagers would come to thank and compliment her when they saw her. What should she say?

How can I say it in a way that shows my vision without seeming too cocky?

This problem really put Grandma Lin and Deng Xiong, the grandparents and grandchildren, in a difficult position.

Finally, the two of them came up with a solution.

Late learning.

Think about what Cheng Wan would say when he encountered such a situation, and follow his example. You will definitely not go wrong.

Feeling that they had come up with the perfect solution, the grandparents and grandchildren chatted and laughed all the way as they walked.

But after entering Pingnan Village, as the carriage drove on the village road, listening to the crying, cursing, and praying sounds that came from the village from time to time, the grandparents and grandchildren could no longer laugh.

Old Mrs. Lin finally understood why Cheng Wan said that she might not be happier if she returned to the village now than if she stayed in the city.

The environment and mood are very contagious. Given the current atmosphere in Pingnan Village, it is really hard to make people laugh.

“Wow…what should I do?!”

"You are so happy! You are so lucky! Neither your man nor your son will be conscripted. Why don't you think about your brothers from your mother's side? I should have strangled you to death!"

"Daya, think of another way, think of another way! You only have one brother, if he is conscripted, mother will die!"

......

Old Mrs. Lin pounded her chest.

This really makes me feel depressed.

"Mom, Sanxiong? It's almost dark, why are you two back now?"

As he spoke, Cheng Daniu hurried forward and helped Old Lady Lin off the carriage.

Cheng Erniu looked at the faces of Old Lady Lin and Deng Xiong, his voice trembling a little, "Is it possible that Prince Rui has changed his mind again and is unwilling to exempt us from military service?"

Mrs. Kobayashi, who was pregnant, turned pale instantly.

Old Mrs. Lin waved her hand: "It has nothing to do with that. Sanxiong and I came back to tell you that Wan got a promotion..."

"what?!"

Cheng Erniu's shout almost sent Old Lady Lin away.

Old Mrs. Lin covered her chest and said unhappily, "How old are you? How can you be so impatient! Look at your eldest brother, none of them is as jumpy as you!"

Others represented by Cheng Daniu, Li Sanzhu, and Xiao Lin: "..." There is no need to praise them, they just haven't reacted yet.

In the bright main room, Old Lady Lin sat in the main seat, holding a cup of hot tea in her hands.

"So our Ah Wan is now an eighth-rank official?!

Or is he an eighth-rank official directly under the Rui Wang Mansion? ! "

Kobayashi licked her lips, her heart pounding wildly.

"Yes, he is an eighth-rank official." Old Mrs. Lin nodded affirmatively again.

Cheng Daniu and his companions suddenly smiled brighter than each other.

After a while, the excited atmosphere in the room temporarily dissipated.

Cheng Erniu looked at Old Lady Lin strangely: "Mom, Ah Wan's promotion is such a great event, why don't you look particularly happy?"

"Oh!" Old Mrs. Lin sighed, and told Cheng Daniu and the others what Cheng Wan said and the noise she heard when she entered the village just now.

The smiles on Cheng Daniu and the others' faces slowly faded.

Old Mrs. Lin wiped her face and sighed deeply, "I feel like we are really well protected by Ah Wan now, so we always have a lot of kindness to pity others. In the past, who could be as pitiful as our family?"

Cheng Daniu smiled gently:

"Mom, it's good to be kind, but if we really don't respond to other people's suffering, then Ah Wan will be worried.

No matter what, Ah Wan's promotion is a great joyous event, we should be happy about it, and at most we just need to be a little reserved in front of outsiders."

“Brother is right. In fact, our family has been very low-key in the village. We have never looked down on or bullied anyone by relying on Suiyi Building, the two workshops and Awan.

We have done everything we can, and Ah Wan has helped in every way she can. As for the rest, we really have no other options. We can’t just cry with those people, right?”

Old Mrs. Lin glanced at Xiao Lin who was speaking.

Before she came back, she seemed to have said that if someone really came to beg her, she would cry with them.

"Has anyone come to you for help?"