Reborn as a Merchant Girl, the General's Beloved

"Who knows!" Shuyu gritted her teeth and said, "What high-sounding excuse can he have? He just keeps saying that the master treats you differently. But I think he is just a black-hearted person! But the master never said anything. I heard Chunyue and Donglin say it. There is no difference. He was just as mean to you. It's just that you have a good personality and don't care..."

Shuyu's chatter was still going on. Anan heard the word "different from others" particularly clearly. He felt mixed emotions at the time. He opened the curtain and stared outside in a daze. The road was getting wider and wider, and there were more pedestrians.

Shuyu's home is in a small gate in the Yongningwei City. The location is very remote. In front of it, her brother and sister-in-law bring their nephew to sell steamed buns and soup, and people live in the back.

My parents have passed away and I only have one older brother in the family.

When her brother and sister-in-law saw her come back, they were shocked. They grabbed her and asked her all kinds of questions. Shuyu cried.

Anan met the complicated looks from Shuyu's family and could only smile apologetically, unable to say a word.

Shuyu's maiden name is Li. Her brother's name is Li Zhongquan, who is in his early thirties. His wife, Liu, is about the same age. The couple has only one son, who is sixteen years old and named Yong'er.

If it were someone else, her sister would have moved out of her husband's house with all her property, but she didn't take the two little maids with her. Instead, she brought a troublemaker and a burden who couldn't even be carried. Anyone would be upset and would have kicked Anan out with a stick. But the Li family was honest people. Not only did they not say a single unpleasant word, but when they heard that Anan was dragged out by Shuyu without having breakfast, they even considerately brought her a bowl of noodle soup.

Anan held a bowl of hot noodle soup and ate a meat bun while listening to Shuyu complaining about Wang Jue's "bad behavior" again. Even without her saying it, she could tell that before this incident, Shuyu and Wang Jue had always respected each other and had never had a quarrel.

Li Zhongquan naturally did not agree with his sister's behavior, but he still placed her and Anan in the backyard, and sent Yong'er to Xinyun Manor to deliver a message to Wang Jue.

All the matters at the stall in front were handed over to his wife, Liu. Liu was a quiet woman. Now was the busiest time for the stall. Her husband had gone to the back room to counsel Shuyu, and her son had been called to the farm. She was the only one in charge. She was extremely busy, but she never complained. She even took the time to ask Anan if the soup noodles in his hand were enough and whether he wanted some vinegar to dip the buns.

After Anan finished his meal, he stood beside her quietly, watched her for a while, and then brought the cooked noodle soup to the guests' table for her.

Liu was a little reserved at first, but then she smiled at her, with kindness written all over her wrinkled face.

The stall was set up at the entrance of the alley, and all the customers were regulars. Everyone who came greeted Liu warmly, and when they saw Anan, they all asked who he was.

Liu first said that she was her niece, and didn't say anything else.

Anan was not shy either. He rolled up his sleeves and busied himself around the stall.

A girl of about six or seven years old appeared out of nowhere. She didn't sit at the table, but ran after her with a bowl of steaming noodle soup in her hand. Anan had never done such work before. She was holding a full bowl of noodle soup in her hand and shuttled among the customers. She was tripped by the little girl and the bowl of hot soup slipped out of her hand and was about to pour on the girl's head. She was scared and screamed.

I don't know where the strength came from, but it supported her waist steadily and caught the bowl in her hand steadily.