Husband and father in another world are responsible

"Daughter-in-law, be careful with the child." Xie Yuan moved first, he walked to Wu Yun's side in two big strides, held her arm, and said with concern.

"Daughter-in-law, be careful...the basket." Ji Chunshan followed closely behind, strode to Ye Qinglan's side in a big stride, supported him...the bamboo basket in his hand, and said with concern.

Wu Yun was talking happily with Ye Qinglan, but was suddenly interrupted by Xie Yuan, and immediately gave him a displeased look, flicked her arm lightly, and then broke away from his hand, and even pushed him impatiently Said: "Go, go, go, don't hinder me from talking with Qinglan," and said to Aunt Wu who was kissing Ji Ningxu at the kitchen door: "Mom, it's cold outside, let's go inside. Let your son-in-law do the things in the kitchen."

Compared with the straightforward Wu Yun, Ye Qinglan was much gentler. He smiled at Ji Chunshan, but said softly: "Then please take this basket to the kitchen." Putting the bamboo basket in Ji Chunshan's hands, he and Wu Yun carried it into the house.

When Aunt Wu saw Ji Ningxu and Ye Qinglan, she couldn't care less about other things. She hugged... Now that she couldn't hold her anymore, she led Ji Ningxu into the main house happily, leaving Ji Chunshan and Xie Yuan behind. The two men stood in the yard, feeling the howling north wind, relatively speechless.

Although Xie Yuan knew about Ji Chunshan, he was not very familiar with him, so he said, "Brother Ji, you can go to the house too, I have to go to the kitchen first."

It's almost noon, and the family has guests from afar, so I want to entertain lunch, but the ones I have prepared for my family are definitely not enough. Fortunately, the Chinese New Year is coming, and the family has prepared some New Year's goods, including meat and eggs. There are quite a few, and there is no shortage of rice noodles, so just stir-fry a few more dishes and warm up a few white flour steamed buns, and there is no need to go out to buy anything.

"I'll go with you, and take this to the kitchen." Ji Chunshan lifted the bamboo basket on the handle and smiled at him.

Since it was sent to the kitchen, it was mostly for food. Thinking of Ji Chunshan's craftsmanship, Xie Yuan thought it was his cakes, but when he entered the kitchen, Ji Chunshan put down the bamboo basket and asked him for it. As for the plate, he discovered that the bamboo basket contained their famous Xu Ji sauce hoof, as well as some warm side dishes.

Fearing that Xie Yuan would misunderstand his feelings, Ji Chunshan first explained: "Brother Xie, don't mind, I have no other intentions, the main reason is that I came here suddenly this time, and I didn't say anything in advance, and it's just in time for noon, so I'm afraid it will be too troublesome for you." , so I packed a few dishes on the way here, and it will save trouble."

If it was an ordinary person, they would probably think that Ji Chunshan looked down on them, either because they felt that their family could not afford a meal, or because they disliked his family's food. If one was not good, there would be suspicion, but Xie Yuan was a big-hearted person. Yes, besides, he also knew that Ji Chunshan was just as he said, he had no other thoughts, so he would not take it to heart.

After that, Ji Chunshan didn't leave the kitchen. Xie Yuan added firewood to the stove to heat up the steamed buns, while he put the hoofs and side dishes on the plate.

"...that's a family in the outdoor area. They bought the yard next door to my house about five or six years ago. The owner of the house is a young scholar surnamed Ye who is studying in Jinjiang Academy. The person you saw today should be his. Daughter-in-law Xu, besides their husband and wife, there is only one aunt in the family who also hired to wash and cook." Xie Yuan answered what Ji Chunshan had asked him earlier while lighting the fire.

"Surnamed Ye?" Hearing this surname, Ji Chunshan frowned, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "But Ye Jinming?"

"I don't know about this, but I occasionally saw him walking with friends on the street. Others called him Brother Zhiyuan. Oh, by the way, his family is from Yejia Village. Every ten and a half months, his eldest brother Then he will come to deliver some rice, noodles, meat, eggs and other things, I am familiar with his elder brother, his name is Ye Tai." Xie Yuan told everything he knew, and seeing Ji Chunshan's expression was wrong, he asked: "Ye Family Village is far away from Anping The village is not far away, but Brother Ji knows this person?"

Ji Chunshan said: "If he is from Yejia Village and has an elder brother named Ye Tai, then he is probably the one I know." Only in this way, if he wants to get the magnolia flower hairpin back, it is not just If it can be done with money, I'm afraid it will take some setbacks.

When Xie Yuan heard that Ji Chunshan and his neighbor's family knew each other, he thought it was a coincidence, but when he saw that Ji Chunshan's face was not happy, but calmed down, he guessed that he might have had some unhappiness with that person, so he stopped. Too much talk, but I didn't want to hear Ji Chunshan say to him: "Brother Xie, may I ask you something?"

"Brother Ji said it directly." Xie Yuandao, although he said so, he could vaguely guess that most of what Ji Chunshan asked him to do had something to do with his neighbors.

After deliberating, Ji Chunshan finally said: "To be honest, brother Xie, in fact, Ye Jinming is Qinglan's cousin, but he and the Ye family have already severed ties with Qinglan. I can't explain the reasons clearly. Brother Xie can ask Aunt Wu, but she knows about it. I can only say that he, the Ye family, was sorry for Qing Lan. I don’t have any other requests, but I just hope you can help me find out some news about Ye Jinming in the county. ..."

Xie Yuan was the only person Ji Chunshan knew in the county, and the only person who could help him. However, this matter was not open and aboveboard. He was afraid that Xie Yuan might have scruples, so he had to tell the truth. If Xie Yuan asked Aunt Wu, Aunt Wu would know He has made his own plan, and he will support him if he thinks about it, and he can also help him with a word.

Xie Yuan's eyes widened in shock when he heard Ji Chunshan say that Ye Jinming was Ye Qinglan's cousin. He had met Ye Jinming before, but Ye Jinming and Ye Qinglan didn't look alike, so even though they both had the surname Ye, But he never thought about it together, but following Ji Chunshan's talk, he suddenly understood why every time he mentioned the neighbor next door, his daughter-in-law always looked disgusted and never let him get close If he asked, he wouldn't say anything. Now that I think about it, my daughter-in-law probably knows the inside story, but because it's Ye Qinglan's private matter, it's hard to tell him more.

After thinking about it, before Ji Chunshan finished speaking, Xie Yuan responded quickly: "Brother Ji, don't worry, this matter is left to my younger brother. Although my younger brother has no skills, I still know a few people in the county. I just inquire about some news. , it doesn't cost anything."

Not wanting Xie Yuan to agree immediately, Ji Chunshan thanked him quickly: "Then thank you brother first, but thank you brother for wasting time and effort, I am really sorry, please accept the money." He took out five taels of silver from his pocket and wanted to give it to Xie Yuan.

Xie Yuan hurriedly refused: "Brother Ji is out of sight now, but to inquire about some news and say a few words, there is no need for these, you should take them back quickly."

Ji Chunshan insisted on putting the money into Xie Yuan's hands, and said: "Brother Xie, please listen to me first. I hope to get some more detailed information about Ye Jinming, such as where he went and what he saw. People, what have they done, who they have a good relationship with, who they have grudges with, including news about his daughter-in-law's natal family, but this is not something that can be obtained in a few days. If you owe favors, you have to pay for it yourself, so please be sure to accept the money, so I can feel at ease."

"That's fine." Xie Yuan didn't think that Ji Chunshan wanted to know Ye Jinming's whereabouts in such detail, but it was not as simple as he thought, and what Ji Chunshan said was reasonable, so he took the money. Spend it on him, the worst thing is to return it later.

The matter was settled accordingly, and when the lunch was almost ready, Ji Chunshan helped Xie Yuan bring them all to the main room, and the two families sat around a table and had a meal happily.

During the dinner, Xie Yuan said that the sauced hoofs and a few side dishes on the table were brought by Ji Chunshan, and Aunt Wu said that Ji Chunshan was too out of touch, and then, seeing Ye Qinglan and Ji Ningxu were fatter now, and their complexions were much better Yes, but he praised Ji Chunshan again.

Because he still planned to go shopping in the city before going back, after lunch, Ji Chunshan took Ye Qinglan and Ji Ningxu to say goodbye and left.

Coming out of Xie's house, Ji Chunshan led the carriage, and Ye Qinglan led Ji Ningxu to the remaining few streets in the county. They bought food, things for use, things for play, and all kinds of New Year's goods. Quite a lot.

Passing by a jade shop, Ji Chunshan ignored Ye Qinglan's obstruction, tied up the carriage, and led people into the shop. After picking and choosing for a long time, he finally picked out a simple and elegant jade hairpin for Ye Qinglan, and a regular one for Ji Ningxu. Two auspicious phrases of "Fushou Shuangquan" and "Longevity and Wealth" are engraved on the opposite side of the jade locks, and most of the money I brought was spent at once, and then I held two brocade locks containing jade hairpins and jade locks. box, come out of the store satisfied.

Because everything Ji Chunshan saw was fresh, he wanted to buy it for Ye Qinglan and Ji Ningxu. Although except for the two pieces of jade and some supplements, the others were all small gadgets and the price was not very high, but as things became more and more If there are too many purses, the purse will naturally become more and more deflated. Seeing that there are only a few pieces of silver left, Ji Chunshan, under Ye Qinglan's reminder, ended this crazy sweep of goods and went to a cloth shop to pick up the money that was ordered in the morning. clothes.

Whether it is Ji Chunshan or Ye Qinglan, patching clothes, sewing a hole and so on is fine, but tailoring clothes is really not good. Fortunately, the cloth shop where they bought the fabrics has a master tailor. The man directly measured the size in the store and asked someone to help make the ready-made clothes, because they were leaving in the afternoon, and they needed more urgently, so they added more money.

When he came out of the cloth shop with a large bag of cotton, linen, silk, and fur clothes, Ji Chunshan's purse was already empty, completely spent, not even a copper coin left.Seeing that it was getting late, it was time to embark on the return journey.

On the Xie's side, Ji Chunshan and the three left before him. Xie Yuan closed the door and went back to the house. He told his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law about Ji Chunshan's entrustment to him, and asked Ye Qinglan and Ye Jinming's family what was going on.

Aunt Wu had long learned from her daughter that the neighbor of her son-in-law lived in Ye Jinming, the third son of Uncle Ye Qinglan's family, but she learned from Ye Qinglan what happened back then, and Ji Chunshan was threatened by Ye Jinming to divorce his wife, so she took her anger out on Ye Qinglan. Aunt Wu lived closer, and she was worried that Ye Qinglan and Ji Ningxu would pay attention every day, so she could hear it clearly, and she didn't have a good impression of Ye Jinming, so she came to the son-in-law's house These days, I never paid much attention to the neighbors.

Unexpectedly, Ji Chunshan brought Ye Qinglan and Ji Ningxu here today, and he also knew that Ye Jinming was next door, and hearing what Xie Yuan meant, Ji Chunshan might have some plans.Now Ji Chunshan is not what he used to be, and no matter what he plans to do, it should be for Ye Qinglan's good, so Aunt Wu is naturally fully supportive.Immediately, he asked his son-in-law to handle this matter properly, and he took two gifts from home to eat, took his daughter for the first time, and knocked on the door of Ye Jinming's house.

Ye Jinming's whereabouts should be investigated by Xie Yuan, but the origin of his wife is the most appropriate for Aunt Wu, mother and daughter to come forward.