Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 309 No Brain

When she returned home today, Jiang's mother and Old Lady Xia pulled her aside to ask her all sorts of questions. Mainly because it was her first time going to Cui's house and spending such a long time with her future mother-in-law, they were feeling very nervous. They had to ask her if there was anything she had done wrong so that the whole family could review it together.

Jiang Shangxian didn't want to talk about the fact that she saved someone with a broken bone, but she was afraid that if she didn't tell him, it would be troublesome if there were some customs and rules that she didn't know about.

She had no choice but to tell her the general story. At first, they were very happy to hear that she helped Zhao Yue get the grapes out, but later they were horrified to hear that Zhao Yue had a broken bone.

Mother Jiang was so anxious that she wanted to rush to the Cui residence that night to apologize to Zhao Yue: "Child, why didn't you tell me when you came in? This is such a big deal... Now that the gates are closed, what should I do? Ouch!"

I broke my future mother-in-law's ribs before she even got married. Won't she find a chance to deal with me after she gets married?

Fortunately, although Old Madam Xia was shocked, her logical thinking ability was still there: "A broken bone is better than death! What are you doing out there in the middle of the night? What will the Cui family think of us? Sit down quietly!"

Really, it’s better than having your mother-in-law die before you even get married!

After stopping her clueless daughter, Old Lady Xia turned to her obedient granddaughter and began to offer encouragement and high praise: "Nian Nu did a great job today. Excellent! Not to mention our in-laws, Jiulang's own mother, even if it was a stranger we met on the street, how could we not help them when we could?"

Jiang Wangri, a man who cherished his sister, was the first to speak up bravely for her. "Grandma is absolutely right! My sister has always been kind-hearted. In a critical moment, she certainly wouldn't be able to remember so much. If it were me, I certainly wouldn't be able to remember either."

Although Xia Zhenying and Yingzi didn't dare to speak, it didn't prevent them from nodding vigorously to express their high praise for Jiang Wangri - they couldn't remember it either!

You can't just watch someone die right in front of you, right?!

Wouldn’t someone come to your door when you’re sleeping that night?

Jiang's mother, who had never been brainless but had turned unhappy, bullied the weak and gave each of them a pair of sanitary balls. Are these three children talking about the same thing?

Old Madam Xia ignored their quarrel and immediately began the second step, pointing out the omission: "However, your mother is right about one thing. For something as serious as this, you should have informed your family when you returned."

Seeing that the grandmother was about to start coaxing the child, Xiao Jiang cooperated by patting his chest lightly and said softly, "Grandma is right. I was a little scared and I just recovered now."

"How old are you? How can you not be scared when encountering something like this?"

Old Madam Xia reached out and hugged him distressedly, but she was almost a head shorter than Jiang Shangxian, and her posture looked rather strange. "Now I know, it must be a little late. Tomorrow morning, I will go buy some things with your mother, and you can bring them when you go there this afternoon. Just tell her..."

She was actually quite conflicted. If it were any other in-laws, they would have simply taken some gifts and gone over to visit them, but this Cui family...

The family background is too high!

The two families were married, and she was a generation older than Zhao Yue anyway. If she came in person, it would seem that the Jiang family was being too attentive, and would be looked down upon.

Logically speaking, it would be most appropriate for Jiang's mother to bring Jiang Wangri with her to visit, but...

She glanced at her daughter who was still glaring at the three children...

Hopeless...

Jiang Shangxian waited for a while but she didn't hear her continue. She was wondering what she was talking about. She was still waiting to write it down!

"I'll tell you that your mother wanted to visit, but her condition makes her most vulnerable to movement and requires rest. I didn't want to disturb her rest, so I didn't come. Please don't blame me."

Old Madam Xia felt very embarrassed about this matter: "When she gets better, I will take your mother to see her myself."

Jiang Shangxian nodded. "Grandmother is right. The court doctor also said that Madam should try not to move around and lie down to rest more. Too many people going to see her would only delay the visit. There's no good treatment for this disease. I think she'll be fine after a month of rest."

"Even if you were injured, why did you come back so late?" Seeing that her mother had already settled the matter, Jiang's mother turned to ask other questions.

It’s the same for every parent. Whether the child comes home late or not, and why they are late, these things are part of daily life.

Xiao Jiang said with a bitter face that he was forced to tell stories until his mouth was dry and his tongue was parched. However, when the Jiang family heard that there was a story, they immediately asked for equal treatment and they wanted to listen too!

My goodness, what does it mean to shoot yourself in the foot?

That's it.

The Jiang family, who had only heard half of the story, were not going to be polite to her. They all asked her to remember the rest of the story quickly, as they were also very anxious.

"Oh..." Life is not easy, Xiao Jiang sighed.

Yingzi was a good child who had thriftiness engraved in her bones. If there was no oil lamp, she would have prepared to go to bed. But since the oil lamp was lit, the little girl grunted and found two palm-sized pieces of cloth to practice needlework.

"Auntie, why don't you write?" Yingzi raised his head due to the sigh and stretched his neck to glance at the paper on the table. Hmm... it was clean.

Jiang Shangxian wanted to kick her out: "When thinking, you must be serious and focused."

"Auntie, are you not serious and focused? Why not?" Yingzi picked up the embroidery needle and rubbed it on her thin yellow hair.

Although her embroidery skills are not very good, she performs these messy little movements as skillfully as a woman in her forties.

Jiang Shangxian said listlessly, "Maybe the cicadas outside are too loud."

Anyway, you can blame the heavens and the earth, but you can't blame her for having an empty head.

"Auntie, I'm going to catch those cicadas!" She just said it casually, but Yingzi took it seriously. She put down the needle and thread in her hand and prepared to run out.

Jiang Shangxian couldn't really let a six-year-old child stay up late at night, not to mention going out to catch cicadas for herself. She must be afraid of being struck by lightning!

"No, just sit down."

At this moment, thousands of miles away, in Sun Wukong’s hometown - Suoyang City, Zhao Mansion.

The coughing on the bed was as rapid as the roar of war drums, making everyone uneasy. In the small room, there were more than a dozen people standing there, almost cramming the room to the brim. Their faces had different expressions, but only one old woman, as strong as a man, knelt at the foot of the bed with a worried look on her face. She kept stroking the feet of the person on the couch and mumbling so quickly that it was impossible to understand what she was saying.

"Doctor Wu, how is she?" The man who spoke was already old. His palms exposed from under his sleeves were yellow with black, and covered with deep and dense wrinkles, which might be traces of old injuries.