My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 81: I just seemed to have heard them talking about selling something.
Chapter 81: Chapter 81: I just seemed to have heard them talking about selling something.
Lu Youxi packed her bags and quietly took a box of milk to Aunt Lin’s house next door.
"Aunt Lin," Lu Youxi called softly.
Hearing her soft voice, Aunt Lin also replied in a whisper, but with a face full of joy as she came out to greet her, "Oh my, Youxi, you’re leaving tomorrow. You must be so busy today, how do you still have time to come over here?"
Seeing Lu Youxi smile, Aunt Lin immediately said, "Come on, let’s go inside and talk."
Aunt Lin pulled Lu Youxi into the house, and Lu Youxi put the milk and eggs on the table, "Aunt Lin, thank you for looking after me these days. This is for you, and please don’t look down on it."
"Oh!" Aunt Lin made a show of refusing, "Why are you giving this to me? It would be much better if you kept it for yourself to drink!"
"Aunt Lin, please just accept it," Lu Youxi insisted. "Moreover, I have to thank you for convincing the villagers to gossip by the roadside for my dad to hear, constantly reminding him how badly my grandparents and aunt and uncle have acted, which kept him from going soft and getting involved in their matters."
In fact, the village gossip Lu Zhenguo overheard had all been arranged by Lu Youxi.
Lu Youxi had secretly sought out Aunt Lin.
Aunt Lin, accustomed to gossiping about every little thing in the village over the years, had her own way of spreading rumors and developing a network of gossipers.
With Aunt Lin’s help, Lu Youxi didn’t have to ask each villager to cooperate; it was as if the whole village was cooperating.
Lu Youxi was concerned Lu Zhenguo would go soft, so she asked Aunt Liu for help.
The villagers were to chat to Lu Zhenguo whenever they saw him about the old scandals concerning the Lu Family’s elders and how they treated Lu Zhenjia, to remind him.
If Lu Zhenguo still went soft after that, he would indeed be a saint, and nothing Lu Youxi did would work.
And this strategy proved to be effective.
"I didn’t do much, really. Besides, with the weather like this, everyone enjoys cooling off outside, and when they’ve got nothing else to do, what’s more enjoyable than gathering to gossip about others?" Aunt Lin said with a laugh, "Plus, the stuff about your family is the hottest topic recently, and there’s nothing else worth talking about. I reckon even if we keep gossiping about this for a few more months, no one would be fed up with it."
Especially with the Hu Family causing a scene every day, there was always something new to talk about.
Gossip was certainly plentiful.
Aunt Lin never expected Lu Youxi to be so open-minded, not only permitting but even encouraging villagers to discuss their family gossip.
Who else would be pleased with that?
It was just to constantly remind Lu Zhenguo not to be soft-hearted.
Aunt Lin sighed and looked at Lu Youxi with silent admiration. In his previous life, Lu Zhenguo must have done a great deal of good to be blessed with a daughter like Lu Youxi in this life.
Thinking a few months would be quite enough, Lu Youxi took Aunt Lin’s hand, "Aunt Lin, I’ll have to rely on you after I leave."
Aunt Lin seemed a bit troubled, "A few months is okay, but if it’s for a longer time, with the same old gossip, well, there really won’t be anything left to say. Unless the Lu Zhenjia family can stir up some more trouble."
"A few months is more than enough," Lu Youxi said gratefully.
Aunt Lin breathed a sigh of relief, "Alright, consider it done. I can’t promise anything for a longer period, but two or three months, absolutely no problem."
After thanking Aunt Lin once more, Lu Youxi left to return to her own house, picked up another box of milk she had placed inside the wall, and went to Aunt Liu’s house.
It was to thank her for the favor she had done by speaking with the village chief when Foolish Hu’s parents had come to propose marriage.
By the time Lu Youxi got back home and walked through the courtyard gate, she saw Zhou Shuyan standing under the shade of the large mulberry tree in the courtyard.
The sunlight, filtered by the leaves, left only speckles of light shining through the gaps, scattering fine fragments upon Zhou Shuyan’s body, like patches of gilded foil, somewhat dazzling to the eye.
Upon seeing Lu Youxi return, Zhou Shuyan naturally smiled at her.
Lu Youxi was a little mesmerized, unsure whether it was Zhou Shuyan’s warm smile or the effects of the sunlight that made her heart beat wildly.
She didn’t even remember when that mulberry tree was planted; it had been large since she could remember.
Every year around June, it bore mulberries.
Liu Yushu would pick them and sell them in town.
While picking, Old Madam Lu would take some for Lu Youxue to eat.
Lu Youxue would then secretly save half of them for her.
Liu Yushu would secretly hide some for her as well.
She remembered in her previous life, she hated Lu Youxue and refused to take them.
The ones Liu Yushu secretly offered, she also refused out of stubbornness.
If she had been willing to accept them, she would probably have eaten more than Lu Youxue.
In this life, she returned a bit late; the mulberries had all been picked and sold off.
She also remembered that shortly before returning this life, she had refused to accept the mulberries Liu Yushu had secretly saved for her, hurting Liu Yushu’s feelings.
"What are you thinking about?" Zhou Shuyan’s voice sounded from above her forehead, just as Lu Youxi came back to her senses.
She instinctively looked up and saw Zhou Shuyan was already quite close. But perhaps because the sunlight was strong, Zhou Shuyan’s face seemed a bit hazy, as if there was a thin, transparent veil between them.
"You were standing under the mulberry tree, and I was thinking about how I’m going to miss the mulberry season every year once I go to the Imperial Capital to study," Lu Youxi said with somewhat of a regretful smile.
"When Dad and Mom and I go to the Imperial Capital, we’ll all miss out," Lu Youxue said, appearing beside them at some point.
Lu Youxi suddenly remembered, "Right, where are Mom and Dad?"
Inside, they’re discussing tuition fees," Lu Youxue whispered. "I think I overheard them talking about selling something."
Lu Youxi remembered she had not yet mentioned to her parents about the scholarship she had received.
One reason was because there had been too many chaotic issues before, and the scholarship seemed trivial, slipping her mind.
Another reason was that Lu Youxi worried that if Lu Zhenguo saved up some money, it would be taken by the Lu Family’s elders and Lu Zhenjia.
If they knew she didn’t need the tuition, she feared Lu Zhenguo would soften and give the money to them.
"But we’ll need to talk about that later. Why are you always eavesdropping?" Lu Youxi realized that Lu Youxue, the little one, seemed too fond of listening to others’ conversations now.
That wasn’t a good thing at all.
"I didn’t mean to eavesdrop; I just happened to overhear a bit while passing by," Lu Youxue explained.
"Eavesdropping isn’t a good behavior," Lu Youxi admonished Lu Youxue.
Lu Youxue quickly nodded, "I wouldn’t do it on purpose." freewēbnoveℓ.com
Lu Youxi raised an eyebrow, thinking to herself that Lu Youxue was becoming quite the wordsmith, "You little slicker!"
