When Jiyuan carried the lunch box back, Jiang Wanru had already swept half of the yard. Her expression was as calm as water, as if the previous thoughts that had surged up had already flowed away like the water under the bridge, and were gone without leaving any trace. Jiyuan smiled and walked into the yard, seeing a thin layer of sweat on Jiang Wanru's forehead, then glanced at the ground in the yard, she said: "Miss, I'll take care of the rest of the place, you go have lunch."
Jiang Wanru handed the broom back to Jiyuan, looked at her pale face and asked helplessly: "What unhappy thing did you hear outside again?" Jiyuan glanced at her and said in a low voice: "They said that Madam is looking for a relative for Miss, but many families do not agree to engage Miss, instead they are willing to engage the fourth miss first." Jiang Wanru heard this and took over the lunchbox from her hand, smiling and saying: "This is the right choice, which family would be willing to marry a fool into their home?"
"Miss is not stupid at all. Miss hasn't attended school for a day, but she can help others write letters and earn money to use." In recent years, Mrs. Jiang Dashi has been quite good to Jiang Wanyu on the surface, but in reality, she doesn't care about anything and lets her fend for herself. Fortunately, when Jiang Wanyu was young, relying on her handwriting skills, she found a job outside and could support her daily life.
Jiang Wanmu glanced at Jiyuan and said, "Jiyuan, although I won't be doing writing work for the Writing Bureau again, this matter must not be revealed outside. Let's just keep it simple and stupid. Compared to the young ladies in our household, when it comes to being cunning, I'm a person without any tricks up my sleeve. If we were to compete in ruthlessness, my heart isn't hard or black enough, and I couldn't bring myself to make a killing blow, so it's better to just be simple and safe." Jiyuan heard this and burst out laughing, saying, "There's one more thing the young lady hasn't said - she also doesn't like those fancy and showy decorations." Jiang Wanmu heard this and laughed too, smiling as she entered the room for dinner.
Jiang Wanru finished her meal, thinking about her own marriage. Her heart was also a little afraid of her own marriage as the time approached. The ladies of the aristocratic families were all dignified and elegant on the surface, but their behind-the-scenes tactics were equally astonishing. Over the years, she had been carefully observing the Jiang family's movements, watching Jiang Anhe's side, where new concubines had been added from time to time, but none of his concubines had given birth to any more children. Jiang Wanru's biological mother was the only one among the concubines who had given birth to a boy, but that little child had only lived for a few days.
No matter how uneasy Jiang Wanru felt, the days at the Jiang's house went by smoothly. Every evening before the rest day, Jiang An and his wife would stay in Madame Jiang's room. The next morning, they would go to pay their respects to the ancestors as usual. They were both very good at talking and were liked by the ancestors. They talked about the good news that Jiang Wanyi brought back yesterday, and the ancestors were so happy that they asked them to have breakfast together.
The three of them were chatting happily when Jiang Wenlun and his wife, with red faces, entered the house to pay their respects to the elderly. When they saw Jiang An and his wife, a smile appeared on Jiang Wenlun's handsome face. The couple first smiled and greeted the elderly, then turned to greet their parents. Madame Jiang had always treasured her eldest son like a precious gem, so she carefully observed the expressions of her son and daughter-in-law, and a joyful expression immediately appeared on her face.
Jiang Wenlun and his wife came to pay their respects, and the old ancestor naturally wanted to keep them for a meal together. Jiang Wenlun took a look at the dishes on the table, glanced at his wife who was rubbing her nose with her hand, and politely declined the old ancestor's kindness, saying: "She's not feeling well, I brought her over, originally we were going to ask you for your blessing after paying our respects, then go find my mother to tell her to come and take a look at her." The old ancestor's eyesight was no longer good, she looked at the granddaughter-in-law hiding behind, saw her covering her nose, and smiled as she looked towards Madame Jiang.
Mrs. Jiang looked at her eldest son and daughter-in-law, her eyes filled with joy. Since the marriage of her three children, she had been worried about their offspring. Now that her daughter had just announced the good news, and her eldest daughter-in-law, who had not yet had any good news, was looking like this, it was likely that she was pregnant too. The second daughter-in-law was still young, so there was no need to rush. Lately, Mrs. Jiang had been anxious about her eldest daughter-in-law's situation, but she didn't dare show it on her face, fearing that if she handled it badly, it would affect the relationship between mother and son.
She listened to her son's words, smiled and stared at him, and quickly said: "This matter still needs to be asked about what, you directly order the person in charge, hurry up and ask the doctor to come to the house to visit her, and you also take care of her." The old ancestor smiled and nodded on the side, urging the young couple to leave quickly, and said: "You go back, she is not feeling well, let her rest more, order below, prepare some light food for her. Remember, after the doctor's diagnosis, send someone to tell me."
After Jiang Wenlu and his wife walked away with a smile, Jiang An accompanied the old ancestor to finish dinner. The couple returned to Madame's courtyard again, anxiously waiting for news. Xiao Jiangjia's servant was in the room, observing the expressions of the two masters, and from time to time listening to the movements outside. The housekeeper came over with a list to ask about things, and Madame quickly gave instructions.
Xiao Jiang's family had been gazing outside, and when she first caught sight of the stewardess in the young master's courtyard wandering around outside, she glanced inside at the master and mistress who were talking. She hastily went out to greet her. After a while, she smiled and led the woman inside, where she approached the stewardess who was speaking and signaled for her to pause momentarily. Smiling, she said to Jiang An and his wife: "Congratulations, Master! Congratulations, Mistress! The young master's wife is with child."
Mr. and Mrs. Jiang looked at the woman who came to report the good news, saw her come forward to pay respects and say: "Master, madam, our young mistress is pregnant, the doctor says it's a month or more." "Haha, quickly, reward her, Xiaojiang family." Mr. Jiang was overjoyed when he heard this, laughing loudly, he ordered Xiaojiang family directly, bypassing Mrs. Jiang, who also smiled and responded: "Order them to reward everyone in the young master's courtyard, order them to serve the young mistress even more diligently from now on."
Xiao Jiang's wife approached Mrs. Jiang and spoke, Mrs. Jiang nodded and said: "Good." Xiao Jiang's wife smiled and turned into the house, after a while she brought out a stack of red, yellow, and green packages, smiled and let Mrs. Jiang take a look, then handed them to the woman who came to report the good news, saying: "The master and mistress are delighted, give you an extra red envelope. As for these rewards, since you are someone from the young mistress's quarters, just follow the young mistress's wishes and distribute them accordingly."
The woman happily accepted it, smiling and saying: "We will listen to the old master's wife's instructions and serve the young mistress well. I thank the old master and his wife for their reward on behalf of everyone in the courtyard." Mrs. Jiang smiled and said: "Tell your husband and the young mistress that after I finish giving orders here, I'll go see her right away." Jiang Anhe said from the side: "I'll also go take a look."
A minute after the woman left Jiang Da's wife's house, the news spread like a long wing. Everyone in the Jiang family knew that after Jiang Wanyi's older sister had good news, Jiang Dashi's wife was also having good news. Similarly, all the servants in Jiang Dashao's house knew that Master and Madam were delighted and rewarded them with great joy.