When the pears are green

Jiang Huan hugged Su Mian's left arm with red eyes and kicked the ground with his right foot.

Chen Lingyi, sniffling, held Su Mian's right hand, still looking stubbornly in the direction where the kite disappeared.

The girl hiding behind Zhang Ping'an leaned her head out to look at the two sad children, her curved eyebrows furrowed together.

The girl took out a paper bag from her bag and handed it to Zhang Pingan, saying, "Brother Pingan, this is the winter melon candy my father bought a few days ago. Give it to them so they don't feel sad."

Zhang Ping'an looked at the girl biting her red lips with gratitude, then quickly took it and opened it to show Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi.

"Huan'er, Lingyi, don't be sad. This is the winter melon candy that Xuemei gave you. It's delicious." After Zhang Ping'an said this, he put a winter melon candy wrapped in white icing in the paper bag to Chen Lingyi's mouth.

Children have no resistance to sugar. Chen Lingyi and Jiang Huan laughed happily after swallowing the winter melon candy.

Su Mian hurriedly thanked Zhang Pingan and the girl named Xuemei, and promised to compensate Xuemei with a butterfly kite.

"Girl, it's not necessary. The kite was originally bought by Brother Ping'an." Miss Xuemei said, with a shy light unconsciously flashing in her eyes.

Su Mian was stunned when she heard Zhang Ping'an's name. It turned out that the little boy who cried and carried Ruyi to get married in her memory had grown into a strong young man.

Zhang Pingan, who was standing by, was a little unsure about Su Mian's identity, and asked uncomfortably, "Miss, I just heard Huan'er call you aunt, so you are Qingye's fiancée who came from Bianzhou?"

Su Mian smiled and nodded, then turned to ask about the relationship between Zhang Pingan and Miss Xuemei.

Zhang Pingan raised his lips and answered, "She is the girl he likes. Her name is Sun Xuemei, and she is the daughter of the Sun family butcher shop in Dongguan."

Sun Xuemei blushed when she heard this.

Although Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi didn't quite understand what Zhang Ping'an meant, they also laughed along with Su Mian.

Sun Xuemei glared at Zhang Pingan in reproach, said goodbye to Su Mian, and hurriedly left the open space.

Zhang Pingan hurriedly chased after him.

The open space was not big. Su Mian, Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi saw Jiang Qingzhou and Jiang Qingye who were teasing Jiang Yao and Chen Lingze with willow branches.

Jiang Huan pulled Chen Lingyi and ran hurriedly towards where Jiang Qingzhou and the others were, while Su Mian followed slowly behind.

When Su Mian arrived, Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi were describing Sun Xuemei's appearance to Jiang Qingzhou and Jiang Qingye in a serious manner.

"Dad, he's not as good-looking as my mom. He has big eyes, black hair, and is about the same height as my mom."

"Brother Jiang Huan's words are not accurate, and he is not as pretty as my mother."

Jiang Huan turned his head to look at the angry Chen Lingyi, and described it to Jiang Qingzhou again: "Dad, she is not as pretty as my mother and cousin."

Jiang Qingye wanted to tease Jiang Huan, so he asked Jiang Huan with a smile: "Huan'er, how do you compare with your aunt?"

"Of course not as pretty as my aunt." Jiang Huan said as he raised his little head and looked at Su Mian.

Su Mian smiled and rubbed Jiang Huan's little head.

When Jiang Qingzhou saw that the kite was gone, he picked up Jiang Yao who was pulling willow leaves and said to the others, "The four kids have had enough fun, Mianmian, Qingye, let's go back."

Jiang Qingye and Su Mian nodded.

Su Mian picked up Chen Lingze, Jiang Qingye took Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi by the hand, and followed Jiang Qingzhou slowly towards home.

As soon as the group pushed open the gate of Jiang's courtyard, Jiang Huan and Chen Lingyi, who could not hide the truth, hurried to Song Li and Ruyi and told them about their encounter with Zhang Pingan and Sun Xuemei in the open space.

Su Mian smiled and added: "Sister-in-law, Fourth Sister-in-law, Ping An said that Miss Sun is the daughter of the Sun family butcher shop in Dongguan."

Ruyi put down the thread in her hand and asked Song Li: "Cousin, we are out of meat at home. Do you want to go buy meat with me tomorrow?"

"Okay, we don't have any at home." Song Li agreed with a smile, and the stone in her heart fell to the ground.

Su Mian pulled Song Li's sleeve and asked, "Sister-in-law, I want to go too."

"Mianmian, what are you going to do?" asked Jiang Qingye, who had been listening to Song Li and the others.

Su Mian pursed her lips and replied, "Of course I'm helping my sister-in-law and fourth sister-in-law. They haven't seen Miss Sun. What if there are more daughters in the Sun family and they recognize the wrong one?"

Song Li and Ruyi thought what Su Mian said made sense, and the three of them agreed to go to Dongguan to buy meat when the sun just rose tomorrow.

After nightfall, Song Li first went to the compartment to coax Jiang Huan to sleep, and then returned to the main room and sat aside to watch Jiang Qingzhou coax Jiang Yao.

Jiang Yao opened her eyes, looked at Song Li, called out "Mom" with a smile, and then fell asleep.

"Xiao Li, Ping An's issue has been resolved, you can rest assured now." Jiang Qingzhou said to Song Li as he helped her remove the silk lace from her hair.

Song Li nodded, then handed the wooden comb in her hand to Jiang Qingzhou.

Jiang Qingzhou took the comb and gently combed Song Li's long hair and said, "Xiao Li, Daddy and Mommy have always treated Qingye well. I want to take you, Qingye, and Mianmian to visit Daddy and Mommy the day after tomorrow."

Song Li turned around to look at Jiang Qingzhou who looked very serious, and smiled and let Jiang Qingzhou make the decision.

Having put her mind at ease, Song Li slept exceptionally soundly, and did not dream at all until the sky in the east began to turn pale.

Su Mian arrived at the Jiang family early, and went to the Chen family to find Ruyi with Song Li at dawn.

Ruyi angrily complained to Song Li and Su Mian about Chen Yuan: "Chen Yuan knew about Ping An and Miss Sun a long time ago, but he kept it from me, causing my cousin to worry about Ping An."

After hearing this, Song Li smiled and comforted Ruyi: "Ruyi, Chen Yuan is also afraid that if this thing doesn't work out, you, your aunt, and your uncle will be happy for nothing."

"Yes, Fourth Sister-in-law, Fourth Brother Chen also wants to wait until Ping'an and Miss Sun have feelings for each other before doing anything." Su Mian hurriedly echoed Song Li's words.

Ruyi felt that Song Li and Su Mian's words were in line with Chen Yuan's style of doing things, so she smiled and said to them, "Since my cousin and Mian Mian both spoke for him, I will forgive him this time."

Song Li and Su Mian both laughed softly.

The three of them chatted and laughed as they arrived at Dongguan. Sun's Butcher Shop was the last store facing the street in Dongguan.

In the morning light, the small butcher shop was particularly lively. A group of customers who were buying meat gathered in front of the butcher's door and were chatting.

Su Mian, who was standing outside the crowd, pointed at the petite and lovely Sun Xuemei who was standing next to the tall butcher who was cutting meat and said, "Sister-in-law, fourth sister-in-law, that's her."

Song Li looked across the crowd at Sun Xuemei who was collecting money. She had a blue scarf wrapped around her head to keep out the early morning chill and prevent her hair from falling down.

Sun Xuemei seemed to notice Song Li's gaze. She looked up and smiled at Song Li. Her almond-shaped eyes on her round face curved into a crescent shape, and there seemed to be a black mole on the tip of her small nose.

After the crowd dispersed, Song Li, Ruyi and Su Mian went forward to buy meat.

Sun Xuemei smiled when she saw Su Mian, then turned to see Ruyi, who looked three points like Zhang Pingan, and her ears couldn't help but turn red.

In order to prevent Butcher Sun from noticing anything unusual, Song Li, Ruyi and Su Mian left directly after buying the meat.

Seeing Sun Xuemei staring blankly at the copper coin, Butcher Sun asked with concern, "Big girl, what's wrong? Didn't you sleep well?"

Sun Xuemei pulled herself back to her senses and replied with a smile, "Dad, I slept very well yesterday."

"That's good. Cheer up and don't make the mistake with the money." As soon as Butcher Sun finished speaking, he put on a smile and went to greet the customers who came to buy meat.

Sun Xuemei felt a little disappointed and wanted Butcher Sun to pay more attention to her, but she also understood that the six people in her family depended on the butcher stall for their livelihood, and Butcher Sun's patience with children had long been worn out by life.

On the way home, Song Li asked Ruyi what her plans were.

Ruyi smiled and replied, "Cousin, I asked Chen Yuan to invite Ping An to come to our house for dinner tonight. I have to ask him first. I can't tell my parents rashly."

Song Li and Su Mian both agreed with Ruyi's idea.

After breakfast, Jiang Qingye took Su Mian to Jiangjia Village to visit the graves of Jiang Wan and Jiang Rong, and then went to Zhang's house to visit Jiang with a piece of pork and two boxes of snacks.

Jiang warmly entertained Jiang Qingye and Su Mian, and told them that Zhang Pingan came back last night and asked her and Zhang Peng to find a matchmaker to go to the Sun family to propose marriage.

Jiang Qingye and Su Mian hurriedly congratulated Jiang Shi, who kept Jiang Qingye and Su Mian at home to feed them.

The Zhang family has been raising silkworms and rabbits for the past few years, and their lives are much better than before. Jiang no longer criticizes Xia Lin as usual, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has eased a lot.

After returning home, Jiang Qingye told Song Li about Zhang Ping'an asking Jiang for help and Zhang Peng hiring a matchmaker. Song Li felt relieved.

When the sun rose again, Su Mian drove the carriage to take Song Li's family of four and Jiang Qingye to Wuzhuang Village.

When the carriage just arrived at the entrance of Wuzhuang Village, many villagers ran towards the Heihe River embankment.

Song Li opened the curtain and saw Song Yue. She quickly jumped off the carriage, grabbed Song Yue and asked, "Yueyue, what's going on?"

With red eyes, Song Yue told Song Li what she heard from the villagers: "Sister, they all said that Aunt Changrong jumped into the river, and my father and mother have gone there. I'll go see what happened."

Song Li turned around and told Jiang Qingzhou to take Jiang Qingye and the others to wait at the gate of the Song family.

Jiang Qingzhou held Song Li's hand and asked, "Xiao Li, let me go with you."

Song Li shook her head and said, "Take good care of Huan'er and Yaoyao, we will be back soon."

Song Li didn't waste any more time and asked Song Yue as they walked: "Yueyue, what happened? Aunt Changrong and Uncle Changrong have a good relationship, how could they jump into the river for no reason? Could it be..."

Song Yue took over Song Li's words with a sad face and said, "Sister, Xiao Tianyou passed away a month ago. Aunt Changrong couldn't bear the blow and went crazy. She often ran out to look for the child. Uncle Changrong and Third Grandpa were afraid of accidents, so they locked her up at home, but she still jumped over the wall and ran out this morning. About half an hour ago, someone went to the river bank to cut grass and found her in the river."

Before the two sisters had time to feel sad for Lianlian, they saw Song Changsong and Song Changhe coming over carrying a door panel. The door panel was covered with a piece of white cloth, which was obviously a human figure.

Song Li recalled Lianlian, who had always longed to have her own child, and little Tianyou, who had been weak since birth, and couldn't help but sigh softly: The sword of Damocles finally fell.