The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

Looking at the tall figure in front of him, Song Yuntang's eyes were touched.

"I wanted to buy a stone of rice, but I couldn't carry it. I was just about to go back to find my brother. Why did Brother Xu come to town so early today?"

Xu Qingye pointed to the other end of the street and said, "I just went to the bookstore to pay my bill. I was about to pass by here to meet my father on East Street. I didn't expect you to be here too."

Song Yuntang was a little surprised, "Uncle is also in town."

Xu Qingye hummed, "We hired an ox cart today, so we can just bring Mira back for you on the way."

Song Yuntang asked a little embarrassedly, "Will it delay my uncle's business?"

"It's on the way, so of course I won't delay." Xu Qingye said, looking at the shopkeeper, "Please prepare the rice that this girl needs."

The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly, "Hey, please wait a moment."

Seeing Xu Qingye lowering his head and about to untie the purse around his waist, Song Yuntang hurriedly held down his hand.

"It's not good to ask Brother Xu to spend money again. I can do it myself."

After she finished speaking, she quickly handed the money for the check to the shopkeeper.

Xu Qingye paused, but didn't force it.

"Originally, I thought you were short of capital for your business, so I went to the bookstore to pay the bill and wanted to send it to you."

Song Yuntang took the change from the shopkeeper and looked at him with a smile, "I'm just a small business. The money you gave me before is enough for me to make ends meet. It's not easy for you to earn some money, so keep it for yourself."

The man smiled, the sunlight shining on him, and his handsome features were particularly eye-catching.

"It seems that you have almost finished your preparations."

Song Yuntang nodded, "That's about right. It's not advisable to prepare too much at the beginning. I have to test it out before I can move on to the next step."

Just then, the waiter carried out the rice that Song Yuntang needed.

After weighing it once, Xu Qingye picked up the rice, put it on his shoulder and walked out of the grain store. "Let's go to the intersection ahead and wait for my father's ox cart."

Song Yuntang was shocked and hurriedly ran out after him.

"Can you physically handle carrying such a heavy load of rice?"

"It's not far, it's okay." Xu Qingye looked relaxed. "I used to do farm work at home, but then I got sick and my parents stopped letting me work. Actually, doing some work doesn't affect me at all."

Seeing that he seemed to be really fine, Song Yuntang didn't say anything else. He just walked forward and lifted the bag of rice on his shoulder, trying to make him feel more relaxed.

Her eyes would occasionally glance at his expression.

"If you can't bear it anymore, just tell me, don't try to be stubborn."

Xu Qingye nodded, "Okay."

When passers-by saw this, they all cast envious glances in their direction.

"Look at this young couple, they are so loving."

"Who says it's not? They are such a talented couple, so pretty that it makes people envious."

……

Listening to the discussions of people on the roadside, Xu Qingye's lips, which were originally pursed into a straight line, slightly curled up.

Song Yuntang hadn't blushed or felt nervous when she told others that Xu Qingye was her fiancé before, but she was a girl after all, so she felt a little embarrassed now.

Soon, the two arrived at the intersection, and Xu Qingye found a place with few people and put down the rice.

"Are you tired?" Song Yuntang asked.

Xu Qingye raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and looked at her with a smile.

"Not tired."

Thinking of the discussions she heard on the road just now, Song Yuntang was embarrassed and didn't dare to look him in the eye. She cleared her throat pretending to be calm.

"When will uncle come?"

"He just went to East Street to buy fish and meat. He should be here soon."

As Xu Qingye finished speaking, a carriage drove up in front. When it approached the two of them, the curtains of the carriage were lifted. Lin Jingyao looked out the window, and when he saw Song Yuntang and Xu Qingye standing side by side, his brows couldn't help but furrowed.

He suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at Song Yuntang.

"Where are you going, Tang'er?"

"go home."

There was no emotion in Song Yuntang's eyes, as if he had just met a stranger and was greeting him as usual.

In fact, she was extremely reluctant to meet the Lin family, but there was no way. Cile Town was so small that she could not avoid it.

Lin Jingyao twirled his fingers.

"Come up, I'll take you."

From beginning to end, his eyes never lingered on Xu Qingye, as if he didn't exist.

Song Yuntang politely declined, "Don't bother Mr. Lin, my fiancé is here and he will take me home."

Lin Jingyao chuckled and looked at her, "I heard... the Xu family hasn't proposed to the Song family yet. So he can't be considered your fiancé yet, right? What Tang'er did today was deliberately to piss me off?"

He only knew that the Song family strongly opposed this marriage and would not allow Song Yuntang and Xu Qingye to get engaged, but he did not know that Song Yuntang had now left the Song family and came to the town, and as long as she wanted, she could go to Anyang County to find Zhu Deming to move her household registration out at any time.

Of course, Song Yuntang still prefers to move his household registration after he has his own house, otherwise it will be troublesome to go through so much trouble.

However, Lin Jingyao first discovered Song Yuntang's whereabouts on North Street, and today she and Xu Qingye appeared on the road he had to pass, so he mistakenly thought that Song Yuntang wanted to anger him.

After hearing what Lin Jingyao said, Song Yuntang was stunned at first, and then he felt helpless in his heart.

It is true that after the original owner left the Lin family, Lin Jingyao caused the least substantial harm to her. After all, he had to travel back and forth between Anyang County and Cile Town frequently, so she didn't meet him often. But he was the eldest brother that the original owner admired the most. In the few times they met over the years, his indifference was like a sharp sword, piercing her heart again and again.

After all, Song Yuntang was not the original owner and could not fully empathize with her situation.

Even though the original owner still missed her elder brother, to her, he was just a familiar stranger.

She smiled.

"A few days ago, I went to North Street only to diagnose the wives of several families, not to meet anyone from the Lin family. I guess Young Master Lin might have seen me at that time, so I'm explaining this today to clear up your misunderstanding."

She said this, her expression becoming serious.

"Also, my affairs have nothing to do with Master Lin. I hope Master Lin will not ask any more questions to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."

Lin Jingyao looked at her, anger brewing in his eyes, but he was reluctant to vent it on her.

"Tang'er, do you really have to do this? Even if you're just angry about my previous indifference to you, you shouldn't sacrifice your lifelong happiness!" His face was full of confusion. "You used to be very well-educated and well-mannered, why are you so rebellious now?"

"Mr. Lin, just treat the past Lin Yuntang as dead."

Song Yuntang didn't want to say anything more to him. He turned sideways and looked in the direction of the East Street Market, hoping that Xu Yongwang would come in a ox cart and take them away soon.

Lin Jingyao sighed and said suddenly, "Tang'er, I can agree to the wish you made last year, but you have to give me time."