The old lady's eagerness was palpable, and she asked aloud before entering the private room.
With the big shopkeeper's flattery, he should have responded immediately.
But he repeatedly looked back at the private room on the third floor, hesitating and hesitating, "This...should be...not..."
The old lady's face darkened.
She straightened her spine and hit the wooden steps of the second floor with the wishful staff in her hand.
Jiang Sheng, who had just walked nearby, shrank her neck in fear. Fortunately, the master came over and pulled her to the wooden ladder for shelter.
Just when Jiang Sheng wanted to ask about cowpeas, the master gestured "hush" to her.
It suddenly became quiet at the foot of the wooden ladder.
A burly man in his thirties with a round waist and a sweat scarf around his neck, and a chubby little girl in her ten years old with a bun, both had the same silent expressions, the same hunched necks, listening like thieves.
Above their heads, the big shopkeeper was also frightened. His knees softened and he knelt on the ground. "Old lady, please calm down. I know my mistake. I sent a message to all Youranju, asking them to find the lady, but there was no one." The news is coming.”
The old lady still had a gloomy face and said nothing. She just glanced at the guests coming and going in Youranju, and seemed unwilling to ask questions in public.
But the big shopkeeper didn't realize it, and still hurriedly explained, "I didn't dare to say it just now, because the young master and the young lady were both in the private room, and I was afraid... I was afraid."
What he was afraid of, I didn’t say clearly.
But it was enough to make the old lady's face become more and more gloomy, and even the entire Youran Residence became quiet for a while.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the waiter at the door quickly sent off the last two tables of guests and closed the door of Youranju.
Even Wang Xiaosong was invited out, but Jiang Sheng stayed behind in confusion because he was hiding under the wooden steps with the master.
"Old lady, old slave..." The big shopkeeper wanted to say something else.
The private room door in the middle of the third floor was opened, and Jiang Chengyuan, who was frowning, walked out. Behind him was Jiang Chenghuan, who had red eyes, and his personal maid.
"I've met grandma." The two of them went down to the second floor and greeted her in unison.
The old lady's expression was calm, and she looked at Jiang Chenghuan's red eyes and sneered, "There is no trace of my biological sister, but you are hiding in the private room of Youranju to comfort this fake. Jiang Chengyuan, is this how you treat a brother? "
The smell of gunpowder was too strong at these words, and Jiang Sheng's neck tightened even more under the wooden steps.
On the wooden steps, Jiang Chenghuan held back his sobs.
Jiang Chengyuan felt distressed and helpless, "Grandma, after all, Chenghuan is a girl that has been pampered by the family for more than ten years. Even if she is not a direct blood relative, has the family relationship of these ten years been fake?"
He didn't understand why his grandmother couldn't tolerate Jiang Chenghuan so much.
If his grandmother hadn't secretly wanted to drive Cheng Huan away, causing his sister to panic and feel aggrieved, he wouldn't have been so resistant to finding his biological sister.
"Grandma, please don't send Cheng Huan away. I will try my best to find my sister. Our Jiang family will treat her as if she has two daughters. We should love her fairly and justly, okay?" Jiang Chengyuan said sincerely.
It can be seen that he sincerely wants to coexist peacefully, wants to regain the blood and family ties, and also wants to keep the companionship he has had for more than ten years.
But, can it really be done?
The old lady looked at her eldest grandson, whom she cherished so much and loved so much, and suddenly realized that he had been raised a little too innocently.
"It's hard for two direct children to be treated equally, let alone two children with such status. You always want to be treated fairly, but is there really fairness in this world?" She said slowly, "Do you think I want to Is it fair to drive away Jiang Chenghuan because I don’t want to find my biological sister?”
"Are you really fair to your biological sister who you have never met but has the same blood?"
The old lady's words were loud and powerful.
After saying that, without waiting for Jiang Chengyuan to look ashamed, she walked down the stairs holding the wishful stick.
The younger brother who had asked people to close the door hurriedly came over and helped him helplessly.
The old lady glanced at him appreciatively, paused at the gate of Youranju, and said, "Chengyuan, you are a good boy, but you can't be too filial, and you can't listen to everything your mother says..."
After saying that, the double doors of Youranju opened wide, the old lady got into the three-horse carriage and left calmly.
The entire restaurant returned to calmness, even to a terrifying level.
Jiang Sheng finally popped out his shrinking neck, and just as he was about to speak, there was another sound above his head.
Jiang Chenghuan, who had been crying silently, finally cried out, "Brother, don't let me have a quarrel with my grandmother because of a bloodless sister of mine. My mother and I have long been used to it over the years, and my grandmother has always disliked us."
Jiang Chengyuan's originally shaken heart suddenly became solid.
Yes, my grandmother and my mother didn't get along, and even my mother's most beloved sister didn't pay much attention to her. Sometimes my grandmother would insist on doing things that my mother didn't want to do, and would scold her mother for her faults.
Jiang Chengyuan has gotten used to it over the years, but he still feels aggrieved for his mother.
He comforted his sister in a low voice, and he did not hesitate to take out all the money, "Chenghuan, don't cry, brother will take you to play."
But she completely forgot that if her grandmother really hated her mother, she would never find her biological granddaughter again.
As Youranju opened its doors to welcome guests, the brothers and sisters upstairs finally left.
Jiang Sheng touched his sore neck and felt happy that he could watch such a lively drama.
In the past, in Xieyang County, only the richest families could watch the opera. If Jiang Sheng hadn't sneaked in and stole some chicken feet, he would never have seen it.
She was as excited as a cat eating a mouse. She turned her head, but froze when she saw the full face of the master.
"Master..." The little girl put her hands behind her back and stirred timidly, "I didn't come in on purpose to eavesdrop. I..."
She was about to admit her mistake.
The master suddenly shushed again and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel. His voice was as light as a mosquito. "Don't tell anyone what happened just now. We didn't hear anything and we don't know anything."
Jiang Sheng understood, nodded vigorously, and laughed in unison with the master.
The voice of the big shopkeeper came from behind Leng Buding. "what do you not know?"
Jiang Sheng's soul almost flew away.
She really wanted to tell the big shopkeeper not to make sudden noises behind others, as it could easily scare people to death, did you know that?
But I felt guilty for being so sneaky just now and couldn't speak.
Fortunately, the master stood up and said, "I'm talking to the little girl. She seems to have sent something again, right little girl."
Jiang Sheng thought of the car full of dried cowpeas and said quickly, "I have a car full of dried cowpeas from Anshui County. Do you want them?"
In Fengjing, we don’t have any beans, so we still need beans from Anshui County.
The big shopkeeper sneered and shook his head contemptuously.
Jiang Sheng was used to Youranju's arrogance, so she didn't care and calmly turned around to leave.
This made the master feel a little uncomfortable, "How can I eat dried beans that have been transported all the way?"
