Border Cook

There is also a large bag of chestnuts that are produced in abundance in Xinzhou, which are red in color, thick in flesh, and delicious in taste.

There was a lot of food and it was plentiful. Xia Mingyue happily put it away and prepared to eat it slowly.

On this side, Shen Shujun was sitting in front of the window, carefully shelling chestnuts.

The maid Xiangmei added some charcoal to the small charcoal stove that was boiling tea next to her, and poured Shen Shujun a cup of hot tea. "These chestnuts are difficult to peel. Miss, you may hurt your hands if you are careful. Let me do it."

"My grandfather wanted to eat chestnut cakes, so I made some. I have a knack for cracking chestnuts, so it's not difficult at all."

As Shen Shujun spoke, she shook the chestnut-cracking tool in her hand, with a smug smile on her face.

The smile was so brilliant and so knowing that Xiangmei was dazed when she saw it.

She seemed to see the carefree time many years ago when the young lady was still unmarried at home. At that time, the young lady had such a smile on her face every day.

Now, her young lady is back again. Although she has been through some things, her face is still full of smiles, just like the chrysanthemums on the windowsill, standing proudly despite the wind and frost.

Shen Shujun was peeling chestnuts. She noticed Xiangmei staring at her out of the corner of her eye and laughed, "Why are you staring at me? Is there something on my face?"

"There is no flower on the young lady's face." Xiangmei hastily denied, and at the same time told the truth, "It was the maid who wanted to look at the young lady..."

Xiangmei is a maid who has served Shen Shujun since she was a child. The two of them can be said to have grown up together, eating, sleeping and playing together, just like sisters.

Logically speaking, when Shen Shujun got married, Xiangmei should have been married into Bi Xinghuai's family as a dowry maid. However, Xiangmei agreed with her grandfather at the time and felt that Bi Xinghuai was not a good man, so she repeatedly advised Shen Shujun against it.

In anger, Shen Shujun threw Xiangmei into the Shen family's house and did not allow her to follow her.

Xiangmei begged desperately, but in the end Shen Shujun still followed Bi Xinghuai without hesitation.

Xiangmei, who stayed in the Shen family mansion, was still the head maid, but she became the head maid in charge of guarding the residence previously lived by Shen Shujun. Her daily job was just to lead two or three little maids to clean the mansion carefully to ensure that it could be moved in at any time.

During these years, Xiangmei was both looking forward to Shen Shujun's return and afraid of her return.

She was looking forward to it because she missed the young lady so much, and she was afraid because if the young lady really came back, it would mean that the young lady was really not living a satisfactory life in the Bi family and had to return home.

Now, the lady is back.

Although it was the latter that she feared, the returning young lady, despite everything she had gone through, was emotionally stable and more mature in mind. She had seen through many things, did not complain about herself, and was still the young lady she had been at the beginning.

Xiangmei was happy about this, but she was always afraid that this was a dream. She was afraid that in the blink of an eye, she would wake up from the dream and her lady would leave her again and step into the fire pit that anyone with a discerning eye could see.

So, she wanted to watch the young lady, all the time.

Seeing Xiangmei like this, Shen Shujun felt touched. She paused peeling chestnuts and reached out to pinch Xiangmei's nose.

In the past, when the two of them were at home, they would always pinch each other's noses when joking or playing.

"Please help me get some more walnuts. I'll just peel them all and make some amber walnut kernels. Grandfather likes them."

Shen Shujun explained.

"Oh." Xiangmei's nose felt sore and she twitched quickly. She agreed and told someone to get the walnuts.

When the walnuts were brought over, the master and servant gathered together, peeling the walnuts and talking at the same time.

As the sun began to set, Shen Shujun looked out the window, a little surprised, "Grandfather said he would go to the meeting room and come back, why hasn't he come back yet?" "Maybe he was held up by something urgent." Xiangmei called the maid at the door and asked her to go to the second gate to call a boy to see if there was anything wrong.

When the little maid heard this, her expression changed slightly, and her movements became awkward. She just twisted her sleeves together until her fingers turned white.

Shen Shujun noticed something was wrong and put down the chestnut in her hand. "What happened?"

"This..." The little maid hesitated for a moment and then spoke hesitantly, "I heard from someone that two women came to the door and shouted for justice. The master went to deal with them."

"The woman who is seeking justice?" Shen Shujun asked, "Do you know who she is?"

"I don't know. I only heard that the old woman said her surname was Chen, and the young woman's surname seemed to be Bai..."

Shen Shujun pursed her lips immediately.

One is old and the other is young, the former’s surname is Chen and the latter’s surname is Bai.

There are no such coincidences in this world. These two people are obviously her former mother-in-law and Aunt Bai.

On the eve of leaving for home in Jinqiu County, Bi Xinghuai came to the door. Shen Shujun scolded him righteously, warned him, and drove him out.

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Then, in order to avoid being harassed by Bi Xinghuai, Shen Shujun went to find the escort agency that day, packed her things, and set off early.

Just as she was about to set off, Shen Shujun heard that Bi Xinghuai was arrested by the government for misconduct and plotting against others in public.

Shen Shujun didn't know who Bi Xinghuai was plotting against, but since he had been arrested and beaten, her fate was predictable.

Shen Shujun was relieved at that time, but she was also afraid of any complications, so she still followed the established plan to set off early and left Jinqiu County early the next morning.

After that, Shen Shujun never heard anything else about Bi Xinghuai.

To be exact, she didn't want to ask deliberately.

Even less caring.

She has completely let it go. What happens to Bi Xinghuai has nothing to do with her.

If she knew, she would feel relieved, but if she didn't know, it would have no impact on her daily life.

What she needs to do now is to accompany her grandfather well, learn to take care of household chores, and be able to support the entire Shen family on her own in the future.

But now, Chen and Bai actually came to the door?

Shen Shujun stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."

"Miss..." Xiangmei tried to dissuade him, "The master has already gone. I think the matter will be dealt with soon. There is no need for you to come forward again."

The reason why Chen and Bai came to the house was either to scold Shen Shujun or to beg Shen Shujun to change her mind. But no matter which reason it was, it was enough to show that the Bi family must have encountered some difficult difficulties.

At this time, the lady is even less allowed to show up.

As a result, Xiangmei was worried that her daughter still had feelings for the Bi family. If Chen and Bai cried and repented, and coaxed her with soft words, and the daughter listened to the Bi family and lost her own judgment, it would be a big mistake. (End of this chapter)