Chapter 19: The First Time I Took Them Out

“Afraid of being hungry, bring some food.” Wei Ruo replied.

Hearing this, Yun frowned slightly and explained to Wei Ruo, “Ruo’er, today we will eat fasting food in the temple after we go to Fahua Temple to pray for blessings, we won’t be hungry.”

“It’s a snack, it doesn’t interfere with the main meal, and in case any of the other ladies and young ladies are hungry, I can share some with them.”

Listening to Wei Ruo’s explanation, and see Wei Ruo prepared exquisite good-looking food box, even if taken out will not be ashamed, then no longer say anything, only urge a moment to go up the mountain when the food box to her maid Cui Ping take.

This time out in order to control the number of people, in addition to the accompanying coachman and guards, only Yun’s brought Cui Ping, Wei Ruo and Wei Qingwan do not bring maids.

Wei Qingwan also arrived at the door, and at a glance she saw the well-dressed Wei Ruo, at that instant her eyes flashed with surprise, but soon she averted her face.

Wei Ruo didn’t bother to pay attention to Wei Qingwan, all she thought about inside her head was farming and making money.

Absentmindedly following Yun onto the carriage, sitting on the carriage, Wei Ruo looked outside through the window, her thoughts flying out a long way.

Yun looked at her with a distracted look and didn’t say anything.

Turning to Wei Qingwan, she said, “Wanwan, today you have to hike up the mountain to the Fahua Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings, Mother is worried that your body won’t be able to handle it.”

“Mother, don’t worry, no matter if I can finish the journey or not, I will try my best to go, one step is one step, I also want to pray for my father and a group of generals, I hope that every time they fight against the Japanese invaders, they will win a great victory and be at peace. I also hope that the Japanese invaders can be repulsed soon and return peace to Xingshan County.”

“Well, your father will be happy to know you have this thought.”

“Father and the generals defend the country, fighting in blood, bleeding and sweating, while I can do nothing more than go up the mountain to pray for blessings, a little tired, what is it? It’s not worth mentioning compared to father and the others.”

Looking at Wei Qingwan’s grateful and understanding appearance, Yun couldn’t help but reveal a kind smile, her eyes unusually gentle.

My daughter is well-read, gentle, filial and understanding, so I really can’t find a single fault.

Thinking that she would be meeting the ladies of the houses again in a while, Yun’s mood became extraordinarily good, because whenever such occasions occurred, Wanwan would definitely be the one who received the most compliments.

Vanity was something that everyone had, and Yun was no exception, and it was undoubtedly a delightful thing for the daughter she had raised to be praised.

But this may be a little different today ……

Yun looked towards Wei Ruo, who was lying on the window, and looked more or less worried. She did not ask for Ruo’er to be as good as Wan Wan and be praised, but only asked that she not be criticized.

Although yesterday when Wei Ruo asked her, she said with certainty that she believed her, but when it really came to taking it out, she still couldn’t help but worry.

The carriage departed from the school lieutenant’s residence and kept going towards the north of the city, and most of the road in front of it took the same old road that Wei Ruo had taken the last time he went out of the city to inspect the city.

After leaving the city, the carriage turned into a country lane from and followed the path towards Xianbu Mountain.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, the carriage stopped and Yun and Wei Qingwan both got out before Wei Ruo slowly came down.

By the time they arrived, the governor’s wife, the county minister’s wife, the head booker’s wife, and the rest of the ladies from each family had already arrived.

The crowd was waiting at the foot of the mountain at the moment.

Seeing the Wei family’s people arrive, the eyes of the crowd looked over, simply because they had heard that the Wei family had recently gained an additional daughter.

Regarding Wei Ruo, who had just been picked up from the Wei family, the crowd was more or less curious.

As soon as Wei Ruo got off the bus, she felt many gazes fall on her.

Wei Ruo graciously let them look at it without being shy or hiding.

Knowing that it’s unavoidable, there’s always a need for their curiosity to be satisfied.

The ladies and young ladies who surveyed Wei Ruo found that Wei Ruo was not quite the same as they expected, that slender figure, delicate and smooth skin, actually even they were not comparable to these young ladies who had been raised in the boudoir for many years.

The Wei family if they didn’t say anything they would never have guessed that Wei Ruo had previously been living in the countryside.

She and Wei Qingwan stood there, one soft and one delicate, if we talk about appearance alone, it really compares to the other golden ladies who came today.

Some were surprised and some were disappointed.

The idea of looking at the Wei family’s jokes seems to have fallen flat.

The governor’s wife brought her daughter Qian Caisang over to greet Yun: “Mrs. Wei, you are really too enviable, your two daughters are all outstanding, and you don’t give others a chance to live?”

Yun’s busy laughing: “Mrs. Qian, don’t insult me, my two daughters can’t be compared to Rong’ai. I heard Wan Wan say that even Mr. Fu praised your daughter’s poetry. Mr. Fu rarely praises people for their good poetry, Miss Qian is the only one!”

Mr. Fu is the most prestigious female teacher in Xingshan County, and now teaches several young ladies to read in the governor’s residence.

Mrs. Qian was all smiles, “She’s just a little smart!”

On her lips, she said that her daughter was just a little smart, but the smile on her face was genuine, so it was evident that Yun’s words had reached her heart.

Immediately after that, both the county minister’s wife and the chief minister’s wife also came up to greet Yun.

Yun looked around and saw that several familiar ladies were there.

So he asked the governor’s wife who presided over this event today, “Mrs. Qian, who are we waiting for?”

“It’s the wife and daughter of the Xie family in the north of the city.” Mrs. Qian replied.

The Xie family is a famous farming and studying family in Taizhou Prefecture, and the family has produced two jinshi in the past twenty years.

Mrs. Xie’s father-in-law is one of them. Now serving in the capital, the official five, and I heard that recently very much appreciated by the emperor, is likely to be promoted to the fourth rank of the court list doctor.

Once they heard that they were waiting for the Xie family, the crowd was fine with it.

Not long after, the Xie family’s carriage also arrived, the car successively came down two people, it was Mrs. Xie and Miss Xie Ying of the Xie family.

Unlike other young ladies who got off the bus with the help of their maids, Xie Ying directly popped down.

Such a bold move was unique among the many young ladies today.

“You be careful.” Mrs. Xie was spoiled and helpless, her daughter was really spoiled by her father-in-law and husband.

Xie Ying had already run up.

Mrs. Xie came forward and greeted Yun and the governor’s wife, “I’ve kept you waiting, my Ying’er was overly rambunctious, and halfway there, she was charmed by the trickster, and said she wouldn’t go.”

“No harm, no foul, children are still young, some curiosity is normal.” Mrs. Qian said with a smile.

Mrs. Xie looked at Wei Ruo, the other few are familiar faces, seen many times, only Wei Ruo is the first time to see today.

Lady Xie smiled and said, “The Wei family’s eldest young lady was born so delicate and lovely, it’s worthy of being Lady Wei’s daughter, following the example of Lord Wei and Lady Wei.”