Chapter 5 — Red Bean Cake on New Year's Eve

Speaking of this, I feel so sad that I want to die. "If I had gone a little earlier, maybe I would have saved that hundred taels of silver!" To Thua An laughed: "I also have to thank that money, so that I could meet you." "You don't need to worry, I have the ability to earn it back. Hieu Du, you believe me, I will let you live good days."I don't know what good days are in To Thua An's mouth. I just feel that now is very good, I have a hot meal and hot soup every day, I don't have to stay up all night embroidering scarves to save money, and I finally have my own family. So I asked him: "When will you marry me?" His face suddenly turned red: "I, I..." Hesitating for half a day, he left a sentence "almost, please wait a little longer" and ran away to die. And I still rest my chin in contemplation. When is it coming? My eyes couldn't help but fall on the steaming hot oil paper package on the table. That's the red bean cake To Thua An just brought home. He said he bought it at the library gate, it was delicious, and asked me to taste it. I reached out and opened the oil paper, picked up a piece and put it in my mouth. Very delicious. The bean paste is soft but not greasy, sweet, making people eat one piece and then want a second one, the more they eat, the more they crave it. Using what To Thua An taught me, it seems like it's called mouth born new fluid? This package of red bean cakes is the reward he brought home because yesterday I finally learned to write my name. I remember one more word, tomorrow I will definitely have to brag in front of him. We suddenly feel like life has something to look forward to. After all, I've been waiting for a year, and I can't miss these few days. Then wait a little longer.08The day the listing was posted, I was already waiting at the market. Just waiting for the official to come and post the sign, I immediately followed the noisy stream of people and walked under the notice board. There were just too many people, we were pushed to the last. But I was also afraid of missing his name, so I just kept looking forward little by little. These days, I have long learned how to write his name. To in perilla, To in promise, Grace in grace. I just hadn't finished reading half of it when someone suddenly grabbed my right hand. "Ning Tieu Du!" A familiar voice rang in my ear. "Why are you here?" I slowly turned my head to look, it was Tiet Canh Uyen. He held my hand and trembled slightly, his wrist bones clearly protruding. After a while of not seeing him, he had lost a lot of weight, a look of heavy fatigue appeared under his eyes, and the dark circles under his eyelids were frighteningly obvious, as if he hadn't had a good rest for many days. I was startled at first, then frowned and pushed his hand away. For no other reason, from the moment I heard from To Thua An's mouth that they were classmates, a thought appeared clearly in my mind. He did it on purpose. Intentionally not teaching me my fiance's name, intentionally giving me fake news, intentionally not letting me and To Thua An meet. On the day of the spring outing with Tiet Tinh, To Thua An went to Tiet Palace to pay his respects. He blocked all opportunities for me to meet To Thua An, intentionally letting me stay at the Tiet palace, making it impossible for me to meet him. I don't know why he did that. Logically speaking, he hates me so much, he should be the one who wants me to leave Tiet Palace as soon as possible. But he kept doing it. "Where have you been these days? Have you returned to Quanzhou? Do you know I've been looking for you for a long time?" I criticized him for being so annoying that he couldn't stand it. Anyway, after the red sign was posted, it didn't run away. Even if I came to see it later, I wouldn't run away. Thinking that, I decided to turn around and run. But in the end I underestimated him. He chased me all the way home. Tiet Canh Uyen used his strength to block the yard gate, not allowing me to close it. He blushed: "You and To Thua An already recognized each other, right?" He blocked the door to question, but for a moment I couldn't close it, so I resolutely admitted: "Yes, so what?" Tiet Canh Uyen, you've wasted your heart.

I don't let me see him, but we keep meeting. But for some reason, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and let go of his hand blocking the door. "He won't marry you." He was extremely certain, his voice carrying a smile: "Ninh Tieu Du, follow me home, I will treat you well." "My name is not Ninh Tieu Du." I frowned and interrupted him. He was stunned at first, then spoke for a long time: "He taught you? Okay, I'm wrong about this, can I apologize to you? I won't be like that in the future." "It's just Hieu Du, come home with me, he won't return to this house." "He's not like you! He already said that as long as he passes the exam, he will come back to marry me." Tiet Canh Uyen smiled again with relief: "No. Before, I lied to you, but now I really won't lie to you now. He won't come back again." "He passed the top spot, and His Majesty forced him to be his son-in-law, wanting to give him the princess's hand in marriage." I was stunned. Not surprised that he passed. These days, To Thua An buried his head in reading, I saw it all. If he tries so hard, there will definitely be a return. I was just thinking, what if that bookworm refuses Your Majesty in the main hall and Your Majesty gets angry and beheads him? Tiet Canh Uyen reached out to pull me again: "Hieu Du, listen to me, follow me home, I will treat you..." I suddenly shook his hand away. "I don't need it."