CHAPTER 805: CHAPTER 805: UNCONVINCED

Gu Jinxiu heard this and frowned slightly, but soon relaxed her brow, obediently holding the embroidery and following behind Ms. Chu without speaking.

Miss Yang shyly paid her respects to Ms. Chu and smiled, "Fu Niang greets Aunt Luo and wishes her well."

Ms. Chu said, "Rise, no need for excessive courtesy."

"Yes." Miss Yang obediently stood up, her gaze turned to Luo Huiniang: "Huiniang, knowing you would come today, I made you a spring shirt. I’ll show it to you later, don’t despise it."

Luo Huiniang was a bit bewildered. Although she had met Miss Yang a few times, their relationship wasn’t close enough for giving clothes.

Ms. Chang from the county’s Carriage Inn laughed, "Oh, both of your maiden names have ’Niang’, it shows you are destined, maybe you could become family in the future."

Such straightforward words stunned even Squad Leader Yang’s wife.

Today she brought her daughter along, hoping to connect with the Gu Family, implying marriage, but she still cared about her daughter’s reputation and didn’t want things to become awkward.

Just as everyone felt embarrassed, Luo Huiniang said, "What kind of fate is this? In our village and town, many women’s and girls’ names carry ’Niang’. If having ’Niang’ in one’s name makes us family, then I’d be related to half the town’s girls."

Luo Huiniang, with her round face, spoke with a serious expression, totally unintentional, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

Especially Ms. Chang, whose face turned red, wondering: What’s going on with the Luo Family? Seeing Yang Family’s stance, isn’t Squad Leader Luo already their future son-in-law? How could Luo Family people so bluntly block the words?

Luo Huiniang was unaware of Ms. Chang’s mental gymnastics, directly said to Miss Yang, "Miss Yang doesn’t need to make me a spring shirt; Sister Xiu already made one for me."

Then proudly pointed at her sky-blue jacket and dress, "Look, this jacket and dress were made by Sister Xiu. Look at the embroidered peach blossoms, aren’t they beautiful?"

Gu Jinli, watching from behind, nearly laughed out loud. Hui Niang is capable, really strong.

Miss Yang was very embarrassed but could only nod and smile, "Yes, very beautiful."

But Luo Huiniang was the type who wouldn’t pick up on cues, just wanting to flaunt Gu Jinxiu, heard her words and showed off the embroidery in Gu Jinxiu’s hands, "And this embroidery, Sister Xiu specially made it for our family, do you want to see it?"

Speaking without waiting for everyone’s answer, she excitedly grabbed the corner of the embroidery and said to Gu Jinxiu, "Sister Xiu, let’s open the embroidery and let the aunts from the county see your skills."

Gu Jinxiu did not immediately open the embroidery, but looked at Ms. Chu.

Ms. Chu chuckled and nodded, "Go ahead, let everyone take a look."

Gu Jinxiu heard this, said, "Excuse my poor craftsmanship."

Then, she and Luo Huiniang opened the embroidery.

The embroidery was very large, half a zhang wide, and an entire zhang long, with a simple motif, a fierce tiger descending the mountain.

The tiger, agile and fierce, burst out from the forest, roaring at the rising sun, making the surrounding leaves tremble and fall, lying prostrate like subjects at the tiger’s feet.

The women present were amazed to see the picture of the descending tiger.

Miss Yang was also astonished, "This, this is embroidered too well."

She had long known of Gu Jinxiu’s extraordinary embroidery skills, but upon seeing this piece, and then looking at Gu Jinxiu’s face, she felt utterly ashamed.

When Mrs. Jiang and Ms. Jiang, along with two daughters-in-law, were led in by Old Mrs. Mao, they saw this embroidery and couldn’t help but praise, "It’s truly a mountain king, a land hero, Sister Xiu’s embroidery hanging in the Escort Agency really couldn’t be better."

Ms. Chu heard Ms. Jiang’s voice and hastily paid respects, "Madam is here, I failed to greet you personally, it’s truly impolite."

Mrs. Jiang helped Ms. Chu up, smiling, "What kind of relationship do we have, there’s no need for you to greet us? Our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can come in ourselves."

Squad Leader Yang’s wife didn’t expect Mrs. Jiang to come in person, awkwardly smiled, "You actually came yourself, Madam."

She thought the Jiang Family would at most send a gift to the Luo Family, after all, it was the Gu Family who had done the Jiang Family a favor.

Mrs. Jiang smiled, "Not only did I come, but my husband also came personally. General Guo from the Prefecture sent a plaque, if our Jiang Family didn’t attend, it would be disrespectful to General Guo."

"What?" The women present were amazed, "General Guo from the Prefecture sent a plaque to the Luo Family? Is it General Guo the main commander of the garrison?"

Mrs. Jiang smilingly nodded, "That’s right, General Guo. You guys are too far to hear, it’s bustling out there now, they’re changing the plaque."

Boss Hu’s wife said to Ms. Chu, "Congratulations to Sister-in-law Luo, there’s never been an escort agency in He’an Prefecture to receive a plaque from General Guo, your family is the first."

Other women also hurriedly congratulated Ms. Chu, "Sister-in-law Luo’s family is truly fortunate. With General Guo’s plaque, your escort agency will run smoothly in Jianghuai."

A plaque personally inscribed by the court’s general, as long as one wishes to live, no one would dare rob the Luo Family Escort Agency.

Ms. Chu smiled, "It’s General Guo’s favor."

Actually, General Guo sent the plaque to the Luo Family Escort Agency not for the Luo Family, but for Qin San Lang.

General Guo learned that Qin San Lang had a share in the Escort Agency, so he sent the plaque to support the Escort Agency.

Squad Leader Yang’s wife also followed to congratulate Ms. Chu, but inside felt mixed emotions. The Luo Family truly became affluent, no wonder they seemed unimpressed with her daughter.

Miss Yang watched Luo Huiniang and Gu Jinxiu laughing and talking and felt extremely sad, trying to convince herself to move on, but seeing the Luo Family so well off, she felt discontented, wanting to make one last effort.

Thus, Miss Yang sneaked out to the front yard to find Luo Wu.

Luo Wu was surprised to see her, not expecting Miss Yang to have such courage to come to the front yard to find him.

He was angry, he believed there was nothing between him and Miss Yang, yet Miss Yang coming so openly to him could easily lead to misunderstandings and trouble.

Luo Wu wasn’t foolish, understood Miss Yang’s intentions, just thought her mindset was truly inexplicable, having barely met her a few times, yet she dared act this way, wasn’t she causing trouble for him?

Luo Wu chose not to meet Miss Yang, instead letting You Er’an and You Erxi deliver a message to her.

You Erxi and You Er’an were sent by Qin San Lang to the Escort Agency, have been staying there recently, hearing him, stood up to meet Miss Yang.

Miss Yang, standing in the veranda outside the guest hall, noticed Luo Wu didn’t come, but two unfamiliar youths did, feeling displeased, said to them, "I came to see Squad Leader Luo, not you."

You Erxi said, "Squad Leader Luo said he barely knows Miss Yang, only by Yang Squad Leader’s connection, had drinks at Yang Family twice, met Miss Yang twice."

He added, "Squad Leader Luo said he’s already gotten his wish, doesn’t want to be entangled by peculiar people, only wishes to spend his life with the girl he loves."