The Husband I Snatched Is Not Right!-Chapter 241: Not Sending You to Be Bullied

The sky at the horizon was turning white, and faint rays of dawn appeared, while the morning mist swirling in the air had yet to dissipate.

Yesterday’s spring rain had ceased, and a cool breeze brushed over the damp ground, accompanied by the strange cries of crows outside the window. The garden inside the courtyard, freshly washed, revealed a captivating vibrant green.

Hui Niang hadn’t slept much the whole night. She was busy in the kitchen at the crack of dawn. Wei Shouzhong watched the fire inside the stove nearby.

Yu Tingwan awakened at the slight sounds outside. Dressing herself, she headed to the kitchen.

"Why are you up so early? Did we disturb you?"

Hui Niang: "Go back and lie down for a bit."

Yu Tingwan sleepily: "I’ll keep you company, Mother."

"If you feel tired, sleep on the way."

Hui Niang forced a smile, hiding her reluctance.

"I’ll make extra dry food for you to eat on the road."

"Lang won’t let you go hungry, but if you end up nowhere near a village or shop, finding something to eat could be difficult. You shouldn’t go hungry."

She thought of everything thoroughly.

"Also take the sauce we made at home. You can eat it with the dry food later."

She knew Yu Tingwan loved pickled radish—crisp, with a hint of sweetness.

Early in the morning, she made a jar, sealed tightly with a ceramic lid.

This method of preservation keeps well for a long time.

The radishes were cleaned whole and soaked. After about seven days, they’re ready to eat and can be sliced when taken out.

"The smoked meat hanging from the beam, your father took it down, it’s good stir-fried, in soup, or even steamed directly."

Hui Niang saw the cotton clothes on her daughter were a bit wrinkled, and she helped to smooth them out.

"They’re not worth much and aren’t much to look at, but I’m afraid it’d be inconvenient to carry on the road. Yet, I’m also worried you might crave them and not have a taste of home."

In her view, nothing beats the taste of home.

Yu Tingwan wouldn’t mind the trouble and didn’t want Hui Niang’s meticulous efforts to go to waste.

"I’ll take everything Mother gives me."

"Even if Mother doesn’t give, I still want to take them."

Hearing this, Hui Niang smiled genuinely.

She continued to chatter.

"Last time Aunt sent some mountain goods, and there are still some left."

"This had come up suddenly. By right, your uncle and aunt should have come to see you off too. Who knows when or if you’ll return, but they’re in the countryside and couldn’t rush over in time."

Yu Tingwan looked at Hui Niang: "I will return."

She assured her: "The Wei Family is my home. I will serve and take care of you and father in your old age."

However, she couldn’t specify when she would return.

Hui Niang’s heart melted.

She wanted to say a lot, fearing she wouldn’t have time to mention everything.

So, her words came out in bits and pieces.

"Remember to send letters to the family when you get there."

Yu Tingwan: "Yes."

"Lang’s health seems much better, have a child soon."

Yu Tingwan hesitated for a moment: "Alright."

"We don’t mind a boy or girl, but I worry his family might."

Hui Niang had suffered under her mother-in-law’s teachings and didn’t want Yu Tingwan to experience the same.

"From how he spoke yesterday, his relationship with his birth mother isn’t great. But she is your mother-in-law, after all, if she hasn’t done anything excessive, respect her but if she treats you poorly, keep your distance."

She looked at Yu Tingwan with a loving gaze.

"Mother is letting you go, not to seek wealth and glory or to suffer injustice."

"It’s just that I see everything good in my daughter, Wan Niang, and she deserves the best match."

"With..."

She paused.

Still, she called him that.

"With Lang to compare, who else out there could be better?"

A daughter’s marriage should match with the right family.

She shouldn’t marry beneath her status just because of infatuation.

Choosing someone with poorer conditions than her family, and living a harsh life after marriage, what’s the point of that?

Similarly, she shouldn’t marry too far above her status.

If the in-laws are hard to deal with, she’d have to constantly watch her behavior there.

If not for these times spent together, truly understanding Wei Zhao, Hui Niang wouldn’t have dared to let Yu Tingwan leave so lightly.

Seeing the girl’s red eyes, Hui Niang also wiped her tears.

"Yesterday it rained, so Lady Zhao didn’t bring Nannan back, likely because traveling at night would be inconvenient. They settled near the academy for now."

"About Old Master Sun... do you want to say goodbye to him?"

Yu Tingwan bit her lip.

She hesitated for a long time before speaking.

"No need."

"The imperial exams are approaching, and the master is busy. If I go, it will distract him."

"When he returns, Mother send some words for me."

"Tell me, and Mother will remember."

Yu Tingwan was decisive: "The doctor advised him to eat less sweet food. He never listens. He promises but sneaks sweets behind people’s backs. As a teacher and at his age, he needs to follow medical advice and accept his age."

Moreover...

Her voice softened.

"Liu Shu’s essay, the stubborn student has finished it, it’s on the table in the room."

Yu Tingwan muttered: "Mulling over a matter for nine years, often bringing up with me, who else is as petty as him."

She suppressed her complicated emotions and took out a key from her sleeve.

The following words were for Hui Niang.

"There are four families in our lane, this is the key to the second home. Think about whether you want Uncle and Aunt to move to Ze County."

She knew rural families couldn’t leave behind their small piece of land in the village.

She then took out a land deed.

"This is a manor, it’s on the outskirts. Wang Yazi from Wutong Lane handled it, and it’s stamped by the Government Office."

She had planned to take the Wei Family couple to see it in the past few days, but now there’s no time.

"Recently, someone has been building simple livable cabins there, and tools needed for farm work are also prepared inside."

"Growing trees or vegetables is fine. Wang Yazi knows where it is; let him take you to familiarize yourselves with the path. Don’t worry about troubling him; he earned a significant amount of money from this transaction."

The girl was thorough in her arrangements.

"My husband and I think it’s best for Uncle and Aunt to settle in Ze County. Ah Yu also needs to study, and Aunt must be thinking about it too, living in the village."

The academy hardly gave vacations, and when Zhao Yu returned, time was just lost on the road.

"With the families closer, there’s mutual support. If they’re idle, they can grow something on the manor, and sell the surplus at the market later."

Finally, she handed over a thick stack of silver notes.

Hui Niang’s expression immediately changed.

"You keep it yourself since you’ll be traveling far, your father and I are able-bodied..."

Yu Tingwan insisted on shoving it into her hand.

"This is my husband’s and my offering of respect for you two."

In this world, lacking anything should not include money.

There’s only such a thing as too little, how can there be too much?

Yu Tingwan watched Hui Niang busy with this and that in the kitchen, occasionally feeding her.

The carriage arrived at the Wei Family’s door an hour later.

Shunzi was moving the luggage.

Compared to Wei Zhao, who packed the girl’s bags overnight, what the Wei Family couple prepared was truly a lot.

He carried things back and forth repeatedly.

Yu Tingwan watched quietly in the courtyard.