I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel

Chapter 110: Chapter 107: Coming Home

Jiang Mingyue slept all the way, she had been so busy these days that she barely touched the ground and was exhausted, just wanting a good sleep.

Qiao Mingtang was initially very curious about the flag in Ming Yue’s hand but had never had the chance.

When Jiang Mingyue woke up, she was already in front of her house.

Looking at the young soapberry tree cascading down in front of her, she finally felt like she was back home.

"Yan Jinzhi, aren’t you getting out?"

"I have to return to Wuyun Mountain, what, can’t bear to part with me?"

His words were quite shameless, but his voice was soft, so she couldn’t embarrass him by yelling back; that would mean she’d lost.

Originally intending to say something nice, Jiang Mingyue got out of the car without a word.

Up ahead, Qiao Mingtang looked curiously at this one, then that one: had an argument, and the elder didn’t even coax.

Jiang Mingyue was back, and the Jiang Family’s house had just been completed.

Seeing her sister return, Jiang Zhenmei finally felt relieved.

"Oh! God, Third Sister, you’re choking me."

"You silly girl, I heard there was flooding over there, with landslides burying many people, yet others were fleeing, but why were you rushing over?"

She was worried for her!

"Sister, I was wrong, I won’t dare again next time."

At this moment, several others who heard the noise came over.

Mrs. Jiang’s eyes were red as she glared at her, "Yueyue, you, you..." she wanted to scold her daughter a bit, but seeing the shoes on her daughter’s feet so worn and muddy, Mrs. Jiang couldn’t say anything, "Let Mom have a look, are you hurt?"

Jiang Mingyue turned around in front of her family: "Mom, I’m fine, not hurt at all, really." If there were injuries, they had been treated.

Not assured, Mrs. Jiang rolled up her daughter’s sleeves to check; aside from being a little tanned, her daughter indeed had no injuries, and only then did she relax.

"You, you..."

Jiang Jian Country raised his hand, wanting to express his concern, but his hand turned midair and landed on Jiang Mingyue’s hair.

Surprised by her elder brother rubbing her head, Jiang Mingyue was astonished: this was the first time this brother was so intimate with her; her memories suddenly surfaced of the brother from the city.

Jiang Yihai seemed to have never rubbed the original’s head, he could say anything nice, always calling "sister this, sister that," but Jiang Mingyue felt no real affection, that guy seemed selfish, but the second brother at the hospital, he didn’t say pretty words, spoke little usually, but always thought of the original when there’s something good.

The original couldn’t see it clearly, but Jiang Mingyue saw clearly that he truly cared for the original, unlike the older one, whose surface kindness was likely due to Mr. Jiang and Xu Ya’s previous favors towards the original.

Jiang Jianjun felt slightly hurt: "Sister, you didn’t even look at me."

Hearing this, Jiang Mingyue turned to look at this second brother, but her sleeve was tugged by a small figure, it was Xiao Ran, the little guy sleepily watching her.

"Ahem... Second Brother, I saw, I missed you most. And Xiao Ran, I also missed Xiao Ran the most."

Feeling placated, Jiang Jianjun wasn’t sad, actually, as long as his sister was back, it was fine, him being a grown man wouldn’t fuss over these things.

"Wait, I’ll get you something good to eat." Jiang Mingyue only now remembered, she didn’t have the basket.

Third sister handed her the basket: "Were you looking for this? Mr. Yan left it before he left."

Ah? How did she not notice?

"Oh oh" Jiang Mingyue quickly took out the pastries she had kept.

"Come, come, come, sent by an old craftsman, he’s skilled, makes Western-style pastries, and he’s also excellent at Chinese pastries too, Mom, try them, maybe you’ll get inspired."

Seeing her daughter take out more than ten kinds of small pastries in one breath, Mrs. Jiang was also shocked, especially since she hadn’t seen many of the pastries before, some with cream designs on top, appealing especially to kids.

"Try some, each of you have some, third sister, fetch the bamboo strips I prepared from the kitchen."

Called bamboo strips, they were actually bamboo forks used for eating cakes, but the cake Uncle Mute sent her before had been saved for Mrs. Jiang’s birthday, in her free time she made some wooden forks, even insisting Second Brother sand them smooth.

Mrs. Jiang was amazed at the first bite: "This person’s skills are really good."

"Really good. Mom, if we ever open a pastry shop in the future, we should hire him."

Daughter dared to dream.

"Hush! Don’t say that outside."

"I’ll listen to Mom."

"Sister, it’s delicious, I like this cream. Third Aunt, can you make a cream pastry like this?"

"I can make cream puffs, guarantee you’ll love them once you taste them, just no fresh milk."

"Ah! Third Aunt, that’s like saying nothing."

"By the way, I brought gifts back for you all." Jiang Mingyue took out five watches that Pan Zhoucong had given her.

She had already chosen who suited what, and now directly handed them to everyone.

Jiang Jian Country’s mouth gaped.

Was he seeing things? His sister actually took out five watches in one go.

Mrs. Jiang: She should bake more cookies to sell.

Third sister: Her sister is much more outstanding, what can she do?

Elder brother: Ashamed! As a brother, he had never given his sister anything, yet she bought him such an expensive watch. He had been only thinking of marrying. He shouldn’t be that deaf; a wife wasn’t everything, he’d work hard first, earn money to buy gifts for his sister.

Second brother: Thankfully he worked building houses by day and digging a few more pits in the mountains at night, the game he caught was increasing, he even sold two roes recently, there was hope for supporting his sister.

The whole of the third family, who had the confidence was clear as day!

Xiao Ran: "Sister, will Wu Tiantian try to snatch my watch again?"

"If he dares, break his hand."

This meal at night was to call together those who helped with the work to eat.

The mother and daughters together prepared it, cooked chicken, fried rabbit, the ingredients were what Second Brother brought back from the mountain, it wasn’t as rich as before, but still quite good, Jiang Mingyue didn’t do anything extra, someone who hadn’t been around for five days shouldn’t stand out.

Finally, like Big Cousin, Mrs. Jiang gave a red envelope of ten dollars to each helper, making the whole group happy.

Aunt Jiao’s family didn’t say anything in front of others, but returned the red envelope resolutely when no one was around.

"Fanghua, what you’re doing isn’t right. Our family was just lending a hand, but Yue brought good medicine to save my mother-in-law, a lifesaving grace is as big as the sky; even if you dared give it, I wouldn’t dare take it."

Seeing her firmness, Mrs. Jiang didn’t press on, had her brother deliver ten ham cakes back.

At night in bed, Jiang Zhenmei told Jiang Mingyue about what happened recently.

"Yueyue, our village received another batch of educated youth."

"What? Is there a guy you fancy?"

Jiang Zhenmei blushed at her sister’s words, luckily the night darkness concealed it.

"You, you’re a girl, don’t mention men at every turn. I didn’t fancy anyone. I’m talking about this, there was an educated youth, tall and thin, quite good-looking, he’s been to our house several times, always came to help after work, he said he’s your friend. His name is Shu Wenquan."