Chapter 722: Chapter 722 Aunt Zhang Comes to Propose Marriage Chapter 722: Chapter 722 Aunt Zhang Comes to Propose Marriage When this person saw Shu Yu, she instinctively wanted to call out to her. However, upon further thought, she realized that the matters she had come to discuss with the old lady were not suitable for Shu Yu to hear, so since Shu Yu had left, the person didn’t call out to her.
She turned around and entered the Lu family’s courtyard, where she saw the old lady and greeted her, “Aunt Zhang, are you busy?”
Shu Yu, carrying a water bucket in a hurry, arrived at the riverbank. Fang Xiyue had sent a grass carp, which was quite heavy, weighing roughly seven taels.
Grass carp has a delicate texture that is perfect for making sauerkraut fish.
Shu Yu, along with the bulky water bucket, made her way to the riverbank and felt quite tired.
There weren’t many people by the river at that moment, but she still chose a spot downstream to begin cleaning the fish.
She had just started when she saw a few people approaching to wash clothes nearby. Shu Yu looked up briefly and didn’t recognize any of them.
However, those people were quite familiar with Shu Yu, as she was the first prisoner in Righteous Dao Village to become a steward, and a woman at that, especially since she had not been banished here long ago.
In just a short time, Shu Yu had risen to fame almost becoming a legend in Righteous Dao Village.
One bolder girl walked towards her, saw her cleaning the fish, and quickly crouched down, smiling, “Lady Lu, let me help you. I’m really good at cleaning fish.”
Shu Yu looked up and saw that the girl was about her age and seemed a bit nervous while speaking.
She shook her head and smiled, “No need, I’m almost done. You go on with your work, don’t get yourself dirty here.”
The girl opened her mouth to speak, but seeing that Shu Yu had bowed her head again, clearly not wanting help, she reluctantly walked away, looking back three times with each step.
She returned to her sisters and crouched down to wash clothes.
But soon, someone mockingly chuckled and whispered, “Trying to curry favor, but she doesn’t even care about you. I don’t know what there is to be proud of anyway; even if she’s a steward, she’s still a prisoner who was exiled here.”
“Xiaoqiao, what nonsense are you talking!”
“Why are you so angry? It’s just because you fancy her brother, right? But his brother also has to fancy you for it to work. Even though you’re not a prisoner, you’re still a prisoner’s descendant, while her brother is a respectable doctor with a promising future. He wouldn’t marry someone like you.”
“You…” The girl angrily stood up, threw the clothes back into the basin, and moved to settle the score.
Seeing this, others came over to mediate.
Shu Yu was far away, and those girls were upstream, but a few words from Xiaoqiao still drifted down with the wind.
She looked up, frowned, and thought, Interested in her brother? Who? Daniu…
Oh, no, it was Zhao Xi.
Shu Yu clicked her tongue, reflected briefly, and thought it funny that even though Zhao Xi was not in Righteous Dao Village, his legend still lingered in the village.
She shook her hands, placed the cleaned fish into the water bucket, washed her hands thoroughly twice, and then stood up, carrying the water bucket back home.
As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw Mother Zhang, who was talking to the old lady.
Shu Yu blinked, “Aunt Zhang?”
Upon her return, Mother Zhang stopped talking and stood up to leave, “Then I’ll be going, Aunt, Yu, you carry on with your work.”
The old lady nodded, and Mother Zhang nodded at Shu Yu before leaving the house.
Shu Yu put the water bucket down and asked curiously, “Grandmother, did Aunt Zhang come here for something?”
“She came to propose a marriage.”