Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

2Second Madam Yang was scared silly when she found out that her daughter had gone off with her husband and brought her granddaughter back to their home. She didn't understand how these juniors could cause such a huge commotion just by visiting their daughter at the Han estate.     3

    

When she saw her eldest daughter and granddaughter, she couldn't help but cry. Sitting in Yang Ningxiu's embrace, Nannan stared at the crying Mrs Zhao with her bright and black eyes, extending her hand to wipe her tears. She then spoke in a childish voice, "Grandmother, you don't cry.    

    

Nannan, who was three years old, was very sensible and thought that Mrs Zhao was injured somewhere. Because only when she was injured, her body would be uncomfortable so that she would cry, and at times like these, her mother would cry on her behalf.    

    

Looking at her sensible granddaughter, Mrs Zhao cried even more miserably. She snappily hit her daughter, saying, "Why are you so silly? If you just leave the Han Family like this, it'll be hard for you to return in the future. Your relationship with your son-in-law has always been very good. Why can't you just say it properly? "    

    

Mrs Zhao truly felt sorry for her daughter. After she angrily ran back to her parents' home, regardless of whether she returned to the Han Family in the future, her days would not be easy at all.    

    

"Child, why are you so stubborn …" Mrs Zhao hugged her daughter and wailed. She was truly sad.    

    

Yang Ningxiu's face was very calm, and not too sad at all. She patted Mrs Zhao's back, and said in a relaxed tone: "Mother, don't worry. I know what I'm doing, I'm not impulsive, and I won't regret it."    

    

She was only twenty-one years old, but in all the years she had spent in the Han estate, she had been forcefully made into a yellow faced old granny filled with grief. Her husband would not put her to heart, and her in-laws would not like her, so there was no need for her to spend the rest of her life inside.    

    

Shen Jingli sat at the side and sized Yang Ningxiu up.    

    

When Mrs Zhao heard this, she became even more upset. She sighed and said, "You silly child, you're still young. You don't understand …"    

    

"Alright." The Old Lady Yang opened her mouth, "Sister Xiu'er is also not a little girl who knows nothing. She knows what she's doing.    

    

Perhaps it was because of Yang Ningxiu's experience, but the old lady thought of her pitiful daughter, and her tone became a little heavier, scaring Mrs Zhao to the point where she immediately stopped crying and did not dare to cry anymore. Old Lady Yang kindly waved towards Nannan, "Nannan, good child, come to Grandmother Zeng's side."    

    

Nannan was very familiar with people from Yang Mansion. She quickly climbed down from her mother's embrace and ran towards Old Lady Yang with her short legs, calling out sweetly, "Grandmother."    

    

Seeing her cute great-grandson, Old Lady Yang was filled with joy. She hugged her child and sat by her side and toasted a chestnut cake for him to eat.    

    

Yang Ningxiu looked at her daughter, and became even more determined to leave with Han Fei. She could suffer grievances, but she could not let her own daughter suffer grievances.    

    

"Sister Xiu'er, don't worry. Yang Family is your family, you just have to rest in peace. Grandma will support you." Back then, she was unable to protect her own daughter and could only watch as she suffered in Marquis Zhen Yuan Mansion. Now, she absolutely could not allow her granddaughter to repeat the same mistake.    

    

Not long after Yang Ningxiu left the Han Family, the Han Residence started a joyous event. Second Young Master Han married a normal wife that was as beautiful as a flower, and the people in the Han Residence seemed to have forgotten about Yang Ningxiu. No one came to see her, did not mention anything about taking her back, nor did they send her a letter of departure.    

    

The news spread very quickly, and almost everyone in the capital knew that Yang Ningxiu was not satisfied with her husband marrying into the same family, so she wanted to leave due to her anger. Everyone was talking about this with interest, and Han Family and Yang Family became the talk of the town.    

    

Yang Ningxiu turned a deaf ear to this, she would take her child to play every day, or go to Shen Jingli's courtyard to spar and embroider with him.    

    

What surprised Shen Jingli the most was that Yang Ningxiu's embroidery was exquisite. The flowers and trees that were embroidered looked as if they were alive, causing people to enjoy seeing them.    

    

"Little brother, little brother …"    

    

When Shen Jingli entered the house carrying a pan, Nannan was playing with Xun Er on the carpet, while Yang Ningxiu was sitting by the side embroidering a handkerchief. She was focused, as if nothing could affect her.    

    

"Sister-in-law, I smell a very fragrant smell, what delicious food did you make?" The little glutton Yang Ningxin rushed in from outside. Seeing the pot on Shen Jingli's hands, her eyes were wide open as she drooled from her mouth without stop, almost drooling.    

    

Shen Jingli laughed and poked her forehead, and joked: "If you keep eating like this, no one will dare to take it."    

    

"I'm not afraid. They didn't want me because they had no vision." The little girl had a big heart and didn't take any of this to heart. "Those who can only see others' appearances are definitely hypocrites. I would disdain to marry those kinds of people."    

    

Hearing her proud words, Shen Jingli smiled even wider. With the little girl by his side, it was hard to even think about it, he placed the pot on the table and invited Yang Ningxiu to come over to eat with him.    

    

Ever since he lived here, people from the Yang Family had been running here all day, especially Nannan. She especially liked Xun Er, her little brother, as when she woke up every day, the first thing she said when she called him was "little brother". She had to eat breakfast with her little brother, eat lunch with him, and even sleep with him at night.    

    

"This girl always has a bunch of twisted logic behind her. Cousin, you better not listen to her bullshit." Yang Ningxiu smiled as she put down the handkerchief in her hand.    

    

Shen Jingli was unable to see what kind of needle technique she was using, but the color of the embroidery thread caused his eyes to light up. He had been here for a long time, and had actually done some research on the embroidery lines here.    

    

Yang Ningxiu saw that Shen Jingli was staring at her embroidered handkerchief and thought that he liked it, so she said: "If sister-in-law likes it, after the embroidery is finished, I will give it to you."    

    

Shen Jingli picked up the embroidery thread and asked her in a serious and excited voice, "Did you create these yourself?"    

    

Yang Ningxiu didn't understand why he was so happy, but she still nodded her head, "The color of the embroidery lines in the embroidery workshop is too monotonous.    

    

Can't you just embroider a sample for us to finish?" "It would be such a waste to embroider such a good embroidery lady, just to embroider a handkerchief at home.    

    

"I can't guarantee it." Yang Ningxiu shook her head humbly.    

    

"Then I'll show you a few diagrams later." Shen Jingli did not make things difficult for her and allowed her to eat first.    

    

Yang Ningxin was a little glutton, she ate alone happily. Seeing Yang Ningxiu coming over, she smiled at her, and actually placed a few meat dishes into her own bowl.    

    

Seeing that her aunt ate so quickly, she could not help but be a little anxious. She waved her hand and pointed at Yang Ningxin, looking at Dong Ling anxiously, as if worried that Yang Ningxin would finish branding the rest of the wok.    

    

Seeing her daughter's expression, Yang Ningxiu could not help but laugh. She picked up the chopsticks, placed two pots into her bowl and said, "Eat slowly, don't worry."    

    

When the little girl saw that her mother had picked one up for her, she happily smiled and continued to nibble on it.    

    

Xun Er already had four baby teeth, so he could eat harder food to grind his teeth, but Shen Jingli still didn't give him any to eat, so Lee Qi made a bowl of goat's milk and fed it to him. The little guy was also very obedient, and drank the goat's milk without making a fuss.    

    

After eating the pot branding, Shen Jingli took out a few pieces of the map that he had casually drawn earlier and showed it to Yang Ningxiu.    

    

"Cousin, this is …" From a distance, it looked like a living thing. Yang Ningxiu had thought that she had seen a lot of patterns on the vine, but never saw anything so vivid and cute.    

    

"I drew it." It was not that he was boasting. Modern embroidery might not be as exquisite as ancient times, but the patterns on it were absolutely exquisite and varied. It was not something a mere ancient person could compare to.    

    

Not only did Shen Jingli draw a natural creature, he also drew a cute cartoon pattern, specially used to attract children.    

    

Yang Ningxiu's eyes lit up as she grabbed the embroidery in her hands.    

    

"Cousin, what is this? "He looks so cute." Yang Ningxin took a picture of a Mickey Mouse, she was so excited that her eyes were shining, and she was extremely happy, "Cousin sister, why don't you give this map to me, I like it."    

    

The little girl took the map for herself without a second word, regardless of whether Shen Jingli agreed or not.    

    

It was only a picture, so Shen Jingli could not bear to see it. He dotingly looked at the little girl, then turned and said to Yang Ningxiu: "Can you turn the picture into a cloth puppet?"    

    

The children of ancient times did not have many toys, so they would definitely like these new dolls. Most of the families in the capital did not lack that much money, and just the two of them alone could make a lot of money.    

    

"I can try." She hadn't, but she believed she could do it.    

    

"Eh, and the style of the bag too." Yang Ningxin cried out in surprise, "Elder Sister Xiu, why don't you make me a purse embroidered with this pattern?"    

    

Yang Ningxin pointed to the Mickey Mouse in her hand and tugged on Yang Ningxiu's arm as she acted coquettishly. There was nothing she could do about it, he could only agree.    

    

"Yeah, I'm going to have a fancy purse now." When she was finished, she didn't forget to emphasize to Yang Ningxiu, "Elder Sister Xiu, in the future, don't embroider this picture for others. I want my purse to be unique."    

    

"Good, good, good." Yang Ningxiu agreed with a smile.    

    

Ever since that day, the servants of the Yang Family saw a strange phenomenon. Their family's young ladies and their close maidservant s would gather together every day to do the embroidery work, and also make the finished products. It was both strange and unique, causing their hearts to itch upon seeing it.