Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 466 The Mystery of Time Travel

Even if they go to Qinghe to get married, the fact that the groom is not there to pick up the bride will always cause some gossip.

"There are some."

Xiao Jiang answered this question quickly: "My aunt sends people to report every day."

The servants of the Cui Mansion waited patiently at the city gates every day, just to welcome Cui Bianxu back to the mansion as soon as he returned.

"I'm afraid those black-hearted and gossipy people will say that Jiulang was forced to marry our young slave!" Jiang's mother said this with gritted teeth.

Cui Bianxu had been reluctant to return to Chang'an, and rumors had long been circulating that he had hurriedly left before the New Year's Day under the pretext of official business in order to avoid marriage. Every time she heard those words, she wanted to have a fight with them.

If Old Madam Xia hadn't held her down, I'm afraid she would have fought countless fights with others with a broom in her hand by now.

"Nian Nu, grandma is not afraid of the rumors outside, but she is afraid that you will be wronged." Old Lady Xia's eyes were a little moist.

She was the one who made the final decision on this marriage. As the saying goes, rich families marry their daughters off, while poor families marry their daughters-in-law, but their Jiang family was indeed too poor.

But even if it is low, who’s bride’s groom doesn’t personally go to the bride’s house to greet her?

This is marrying a wife, not taking a concubine.

Even if a young slave married at a lower age, it was still the groom's turn to come to the bride's house.

"Grandma, Mother, didn't we agree on this beforehand?"

Jiang Shangxian comforted them gently, "Jiulang's personality is not unknown to others, but how could you possibly know it? If it weren't for something truly urgent, he definitely wouldn't have left at this time. It's freezing outside, and I don't know how much hardship he must have endured on that journey... Before he left, he told me that if he wasn't back by the morning of February 1st, my mother-in-law and aunt would come to greet us personally. If we leave first, he'll definitely catch up."

"I know Jiulang is a man of understanding, but...why don't I go with Erlang to send you to Qingzhou?"

Old Madam Xia was actually a little worried. As the time came, she was afraid that her decision would lead her granddaughter on a difficult road to wealth.

"Mother, this trip is thousands of miles away, how can I let you go?" Jiang's mother stopped her without thinking.

Her mother is already so old and has finally settled down in Chang'an. How could she go out and work hard just to arrange the marriage of her grandchildren?

"If I don't go, is it possible that you can go?"

Old Madam Xia asked in reply, "Whose family welcomes a new bride and has the mother-in-law send someone over herself? Wouldn't that make outsiders think we're just trying to force our daughter over?"

Although they are indeed a bit rushed, they are definitely not pushing too hard!

Jiang's mother pouted and quickly shifted the blame: "It's all Nian Nu's fault that his father died early. He is the only child in the Jiang family, and he has no brothers or sisters to help him..."

Haha, is she scolding her unlucky son-in-law who died early, or is she scolding her mother-in-law who died early for not being able to conceive?

Old Madam Xia was almost amused by her anger. She pounded her leg and cursed, "You're really becoming more and more outrageous. You dare to talk about anyone and anything! Why don't you just point out that you gave Nian Nu only one brother, Erlang, to rely on?"

Jiang's mother was a plump woman, half of her body was filled with rebelliousness. Without batting an eyelid, she immediately retorted, "Mother, how dare you criticize me? Didn't you only give birth to two children yourself?"

Xiao Jiang's eyelids twitched, and she thought something was wrong. Sure enough, just as she finished her words, her grandmother, as if she had suddenly become decades younger, slammed the table, stood up, and slapped her unfilial daughter on the back. "How dare you make up stories about your mother? You're really a jerk! Today, as your mother, I'm going to teach you why peonies are so beautiful!"

"Ow!"

Jiang's mother crawled over in pain and ran towards Jiang Shangxian: "Nian Nu, hurry up, hurry up, your grandmother has gone crazy and won't listen to the truth!"

“Mother…”

Jiang Shangxian tried her best to be a filial daughter, spreading her arms to block her grandmother's attacks. "Everyone knows what my mother's temper is like, but doesn't Grandma know it? She just says what she means, and she doesn't even think before she says it. Why bother with her, Grandma?"

Old Madam Xia caught up and slapped the unfilial daughter again, then stopped panting and said, "Wait until Nian Nu gets married, who will you hide behind?!"

After all the trouble, the worry that Cui Bianxu might not be able to return on time eased a little.

"Auntie, do you want to take this string of beads with you?" Yingzi wanted to free up the box containing the scraps of cloth to pack her luggage.

Jiang Shangxian looked up and saw the string of green beads that had been hidden in the bottom of the box for a long time. His eyes suddenly widened and his heart began to beat violently.

She remembered that smell, the smell on the sachet today!

Thanks to her suddenly sensitive sense of smell, after completing the task last time, she was able to smell the very faint fragrance of the green beads and the task paper.

"Come, let me see it!" She stretched out her hand, eager to verify something.

This thing has been stuffed in the scraps of cloth for a long time. Yingzi was terrified when she first found it, but later she completely ignored it. If she hadn't moved the scraps of cloth today, she wouldn't have forgotten it.

"Auntie, it would look good if you string this again and attach it to your belt." As she said this, she handed the beads to Jiang Shangxian.

Jiang's mother was a little puzzled: "It seems that you bought these beads in the West Market earlier, right? I haven't seen you wearing them for a long time."

Jiang Shangxian had always said that it was a cheap item he bought in the West Market. The material of this thing looked good, but it was not one of those ordinary precious jade artifacts, so Jiang's mother did not doubt it.

Old Madam Xia was old, and her eyesight had long since deteriorated. Even with the oil lamp, it was still a little dim. She squinted and looked at it from a distance for a while, but couldn't make out anything. "This color is quite beautiful."

Yingzi grinned and said, "It feels cool to the touch. It would be comfortable to wear in the summer, but I don't like to wear it anymore."

"Yeah... I haven't worn it for a long time..." Xiao Jiang murmured, holding up the green bead necklace with both hands and sniffing it at the tip of his nose.

The fragrance had long since vanished, and now there was nothing to smell except the wood of the boxes and the dye on the cloth.

But it doesn't matter. Now that she has remembered, then...

Why does this thing have the same smell as Li Zhi’s sachet?

Li Zhi also traveled through time?

Or was the person who gave the sachet to Li Zhi a time traveler?

That's not right. Even if there are other time travelers in this era, why is the fragrance the same?

If that person's things came from the same source as mine, then he should have the same purpose as mine.

How could such a mission item be easily given to others?

No, it can’t be a quest item!

That sachet is clearly a cheap item from the West Market!

She suddenly had a strange and bold guess in her mind...