“We’re not hungry anyway, it doesn’t matter if we eat a little earlier or later.”
Hearing these words from Grandma Song, Song San Xiao touched his stomach that kept growling and only dared to sneak a peek. Originally, he thought that his status in the family would be raised once he found a daughter-in-law, but now that he was about to be betrothed to a girl, his status was even lower instead.
“In the future, ah, if you’re tired like this again, you don’t have to come back, we’re all relieved to have Daya over there with you.” Elder Song came out of the house and stood still under the eaves, he had just smoked two packs of cigarettes from hunger and smelt strongly of smoke.
Only then did Song Wan Yue remember that she had fallen asleep on Gu Yi’s body and that he should have personally brought her back, nodding, “Okay, just listen to Grandpa.”
The food is brought up.
The people sat down.
There is no rule in the family of not talking about food, so Song Wan Yue eats and talks to Song Shen about the workshop.
Master Song was also starving and ate half a steamed bun before speaking, “I’ve agreed with the village head, I’ll bring my men there first thing in the morning.”
Song Wan Yue swallowed a mouthful of vegetables, “I’ll go with you guys, I’ve been busy today and forgot to prepare the herbs.”
“Then when you’ve eaten your fill, sneak around for a while and then hurry back to bed, the ox cart is slow and will leave very early tomorrow.”
Song Wangyue nodded her head.
Looking at Liu Cui Lan, “Second Aunt, how is business these days?”
When she mentioned this, Liu Cui Lan burst into laughter, “It’s great, we can sell over a hundred more cold skins every day and earn two taels of silver.”
“That much?”
“No, I was just discussing with your second uncle, we will make a hundred more each day and sell them until dark and then come back, so we can make more money during these days.”
Song Wangyue nodded her head.
After eating, Song Wan Yue and Er Ya went back to bed after walking around the courtyard for a little over half an hour.
The next morning, Song Wan Yue and Elder Song had just put down their dishes when the village headman came over with his ox cart, he was wearing new clothes today and the cart was also cleaned.
Pulling them up, they arrived at the entrance of the village where six women were already waiting. Getting into the ox cart, they were excited all the way to the Gu family’s village.
Looking at the succession of mansions in front of them, not to mention the six women, even the village headman looked straight at them, “This, this is all Master Gu’s family?”
He had heard the village chief of Gu’s village say that Master Gu’s family had many mansions in a row, and at that time he thought that the village chief of Gu’s village had exaggerated.
“No.”
The village chief smacked his lips.
The oxcart was stopped at the entrance and the crowd got down.
Xiao Si greeted Elder Song and Song Wan Yue first and asked the village headman to bolt the ox cart to the designated spot and lead them to the workshop, while Song Wan Yue went to Doctor Yao’s courtyard.
Dr Yao had not returned and the two boys had gone to the back of the mountain to look at the medicinal herbs, leaving no one in the courtyard.
Song Wangyue went straight to the pharmacy, dispensed some of the herbs, took them to the workshop, handed them to Master Song, watched him pour them one by one into the pot, instructed the women to add the right amount of water and light the fire, then turned around and came out.
The young master is thinking of going to the house to pick you up and take you to the county, we haven’t been there for a long time.”
Song Wan Yue didn’t doubt it, “Just in time, there are not many herbs left for making herbal tea, let’s go buy some, I’ll go to the pharmacy first and mix the rest, you tell Gu Yi to wait for a while.”
Xiao Si happily went to report to Gu Yi, Song Wan Yue went back to the prescription, prepared the remaining herbs and brought them over to Master Song, telling him that she had to go to the county.
“Go on, you are …… these days.”
Elder Song almost let his mouth slip, but luckily he remembered in time that Song Wan Yue’s martial arts studies could not be told to the public, “You’ve been busy these days, take this opportunity to go and see your grandmother and old man.”
Song Wan Yue answered and said, “Gu Yi has arranged everything, when the herbal tea is ready, a boy will come and get it away, the noon meal will also be prepared for you, when it is time to finish work in the evening, you can just pack up the place and go back directly.”
“Grandpa knows.”
Song Wangyue came out of the workshop and got into the carriage at the entrance. Inside the carriage were four plates of steaming cakes on a small table. Gu Yi sat at the small table and looked over the moment she entered, seeing her face as usual, and put her mind at ease.
“The kitchen has made new pastries, try them.”
Song Wan Yue sat down and was about to take a piece when her hand was grabbed by Gu Yi, who took a handkerchief and wiped her hand clean before letting go.
“Eat it.”
Song Wan Yue glanced at him.
These days she felt that Gu Yi was a bit abnormal.
“Is there something on my face?”
Seeing her looking at herself, Gu Yi lifted his hand and wiped a few hands on his face, there was nothing.
Song Wangyue pinched a piece of mung bean cake and put it in her mouth, chewed it without slowing down and swallowed it, “Young Master Gu, you’re a bit abnormal.”
Gu Yi’s heart tightened, the little girl is too smart, but whenever he has a little abnormality the little girl can detect it, but the surface is not moving, “Where is the abnormality?”
“You are too attentive to me these days, it’s like ……”
Song Wan Yue paused, looked at his expression, said word by word, “as if I want to do something behind my back.”
Gu Yi, however, nodded graciously and also took a piece of green bean cake and put it into his mouth, “Indeed, I have to do something behind your back.”
Song Wangyue raised her eyebrows.
Gu Yi also raised his.
Song Wangyue hummed.
Gu Yi smiled, picked up a piece of green bean cake and passed it to her mouth, “You’re thinking too much, I can have something behind your back, but I just see that you’re too tired from practicing kung fu these days and want to let you relax.”
Naturally, Song Wan Yue did not believe her.
But Gu Yi didn’t say anything, so she wouldn’t pursue the question any further, and opened her mouth to eat the green bean cake.
Seeing that she did not ask again, Gu Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After arriving at the county, he went to the Zhang family’s pharmacy first, listing down the herbs needed to make herbal tea and the herbs needed to make pills, and had them sent to the Gu family.
The shopkeeper was surprised to see that they had come back so soon to buy herbs, but then he was delighted that this one sale alone would boost their pharmacy.
“I’ll have the medicine prepared and sent to your home.”
After paying the silver, they left the shop and went to the mansion.
They got off the carriage at the entrance and were about to go inside when a carriage drove by and also stopped at the entrance.
The two men looked over.
The dean and a man dressed as a schoolboy got out of the carriage.
Song Wangyue stepped forward to greet them, “Dean.”
“Miss Song, I haven’t seen you for quite some time.”
“I’ve been a little busy with my family’s business, so I didn’t have time to come over, you’re ……?”
“I’ve come to discuss with my benefactor about the specifics of the lecture.”
Song Wan Yue nodded, “Then please come in, we haven’t seen our maternal great grandfather for a long time either, so it’s just as well to go over with you.”