274 A Closer Look
“I’ll tell you when he’s done. He’s been really busy recently.”
“Sure, sure.” Xue Dagui didn’t pursue the matter.
Xue Gouzi still had his head lowered, as usual.
After Shen Yuxuan finished eating, he said to Xue Yan and Jiang Yue, “I’ll come to play with you again the next time when I’m on vacation.”
“Okay.”‘
“Sure.”
Xue Yan and Jiang Yue both nodded.
“Yuxuan, didn’t you say that the pickled vegetables were delicious? Take this jar of pickled vegetables back.” Liu Guixia handed Shen Yuxuan a small jar.
“Thank you!” Shen Yuxuan said as he hugged her.
“You don’t have to be so polite, go one then,” Liu Guixia said happily. “Come more often in the future.”
“I will. See you soon!”
The carriage was already waiting at the entrance. Since Xue Sifu was also going to town, he helped Shen Yuxuan carry the package and medicine box.
In the bag were the dirty clothes that Shen Yuxuan had changed out of last night. Liu Guixia and the others had planned to wash them, but Shen Yuxuan said that he would go back this morning, so they wouldn’t dry even if they washed them.
Seeing his mother hand a small jar of pickled vegetables to Shen Yuxuan, Xue Sifu took it and put it all in the carriage.
Standing beside the carriage, Xue Yan said to Shen Yuxuan, who had already gotten on the carriage, “Don’t forget what I told you.”
“Don’t worry, ” Shen Yuxuan said. “I’ll tell him when I get back to the academy.”
Xue Yan nodded. After Shen Yuxuan and Xue Sifu left in the carriage, Xue Yan and Jiang Yue went back to herd the cow.
Even when the sky turned dark, Xue Sifu still hadn’t returned from town.
“What’s wrong with the Sifu? Why hasn’t he returned from town?” Liu Guixia stood at the entrance of the courtyard, stretching her neck and looking at the way back with extreme worry.
In this season, although the sky was dark, the moon was still visible and could be faintly seen.
“Didn’t Sifu say that he’ll be looking around the town today? He has to take a good look before he can decide on a small business. Mother, don’t worry. Anyone in the family can get into trouble when they go out, but Sifu won’t.” Xue Wufu walked over with a bowl of rice and said noisily as he gobbled down the rice.
“Your mother is worrying for nothing,” Xue Dafu said.
Liu Guixia, “But it’s already dark out.”
Xue Erfu had already finished his meal. When he heard this, he stood up and smiled. “Mother, why don’t I go and take a look? It’s pretty late, there’s definitely no ox cart. Sifu should be just taking his time walking back.”
“Then hurry up and go.” Liu Guixia immediately urged.
“Erfu, we’ll go with you.” Jiang Yue and Xue Yan also stood up.
“No need. It’s pretty dark out. You’re still young. What if some strange thing appears and scares you?” Xue Erfu joked with the two kids. “Yifu can come with me instead.”
Then, the two of them strode out the door.
Xue Sifu still hadn’t returned even after everyone had finished dinner.
Jiang Yue and Xue Yan were also waiting at the gate with Liu Guixia. They both knew that he had business to do, so he hadn’t come back yet.
If he didn’t want to do business, he would have come back a long time ago. It happened the last time he went to town and was interested in a business. He must have lost track of time and stayed a little longer.
It was just that they didn’t know if this business deal was the same as what they had discussed before.
After a while, Jiang Yue heard Xue Sifu, Xue Erfu, and Xue Yifu’s voices.
He was back.
Jiang Yue glanced at Xue Yan.