Yun Jinhe turned his head and saw Sun Tianxiu and Yao Jinsheng walking in, chatting and laughing…
After spending some time together, Sun Tianxiu had shed his bad habits and displayed all his good qualities. Thus, Yun Jinhe let go of his past grievances and no longer held his past mistakes against him.
As for Yao Jinsheng, the second-generation rich heir, he was completely relying on his thick skin and constantly coming to Yun Jinhe’s place to freeload meals. The main reason was that Murong Qing’s cooking was too delicious, far better than that of restaurants…
Of course, he always brought some good things each time he visited, be it rice or flour, or high-quality pork, treating Yun Jinhe’s courtyard as his personal kitchen.
“Oh, why is the top scholar packing his luggage? Are you planning to elope with Miss Murong? Haha!~” Yao Jinsheng teased with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Yun Jinhe’s cheeks turned red. He glared at him fiercely, “Hmph, a dog’s mouth can’t spit out ivory. I’m planning to return to my hometown for the New Year…”
Murong Qing packed the folded clothes into a bundle and looked up at Sun Tianxiu, “Tianxiu, aren’t you planning to return to the village for the New Year?”
Every year around this time, Bo Cai Academy would experience a ‘homecoming rush’.
This was because the academy had started its holiday a few days prior, and it wouldn’t reopen until after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. During this period, students could return home to reunite with their families or stay at the academy to continue their studies, but they would have to cover their own food and expenses…
Sun Tianxiu scratched his head and chuckled, “Don’t laugh at me, Miss Murong and Brother Yun. My parents wrote a few days ago asking me to stay at the academy and celebrate the New Year by myself. They’re going to my maternal uncle’s house, and besides, the journey is too far, so I won’t bother!~”
“Ah?” Yao Jinsheng was completely bewildered, “Sun Tianxiu, are you going to stay at the academy alone? Do you have money for the New Year? I’m afraid you’ll starve to death before New Year’s Eve…”
After speaking, he felt around in his embrace and took out two silver ingots. “Take this, spend it sparingly. It should last you until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!~”
Although Yao Jinsheng was a second-generation rich heir, his father strictly controlled him. The money his father sent him each month was squandered within a few days, so Old Master Yao dared not give him too much.
Seeing this, Sun Tianxiu quickly returned the silver ingots, “Brother Yao, how can I accept your money? Don’t worry, I won’t starve at the academy…”
Indeed, he wouldn’t starve. When the Bo Cai Academy’s kitchen had leftover food, they would put it into a large basin. The head chef, seeing Sun Tianxiu’s plight, would always save him a bowl.
It was just that the quality of the food was a bit poor.
“No, why are you being so polite with me?” Yao Jinsheng slapped the money onto the table and said with a stern face, “Consider this money a loan, alright?”
Alas, this messy self-esteem was truly troublesome…
Sun Tianxiu still didn’t accept the money. Instead, he quietly helped Yun Jinhe pack his luggage and then conscientiously took the large carp bought by Yao Jinsheng to the kitchen to scrape its scales and clean its innards.
Yun Jinhe sat aside, stunned for a moment, when a thought suddenly struck him.
“Brother Yun, look at his pathetic state. He’s almost twenty-one after the New Year, and he’s still living so miserably!” Yao Jinsheng complained indignantly, “Someone like this will definitely not find a wife in the future…”
Yun Jinhe sighed slightly upon hearing this, “That’s why I want to take him back with me to celebrate the New Year!~”
Bringing Sun Tianxiu back to Dashui Village would simply mean adding an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks at home. Regardless of whether the food was good or bad, it would be better than him staying at the academy.
Murong Qing pouted but said nothing.
It was also her first time visiting Dashui Village, and she didn’t know much about the Yun family. She only knew that the little girl named Yun Xitian was very opinionated and was the apple of the Yun family’s eye…
Therefore, she didn’t express any opinion on Jinhe’s decision.
“Brother Yun, what do you mean?” Yao Jinsheng blinked, completely bewildered, “You’re taking him back to the village for the New Year?”
Yun Jinhe replied with an “en” and asked, “What’s wrong?”
He wondered why this fellow was so erratic every day.
Yao Jinsheng pondered for a moment, then slapped his thigh and solemnly announced, “Since that’s the case, I’ll also go to Dashui Village for the New Year!~”
Yun Jinhe: “……”
Murong Qing: “……”
Why are you joining the fun?
With such good family conditions, wouldn’t it be more enjoyable to go back and eat delicacies?
Seeing Yun Jinhe and Murong Qing glaring at him with disdain, Yao Jinsheng chuckled, “To be honest, a while ago I asked my father for money, but he refused. In a fit of anger, I wrote him a ‘scolding letter’. My father almost had a stroke after reading it. If I go back to the manor now, my father will surely skin me alive…”
It would be better to wait for the old man to calm down before he went back to apologize.
Yun Jinhe was speechless upon hearing this, “So, you actually wrote a letter scolding your own father?”
You’re truly capable.
“I, I was just confused with anger!” Yao Jinsheng said guiltily, muttering, “Later, I wrote several apology letters, but my father didn’t respond. He must still be angry…”
Yun Jinhe exchanged a look with Murong Qing, their expressions filled with helplessness.
In this year’s final exam, Yao Jinsheng ranked second to last, and Sun Tianxiu ranked third to last. These two bottom-ranking slackers spent all their time with the top students, but their grades didn’t improve; instead, they regressed…
Yun Jinhe planned to help these two scamps catch up on their studies after the New Year. Even if he encountered difficulties, Murong Qing would help him.
So, after lunch, the group reached a consensus and went out to purchase local specialties.
It wouldn’t do to visit for the first time empty-handed, but they didn’t have much money on them, so they could only buy some inexpensive items…
The next morning, a light snow began to fall, not too heavy, fluttering down like a vast expanse of reeds dancing in the wind.
Yun Jinhe hitched up the carriage and loaded all sorts of items onto it. Murong Qing also prepared two charcoal basins, making the interior of the carriage warm and cozy.
“Huh? Why does it feel a bit strange inside this carriage?” Sun Tianxiu squeezed in and looked around.
Murong Qing smiled slightly, “Of course it’s strange, because I’ve modified the carriage…”
Sun Tianxiu: “???”
This thing can be modified?
“Of course, look!~”
Murong Qing raised her hand and gently pressed the carriage’s ceiling. With a crisp ‘click’, a storage cabinet slowly descended…
The cabinet had many hidden compartments filled with various pastries and dried meats. Even Yun Jinhe’s favorite books were stored inside.
“Wow, Miss Murong, you’re so resourceful! This way, the carriage will save a lot of space!” Sun Tianxiu exclaimed.
He secretly thought that Miss Murong must come from a family of craftsmen, otherwise, how could she do such things?
After packing the items, Yun Jinhe threw the whip to Yao Jinsheng, “Let’s take turns driving the carriage!~”
Yao Jinsheng: “……”
You’re actually asking this young master to drive?
Is there any justice?
Never mind, even if he became a coachman, he didn’t want to go home and have his father break his legs.
“Let’s go!” Murong Qing called out sweetly.
Yao Jinsheng tightened his cloak, jumped onto the carriage shaft, and said, “Here we go.”
Thus, the group, seated in the carriage, slowly drove towards Dashui Village…