Chapter 529: Chapter 530: What Was Said in the Letter
Yang Chuxia took the letter, looked at it from both sides, put it away, and then asked the servant, "When will you go back to Capital City?"
"I won’t be going back to Capital City for the festival this year. I’m afraid that I’ll have to wait until after the festival." The servant thought for a moment and then said, "My young master also said that the young lady doesn’t need to worry about preparing holiday gifts. It won’t reach Capital City before the August festival anyway, so the young lady can just prepare double the gifts for the New Year."
"Heh, that sounds like something your young master would say."
Yang Chuxia just laughed, "You all haven’t eaten on the way here, right? Why don’t you eat here before going back to the county town?"
But the servant shook his head, "No, we’re going to the county town right away. My master has other things for me to do."
After saying that, he took his leave from Yang Chuxia.
When Mu Shaoling’s servant left, Yang Chuxia looked at the living room full of gifts and said, "Xiu’er, you and Fugui help move these things to the back room."
"Yes, Miss!"
Xiu’er was one of the first two maids bought by the family. Recently, when the family bought more servants, they had enough help, so Xiu’er was taken off from working on the Drunken Crab and Drunken Shrimp affair and helped Ms.Wang with other things on a daily basis.
"Xiaxia!" Ms.Luo stared enviously as Xiu’er gradually moved so many things into the back room.
She thought, how many good things are there?
Her eyes were almost fixed on those items, looking at them attentively.
"Why are you here again? Didn’t I tell you not to come to my house if it’s not necessary?" Yang Chuxia turned her head and saw Ms.Luo, her tone immediately becoming unhappy.
Ms.Luo didn’t seem embarrassed by the comment, instead, she lifted a basket and said, "I have a reason, don’t I? It’s the August festival, so I’ve come to give your grandfather some gifts."
When she heard that Ms.Luo came to deliver gifts, Yang Chuxia couldn’t help but remember the basket of radishes.
She said sarcastically, "What are you going to send this time? Last time you gave me a basket of radishes, so what is it this time? A basket of potatoes?"
As she spoke, Yang Chuxia carefully observed Ms.Luo’s expression and noticed that her face shifted slightly.
She couldn’t help but say, "No way, did I guess it right?" Yang Chuxia then lifted the cloth covering Ms.Luo’s basket with one hand.
Ms.Luo originally wanted to avoid being exposed, but she was not as fast as Yang Chuxia.
By the time Ms.Luo tried to dodge, Yang Chuxia had already removed the cloth. Looking at the basket of potatoes, Yang Chuxia’s mouth twitched. But thinking of the few ways Old Uncle Shen mentioned about eating potatoes, she didn’t say anything more to Ms.Luo. She would need these potatoes for future use anyway, so having more wasn’t a bad thing.
"Since you’ve already brought the things, why don’t you leave?"
Ms.Luo’s eyes widened in disbelief; was Xiaxia really letting her go without saying anything else? She thought Xiaxia would definitely throw her basket of potatoes out.
Since Xiaxia didn’t get angry, Ms.Luo decided to leave quickly and save any discussion about the good things for next time.
So Ms.Luo didn’t even take the basket, and hurried home.
When Ye Zi’an returned from the town in the evening, Yang Chuxia handed him the letter.
"Mu Shaoling forwarded it on behalf of someone else."
Ye Zi’an raised an eyebrow, took a look at the letter, and Yang Chuxia asked, "What does it say?"
"What else could it be? Just catching up on old times, saying that we are relatives and such, expressing his ignorance of past events, and so on. Finally, it says that if we have any difficulties, we can directly ask Mu Shaoling for help. He also hopes that I will go to Capital City to study, saying that he has already found a good school for me there."