291 Chi Tu Delivers
Compared to the chaos in the Duke’s Estate, the Hu Family Village was quite peaceful.
In the middle of the night, there were only some occasional barks.
The autumn wind fell from the mountain and circled the village houses a few times.
They circled a few more rounds around the wildflowers.
A few passing snakes followed the surrounding information and slowly crawled under a big tree in the village. There were some mud pits there, and there were many loaches and eels inside.
There were also some durable rations.
That was the food that the villagers had stored for the snakes. In the winter, this food would allow the snakes to accumulate strength and survive the winter safely.
Not far from the mud pit was the general’s shrine built by the villagers for the general’s tomb. The wooden shrine was 20 feet tall. There was a wooden sign hanging in front of the beam with the words “General’s Shrine” written on it.
The snakes sensed some commotion and stopped eating. They raised their heads and wanted to move towards the commotion.
They had sensed Little Ah Yu’s aura. They originally wanted to go to her house to guard the night after eating and leave at dawn.
Previously, when Little Ah Yu lived in the village, the snakes would also do the same. However, they left before dawn and did not let the villagers know.
There were indeed two sneaky people loitering beside the General’s Shrine. It was Chi Tu who had just received Chi Ding.
Chi Tu handed the thing that was already wrapped in a few layers to Chi Ding and instructed, “This thing is thousands of times more important than our lives. You must personally deliver it to the Young Master!”
Chi Ding did not know what was inside. He wanted to open it and take a look, but Chi Tu stopped him. “Don’t look. The fewer people who know what it is, the less risk there will be.”
“Where did this come from? Why is there suddenly something?” A ridiculous thought appeared in Chi Ding’s heart and he could not help but ask, “Is it related to Miss Ah Yu?”
“Yes.” Speaking of this, Chi Tu had almost forgotten something.
He took out a piece of paper from his pocket and stuffed it into Chi Ding’s arms. “This has to be given to the Young Master too. It’s an IOU that the Young Master has to make up for. The Old Madam of the Wang Family sold this thing to me. I didn’t have enough money, so I could only sign an IOU.”
Chi Ding gasped. “Don’t you have 2,000 taels on you? Isn’t that enough?!”
Ever since they arrived at Hu Family Village, they had learned that spending 20 copper coins a day was considered an extremely high expenditure. Many people worked themselves to death for a month and only earned 80 to 90 copper coins.
Therefore, the prices of goods in their hearts had also been greatly refreshed.
With 2,000 taels, how much Wang Family’s Meat Soup Dumplings could he buy!
“Don’t worry so much. In any case, the IOU has been signed. You can just take it to the Young Master. Don’t delay. Set off now. Take Cloud Chaser with you.” Chi Tu reminded Chi Ding again and let him leave after he completely realized the importance of this mission.
Actually, Chi Tu was more suitable to run this errand. His lightness technique was better. If he used up all his True Qi, he could run for 50 miles in one go. He was the strongest among the entire Chi family’s guards.
However, because of his strength, he had to stay by Miss Ah Yu’s side.
The Young Master had long said that no matter what happened, Miss Ah Yu’s safety was the priority.
They could tell this from the fact that the Young Master had made them stay behind.
The next morning, Tang Yuan woke up early and swept the fallen leaves in the courtyard before going to the kitchen to boil hot water.
As soon as the water was heated and carried into the house, Little Ah Yu woke up.
Seeing Tang Yuan, Little Ah Yu smiled until her eyes narrowed. “Big Sister Tang Yuan, did you sleep well last night? Did you have any fun dreams?”
As Tang Yuan dampened a face towel for Little Ah Yu, she replied, “I slept very well and didn’t dream.”
It was very strange. She usually dreamed. When she woke up, she would be extremely sleepy and even frustrated.
But here, she magically slept well and felt much more relaxed.
Unknowingly, the hostility hidden in her heart had long dissipated.
It seemed that it was an extremely right decision to be shameless and stay by the Little Master’s side.
“Little Sister Ah Yu, are you awake?” A shout suddenly came from outside.
“Yes, I’m awake!” Little Ah Yu didn’t know who it was, but she also replied loudly.