Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Old Lady Yun went to Yun Ruochun and Yun Ruoxia's room, intending to tidy up Yun Ruochun's things, but then she realized that Yun Ruochun was wearing the yamen runner's uniform when she went to the county government office, and couldn't wear her own clothes, so she stopped thinking about it.

“Chun’er, here, take this money. When you’re out and about, you can’t get anywhere without some cash on you.”

Yun Ruochun pushed the money back and said briefly,

“Mother, I’m going to work as a yamen runner, not to go on a trip. I don’t need to spend any money.”

But Old Lady Yun insisted on stuffing it into Yun Ruochun's hands.

"Here you go. You're a new constable. If you want to suffer less, you need to know how to be accommodating. For example, when you go out to patrol the streets, you should buy some drinks, steamed buns, or other treats for the constables you're patrolling with. If you're good at handling things, others will naturally take better care of you in the future. You must remember these social skills."

"No need, no need. If I had asked them to do this from the beginning, and put myself in such a humble position from the start, wouldn't they have been constantly taking advantage of me in the future? Besides, I don't think that Officer Huang is the kind of person who would take advantage of others. Mother, I'll just do my job well."

Grandma Yun didn't take it seriously. She felt that getting along well with her coworkers early on would save her a lot of trouble and provide them with more advice if anything happened. This matter wouldn't go wrong, and besides, her family was no longer as poor as before, so they could afford to spend the money on this.

However, seeing Yun Ruochun's firm attitude, she couldn't press the matter further and could only try to be more tactful:

"Whether you invite someone or not is up to you, but you should at least have some money on you when you go there. That way, if you need anything or want to eat something, you'll have some money to spend, right?"

“Mother, even if we need to spend money, we don’t need this much. Your hundred strings of cash represent several years’ worth of my salary. If you want to take it, I’ll only take one string of cash.”

"One string of cash? One string of cash isn't enough. What can you buy with just one string of cash?"

Yun Ruochun smiled bitterly:

“Mother, our family is well-off now. Have you forgotten the hard times when we had to tighten our belts? My brother’s monthly wages were only a little over three strings of cash. Isn’t that how we used to get by? One string of copper coins was not a small amount.”

Old Lady Yun knew that a string of cash was a lot of money, but for Yun Ruochun, who was struggling alone in the city, it was far from enough. So she argued with Yun Ruochun to the extreme, and finally ended the topic with five strings of copper coins.

The three sat on the bed, chatting and talking. The sky seemed to brighten up in the blink of an eye. Yun Chu and Yun Shenghua were already having breakfast, and Yun Ruochun hurriedly changed into her yamen uniform, grabbed a steamed bun from the table, and went outside.

"Sister Chun, eat some more. One bun isn't enough to keep you full."

Old Lady Yun grabbed two of them and chased after them.

While combing the horse's mane, Yun Ruochun fed the last bite of steamed bun into the horse's mouth.

"Oh dear, look at you, this horse is more important than people. The half of the bun you're eating still has meat on it. You're treating it like a precious treasure. Hurry up and eat this bun, or you'll go hungry and get sick. I'll see if you can still be a yamen runner then."

Hearing the sound, Yun Chu carried the porridge to the front door. Her aunt had walked too fast earlier, and she hadn't had a chance to get a good look at what her aunt looked like in her yamen uniform. Now, peeking out, she could see clearly. Her aunt's attire suited her perfectly, and she looked quite imposing.

In the past, she wouldn't have dared to approach yamen runners on the road to avoid bad luck. But now that her aunt has become a yamen runner, she feels that yamen runners are also human beings, and if you have a good heart, there's nothing to be afraid of.

Yun Chu took a sip of porridge. Last night, she heard Ling Niang say that her aunt could ride a horse, which piqued her curiosity. Old Master Yu had told them about horses, but because he was too old and there were no horses in the village, he could only give a simple verbal explanation of how to ride a horse. She didn't expect her aunt to be able to ride a horse so quickly. She was really amazing.

Last night, Lingniang asked her if she wanted to buy a horse for her. Although all three of them had horses, she felt it was unnecessary for the time being. She spent most of her time drying herbs at Ren'an Hall. Even if she needed to make house calls in the future, she had a donkey cart to carry them. So she thought it was better not to spend the money.

"Have you finished eating, Chu-jie? If you have, we'll set off."

"I'm done eating."

Yun Chu quickly brought the bowl of porridge to her mouth and poured it in, then quickly scooped the remaining little bit of porridge into her mouth with a spoon.

Yun Ruochun ate both steamed buns that her mother had given her. "Mother, go back now. I'll take good care of myself. I'll be back as soon as I have a day off. Don't worry."

Old Lady Yun, holding the reins in one hand and supporting the horse with the other, said softly:

"Come on, let me hold the horse up, and you can step on the stirrups."

"No need, 0846 is very intelligent, I can go up by myself."

Even so, Granny Yun was still worried. After handing the reins to Yun Ruochun, she went around to the back of the horse, intending to use her hands to pull on its rump to steady it.

However, he appeared clumsy and awkward because of Yun Ruochun's words, "Don't stand behind the horse."

Yun Ruochun rode away on horseback, and Yun Shenghua and Yun Chu also got into a donkey cart and headed towards the county town. Old Lady Yun blinked her sore eyes, turned around and went back into the house, just in time to bump into Yun Ling coming out of her room. She grabbed her and started tugging at her.

"You lazy brat, the sun's already high in the sky and you're only just getting up. Even if there's money to be found outside, it's not for you."

Yunling had finally gotten a good night's sleep, and now, despite her mother's teasing, she was full of energy.

“Grandpa got up later than me, but Grandma never said anything to him. Don’t be so biased.”

Old Lady Yun was amused, and put her hands on her hips as she said:

“Your grandfather is old and busy building houses all day long, unlike you young and energetic people. It’s understandable that he gets up a little later.”

"Not at all. The older people are, the earlier they go to bed and get up. Could it be that Grandpa was alone in his room last night and couldn't sleep at all..."

"Oh dear, you silly boy, where did you learn such nonsense? I'm going to pry open your mouth and see what other lies you're spouting."

Yunling didn't even bother to sit down and eat her porridge. She grabbed two steamed buns and dashed out the door to avoid being caught by her mother. After taking a bite of the bun, she was about to go to Fan's house to tell Bingniang about what the plus-size panties could do when...

Then they saw groups of three or five women, each holding something in their hands, all bright red and festive, heading straight towards their house.