Chapter 1187 Goodbye Little Sprout

Originally, there were 80 acres of land planted with alfalfa, but now it seems that all of them have been cleared and planted with sunflowers.

Looking from this distance, a patch of newly sprouted buds is swaying in the wind, a lush green expanse.

To Shu Yu's surprise, the perimeter of so many plots of land was fenced off.

Wooden stakes were driven into the ground, and several layers of hemp rope were connected to form a large circle, enclosing the sunflowers inside.

Moreover, many farmers are patrolling and taking care of the fields, doing their best.

As a horse-drawn carriage approached them, several familiar-looking farmers looked up and gazed in their direction.

They had met Yingxi before, and upon seeing her sitting on the carriage shaft, they became excited.

"It's the boss, the boss is back."

"Quickly, go tell Village Chief Lu."

“Lu Zhuangzi is watering the field on the left. I’ll go call him.”

Shu Yu went to the window, raised his hand to greet everyone, and the carriage quickly headed towards the manor.

Upon arriving at the gate of the manor, before the carriage had even stopped, Shu Yu saw a small figure sitting at the gate stand up and run towards them.

"Sister Ayu!" Little Sprout exclaimed excitedly, "You're back?"

Shu Yu stepped down from the carriage and asked with a smile, "Why are you sitting at the door?"

“Sister-in-law Zhou said I was too young and wouldn’t let me do anything strenuous, so I just went to the front gate to watch over the door. I could even shell beans while I was watching, so I would be the first to see whoever came.”

The young girl is all alone now and feels very insecure. If she doesn't do something, she feels useless and will be abandoned sooner or later.

Seeing that she was thin and small, Zhou Qiao naturally wouldn't let her do heavy work. She could help out occasionally, though. But yesterday, two people came to the village to help, but they were difficult to get along with, so the girl didn't go near them.

She was very happy to see Shuyu and chattered away.

She stopped abruptly when she saw Shu Yu take a baby boy out of the carriage.

Then she looked curiously at the little boy, but when Song Le saw her, he quickly turned his head away, buried his face in Shu Yu's arms, and tightly gripped her clothes with his little hands.

Shu Yu was taken aback by this reaction. During their time with Xiao Song Le, they had never seen him behave so strangely. He had always been indifferent to other people's opinions. He had encountered many people on the ship and on the road, and some people had stared at him, but he had always been very 'calm'.

Shu Yu seemed to be deep in thought.

Little Bud, seeing that her younger brother didn't seem to want to talk to her, quietly withdrew her gaze and led Shu Yu into the manor.

Before entering, she obediently tidied up the half-shelled beans that were on the ground, then walked to Shuyu's side and raised her little head to ask, "Sister Shuyu, are you staying at the manor tonight?"

"No, I just came to take a look. I'm going back to the county town soon."

Little Sprout was a little disappointed. "Okay."

Shu Yu smiled and took out a hair accessory from her sleeve. "This is for you. I bought it in the capital. Kids your age there all wear these. I also bought a pair for Aning, a different color from yours."

Little Sprout looked at the hair accessory in front of her with surprise. The hair accessory was pink and had tassels hanging on it, making it very pretty.

She really likes it, but she should refuse.

Before he could even utter a sound, a loud 'bang' suddenly rang in his ears.

(End of this chapter)