Chapter 679 Carpenter Yao

Immediately afterward, Lu Erbai walked in with a big smile on his face.

Before he could even look up at the people in the courtyard, he turned around and invited the person behind him inside as well.

As he walked inside, he laughed and said, "Honey, quickly pour two glasses of warm water and prepare some snacks to go with the drinks. I'm going to have a good drink with Brother Yao today. The matter of our family's stall has been resolved, all thanks to Brother Yao."

Before he could finish speaking, Shu Yu had already walked out of the main room, stood on the steps, and said with a smile, "Father."

Lu Erbai was startled and turned around abruptly, staring in astonishment at the figure standing not far away.

"Ah, Ayu!!" Lu Erbai was overjoyed and quickly stepped forward, looking at her with concern. "You're back? How have you been these days?"

"I'm fine, Dad. We can talk about my matter later. Please invite the guests in first."

Lu Erbai opened his mouth, then nodded, "Yes, yes, we'll talk about it later." He then turned to Yao the carpenter who had entered and said, "Brother Yao, this is the second daughter of my family that I told you about. Ayu, this is your Uncle Yao."

Shu Yu nodded and obediently called out, "Uncle Yao."

Carpenter Yao looked her over and smiled, "This is the second young lady you've been praising so much? She does seem very clever, it's just a pity that she's burdened by her status."

The Lu family's public statement is the same as their statement in Zhengdao Village—they all came here to look for their missing daughter.

Everyone in Zhengdao Village already knew about this, but not many people in the county town were aware of it. Lu Erbai and Carpenter Yao were acquainted, and when Yao asked about it during their occasional conversations, Lu Erbai told him.

There's nothing wrong with saying this; if you try to hide it or keep it a secret, it just looks weird.

There are quite a few prisoners in Linzhang Prefecture. It used to be a desolate place with few people. Later, it became a place of exile. Many prisoners were exiled here and gradually began to settle down, marry, have children, and reproduce.

About half of the people here have a family history of criminals, if you trace their ancestry back three generations.

Therefore, even though Shu Yu was the daughter of an exiled prisoner, no one thought the entire Lu family were evil people and could not associate with them.

At least for now, the carpenter Yao looked at Shu Yu with no trace of disdain or contempt. Instead, he looked like an elder looking at a junior, and there was even a hint of pity in his eyes.

Shouldn't she be pitied? A strange adopted daughter who was implicated by the Shu family.

Shu Yu smiled and said to Carpenter Yao, "It's no pity. Didn't I find my family? They all love me very much."

"That's true. Brother Lu is a rare and honest person, just like me."

Shu Yu almost burst out laughing. This carpenter Yao was quite interesting. Was he praising her father, or himself?

She led the two into the kitchen, where the food was already prepared.

Because Shu Yu was back, dinner was plentiful, and there was no need to prepare any extra snacks to go with the drinks.

Ruan brought out two jugs of wine, but didn't prepare a separate table for them. After all, farmers don't stand on ceremony when entertaining guests.

Shu Yu sat down next to Lu Erbai, poured wine for him and Yao the carpenter, and then asked, "Father, when you came in just now, I heard you say something about how the matter at our stall was resolved? What did you mean?"

Lu Erbai took a sip of wine, let out a long breath, and said, "It's nothing serious, it's all been resolved anyway."

(End of this chapter)