Chapter 746 Booking Two Rooms

The old lady was carrying a basket out the door, intending to go to the Fang family's house to wash clothes.

The weather has been so cold these past few days that the river water is freezing. If you shiver, you might fall into the river if you're not careful.

If it were Shangshi Village, it would be fine, but there aren't many people by the river in Zhengdao Village. If something happens to the old lady, there won't be anyone to save her.

Moreover, cold water can easily cause frostbite.

Shu Yu wanted the old lady to let her do the washing, but the old lady disagreed.

Having no other choice, Shu Yu asked her to take the clothes to the Fang family's house. Although the Fang family's house wasn't large, they miraculously had a well.

The water in the well is just right – warm in winter and cool in summer.

The well originally had a pulley, but it was broken. These past two days, Mr. Fang has recovered greatly, so he repaired the pulley, and now it works perfectly.

Aunt Fang was also going back around this time, so the two of them would have each other company.

The old lady couldn't refuse her, and happily agreed.

Who knew that she had just stepped out with her basket when she seemed to see her second son, as if in a hallucination.

The old lady rubbed her eyes, making sure she wasn't seeing things, before exclaiming in surprise, "What are you all doing here?"

"Mother." Lu Erbai got off the mule cart, and Ruan Shi immediately stepped forward to take the basket from him.

Hearing the commotion, Sanya and Dahu immediately came running out, jumping and leaping towards the group, calling out, "Father, Mother, Eldest Sister."

Daya looked inside and asked, "Where's Ayu?"

"Ayu is still at the estate and hasn't returned yet. She has some things to do today, so she might be a little late. Alright, it's cold outside, come in and talk." The old lady invited the group to enter the courtyard first.

When Meng Yunzheng heard that Shu Yu had not returned yet, he paused for a moment, then said to the old lady as if nothing had happened, "Perfect timing, I'll go to the estate to book two rooms and pick her up while I'm at it."

The old lady glanced at him sideways and pointed at Zhao Xi, "Let him go with us."

Zhao Xi, who was talking to Daya, was speechless.

But since he is now nominally Shu Yu's brother, it would indeed be more appropriate for him to go along.

The two tied up the mule cart and headed towards the village together.

Shu Yu felt an itch in her nose, as if someone was thinking of her. She twitched a couple of times, took another sip of water, and then felt a little better.

She finished recording the roster as Wang Changdong had explained, and then she prepared to leave.

Before she could get up, she saw two familiar figures walk through the gate.

She blinked twice, and when Meng Yunzheng got closer, she asked in a low voice, "Why are you here?"

“Not only did I come, but your parents and eldest sister also came. They just arrived home. Your brother and I came to book two rooms for them.”

It's rare for the Lu family to come all this way, and it's definitely not good for them to rush back so late at night in this cold weather. The Lu family's small courtyard only has three rooms, which is simply not enough for them.

There are uninhabited houses in Zhengdao Village, but they are all dilapidated and would take most of the day to repair and tidy up, so they are not suitable.

However, the estate has five or six specially arranged rooms for guests to stay in. The prisoners exiled here would occasionally have relatives and friends come to visit them.

That means we'll need accommodation.

The villa was very large, so a small area was set aside as a temporary place for guests to stay.

But the fees... are not low.

A small room costs 100 coins a night; it's blatant overcharging, and nobody can say anything. If you don't want to pay that much, just stay in the county town, although the rooms in the inns there might be more expensive.

(End of this chapter)