Yu Jiao smiled and flipped through the large characters on the desk, then said to Meng Fei who looked very happy, "Sister brought you a gift, go and see if you like it?"

Meng Fei ran happily to look through the things Yu Jiao brought. Liu Sanniang, not quite used to it, asked Yu Jiao to sit down in the main room and made her a pot of hot tea.

Yu Jiao didn't touch the teacup. "I'm going to the capital soon, and I might not be back until after the New Year."

Liu Sanniang's face changed, and the water in the teacup accidentally spilled out. She asked nervously, "What are you going to do in the capital?"

Yu Jiao saw her loss of composure and lowered her eyes, "Yu Qizhe is going to the capital to take the imperial examination. I will go to the capital to spend the New Year with him."

Liu Sanniang finally breathed a sigh of relief. She placed the teacup on the table and wiped her hands with a handkerchief. "How can your in-laws feel at ease if a woman like you goes to such a far place? Fifth brother will be back soon after taking the exam. You should just stay at home and wait for him. Don't cause any trouble for others."

Yu Jiao smiled slightly. Liu Sanniang never treated her as her own daughter, so she would not really listen to the words spoken by an elder.

"Please keep this money." Yu Jiao took out twenty taels of silver from her purse and placed it on the table. "I will not be in Changkui for the next period of time. You and Fei Ge'er should be well."

After saying that, Yu Jiao stood up and said, "I'll go back first."

Fei Ge'er was trying out the clothes Yu Jiao had given her. When she heard this, the smile on her face disappeared. She quickly went to hold Yu Jiao's hand and said, "Sister, why are you leaving after just arriving?"

Yu Jiao lowered her eyes and looked at him with a gentle gaze, "I'll come to see you again after some time."

"Sister always says this, but she hasn't come for a long time." Fei Ge'er looked reluctant and asked Liu Sanniang for help, "Mom, can you keep Sister and let her stay at home for a few days?"

Liu Sanniang looked a little embarrassed, rubbing her palms and said, "How about you stay for dinner? I'll go cook now."

"I've eaten, you don't have to rush." ​​Yu Jiao refused coldly.

Liu Sanniang picked up the silver on the table and handed it to Yu Jiao, "I found a job in the dyeing factory that can support me and Fei Ge'er. You can take this money back and keep it for yourself."

Yu Jiao didn't take it. "Keep it for Fei Ge'er to buy paper and pens. I said I would support Fei Ge'er's studies. From now on, his annual tuition and paper and pens will be paid by me."

Under Meng Fei's reluctant gaze, Yu Jiao got on the carriage.

Liu Sanniang suddenly called out to her, "Don't think I'm too nosy. The capital... that place is not good. You should not go there. Just stay at home. Fifth brother will always come back whether he passes the exam or not. A woman should just stay at home and take care of her husband and children. Men don't like it even if they don't say it."

Seeing Yu Jiao remained silent, Liu Sanniang was still worried and continued, "Your father's greatest wish in this life is for you to be safe and sound. Although he is gone, he loved you the most and didn't want you to go too far away from him."

"When is Dad's death anniversary?" Yu Jiao asked.

Liu Sanniang's eyes showed a hint of surprise, "You...you even forgot your father's death anniversary?"

Yu Jiao looked normal, "I got seriously ill when I first went to the Yu family. When I woke up, I couldn't remember many things from the past."

Liu Sanniang felt a little guilty after hearing this. After all, it was she who sold Yu Jiao to someone else as a wife. She said, "May 13th."

Yu Jiao nodded, "You and A-di, get some food. I have to go back."

She lowered the curtain. Liu Sanniang hugged Fei Ge'er and watched the carriage go away. Her face had a complicated expression. Yu Jiao suddenly had to go to the capital. She felt like a huge stone was lifted up in her heart. She couldn't help but think of the two young men who came from the capital to inquire about Yu Jiao. She wondered if they had gone to look for Yu Jiao.

The more Liu Sanniang thought about it, the more uneasy she felt. She pulled Fei Ge'er back to the house and said, "Mom will go burn some incense for your father. We'll have dinner later."

Fei Ge nodded sensibly. Every time his elder sister came home, his mother would go to burn incense for his father and chant something in front of his father's tablet that he couldn't understand. Meng Fei was used to it. He looked up and said, "Mom, I'll go write."

Liu Sanniang touched his face lovingly and said, "Go." Then she went to the side room to burn incense at Meng Qingyun's tablet.