The letter only said that the woman was Mu Xingzhi's subordinate, a trustworthy person who knew Mu Xingzhi's identity. Moreover, she came to stay for a while as a "relative".
The letter was very short, but at the end, it mentioned a seemingly irrelevant sentence: That hairpin has been dropped twice, don't drop it again.
This incident was actually just a small thing that happened when Su Qingluan was taking down her braids, but Su Qingluan understood the intention of Mu Xingzhi writing this sentence: only Mu Xingzhi and she knew about this matter, and even Song Bo was not aware of it. So, the only person who could mention the details of this matter, besides Su Qingluan herself, was Mu Xingzhi.
After all, in this era, handwriting can be forged, but something that only two people know is difficult to know in advance.
Su Qingluan put away the letter and heard the donkey outside braying.
Anyone who has heard a donkey's bray should know that it is particularly unpleasant, harsh and penetrating, a bit like the harsh sound left by heavy steel bars being dragged across the ground.
In short, the main effect is creepy, and listening to it too much will cause extreme discomfort to the ears and nerves.
Although Yaoguang said that she would deal with the donkey herself later, Su Qingluan really couldn't stand the evil sound of the donkey's braying outside, so she decided to deal with this source of noise pollution first.
"If you don't mind, how about I go to the neighbor's barn and put the donkey away? It's so cold, even if the donkey is relatively cold-resistant, leaving it outside is not a solution." Su Qingluan turned her head and said to Yaoguang.
After all, this is someone else's donkey cart. Even if you have a proper way to deal with it, you still have to ask for the other party's opinion.
Yaoguang was clearly still feeling a bit overwhelmed, and nodded reservedly, "Then I'll have to trouble Miss Su."
When she said the words "Miss Su", she also silently glanced at Su Qingluan's reaction.
Su Qingluan's reaction was... nothing special. She turned around, put on a cloak, put on the hood of the cloak, covered herself tightly with only a pair of eyes exposed, and pushed the door open to go out.
As for the three words "Miss Su" that Yaoguang emphasized, she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it at all.
It’s not that Su Qingluan is naturally thick-skinned—although she can be thick-skinned when she wants to—but she never thinks there’s anything wrong with calling herself “Miss Su.”
After all, according to modern people's thinking, her surname is Su, so it is completely normal for others to call her "Miss Su" or "Ms. Su".
Yaoguang naturally didn't understand the modern thinking that was deeply rooted in Su Qingluan's mind. She just felt strange that she deliberately called the other party by the same name as when they were unmarried, but the other party didn't react at all.
But when Su Qingluan pushed the door open, she was hit in the face by a cold wind that carried dead branches, fallen leaves, and snow foam on the ground.
"..." In this kind of weather, she actually walked for quarter of an hour to get food from home. She was really desperate to eat.
Although Huaxi Village is not particularly wealthy overall, there are still a few families that own large livestock.
Of course, forget about tall horses. Ordinary farmers, even slightly wealthier families may not have them - after all, raising horses is a big project. In addition to the fodder itself, the racing venue is also a big problem.
This is just like in modern times, if you don’t have a certain level of financial resources, even if you can afford a luxury car, ordinary people will not do so, because after buying a car, the various insurance and maintenance costs are not low, and it can easily cost tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars a year, which will be gone with just a little money.
Therefore, for a well-off family, even if they can afford a luxury car, they cannot afford the maintenance costs, which is too expensive.
What's more, just like a car depreciates as soon as you buy it, so does a horse.
But horses are even less cost-effective than cars in terms of "depreciation rate". After all, various parts of a car can be replaced and problems can be repaired.
However, although the lifespan of a horse is more than 20 years, the peak period when it can be used as a "large livestock" is only about ten years, and the cost-effectiveness is really too low.
For this reason, even people with a little wealth generally do not like to raise horses. This is one of the reasons why donkey carts, mule carts and sheep carts are more common.
Several households in the village raised cattle and sheep, which were considered large animals and had their own sheds. At the very least, there were pigs. Although the pigsties smelled a bit bad, at least they gave the donkeys a place to stay and prevented them from freezing to death on cold nights.
Su Qingluan walked around for a while and finally went to Tian Xing'er's house. Her family had a cowshed and was relatively more familiar to Su Qingluan.
Although she had a good relationship with Tian Xing'er, Su Qingluan always treated things one way or the other. She would not ask for help for free, so Su Qingluan advanced two taels of silver as the donkey's "shack fee" and "fodder fee".
Tian Xing'er's parents originally wanted to refuse, but Tian Xing'er knew Su Qingluan's personality, so she asked her parents to accept the money and pulled Su Qingluan into the house to chat for a while.
"I heard that Mr. Mu's cousin has come?" Tian Xing'er looked at Su Qingluan, held her hand, her eyes full of vigilance.
Su Qingluan seemed completely oblivious to her nervousness. She nodded and asked curiously, "It's only been less than half a day, right? Where did you hear that?"
"Who wouldn't know that such a big donkey cart was parked in front of Grandma Li's door?" Tian Xing'er sneered.
Su Qingluan suddenly realized: Huaxi Village is such a small place. If something happens, the whole village will know about it within a day. What's more, there is never even a fly flying in front of Grandpa Li and Grandma Li's door all year round. If there are suddenly one or two cars parked there, they will definitely come to inquire about it.
"The news spreads so fast!" Su Qingluan exclaimed.
Tian Xing'er looked at Su Qingluan as if she was a fool: "Why are you still so leisurely and not in a hurry at all?"
Su Qingluan was stunned by Tian Xing'er's look of disappointment: "Why should I be so anxious?"
Tian Xing'er lowered her gaze and glanced at Su Qingluan's belly. "You've been married to Mr. Mu for a few months, and there's still no sign of pregnancy. And there's this cousin over there, and I heard she's very beautiful... Haven't you ever heard of the saying, 'Cousins, made for each other'?"
Su Qingluan...she fled in panic.
What's with the cousins being a perfect match? Su Qingluan asks, "Are you overthinking the girl from the Tian family?" Previously, this girl was clearly portrayed as a pure and innocent girl, so why did she suddenly look so different? Is it because she's getting married soon?
Su Qingluan was speechless: not to mention that she and Mu Xingzhi were just a plastic couple on the surface, the girl Yaoguang was not just a "cousin"!
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