"Sure thing, I'll take care of it." It was rare for Qiu Yan to ask her for help, so Wang Shi readily agreed. In fact, she even decided to go to Qiu Yan's house right now to help make quilts.
At this moment, Zhao Shan drove an oxcart, carrying freshly ground flour, and pushed open the courtyard gate.
Upon seeing Qiu Yan arrive at his house, he briefly greeted her and then inquired:
"Xiaoyan, has your second uncle come back yet?"
If he comes back, he will continue to try to find Qiu Dafu a marriage partner.
After much thought, he still felt that his wife's cousin was the most suitable, and thought he would try to persuade Qiu Dafu again.
Although Li Guihua is a bit sturdy, she is a good person, honest and reliable, and a woman who is good at managing a household.
Qiu Yan shook her head. "No, he went to Huaiyuan."
“Huaiyuan? What a coincidence, our county magistrate also went to Huaiyuan yesterday.”
Zhao Shan went to the county government office early this morning to handle some business, and that's what the yamen runners there told him.
Qiu Yan didn't care about anything related to Tang Yi.
But considering that Tang Yi and her second uncle had always been at odds and not friendly at all, she had some doubts: "Uncle Village Chief, do you know what Lord Tang is going to Huaiyuan for?"
Zhao Shan shook his head. "I don't know, Xiao Yan. Why are you concerned about the magistrate's affairs?"
The county magistrate was someone that ordinary people could only look up to but never reach.
"Just asking." Qiu Yan said no more and went back to her own home with Wang Shi.
As for making quilts, the original owner had only ever used a tattered quilt since childhood and had no idea how to make them, nor had anyone ever taught her.
Qiu Yan would definitely not do that.
She entrusted the task of making the quilt entirely to Wang Shi and decided that she would give her some payment once the quilt was finished.
After that, she planned to go to Huaiyuan.
Besides looking for my second uncle, I also wanted to take advantage of the free time before the New Year to check on the situation there.
She wanted to expand her business to Huaiyuan.
She was still worried about her second uncle, and decided to leave today rather than wait.
She planned to say goodbye to her younger siblings first.
At this moment, Qiu Xu was in his study, studying diligently. Hearing that his sister was leaving, he wanted to go with her.
Although he was calm and composed, he was still a ten-year-old boy, full of curiosity about everything around him and wanting to go out and see the world.
More importantly, he can protect his sister on the way.
However, Qiu Yan refused.
Helpless, Qiu Xu could only tell his sister to be careful in everything she did.
In the next room, Qiu Ling'er was engrossed in reading a book.
Qiu Yan approached, expecting her younger sister to be reading the Four Books and Five Classics, but to her surprise, she was holding a sketchbook, looking at it with a sneer on her face.
"What are you looking at, so happy?" Qiu Yan's words brought Qiu Ling'er's smile to an abrupt halt.
"No... I didn't see anything." Qiu Ling'er hid the storybook behind her back, but the sharp-eyed Qiu Yan still caught a glimpse of one page.
On one of the pages of the storybook, there was a drawing of a little girl.
And that little girl was none other than Qiu Ling'er.
"Hand it over!" Qiu Yan's tone became serious.
My younger sister is simple-minded; it wouldn't do if she were to be deceived by someone with ulterior motives.
Qiu Ling'er timidly reached out her hand and handed the storybook to her sister. "Sister, don't be so serious... It's nothing, just some little stories."
"A story?" Qiu Yan asked curiously. She opened it and saw that it was indeed a short story.
The extraordinary life of a little girl.
Besides the book cover, every few pages there is a drawing of a little girl who looks like a younger sister.
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