Village Chief Ruan, having been targeted, could only frown and step out from the crowd, forcing a stiff smile. "Your Highness, our Ruan Family Village is simple and humble; I'm afraid this rural place will be too much for you."
“It doesn’t matter. I’ve been through hard times before. I’m willing to endure it for my grandmother’s sake.”
Village Chief Ruan, "..."
He took a deep breath. "Logically speaking, as the village head of Ruanjia Village, I should receive the county magistrate, given her status. However, we have many family members and many eyes watching us, and our children are young. We're worried that our noise might offend the county magistrate. If the county magistrate is determined to stay in the village tonight, how about... staying at Ruan Dali's house?"
As they were talking, Village Chief Ruan gave a wink to the person next to him, who immediately ran out to find Ruan Dali's parents.
Village Chief Ruan then continued, "Ruan Dali works as the oil pressing manager in the county magistrate's Lu family workshop and is familiar with the magistrate. They recently expanded and renovated their old house, and their household is small, so I think the county magistrate would feel more comfortable staying at their house. What do you think, Your Highness?"
Anyway, he didn't want Shu Yu to stay at his house. This Lady Lu was strange; who knew what she might do next?
Shu Yu was deep in thought, seemingly pondering something.
Just then, a middle-aged couple squeezed through the door and hurriedly bowed to Shu Yu. "Princess, we are Ruan Dali's parents. We heard that you will be staying in Ruanjia Village tonight. Our house is quite spacious. If you don't mind, please stay with us."
In contrast to Village Chief Ruan's ulterior motives, Ruan Dali's parents genuinely wanted to entertain Shu Yu.
If it weren't for the county magistrate, their family wouldn't be living such a good life now.
Today, almost all the villagers of Ruanjia Village surrounded the Ruan family's house. Ruan Dali's parents had been waiting outside the door, so as soon as the village chief sent someone to call them, they came in immediately.
Shu Yu looked at the somewhat apprehensive couple and nodded, "Alright, then we'll be troubling you."
The couple immediately perked up and quickly stepped aside, saying, "Please come this way, Your Highness, I'll take you there."
Seeing that the two sides had reached an agreement, Village Chief Ruan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and pretended to instruct Ruan Dali's parents, "Chengchun, it is an honor for your family that the county princess can stay at your house. You must treat the county princess well and not neglect her, you know? If the county princess lacks anything, just come to my house and tell me. I will try my best to satisfy her."
Ruan Chengchun and his wife nodded indifferently. They didn't really want to talk to Village Chief Ruan, but they warmly welcomed Shu Yu out the door.
As Shu Yu's figure receded into the distance, the Ruan brothers finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she left, their burden was lightened considerably once she stepped out of that door.
However, when Shu Yu reached the door, she stopped.
The Ruan brothers' hearts jumped when they saw this, and then they heard her say, "What time do you need to come up the mountain tomorrow? I'm coming. I promised to see my grandmother off on her final journey, and I will keep my word."
The Ruan brothers really wanted to say that you didn't need to come at all.
But faced with Shu Yu's sincere gaze, Boss Ruan took a deep breath and said, "I've calculated the time; we need to go up the mountain around 5 a.m. (5 a.m.)."
"Mao Shi (5-7 AM)." Six o'clock. "That's still quite early."
Old Master Ruan immediately nodded, "Yes, it's too early, it will disturb the county princess's rest, perhaps..."
"I think I'll go to bed early tonight. Don't worry, I'll be there on time tomorrow."
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