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Chapter 290 Red Hare Delivers the Goods
In contrast to the chaos and turmoil at the Duke's mansion, Hu Family Village was eerily quiet.

In the dead of night, the occasional bark of a dog could be heard.

The autumn wind fell from the mountaintop and circled around the village houses a few times.

Then it circled around a few clumps of wildflowers.

Several snakes, following the clues in their surroundings, slowly crawled towards a large tree in the village, where there were some mud pits containing many loaches and eels.

There are also some dry foods that can be stored for a long time.

That was food that the villagers had stored up for the snakes. As winter approached, this food would allow the snakes to conserve their strength and survive the winter safely.

Not far from the mud pit is the General's Shrine, built by the villagers for the general's tomb. The wooden building is two zhang high, and a wooden plaque hangs in front of the beam with the words "General's Shrine" written in large characters.

Several snakes sensed the movement, stopped eating, raised their heads, and headed towards the source of the disturbance.

They sensed Xiao Ayu's presence and originally planned to finish their food, then stand guard outside her house until dawn before leaving.

Previously, when Xiao Ayu lived in the village, the snakes would do the same thing, but they would leave before dawn so that the villagers wouldn't know.

There were indeed two suspicious-looking people near the General's Shrine; it was Chitu who had just met Chiding.

Red Hare handed the several-layered package to Red Ding, instructing him, "This is a thousand times more important than our lives and fortunes. You must personally deliver it to the young master!"

Chiding didn't know what was inside and wanted to open it to take a look, but Chitu stopped him: "Don't look. The fewer people who know what it is, the less risk there is."

"Where did this come from? How did something suddenly appear?" A ridiculous thought popped into Chi Ding's mind, and he couldn't help but ask, "Is it Miss Ayu?"

"Hmm." Speaking of this, Red Hare almost forgot something.

He pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and stuffed it into Chi Ding's arms: "This is also for the young master. It's an IOU, and the young master needs to make up the difference. The old lady of the Wang family sold this to me, but she didn't have enough money, so she could only give me an IOU."

Chi Ding gasped, "You have two thousand taels on you, isn't that enough?!"

Since arriving in Hujia Village, they learned that a daily wage of 20 coins was considered extremely high, and many people worked themselves to the bone for a month and only earned 80 or 90 coins.

Therefore, their perception of prices was greatly refreshed. Two thousand taels could buy so many Wang Family Steamed Buns!

"Never mind all that. The IOU has already been written. Just give it to the young master. Don't delay, set off now. Ride Chasing Clouds." Red Hare gave Red Ding a few more instructions, making him fully realize the importance of the matter before letting him go.

In fact, Red Hare was more suitable for the mission. His lightness skill was better, and he could run fifty miles even when he used up all his true energy. He was the strongest among all the guards of the Red family.

But because of his strength, he had to stay by Miss Ayu's side.

The young master had already said that no matter what happens, Miss Ayu's safety must be the top priority.

This can be seen from the fact that the young master left them behind.

The next morning, Tangyuan got up early, swept up the fallen leaves in the yard, and then went to the kitchen to boil water.

As soon as the water was heated and brought into the room, Xiao Ayu woke up.

Upon seeing Tangyuan, Xiao Ayu smiled and asked, "Sister Tangyuan, did you sleep well last night? Did you have any fun dreams?"

While wringing out a towel for Xiao Ayu, Tangyuan replied, "She slept very well and didn't dream."

Strangely, she often had dreams, and when she woke up she was always extremely tired, even irritable.

But miraculously, she slept well here and felt much more relaxed.

Unbeknownst to her, the resentment she had been harboring had long since dissipated.

It seems that being shameless and insisting on staying by the little master's side back then was the right decision.

"Little sister Ayu, are you awake?" A voice suddenly called out from outside.

"Hey, I'm awake!" Little Ayu called out loudly, though she didn't know who it was.

(End of this chapter)