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Chapter 454 News Elsewhere

While General Zhang and his entourage were being tormented, Xiao Ayu also returned to Hujia Village with Liu.

Because it was winter, many flowers and plants along the way were not in bloom, and some even looked desolate and withered.

Wang Aibao looked worried, and Liu Shi didn't look much better either.

Red Hare drove the donkey in front, and the little lamb followed beside the donkey cart.

No one spoke.

Tangyuan took a food box from the overhead cabinet in the carriage, took out some pastries from it, and placed them in front of the group.

"Third Miss, Eldest Miss, would you like some pastries?" Tangyuan lowered her voice, and seeing that the two shook their heads, she pushed the pastry box in front of Xiao Ayu.

"Thank you, Sister Tangyuan." Little Ayu wiped her hands with a handkerchief before taking the pastries, but instead of eating them herself, she stuffed them into Liu's mouth.

Caught off guard, Liu hurriedly said, "Ayu, you eat, Mother doesn't want to eat."

But Xiao Ayu didn't care about any of that. She took a new one and stuffed it into Wang Aibao's mouth.

"Grandma always said that no matter what happens, you have to fill your stomach. You didn't eat much at noon, so you must be hungry now. I can hear your stomachs growling!" Little Ayu said seriously. "Even if you're sad, you have to have a full stomach so you have the energy to be sad!"

Little Ayu was also worried about her second uncle and aunt, but she felt that she couldn't help them now, so she had to eat well and sleep well.

To keep everyone in my family healthy.

Otherwise, if Grandma goes there, she'll have to worry about Uncle and Aunt, and also about whether the family members are eating properly.

That must be so tiring!
Both of them felt somewhat helpless.

They really didn't feel like eating.

When something happens to a family member and you don't know the details, you're naturally worried.

They don't have the clear-headedness of children.

The more you think, the more worried you become.

“Young master is right. No matter what, we shouldn’t mistreat ourselves. If the old lady knew, she would be heartbroken!” Tangyuan whispered to comfort them. “Besides, our young master is a lucky charm. Everyone in the village can benefit from her good fortune, let alone her family. Second Master and Second Mistress are bound to be blessed by heaven. They will definitely be alright.”

Seeing that it wasn't working, Tangyuan didn't dare to say anything more.

She was just a maid; no matter how much she said, it was just a servant trying to control her master.

Seeing that Tangyuan had given up, Xiao Ayu took a couple of bites of pastry, wiped the crumbs from her mouth, and, encouraged by Tangyuan's gaze, spoke up again: "Mother, Aunt, the teacher said that if we think of something in a positive light, it is very likely to turn out well, but if we think of it in a negative light, it is likely to turn out badly. If you are frowning now, thinking that something big has happened to Second Uncle and Second Aunt, you might think that everything is bad even though there was nothing wrong at all."

These words are somewhat malicious, but coming from a child, they do hold some truth.

Wang Aibao sighed and patted Liu's hand: "Sister-in-law, Ayu is right. We shouldn't go back to the village so depressed. We're going back to pray for blessings."

If I go back to the village looking like this, the villagers will inevitably ask a lot of questions, and too many people will gossip, which is really not good.

Liu forced a smile, her face finally looking less grim.

They returned on the tenth day of the eleventh lunar month, when a small temple fair was being held in the village, which ended in the afternoon.

From afar, you could see a large number of people coming out of Hujia Village one after another, chatting and laughing, creating quite a lively scene.

Someone recognized Old Wang's donkey cart, but when they saw that the driver outside was Red Hare, they didn't recognize him for a moment.

Little Ayu poked her head out first.

Immediately, someone greeted her with a smile: "It's Ayu! Who did you come back with? Is there no school in town today?"

Little Ayu smiled sweetly: "Grandpa Luo, my mother and I have asked our teacher for leave. We want to come back to the village to visit."

"Good boy." The man was carrying a cloth bag containing sugarcane and maltose that had been offered at the temple fair, naturally products of Hujia Village.

As he spoke, he reached into the bag and took out some candy, handing it to Xiao Ayu from a distance.

"No need, Grandpa Luo, I still have plenty of candy at home. Grandma won't let me eat too much, she says it will rot my teeth."

"What an obedient child. Now you should go home. I'm going home too."

Besides Grandpa Luo, people from other villages also came to talk to Xiao Ayu one after another, and Xiao Ayu was very patient, responding to each one.

She could call out the names of most people once she had met them, knowing their surnames. For those she had only met but didn't know their names, Tuanzi would remind her in her social media space.

After receiving Ayu's greeting, everyone went back and told their families, "We saw Little Lucky Baby from Old Wang's family today. That child is so well-behaved, and she even called out to me. Maybe I'll get some of her good fortune in the next few days."

Everyone else shared this view.

Xiao Ayu's reputation as a lucky charm had already spread beyond Hujia Village. Many people would come to the village's small temple fair without fail, partly because they wanted to run into Xiao Ayu.

Going to town is too far, and it would also delay other people's children.

Meeting someone in the village actually makes you seem more sincere.

"Who do we have here to welcome us? It's Fu Bao from our village!" A cheerful voice rang out from behind the crowd as the donkey cart stopped at the village entrance.

Little Ayu jumped off the donkey cart and ran towards the other person.

"Big brother!" Little Ayu ran towards Wang Dalang and instinctively reached out her hand to him.

Wang Dalang also prepared to pick up Xiao Ayu.

Xiao Ayu, however, caught a glimpse of Qu Shuqiu standing beside her.

He quickly withdrew his hand, put it behind his back, and said to Qu Shuqiu, "Hello, future sister-in-law. I didn't mean to hug my big brother. He's yours!"

Liu had once told Xiao Ayu that once her brother was engaged, they shouldn't be too close, lest her sister-in-law be unhappy.

Previously, Qu Shuqiu was shy, but recently she has become interested in the sugarcane workshop in Hujia Village and has been staying there for a long time.

The villagers are simple and honest, but they also love to joke, something Qu Shuqiu has long since mastered.

She answered with exceptional cheerfulness: "What's the big deal? Your older brother talks about you all the time. Now that he's finally back, let him give you a good hug so you won't always envy other people who have younger sisters."

Wang Dalang smiled and stepped forward, picked up Xiao Ayu in his arms, and then lifted her high up and placed her on his neck.

Little Ayu cried out in fright and quickly clung to Wang Dalang's neck.

Then there was a burst of laughter.

The sight amused Xiao Zhang and Wang Aibao, who got off the bus later, and they couldn't help but laugh along.

The melancholy in my heart has dissipated considerably.

The group went to the General's Temple to pay their respects, offered incense to General Hu, and then visited the village chief before returning to Old Wang's house.

Along the way, they saw that the village had changed dramatically.

In the middle, there are still large fields planted with various grains. The beans that Xiao Ayu had improved before are now also planted in different categories.

The surrounding mountains were planted with sugarcane, which was now slowly ripening and growing lushly, a truly delightful sight.

Many villagers were busy in the fields, greeting them as they saw them, looking quite content.

Once they returned to the village, they indeed felt much more open-minded.

So they decided to stay for two more days, since they had already taken three days off anyway.

By the third day, Xiao Ayu and the others living in Hujia Village were not in a hurry, but General Zhang, who had been leading them around in circles, was getting anxious.

Seeing that they were all so thoroughly tormented that they dared not speak out and had no desire to play at all, Chi Ding finally let go.

"Chief Chi, you must know the purpose of our visit. If we delay official business, I will report this to the Duke!" General Zhang, though a clay figure, still has a temper, not to mention that he is a military officer.

Chi Ding smiled and said, "It seems that General Zhang is quite dissatisfied with my hospitality these past few days. If our Duke asks about it in the future, I will tell him the truth."

They also emphasized the word "us".

Remind General Zhang that the Anguo Duke's Mansion and the Yongguo Duke's Mansion are rivals.

The fact that they handed over Princess Yongchang's token to her was already more than enough for the Duke of Yongguo's mansion to ask for more.
Sorry, that's not possible.

Just then, someone whispered something in General Zhang's ear, and General Zhang's expression changed: "Is this true?"

They wandered around Nanhe Town for several days, and their son was almost crippled by him. But then they found out some definite news about Princess Yongchang elsewhere!
(End of this chapter)