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Before the sun set behind the western mountains, Gu Yuxuan safely returned Ziyan home.
At this time, Zi Lao Er and Zhou, the couple, had just come back from the riverbank not far from their door. They had been tidying up the seedling beds while worrying about whether Ziyan would return home safely.
As they returned home and set down their tools like shovels and hoes, they saw Gu Yuxuan leading Ziyan into the yard.
Once inside the yard, Gu Yuxuan greeted Zi Lao Er while leisurely letting go of Ziyan's small hand.
Ziyan called out to the three of them, "Dad, Mom, Sister, I'm back."
After walking such a long distance, she didn't feel particularly tired. Thinking about how it took over an hour to walk back from Hot Spring Valley, she marveled at how good the spring's fruits were and promised herself to visit more often next time.
As soon as Zhou and Ziying saw the two return, they hurried over to Ziyan's side.
Zhou asked with concern, "Daughter, are you tired?"
Ziying couldn't help but interrupt Zhou, "Oh Mom, let my sister sit down and rest for a while before we chat!"
Then she pulled Zhou and Ziyan over to sit on a bench next to the Stone Table.
Meanwhile, Zi Lao Er helped Gu Yuxuan take the backpack he was carrying and placed it on the Stone Table.
Feeling its weight, he asked, "You went out with one backpack; how did it turn into two? Did He Shou Wu sell for a good price?"
As Zi Lao Er asked this, he raised his hand to help Gu Yuxuan take off another large backpack from his shoulder.
Gu Yuxuan did not refuse. Once Zi Lao Er helped him unload the backpack, he sat down next to Ziyan at the Stone Table.
Ziying looked at the two full baskets with wide eyes and stepped forward to rummage through them.
Zhou glanced at Eldest Daughter and shook her head, saying, "You can't just pour a cup of tea for Gu Young Master and your sister before looking, can you?"
Hearing her mother's gentle command, Ziying stole a glance at Gu Yuxuan and then withdrew her gaze, saying "Oh," before turning around and running to the main room to serve tea.
Ziyan smiled and said, "Mother, it's fine. We're not thirsty; we've had plenty of natural Mountain Spring Water on the way here."
Originally wanting to claim that Gu Yuxuan was Gu Yuxuan's Zhou was now being clever.
Looking at Gu Yuxuan, she said, "Thanks to Gu Young Master taking care of us on this long journey back and forth, it must have been hard for Gu Young Master."
"Mother—your daughter is the one who has it hardest on such a long trip for the first time."
Ziyan angrily interrupted Zhou's words and threw a provocative glance at Gu Yuxuan, making Zi Lao Er feel a bit uncomfortable.
"Yan'er, how can you speak like that? It's disrespectful."
Then she turned to Gu Yuxuan with a silly grin.
"Little Yu—oh no, I mean, Gu Young Master, please don't mind. This girl has been spoiled by me and her mother to the point of being unruly; I apologize for her behavior."
Thinking that his daughter-in-law had already started calling him Gu Young Master, there was no reason for him to still call her Gu Yuxuan!
In the midst of speaking, Ziying had already brought out two bowls of tea. She placed one bowl in front of Gu Yuxuan, who didn't even lift his head but simply said thank you indifferently. Ziying then handed the other bowl to Ziyan.
Ziyan took the tea, took a gentle sip, and then stood up to bend over and rummage through the things in her backpack.
First, she took out all the fabric and explained who it was bought for and what kind of clothes were being made, of course including the fabric bought for Gu Yuxuan and Gu Chaoyang.
Thinking that neither Gu Yuxuan nor Gu Chaoyang would be sewing much, she handed all the fabric over to Zhou and her sister, as she completely understood nothing about needlework and could only rely on them.
Additionally, she handed a light purple hairpin to Ziying. Ziying, receiving the hairpin from her sister, smiled widely with joy.
Ziyan also intended to take out the two handwritten illustrated books to show everyone, but aside from Zi Lao Er flipping through them a few times before returning them to Ziyan without recognizing any words, no one else showed any interest.
Ziyan thought that as long as one person flipped through them, it would be fine; after all, they couldn’t read, so she could easily make up stories later. She couldn’t help but feel a bit pleased with herself.
Seeing how much Ziyan had bought back, Zhou and Ziying were surprised as they received the fabric.
Then they almost simultaneously asked, “How much did this He Shou Wu sell for?”
“Not much, just over twenty taels,”
On the way back, Ziyan had already greeted Gu Yuxuan and decided not to tell her family that He Shou Wu had sold for so much money. She was afraid it would either scare them or that people in the village would find out there were valuable treasures in the mountains, which could lead to trouble.
Human nature is greedy; although these people were afraid of entering the forest, Ziyan believed that was just not enough temptation—it was simply human nature.
Zi Lao Er and Zhou were both honest people, while Ziying was carefree and straightforward without any guile. In such circumstances, it would be easy for anyone to let something slip.
Rather than risk that happening, it was better to keep it from them.
As for the large denomination one-thousand-tael silver note that he secretly hid, it was just a piece of paper, not difficult at all.
In fact, even if it was said that the basket of He Shou Wu was worth more than twenty taels of silver, it was already enough to astonish and excite the others from the Zi Family present, because even Zi Lao Er could only sell the best snake for three to five taels of silver, let alone over twenty taels.
The first to laugh out loud in excitement was Ziying.
"Wow, that's amazing! Sister, let's dig up more He Shou Wu to sell in the future!"
"Of course! Alright, Parents, Brother Yuxuan, you all can take a break and chat for a bit. I'll go prepare dinner with my sister."
She looked up at Gu Yuxuan and winked, hinting for Gu Yuxuan to remember not to let anything slip.
Ziyan claimed that some small silver coins in her hand were the remaining ten or so taels after purchasing twenty taels worth of goods, and then handed them over to Zhou.
Once that was done, she called Ziying to help her move all the food from the basket onto the steps by the well. Ziyan first opened the package of Bird's Nest and spread it out on a nearby tray.
Ziying merely glanced at it, thinking it was just some ordinary food and not paying much attention. In fact, Ziying and the other two family members didn't even know what Bird's Nest was.
However, when Ziyan took out a small pile of large bones without any meat on them, Ziying began to frown, especially upon seeing the two disgusting pieces of Pig Intestines beneath the bones. Ziying immediately covered her mouth and exclaimed.
"My goodness, sister, what is this? These things can't be eaten!"
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