Chapter 640 - Chapter 640: Chapter 640: Troubles Arise During Zhongyuan Festival (Part 7) (1/2)

Chapter 640: Chapter 640: Troubles Arise During Zhongyuan Festival (Part 7)

“What’s going on? What does this letter say?”

Curiously, the ancestor watched the old madam unwrap the paper strip.

The great-great-grandma didn’t answer. Upon finishing, she was so shocked that she suddenly stood up, her hands trembling as they held the paper strip.

“What’s the matter, old woman?”

The ancestor was also curious.

The old lady, no longer able to care about talking with him, pushed him aside, and then loudly ordered the servants.

“Hurry up! What are you doing dawdling? At any cost, we must stop those clan members coming from Macheng County! Quickly!”

“Yes, Old Madam!”

“What… What is going on?”

The old man was confused!

“We were wrong! We were all wrong!”

The old lady almost collapsed in her chair, beating her chest and stamping her feet full of regret!

“Old man! We pushed away the wealth that was within our grasp! We were wrong! We were all wrong!”

Let’s leave how regretful everyone was at the moment for now.

On the other hand, Liu Sisi and the others were riding in carriages, rushing back home overnight.

Having missed the place to stay, the group took shelter at a small farmhouse. However, doing so caused them to miss the pursuing troops sent by the Di family.

This farmhouse was a genuine small courtyard, with just a fence enclosing it, plus four rooms.

Everyone spent the night outside in the courtyard, all sitting on the temporary stools borrowed from the elderly farmer, chatting idly about everything under the sun and passing the boring time.

Although the summer nights were hot, it started to cool down at midnight, especially in a farmhouse in the hilly area. Mosquitoes buzzed in their ears, and one bite would cause a large bump.

Adults could endure it, but children obviously couldn’t.

So Liu Sisi and Di Yelei discussed it, and finally decided that the children and married women would sleep in the carriages, plugging the gaps in the curtains to have a rest inside.

One carriage was assigned to the nanny and the three children, one to Ms. Zhao alone, and another shared by YingEr and Xuan’er, as Ying’er was only six years old, not yet at the age when boys and girls had to sleep separately at seven years old.

As for the last carriage, Liu Sisi surveyed everyone and called Xiao Feng and Ms. Xin: “There’s one more carriage available, so rest inside. As long as you block the gaps well, there will be no mosquitoes, and it will be much more comfortable.”

The rest were all men, so they could sleep on the ground without any worries.

Xiao Feng didn’t move: “I can forge iron. I don’t need any special care.”

Meanwhile, Ms. Xin next to her burst into laughter: “Xiao Feng, I saw you sneaking tangerines the other day. With a belly like that, are you pregnant? If it was just you, it wouldn’t be a big deal if you were tired, but if you hurt the child in your belly, then… ”

Her words were cut off, but everyone’s eyes were focused on Xiao Feng’s belly.

“This, it… it shouldn’t be possible, right?”