"This is perfect, I’ve been missing Mom and Dad."
"Mom, are we going ho?" In the past few days, Lele and Yangyang had been on holiday, and as they played nearby, they overheard their parents’ conversation and asked a question.
"Yes, we’re going ho, back to Yangshu Village."
"Is Yangshu Village beautiful?" Yangyang asked another question.
"To , Yangshu Village is the most beautiful place." Yangshu Village, a small village, naturally could not compare with a county town, but that place gave one a sense of belonging that no other place could offer.
"Then, does Yangshu Village have a river? Does it have a river as beautiful as Yanghe?"
Yanghe was the most beautiful river he had ever seen, even surpassing Lanjiang River, with its flower-like characters, various colored stone animal carvings, rockeries, and colorful pavilions. The surface of Yanghe River also had many water lilies, how beautiful they were.
"Yangshu Village doesn’t have Yanghe, but it does have the ocean. The drunk crabs, drunken shrimps, and the scallops in your scallop porridge all co from the sea." She touched the silver lock with a black pearl embedded in his necklace, adding, "There are also pearls in the sea, and the one you’re wearing around your neck cos from there."
"Wow, so there are so many treasures in the sea?" Yangyang exclaid, "Mom, when we go back to Yangshu Village, can I go boating on the sea?"
"Of course, you can."
Upon hearing this, Yangyang was thrilled, "Then, when we go ho, I want to go boating on the sea with Uncle Qingtong." Yang Qingtong had spent most of the past half year in Mianyang and had returned to Funan in September. Here, Yangyang had ford a very deep bond with him, often ntioning him fondly.
"Mom, why can’t we go ho right now?" Lele asked.
"We have to wait for your dad. The new county magistrate sent by the court to replace your dad hasn’t arrived yet, so we need to wait a bit longer."
"Oh."
Yangyang then ran over and pulled at him, "Brother, let’s go treasure hunting at sea when we get ho. There are even pearls in the sea; we should try catching so."
At that, Lele rolled his eyes and thought to himself that you can’t just scoop up pearls as if they were stones.
Seeing Lele ignore him, Yangyang started to tickle him.
"What are you doing?"
Yangyang crossed his little arms and said, "That’s for ignoring ."
"Hmph, I’m going to ignore you even more." Little Lele turned his head and darted away, but Yangyang chased after him.
The two little ones were tugging and pulling at each other.
"Madam, First Madam Li has sent soone with a gift."
"What is it?" Yang Chuxia asked casually.
Sister-in-law Li, upon hearing this, looked rather troubled as she said, "Madam, they said they brought ganoderma, but we didn’t dare to open it and don’t know what’s inside. However, considering ganoderma is quite a precious item, I thought I should ask you first if you want to accept it."
"Did they send it alone, or was it sent with other gifts?" Yang Chuxia pondered for a mont before asking.
"It ca with the New Year’s gifts, but the person who brought it seed to make a point of saying there was ganoderma among them."
"Our New Year’s gifts haven’t been sent out yet. Since that’s the case, go to the storeroom and take out a ginseng, and wrap up so of the blood swallows from the Capital City to include with our return gift." After a pause, she added, "If there are any New Year’s gifts from other families, make sure to report to imdiately if there’s anything particularly valuable on the list."
"Yes, madam, I will go and take care of it."
After Sister-in-law Li left, Ye Zi’an asked, "Why would the Li Family send such a valuable gift?"
"It’s all for the sake of her son."
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