PFC Chapter 196 Arriving Home After Dark
Chapter 196 Arriving Home After Dark
As for the sugar workshop, Xiao Siyue doesn't plan to build it anymore. Firstly, raw materials are scarce. In this era where there isn't enough food, it's already good enough that some sugarcane can be grown here. If it were to be produced in large quantities, it probably wouldn't be enough. She'll make plans a few years later when everyone has enough to eat.
Besides, things are valued for their scarcity, right? This workshop produces quite a bit of white sugar.
There's also the business she's doing with Mu Xuan; she doesn't really need to worry about those, she just needs to wait to collect the money.
Thinking about it that way, it doesn't seem like there's much to it.
Oh, right.
Some time ago, she bought a farm and planted the fruit trees she had acquired there. Now, only a few months later, they still need someone to take care of them.
She needs to write down how to care for these fruit trees and give it to the people on the estate, so that they can eat fresh fruit in two years.
After arranging everything, it was getting late, with only about twenty days left until the Lunar New Year.
Xiao Qinian has already taken care of things and plans to set off back tomorrow.
When Xiao Siyue left this time, she took everything she could, and she wouldn't be coming back. If she left anything behind, Xiao Qinian and the others would have to take it with them later, so she might as well take it all with her now.
Xiaojia Village
After half a month of travel, Xiao Siyue and her group finally arrived at Xiaojia Village.
Even though we rushed back, it was already evening when we got back, and it was almost dark.
They didn't send a message home before they returned, so the Xiao family didn't know.
The carriage did not stop and went directly to the Xiao family's door.
"Dad, the gate is already closed. Grandpa and Grandma must be resting now." Xiao Siyue was wearing a thick cotton coat, a fluffy hat, and holding a small hand warmer.
For the past few years, Xiao Siyue has been living in Qianyuan County, where the weather is warm. Even in winter, it's not very cold; a thin cotton-padded coat is enough. But now that she's in Xiaojia Village, Xiao Siyue feels as if she's in a world of ice and snow.
Even though she was dressed so warmly, Xiao Siyue was still shivering from the cold and curled up into a ball.
At that moment, she had only one thought: to hurry back to bed and warm up.
"It shouldn't be there yet. I'll have Lai Xing knock on the door." Xiao Qinian looked at Xiao Siyue, who was shivering from the cold, and felt very sorry for her.
Actually, I'm also very cold. He hasn't been back for almost six years, and I'm still not used to this kind of weather.
Lai Xing arrived at the gate and knocked on the door several times: "Is anyone home?"
A moment later, a man's voice came from inside: "Coming, coming, who is it?"
The door opened, and a man came out. He looked at Lai Xing with a puzzled expression: "Who are you? What do you want?"
Upon hearing the sound, Xiao Siyue poked her head out from the carriage.
“It’s me, Uncle Li.”
"Miss, you're back."
Uncle Li, the housekeeper of the Xiao family's old residence, was pleasantly surprised to see Xiao Siyue.
“Yes, yes, I’m coming back with my parents for the New Year.” Xiao Siyue said as she got off the carriage, followed by Xiao Qinian and Lin Qin.
"Third Master? Third Master is back too!" Uncle Li exclaimed loudly upon hearing Xiao Siyue's words. He had never seen Third Master return since he came to the Xiao family, but he had always heard the old master of the family mention him, knowing that Third Master was the most successful member of the Xiao family and was now serving as an official in another place.
When Li Bo saw a young man, refined and handsome, step down from the carriage, he was momentarily stunned.
Is this the Third Master? He remembered that the Third Master was already thirty-five or thirty-six years old, but he still looked so young.
Moreover, his overall demeanor was unlike anything he had ever seen before. Although he appeared gentle and approachable, he unconsciously made people feel a sense of pressure.
"Greetings, Third Master." Seeing Xiao Qinian approaching, Uncle Li quickly bowed.
"Uncle Li, get up," Xiao Qinian waved his hand to signal Uncle Li to get up.
"Third Master, please come in. The Old Master and the Old Madam are both in the hall." Uncle Li stood up and led the people in, who were standing to the side.
The old man and his group were chatting in the hall.
"Sigh, the New Year is just four or five days away. I wonder if Yue'er and the others will come back." Old Mrs. Xiao looked outside every now and then.
"I guess she's not coming back. The third son didn't mention it in his last letter." Old Master Xiao was also very melancholy. It had been more than a year, and he missed his beloved granddaughter very much.
"Grandpa, Grandma!" A clear and cheerful voice rang out.
This made Old Lady Xiao think that there was something wrong with her ears.
"Old man, did I just hear wrong? I heard Yue'er calling you Grandpa."
“I heard it too.”
The elderly couple exchanged a glance and immediately got up to go outside.
Before the two could leave, a chubby little girl rushed into Old Lady Xiao's arms.
"Grandma, do you miss me?" Xiao Siyue threw herself into Old Lady Xiao's arms, nuzzled against her, and asked sweetly.
"Oh my, it really is our Yue'er! Yue'er, you're finally back! Of course, Grandma missed you so much!" Only then did Old Lady Xiao confirm that it was her beloved granddaughter.
"Hehehe," Xiao Siyue got out of Old Lady Xiao's arms and looked at Old Lady Xiao carefully. She was the same as before, with no change.
Xiao Siyue was finally satisfied. When she was in Qianyuan County, she would always send some tonics home, hoping that the two elderly people could recover their health.
Now that the two are quite old, she hopes they can live a long life.
Xiao Siyue looked at Grandpa Xiao again, and it was the same. Although he was old and his skin had lost moisture and his face was full of wrinkles, it was not hard to see that he was in good health.
Both of them also focused their attention on Xiao Siyue.
Compared to a year ago, Xiao Siyue has grown much taller, and her face is even more delicate.
"Our Yue'er is getting prettier and prettier. Let Grandma take another look," said Old Mrs. Xiao, stroking Xiao Siyue's little face.
"Hehe, that's because Grandma is pretty, that's why Yue'er is pretty too." Xiao Siyue was also very happy. She was very satisfied with her current appearance. She was delicate and petite, with the potential to be a classic beauty. However, she was still young. In a few years, she would definitely be a great beauty.
"Hahaha, our Yue'er's little mouth is getting better and better at talking. Grandma is getting old, how can she still be pretty?" Old Mrs. Xiao laughed so hard that her eyes disappeared.
“Grandma isn’t old at all, isn’t she, Grandpa?” Xiao Siyue winked at Grandpa Xiao.
Grandpa Xiao didn't expect his granddaughter to tease him, but he still said, "Yes, Yue'er is right, you are all good-looking."
Hearing this, Old Mrs. Xiao felt secretly pleased, but she still glared at Old Mr. Xiao from the side.
"You old lewd man."
Old Master Xiao thought to himself, "I'm just praising you, why are you still unwilling?"