Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 227

As soon as those words came out, the smile on Second Master Wen’s face instantly collapsed.

That was the store he had been thinking about for two years.

But fortunately, his father and eldest brother were going back to the capital, and the family’s ancestral property would still be returned to him.

The corners of Second Master Wen’s mouth were about to go up again, but he heard Old Master Wen angrily say, “Are you thinking whether Girl Gu will withdraw the lease or not? Anyway, your family has to come back to the capital with me.”

“I’m not going!” Second Master Wen raised his voice anxiously. Seeing the old man’s face ashen, his eyes moved around, and he immediately added, “Father, eldest brother and even eldest nephew are returning to the capital to serve the imperial court, and you must go too. But what am I going to do there? I can’t do such a thing as not working to have a meal at home. I can take good care of my ancestral property at home…”

Every time he said a word, Old Master Wen’s face darkened, and finally Second Master Wen’s voice became lower until he dared not speak any more.

In front of Gu Yin, Old Master Wen didn’t scold him anymore, but made up his mind to take him along.

After she came out of the Wen Mansion, Gu Yin didn’t hesitate anymore. She was not a person who was unstable and it was the capital. She decided to go and have a look. She would look for a good store, and look for that person. If he clearly didn’t like her, or had a family, she wouldn’t be bothered anymore. The capital was not a small place, and it was possible to never meet again in a lifetime.

Gu Yin had already prepared for the worst, and attributed that feeling that had never occurred to the “suspension bridge reaction”, thinking that it was a chance meeting, not a deep feeling, and it would eventually be gone.

After returning, Gu Yin announced that she would go to Beijing with Old Master Wen after the Mid-Autumn Festival to inspect the new restaurant.

When Mrs. Wang heard that, her first reaction was great. Mrs. Xu told her that Xu Qingchuan would enter the imperial exam when the new dynasty came in power.

He had been preparing for many years. He would definitely be able to pass the exam, and enter Beijing to take the jinshi exam next year.

If he went to the capital and Gu Yin stayed in Hanshan Town, wouldn’t the marriage between the two families be impossible?

At that moment, they didn’t worry about that anymore.

Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xu frantically gave each other a wink, and the two giggled together, so much that their mouths could not close.

Gu Yin saw it, and inevitably asked what they were thinking.

Opening another store would certainly not make them happy like that.

“Nothing!” Mrs. Wang said.

Those days, she found that Gu Yin was always distracted, and when she asked her what was wrong, she couldn’t answer.

After letting the old doctor see her and confirming that she was not sick, Mrs. Wang guessed that the current situation had affected her—although Gu Yin said that the situation was not critical at the time, she had a temperament to just tell her good news and not the bad news. She was unwilling to tell her anything dangerous happened.

Thinking about it, Gu Yin didn’t have the heart to think about those things. So Mrs. Wang didn’t mention Xu Qingchuan at the moment, and only said, “Then let’s go back to Batou Village first. We can burn some paper money for your father-in-law and husband.”

Because she didn’t know the death anniversary of her husband and eldest son, Mrs. Wang burned paper money for them every year during the ghost day.

After all, in the tradition, the ghost gates were open in the Ghost Festival, and even the wandering ghosts without graves could enjoy the things burned by their family members. And Mrs. Wang was also going to formally tell them about her preparation for Gu Yin’s marriage that day.

Gu Yin had long agreed with Mrs. Wang to go back to her hometown to set up a tomb for Father Wu and Son Wu, so of course there was nothing wrong.

After the discussion, at the beginning of July, Gu Yin asked Manager Zhou to look after the store, and the family set off from Hanshan Town.

It was said that the army of the new dynasty had wiped out all the bandits and the world was much more peaceful. Especially in the vicinity of Hanshan Town, the rebel army chased down the abolished Emperor, and on the way removed all those cancerous tumors, so the place was even safer.

But to be on the safe side, Gu Yin still asked everyone to change into coarse clothes, and gave some money in addition, to catch a ride with the security bureau in Hanshan Town, and send them back at the same time as the delivery.

The horses in the escort were strictly selected, and their feet were much faster than ordinary horses.

When they went from Batou Village to Hanshan Town in the beginning, it took more than a month for them, but it took only ten days to go back.

On the tenth day of the seventh lunar month, Gu Yin and Mrs. Wang brought the two little kids back to Batou Village, a familiar place that felt unfamiliar.