readsfreenovel Chapter 178 Going to the Village Again
Chapter 178 Going to the Village Again
That day, Xiao Siyue planned to go to the estate again.
Because the corn she had been longing for was finally ready to eat—boiled corn, her favorite.
Xiao Siyue got up early in the morning, tidied herself up, and went to find Lin Qin.
She remembered saying before that she would bring Lin Qin with her next time she went to the estate.
Xiao Siyue ran to the dining room, where Xiao Qinian and Lin Qin were having breakfast.
Xiao Siyue greeted the two of them sweetly: "Good morning, Dad and Mom."
"Good morning, Yue'er," Lin Qin replied affectionately.
After Xiao Siyue sat down, a maid brought her a bowl and chopsticks.
Lin Qin asked in confusion, "Why is Yue'er so happy today?"
Xiao Siyue lifted her head from the bowl: "Hehe, Mother, I plan to go to the estate today, let's go together."
"Today? Sure, I don't have anything planned today." Lin Qin immediately agreed. She hadn't been out for the past two months and was thinking of going out for a while.
"Hehe, Mother, I definitely won't let you down today." Xiao Siyue raised her eyebrows and said mysteriously.
Xiao Siyue's words caught Xiao Qinian's attention.
"Yue'er, I'll go with you."
"Father, aren't you busy today?" Xiao Siyue asked, puzzled. Her father had been so busy lately that she hadn't seen him at all, so she hadn't planned to invite Xiao Qinian to the estate.
"Well, I'm not too busy today," Xiao Qinian replied. He had indeed been extremely busy lately, but he couldn't keep doing that forever. Today, he finally managed to take a break and decided to relax.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Siyue said she was going to the manor, and it seemed there was some surprise in store, so he wanted to go and see.
"Okay, then, Father and Mother, let's eat quickly, and then we'll leave." After all, the village isn't very close, and it will take some time to get there.
After having breakfast, the group packed up and boarded a carriage to head to the estate.
As soon as they arrived at the estate, Li Fu led his men out to greet them. He had been dealing with estate affairs when he heard his men say that a group of carriages was coming this way.
He guessed that it was someone from the host family coming, so he put down what he was doing and went out to greet them.
When Xiao Qinian lifted the curtain of the carriage, Li Fu was surprised. He did not expect that it was actually the master who came this time.
They rushed over to help him up.
Xiao Qinian helped Li Fu down from the carriage, and then turned around to help Lin Qin and Xiao Siyue down as well.
"Greetings, Master, Madam, and Miss," Li Fu and his men bowed to Xiao Qinian and the others.
"Well, how has Li Fu been lately?" Xiao Qinian nodded and asked politely. Li Fu was someone she had sent to the estate, and more than two years had passed since then. Li Fu had been doing a good job.
"Thank you for your concern, sir. Thanks to you, I am doing well." Li Fu was still somewhat flattered, as he had not expected to receive Xiao Qinian's concern.
He felt a surge of excitement and secret joy, which he immediately suppressed.
"That's good, let's go in."
"Please, sir." Li Fu stepped aside and led the way. Xiao Qinian walked slowly toward the manor, with Lin Qin and Xiao Siyu following behind.
Upon arriving at the estate, Xiao Siyue did not immediately go to see the corn, but instead followed Xiao Qinian to the main hall.
He figured that since Xiao Qinian had come all this way to the village, he must still have some questions for Li Fu. He figured it wouldn't be too late to go see the corn after he had dealt with those matters.
Sure enough, once inside the house, Xiao Qinian started talking to Li Fu about things on the estate.
Xiao Siyue wasn't very interested in these things.
Lin Qin listened attentively from the side, after all, she was in charge of the affairs of the manor, and the estate was also under her management.
However, in the past two years, the crops planted on the estate have all been potatoes and sweet potatoes, which have also been used as seeds. To this day, the estate has only had expenses and no income.
To be honest, although this estate is not big, the annual expenses are quite high. However, none of that matters. After all, nothing is more important than good seeds than money.
Therefore, they didn't feel bad about spending this money.
After the others finished speaking, Xiao Siyue finally spoke.
"Li Fu, are there any problems with the corn we planted before?"
"Please rest assured, Miss, nothing has happened. For a while, many birds just flew in to eat us, but we dealt with them all," Li Fu replied with a smile.
Li Fu made it sound so easy, but Xiao Siyue knew that this was not so simple. Corn is very attractive to birds when it is just ripe, especially now that there are not so many pesticides.
Their usual approach is to have someone keep watch over things. This isn't a big deal during the day, but it gets more troublesome at night. Although the weather isn't too cold these days, it's still nighttime, dark, and people are tired, making it difficult to get through.
It wasn't that Xiao Siyue insisted on doing it this way, but these corns were just too important to be taken lightly.
"Thank you for your hard work. In a little while, you can all go to Chun Tao to collect your silver. This is a reward for your hard work during this time," Xiao Siyue said with a smile.
"It's all we should do. Thank you for your kindness, Miss. I'll tell the others later. I'm sure they'll all be very happy," Li Fu said with a cheerful expression.
Xiao Siyue gestured for Chuntao to leave. This was something she had asked Chuntao to prepare long ago, as she had mentioned it when she came last time.
After Chun Tao left, Xiao Siyue said to Liu Xiaoyu, who was standing to the side, "Xiaoyu, you should go down too. Go see your family. It's been two months since you last saw them, hasn't it?"
Liu Xiaoyu was overjoyed. She hadn't seen her family for a long time, and hadn't returned since leaving with Xiao Siyue.
She was thinking of telling Xiao Siyue later, but Xiao Siyue brought it up instead.
"Thank you, Miss. I will take my leave now. I will greet my parents and then come to serve you immediately."
"It's alright, no rush. There's nothing much going on here. You and your family can spend more time together." Xiao Siyue wasn't the kind of person who was heartless. Now that they were at Liu Xiaoyu's family's place, she was still pressuring Liu Xiaoyu to take care of her.
"Yes," Liu Xiaoyu said happily as she took her leave.
After the others left, only Xiao Siyue and Xiao Qinian, along with their respective maids and servants, remained in the room.
Xiao Siyue was left with only Lan Yi by her side.
Liu Xiaoyu ran excitedly to her home.
"Father, Mother, I'm back."
Mr. and Mrs. Liu were already waiting at home. They had gone to see Xiao Siyue and her group when they came in earlier, and knew that their daughter would probably come, so they waited at home.
"Xiaoyu, let your mother take a look." When Liu's mother saw her daughter, she smiled and pulled Liu Xiaoyu up and down.