Chapter 246: Master’s Arrival(4)_1
Late in the day, Third Aunt Mu had to leave to prepare dinner. Despite her repeated invitations to Sister Wei and her siblings to visit her home, she was refused. Reluctantly, she bid them farewell, full of anticipation, and took her daughter home.
Sitting on the warm kang in her own home, Cai Wei wasted some more time. It was already mealtime, but she truly did not want to go to the main room to meet with those people. Just thinking about their greedy and hypocritical faces made her feel like throwing up, so where could she possibly have an appetite for food?
She procrastinated until Shenshi. By this time, the majority of people had already started their second meal of the New Year. It was getting hard for Cai Wei to hide any longer, so she had to bite the bullet and, with Wu’er and Cai Fei, left home and headed towards the old mansion.
As they left the courtyard, she suddenly noticed smoke coming from Jiujin’s chimney, indicating that someone was lighting a fire. This surprised her greatly.
The Zhou family wasn’t originally from our village. They were from the neighboring Zhou Family Village and moved here because it was closer to the mountains and convenient for the father and son to go hunting. They never miss going back to their old house in the Zhou Family Village to celebrate New Year with the elders. Furthermore, given the relationship between the two families, they should have informed her family if they had returned to the Mu Family Village.
So, who could be lighting a fire at the Zhou’s house at this time?
Cai Fei noticed it too, pointing at the rising smoke in surprise and says, "Older sister, look.."
Cai Wei calmly replied, "I see it. You and Wu’er go back inside, I’ll take a look and be right back."
Cai Fei looking anxious, responded, "I’ll go with you."