Chapter 248: Walking With Your Head Lowered, Reverently Fulfilling Your Duties
“Sir! Master! Please wait a moment!”
The group halted, standing still as the breathless minor official ran over.
“Huff…”
He stopped, catching his breath, nearly doubled over, before asking, “Why are you both leaving in such haste, sir and Master?”
“We’ve had breakfast already; how can this be considered hasty?” Song You replied.
“Since there is nothing left for me to do in the city, I naturally must head to the villages outside,” the monk added calmly. “It wouldn’t be right to delay.”
“But today is New Year’s Eve,” said the minor official while bracing himself with both hands on his knees as he looked up at them. “Why not wait until after the holiday to depart?”
“New Year’s Eve is a fitting time to drive away the plague,” the monk responded.
“In a year of great calamity, how can the people celebrate the New Year?” Song You remarked.