Chapter 430: What Can’t Be Said?
After eating breakfast, they loaded the mountain goods onto the horse-drawn cart.
Wang Yongzhu and Song Chongjin were going to town today to deliver the goods and instructed Wang Yongfu to pay extra attention when receiving the goods today. They also told Wang Yonggui to start from today, every day, to receive mountain goods with Wang Yongfu. When no one was around, they were to bring along the children from home and teach them how to identify counterfeit mountain goods.
After getting all their house affairs in order, the two of them drove the horse-drawn cart toward town.
Because the cart was fully loaded with mountain goods, the mule walked slowly. Now, in the refreshingly cool autumn, the morning breeze carried a hint of chill, which felt somewhat cold against the skin.
Wang Yongzhu was wrapped in a thin cloak, and inside the bamboo tube she held was hot rice wine whipped with two eggs, stirred until silky. One sip, sweet to the taste, warmed her all over.
This was prepared by Old Granny Zhang early in the morning, with plenty of brown sugar added—perfect for a young girl to drink.
Song Chongjin seldom had such moments, alone with Yongzhu without any disturbance. Even in silence, she felt content, and the corners of her mouth remained slightly upturned.
Wang Yongzhu drank a few mouthfuls of the eggy rice wine and felt warm. She then held the bamboo tube to warm her hands and chatted idly with Song Chongjin.
"First, we’ll deliver the mountain goods, then go to the dye house to buy some cloth. It’ll be good to bring with us next time we go to Chongzi Gou. Afterwards, we can visit your two mentors. You don’t have any objections, do you?"
Song Chongjin naturally had no objections, "You may decide. Let’s take care of the important matters first. I suppose those two mentors don’t have anything serious, so let them wait."
From the tone of Song Chongjin’s voice, it seemed that her relationship with those two mentors wasn’t too great.