Chapter 886: Return to the County Town
Not just Lu Dasong, the old lady and others who were originally planning to get on the mule carriage also stopped in unison, abruptly turning their heads to look at her.
Hurrying over, the old lady asked, "Yu, are you planning to repair the ancestral tomb?"
"Yes, I’m essentially returning home in honor, so it’s only proper to refurbish the ancestral grave," Shu Yu replied.
The old lady frowned and said, "Why would we need you to do that? The old man has three sons; let them handle it. Though they’re not of much use now, when they have money later on they can..."
"Grandmother," Shu Yu interrupted her, "now is the most appropriate time."
Lu Erbai, who was standing by, nodded after a moment of silence, addressing the old lady, "Mother, Yu is right. She’s returning home in glory, having become the Village Chief, when everyone’s already talking about it. The villagers know the content of the Imperial Decree, including the Gold bestowed by the Emperor. Today Yu went up the mountain to offer sacrifices to our ancestors, and after coming down she proposed repairing the ancestral tomb; everyone feels Yu is filial and grateful."
Shu Yu might not care about her own reputation, like how she took an axe and ran to the Ruan family to cause trouble, indifferent to being labeled unfilial.
But Lu Erbai, being her father, doesn’t think the same way. Yu is coming of age soon, followed by marriage; the refurbishment of the ancestral tomb would only be beneficial for her.
The old lady, upon hearing this, also thought it made sense.
Nevertheless, she couldn’t help but glare at her three sons, thinking that if they were more capable, it wouldn’t fall on the grandchild Yu to take up this task.