The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1177: Zhe Jue, Where’s Brother Molian?

Chapter 1177: Chapter 1177: Zhe Jue, Where’s Brother Molian?

"Alright then."

Lu Qiubo had no objections and nodded directly.

As long as it wasn’t wasteful, it was fine by her.

"Granny, Third Aunt, while it’s still light out, I’m going to pick some chestnuts from the mountain. The New Year’s almost here; it’s nice to have a stash of chestnuts to fry and eat," she said, glancing at the sky and addressing the two.

"You’re heading up the mountain at this hour?"

Lu Qiubo too lifted her gaze to check the time of day.

However, she didn’t say much, having grown accustomed to doing whatever her granddaughter suggested.

"Then off you go, but come back soon. Don’t venture too deep into the mountain; just pick around the edges. It’s dangerous inside."

...

As dusk just began to fall, Lin Caisang returned from the mountain with a bamboo basket full of spiky chestnuts. When she passed through the village, there were hardly any people on the road.

It was cold; everyone had gone home for dinner and nobody was out for a stroll.

"I wonder how Brother Molian is..."

As she walked past the courtyard of Ya Molian’s house, Lin Caisang instinctively peered inside, muttering under her breath.

Yet before she could finish her sentence, the sight of a lit lamp in Ya Molian’s room gave her pause, and involuntarily, her steps halted.

"Why is the light on?"

She asked herself, puzzled.

Ever since her Brother Molian had left, his room’s lamp had never been lit. Why would it be on now?

"Could it be..."

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she blinked rapidly.

Rushing back to her own courtyard, she placed the bamboo basket down and then stepped back out the door.

"Sangsang..."

Lin Changhong had just come out of his room when he saw the familiar shadow in the courtyard. After instinctively calling out her name, he stared in surprise as his sister walked straight out.

"It’s getting dark; where is Sangsang going?"

He walked over and glanced at the spiky chestnuts in the bamboo basket.

Granny mentioned that Sangsang had gone to pick chestnuts in the mountain. He hadn’t expected her to bring back so many. He hadn’t noticed Sangsang being particularly fond of chestnuts before.

"So many! Let me take care of these."

Picking up the basket, he tipped the spiky chestnuts onto the ground and started to extract the nuts one by one.

"It seems I’ll need to pick more tomorrow; Sangsang definitely likes them." Otherwise, why would Sangsang pick so many? She must have done so because she likes them, he reasoned.

...

At Ya Molian’s home.

Zhe Jue carried a wooden basin out of the kitchen, pouring water in the courtyard. Just then, he looked up to see Lin Caisang enter the yard.

"Mistress, have you come over?"

"Zhe Jue, where’s Brother Molian? Is he in his room?"

Both voices rang out simultaneously; Lin Caisang asked urgently.

She hadn’t received any news from Brother Molian for some days now and was quite worried. Yet unexpectedly, it turned out Brother Molian had already set out from Shaohua City to return home.

It seemed she had been worried for nothing all this time.

Not waiting for Zhe Jue’s response, she walked toward Ya Molian’s room, but then...

"Mistress, the lord left as soon as he arrived and hasn’t returned yet. I don’t know where he has gone," Zhe Jue called out, stopping her in her tracks.

He had thought the first thing the lord would do upon arriving back in Ya Village was to see the mistress, but it seemed that wasn’t the case.

"He left?"

Lin Caisang stopped and looked at Zhe Jue.

She naturally believed that her Brother Molian would definitely come to find her; what could be more important than seeing her?

The next moment, she suddenly turned around and, after stepping out of the courtyard, she walked straight into her own home.