Chapter 881: Braised Meat

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Madam, aren’t we too useless?” Su Mei and Su Lan walked forward nervously.

“Hmm?” Ye Muyu continued to eat a mouthful of vermicelli, scooped a mouthful of soup with a spoon, and slowly drank it. She saw that the two of them looked like they were about to cry, but they didn’t dare to.

Su Mei frowned slightly, feeling a little worried.

“What’s wrong with you guys?” Ye Muyu asked gently.

Perhaps it was because her attitude was too gentle, Su Mei directly knelt down. “Madam, are we useless if we’re illiterate?”

Su Lan also nodded. “This servant wants to help Madam do more things. If this servant cannot read, does that mean Madam will not need this servant anymore?”

“I see.” Ye Muyu finally understood what they meant. “How about this? I’ll send you to Ziluo and learn from her for two hours every day. You’ll be able to read ordinary words in about half a year.”

Su Mei and Su Lan quickly knelt, expressing that they would definitely learn well.

“Alright, then you guys should get up quickly. Grind the ink first. When Zhang Cong comes, you can start.”

Su Mei and Su Lan split the work.

One of them helped to grind the ink, while the other helped to lay out the paper.

After Ye Muyu finished eating the vermicelli, Su Mei quickly went up to clear the table and wiped the table clean.

Soon, Zhang Cong came over.

After kneeling and bowing, he stood up after Ye Muyu called out to him.

“Sit over there. Just remember what I said.”

Zhang Cong quickly walked over, sat down, and wrote down the list of gifts.

Su Lan was grinding the ink and would occasionally look down to see how the words were written.

Su Mei did not have the chance, but after Zhang Cong finished writing, she put the piece of paper aside and waited for the ink to dry before showing it to Ye Muyu.

With help, the speed was much faster.

After spending an hour and a half, he had almost finished writing the first rough version of the gift list.

Seeing that it was getting late, Ye Muyu asked them to stop. After putting away the list of gifts, she called the other servants to come in and clean up.

She got up, changed into her cloak, and walked out of the house. The sky was getting dark.

When Madam Hu saw her coming out, she came out of the kitchen with a lunchbox in her hand. “Madam, the braised food is ready. This servant will send you over.”

“Has Chu Heng come back?” Ye Muyu did not delay things. She got up and walked out. She did not bring any servant girls, only Madam Hu followed.

Madam Hu smiled and said, “Madam, the Master came back at some point, but he saw that you were busy in the room, so he didn’t come in. He asked this servant to take care of you before he went out again. He said that after you were done with your work, you could go directly to the old residence.”

“I see.”

When the two of them walked into the village, they saw many children playing around. Some were using bamboo poles to make bamboo cannons while others were lighting them up.

For a moment, it was very lively.

The little girls wore a red headdress on their heads, while the little boys wore a red cloth. They looked very festive.

“Madam, everyone in the village is doing better this year.” Madam Hu sighed from the bottom of her heart. “Madam, you don’t know, right? The chickens and ducks raised in the firewood mountain usually need fodder.”

“The children in the village can now find fodder and sell it. They can earn some money every month. It’s much better than before.”

“Moreover, the village has started to make pickled cabbages. Although the price is low, we don’t have to worry about not being able to sell them.”

With a source of income, life would naturally be better.

“It’s pretty good.” Ye Muyu had always wanted to improve the lives of all the commoners so that her family’s business would be better.

It was a mutually beneficial matter.

Soon, they arrived at the old residence.