Chapter 711: Chapter 711: Zhang Ping’an’s Gaze Chapter 711: Chapter 711: Zhang Ping’an’s Gaze Shu Yu heard some noise at the door and walked outside, just as Zhang Ping’an also looked up towards him.
Shu Yu nodded at him, and the latter quickly shifted his gaze away.
“Dahu is quite impressive,” he said to the old lady, “he knows many characters, and he’s especially patient. We had planned to keep them for dinner, but Dahu and Sanya wouldn’t stay, so I escorted them back.”
As he spoke, Zhang Ping’an handed over the basket of vegetables he was carrying, “My mother said that your family’s vegetable seeds have just been planted and aren’t ripe yet, so she sent me to bring over some vegetables.”
The old lady didn’t stand on ceremony with him and took it over, “Well, thank you very much. We’ve already cooked at home, stay and have some.”
“Oh no no no,” Zhang Ping’an quickly waved his hands, “We’ve also got our meal ready back at home, I’ll be leaving now, goodbye.”
Zhang Ping’an turned to leave, giving Shu Yu another glance before he did.
Shu Yu, however, was bowing his head, quietly speaking with Sanya and didn’t notice.
The old lady, on the other hand, raised her eyebrows. When Shu Yu looked up, he saw a weird expression on Grandmother’s face.
She looked down at herself, “What’s wrong, is there something on me?”
“It’s nothing, wash your hands and eat first.”
As Dahu headed towards the kitchen, he explained, “Grandmother, my sister and I were about to come back, but Aunt Zhang insisted on us staying, saying she had cooked our meal too. It took a long struggle before we could return, which is why we are late.”
Sanya quickly nodded beside him, “Yes, yes, we had a hard time. We couldn’t escape this or that and went through a long battle of wits with them, it was so tough.”
Shu Yu laughed, “It sounds like you’ve been to war.”
“No war, but I wasn’t hungry before, and now I’m starving,” Sanya patted her stomach and sighed like a little adult.
Adults are so hard to persuade, she thought to herself. She’s speaking clearly now, why can’t they understand?
Shu Yu was thoroughly amused by the expressions of the two little ones. It seemed that Aunt Zhang’s enthusiasm was difficult for the children to enjoy.
The family of four had their meal, and upon hearing that Shu Yu was going to look for river snails, the two little ones also excitedly clamored to join.
The old lady gestured grandly, and they all headed to the riverbank.
Shu Yu caught half a bucket full before proudly returning home. After soaking them in water, she went to the Manor.
Wang Changdong was quite puzzled, “What are you doing here so early?”
Shu Yu was taken aback by his question. If modern times had such great bosses, there wouldn’t be so many work drones.
He actually complained about her starting work too early?
Shu Yu smiled, “I came to organize the roster. Although there’s nothing wrong with the original one, I have my own familiar way of recording. I thought I might as well get it done now, so that later on the work could be done faster.”
Wang Changdong wore an expression of ‘you don’t have to explain, I understand’. He’s not unaware of how painful it was to look at the original roster, messy and probably only understood by the person who wrote it.
Shu Yu gave the small basket back to Aunt Fang in the kitchen, and then moved the table under the eaves.
The place was well-lit with enough sunlight but not so much that it was blinding.
Once she started working, Shu Yu got quite serious.
Wang Changdong passed by a few times and just saw her flipping through pages quickly.
Unable to hold back his curiosity in the end, he simply came over and asked, “How’s the sorting going?”