Yang Ruxin smiled as she walked over, "How does it feel to work?"
"Tiring!" Yang Rusong admitted frankly, "I always thought studying was hard, but now I find these chores harder than studying..."
"What suddenly made you want to come over to work?"
"I just wanted to experience the life you used to have." Yang Rusong lowered his head slightly, "I always thought I was the one who had it tough, I assumed that the chores you did were nothing much, but now..."
"Studying is a very joyful thing," Yang Ruxin nodded and then raised her hand to pat his shoulder, "A good official must understand the hardships of the people, someone who is not diligent and understanding of the basic essentials, who doesn’t know gratitude and how to give, can only be a corrupt official..."
Yang Rusong nodded, the master had said the same thing.
"Keep it up, I’ll pay you for your labor when we’re done," Yang Ruxin said with a grin, then turned to leave.
Yang Rusong was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly took a few steps after her, "Big sister..."
Yang Ruxin turned around.
"Thank you," Yang Rusong said sincerely.
Yang Ruxin nodded her head then left, knowing that deep down, the Yang family children weren’t bad, it was just their upbringing that had led them astray.
However, whether they could completely return to the right path was something that would only be revealed in time.
But at that moment, his sincerity was genuine, and she was willing to give him the chance to be trusted.
Originally, the Fang family’s old master had only invited Yang Ruxin to his birthday banquet, and according to etiquette, taking just one or two people would have sufficed, but Yang Ruxin had decided that the whole family would go.
"If we bring so many people, will they have room for us?" Sanni worried.
"I never said we’d stay with the Fang family," Yang Ruxin laughed, "We can stay at an inn. On the actual day, I’ll just go in to offer birthday wishes, and the other two days, we can enjoy exploring the county town..."
"Or maybe I won’t go," Erni hesitated, "I could stay and watch the house." She felt leaving for three days was a bit long.
"Stay for what?" Yang Ruxin frowned, "We can have Aunty Feng and Ayao help out for a few days. Besides, what’s there to steal at our home?" The valuable items were all stored in the space; thieves couldn’t steal what wasn’t there.
Erni immediately fell silent.
"Alright, no storytelling tonight, everyone pack up and get an early night’s rest. We’re heading to the town early tomorrow to switch to a carriage to the county city..."
"But Xin’er, it’s a county magistrate’s house, just bringing some embroidery, is that alright?" Xun Hui also worried, "Won’t it seem too modest?"
Yang Ruxin smiled, "We’re peasants, not wealthy. These are hand-made by us, a sincere gift, it’s not bad at all."
Xun Hui then breathed a sigh of relief.
After that, no one else had any objections; after all, none of them had ever been to the county city before, and they were all quite excited.
At midnight, while Yang Ruxin had been fast asleep, a burning sensation in her palm suddenly woke her up. She looked at her hand and saw the blood drop glowing as if something was moving inside.
She realized she hadn’t been in her space for a long time; she usually just used her mind to retrieve items. She remembered she had planted crops in there too. So, after glancing over at the person beside her, still deep in sleep, she hurriedly slipped into her space. When she saw the crops, Yang Ruxin was somewhat stunned,