Due to an unexpected onset of her period, Cai Wei couldn’t enter her spatial artifact, and the white tiger couldn’t get out. She had to temporarily remain in Qingyun Town for a few days until her period was over. As a result, she had to buy some necessary items for the next few days, such as: two sets of clothes for changing, a few feet of white cotton cloth and a jin of good cotton to be used as menstrual bands, and some other items such as spiced meat, green salt for tooth brushing, a comb, brown sugar and so on.
Without the spatial artifact, she had to carry all her purchases by herself. It wasn’t long before her arm, which was carrying the bag, started to feel sore. As she was on her period, she felt a little weak, and her strength was noticeably less than before. After walking for a while, she started sweating profusely. Luckily, she spotted a teahouse ahead and decided to take a break and have a cup of tea before she moved on.
Without her spatial artifact, she could only sit in the main hall of the teahouse for her tea and not in an upstairs private room. This was because she didn’t have a lot of silver with her. Even the money she used to buy things today was obtained by pawning the jade bracelet from her wrist. Since she normally didn’t carry silver with her, she would take it directly from her spatial artifact whenever she needed it.
There were still a few more days before her period would end, and she didn’t know what might happen during this period. Therefore, she had to be careful with the silver she got from pawning her bracelet.
The teahouse was noisy with all kinds of people, most of them were short clothes Gang wearing commoners’ clothing. Occasionally, there were one or two wearing robes, which were all old and ragged. These reminded her of the kind her dad used to wear. The wealthy people dressed in silk and satin, looking high and mighty, went directly to the rooms upstairs.
Cai Wei only wanted to have a cup of tea and rest for a while before leaving. So, she wasn’t too particular about her surroundings. After ordering a cup of tea, she just sat quietly in her spot and enjoyed her drink slowly...
A green parrot flew in from the window and landed directly on Cai Wei’s shoulder, attracting the attention of many customers in the teahouse.
The parrot squawked, but due to her current inability to access her spatial artifact, Cai Wei couldn’t communicate with it mentally. Therefore, to her, the parrot’s calls sounded no different from any other parrot’s. Luckily, Cai Wei knew what to do. She picked up the parrot and skillfully retrieved a letter from each of its legs. Then, she called for the shop assistant and ordered a plate of salt-fried peanuts for it.
The two letters that the parrot brought back were respectively written by Manager Li and Mu Zhongqing. She opened Manager Li’s letter first, which was brief and mentioned only that the severed head of the old demon should be burned in the refining stove for twelve hours. Once this was done, the ashes should be collected, sealed in a jar, and buried under an ancient pagoda, where they should be sealed for over a hundred years. This would ensure the demon could never reincarnate!
Relieved by this news, Cai Wei knew she could handle burning the stove for twelve hours as she had previously mentioned burning it for three days and three nights. So, even in her absence, Chang Mei and the Great Immortal Turtle would certainly handle things without any mistakes. With this, that damn Demon Dao would finally be completely eliminated!
After a sigh of relief, she opened the letter from her dad. She had not contacted home for several days and was slightly worried.
The letter from her dad was lengthy and talked about matters related to the tavern, the cloth shop, the dim sum shop, as well as her mother’s pregnancy, and the studies of the two kids. The most critical issue mentioned was that the whole family had moved back to Duke An’s Mansion!
The letter explained that the Old Madam from Duke An’s Mansion had sent for Lady Mei, claiming that a concubine of the manor should not stay outside for long. However, Lady Du and Cai Fei were not comfortable with Lady Mei returning alone, so they all returned together.