Chapter 13: Breaking into the Ancestral Hall to Visit Uncle

As expected, Yu Meixue was stunned. She never expected that her niece could guess the truth.

Subconsciously shaking his head and waving his hands to refute, Li Yaoguang no longer believed it. He was only fully convinced that his guess was true and he would not listen to his aunt's misleading anymore. He was determined.

"Aunt, please don't hide it from me. I'm not stupid. I know the taste of ginseng. Besides, considering your and my uncle's situation, your monthly allowance is often deducted. How can you have extra money to buy ginseng for me? It must be my uncle who has made up a plan! Now that the incident has happened, my uncle must have been beaten by his biased, cowardly and cowardly parents, right? Where is he now? Is he in the turtle soup? In the ancestral hall?"

Seeing that her niece hit the nail on the head, Yu Meixue nodded sadly and said yes, as there was nothing to hide anymore.

Li Yaoguang felt guilty and blamed himself, so he became angry. He was extremely angry at this unfortunate Marquis' Mansion and this unfortunate feudal society, but he could not vent his anger in front of his aunt. After thinking for a while, he took out two silver coins from his arms, actually transferred them from space, and stuffed them into the other party.

"Take this money, Auntie."

"What?" Yu Meixue was stunned at first, but after seeing clearly what her niece had stuffed into her hand, she became anxious, "Guang'er, where did you get this money?"

"Don't panic, auntie. This is what I earned. Take this two taels first. Whether you use it to order food from the kitchen when you are hungry or to give as a reward for socializing, it will be useful in any situation and will prevent Fangcao and Lvliu from being unwilling to do your bidding."

"No, where does a kid like you get the money? I don't want it. I have money."

"Aunt, don't lie to me. Where did you get the money? If you really had money, how could the green willows be like that just now? What the lady in the Marquis' Mansion said sounds good, but I know what's going on inside. My uncle said it's ten taels a month, Yangyang eight taels, and you still have five taels, but what's the result? Which month can you get the full amount on time? Aunt, it's not that only you and uncle have raised and saved me wholeheartedly, but you don't allow me to repay you when I am able to. This is my filial piety. If you don't accept it, then I won't live in this Marquis' Mansion anymore. I will go out to beg for food tomorrow with a broken bowl."

Yu Meixue held the silver in her hand and watched her niece's actions. How could she not know that this was just a child pretending to be silly to cheer her up?
But precisely because of this, Yu Meixue feels that relatives are always relatives. No matter when and where, she will always be thinking about you and knows how good you are to her.

After thinking about it, Yu Meixue didn't act pretentiously. She took the money with a smile and didn't forget to praise the child, "Okay, okay, I will also enjoy the filial piety of my niece." After putting the money into the box of the Duobao Pavilion at the end of the kang, Yu Meixue sighed with a smile, "I never thought that I would enjoy the blessing of a child at such a young age."

Li Yaoguang didn't mind being teased by his aunt and being able to dress up to entertain her parents, but thinking of his uncle who was beaten and punished to kneel for him, Li Yaoguang said, "Aunt, you haven't visited my uncle yet, right? How about we prepare some things and I'll go check on him so we can feel at ease?"

Yu Meixue wanted to see it of course; she wanted to see it very much! It was because of the family rules and the strict discipline of illegitimate children in the mansion. She was afraid that if she acted rashly, her husband would be guilty of a greater crime, so she had been enduring it until now.

Now that her niece said she was going, Yu Meixue was both happy and worried, but the words that came to her lips showed her disagreement.

"Forget it. The rules in the mansion are strict. Not to mention that the ancestral hall is not close to our Green Garden, there are countless maids and servants along the way, too many eyes. Even if you get there smoothly, your uncle is kneeling in the ancestral hall, and there are people guarding inside. I'm afraid you can't see him. If he is discovered and reported, your uncle is afraid... Oh, forget it. It's better not to go."

"Aunt, I have a good plan. Don't worry. My uncle went to the ancestral hall yesterday. Judging from the character of the Marquis, I'm afraid he hasn't eaten anything yet. I just bought some cakes. Please pack some for him. Also, is there any boiled water or tea in the house? If so, bring a pot and put it in the food box I just brought. I'll send it over right away."

"You really have a solution? Is it okay?"

"Don't worry, I'll go and give it a try. If I don't see anyone, I'll come back. I'm just a cousin from the Outback, but I'm still a relative. The Marquis' Mansion has to save face, so they won't do anything to me even if they find out. Aunt, get ready quickly."

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away." Hearing her niece's words, Yu Meixue also hurriedly moved, "It just so happens that I secretly boiled a pot of water in the side room this morning. It should be cool by now. I'll find something to pack and you can take it with you."

"it is good."

Soon, the aunt and nephew put the peach cakes, mung bean cakes, a pot of boiled water, and a big duck pear into the food box. As for the rest, under the watchful gaze of the little cousin, Li Yaoguang smiled and pointed to her aunt, asking her to put it in the place where snacks were usually kept in the house. The little cousin then smiled with satisfaction and continued to work hard on the big duck pear in his hand.

Thinking about his uncle, Li Yaoguang did not stay long and was about to leave.

Yu Meixue sent Li Yaoguang to the gate of Green Garden, and did not forget to remind him earnestly, "Guang'er, be careful. If you can't see anyone, take care of yourself and don't get into trouble with others."

"Don't worry, auntie, I know."

After bidding farewell to his reluctant aunt, Li Yaoguang carried the food box and walked around the main road where the maids usually took, avoiding people and taking the less crowded path towards the ancestral hall. He successfully avoided two groups of servants who were cleaning the house and successfully arrived outside the gate of the ancestral hall.

Looking at the position of the sun in the sky, it was about to set, around the beginning of the 3:00 p.m., and there was no one outside. The two huge black lacquered doors of the ancestral hall were closed, and faint voices could be heard from inside.

Li Yaoguang moved lightly, knowing that he would not be able to open the door with his status. Although the ancestral hall was in the backyard of the marquis's mansion, it still had high walls and heavy doors. He was short-handed and had no tools to help him, so he could not get in.

Fortunately, although the wall is high, it is beautiful, and there are hollow windows every few meters on the wall, which gives her some convenience.

Li Yaoguang tiptoed to choose an empty window on the wall nearest to the main door, put down the food box, and climbed up as nimbly as a monkey. He tried to grab the window edge with his hands, stepped on the wall with his toes, and leaned his head with his face against the cold blue bricks that blocked the window. He listened carefully to the movements inside, and saw two old women sitting opposite each other behind the heavy black wooden door.

An old woman pulled at her skirt to fan herself, complaining, "This damn weather, it's already so hot in May, it was cool at this time of year in previous years."

Seeing her companion getting impatient, the other woman smiled and tried to comfort her, "Old sister, I'm afraid you are just getting angry, and that's why you find the heat unbearable."

The fanning old woman spat and could not help but nod in agreement, "I'm afraid that seeing Tian Gan doing such a mediocre job, I think it's impossible for me not to be angry. You are nothing like me, you are kind-hearted and fat, no wonder you are not hot."

"Haha, why are you teasing me, elder sister?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yaoguang secretly retracted her head, landed lightly on the ground, looked around, and found a large bunch of roses not far away that could completely cover her figure. She picked up the food box and swiftly ran over.

After looking around and making sure that there was no one around, Li Yaoguang slipped into the space with the lunch box in hand. After putting the lunch box down, she ran to her small recording room.

She already had an idea of ​​how to get into the ancestral hall in her mind, and now all that was left was to see if it would work.

(End of this chapter)