Chapter 152

After agreeing with the apprentice of the carpentry shop on the time to deliver the furniture, the mother and daughter left.

Jiang Xiaoxiao held a letter in her hand, which she wrote specifically for Jiang Yu, just taking this opportunity to come to town to send it out.

Sending letters in ancient times requires going to a specialized post station, called a postal relay station.

The postal relay station of this era has been very well developed. Due to people's increasingly urgent requirements for communication, businessmen who go out, workers, soldiers forced to go on expeditions in war-torn years, and people who fled their hometowns to escape famine all need to communicate with relatives and friends, especially businessmen in various places, in order to exchange business information, negotiate trade, and send bills with each other, so the business of sending letters among the people also emerged.

The post station is equipped with special postal donkeys and horses for sending letters. On the main road for sending letters, a post station is set up every thirty miles. In the process of sending letters, you can change people and horses at the post station, so that official documents or private letters can be passed on from station to station.

However, the price of sending letters is not cheap, starting at least one tael of silver, and generally only rich families can afford to send them.

Jiang Xiaoxiao's letter to the capital costs three taels of silver.

Although expensive, she could only grit her teeth and accept it, because this letter must be sent to the capital to Jiang Yu.

In the letter, in addition to wanting to ask Jiang Yu if the problem with the Sun family's merchant ship was his doing behind the scenes, she also wanted to ask about the situation of the snow cake and ice cream business in the capital...

If it is also popular in the capital, they can develop the ice cream and snow cake business to the capital in the spring and summer of next year.

Jiang Yu had already left his address in the capital before leaving, and Jiang Xiaoxiao only needed to tell the post station manager.

At this moment, a man walked over, his distinct fingers pushing the envelope onto the counter: "Send this letter to the capital."

"Alright, please wait a moment." The manager who was burying his head in recording the address responded.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was puzzled in her heart when she heard the sound. How could someone else want to send a letter to the capital?

She looked up and couldn't help but be stunned. Shen Que?!

The man in front was wearing casual clothes, the material was ordinary fine ramie cloth, and he didn't carry a saber at his waist, which was rare. He looked like an ordinary person from an ordinary family, but his aura had an invisible pressure, making people not dare to underestimate him.

Shen Que also saw her, his eyebrows raised slightly: "Little girl of the Jiang family?"

While speaking, his gaze couldn't help but fall on the letter she had just submitted, and the "To Jiang Yu" written like a dog's crawl on the envelope came into view.

Jiang Xiaoxiao could feel a moment of silence from the other party. She laughed and changed the subject: "What a coincidence, is Master Shen also sending a letter to the capital?"

"Hmm." Shen Que responded faintly, his fingers moving slightly to show her the writing on his envelope, on which was written in powerful handwriting: To Jiang Yu.

Now it was Jiang Xiaoxiao's turn to be silent.

She silently covered the dog-crawl writing on her envelope with her small hand, thinking: I've lost all face...

Shen Que acted as if he hadn't seen her small movements and said faintly to the manager inside the counter: "Send my letter together with hers."

After saying this, he took out six taels of silver and placed them on the counter.

"Hey, okay, okay."

The manager responded repeatedly, seemingly seeing that Shen Que was not an ordinary person. Without waiting for Jiang Xiaoxiao to react, he skillfully packed the two letters together.

Jiang Xiaoxiao opened her mouth, but still swallowed the words back.

Forget it, anyway, they are both sent to Jiang Yu, and there is no difference between sending them separately and sending them together, and it even saved her three taels of silver.

The two walked out of the post station together. Jiang Wei was waiting outside with a bag of honey sugar cakes. They left home in a hurry this morning and hadn't eaten breakfast yet, and they still had to look for shops in town, so she took the opportunity of Jiang Xiaoxiao sending the letter to buy some food nearby to fill their stomachs.

"Master Shen?" Jiang Wei saw the two walking out of the post station together, and her expression, which was usually expressionless, couldn't help but be stunned.

Jiang Xiaoxiao walked quickly to her mother's side and briefly explained what had happened just now in a few words.

After Jiang Wei finished listening, she stood up straight and bowed slightly to Shen Que: "Thank you, Master Shen."

Shen Que stood still, just raised his hand to support her virtually, and said faintly: "Outside of official business, no need to be so polite."

Jiang Xiaoxiao heard his words and couldn't help but look at his casual clothes again. This Master Shen usually carried out official duties outside, almost never leaving his official uniform and saber, and today he was rarely dressed as an ordinary person. Could it be that he was on vacation?

According to the laws of Dayin, officials rest every ten days to visit relatives, which means that civil servants will rest for one day after working for ten days, take a bath and change clothes, shave their hair and face, and can also go home to visit the old and young, and husband and wife can reunite...

Thinking this way, Jiang Xiaoxiao's gaze couldn't help but slide over Shen Que's face secretly. That face looked more energetic than before, with less seriousness and coldness, and a few more points of approachability and imperceptible relaxation.

Sure enough, whether it is modern or ancient, there will be no good mood when working, and only after getting off work will it be completely relaxed.

"... Master Shen, since there is nothing else, then the commoner will first..." Jiang Wei exchanged a few pleasantries and wanted to say goodbye and leave, but Jiang Xiaoxiao's stomach growled at this time.

The two looked at her in unison.

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..."

She covered her face helplessly.

Shen Que rarely had a smile on his face: "It's getting late, and I'm just about to go to Yuelai Restaurant for breakfast. If you have nothing to do, let's go together."

Jiang Xiaoxiao wanted to refuse as soon as she opened her mouth. Although her family had a good relationship with Jiang Yu, they were not very familiar with Shen Que, and the other party was a dignified County Lieutenant. Eating together was really impolite.

However, before she could open her mouth, her mother agreed first: "Okay."

Thus, the three walked towards Yuelai Restaurant.

Shen Que walked slowly in front, and the mother and daughter followed closely behind on the side.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at her mother for a while, and then looked at the man walking in front who was still imposing even without wearing an official uniform, feeling very uneasy in her heart.

No way, her mother wouldn't be interested in this Shen Que, right?

Although this Shen Que looks like he doesn't show his mountains or water, he doesn't know what kind of person he is in private, and this guy is not long-lived according to the original plot.

I hope her mother will never fall into it...

Jiang Xiaoxiao prayed silently in her heart, and not long after, she arrived in front of Yuelai Restaurant.

The waiter in front of the shop saw Shen Que and hurriedly greeted him, respectfully shouting: "Second Young Master Shen."

Shen Que nodded slightly, his footsteps didn't stop, and he strode into the restaurant.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was pulled by her mother and followed into the restaurant. The waiter saw this and leaned over and whispered: "Xiaoxiao, why did you come with Second Young Master Shen?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao gave him a rather helpless look.

"Eh?" The waiter scratched his head in confusion, just wanted to ask again, and was called over by Shopkeeper Zhou in the next second.

"Send this to the private room on the second floor for Second Young Master Shen."

"Yes." The waiter didn't dare to delay and hurriedly carried the tray to the second floor.

Jiang Xiaoxiao noticed that in addition to the pre-prepared meals, there was also a large bowl of ice cream on the tray...

She couldn't help but feel ashamed.

It had been so long since autumn, and this guy was still eating ice cream, and who would eat ice cream while eating, not afraid of getting a stomachache...

(End of chapter)