Chapter 306

"Is that so." Jiang Wei smiled, but there was not the slightest bit of laughter in her eyes, "Since that's the case, then I won't force it. You go back and work hard."

Wu Sanshen finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'll be going first."

After saying this, she fled back to the soap workshop as if escaping.

Jiang Xiaoxiao, however, frowned and asked: "Mother, this Wu Sanshen clearly didn't tell the truth, why do you still want to keep her?"

"Keeping her under my nose makes it easier to see what kind of tricks she and the Zhao Family are going to play." Jiang Wei said calmly.

Jiang Xiaoxiao nodded as if she understood. This Wu Sanshen must have received quite a few benefits from the Zhao Family, otherwise, she wouldn't have refused to let her daughters come to the soap workshop to work.

Anyone who came to work in the soap workshop earned at least five hundred wen a month; two daughters combined would be one tael of silver. Wu Sanshen was not someone who viewed money as dirt; for her to make such a decision, there must definitely be a greater temptation waiting for her.

With this, having made a decision in her heart, the mother and daughter left the soap workshop.

Just as they arrived home, Jiang Xuelian ran over excitedly, as if she couldn't wait to share some good news: "Xiaoxiao, a pigeon suddenly flew into the house, a very big one, and it's quite fat too. Let's make some pigeon soup to eat tonight!"

"A pigeon?!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly reacted and asked in a panic: "Where is the pigeon, did you kill it?!"

"N-no..." Jiang Xuelian didn't expect Jiang Xiaoxiao to have such a big reaction, and hurriedly pointed in the direction of the kitchen, "I tied it up in the kitchen, I haven't killed it yet."

Before Jiang Xuelian could finish her words, Jiang Xiaoxiao rushed into the kitchen like a gust of wind.

Pushing open the door to look, a chubby pigeon was being held down on the chopping board by a kitchen knife, flapping its wings and struggling to escape.

Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao, the pigeon seemed to have seen a savior, letting out "Coo, coo, coo..." sounds.

Jiang Xiaoxiao, watching this scene, felt both helpless and amused.

She walked up, removed the kitchen knife, and rescued the pigeon. Just as she was about to speak, the pigeon flapped its wings and flew straight at her face!

Jiang Wei, who had arrived, saw this scene, took a step forward, and slapped the pigeon away.

Jiang Xuelian also rushed up angrily and said: "Good, you little beast, Xiaoxiao kindly saved you, and you actually wanted to scratch her face. Let's see if I don't turn you into braised pigeon today!"

After saying this, she rolled up her sleeves, picked up the pigeon from the ground, and pinned it down on the chopping board.

"Wait!" Jiang Xiaoxiao stopped her in time, "It didn't want to scratch my face just now; it should have wanted me to see something."

Just now, the pigeon seemed to be rushing at her face, but in the few seconds when her mother rushed up, its claws didn't touch her face at all, but instead kept signaling for her to look at its claws.

Jiang Xiaoxiao's gaze landed on the pigeon's claws, and sure enough, she saw a small bamboo tube the thickness of a thumb tied to it.

"Is it this thing?" Jiang Xuelian also saw the bamboo tube on the pigeon's claws, took it off in one go, and handed it to Jiang Xiaoxiao.

Jiang Xiaoxiao took the bamboo tube and couldn't wait to open it, and sure enough, she saw a letter paper rolled into a ball inside.

She pulled out the letter paper and unfolded it; it was actually a letter from Shen Que!

Jiang Xiaoxiao's face instantly showed a look of surprise: "Mother, it's a letter written to us by Lord Shen!"

Hearing this, Jiang Wei couldn't help but show a look of surprise and cast her gaze on the content of the letter paper.

It was indeed a letter written by Shen Que himself.

Shen Que had lived in their house for some days, and she could still recognize his handwriting.

Jiang Xiaoxiao began to read the letter carefully.

Shen Que explained in the letter that he was safe and told them not to worry. He said that he had encountered some trouble on the road, and for his own safety, he would not show himself recently.

At the end of the letter, he also emphatically mentioned the crystal core that Jiang Xiaoxiao had given him, saying that it had been a great help to him...

After reading the content of the letter, Jiang Xiaoxiao could basically confirm that Shen Que was not dead!

Jiang Wei's face also showed a smile: "Alright, now you can rest assured, Shen Que is fine."

"Mm-hmm!" Jiang Xiaoxiao happily picked up the pigeon on the chopping board, gently stroked the pigeon's head, and said softly: "Thank you for your hard work, this trip must have been very tiring, right? I'm really sorry for letting everyone misunderstand you just now."

"Coo, coo, coo..."

The pigeon raised its head, gently pecked Jiang Xiaoxiao's finger, and made a cooing sound.

"Is it hungry?" Jiang Xuelian scratched her head in embarrassment. At this moment, she also realized that she had been too impulsive just now and had almost killed the great hero who brought the letter.

Although she was illiterate and didn't know what was written in the letter, seeing the happy expressions on the faces of Madam Jiang and Xiaoxiao, there must be something very important written in the letter.

She hurriedly grabbed a handful of millet and held it out to the pigeon to feed it.

"Coo, coo, coo!"

As soon as the pigeon saw the millet, it couldn't wait to start eating.

Looking at this, it was truly extremely hungry.

Jiang Xiaoxiao smiled, and after feeding the pigeon, she carried it to the second-floor balcony.

She placed the pigeon on the table, while pulling out a piece of paper from the side of the table and beginning to grind ink.

She also had to write a reply to Shen Que.

But when she finished writing the letter, rolled it into a ball, and put it into the bamboo tube, the pigeon stayed motionless on the table and wouldn't fly.

"Hey, you can't be like this. You ate my family's rice, so you have to help me deliver this letter to Lord Shen."

Jiang Xiaoxiao poked the pigeon with her finger, but it remained motionless, squatting on the table with an air of indifference, ignoring her.

Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't believe it, found a bowl, put some ability water into it, and then placed the bowl in front of the pigeon.

The pigeon, which had ignored her before, instantly had its eyes light up. It flapped its wings and rushed into the bowl, using its sharp beak to peck at the water inside to drink.

After the pigeon drank a few mouthfuls, Jiang Xiaoxiao reached out to cover the bowl and said: "If you want to keep drinking, help me deliver this letter to Lord Shen."

"Coo, coo, coo..."

The pigeon squatted to the side, turned its head, and ignored her again.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was furious.

What a stubborn pigeon!

Jiang Wei walked up, saw this scene, and said helplessly: "Forget it, don't force it. This pigeon has been around people for a long time and has human-like intelligence; it's likely that Shen Que didn't let it go back."

"Is that so..." Jiang Xiaoxiao glanced at the pigeon and couldn't help but poke it twice with her finger.

"Coo, coo, coo..."

The pigeon moved away silently.

Jiang Xiaoxiao poked it again.

The pigeon moved again.

The person and the pigeon interacted on the balcony like this.

Finally, Jiang Xiaoxiao could only give up: "Alright then, since you don't want to go find Lord Shen, then just stay at my house properly. Anyway, I won't treat you badly with food and drink."

"Coo, coo, coo..."

Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao compromise, the pigeon immediately flapped its wings, rushed to the bowl, and began to drink heavily, as if it had been enduring it for a long time just now.

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..."

This pigeon was afraid it had become a spirit.