Chapter 92: Chapter 92

"You’re not going back?" Shen Qinglan was surprised.

The coachman shook his head, "Our young master said to wait for the young lady together!"

Shen Shan and Dong Yao exchanged a glance, seeing the confusion in each other’s eyes.

Shen Qinglan looked at Shen Shan and asked, "Dad, is there a vacant house in the village for the guest to stay in?"

Shen Shan pondered for a moment, then finally said, "The village head has one."

Upon hearing this, the coachman quickly made a gesture of respect, saying, "Please, sir, could you point out the way?"

Shen Qingzhu said, "I’ll take you there!"

Shen Qingping, upon hearing this, also shouted, "I want to go too!"

The coachman instinctively glanced at Shen Qinglan, seeing her nod, and then said to Shen Qingzhu, "Then I’ll trouble you two young lads!"

The coachman asked Shen Qingzhu to get in the cart, but he politely declined. Follow current novᴇls on 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚•𝙣𝙚𝙩

"It’s not far, just ahead; just ."

Shen Qingzhu grabbed Shen Qingping, holding a somewhat worn oil-paper umbrella, and rushed into the rain first.

Shen Shan shouted after them, "Be careful, the road is slippery!"

After responding, the two quickly disappeared beyond the fence gate.

Seeing this, the coachman hurriedly turned the cart around and followed.

Shen Qinglan looked around, noticing the absence of Shen Qingju’s figure, and asked, "Where’s my big sister?"

"Your big sister is at your aunt’s house."

Dong Yao patted the rainwater off herself and said, "Yesterday’s heavy rain made her room leak, so she went to your cousin’s place."

Shen Qinglan raised an eyebrow, "Why didn’t she sleep at my place?"

"Your place is leaking too; the bedding is all soaked."

Shen Qinglan was stunned. Where would she stay tonight?

Dong Yao said, "Tonight you’ll sleep with me, your dad will sleep with your brother and Qingping."

Shen Qinglan went into her room and found the walls and floor soaked, the bedding rolled up and placed in a dry spot.

She then went into the rooms of Shen Shan and Dong Yao, seeing that several parts were also leaking, though not above the beds, with water droplets caught in wooden buckets.

Shen Qinglan looked at Dong Yao and said, "Mom, why not stay in the town tomorrow? I don’t see this rain stopping anytime soon."

Dong Yao sat down on a small stool and said, "How could we disturb you? Besides, we’ve been through this many years; once the rain stops, your dad will fix it, and it will be livable again."

Shen Qinglan was just about to frown when Shen Shan asked, "Qinglan, the young man just mentioned, who is he?"

Shen Qinglan was taken aback and then replied, "He’s the owner of Shengxiang Restaurant."

"Oh?" Shen Shan frowned, "Isn’t the shopkeeper of Shengxiang Restaurant Tang?"

Shen Qinglan shook her head, "No, the shopkeeper Tang was hired by him."

"Why is this young master so kind to you?" Shen Shan wondered.

Shen Qinglan thought for a while but finally replied, "He is my friend."

This time even Dong Yao was surprised.

She frowned and asked, "How old is the owner of Shengxiang Restaurant?"

Shen Qinglan hesitated and said, "Seventeen or eighteen, I suppose."

"Taking ownership at just seventeen or eighteen?"

Shen Shan and Dong Yao were both astonished.

Shen Qinglan nodded, then crouched down to organize the things she had bought.

Not wanting them to ask too many questions about Duan Yunfei, Shen Qinglan hastily changed the subject, saying, "I bought a lot of food, and I’ll take some to Uncle and Grandpa and Grandma later."

Shen Shan said, "Leave it for now; I’ll take it later."

Shen Qinglan thought for a moment and then said, "Dad, Mom, I have something to tell you."

Originally, she intended to wait a bit longer before telling Shen Shan and Dong Yao about buying a house in town, but seeing the rainstorm today, she could only say it earlier.