"Let's go to bed then," said Xiao Yunjing, embracing her and climbing into bed.
「The next morning」Gu Qingli woke up to find that the four men of the Xiao family—the father and sons—were once again nowhere to be found.
The women of the house returned to their routine, with the men no longer around.
「That morning」Ms. Yang and Gu Qingli loaded the oxcart with the tax grain from their twenty-acre field, planning to deliver it to the town.
Today was the grain payment day for Qinghe Village. Gu Chang'an had informed the villagers in advance, so Gu Qingli and the others had also risen early to prepare.
The county had set up a designated grain collection point in the town, making it convenient for villagers from each village to deliver their grain. Hauling it all the way to the county seat would be too far, and with so many people, the grain collectors there would be overwhelmed.
Magistrate Xu had implemented this system in every town after taking office.
