The Favored Little Peasant Seizes the Heroine's Script!-Chapter 423 - 411: That’s Just Absurd!

"So, Jiaojiao, can you promise me something?"

Cui Lai was silent for a while before finally speaking up again.

"What is your request?"

Yuan Bao looked at Cui Lai curiously.

To be honest, Yuan Bao was really curious about the early maturity of these ancient people.

Clearly still a child, yet they already understood the adult world so early, quickly stepping into the part.

Yuan Bao just wanted to know what was going through their minds.

"Later, when I go to visit aunt, Jiaojiao, you must not follow me!"

Cui Lai pursed her lips, a slight stubbornness in her expression.

Yes, stubbornness it was!

Yuan Bao looked at the defiant Cui Lai and suddenly understood the little girl’s thoughts.

Alright, Yuan Bao got it, she understood.

"Alright, then I won’t follow you!"

Yuan Bao straightforwardly agreed to Cui Lai’s request.

"Also, Jiaojiao, you can’t eavesdrop either!"

"You must swear!"

Seeing Yuan Bao agree so readily, Cui Lai added additional conditions.

"Uh... okay, okay, whatever you say!"

Yuan Bao was quite speechless.

She had indeed planned to eavesdrop before. Who would’ve known this little girl, usually so innocent, now had her wits about her.

But did she intend to make things difficult for Yuan Bao?

She could choose not to eavesdrop, but she could ask someone else to listen for her!

"Also, also, Jiaojiao, you can’t ask anyone else to eavesdrop either!"

Cui Lai stared intently at Yuan Bao, blocking all possible eavesdropping routes from her.

"Alright, alright, really, you don’t trust me, huh!"

"Little Lai’er, I’m telling you, if you keep this up, you’ll lose me as your sister!"

Yuan Bao pretended to be dejected and sat down to the side. She just wanted to enjoy the drama, did she need such defense against her?

"Thank you, Jiaojiao, then I’m off!"

Cui Lai left Yuan Bao with a sweet smile and turned to leave with the little girl.

"Oh well, oh well, this time, no live drama for me!"

Yuan Bao finally decided to be a good sister who keeps her promises.

Once Cui Lai left, she could go find her Ruan sister to catch up, and she’d find out that way.

"Hu Niuniu, keep an eye on her!"

Yuan Bao didn’t plan to eavesdrop, nor let others eavesdrop, but she could have someone keep watch and let her know when Cui Lai left, so she could immediately find Ruan Wan to chat.

"County Princess, didn’t you promise not to have anyone eavesdrop?"

Hu Niuniu looked at Yuan Bao in surprise.

Yuan Bao rolled her eyes and said, "Not asking you to eavesdrop, just to keep watch and report when Lai’er leaves!"

"Oh, alright, I’ll go now!"

Hu Niuniu immediately ran off and soon went outside Ruan Wan’s courtyard, keeping a distant watch on the courtyard gate.

...

About a quarter of an hour later, Hu Niuniu returned.

"County Princess, Miss Cui has already left!"

"She asked me to tell you!"

"Uh..."

Yuan Bao was dumbfounded, looking at Hu Niuniu, "You got caught?"

"County Princess, I was watching from afar, but when Miss Cui came out, she spotted me right away..."

"..."

Yuan Bao sighed inwardly, indeed, she needed smarter people under her.

If she had known Hu Niuniu would mess up such a simple task, she wouldn’t have sent her.

With Cui Lai’s current intelligence, she must have guessed Yuan Bao’s plan, so she just slipped away.

Nevermind, nevermind, no snooping!

Yuan Bao had no intention of pursuing the matter, but unexpectedly, Ruan Wan came over on her own.

"Ruan, why are you here?"

Seeing Ruan Wan come over, Yuan Bao’s interest instantly revived.

"Just came to see what you’re busy with?"

Ruan Wan sat down beside Yuan Bao with a smile, raised her beautifully arched eyebrows and said, "Do you want to know what I talked about with Little Lai’er?"

"Nope!"

Yuan Bao instantly replied, but the answer was obviously insincere.

Because even though she said "no," the look in her eyes towards Ruan Wan was bright.

"If you don’t want to know, then I’ll leave!"

Ruan Wan stood up immediately upon hearing this.

Yuan Bao was dumbstruck, feeling it was like being teased.

Alas, Ruan Wan really left as soon as she said it.

"Ruan, don’t go, stay and chat with me!"

Yuan Bao quickly stopped her seeing that Ruan Wan was really leaving.

Ruan Wan turned back with a chuckle, beckoned to Yuan Bao with her finger and said, "Little Jiaojiao, sorry, but I promised Little Lai’er to keep it secret!"

"...?!"

Alright, Yuan Bao got it, her Ruan sister purely came to tease her.

But, did she underestimate her too much?

With such trivial matters, did they think they could make her itch with curiosity? What a joke!

In the end, Yuan Bao watched Ruan Wan leave.

She had her pride too.

The days that followed were as calm as water.

But during this calm, the engagement between Yuan Shouqian and Cui Lai was settled. It was agreed that after Cui Lai came of age, the Yuan Family would bring her in as a bride.

Once their engagement was settled, Cui Lai could no longer casually go find Yuan Bao to play.

Of course, Yuan Bao could still go to see Cui Lai.

Because Cui Lai now had her own little courtyard, it was much more convenient for Yuan Bao to visit her.

In fact, Yuan Bao now visited Cui Lai more often by mandate.

Ruan Wan was very pleased with this daughter-in-law, and since it wasn’t proper for her to frequently visit the Cui Family, she could only let Yuan Bao handle this important duty.

Even more unexpectedly for Yuan Bao, this silly boy Yuan Shouqian, upon learning that Cui Lai would be his future wife, would also occasionally ask Yuan Bao to deliver things to Cui Lai.

This wife wasn’t even through the door, and the silly boy had already started his wife-pampering mode, it was simply absurd!

One after another, they were practically stuffing her with dog food!

...

On the day of the winter solstice, it was already quite cold, yet Yuan Bao still got up early every day to practice martial arts, truly training in the coldest and hottest days.

According to Daxia’s customs, on the winter solstice, you eat lamb and dumplings.

For most folks, having dumplings was considered nourishment.

But for wealthy families, lamb was a must, and dumplings were necessary too.

Returning from her training, Yuan Bao found numerous stalls selling lamb in the streets.

Although in the days prior, many lamb stalls had already appeared, today there were a lot more. Even the people passing through the streets mostly carried lamb, chops, or even offal.

Wealthy families ate lamb, while the poorer ones made do with offal.

Of course, the even poorer ones could only catch a whiff of lamb.

When Yuan Bao got home, she found her little uncle and Ruan packing loads of things onto a carriage.

"Little uncle, Ruan, are we heading to Yunyang City today?"

"You guessed right!"

Ruan Wan smiled slightly, "Hurry now, grab some breakfast, we’ll be setting off soon!"

"Got it!"

Yuan Bao agreed and quickly headed into the house with Mei Jiu.