Exchange the silver tickets[1] for silver
Well, he should eat a bit faster, otherwise, when they come to their minds they’ll try to fight with him for the food.
The more Nannan pondered, the faster became his movements to the point that his speed matched the speed Ye Xiudu was putting food on his plate, with no break between movements.
“Eat slower, you’re going to choke.” Ye Xiudu patted the boy on the back. Staring at Nannan’s body, it seemed that the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the current him seemed much plumper than before.
En, if Yu Qingluo sees her son being raised this white[2] and fat wouldn’t she be so happy that she’d immediately decide to stay?
“This is delicious and this is also delicious!” After eating a few more dishes Nannan finally realized that he was eating way too fast and that this would cause him to have a stomachache later. But it would be a waste if he didn’t eat it here. After a short pause, he leaned slightly towards Ye Xiudu’s ears and whispered: “Uncle Ye, can I take food to go for my mother?”
“… Of course you can.” Although he felt that Yu Qingluo wouldn’t appreciate his thought.
Following a positive answer, Nannan nodded his head satisfied. And after eating a few more dishes and feeling he had finally eaten to the full he ask someone to pack the rest up to take them to go.
Ye Lanping and the others watched the scene flabbergasted. They stared at Nannan as if he was a freak.
Just how many days had this little baby been starved for? Could it be that fifth uncle had always been hungry and gave him nothing to eat?
But even if he had been hungry for a long time, he wouldn’t be able to eat that much food at once either. This stomach of his… was really big.
“Burp.” Nannan belched satisfied, taking a look at this and that he then whispered at Ye Xiudu’s ears: “Uncle Ye, are you satisfied?”
Ye Xiudu slowly nodded then put his chopsticks down: “Uhum.”
“Then, shall we go?”
Ye Xiudu glanced at Ye Lanping and went to pick Nannan up again.
However, as soon as he approached the door, he quickly came to a halt and turned to Ye Lanping, who was still standing still, then said: “I don’t want you to let a single word out about what happened today to another soul.”
Ye Lanping shook his head repeatedly: “There is no reason to worry, fifth uncle. I won’t tell a soul.”
Ye Xiudu turned around satisfied with his answer and took Nannan to leave the Linshui Tower.
The few people inside of the private box all sighed in relief almost instantly. Ye Lanping fell onto the chair behind him feeling his back coated in a cold sweat, unable to say a word for a long time.
Yuan Shi carefully wiped the sweat on his forehead then turned to him, asking with a bit of uncertainty in his voice: “Second brother, was that really your fifth uncle? Is he, he’s the rumoured…”
Ye Lanping gave him a fierce glare: “Do you think I’d mistake him for someone else? Damn it, why did fifth uncle show up at the Capital at this moment?”
Yuan Shi and the others dared not to speak another word. Glancing at each other, they had no appetite even if their bellies were grumbling in hunger.
All of sudden, Ye Lanping stood up from his seat in an abrupt move and ran towards the window. He managed to see the back of those two leaving the building and, looking at the direction they were heading towards, he frowned, looking puzzled.
Ye Xiudu snorted, turning sideways he glanced upwards at a window on the second floor of the Linshui tower before turning back and resuming his casual walk with Nannan.
Their carriage didn’t stop far away from there, and only after Ye Xiudu climbed inside with the little guy, it finally started moving, going back towards his residence.
People were guarding the door of the residence since early and, when they saw their lord approaching, their eyes lit up immediately as they hurriedly sent others back to the front yard to notify Master Shen and the others.
“Did Shen Ying and the others arrive?” Ye Xiudu picked Nannan, who had fallen asleep after eating and drinking to the fullest and got out of the carriage. The servant was startled by the sight, looking at his Lord surprised. He hurried to lower his head and gave a reply as he stretched his hands to hug the child from his Lord’s arms.
Ye Xiudu turned sideways, avoiding his subordinates’ stretched arms, then said: “There’s no need, I’ll do it.”
“Yes.” The servant lowered his head and moved to show them the way.
“Where’s Miss Yu, who come back together with Shen Ying?”
The subordinate became even more surprised. The Lord had not only brought a girl back home, is holding a small child in his arms and now, before even resting for a moment, he already began inquiring about the whereabouts of the cold tempered Miss Yu. That wasn’t normal.
“Miss Yu had a meal after arriving then said she was somewhat tired. Lord Shen arranged for her to stay… at the courtyard behind the Lord’s courtyard. She should be resting at this moment.” He hesitated a bit in his words. Previously, the Lord didn’t like the idea of other people living in the yard near his, but now, Lord Shen created this kind of arrangement that made him worried about whether his Lord would get angry with him.
Ye Xiudu stared blankly for a while, but then nodded and said: “En, I know it.”
Saying that he went on, taking Nannan back to his own courtyard.
When Mo Xian and the others got a hold of the news, they had already long been waiting for him outside their Lord’s study. They followed him inside the room as they reported the information from these last days.
Ye Xiudu knew the overall situation. But after roughly making some discreet inquiries about Yu Qingluo, he also didn’t ask anything else.
“Lord, Miss Yu seems to be unwilling to stay in the residence. She said that when Peng Ying’s wounds recover and Nannan returns, she’ll take him and leave.” Shen Ying carefully observed Ye Xiudu’s expression, but when he saw a seamless smile appear on the corner of his mouth, he became even more anxious.
They also wanted to keep Miss Yu around but they also witnessed her skills along their journey. If they tried to pressure her, they might cause the opposite to happen instead.
Now they had no other choice but to leave this matter in their Lord’s hands.
Fortunately, they were already successful in bringing her from Jiang Cheng into the Capital, so they at least wouldn’t be separated from each other by a thousand miles.
Ye Xiudu nodded and tapped his fingers lightly against the desk as he stared at the corner of the bookshelf in the room in silence.
When his four underlings felt like they couldn’t grasp what were his thoughts, he finally opened his mouth: “Mo Xian, go and change all this silver tickets into silver ingots then carry them quietly into the warehouse.”
Mo Xian’s eyes popped wide in surprise looking at the small box that was opened by his Lord, still feeling a bit uncertain.
There were millions of silver ingots worth in these tickets here. If they exchanged them all with silver ingots, how could they carry it into the warehouse quietly?
“What? Can’t you do it?” Ye Xiudu raised his eyebrow to look at him.
Mo Xian hurriedly took a deep breath and said earnestly: “Rest assured, Lord. I’ll ask someone to move it into the warehouse before evening arrives.”
Was this the Lord’s idea? To trade these excellent silver tickets for ingots? Silver ingots occupy a large amount of space and it’s not easy to guard, so this was a risky move.
But even though he couldn’t fathom the Lord’s plan, Mo Xian still took the small box into his hands and disappeared from the study.
Shen Ying and Wen Tian looked at one another, not daring to speak much. They subconsciously felt that this was one of the Lord’s strategies to deal with Miss Yu.
Poor Miss Yu. She was probably still sleeping right now and had no idea that she had just been plotted against by the Lord.
Hah, they just hoped that, after she wakes up, she won’t blame them and put them into the same group as the faulty part.
After all… it was Mo Xian who went alone to exchange the silver tickets.
Translated by C, The Apostle of Coffee
Edited by NoveLeo, Life is a Drama
Translator’s Notes
[1] I’ll translate it literally. Because they are a bit different from our paper money. For those interested in knowing about it, you can read in this link: https://daydaynews.cc/en/history/the-ancient-silver-bill-is-just-a-piece-of-paper-why-no.html
[2] Please remember that being white means that you didn’t expose yourself to the sun too much, and therefore you didn’t work too hard. It’s also a form of showing your status, rarely the rich would have tanned skin because they didn’t work in the fields or had much manual labour (except for those in the army), so they were much whiter. In Europe, whiteness and fatness was also a symbol of the rich. Many people associated being fat with having enough to eat and thus, being healthy. Nowadays only our grandmothers try to fill us with food while we know that being a bit thinner is better for our health~
Therefore, white and fat = peak health, in this sense.
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