Baby brings his own shopping mall to travel through

Chapter 314: Writing a Letter Home

Xiao Cao nodded and agreed, saying, "Remember, grandma! I will start writing a letter as soon as I get home. Grandma, you should also write one when the time comes. This way, Dad and Mom will definitely listen to you!"

When Old Lady Yang heard this, she was slightly stunned and asked with difficulty: "Should I write too? Oh, but I don't know many words, I'm afraid I can't write this letter!"

Xiao Cao quickly comforted her grandmother: "Grandma, it's okay, just write boldly. If you come across a word you don't know how to write, just ask me. Anyway, as long as mom and dad can understand the meaning, it's fine. Besides, you actually know a lot of words, but sometimes you just can't remember how to write them all of a sudden."

When Mrs. Yang heard this, a proud smile immediately broke out on her face. She said proudly, "That's right! I have been learning Chinese characters from you for a long time, and I know quite a few characters. Many times, it's not that I don't know those characters, but I suddenly can't remember how to write them. However, if you just let me read the letter, there will be absolutely no problem. I can definitely understand it clearly!"

After a long conversation, the two finally agreed on a crucial matter. At this moment, a familiar voice came. It was Qi Xingyun. He shouted, "Grandma, when your letter is finished, please let me know. I will arrange for someone to send it back to my hometown and bring back the New Year gifts we prepared."

"New Year gift?" Upon hearing this word, the two of them looked at each other and asked the question in unison.

"That's right!" Qi Xingyun answered affirmatively.

Old Lady Yang and Xiao Cao'er looked at each other, and suddenly realized something and said at the same time, "Yes!"

Old Lady Yang went on to explain, "It's almost Chinese New Year, isn't it? Since we have to send someone to deliver a letter back home, why not take this opportunity to bring back some of the items we've purchased recently."

"Well, grandma has a point. But... if Dad and Mom plan to come to the capital for a reunion, then they don't have to bring back the things they bought for home. They can just bring gifts for the villagers and those people who are close to our family." Qi Xingyun analyzed the situation clearly.

"Yes, that's the way it has to be arranged. Otherwise, if we take all these things back and there's no one at home, then they'll all be wasted!" As Old Mrs. Yang spoke, she nodded continuously, indicating that she was very satisfied with the arrangement.

Xiao Cao beside him also nodded and said, "Yeah, grandma is right. But we still have to think about it and see if there is anything else we need to buy. Then we can go shopping together."

Old Lady Yang smiled and responded, "Okay, let's go back and think about it first."

Xiao Cao then added: "Grandma, we have to buy more this time. After all, we don't know how long it will take for us to send things home next time."

When Old Lady Yang heard this, she showed some worry on her face, frowned and said, "Oh, this will cost a lot of money."

Xiao Cao quickly comforted her, "Grandma, it doesn't cost that much. Think about it carefully. Every time we send someone to deliver things back, the travel expenses alone are not small. Why don't we buy more at once this time, so we can save some travel expenses, right?"

The forgotten Master Zhishen and Qi Xingyun listened to the two people talking more and more off topic. Now they were asking whether they should move to the capital to live. They were actually discussing buying New Year gifts.

Master Zhishen listened to the words of the man in front of him and shook his head continuously, but deep in his heart he had other thoughts. He thought to himself: "This is not bad. This person has neither monstrous ambitions nor deep scheming. Perhaps this is exactly the life state that Qi Xingyun truly yearns for."

Master Zhishen couldn't help but recall the past. Back then, when the emperor was still the crown prince, he was in poor health. People often wrote to him and asked him to abolish his position as the crown prince and choose a suitable person to replace him. But the late emperor was always firm in his attitude and never wavered. It was because in the traditional concept of the royal family, the order of seniority was an unchangeable principle. If the eldest son was not competent for the throne, then he would choose his favorite son as the successor. And there was no doubt that the late emperor's favorite person was Qi Xingyun.

But what was unexpected was that Qi Xingyun chose to refuse the supreme power that was within his reach without hesitation. He expressed his desire to leave the palace and see a wider world, and he did not want to be confined to the palace for his whole life. He even suggested that if his eldest brother was ill and could not inherit the throne, he could just bypass his elder brother and let the eldest grandson inherit the throne directly.

The prince naturally learned Qi Xingyun's true thoughts from the late emperor, and knew that he had no interest in the dragon throne that symbolized supreme authority. Because of this, over the years, no matter what Qi Xingyun did, the emperor and the current emperor believed in him. Even if Qi Xingyun suddenly had the idea of settling down permanently in the capital, they would certainly not stop him.