After thinking for a moment, Gongyu Hao added, "Granduncle and Second Granduncle already brought our family some grain the other day. My father left a few taels of silver before he went away, and on top of that, we earned two more taels by selling wild pheasants and hares yesterday. My mother had me buy winter clothes and food with it. Now, there's no problem getting through the winter. Please don't worry about us. With Granduncle and Second Granduncle watching over, we won't go hungry."
Afraid that the old man would worry, he didn't mention getting silver for saving someone from under a horse.
Only then was Old Master satisfied.
After the old man finished a bowl of tofu soup, Lingsu asked her second brother to take the bowl to the kitchen and to bring some tofu and tofu sheets over to Second Granduncle's house; she stayed behind to give the old master a massage.
When she finished, she waited until Old Master drifted off to sleep under her massage before slipping out of the room.
