Chapter 166: Chapter 132

Different places have different customs. Chun Nuan deeply realized this point.

Of course, when she was in the Capital, she was merely a young lady who never stepped out of the inner courtyard of Doctor Xiao’s residence. She was completely clueless about these mundane matters. Back then, it was always her eldest aunt who managed the household, and she did a superb job.

Once they arrived in Shu City, her eldest aunt entrusted all these responsibilities to her, naturally ensuring there were no slip-ups.

It was evident that Aunt Luo and Aunt Cai were quite knowledgeable, so Chun Nuan asked them for guidance. The nanny, Mrs. Wu, was also skilled in these rules and etiquette. Chun Nuan simply entrusted the responsibility of looking after the children to Zhu Lingling and Chun Shu, freeing up Mrs. Wu to assist in managing the inner household affairs.

The women of the Xiao family completely followed her commands.

After changing the old lady’s clothes, Aunt Luo instructed Xiao Gang to take a piece of spirit money and burn it at a three-way intersection and light firecrackers.

“The sound of the firecrackers will alert the surroundings. Everyone will inquire which family set them off and thus know that something happened there,” Aunt Luo said. “Next, we need to discuss the sacrificial meal. We must estimate how many people will come and how many tables to prepare.”

“Aunt Luo, our family has only been in Shu City for a short time, and we have no other relatives or friends here. There probably won’t be any guests,” Chun Nuan hadn’t considered this aspect at all.

Social exchanges require interaction to happen. They hadn’t seen anyone invite guests since they came to the village.

“Chun Nuan, you don’t understand. Our custom here is: Do not come uninvited for joyous occasions but feel free to come for mourning events,” Aunt Luo explained. “Whenever an elderly person passes away, locals from the surrounding areas will come for the night vigil, so prepare a few more vegetarian dishes.”

“Leave it to Aunt Luo then.” Chun Nuan suddenly remembered something, “Why haven’t I seen Uncle Luo?”

“Your Uncle Luo…”

“Sister Chun Nuan, my dad got his hand injured fighting with mountain bandits, so he can’t help you this time.”

“Uncle Luo got injured?” Chun Nuan was oblivious to this matter.

“Ah, it’s nothing, just some superficial wounds,” Aunt Luo quickly comforted Chun Nuan upon seeing her feel guilty. “It’s nothing serious, truly.”

“Go and get your dad to come over, I’ll apply some medicine to his wound,” Chun Nuan told Sanya.

“There’s no need to trouble yourself, Chun Nuan. Your Uncle Luo has gone through a lot, and he’s had many hand and foot injuries before.”

“Just go, and listen to me; get your dad to come over so I can apply some medicine,” Chun Nuan insisted to Aunt Luo. “What seems like a small wound can be serious if not treated in time, leading to complications or worse, life-threatening issues.”

Hearing this severity, Aunt Luo immediately instructed Sanya to call for him.

Uncle Luo arrived, his right arm bandaged and stained red with blood.

“The injury is this serious!” Chun Nuan thanked him, “Uncle Luo, thank you once again for helping us.”

“Chun Nuan, saying that makes you a stranger. We’re neighbors; if we stood by and watched when your house was on fire, the flames would inevitably spread to us, and we’d suffer too.”

Indeed, their new house and the Luo family’s were only separated by a wall; when a fire starts raging, it doesn’t care if your surname is Xiao or Luo.

Helping others is also self-preservation.

“By the way, did Chun Ning and a few men catch up with them? Have they returned?”

“Not yet,” Chun Nuan replied. “Those people were from the Zhao family.”

“That’s good, you have the Zhao family’s support. We people can only talk; finding out who did it, we have no way.”

“Mmm, I’ll handle this matter.”

As Chun Nuan applied the medicinal powder to Uncle Luo, she said, “You go rest, Aunt Luo needs to stay. I need her help with these matters, as we’re not familiar with many customs.”

“No problem, after applying the medicine, I’ll just stay here and oversee the male guests. We’ll discuss when Chun Ning returns.”

Just then, they heard someone say that Chun Ning had returned.

Chun Ning and his men caught up with those people, captured a few, some were injured, and one died.

“Handed them over to the authorities,” Chun Ning said, “but I felt that person was rather perfunctory. Sister, why not have brother-in-law…”

“What nonsense are you talking about? Who’s your brother-in-law?” Chun Nuan looked up and saw Zhao Minghua looking at her, which left her momentarily speechless.

Fiancé is also brother-in-law!

“Chun Ning, what do you mean by that?”

“It’s just that the people in the government office seemed indifferent, and they straightforwardly told us to go home and wait for news.”

Waiting for news often means there will be no news.

Government officials covering for each other, a perfect explanation here.

“No worries, getting someone to lend a hand will solve this.” Zhao Minghua said, “But this person isn’t in Changzhou.”

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