Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let's Farm

Chapter 1109: Chapter 1109: Should Be Fine (First Update)_1 Chapter 1109: Chapter 1109: Should Be Fine (First Update)_1 Your in-laws?

Upon hearing these four words, Qiao Xiaomai was startled, conjuring the faces of Tong Xingda and the Zhang Family in her mind.

Tong Tiehu, who was checking through the account books, also looked up and asked with confusion, “My parents have come to the Capital City?”

The shopkeeper, Hong, quickly explained, “On the second night after you and the young mistress set off for the Capital, the master and madam took a rented carriage and left for the city overnight. When day broke, the head of the household heard about it and went to County Town to look for the people from Tingfeng Pavilion to find the master and madam, and also sent word to me and Minister Zuo.”

“But yesterday, the head of the household sent another message saying that the people from Tingfeng Pavilion had not found the master and madam, asking Minister Zuo and me to pay more attention in the Capital City. I sent people to secretly search around the city as soon as I received the letter yesterday, but so far there has been no news.”

Qiao Xiaomai blinked, asking with a hint of disbelief, “Grandfather got the message and had the people from Tingfeng Pavilion start searching right away, and they haven’t found them after all these days?”

“They haven’t found them,” the shopkeeper Hong shook his head, “The head of the household is worried something may have happened to the master and madam, urging Minister Zuo and me to find them as quickly as possible. I ordered people to go around the Capital City and inquire yesterday, but as you know, the Capital is crowded with people coming and going, and finding two people among them is not easy.”

At that time, there were no things such as identity cards for traveling, and the checks when entering the Capital City were not strict. The soldiers guarding the city would occasionally check the passing crowds. Hong had gone to ask the city guards as soon as he learned the news, but they couldn’t tell him anything useful.

Too many people were coming in and out of the city each day for those soldiers to remember.

Hearing this, Qiao Xiaomai couldn’t help but frown: “What are they doing in the Capital City?”

“They said it was for business and relaxation,” was the response.

“Business? Just the two of them?” Qiao Xiaomai let out a scornful laugh and couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

Tong Tiehu rubbed his temples, feeling a bit of a headache, and said, “Shopkeeper Hong, send more people, find them as quickly as you can. My parents should be alright.”

“How do you know they’re alright?” Xiaomai turned to ask him.

“My father has learned from Master Deng. Though he didn’t learn much, he has some understanding of various situations,” Tong Tiehu replied.

The things that Deng Chun had taught him had also once been taught to Tong Xingda.

But Tong Xingda wasn’t cut out for studying. He lacked patience for academics, and he couldn’t handle the rigors of martial arts training, leading to nothing substantial in the end.

However, having studied with Deng Chun, Tong Xingda could manage to come to the Capital City from Anping Village.

On their journey here without bandits or robbers, they should not have encountered any trouble.

If no trouble had arisen, one must consider what Tong Xingda and the Zhang Family were truly up to.

Business?

Though laughing at such actions as unfilial, he really did feel like laughing.

Having escaped from the watchful eye of Tiehu and making the long journey to the Capital City, their purpose was surely not business.

After considering for a moment, he asked, “Didn’t my parents look for Uncle Six either?”

His parents had once considered complaining to Yang Wenxiao about his lack of filial piety, but they had been rebuffed.

This time they came to the Capital City, it was very likely to lodge a complaint against Yu Ang.

“No,” the shopkeeper Hong shook his head, “The master and madam did not go to Minister Zuo’s residence.”

They didn’t go to Minister Zuo’s residence?

Tong Tiehu paused for a moment, could it be that they really came to the Capital City for business and relaxation?

After thinking it over, he said, “Keep a close eye out, and find them as quickly as possible.”

“Yes,” the shopkeeper Hong agreed.

After talking over some trivial matters, Tong Tiehu casually flipped through the account books. Close to noon, he and Qiao Xiaomai returned to the Imperial Palace in a carriage.