Chapter 2014: Encounter with the Eldest Sister (6)

"Eldest sister! Brother-in-law!" I called out and hurried forward to greet them.

They didn't seem surprised to see me, as if they had known I was here for a long time. The eldest sister even asked me leisurely: "You have been out for so long, when do you plan to go home? Mother has cried for you many times."

Hearing that mother cried for me, I felt guilty and said: "I encountered something. I will go back as soon as the problem is solved."

"What happened? Do you need our help?" Brother-in-law said to me kindly, holding my sister's hand.

My face turned slightly red. I must not let my elder sister and brother-in-law know about buying the love incense, lest they think too much, so I declined and said: "No, I can handle it myself. I wonder why my sister and brother-in-law are here? How long have they been here?"

My sister said: "Let's come to see Juhua and others, and experience the feeling of summer in winter. It snowed heavily in our capital yesterday, and the water turned into ice. It's not like here with flowers and butterflies flying!"

I was shocked: "Yesterday? How did you know it snowed yesterday?"

My sister coughed and said: "I meant last month, you heard it wrong."

I was sure that I didn't hear it wrong, and explained: "But, you clearly said yesterday just now.  "

"Did I?" My sister turned her face to my brother-in-law and asked.

My brother-in-law said to me calmly: "Weier said last month, Wener, you heard it wrong."

However, I really remember that my sister said it was yesterday, but they both insisted that it was last month. Maybe I really heard it wrong. It doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong. I just want to find the love fragrance as soon as possible, otherwise, I will not be able to clear my name...

After parting with my sister and brother-in-law, I didn't care about eating. I still asked around where there were spice shops, asking every shop. I kept looking until dark. I ran through all the spice shops in Tongzhou Prefecture, but still couldn't find it.

I was so depressed that a shop assistant saw me struggling and couldn't help saying, "Sir, you should have come a day earlier. We had a piece of aphrodisiac in our shop, but it was sold yesterday. Not only mine, but all the aphrodisiac in Tongzhou Prefecture was sold yesterday. Don't go there in vain, you can't buy it!"

"Second son, you are so talkative!"

An old man who looked like a shopkeeper shouted, glared at the waiter angrily, and said to me with a smile, "Sir, don't listen to him, he is just joking with you, why don't you go to another store?"

I was upset when I heard that the Dong family had bought all the aphrodisiac in the city. The third girl was still waiting for my aphrodisiac to go back and make perfume. Without the aphrodisiac, how could I make the perfume of that day?

It was dark, and I returned to the Dong Mansion in frustration. When I walked to the courtyard where I lived, the servant came over and said, "Mr. Mu, our eldest son invited you to drink!"

Dong Qi invited me to drink?

I think he invited me to drink for no reason, but to see me having fun. I ran all over the city to buy aphrodisiac incense today. He couldn't have heard the news. Now I came back empty-handed. His family must be very proud!

"No!"

I said coldly, went back to the house, and threw the things used to make goose pear tent incense on the table.

"Then I will serve you dinner!" The servant smiled and went happily.

I fell on the couch, feeling very upset. I really didn't know how to meet the third lady later. She put all her bets on me and pointed to me to save her and her brother from the fire. For me, she also broke up with the people in the mansion, but I couldn't even get any evidence. I was so useless! "

Just as I was blaming myself, I heard a flapping sound of wings from the window. I turned around and saw a parrot with a red beak and green feathers flying in from outside, landing on my body.

"Ga--Ga--"

It called twice. I recognized this parrot. It was my sister's parrot. But why was it here?

I was wondering when the parrot suddenly raised its claws. Only then did I realize that it was holding a fist-sized paper package with four tiny characters written on it: "Wen'er, personally."

The handwriting was beautiful and fluent, exactly the handwriting of my eldest sister.

I opened the paper package and saw that the outermost layer was a letter written by my sister to me. Just a few lines of words made me happy, and the haze that had been weighing on my heart for the whole day suddenly dissipated.

"The upper packet is the aphrodisiac incense you want, and the lower packet is the goose pear tent incense. Let the girl Lian'er do the mixing. Remember to go home quickly after finishing your work. Your parents are waiting for you to celebrate the New Year at home."

Another line of small words was added at the end: If you can bring a daughter-in-law back to your mother, your mother may forgive you for leaving without saying goodbye!

Looking at this heartwarming note, I smiled knowingly, folded the note, hid it in my arms along with the two packets of spices, and waited for nightfall...