Taking advantage of the early evening, Zhao Han brought back two large bags of dried sweet potatoes, pickled eggs, cured meat, a fresh old hen, and a jumble of other supplies. The whole load had to weigh nearly a hundred kilograms, didn't it?
It was enough to last her several months.
After all, eggs and cured meat were high in calories.
Fortunately, this was a Heavy-Duty Bicycle. Hauling all this stuff was still easy enough.
She pedaled hard all the way back, speeding home.
Luckily, the Seed of Narration's stamina-enhancing function was still there.
Though it had been suppressed quite a bit, she was still in a young body. With the Seed of Narration's enhancement, she managed to ride all the way back to the Siheyuan in one go.
She had truly ridden beneath the stars and moon.
Where would there be any streetlights on the road? The occasional one or two were for guards on duty.
She had nearly been caught.
By the time she returned to the Siheyuan, it was already the middle of the night.
At that moment—
What she never expected was that Third Great Uncle was still waiting for her at the entrance.
It was very late now.
Zhao Han did not have a watch, so she naturally had no idea what time it was.
People these days went to sleep around six or seven in the evening.
They went to bed as soon as it got dark, partly to save on electricity.
They only used electricity when they had something to do.
The only exception was Sha Zhu, who lived in the main house of the Middle Courtyard. These past two days, Zhao Han had noticed that whenever his lights came on, they often stayed on until eight or nine at night.
He drank