Whoosh~~bang-
Brilliant fireworks blossomed in the night sky, casting the bustling streets alternately into light and shadow.
Pedestrians jostled shoulder to shoulder. Dressed as a young lady from a scholarly family, Zhe Yunli stood with the maid Ping'er at a sugar-figurine stall by the street, telling the peddler:
"It's a big bird. It looks like an eagle, but it's as fat as a ball..."
"Like this?"
"No, an owl, not a golden eagle. Its head is round too..."
"Wouldn't that make it a gourd?"
"It has no neck..."
"Oh..."
On the riverbank nearby, Luo Ning glanced back, watching Little Yunli gesture as she described Niao Niao's appearance.
Xue Baijin wore a scholar's robe, dressed as a handsome husband accompanying his wife and daughter on a shopping trip. Although her chest was rather well developed, she was tall, and standing beside the two women who looked like mother and daughter, she did not seem out of place.
After returning to the inn that afternoon, Xue Baijin had intended to rest and practice her martial arts. Luo Ning, naturally, had planned to spend a token amount of time with Baijin before finding an excuse to go out and visit Third Madam.
But just after they had washed away the dust of their journey, Little Yunli came running over with two bowls of steaming rice noodles.
Although Xue Baijin was astonished that Yunli dared serve her master and master's wife food she had made into such a state, she steeled herself and took a bite for the sake of her disciple's filial devotion, only to discover, unexpectedly, that it tasted quite good.
Once the family finished eating, they reflected that they had not spent time with Yunli in quite a while and went out together for a leisurely stroll around Jiangzhou City.