Chapter 42: The Accident (Fifth Update)

After lunch, Yezi's mother asked Yezi to deliver the prepared New Year goods to the Red Locust Great Wizard, while she herself prepared another batch of New Year goods to deliver to Master Shan Yin.

Master Shan Yin never charged for teaching the children in the village and the stockade, so it had become an unwritten rule there to give the temple some incense money and rice and grain as New Year offerings during festivals. This rule remained unchanged, even after the children left the temple.

This rule, when it came to Yezi's mother, included not only incense money and grain but also a few sets of clothes. Taohua was now three years old, walking well, and spoke with a crisp voice; the child was also clever—every time she saw Yezi's mother from a distance, she knew to call out "Mama."