"Miss Ruan went to Wuheng City to purchase candles, saying that they are much needed once the private school is established, but she hasn't returned yet. It's been two days and a night, and I'm getting a bit worried."
"Candles? Are we out of them in the house?"
"We have some, but not much. Miss Ruan said that some of the daughters-in-law need to work during the day and can only come to the private school to study at night, so we need more candles. The ones we have are too few."
"She mentioned she could pawn some of her hairpins and added that Lord Song is at the post station, so I didn't worry about it then."
At this time, the road from their village to Wuheng City had been repaired, and it would only take half a day's ride to get there. Furthermore, the small market in Wuheng City had returned to normal.
Logically, it shouldn't take such a long time just to buy candles.
Unless... something delayed her.
