Shu Yu shook her head and chuckled, "Why would I go with you to the courier station? Here, at least I live with my Grandmother, but if I went to the courier station, there's hardly anyone living within several miles, and it's not like my Grandmother could just move there and build a house."
"You could try asking Lord Cheng if you can be transferred to the county town where your parents are," suggested Madam Hou.
To go to the county town? Shu Yu certainly wanted to go since everything would be much more convenient there.
Unfortunately...
"Now is not the right time."
Madam Hou, puzzled, asked, "Not the right time?"
Shu Yu didn't elaborate further. The county official of Heichang County was not a good man, being both greedy and lascivious, with deep scheming. If she went to the county town, she would still be a prisoner, possibly working under that corrupt county official.
