Xia Dabao went back to grab her bundle and, before shutting the yard gate, she gave Axian a deep look.
She wondered if her parents would get angry after seeing the note? Her mother had said that a girl shouldn't be too forward, as being too forward would make her less valuable in a boy's eyes.
But Xia Dabao had already been waiting for Tian Xiaobei for over two months, without a single word from him, and summer was nearly upon them. Surely she wasn't expected to wait until autumn?
Oh well, she would face her parents' lecture upon her return.
Though she had grown up, her parents had never been willing to scold or hit her.
Though she had grown up, this was the first time she felt that Axian was so important to her.
...
Xia Dabao left home, made her way to the town and then took the town's carriage to the county seat.
Although she hadn't been to the Provincial City much before, she knew the way there.