After recounting the incident, Fu Beimo said sadly, "Brother, my sister-in-law said she wanted to poke my head with a needle. Does she not like me anymore?"

Ali added: "My sister-in-law said Bei Mo was talking nonsense and deserved to have a needle stuck in his head."

Fu Ciyi asked calmly, "Has it been pierced?"

Ali shook his head: "Not really."

"Maybe she wants to scare Bei Mo." Fu Ciyi lifted his sleeves and brought out the food. "I'll talk to her when I get home."

Ali added, "It should be a threat, because my sister-in-law also said that she would break Miss Nan Yao's legs."

Fu Ciyi: “…”

In the past two months, he had seen her sharp tongue, but he had rarely seen her previous arrogance.

Listening to their retelling now, why does it feel like her arrogance is still there?

Fu Beimo: "I know, what I said yesterday made my sister-in-law angry."

Fu Ciyi picked up the chopsticks and said slowly, "You two should be more careful with your words from now on, especially in front of her."

"Oh." Fu Beimo agreed, picked up the bamboo sword and went home with Ali.

--

In the afternoon, the rain stopped.

Yan Funing guessed that Li Xinheng's family needed to rebuild the pigpen, so she called Fu Beimo and Ali to help.

When the two teenagers arrived at Li's house, the pigpen had already been built by Li's mother and son.

To prevent the wall from collapsing again, a circle of bamboo fences was added inside and outside.

Although the two young men did not help today, Li Xinheng was particularly touched.

"Please tell the girl thank you for me."

Fu Beimo said, "Sister-in-law is unhappy. Hu Ajing came to tell her that Caiyu is going to be sold."

Li Xinheng was shocked: "The girl's maid is going to be sold?"

Fu Beimo said honestly: "I don't know when it will be sold."

Li Xinheng murmured, "Looks like we need to go into the city."

Upon hearing the news, Li Xinheng calculated the time when Fu Ciyi would return home and came to Fu's house.

When he arrived, Yan Funing was busy in the kitchen, and Fu Ciyi was taking out the dishes and chopsticks from the food box.

"Master, Miss, let's find a time to go to the Fu Mansion and secretly bring Caiyu out." Li Xinheng was afraid that his voice was too loud, so he lowered his voice and stepped into the Fu family's kitchen.

Yan Funing felt it was inappropriate: "If I bring him out secretly, where can I hide him? If he lives with me in the village, the Hu family will definitely inform us."

Li Xinheng said softly, "Send it somewhere else."

Fu Ciyi spoke at the right time: "Fu Zhengqing is unyielding. Caiyu's indenture is in their hands. If Fu Zhengqing wants to use this to make a fuss, the matter could be a big deal or a small one."

Yan Funing explained, "According to the law, those who steal and abduct maids from officials' homes will be imprisoned. Then, my husband will really not be able to take the imperial examinations."

"I thought it was simple." Li Xinheng lowered his head. He hadn't expected things to be so complicated. He sighed, "It's really difficult for the people to fight against the government."

Yan Funing pondered for a moment and said, "The best way would be to have the Yan family or Yan Haitang personally hand over Caiyu's indenture to me."

Li Xinheng was shocked and asked, "Miss, are you really planning to use one hundred taels of silver to redeem the colorful jade?"

Yan Funing shook her head. "Yan Haitang is very jealous. She said a hundred taels simply because she thought I couldn't earn that much. Once I really do, she'll probably raise the price."

No matter how you go against her, Yan Haitang will do whatever you want.

Li Xinheng: "So what should we do now?"

"I need to see Caiyu first," Yan Funing said. "Hu Ajing just mentioned this matter today. I'd like to ask Brother Li to help me keep an eye on the Hu family for the next few days. As long as they don't go to the county town, Caiyu won't be sold for the time being."

Li Xinheng said: "Leave it to me."

The three of them discussed and decided to go into the city at the end of the month.

--

That night, the moon was bright in the sky and the stars were dim.

Fu Ciyi saw that Yan Funing learned to read at an astonishing speed, and he couldn't help but frown and look at her for a long time.

"You can actually read and write, right?"

Yan Funing raised her eyes to meet his gaze and said with a smile, "I told you before that I'm a fast learner and I won't embarrass you."

She didn't want to explain too much about literacy.

Fu Ciyi lowered his eyes, thinking back on her performance during this period, she was probably really illiterate before, but now she is learning very quickly, which is also true.

Putting this aside, he asked casually, "I heard you want to stab Bei Mo in the head and break Nan Yao's legs?"

Yan Funing chuckled softly: "As a brother, are you here to support your younger siblings?"

"What's so funny?" he said. "Your joke really scared them."

"I'm not kidding." Yan Funing said solemnly, "Bei Mo's head needs a needle, and Nan Yao's lame leg needs to be broken."

"Yan Funing!" There was a hint of coldness in his already cold eyes.

"Fu Ciyi!" She met his dignified gaze. "I'm talking about medical skills. Bei Mo's brain injury likely has blocked tendons and veins, and he needs acupuncture to clear them. And Nan Yao's leg is probably due to improper treatment when she was young, resulting in a misaligned bone healing. To cure the lame leg, one way is to break it and reattach it."

"You can tell me the treatment plan. Do you have such medical skills?"

Fu Ciyi narrowed his eyes, his inquiring look undisguised.

She was illiterate before, and even if she had secretly learned medical knowledge, under such circumstances, the treatment plan she casually proposed would not be convincing.

Yan Funing sighed: "I don't know if I have such medical skills."

"So you haven't treated anyone?"

"That's not the case. I cured Tong Ya's dislocation."

"How can a dislocated joint be compared to a head, leg, or foot?" Fu Ciyi realized his tone was off, so he softened his tone and said patiently, "Medical skills are such a serious matter. If you really want to learn medicine, you should find a good teacher."

He pointed to the medical book on the corner of the table and said, "Instead of just flipping through a medical book and thinking that your medical skills are amazing."

Yan Funing nodded: "Fu Ciyi, what you said makes sense."

She truly felt that what he said made sense.

In modern times, she has systematic theoretical knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and is also very good at Western medicine and surgery.

But she traveled through time while she was still studying, so she really had no practical experience.

This is also the main reason why she did not dare to treat her mother-in-law, Nan Yao and Bei Mo easily.

It was rare for her to be so sincere, so Fu Ciyi said gently, "However, you are the most gifted medical practitioner I have ever met!"

Yan Funing smiled brightly: "Thank you!"

Unexpectedly, his next sentence made her stop laughing.

I only heard him say, "I heard that you and I have a very good relationship, and we are affectionate and loving every day. Your body and soul belong to me?"

His voice was as clear and cool as jade, like pearls falling on a plate, and upon closer listening, it contained a hint of teasing.

Yan Funing was startled, then quickly stopped laughing and explained, "I was just making it up for Hu Ajing to hear."

Fu Ciyi's eyes were filled with interest: "You said I was the most powerful man in the world, and I like..."

"Did Bei Mo and Ali say that?" Yan Funing realized, "These two are so careless with their words."

After a pause, he calmly asked, "Where I like to be, why don't I know it?"

Yan Funing was so embarrassed: "I made it up. Hu Ajing wanted to hear it, so I made it up."

"If I want to hear it, you have to make it up, huh?"

The man's voice was low and deep, with a long tail tone.