Chapter 7 Jinjiang First Release Chapter 7 This is the young eagle and the injured...

Fang Dingman never expected his son to ask such a question. He opened his mouth wide as if he could swallow the goose egg in one bite.

"What are you talking about, Shu'er? Who was it that I saw peeing?"

"There is such a person," Fang Shu said, "but I don't know what to do in this situation, so I want to ask you."

"Really?" Fang Dingman asked suspiciously, "It has nothing to do with you?"

Fang Shu said, "It's somewhat related. My son saw this happen and was asked to judge. What do you think should be done in this situation?"

"What else can we do? It all depends on whether the guy watched the man urinate intentionally or unintentionally. Does the man want to pursue the matter? After all, it's the man who was watched, so if he's more tolerant, then it's not a big deal. As for the guy, he caught the man urinating, and although it sounds like he's in the wrong at first glance, if he didn't do it on purpose, then it's not his fault, right? Who made the man urinate where he could be seen? He's also responsible. So, in this kind of situation, it all depends on what the two people involved have to say."

"What if that guy says to just pretend it never happened?"

"Then let's just pretend it never happened. The other party's words clearly indicate they're trying to make a big deal out of a small matter. In my opinion, either this guy is honest and upright and doesn't want to take advantage of this guy. Or, this guy is really not that great and there's nothing about him that makes him interested."

“…???”

"What? Am I wrong?"

"Ah, no. You are so experienced."

Fang Shu thought to himself that it wasn't that he was bad. He was quite good, but Yu Qinglong was also an honest and upright person, so he didn't want to rely on him.

That's right, that must be the case. Someone willing to help him without taking advantage of him is truly a good person with good character. As for seeing him urinate, that was just an accident! He shouldn't take it to heart. Instead of dwelling on that, he should think about how he can recover quickly.

He felt miserable just thinking about not being able to go out and look for interesting rocks, plants, flowers, or trees for half a month. How could he endure this?

Fang Shu held a white flour bun in his hand and said, "Mom, how about you help your son move the stones I picked up the past few days to the kang? I'll polish a few and put them in flower pots to create a small mountain scene."

Fang Wu said without a second thought, "Impossible! Don't even think about it. Just give up on this thought. This back injury is different from other injuries. If you don't get enough rest, it will be hard for your stepmother to hold her grandchildren in the future. Doctor Mo said to rest for half a month, so you should just lie down for a month!"

"What?! One month!!!"

"Yes! One month! A broken bone takes a hundred days to heal, so one month is an understatement."

If she'd known the severity of the condition, she wouldn't have let her son go to Dr. Mo's house. She regretted it now. But since he'd come back with the medicine after the exam, and Dr. Mo had said he'd be fine with a little rest and medication, she'd definitely keep an eye on him. Hitting a rock?! That couldn't happen!

Fang Shu sat on the kang and finished his steamed bun, feeling like the sky was falling.

At this time, his mother brought him two books and placed them on the kang: "You, if you have time to play with those crap, you might as well study more. You have such a useful brain, but you don't use it properly. How can God not punish you? This time I want to teach you a lesson. Don't mess with those stones and wood anymore. You know, who among those who passed the imperial examination didn't concentrate on studying hard? You are the only one who always wants to play with those useless things and waste your time for nothing."

Fang Shu didn't want to hear this, and glanced at the two books with a worried look: "You'd better take them. I've already finished studying these two books."

Fang Wu was stunned for a moment: "Aren't these newly brought in not long ago?"

Fang Shu said listlessly, "I have indeed finished learning it."

Fang Wu asked, "What book have you not learned yet? Tell me the name and I'll ask my father to find it for you."

Fang Shu said, "You don't need my father. You can find it yourself. It's on my bookshelf. There's a book with an eagle stuck on the cover with dry leaves. That's the one."

Have you discovered a new way to play? Making leaf stickers?

But it would be nice to have stickers. Fang Wu thought that she couldn't read, but she could recognize eagles.

However, after looking at her son's bookshelf for a long time, she still couldn't tell which one was the eagle.

She went to her husband for help.

Fang Shu's father saw that there were leaf paintings on six or seven books, but he couldn't tell what they were.

"Forget it," Fang Shu's father said in despair, "Take it all and let him find it himself!"

"No, if I give him too many, he won't be interested in studying anymore. Is this the one? This one looks more similar than the others."

"Then go and ask."

Fang Wu took the one that looked most like the book to her.

Fang Shu felt hurt after seeing it: "Mom, this is a butterfly sticker."

Fang Wu said, "How can you be a butterfly with only two wings?!"

Fang Shu said, "Isn't it injured?"

Fang Wu: "..."

If she died early in this life, it must have been because her son was angry!

He picked up the books and went back to listen to the boss and brought all of them over for Fang Shu to choose. Fang Shu picked one and said, "The one on it is the eagle."

Fang Wu said, "What eagle? These two round ones look like chicks."

Fang Shu sighed, "This isn't a chick, it's a young eagle."

It seems that no one in this world understands him. He is so distressed!

Fang Shu picked up a book, his eyes focused on the words, but his mind was still on the scene of him picking stones by the river a few days ago. That was his true happiness. If life couldn't be lived according to one's own wishes, what was the point of living?

He did understand Yu Qinglong somewhat on this point. If a person lived without a purpose or a goal, it would be easy to lose track of who they were.

Yu Qinglong had just written some words that only he could understand.

He wrote down the medical knowledge Mo Xiaoning had given him in pinyin. He used pinyin letters, but wrote it in an artistic English style, so to those who didn't understand, it looked like he was scribbling on the ground with a small wooden stick without any rules. But in fact, he was writing.

He knew that what he wrote on the ground would soon be stepped on, but he had no paper and wanted to make a deeper impression.

Zhou Jianer asked, "Brother Long, are you going to go look for the eldest sister of the Mo family tomorrow?"

Yu Qinglong said, "Yes. Sister Mo also knows a lot about medicine. If Doctor Mo doesn't accept me, I will start by learning from Sister Mo and learn as much as I can. Even if Doctor Mo still doesn't accept me in the end, my trip won't be in vain. Sister-in-law, is there any unfinished work at home? Tell me and I'll do it."

Zhou Jianer said, "Then please help me plant the radishes in the backyard."

Yu Qinglong said yes. He didn't dare to do kitchen work. Firstly, he was really afraid of wasting ingredients if he didn't do it well. Secondly, when he was a child, he was always beaten and scolded by Guo Hongfen, mostly in the kitchen, so he had some trauma in his heart and was not very good at this job.

But the original owner did a lot of work in the fields, especially in the vegetable garden behind his home. He remembered everything there very clearly.

Yu Qinglong took the small hoe, took the seeds Zhou Jian'er had given him, dug a hole, and planted two or three seeds in it. After planting, he buried them, making four ridges in total. After planting all the seeds, he went to get a bucket of water, scooped eight-tenths of it with a ladle, and poured it over the newly planted seeds, watering them thoroughly.

He was very quiet while doing these things and didn't say a word. Zhou Jian'er saw this and went back to the house to say to Zhou Yuehua who was sewing, "Father, I see that my younger brother is still the same as before, still very quiet. He was just planting radishes in the backyard and didn't say a word."

Zhou Yuehua said, "Perhaps he was provoked by the Wang family incident that day. I just felt that he was a little different from before. Do you think he hasn't changed much?"

Zhou Jianer said, "It's not like I haven't made any noise at all. My little brother used to eat without making any noise. I heard from the Qing family that it was because he was scolded by his step-grandmother too many times in the past. But lately, he's been making noises while eating, as if he doesn't care about those rules anymore. But this is a good thing, right? We farmers aren't as particular as those wealthy families. Why do we have to follow so many rules just for eating? It's exhausting."

Zhou Yuehua put her needlework aside and said, "That's true. Maybe I'm overthinking it. Anyway, it's good that he can come to his senses. But if he keeps going to the Mo family every day, you'll have more work to do."

Zhou Jianer smiled and said, "It's true that I've gotten more out of life, but I really hope my younger brother can learn more at the Mo family. I heard him say he learned three characters today. If he learns more, won't he be able to teach my children in the future? We can't always assume the worst. Besides, if my younger brother really learns to practice medicine, he won't have to go to the doctor for treatment in the future, which would be a good thing."

"You are so smart." Zhou Yuehua smiled and patted her daughter-in-law's hand. Suddenly, she heard a quarrel outside.

"Mom, I won't stay any longer. I'll just ask Qinglong a few questions and then I'll leave. I beg you!"

"No! Come back with me! What will happen if someone sees us?" Bai Wu said, "Don't think I don't know you want to find out about Qingye."

"I didn't, I..."

"Qiu'er, you're here!" Yu Qinglong shouted.

He was sitting in the yard scraping the dirt off his hoe, thinking it would be convenient to clean it up for next time, when he saw the mother and daughter fighting outside the door.

He quickly put down his hoe and came over: "Aunt Bai, Qiu Ge'er finally came here, why don't you let him in?"

I've heard people say that Bai Wanqiu will listen to her parents about marriage, but who knows if that's true or not? Now it seems like it's probably fake.

Bai Wanqiu took the opportunity to quickly push away his mother's arm and stood at the door of the Yu family. He turned around and pleaded, "Mom, I'll just say a few words and then I'll be leaving. Please go back first."

Bai Wu's face was stern. "Talk about it, talk about it. It's no use! Your father said that if you want to marry into this family, he will no longer recognize you as his child!"

Bai Wanqiu's eyes were already red with anxiety, and now tears were streaming down her face. She didn't dare to refute but didn't want to leave either. She was in a dilemma.

Yu Qinglong said, "Aunt, why are you so angry? If Qiu Ge'er doesn't enter my house, how can he come to play with me?"

Bai Wu was stunned. In the past, whenever she saw Yu Qinglong, he would always lower his head and look afraid to face people. But now, he was not afraid at all when he spoke to people.

She frowned and said, "Looking for you to play, ask him if he wants to play with you?"

Bai Wanqiu didn't say anything.

Yu Qinglong said, "Why aren't you looking for me to play with? My second brother has gone to town to be an apprentice. Who else can Qiu Ge'er look for if not me?"

"Did your second brother really go to town?"

"I went there early this morning."

"Mom, just let me chat with Qinglong for a few words, and then I'll go back." Bai Wanqiu is small and has a round face. She looks as pitiful as a kitten.

Yu Qinglong felt a little sorry and patted him, "Auntie, please tell me, can he come in and play with me for a while?"

Bai Wu said with a fierce look on her face, "Just a moment!"

Yu Qinglong pulled Bai Wanqiu in without saying a word, and said as they walked in, "I just planted some radishes. I'll take you to see them."

Bai Wanqiu nodded.

Yu Qinglong pulled him to the back vegetable garden: "Tell me, what do you want me to say to my second brother?"

Bai Wanqiu wiped away her tears and said, "I, I want you to tell Brother Qingye not to abandon me. I don't want to marry into another family."

Bai Wanqiu started crying again as she spoke: "He came to see me this morning, but my father wouldn't let me go out. He even covered my mouth so I wouldn't speak. I was afraid he'd get angry and ignore me from now on. Sob…"

"Don't cry. I'll tell my second brother when he comes back. Has your family arranged another marriage for you?"

"No."

"Then don't be afraid. You know the situation in my family. If you really marry into my family, you might not have a good life for a while. Your father and mother are probably worried that you will suffer."

"But I don't even want to live if I can't be with Brother Qingye."

“…”Well, you’re a little love-brained person, but you’re quite cute.

Yu Qinglong smiled and said, "Okay, I'll tell my second brother this when he comes. Don't worry, as long as you don't change, I don't think he will change either."

Although they had not been together for a long time, he felt that Yu Qingye was not the kind of person who was irresponsible and irresponsible.

Bai Wanqiu finally smiled a little, but soon his smile faded again. He asked with concern, "Brother Qinglong, I heard you fainted yesterday. Are you feeling better now?"

Yu Qinglong said, "Okay. I made the old lady angry yesterday."

This "old lady" made Bai Wanqiu stunned: "Don't say that. If she hears, she will scold you again. Better be careful and don't let her take your fault."

Yu Qinglong said, "Why would I be afraid of her? I don't eat her food or use her things."

What are you talking about...

Bai Wanqiu finally realized that Yu Qinglong had really changed as much as people said. He didn't think there was anything wrong with this; at least he would be bullied less. He was just a little surprised.

He became hesitant to speak.

"What's wrong?" Yu Qinglong asked him.

"I, I ran into Hu Bo this morning when I went to the river to wash clothes. He said that Grandma Yu was looking for someone to propose marriage to you, and that person seemed to be, was..."

"What else?"

"He's a widower with two children, and he's also a drunkard and a violent man. Hu Bo said that Grandma Yu wants you to be that man's second wife."

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