"As long as their medicinal herbs are good, I'll buy as many as they have."

The boy frowned: "The junior can use her own money to help them out for a while, but she can't help them out for a lifetime, can she?"

Shangguan Wu said seriously, "This is not a subsidy. If their medicinal herbs are not good, I will not accept them. Senior, I am not a pushover. Since I have made a decision, it means I have thought it through."

"Okay, it's good that you know. I'm going back to the teacher."

The boy left with his umbrella.

Shangguan Wu watched his retreating figure, and then walked into the ancestral hall.

That night.

Shangguan Wu was video chatting with Gu Yunzhen while lying under the covers.

"Children from poor families mature early. The children here have to work and study every day. When I ask them if they are tired, they all say they are not. They want to study hard and get into a good university in the future."

Shangguan Wu thought of her childhood, and of White Hidden Village, where there were only old people and her, a child. But each old person was extremely knowledgeable, a pinnacle in their respective field, and a respected figure in the community.

From as far back as she can remember, she followed her master to learn medicine. Perhaps she saw the joy of raising children, because the old people in the village looked at her, a child, like wolves seeing sheep, their eyes gleaming with greed, and they tried to fleece her as much as possible.

For example, today Grandma Hua teaches, tomorrow Grandpa teaches, and the day after tomorrow... the schedule is packed full.

However, the old man who knew kung fu glared at her and bristled when he saw her.

Because her physique is not suitable for practicing martial arts.

As a child, she was like a sponge, absorbing the knowledge they taught her like crazy.

After starting school, I became somewhat unbalanced in my studies.

Several more children appeared in Hakugakure, seemingly the masters' juniors, but they were all sent away after the age of twelve. The longest they stayed was eight years, and the shortest was only one year.

It seems that Lo Wei stayed for three years.

That's why he always called her "Junior Sister".

Thinking of the news about Yaoshui Village that Luo Wei had sent, Shangguan Wu frowned slightly, her eyes filled with worry.

She remained silent for a long time, her brows furrowed. Gu Yunzhen asked in a low voice, "What are you thinking about?"

Shangguan Wu expressed his concerns about Yaoshui Village.

"The weather here is getting colder and colder, and it's been raining a lot. A large pond in Yaoshui Village has overflowed, and the fish have escaped. The villagers are very worried and are taking turns guarding it. Yesterday, the village chief fell into the pond, but luckily Leng Yan rescued him."

Gu Yunzhen frowned.

The rain lasted for too long, and some villages were flooded, but the villagers were evacuated in time and there were no casualties so far.

However, a sudden mudslide occurred on another mountain, cutting off the road and killing five people in the village at the foot of the mountain.

If he remembered correctly, that village was the ancestral home of the Shangguan family, and the Shangguan family would go back to worship their ancestors every year.

Gu Yunzhen didn't plan to tell her these things, so as not to make her worry unnecessarily.

After half a month of rehabilitation training, his legs are now able to walk for two hours straight and stand for half a day. He had planned to personally pick her up when her charity work ended.

But now he couldn't wait any longer. The thought of other men fawning over her gave him an urge to throw those things into the sea to feed the fish.

"Madam, I heard you were chatting with someone in the rain while sharing an umbrella?"

Gu Yunzhen's deep voice made it impossible to discern whether he was happy or angry.

Shangguan Wu suddenly snapped back to reality.

Her lips twitched: "What do you mean 'heard'? Just say Anan told you!"

Gu Yunzhen narrowed his eyes: "Madam is beating around the bush, is it because you don't want to talk about it?"

Shangguan Wu rolled her eyes in annoyance: "Anan was standing so close, he should have relayed every word I said to you, right? What kind of chat is that? He left after he finished his business."

Gu Yunzhen's deep eyes stared intently at her: "There are quite a few senior students. You stood in the rain watching him leave."

Shangguan Wu suddenly wanted to call Anan over and beat him up.

"Gu Yunzhen, I've noticed you're becoming increasingly unreasonable lately. Didn't you ever go to school? All the teachers' students are older than me. What am I supposed to call them if not 'senior'?"

Gu Yunzhen's gaze narrowed slightly, and she said softly, "Now you just call me by my name instead of 'husband,' is it because there are fresh weeds outside and the weeds at home don't smell so good anymore, so you want to pull them up?"

Shangguan Wu burst out laughing.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

She was laughing so hard she almost died laughing. How could he be so serious and funny?

She had only ever heard others talk about wildflowers and cultivated flowers; this was the first time she had ever heard a man talk about weeds and cultivated weeds. But with his looks, he must have been the school heartthrob since childhood, right?

But is weeding okay?

I can't live without laughing!

If it were him, she would only be interested in buying things.

For some reason, Shangguan Wu was reminded of the poem, "Wildfire cannot burn it all, the spring breeze brings it back to life." No matter how mercilessly the fire burns, as long as the spring breeze blows, the land will be covered with green grass again...

If she said that, he'd probably crawl out of the screen and beat her up.

Thinking of this, Shangguan Wu laughed so hard she could barely breathe, tears streaming down her face. She even dropped her phone onto her pillow.

Suddenly, an old woman's concerned voice came from outside the door: "Wu Bao, are you alright?"

Shangguan Wu's laughter stopped abruptly, and she said loudly, "I'm fine, Grandma. I'm sorry to have disturbed you. Please go back to your room and sleep. It's cold outside."

"Okay, don't kick off the blankets," the mother-in-law instructed.

Shangguan Wu responded, and then heard Gu Yunzhen ask, "Do you kick off the covers when you sleep?"

"Don't you know whether I kicked him or not?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Yunzhen raised an eyebrow: "Madam, you've been a bit short-tempered lately."

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