Upon hearing this, Nangong Huiyu's face flushed bright red, and she said shyly, "Husband, you're so naughty! You're injured and still not behaving yourself!"

Lu Tu said helplessly, "I asked you to blow on the wound on my back so that the garlic extract I just applied could be absorbed."

"Oh, oh." Nangong Huiyu quickly hid behind Lü Tu, not daring to look at him anymore.

Song Yuxi smiled gently: "Husband, although this matter has been resolved, it has also served as a reminder that as our numbers increase, we must pay even more attention to the issue of embezzlement."

Lu Tu said seriously, "Yes, so I want to formulate a new system. By the way, how are Jiang Wanyu and Ban Yingying's studies going?"

"Jiang Wanyu is very smart and has mastered most of the simple accounts. As for Ban Yingying, although she is not as smart as Jiang Wanyu, she can still play a supporting role."

Lu Tu nodded: "Based on your observation, are they reliable?"

"They're fairly reliable; at least they wouldn't dare tamper with the accounts. The key question is, even if they did, how would they spend the money?"

"Alright, your and Xiaoyu's bellies are getting bigger and bigger, so hand over the accounting to Jiang Wanyu as soon as possible. I'll go find you two maids."

Nangong Huiyu said, "Why don't we let Chen Huahua come? I quite like that girl."

Lu Tu refused outright: "Chen Huahua is so young, and she's still in school."

"That's right. Then, sir, may I go to the refugees myself to choose?"

"Sure, you can go out and explore these next few days. Have Liu Hu and his men accompany you."

Nangong Huiyu waved her hand: "Even if I am pregnant, no ordinary man can get close to me. If bandits come from outside, they probably won't even be able to enter the village. Husband, you don't need to worry."

"Better safe than sorry. It's getting late, let's rest."

This delay meant it was already dark. After blowing out the lamp, Lü Tu lay on the bed all night.

The next morning, Lü Tu quickly got up to move around; his back was about to break from lying down all night.

As Lu Tu passed by the warehouse, he saw Jiang Wanyu writing something on a piece of paper. When he got closer, he was surprised to find that she was writing the multiplication table. It seemed that Song Yuxi had already taught her.

After being blocked by Lü Tu's tall shadow, Jiang Wanyu looked up in confusion and saw Lü Tu watching her do arithmetic.

He quickly stood up and explained, "Sir, I..."

Lu Tu waved to her, picked up the paper, looked it over, and nodded in satisfaction: "You calculated everything correctly. You put a lot of effort into it."

Jiang Wanyu exclaimed in surprise, "Really? You're so amazing, sir! You can tell whether my calculations are correct just by looking at them."

Lu Tu grabbed a pen and paper, made up some simple exercises on them, and handed them to Jiang Wanyu: "These are your homework for the next few days. After you finish them, give them to my wife to check."

"Yes, ma'am!" Jiang Wanyu took the scrap paper and began to calculate seriously. Looking at her engrossed expression, Lü Tu sighed that she was indeed a studious girl.

In other words, she was born in the wrong era. With that strong interest in mathematics, she would have been able to get into a good junior high school in her previous life. As for mathematics after junior high school, that would depend on her talent.

Since Jiang Wanyu is interested in accounting, then let's cultivate her interest. Right now, everything is in need of rebuilding, and talents from all walks of life are in short supply for Lu Tu.

He wouldn't give up on any talent. In his view, even someone who's good at herding sheep is a top-notch talent! After all, his former squad leader had even won a third-class merit award for raising pigs back in the company.

All the people along the way looked at Lü Tu with admiration. After yesterday, Lü Tu had become a role model of a great man in their hearts.

He also became an idol for most of the boys in the village, who aspired to be men like Lü Tu when they grew up!

As Lu Tu passed by Hu Delu's house, he happened to see Zeng Lanlan rushing out. Curious, Lu Tu called out to her, "Where are you going?"

Zeng Lanlan bowed and said, "Sir, I'm going to help sew masks. The previous batch couldn't block out coal dust."

Lu Tu also became interested: "You lead the way, I'll follow and take a look."

After hesitating for a moment, Zeng Lanlan whispered, "Sir, do you need me to help you?"

"It's alright, let's go!"

Before long, Zeng Lanlan led him to a slightly larger wooden house, where about 40 peasant women were sitting inside and out. They were chatting and laughing, but their needlework seemed to be an extension of their hands, and they were doing it cleanly and neatly, without interrupting their conversation at all.

"Hey you guys, did you hear that last night? That guy Sun Kuang, he and his wife were at it for two hours straight!"

"Wow! Is Sun Kuang really that powerful? He seems quite frail to me."

A dark-skinned peasant woman pouted: "Auntie, you just don't understand. It's only with a tall, thin man like Sun Kuang that you can last a long time on the kang!"

The other farm women were surprised: "How did you know? Your husband isn't tall either."

"Oh, I was just talking nonsense, look at my mouth."

Lu Tu was sweating profusely as he listened. Every time he encountered these peasant women chatting, they were all incredibly vigorous.

Zeng Lanlan, the newlywed daughter-in-law, was not usually able to join in on such topics, so she could only cough and say, "Sisters and aunts, Lord Lü is here."

At this moment, the peasant women, who were having a great time chatting, noticed Lu Tu standing at a distance, unwilling to approach. They quickly put down their work, stood up, and bowed to Lu Tu, saying, "Greetings, Lord Lu!"

Lu Tu nodded, walked over, picked up a few masks and examined them. He noticed that every stitch on the masks was extremely neat and fine: "Your needlework is quite good, I didn't know!"

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