The magistrate was so easily deceived by two country women. If he did not punish them, it would surely humiliate his official authority. He slammed his gavel down hard: "The two women, Zhu, have falsely accused others and disrespected the court. They are fined twenty taels of silver and each given twenty strokes of the cane. Court adjourned."

After the magistrate finished speaking, he led his clerk inside.

The oppressive atmosphere of the county government led Zhu Shi and Lu Congrong to be brutally beaten.

Hearing Zhu's wailing, Su Jiaoniang felt no relief. She stared at Lu Futu and sighed softly, "Let's go home."

Lu Futu pursed his lips and followed behind Su Jiaoniang.

Chang Dali followed closely behind Lu Futu.

As they were about to leave the county town, Lu Futu waved to Chang Dali and said, "You go back first."

Chang Dali nodded in a deep voice, then turned and walked towards the rented courtyard. There were already five or six people in the courtyard, all of whom were homeless but loyal to Lu Futu.

As Su Jiaoniang walked out of the county government office, she noticed that Lu Wujiu was silent. He was staring at her, once again with a strange and unsettling gaze.

"What are you looking at!" Su Jiaoniang couldn't help but ask.

Lu Wujiu remained silent for a long time. Just when Su Jiaoniang thought he wouldn't respond, she spoke up: "Your husband is Lu Wujiu? Lu Wujiu from Tianshui Village, Lu Dashan's younger brother?" His voice was slightly dry and hoarse.

The moment I asked the question, my hands, which were behind my back, trembled.

Su Jiaoniang nodded: "Yes, it was him." Her voice was indifferent at the moment. Her mind was full of images of Futu holding a dagger to someone's neck, although she thought Lu Congrong deserved it.

But she would rather kill Lu Congrong herself than let her child learn to be indifferent, grow up, or take action. She was indeed an unqualified mother.

Upon hearing Su Jiaoniang's reply, Lu Wujiu's entire demeanor changed. His Adam's apple burned, his throat went dry, and a thousand words were hidden in his heart, yet he couldn't utter a single one. He had even thought that he had betrayed the woman who died young, that he had some filthy thoughts, what sister-in-law, what uncle and nephew!

These children are his own flesh and blood.

Thinking back on these years, he had lived a prosperous life in the State of Qi, despite the many crises that surrounded him, he never had to worry about food or drink.

His wife lived in a dilapidated little courtyard, while his two children learned to struggle for a living at a young age.

...

For a moment, he didn't know how to be honest.

Furthermore, the spies sent by the State of Qi clearly said that his wife was dead!

It's been gone for three years now, so what happened?

Was there a problem with the spies, that someone had been planted around them, or did something happen in this village back then?

After six years apart, he felt no longing or affection for his wife, but due to a sense of responsibility, he never married and could not accept other women.

...

Lu Wujiu's mind was filled with all sorts of thoughts, but none of them could make him forgive himself.

Looking at the child following behind the woman with his head drooping, he looked exactly like him.

Looking at the woman, she has transformed from a crybaby into a strong, unpretentious woman with a dashing and heroic air.

We walked back to the village.

Su Jiaoniang pulled a rattan cane from the courtyard and her gaze fell on Lu Futu.

The child was very perceptive and immediately understood Su Jiaoniang's meaning. He obediently knelt on the ground and stuck his bottom out, saying, "Mother, Futu knows he was wrong. He shouldn't have held a knife to someone's neck. Mother, hit me, I can hold it in, I won't cry."

The child's words made Su Jiaoniang feel a pang of sadness.

If you can't even pull the rattan cane down.

He's just a child, what does he know!

However, he is just a child who knows how to brandish a knife at people. If he loses control and his hand trembles, it doesn't matter if Lu Congrong is killed, but such a young child will get his hands dirty.

Otherwise, she would have killed the entire Lu family first.

A murderous glint flashed in Su Jiaoniang's eyes.

Lu Wujiu had been keeping a close eye on Su Jiaoniang. Noticing the coldness in the woman's eyes, he reached out and patted Su Jiaoniang on the shoulder: "Calm down, don't let anger overwhelm you."

Su Jiaoniang turned around and met Lu Wujiu's expressionless face.

He nodded stiffly.

Her gaze fell on Lu Futu.

After a while, he said, "What Mr. Gu teaches is too profound for you. Tomorrow, you will go to study under Master Zhang in the next village."

Master Zhang was an old scholar in his sixties, a rigid man who was best at teaching people to be stubborn and pedantic. Little Buddha was too clever. Clever people often consider things from their own perspective, which is not bad, but it is not suitable for Buddha.

If only Buddha could be a little more stubborn, a little more pedantic.

The path I take in the future will probably be more stable.

"Old Zhang?" Lu Futu's eyes widened.

He had heard that Old Zhang loved to read aloud with his students swaying their heads. If you didn't sway your head while reading, you would get beaten. If you didn't listen attentively in class, you would also get beaten. Even if you learned what he taught, you would still get beaten if you tried to learn something else. Moreover, you couldn't leave early or skip class, or you would be visited at home.

Once you get there, an old man will be watching you all the time!

Doing business will become much more difficult.

This isn't learning, it's reformation! Master Zhang's ruler is all-powerful. Why did his mother send him to that place?

But Lu Futu knew he had no chance to refute, so he could only give a wry reply.

Seeing the look of despair on Lu Futu's face, Su Jiaoniang felt relieved.

A child's future should be one of peace and joy.

Once Lu Wujiu saw that the matter had been resolved, he sought out Zhao Han.

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