"Huai Xu, are you jealous seeing how much the villagers respect your wife?"
Li Chang'an and Nangong Chiyu each held a wood-chopping knife and chopped the firewood into small sections.
They were childhood playmates who joined the army together, and they always had endless topics to talk about.
"I'm overjoyed."
That was his wife, the most extraordinary woman in the world, and he was lucky to have her.
"Hahaha... Huai Xu, you're just being stubborn. I see you two barely exchange a few words together. Is it because Yan Chuan's mother hasn't forgiven you?"
Although Nangong Chiyu had changed a lot, they had played together for so long that he could still tell something was wrong from his friend's expression.
"No, Chang'an, you're overthinking it. My wife and I are doing very well."
Li Chang'an saw through her but didn't say anything: "Huai Xu, good women are most afraid of being pestered by their husbands, and besides, she is your wife."
Upon hearing this, Nangong Chiyu understood immediately. Su Luo was a strong-willed woman, and if he didn't take action, how could he win her heart?
Having found a clue, he went back and began to plan carefully.
In one day, Su Luoguang was kept by the villagers and they talked about making money.
However, it also made Su Luo realize that in the second half of the year, all the children in Changping Village would be able to go to school.
There are also several wedding banquets scheduled in the village because Changping Village is currently the richest village in the entire Yongle County.
Men who couldn't find wives before are now all getting them.
They also had dinner at Chen Ping'an's wedding banquet. Yan Chuan came over by himself after returning home from the academy.
That evening, Zhao Ruyun led Yan Chuan and Yi Huan ahead, with Su Luo and Nangong Chiyu following behind, as they walked home together.
"Luo Luo, I'm hurt."
Su Luo turned to look at Nangong Chiyu's outstretched hand; it was just a small scratch from chopping wood.
If he hadn't said anything, the wound would have healed.
"There's a pharmacy at home, so I can take care of it myself when I get home."
Nangong Chiyu simply wanted more time to spend with Su Luo; otherwise, why would he have come up with such a lame excuse?
"I don't know how. You're a doctor, so you can apply the medicine for me."
Su Luo rolled her eyes at him. Was this scratch even considered a wound for someone who had come from the battlefield?
Or is it that now that you have a family, you just want to indulge in this sentimentality?
"Chuan Chuan, wait a minute."
Hearing their mother calling them from behind, Yan Chuan, Zhao Ruyun, and the other two turned around to wait for them.
Once they were closer, Su Luo said, "Chuan Chuan and Huan Huan, your father is injured. When you get home, treat and bandage him so I can see how well you've learned your medical skills."
“Yes, Mother!” the two children answered in unison.
Only Zhao Ruyun looked worried: "Huai Xu, are you injured? Let me see."
Nangong Chiyu pulled his hand behind his back, looking embarrassed. What kind of injury was this? Su Luo really didn't want to waste any time on him.
"It's alright, Mom. I just got a little scratched. It's nothing serious. Luo Luo is just making a big deal out of it because she's worried about me."
Su Luo looked at him in disbelief, only a cold laugh remaining on her lips.
She's making a mountain out of a molehill. She feels sorry for him. Nangong Chiyu is shameless. How could he say such blatant lies?
"Oh! It's good that you're alright. Luo Luo was just concerned about you. As long as the two of you can support each other, things will get better and better in our family."
Zhao Ruyun didn't ask for the two to be deeply in love; she only hoped they could treat each other with respect.
"And Huai Xu, you need to be more careful in your work. Don't always make Luo Luo worry about you. You should also take better care of Luo Luo."
Su Luo thought to herself: It's really unnecessary.
"Yes! I will."
Back at the village entrance, Su Luo and Steward Shi went straight into the study, while Yan Chuan and Yi Huan went to the pharmacy to get the iodine solution that Su Luo had made herself.
The two of them took cotton swabs and prepared to clean Nangong Chiyu's wounds. When they opened their sleeves, they saw that the wounds had already scabbed over.
“Father, Mother said it’s wrong to lie.”
Nangong Chiyu lowered his sleeves again, and then he no longer needed the two children to treat him.
"You wouldn't understand adult matters."
He then asked Yanchuan and Yihuan to bring him their homework to check. Although Yihuan was a girl, she learned the knowledge points she had learned from Xie Wanwan very well.
Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the two were equally knowledgeable.
"Even if you have a solid grasp of the text, if your writing technique and strength are not right, you will not be able to bring out the beauty of the words."
Nangong Chiyu was quite talented in literature. That year, he studied many books on his own and developed excellent handwriting, which remains unmatched to this day.
"Chuan Chuan and Huan Huan, I will teach you the methods I know. Are you willing to learn?"
Although his mother made Yan Chuan call Nangong Chiyu "father," and despite the kinship that made them feel close, Yan Chuan didn't show much enthusiasm for him.
"If you teach, we will learn."
That night, Nangong Chiyu diligently taught the two children to write, patiently explaining anything they didn't understand.
For several days in a row, and now it's the busy farming season, Su Luo would go to the farm during the day to check on things.
Or they could go to the county to check on business. Even the college gave the children two days off because of the busy farming season.
Zhao Ruyun watched as Su Luo and Chen Huaixu were getting along peacefully, but it had been five or six days and he was still sleeping in the east courtyard.
He roughly understood what was going on between the two of them; if things continued like this, how could the couple possibly get along?
"Huai Xu, go to the backyard and get something."
That noon, Nangong Chiyu was practicing his boxing outside the courtyard when Zhao Ruyun suddenly called him to the storage room in the backyard.
The dozen or so houses in the backyard could be considered the Chen family's warehouse. There were seven or eight rooms for storing rice, seeds, and some infrequently used tools.
Even the cotton seeds, which Shuiqingzhuang couldn't store, had to be kept here.
"Mother, what did you call me here to get?"
Zhao Ruyun pointed to the cotton seeds and said, "These seeds have been soaking for two days. I heard Luoluo mention at breakfast that we're going to take all these cotton seeds to the estate to plant at noon."
"I'm afraid she won't be able to handle it, so you should get it ready for her first, then take it to the farm for her to do the fieldwork at the same time."
"good!"
Nangong Chiyu always offered to help Su Luo, but she always refused.
She also said that their agreement stipulated that Zhuangzi was her property and that he would not need to do anything for her.
With thirty Red Feather soldiers at home, they couldn't just sit around doing nothing, so Nangong Red Feather made them all come out and work.
All the cotton seeds were sorted out, regardless of whether they were bad or had too much cotton wool on the outside. After they were all processed, they were sent to the village.
The entire backyard, the entire army, were engaged in farm work, a scene no different from that of farmers in the fields.
Su Luo didn't go home at noon; she had lunch with Zhao Chunlan and the others at the manor.
It's unusually hot and humid today, and there's bound to be a heavy rain tonight or in the middle of the night, so Su Luo asked Butler Shi to arrange for people to plant all the cotton today.
Only when it rains at night can the cotton grow properly.
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