Zhao Wu nodded and said "hmm".
Seeing that he didn't want to talk, Xu Lanyin stood up and said, "You take a rest, I'm leaving first."
Zhao Wuwang looked at her and said softly, "Sister, I feel bad. Can you stay with me for a while longer?"
Xu Lanyin sat down again, "Okay."
Neither of them spoke. The young man's lips were tightly pursed, his eyes empty, as if he was lost in thought or reminiscing about the past. Xu Lanyin didn't try to eavesdrop on his thoughts, but sat silently by his side.
Xu Lanyin felt very sympathetic towards the young man in front of him. His parents had both died, and he had to pretend to be stupid to survive, but in the end he was pushed off the cliff. This was not the end of it. The shameless Mr. and Mrs. Wen wanted to use his "death" to make his eldest brother suffer and feel guilty for the rest of his life.
In her previous life, when she was reading the novel, she had a very bad impression of Wen Zhuofeng, thinking him a perverted cripple who treated the heroine, Su Qing, cruelly, leading to her untimely death at a young age... Now it seemed that Wen Zhuofeng was also a victim. He had no place to vent his suffering, so how could he possibly be kind to the heroine who "seduced" and "killed" her brother?
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard someone knocking on the fence door and calling Brother Zhao. It was Wang Jincai again.
Xu Lanyin frowned. The Wang family was always annoying. She had no choice but to get up and go out, fearing that the child's noise would be too loud and wake Qin and Xu Lanting.
Xu Lanyin walked out of the west wing and locked the door again.
Wang Jincai shouted at the top of his lungs but failed to open the door. Instead, he yelled at Qin and Xu Lanting.
Bored, Xu Lanting took Huazi and Mazi to the gate of Zhao Wu's house and shouted at them, but the gate didn't open.
Qin was a little worried and whispered, "Could it be that Wu'er is sick?"
Xu Lanyin smiled and said, "No, I was probably too happy yesterday and didn't get enough rest, so I made up for it today."
Xu Yulan, the daughter of Xu Lizheng, came to ask Qin for advice on embroidery, bringing an embroidery frame and a few pears. Now, Xu Yulan has become a frequent visitor to Xu Lanyin's home, finding all kinds of excuses to visit her.
The little girl comes from a good family and is well-behaved. She has a strong sense of superiority and thinks she is liked by everyone.
Xu Lanyin didn't like Xu Lizheng's family very much, but she didn't want to offend them openly, so she warmly invited the little girl into the house.
The little girl sat there until Xu Lanyin started to cook dinner, but Zhao Wu didn't come over, so she had to get up and say goodbye.
After she returned home, Xu Lizheng scowled and scolded her, "Are you going to see that Zhao brat again? He's just a constable at best, so no matter how handsome he is, it's useless. My daughter, if not marrying a Jinshi or Juren, at least marry a Xiucai."
Although Xu Lizheng didn't dare to offend the police officer and even wanted to curry favor with him, he disdained to have a police officer as his son-in-law, thinking it would be a disgrace to his family. He really couldn't understand why Zhao Wu was so handsome and seemed to have quite a fortune. Even if he bought a few acres of land or started a small business, it would be better than being a police officer.
Xu Yulan stamped her feet and said, "Mr. Qian is as tall as me. Whoever wants to marry him can marry him. But I won't marry him." After that, she went into the house and closed the door.
Xu Lizheng was so angry that he cursed a few more times under his breath and asked Ma to keep an eye on his daughter. He didn't dare to curse loudly, for fear that his father would hear him and curse him too.
Zhao Wucai came over during dinner time, smiling and acting cool, just like usual.
Xu Lanting went over and pulled his collar and asked, "Brother Zhao, why are you sleeping so soundly? Huazi, Mazi, and I went to your door and called for a long time, but we couldn't wake you up."
Zhao Wu laughed, picked up Xu Lanting and threw him up a few times. This stimulated Xu Lanting to scream loudly, and then he coughed violently, which scared Zhao Wu so much that he quickly hugged him in his arms.
Qin walked over, picked up Xu Lanting and patted his back.
Seeing Xu Lanyin's eyes full of inquiry, Zhao Wu whispered, "I've figured it out. I will work hard to improve my skills and make them pay for their blood debt with blood, and make them spit out everything they ate our brothers." He added, "I'll go to Daxiang Temple some other day."
If those people really thought he was dead, he could go to Daxiang Temple to visit his master.
Xu Lanyin felt relieved.
A light snow fell again at night, and the wind whistled through the dead branches.
It was around the hour of Yin, which was equivalent to four o'clock in the previous life. The rooster in the house crowed for the first time, and Xu Lanyin gritted her teeth and got up to make breakfast for Zhao Wu.
Civil servants' working hours in this era are similar to those in previous lives: they arrive early and leave early. In spring and winter, they sign in at 1:05 AM. In summer and autumn, they sign in at 2:30 AM. Unexplained lateness is not just a matter of reprimand and salary deduction, as in previous lives; it involves beatings with a whip or a stick.
It would take Zhao Wu about half an hour to walk from here to the county town and then to the county government office if he walked fast.
Xu Lanyin lit the fire and deftly kneaded the mixed flour she'd fermented the previous day, then steamed it in a pot. In another small pot, she prepared cornmeal paste. She moved very quietly, afraid to wake Qin. Although Qin's health had improved, she couldn't get tired and needed to get enough sleep, so she woke up at noon and took a nap.
After washing up, Xu Lanyin went to the west wing and knocked on the door to indicate that dinner was ready, then went to open the courtyard gate. He ignored Xu Lanzhou, as his school time was Chenshi.
Zhao Wu usually got up at 3:00 AM to practice martial arts, so he got up early. When he heard the knock on the door, he dressed and walked over.
He was wearing a dark black robe, a futou, black boots, and a large Chinese character "Bu" (Bu) written on his chest. His childish face was deliberately deep and solemn, giving him a very imposing look.
Zhao Wu puffed out his chest and asked in a low voice, "Sister, am I so majestic?"
Xu smiled and said, "Yeah, very impressive."
Zhao Wu added something to his heart, "Actually, this outfit is far less impressive than a military uniform."
The ideals of youth will never come true.
Xu Lanyin put the food on the table and watched Zhao Wu eat. She muttered to herself for a while, all about how to get along well with superiors and colleagues, how not to learn bad habits, and how not to follow certain bad detectives in oppressing innocent people...
Every time she said something, Zhao Wu would agree like a very obedient baby, "Yeah" or "Okay".
Even Xu Lanyin felt that she was like a mother sending her son to work on his first day, so it was no wonder that Zhao Wu thought she was much older than him.
After Zhao Wu finished his meal, Xu Lanyin sent him out of the hospital and watched him disappear into the snowy night.
Xu Lanyin closed the gate and went to the kitchen to feed the chickens. It was cold, so she moved the chicken coop into the kitchen. She now had ten hens and two roosters, and she was lucky if she could lay two or three eggs a day.
Xu Lanzhou also got up. After eating, he hurried to the private school.
Before leaving, Xu Lanyin gave him fifty coins and told him, "You are growing up, so don't save money. If the food in the private school is not good, go out and buy it. If you want to take the military examination, you must have a strong physique."
Xu Lanzhou earned two hundred coins a month, but Qin confiscated none of it. One hundred and twenty coins were given to his master and his wife to cover their food for a month, and the remaining eighty coins were his pocket money. But the boy was thrifty, unwilling to spend anything beyond necessary socializing, and even reluctant to take an extra piece of the snacks from the shop. Xu Lanyin noticed that he had lost weight again.
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