Chapter 119 Making a Wish to the Bodhisattva
"I am a scholar who has passed the imperial examinations, how can you be so rude! Trespassing on someone else's property."
At the entrance to the courtyard, Tao Chuang stared at the soldiers, their eyes wide open in a standoff.
"So it's Scholar Tao. We were also ordered by our superiors to find someone. Since we don't find the person we're looking for, we'll be leaving." Several yamen runners said to Tao Chuang, holding up a portrait.
Ye Wan brushed past these people and arrived at the door with her basket on her back.
"Looking for someone?"
Tao Chuang held a book in his hand. "He said he came to see Fang Daru. How could someone like Daru live in our place? He must be out of his mind."
Ye Wan knew about this, and these past two days she'd been searching everywhere for Fang Daru.
It turns out this great scholar was also strange; no one knew what he was doing, he would suddenly appear and then disappear again.
"Aren't you going to live in the alleyway anymore?" Ye Wan asked as she entered the courtyard.
Tao Chuang said somewhat embarrassedly, "The houses over there collapsed and are no longer habitable."
Then he hurriedly asked Ye Wan, "Where is my benefactor?"
He belatedly realized that his benefactor was actually his junior sister's husband. His uncle's daughter—it shouldn't be wrong for him to call her junior sister, right?
"I don't know." Ye Wan put the basket on the table and took out some vegetables from it.
She would come and deliver vegetables every now and then.
Tao Chuang's eyes widened upon hearing this. "Aren't you and him husband and wife? How could you not know?"
“He and I are husband and wife. I’m not a mind reader, so it’s normal that I don’t know. You care about him so much, why don’t you two just become husband and wife?”
Tao Chuang pointed at Ye Wan and stammered, "You...you..."
"What's wrong with me? Did I hit a nerve?" Ye Wan crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow at Tao Chuang.
This guy talks about Lin Anyuan all the time, calling him his benefactor, practically dreaming about him. It's hard not to suspect he might have some ulterior motive.
"You...you're talking nonsense." Tao Chuang was so excited that he stammered.
"Wanwan, stop teasing him, come in and talk to him." Aunt Cai called from the doorway of the main room.
After Ye Wan went inside, Aunt Cai took out some newly made shoes for her to try on.
"Mom, I have enough shoes. Don't hurt your eyes. These shoes are really beautiful." Ye Wan twirled around in the new shoes, which fit perfectly.
"It's a pity that it's so chaotic outside, so I can only dress modestly. Otherwise, I could have dressed even better. If I had added some pearls, I don't know how beautiful I would have looked." Aunt Cai looked at Ye Wan with loving eyes, as if she saw herself in her youth.
"Where's Dad?" Ye Wan didn't see the old man coughing.
"Your father has gone out."
"It's better not to let Dad wander around. There aren't many people on the streets lately, and it seems like some people are moving," Ye Wan said, taking off her new shoes and putting them away.
Such beautiful shoes are wasted on her drab gray clothes.
“Many people have gone south. If things get chaotic, the south might not be any better.” Aunt Cai tidied up her needlework.
There were yamen runners and soldiers everywhere looking for the old man, and she couldn't shake the feeling of unease.
"Is this Prince Jing a good person?" Ye Wan asked in a low voice.
While she was walking outside, she heard a lot of news about Prince Jing.
"I don't know if it's good or bad, but at least not so many people in his fiefdom starved to death. I heard that when the late emperor was on the throne, he favored Prince Jing to be emperor."
Aunt Cai thought of the current emperor, who had been on the throne for six years and had only brought immense wealth and hardship to the people. If the old man hadn't been so distraught, he wouldn't have...
Now, if the Emperor's men find the old man, these peaceful days are probably over.
Seeing that Aunt Cai seemed to have something on her mind, Ye Wan didn't ask any further. "We're far from the emperor's reach, so we can't interfere in these matters. Mother, I picked some wild fruits for you and Father to keep and eat."
It's September now, so it's understandable that there are still wild fruits on the mountain.
They're just not easy to carry, otherwise he would have brought some for Lin Anyuan as well.
I wonder what Lin Anyuan is doing right now.
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At the same time, Chu Xiujie came out of the Liu family with a dark face.
They had only gone to the Liu family's house to stay, but the second young master actually brought a woman inside right at the Liu family's door, and Old Madam Liu's expression clearly turned sour.
Murong Wu seemed oblivious, leaving Chu Xiujie utterly speechless. Wasn't it a wonder that his master had left the brainless Second Young Master alone?
Just as I was about to find a random place to sit down, a pebble suddenly appeared in front of me.
Not far away, a figure wearing a straw hat was watching him.
Chu Xiujie's eyes narrowed, and he quickly followed.
When they reached a deserted area, the people in front stopped.
"Young Master Chu."
Chu Xiujie chuckled upon hearing the address "Young Master Chu," "Oh, so you can speak properly this time?"
Lin Anyuan took off his straw hat. He hadn't bothered to hide his face lately, and it looked stunning in the sunlight.
Chu Xiujie was stunned. He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "A grown man looks like this? He didn't seem to be this devilishly handsome when he saw him last time."
Even the most beautiful woman in the capital would pale in comparison to him.
"I agree to what you said before. I am willing to pledge allegiance to your master, but I have a condition: help me find someone." Lin Anyuan looked at the mountains not far away.
Chu Xiujie's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "Tell me, who?"
"My mother."
He always felt that his mother was not dead.
Chu Xiujie laughed, "You're such a big boy now, but you still can't be without your mother."
Seeing the murderous intent in Lin Anyuan's eyes, Chu Xiujie immediately took two steps back. "Forget it, don't be angry, I won't say anything more."
"I have one more condition?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Xiujie's face darkened instantly as he looked at Lin Anyuan. Why was this man so troublesome? Did he think he was a bodhisattva in a temple, making one wish after another?
"I want a maid who knows martial arts."
"You've got some ideas, just you wait."
Lin Anyuan stood still.
Chu Xiujie rolled his eyes several times. "Do you think maids like this are easy to find? I didn't make you stand here and wait. I have to ask the master for someone for you."
Lin Anyuan said calmly, "Then when you send the person over, I'll go with you."
Chu Xiujie was amused. Okay, he could wait.
If it weren't for his master's preference for good-looking and capable individuals, he would have killed this kid on the spot.
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"Mom, do you think we can make a lot of money if we sell these things? How come you're so smart and can come up with so many ideas!"
In the courtyard, Er Ya exclaimed in surprise as she ate cold noodles.
Ye Wan laughed and said, "Have you become obsessed with money? Didn't you just talk to me in a high-pitched voice about scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants? Don't you think merchants are lowly now?"
Er Ya immediately spoke up. She had been ignorant before, but now she felt that her mother was the best.
"Mother, Aunt is here."
Ye Wan looked up and saw Ye Hua by the door.
Ye Hua's eyes were red, and she looked like she had been crying.
"Little sister, I have news about Cao'er."
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