Pei Yao had already heard about it from Pei Dalang on the way here.
In his early years, the Liu family was not wealthy. When Mr. Liu was young, he followed his father to fight on the frontier.
That scar was left from when I was saving people on the border.
Those weren't hideous, grotesque wounds; they were medals of honor.
At that time, Pei Yao asked in confusion, "Why was such a good old man like Mr. Liu exiled to Lingnan in the end?"
Pei Dalang thought for a moment: "I'm not really sure either. I've only heard that he was too straightforward and had a fierce appearance, which offended people and led to him being framed..."
Pei Yao: "..."
Pei Yao snapped out of her thoughts, calmly looked back at Grandpa Liu, her face showing more admiration, and politely greeted him, "Grandpa Liu."
Grandpa Liu looked at the bright smile on the little girl's face.
Liu Yan, standing next to him, nudged her grandfather and said, "Grandpa, don't keep that stern face. You might scare Sister Pei."
Grandpa Liu paused for a moment, glanced at his little granddaughter, and then, as if suddenly realizing something, covered the scar on his face with his hand, looked at Pei Yao and Pei Dalang, and forced a smile that was more like a grimace.
"This must be little Pei, she's grown so much since I last saw her..."
Liu Yu: "......"
Pei Yao: "......"
Everyone: "..."
It's clear that the old man isn't suited to smiling.
Liu Yu's lips twitched, and he reached out to tug at his grandfather, whispering, "Grandpa, you'd better not laugh, it's creepy."
Grandpa Liu raised his hand and gave his grandson a sharp rap on the head: "You brat, do you know how to talk?"
Liu Yu held his head and looked at his grandfather with a wronged expression.
He wasn't wrong!
Liu Yu thought this to himself, but dared not show it on his face.
Grandpa Liu glared at his grandson, then turned around somewhat awkwardly to look at the Liu family members behind him and asked, "Do I look scary when I laugh?"
Seeing the old man's gaze, everyone instinctively nodded mechanically, then quickly shook their heads.
"No, no."
Having received a satisfactory answer, Grandpa Liu turned to Pei Yao with a smile.
Pei Yao: "......."
………
Pei Yao was absolutely amused by the adorable appearance of this old man Liu.
I've determined that the other person is a very quirky old man.
The group exchanged a few simple pleasantries.
The men of the Liu family never imagined that the Pei family, whom they were not familiar with in Kyoto, would now offer them such generous assistance.
It's easy to add flowers to brocade, but difficult to provide charcoal in the snow.
They are unable to repay the Pei family's kindness now, but they will definitely repay it many times over in the future.
The Pei family's carriage was quite large, so the two families squeezed together inside and swayed all the way home.
When Pei Yao and the others got home, it was almost evening.
Yunniang and Pei Erlang are still on the beach leading the villagers to collect seaweed; they haven't returned yet.
When Pei Yao and the others returned, they ate something on the street and weren't hungry yet.
Pei Yao put the pork belly and offal she bought today into a bucket and lowered it into the well.
The temperature inside the well is low, so the meat doesn't spoil as quickly.
After everyone got home and tidied up a bit, they went to the beach to help Yunniang.
Pei Yao also brought them some pancakes that she had packed up in town.
However, Yunniang brought her own dinner.
When Pei Yao and the others delivered it, they were sitting on the side having dinner with everyone.
Pei Yao called out to Yunniang from afar, "Father, Mother, we're here!"
Hearing the commotion from Pei Yao and the others, Yunniang and Pei Erlang put down their steamed buns and got up.
"Hey, they're all back."
Pei Yao handed over the pancake in her hand: "There are more pancakes here."
Yunniang took the cake: "Okay."
Pei Erlang looked at Pei Dalang and asked:
"How's the Liu family's situation?"
Pei Dalang put down what he was holding and said, "It's all taken care of. This is all thanks to Manager Qian having connections."
"Manager Qian has indeed helped us a lot." Pei Erlang took a bite of the pancake that Pei Yao had brought.
After eating, everyone quickly got back to work.
Yunniang and Pei Erlang had already led the villagers to do most of the work.
There's not much work left to do.
So Pei Yao and the others finished in no time.
The villagers of Liujia Village are very conscientious. Ever since they rode in Liu Tie's oxcart twice, they now give him a penny for the fare every night when they go home.
Liu Tie originally thought they were all from the same village and was unwilling to accept them.
However, those women weren't the type to take advantage of others.
Even though they were being polite and refused, they couldn't really refuse to give them anything.
Besides, Liu Tie's family wasn't well-off, so how could they possibly take advantage of others?
The moon was as bright as day tonight, and they didn't even need to carry lanterns as they walked along the village road on their way back; they could find their way home by the moonlight alone.
Swarms of fireflies danced freely in the roadside grass.
"Wow, so many insects with lanterns on them."
Pei Xuan didn't know what fireflies were called, she only knew that these insects could glow and were very beautiful at night.
Pei Yichen walked over with a smile and corrected her, "Xuan'er, I have a name, Firefly."
Xuan'er stuck out her tongue at Pei Yichen sheepishly, "I forgot again."
After Xuan'er finished speaking, she blinked her big eyes, looking at the vast expanse of fireflies with a sense of guilt:
"I'm sorry, fireflies, I'll definitely remember your names next time!"
Everyone was charmed by the little girl's adorable actions.
Pei Yao, in particular, couldn't resist going over and ruffling the little girl's head.
Once home, everyone started washing up.
Pei Yao wasn't very sleepy today, so after washing her hair, she sat in the yard and let it air dry.
The small chairs in the Pei family courtyard were bought by Pei Yao from a bamboo weaving shop in town; they were all small armchairs made of bamboo.
It's quite comfortable to sit in.
Yunniang and Chen Fang also washed their hair that evening and sat in the courtyard to air it out.
I worked hard all day and sweated a lot. My hair was wet and then dried, then wet again, over and over again.
You can't skip showering at night even if you want to.
Yunniang was the last to wash her hair, and it was still dripping wet. She gently wiped her hair with gauze.
After wiping it almost clean, he then imitated Chen Fang and Pei Yao's actions.
Leaning back in the bamboo chair, I let my hair down to dry.
Yunniang felt that the moon above the Pei family's courtyard was as big and round as the pancakes sold at the frontier vendor's stall in the capital.
The light made the entire courtyard as bright as day.
The evening breeze by the sea in the countryside carried a slight chill.
Sitting in the courtyard at this time, waiting for the occasional cool breeze, is incredibly comfortable.
After washing up, Pei Erlang looked at his family members sitting in the courtyard.
Then he turned around and went back to his room. When he came out again, he was holding a large bunch of dried mugwort.
They lit them with flint and steel, and placed a cluster of them at each person's feet.
Chen Fang used to think that the smell of dried mugwort was pungent and unpleasant, but now that she has come to Lingnan, she burns a large bunch of it in her house every night to repel mosquitoes.
I've gotten used to the smell, and it actually smells quite nice.
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