"You, you wicked woman! If I had known, I should have made you blind first!" The man lay on the ground, rubbing his eyes, letting out a roar and curses.
Da Shan followed closely in, and upon seeing the man lying on the ground, he rushed over, crying, "Mother, it's Xiao Hu Zi! What do we do now?"
"Dashan, look carefully! If we hadn't arrived in time, Chunyan would have been defiled by him. We must not be lenient with such a wicked person!"
Da Shan looked at the man in front of her with a mixture of helplessness and tears, and said, "Mother, I know, but Little Tiger's mother, do you still remember that you two became sworn sisters and that you are my aunt!"
Liang Shuyan then realized that this little tiger was her best friend Liu Zhen's child. She was surprised and wondered what to do. Seeing that the little tiger was rubbing his eyes, she said, "Stop rubbing! Hurry up and take the little tiger back, quick!"
Dashan and Sanwang then hurriedly took Xiaohuzi to Liang Shuyan's house.
Liang Shuyan had no choice but to take the opportunity to go out first and find the system to help her clean his eyes with special tools. This was probably her last bit of remembrance for her younger sister, Liu Zhen.
Fortunately, the little tiger's eyes were saved, but he was extremely agitated. Thinking about what happened on the rock, he roared like a tiger: "I don't want to stay here! I want to go back! I want to go back!"
Da Shan let out a long sigh: "Why do you want to go back? Your aunt is gone, and you're all alone in your family now. What's the point of going back?"
“My mother is dead, but my father is still alive. The bandit leader in the mountains is my father. I have to go back to work for my father. My father said that I should take this girl back to be his wife. I have no choice. Only by relying on my father can I survive!”
After hearing this, Da Shan slapped him across the face: "How did you become like this, Xiao Huzi? Since your father is a bandit who is robbing innocent women, are you going to help such a villain commit crimes? How old are you this year? He's still thinking about finding a wife for himself. And what about you? You're also of marriageable age. Does he even respect you as his son?"
Liang Shuyan walked in from behind, clapped her hands and said, "You're absolutely right. If I were Xiaohuzi, I'd rather beg on the streets than follow a father like that. Your mother told me about Xiaohuzi's father, but she didn't tell me that he was a bandit leader. What good would it do you to follow someone like that?"
Little Tiger's eyes had almost recovered by now. He suddenly sat up and said, "But, but, do I really have to go begging now? What if he can't find me and comes looking for me? Won't that bring trouble to Dashan and you all?"
Even at this point, Xiao Huzi still remembered Dashan, which showed that he wasn't entirely bad. Upon hearing this, Liang Shuyan's heart softened, and she no longer harbored any ill will towards Xiao Huzi.
"If you don't mind, you can stay in our house. I will make sure you have plenty to eat and wear. As for your father, if he dares to cause trouble in the village, I will summon the county magistrate and hand him over to the imperial court!"
Little Tiger covered his eyes, half believing and half doubting, and said, "Really? Can I really stay? Auntie, just now, just now I impulsively talked back to you and said those things, please, please forgive me!"
"It's alright. If Dashan weren't here, I really wouldn't know you were Xiaohuzi. From now on, you can stay here. You can go to school or practice martial arts, it's up to you. You can work at the teahouse when you're free!"
Little Tiger knelt on the ground excitedly, kowtowing repeatedly: "Thank you, I, I will definitely do my job well and not eat and stay for free!"
Inside the martial arts school.
Jin Erniu was leading a group of people in martial arts practice. Liu Shi, heavily pregnant, was cooking at the stove. Deputy General Xiao stared at Liu Shi with a pang of sympathy and stepped forward, saying, "What do you need? I can help you. Look at you, how can you do such rough work with such a big belly?"
At first, Deputy General Xiao fawned over her, which Liu found annoying. Later, she discovered that he was actually a kind-hearted person who cared a lot about the warriors. He also volunteered to do the work at the martial arts school. He was indeed better looking than Jin Erniu.
Gradually, she began to accept the kindness from Vice General Xiao. She put down the knife in her hand and said with a smile, "Then I'll trouble Vice General Xiao to fetch me a bucket of water from the yard!"
Like a simpleton, Deputy General Xiao picked up the water bucket and went out.
After steaming the rice in the pot, Liu prepared some green vegetables and stir-fried a vegetarian dish. Following her mother-in-law's example, she also stir-fried a plate of radish and sliced meat, sprinkling a little bit of chili pepper on top.
During the meal, Deputy General Xiao kept staring at Liu Shi and kept putting food on her plate, saying, "Thank you so much, sister-in-law. If it weren't for her, we wouldn't be able to eat such delicious food. Sister-in-law is pregnant, please eat more."
The samurai around him who were eating all looked at Jin Erniu with different eyes. Jin Erniu was filled with anger. He used to tolerate this Deputy General Xiao because he was afraid that he would not teach everyone the skills. Now that he knew them himself, he didn't need Xiao to get in his way anymore and didn't have to be humble anymore.
"Deputy General Xiao, if you have nothing else to do, just leave. Don't eat this meal; it'll only make you look foolish here!"
Jin Erniu was the curator, so his words carried authority. Deputy General Xiao looked at him and said, "I... I just saw how hard my sister-in-law was working, so I put some food on her plate. What's wrong with that?"
"Get out! Didn't you hear me?" Jin Erniu's face was contorted with rage as he slammed his fist on the table and yelled.
Vice General Xiao was about to leave when he was stopped by Madam Liu: "Vice General Xiao served food to me, so what, Jin Erniu? Are you upset? Does someone help me at the martial arts school and you're going to change your attitude? Let me tell you, don't mess with me!"
Because of Beibei and her pregnancy, Liu was pampered by her mother-in-law at home. Jin Erniu knew that this was Liu's warning to him. If he dared to disobey again, Liang Shuyan would not be as arrogant as Jin Erniu when she came to the martial arts school.
Jin Erniu, his face flushed, pointed at Liu Shi and said, "You, you just wait!"
With that, he slammed the door and left.
Everyone was eating, and because of this incident, they all put down their chopsticks and bowls. But Liu Shi smiled and said, "Don't mind him. He's just stubborn. Everyone, eat well and try my cooking."
"Deputy General Xiao, come and have a taste, try my cooking!" Liu put a piece of braised pork from the plate into Deputy General Xiao's bowl.
"Jin Erniu, come here!"
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