Chapter 165 Everyone came to their village to fetch water
Baoya and Jingzhen returned at midnight, and Nanxuan was already half drunk.
It was a chilly night in early spring. Jingzhen took off his coat and put it on Baoya. The two of them walked into the yard hand in hand and saw Nanxuan running around the yard with a broom in his hand chasing Yun Chenglu, while Gu Wang was squatting quietly at the door of the bamboo building, looking at the two of them with disgust.
"Silly boy, stop right there!"
"You're thick-skinned, so what if I hit you twice?!"
There were two blushes on Nan Xuan's fair cheeks. She held a very thin bamboo pole in her hand, waving it while chasing Yun Chenglu.
Yun Chenglu ran as fast as he could, holding his head: "Master, please forgive me!"
"At most, I can drink with you!"
He held his forehead and sighed, then said calmly, "Master, Junior Brother Yun, we are back."
Yun Chenglu and Nan Xuan paused, and both of them looked towards the door in unison.
Jingzhen ignored their gazes, pulled Baoya into the yard, and took out two scallion pancakes wrapped in oil paper from his arms.
He originally wanted to put the paper bag on the stone table, but when his wrist was in the air he realized that the stone table was smashed by his punch.
Jingzhen: ...
He pursed his lips tightly, turned around and stuffed the paper bag into Nan Xuan's arms: "Grandma Yun made this for us."
Nan Xuan's hand sank as he smelled a fragrant aroma, sobering up instantly. He frowned and said, "You little brat, what are you doing running around with a little girl in the middle of the night? And you're even going to someone else's house to eat and drink for free?"
Jing Zhen's face turned cold when he heard what he said. Bao Ya quickly squeezed his hand and explained, "Master, that's not the case. Little Brother Jing took me to play in town. He was afraid that my family would worry, so he asked me to go back and tell Grandma."
Nan Xuan's face darkened after hearing what she said. "There are so many people in this town. Not only did you run around by yourself, but you even brought the little girl with you. Are you trying to piss me off to death?"
Before she could finish her words, Jing Zhen interrupted her: "I just took her to the viewing tower to sit for a while, she didn't run around."
"I'm sorry about what happened before. Also, I want to talk to you."
Nan Xuan stared at Jing Zhen in disbelief with his mouth half open.
Will this guy apologize to him?
He suspected that he was still drunk and was hallucinating.
But Jingzhen didn't give him time to think. He grabbed his sleeve and dragged him into the bamboo building.
Nan Xuan hurriedly stuffed the scallion pancake in his arms into Yun Chenglu's arms and said, "Here, it's perfect for dinner. Also, take the little girl to the second floor to rest later. It's getting late."
Yun Chenglu nodded and was about to ask him which room on the second floor.
Jing Zhen had already said, "The leftmost room on the second floor."
Nan Xuan looked at him with a serious and cold face, but the tips of his ears turned red, and he curled the corners of his mouth meaningfully.
Jingzhen pulled Nanxuan into the house to "talk", and Yun Chenglu and Baoya went to the second floor to rest.
Since Jingzhen and Nanxuan only arranged a room for Baoya, Yun Chenglu didn't dare to stay anywhere else. After settling Baoya down, he closed the door for her and went to the small hall downstairs to take a nap for the night.
I don’t know if it was because she didn’t sleep well in the new place, Baoya woke up early the next day.
She packed up and went downstairs. In the small hall, her second brother, Jingzhen, and the master were already sitting around the long table.
Seeing that Jingzhen and Nanxuan had returned to their old ways, she guessed that they must have made peace last night, so she happily sat down and had breakfast with them.
After breakfast, Nan Xuan gave her the dragon beard noodles that she had forgotten here, and asked Jing Zhen to take them back.
Gu Wang seemed to have noticed that his two masters were in a better mood. He wagged his tail excitedly and circled around Bao Ya, asking for a pat on the head and a stroke of his fur.
The wolf's moral integrity fell to the ground and he became a stupid idiot with his tongue sticking out.
Yun Chenglu and Baoya returned home early in the morning. He Chunxiu and Yun Sanlang had already gone to town. Zhao Zhilan was wandering in the yard in her coat. When she heard the noise at the front door, she hurried over.
"You're finally back!" Zhao Zhilan pulled Baoya over and looked her up and down. "How was your fun yesterday? You've become more opinionated the older you get. You said you'd never come back, so you didn't."
"Granny!" Baoya stamped her feet and said angrily, "I won't do it again!"
Seeing her cute and adorable look, Zhao Zhilan couldn't bear to blame her. She pinched the little hair on her head and invited them to go into the house to warm up.
Baoya followed Zhao Zhilan and glimpsed several craftsmen busy on the new house. She asked, "Grandma, is our new house almost finished?"
Zhao Zhilan nodded. "In three to five days, it will be time to put up the beams. By then, your eldest brother will be home soon. Grandma plans to set up a few tables for the celebration and invite all the villagers to come and celebrate."
"Well," Baoya nodded, "then let's buy some more firecrackers. It will be so lively with the crackling sound."
As far as I can remember, firecrackers were only set off during happy events like Chinese New Year and getting married. Although the sound of firecrackers was very loud, everyone huddled together, covered their ears, and had smiles on their faces.
She really likes this atmosphere.
"Okay, wait for Chengfu to come back, and you kids can go buy it together. I'll give you the money."
"Okay!" Baoya smiled with her beautiful eyes curved. Although there were still a few days left, she had already begun to look forward to it.
Baoya and Yun Chenglu entered the east wing. Yunhua and Yunyue were playing cat's tangle on the kang in the room. When they saw the two of them come back, they happily surrounded them.
"Baoya, second brother, where did you two go yesterday? Did you have fun?" Yun Yueliang's eyes were full of curiosity.
"Well, we didn't go out to play. We failed the training yesterday and were left behind to take extra lessons." Yun Chenglu scratched his head.
Baoya didn't expect that her second brother was so smart, so she nodded.
"oh."
It turned out that there was an extra class, and Yunyue immediately lost interest.
However, she quickly patted Baoya's shoulder and comforted her, "It's okay, you're still young, it's inevitable that you will make mistakes, just learn from it in the future."
"Yeah." Baoya nodded obediently.
Several children were talking in the house when Wang Cailian's loud voice was heard outside.
"Mom, this is so strange! People from the neighboring Black Water Village came to our village well early in the morning to draw water!"
"Really?" Zhao Zhilan put down the work in her hands and poked her head out of the kitchen.
Wang Cailian helped Yun Dalang put down the water-carrying load on his shoulders. "Yes, there are a lot of people gathered around the well to watch the fun. Otherwise, why would Dalang and I come back so late?"
"Maybe something happened to the well in Blackwater Village?"
Zhao Zhilan was just guessing when she heard a loud "Aunt Zhao" at the front door. It was Wu Dongmei.
"Hey," Zhao Zhilan responded, "Why didn't you bring Hu Zi with you?"
Wu Dongmei shook her head: "I'm here to pass on a message from the village head."
"What are you talking about?" Zhao Zhilan vaguely felt that it might be related to the well in Heishui Village.
Wu Dongmei didn't rush to speak. Instead, she glanced around the yard, making sure the Yun children were gone. Then she approached Zhao Zhilan and Wang Cailian and said, "Everyone from Heishui Village has come to our village to fetch water. Did you know?"
Zhao Zhilan and Wang Cailian nodded together.
Wu Dongmei continued, "I heard from the village head that a rotten corpse floated up from the well in Heishui Village."
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