Ding Youtian and Jian Ning liked to play these jokes from time to time in their conversations. Erniu and Sanniu naturally knew the secret behind them after hearing them so many times. Duan Xinyan said that Liu the Blind's bone-touching and fortune-telling was a trick, but at the same time she refused Liu the Blind's fortune-telling.
In other words, she didn't want Blind Liu to deceive her, which meant that she didn't take herself seriously. That's why Erniu and Sanniu laughed at her.
"Little brat, how dare you call your aunt stupid? I can even be a teacher to a fool, so how am I stupid?" Duan Xinyan still didn't understand why the two of them were laughing. Seeing that Blind Liu's eyes were all smiling, she knew there must be a reason. She frowned and said, "You two little brats, if you don't tell me the reason, I'll be really angry. I don't want to play with you anymore!"
After all, she was the two little ones' aunt, so the two little ones naturally wouldn't tell her the real reason. Erniu giggled and pointed at Sanniu, "I was just kidding, my sister is stupid too."
"I'm not as stupid as you." Sanniu pointed at her and laughed.
"You're dumber than me." Erniu was always as good at talking as Sanniu. "No, you're dumb, not me." She said as she fell into Blind Liu's arms and poked Sanniu's face with her finger. "You're dumb."
"You are the stupid one." Sanniu was quick and poked her back with a finger. She happened to raise her head, and Sanniu's finger poked her nostril, causing the blood to come out. She cried out "Wow".
When Duan Xinyan saw this, she ran away.
She jumped up so fast. The incident was caused by her and she didn't want Jane Ning to cause her trouble.
When going to school in the afternoon, Erniu had a ball of cotton wool stuffed in her left nostril. She walked in front alone with her schoolbag on her back, looking angrily. Qiaofeng pulled Sanniu to follow behind her. She ignored them when they called her.
"Sister Qiaofeng, I didn't mean it. Will my second sister always ignore me?" Sanniu shook Qiaofeng's hand and asked while looking up.
"No, look at me." Qiaofeng let go of Sanniu's hand and took out the snacks Chun'er had given her from her schoolbag. "Yaoyao, I have a malt sugar man. Do you want some?"
Erniu slowed down her pace, and Sanniu smiled, "I want it." She took the malt sugar figurine handed to her by Qiaofeng and ran forward, "Second sister, this is for you."
"I don't want to talk to you." Erniu was still angry, but she stole a glance at the candy figure in her hand.
It is called a sugar man, but in fact it is similar to a modern lollipop, the size of a thumb, shaped like a little man, and poked with a thin wooden stick.
"Then I'll eat it myself. Sister Qiaofeng doesn't have any left in her schoolbag, so this is the only one." Sanniu pretended to put it in her mouth. "If you eat it, I really won't talk to you for a long time." Erniu stopped and glared at her.
"Here, eat it. Can you talk to me?" Sanniu handed the little candy man over. She took it and said with a giggle, "Silly boy, I've already talked to you for quite a while, haha."
She laughed, and Sanniu laughed too. You licked the little sugar man, and she licked it. Qiaofeng said, "You two are eating like this again. Master said it's unhygienic. I won't share the delicious food with you two next time."
"My sister licks this side, and I lick this side." Erniu pointed at the sugar figurine and told Qiaofeng, "We are not licking the same side."
"Okay, let's go." Qiaofeng took one of them in each hand and pulled them forward. She originally wanted to tell Erniu not to turn around and sell her out, and tell her master that she had given her the candy figure. If it wasn't for coaxing Erniu, she would not have brought the candy figure.
But after thinking about it, she still didn't deliberately remind Erniu. Sanniu is never talkative, so don't worry. If you remind Erniu, maybe she will sell you out after you get hurt.
In the afternoon, Blind Liu went to see the ginkgo paste made by Jian Ning and his men. Ding Youtian accompanied him to walk around the street and chose a shop to open a bookstore. When he and Blind Liu returned to the county government office, they met Cai Sibei and his parents who were preparing to return to Zhuling County.
Hong Gu held her mother's hand and cried bitterly. The mountains were far and the road was long. She didn't know whether she would see her parents and brothers again in this life, so she was reluctant to let them go.
"Oh, isn't this Mr. Cai from Zhuling County?" Blind Liu glared at Ding Youtian. "How come I didn't hear you mention Mr. Cai when he's here?"
Ding Youtian was afraid that he would blame him for not having him as his master, so he quickly bowed and said, "Disciple forgot for a moment, but it's not my fault. I wanted to tell Master earlier, but didn't you ask me to get out of here?"
"I'm still saying this now. Get away from me as soon as possible and don't pollute my eyes." Blind Liu then looked at Cai Sibei with a smile, "Please, Master Cai, tell Old Qin that I'm planning to open a bookstore here. If he's bored staying at your house, please ask him to come visit me next spring after the winter and do me a favor."
Cai Sibei bowed and smiled, "I'll definitely pass on the message to Uncle Qin. When Uncle Qin hears this, he'll be counting the days. He'll definitely be happy to come."
Ding Youtian rubbed his nose. He hadn't told Blind Liu that Jian Ning had asked Cai Sibei to deliver a letter to Mei Niang, inviting them to celebrate the New Year. If Old Qin heard Cai Sibei's message and started a commotion at home, perhaps Qin Yifan would have Mei Niang take the two children and their parents to Danyang first.
As soon as Cai Sibei and her parents left, Xu Dali rushed back from Yancheng. Upon learning that Blind Liu was Ding Youtian's master, he greeted him respectfully and then gave Ding Youtian the reply letter from the prefect, Lord Yang.
In the official letter, Lord Yang informed Ding Youtian that he and the governor had jointly submitted a memorial to the court, along with the petition signed by the people of Danyang and surrounding towns against King Rui, which Ding Youtian asked Xu Dali to bring.
"Thank you for your hard work. You should go back and have a good rest. You don't have to come to the yamen to guard it today." Ding Youtian sent Xu Dali away, and ordered Tong Bajin and Erlangzi to guard outside. Then he told Liu Xiazi about what had happened in Danyang over the years, including the matter of the ice alpaca of the spirit tribe. He told Liu Xiazi everything in general.
Blind Liu came all the way here and after entering the north, he heard a little about what King Rui had done in his fiefdom over the years.
After a moment of hesitation, he looked at Ding Youtian with sparkling eyes and said, "Prince Rui's maternal grandfather's family is quite powerful. Even if we hand it over, they will most likely be treated leniently, and in the end, only a few scapegoats will be punished."
"I didn't expect to defeat him in one fell swoop. I just wanted to use him to teach that guy in Beijing a lesson so that he would restrain himself."
Blind Liu nodded slightly. "I'm glad you're thinking that. I'm tired, so I won't tell you. I'll go and rest for a while."
At night, after he had rested enough, Ding Youtian asked him about the Moon Kingdom again, "Master, what is your connection with Pei Xiyuan? Now that it's late at night and everyone is asleep, can you tell me?"
"It's a long story." Blind Liu stroked his beard and said nothing, his expression gradually seeming to be immersed in the distant past...
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