Powerless and useless.
He approached Xu Jiang, and before he could even open his arms, she leaned into his arms, resting her head on his chest like a weary bird returning to its nest. He held her tightly, patted her back, and whispered, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Xu Jiang exerted all her strength and clung tightly to Lou Yunchun's arms. She finally understood what Lin Hongchu meant when he said she was afraid.
It turned out that the fire that year had never been extinguished in her heart. But now she was no longer facing it alone, she had Zhaoyue, Yuenu, and Lou Yunchun.
When he said he would conquer the rapids like the Ba people, he had already conquered the rapids and walked to her side. Everything that happened afterwards was just a result of them being deeply trapped in each other's relationship without realizing it.
"Why are you so nice?"
"I was not good, but I became good because of you."
Xu Jiang raised her head from his embrace, her eyes red as a rabbit's. "How is it bad? How did it get better?"
She kept asking, and Lou Yunchun coaxed her into answering, "I didn't look like a living person before, but I became one after I met you."
Thinking of his 'living devil', 'cold-faced devil' and other 'flattering' titles, Xu Jiang couldn't help but laugh, "In that case, those shopkeepers are not wrong to blame you."
Seeing her change from sadness to joy, Lou Yunchun felt relieved.
He had just said this to coax her, but it was also the truth. If he hadn't met her, he would have been like the grass and trees in the world, only aware of the seasons but unable to discern true love.
Throughout the ages, scholars and literati have loved to imbue plants and trees with emotions, but who knows that plants and trees are inherently heartless, and that humans are the only ones with emotions in this world.
It was the woman in his arms who made him emerge from grass and become a human being.
The two were so deeply in love, but it was a bit of a spoiler standing in front of the donkey shed. The donkey turned its face away after eating the food and started howling at Lou Yunchun's horse, which made Xu Jiang's ears hurt.
Xu Jiang stepped out of Lou Yunchun's arms, walked around the donkey shed a few times, and then pointed to a small empty space next to the shed and said, "Why don't we expand the donkey shed here so that it won't cause unrest all the time?"
Lou Yunchun measured it with his feet and nodded, "Okay."
"Then I will go to the academy tomorrow and ask Uncle Cao if he is free. If he is, I will ask him to come and renovate it. If not, we can wait until after the New Year."
"No need. If you ask him, he will find it difficult to refuse, let alone accept payment. There's no point in wasting his time on such a small task. Let me do it."
"You can?" Xu Jiang widened his eyes.
"Yes, I was also one of the supervisors of the construction of the farmhouse on the outskirts of the city." It was summer when the farmhouse was built. Lou Jing felt hot, so except for occasionally checking the progress, he asked Lou Yunchun to watch over it the rest of the time.
Xu Jiang clapped her hands. "That's great! Let's go buy the materials tomorrow." Then she thought for a moment and said, "To be on the safe side, I still need to consult Uncle Cao and ask him to draw a plan or something. There's still a few snows to come. If it's not built firmly, it might collapse and crush this stupid donkey to death. I'm afraid it'll jump up and kick me in the underworld."
The donkey snorted in agreement.
"Okay." Lou Yunchun nodded, then reached out and shook the pillar of the donkey shed, but unexpectedly a cloud of dust was shaken down and flew over the two of them.
"Pfft, pfft, pfft!" Dust entered Xu Jiang's mouth and he quickly spat it out. Lou Yunchun also sneezed several times, not to mention the horse and the donkey, which had already changed color due to the dust.
Lou Yunchun's horse shook, shaking all the dust on its body onto the donkey. The donkey refused to work again and howled loudly.
"Oh, never mind. Go boil some water and wash it first."
After Xu Jiang finished speaking, she ran to the kitchen. Lou Yunchun followed her, dusting her as she walked.
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