"Zhang Shixun, I solemnly warn you that you are absolutely not allowed to train in this way. Otherwise, I will not give you a single grain of gunpowder."
"Don't worry, there are many ways to train. I won't take this most extreme and dangerous method."
"That's good!" Wang Dong breathed a sigh of relief.
"It seems like you really care about my life or death, hehe!"
"You must be joking. If you die, I won't be able to handle it alone."
"Haha! Two brothers in one life, one is indispensable."
The two of them walked slowly towards Gao Laozhuang with their hands behind their backs. At this time, it started snowing again, and the flying snowflakes covered the world with a thick layer of white.
When they reached the village gate, Wang Dong stopped and asked, "When are you planning to get married?"
"Wait another year or two, or maybe longer."
"Marry them both together?"
"Both of them?" Zhang Shixun looked at Wang Dong strangely and said, "I'm not like you who wants more. I only want Ding Dusai."
"You brought two beauties here today, what's going on with that one?"
"Oh! You misunderstood. That one is Feng Yinu. I met her by chance on the road. She is Ding Dusai's friend and a household name in the capital."
"Ding Dusai's friend?" Wang Dong glanced at him and said, "You don't have any feelings for her?"
"What's your idea?" Zhang Shixun gave him a strange look and said, "Ding Dusai has a lot of girlfriends. Is he going to marry all of them?"
"Hmph! I saw you and Ding Dusai's best friend making eye contact."
"Eye contact?"
Wang Dong smirked, "If a man and a woman look at each other for less than a second, it means there's nothing special about them; if they look at each other for two seconds, it means they're attracted to each other; if they look at each other for three seconds... hehe!"
"What happens if we stare at each other for three seconds?"
"Looking at each other for three seconds is enough to indicate a secret love... I observed that the two of you stared at each other for exactly three seconds, no more, no less."
"Three seconds, is there?" Zhang Shixun thought carefully and realized that he had no feelings towards Feng Yinu. At most, he had some appreciation for her beauty.
There is nothing wrong with this. It is innate for men to appreciate the beauty of the opposite sex, just as they appreciate all the beautiful things in the world.
"It's normal for a brother-in-law to have feelings for his sister-in-law. It's abnormal if he doesn't have any feelings. Hehe! The one who is close to the water gets the moon first, and the good things should be kept within the family."
"What a mess this is... Wang Dong, people with dirty minds always think others are dirty, and you are a dirty person. I don't have any improper thoughts about Feng Yinu, not even any thoughts at all, so don't make blind guesses."
"Alright, alright! I was just saying this casually. Don't make this a moral issue." Wang Dong rubbed his frozen hands vigorously and said, "Go back quickly! You're freezing to death."
When I returned to Wang Dong's house, I didn't see Ding Dusai and Feng Yinu.
Xiao Qian smiled and told him: "They are at your house."
"My home?"
"Before I left, I told Xiao Qian to light the stove over there, heat the fire wall and the kang, and bring the food over." Wang Dong yawned and waved his hand impatiently, "Go back to your own place. We can talk tomorrow if you have anything to say. I'll just grab a bite and go to bed... They forced me to keep watch last night, and I've been busy all day today. I'm almost sleepy."
After saying that, he yawned again.
In that case, Zhang Shixun didn't say anything more and nodded to say goodbye.
The house that Wang Dong built for him was exactly the same as Wang Dong's own, with a living room in the front yard, two guest rooms on each side, and a kitchen.
The kitchen was steaming hot, and from time to time the laughter of Ding Dusai and Feng Yinu could be heard.
Zhang Shixun walked into the kitchen and asked curiously, "What are you two talking about? It's so lively."
"Ah! It's you, sir." Ding Dusai was squatting on the ground pumping the bellows. When she looked up and saw him coming back, she pouted and said, "Sir, where have you been? My sister and I were just wandering around the farm, and when we came back, you were nowhere to be found. No one knew you."
"I just went out with my cousin to do some things."
Seeing that he didn't say what he was going to do, Ding Dusai didn't ask any more questions.
Feng Yinu said excitedly, "Mr. Zhang, Saisai and I are trying to cook."
"Really? What's cooking? I'm a little hungry." Zhang Shixun looked at the stove and saw a large steamer emitting steam. He asked curiously, "What's in the steamer?"
"I won't tell you, hehe! Yinu can cook, so I can learn from her... Go back to the main room and wait, there's boiled tea on the table." Ding Dusai pushed him out of the kitchen.
Zhang Shixun was pushed out of the kitchen by her and asked again: "Saisai, what exactly are you cooking? Tell me quickly."
"I won't tell you." Ding Dusai smiled mysteriously and turned back to the kitchen.
Zhang Shixun smiled and shook his head. Well, he could take this opportunity to go and see the house.
There was a thick curtain hanging on the door of the living room. When I lifted the curtain and walked in, a wave of hot air hit me in the face.
There was no charcoal stove inside, but the house was warm.
Zhang Shixun came out and walked around the main hall. He found a small room at the back with a fire burning brightly inside. It turned out that it was a fire wall. No wonder the room was so warm.
"Wang Dong really knows how to enjoy himself." Zhang Shixun praised sincerely and turned to go to the backyard.
The backyard is a formal Chinese courtyard.
Zhang Shixun walked into the main room and found that it was a three-bedroom, one-living room structure built according to later standards. The floor was made of large square blue bricks unique to that era. There were a few chairs placed against the wall in the living room, and in front of the chairs was a coffee table made from a long table.
Zhang Shixun was overjoyed to find that there was a bathroom in the room.
The places where people ate and drank food in this era were basically simple squat toilets, where yellow and white things were directly exposed to people's vision, which was extremely unhygienic.
When he first came to this era, the thing he had the most difficulty adapting to was going to the toilet.
Of course, the same goes for Wang Dong. When he first came to the Song Dynasty, the place Wang Dong least wanted to go was the toilet. He endured it as much as he could and almost got sick from holding it in.
Just as I was about to go into the bedroom to take a look, Wang Dong pushed the door open.
"Didn't you say you wanted to go to bed? Why are you here again?"
Wang Dong didn't answer, but pointed to the bedroom and said, "There's a tunnel under the kang inside."
"Really? Let me go and take a look." When I walked in, I saw that the bedding on the big kang was new. I reached out and touched it, and it was warm.
"Since it's a fire pit, where is the entrance to the tunnel?" Zhang Shixun lifted the bedding.
"The tunnel entrance is right in the middle of the kang. See here? Push upwards hard and the tunnel entrance will open."
Zhang Shixun pushed open the entrance to the tunnel, revealing a dark cave.
"Wang Dong, you are awesome." Zhang Shixun gave a thumbs up.
"Hehe! This is called having three burrows. In this era, saving your life is the top priority."
"That makes sense." Zhang Shixun looked down and asked, "Where does the tunnel lead to?"
"It leads to several places. I brought you the blueprints. Be sure to hide them well."
"Yes! Of course I will hide it, don't worry."
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