Chapter 25 Little Book Boy
"That's the man! Tomorrow at the same time, I want to see all the information. Anyone who disobeys my order will be killed!"
The shopkeeper nodded tremblingly, watching the black shadow disappear in front of him, and immediately contacted the informant in the Zhou family to provide reliable information.
It was almost dawn when Qingnan returned to Wanfu Village. As soon as he landed on the roof, the sound of a door opening caught his attention.
Is that the young master?
Before he jumped off the roof, a yawning sound stopped him in his tracks. It was Chang Xixi who got up to cook. This woman was really hardworking.
Entering the room through the window, Gu Rongyu was sitting on the edge of the bed with a headache on his face. His cold temperament was masked by his gradually improving health, and it couldn't hide a hint of nobility.
Qingnan coughed and said, "Master, I'll go get it tonight. Can you let me sleep for a while? I'm tired from running back and forth."
"Clean the oil from the corners of your mouth first."
"Listen to me, Young Master, that's not the case. I flew to the market and smelled the kitchen of a restaurant. It was the food that tempted me."
Qingnan fell to his knees on the ground, crying inconsolably!
Gu Rongyu frowned in disgust, "Get up."
Qingnan stood up and started to speak with tears and snot, and hiccuped as she spoke:
"You've been married to the young mistress for a long time, and I've been eating bran and leftovers all day long. I've become so skinny. How can I have the energy to protect you, my master? I finally managed to get some extra food, and you still gossip about me."
"That's enough."
Gu Rongyu couldn't stand it any longer...he asked Qingnan to change into some normal clothes and asked him to visit him in person.
Knock, knock...
Chang Xixi was cooking. The pancakes had just been placed in the pot, and the corn porridge in the pot had just started bubbling and emitting steam. She got up and opened the door.
Qingnan was carrying a bamboo house in her backpack, with a few thin books inside. When she saw Chang Xixi, she knelt down and called her "Young Madam". Chang Xixi looked confused.
"You might have recognized the wrong person! I'm just the wife of a scholar, how can I be called a lady? Go back to where you came from. I'm afraid it's another stupid thing done by those scholars. I won't be fooled."
Chang Xixi slammed the door shut!
Gu Rongyu walked out of the room and said, "Madam, why do I hear a familiar voice? Is someone here?"
"people?"
"Yes, there is one. As soon as he saw me, he called me Young Madam. It was really weird."
"Is it Qingnan who has returned? It must be Qingnan! Madam, I have another confession to make. When I was on my way to the city to take the provincial examination, my money was stolen by thieves on the way. I had no choice but to ask my little servant to work as a long-term worker at the inn to help me pay off the money for my accommodation. Now, he has returned."
Chang Xixi opened her mouth in astonishment. Is there such a thing?
She looked at Gu Rongyu in confusion. He shouldn't be lying! She married Gu Rongyu just for a joke, not to mention working to pay off the master's debt.
"Why didn't you tell me before? I could have used the money to redeem him."
"I dare not tell my wife. I'm afraid she will think I'm cowardly and lack courage." Gu Rongyu deliberately showed weakness and his voice softened.
Chang Xixi sighed. Since they were family members, there was no need to turn them away. She should open the door and let them in.
He gave him a sip of water and put the books in the backpack in the study for Gu Rongyu.
"What kind of work can you do? We don't keep idle people in our family."
"I can do everything, chopping wood, fetching water, washing clothes, cooking, sweeping the floor, wiping the table, grinding and accompanying my children in their studies." In addition, I can protect the young master completely, Qingnan said silently in his heart.
Chang Xixi felt like she had picked up a treasure. This kid could do everything perfectly!
"Come on, you're one of us from now on, so I'll give you half of the chores here! Just rest at home today, and from now on...be more diligent."
After assigning the tasks, Chang Xixi went to cook. Qingnan really admired the young master's acting skills. He could even pronounce white as red without blinking an eye.
After dinner, although Qingnan was not assigned any work, he cleaned the yard and the room inside and out.
Qingnan was full of complaints but didn't dare to say a word.
I finally have a chance to clear my identity and eat a mouthful of white rice in front of people. I can't give up this opportunity, otherwise I will have to go back to being a secret guard.
With Gu Rongyu in the open, things became more convenient, so he secretly called two more people, one to protect Chang Xixi's safety, and the other to follow him.
Qingnan was holding a broom and looking at the man on the beam inside the house. The corners of his mouth twitched. He had been ambushed by the young master again!
I was completely tricked into doing hard labor!
Chang Xixi added another drop of spiritual spring water to the soup and brought it into the house. "I made chicken soup for you. Drink it while it's hot. It's good for your health."
Qingnan threw away the broom and walked out of the house. "Young Master, don't you find it strange? Ever since the young lady brought you food, your body has gradually recovered without taking the antidote. She didn't poison you, did she?"
Gu Rongyu had noticed the changes in his body a long time ago. His body had been corroded by poison and seemed to be about to be hollowed out. It was not because Chang Xixi gave him something to eat. Not only did the hollowed-out parts of his body recover, but his vital energy was also sufficient.
There was no trace of any aftereffects of the poison.
She is indeed strange!
Gu Rongyu looked at the soup in the bowl beside him and could only smell the fragrant aroma.
"Qingnan, come here for a moment."
Chang Xixi called him in the kitchen. Qingnan reluctantly left the young master, glared at the secret guard on the beam, and asked him to serve carefully.
Only then did he leave with satisfaction.
Chang Xixi was counting eggs and a piece of meat. "Come, take all these to my mother's house. Ask her to make more for my second brother."
"What are you standing there for? Go!"
"Yes, yes." Qingnan went. It was not his first time to be active in Wanfu Village, but it was his first time to be active in the daytime without wearing night clothes.
This felt a bit fresh. Along the way, he kept saying that he was the little servant that Chang Xixi bought for Gu Rongyu, and that he was going to the county to accompany him to study.
The people in the village just thought that Gu Rongyu was a gigolo, and he was really a gigolo.
It was Chang Xixi who settled the situation when the scholar came to provoke him. However, this scholar was useless and only knew how to copy books to make money. Alas!
The girl from the Chang family has escaped from a wolf's den and entered a pig's den, and will have a life of hard work and hardship all her life.
The people in the village are very simple and look down on men who live off their wives.
Qingnan had no idea of this. The young master's assets combined could buy out Wanfu Village, so he just let the people on the ridge of the field chatter.
After the food was delivered, Dou asked Qingnan to take some bedding and clothes and send them over. "Tell Xixi that we have money at home and won't eat these. Ask her to keep them for herself."
Qingnan took the things and thought this family was really strange. One wanted to give something, while the other didn't! They really treated him as a tool.
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