"Don't worry, Mother," Jin said softly, "We know what's important and we won't tell anyone."
High-ranking officials and nobles are most afraid of death. If they knew about such a technique, it would be a miracle if their entire families weren't wiped out.
“Mother,” Xie slapped her mouth in annoyance, “I always talk in my sleep, it’s a bit hard to control.”
If I accidentally let it slip, I'd be in big trouble.
Xie's words successfully froze everyone.
They really hadn't considered this possibility.
“Mother,” Madam Xie continued, “My husband and his family are the same. When they’re drunk, they blurt out everything. If they accidentally let something slip out, our family will be in big trouble.”
Another moment of deathly stillness!
Jiang Nuan felt a slight headache on her forehead; she had never considered this situation before.
Talking in one's sleep is relatively easy to handle, since it happens at home and won't spread far. But being drunk is a different story.
She regretted it a little; she should have known better than to cause trouble for herself.
After a long period of contemplation, Jiang Nuan looked up at the sky and said, "In that case, since the second brother and the others don't know about this, you shouldn't tell him either."
"Um..." Xie blinked, "Wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate?"
She felt that she was the biological child.
Look, such a big thing, Mother doesn't plan to tell her husband and the others, but she tells the three sisters-in-law instead.
Definitely true love!
“That’s right,” Wang said softly after struggling, “We’ve all learned it, but my husband and the others can’t, they might feel uncomfortable.”
“They’re learning it too,” Jiang Nuan tapped her head again, “but we can’t tell them the specific effects; we have to make up an excuse.”
"What excuse?"
"Aphrodisiac!"
That evening, when Huang Lao Er returned to his room, he noticed his wife looking at him strangely. Completely confused, he asked, "What's wrong? Is there something dirty on my face?"
“No,” Madam Xie patted her husband’s face and pinched his lower abdomen. “Husband, I have something to tell you.”
“Just say it, don’t touch me,” Huang Lao Er pulled Xie Shi off him. “I’ve been working all day, I’m covered in sweat, and I haven’t even taken a shower yet.”
"What are you afraid of? I don't mind." Although Xie said this, her body betrayed her by moving a little further away.
"Women are all liars!" Huang Lao Er curled his lip in disdain, picked up the towel next to him, and prepared to go out to take a bath.
"Don't go yet," Xie said, pulling Huang Lao Er back. "I have something to tell you."
"We'll talk about it when I get back," Huang Lao Er flicked his wife's cheek and gave her a knowing look.
"You rascal, we're talking about serious matters!" Xie gave Huang Lao Er a coquettish look, then pounced on him. "Have you memorized what I asked you to memorize?"
"What is that?" Huang Lao Er didn't react.
“These are the characters I recently learned,” Xie frowned. “You don’t still not know them by heart, do you?”
Before this, she was an illiterate village woman, while her husband had at least learned a few characters from his mother for a few days.
"No," Huang Lao Er didn't intend to hide it at all, "There are too many words, it's too difficult, I can't memorize them."
"Why can't you memorize it yet?" Xie slapped him hard in anger. "That's a huge benefit, can't you pay a little more attention?"
“Why bother?” Huang Lao Er slumped into a chair. “They started repairing the official road three days ago. Your husband’s arms are so sore from carrying soil that he can’t even lift them. He has no time to worry about these things.”
If his mother hadn't forced him to learn to read at night, he would have been in bed by now.
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