In the yard, Tong Bo saw this and immediately came over to take over Cui's mother's rack. Even the two little guys put their hands on the rack, trying to help. After she moved her second uncle back and put him away, she directly moved the things from the carriage into the room and then placed the carriage and horses in the corner of the yard.
Mother Qian also had a worried look on her face. Thinking about how they had just returned, she took a bowl from the kitchen, filled a bamboo tube with hot water and brought it to the room.
Tong Wen Yao saw that many villagers were also watching outside, so she walked over and said, "It's not convenient to entertain guests today, please go back." Someone in the crowd asked, "Is your second uncle okay?" Tong Wen Yao looked over in the direction of the voice and saw that it was the person who came to help repair the hut that day. She shook her head and said, "I don't know." After that, she closed the door and walked back to the room.
The fence around the yard was made of bamboo, which only blocked out the noise but not the sound. After the crowd saw her leave, they couldn't help but discuss, "Oh my God, I don't know what she did, but she was carried in."
"Of course not. When he first came here, he was lame. I wonder if he can even walk now." Many people saw that they had bought a carriage and couldn't help but speculate, "Maybe he was paralyzed after being hit by a carriage, and the noble man gave them the carriage as compensation!"
"Hehe, if you have to lie in bed for the rest of your life, would you be willing to pay me with a carriage as compensation?" The other one retorted, "Wu Laosan, you are cursing me! Fuck you." As they were talking, the two of them started pushing each other. Seeing this, several people around them tried to separate them, and the fight finally stopped.
Tong Wen Yao took the little snow leopard down from the carriage, and took out the silver notes from the space where she had sold the snow lotus. Pei Guanyu gave her quite a lot, six hundred taels, so it was no wonder that her second uncle and the others went to the Goddess Mountain to pick them.
In the room, the second uncle was put on the bed. Looking at the family gathered in front of him, his eyes couldn't help but moisten. If it weren't for Yao'er, he might not be able to come back alive!
Tong Bo was the first to break the silence in the air, "Dad, you should get some rest first. Let's go to the next room." In the kitchen, except for the second uncle, they all sat by the fire. Mother Qian spoke first, "Tell me, where did you go?"
Tong Wenyao held the box in one hand while hugging the little snow leopard. The carved patterns on the box also showed that it was not cheap. After opening the box, there were six silver bills inside. When Cui's mother and Qian's mother saw them, they were shocked and asked, "Yao'er, tell us the whole story."
Then, she pursed her lips and told them about her trip to Shennv Mountain. She tried to speak calmly, from when she went to the county in the morning to rent a horse, to when she rode alone to Shennv Mountain to find her second uncle and the others. The mountain was full of poisonous snakes, and she pretended not to be afraid and said, "Fortunately, Guaiguai is here, otherwise I wouldn't be able to climb up the mountain to find my second uncle." She omitted the bloody scenes. Even so, Qian's mother's eyes would occasionally look at her like a knife, as if she wanted to beat her up immediately.
After she finished speaking, Second Aunt handed over a pear and said, "You must be thirsty. Eat a pear to quench your thirst. It's a good thing you are here, otherwise Lao Hong might not come back." Her eyes were moist, and she was obviously trying hard to hold back the tears.
She began to comfort him, "Aunt, don't worry. Once Uncle's injury heals, he'll be able to walk again." Mother Qian wiped the tears from Mother Cui's eyes and smiled, "Don't cry. He survived the dangers of Goddess Mountain. Now he just needs to rest quietly."
Tong Bo didn't say anything after hearing this. He could sense the danger just by listening to his sister's words. Fortunately, his sister saved his father. Xin'er then came to her side, her eyes wet, biting her lip, and she looked extremely aggrieved. "Sister, where did you go? Why didn't you ask me to go with you?"
She reached out and touched Xin'er's head, and asked with a smile, "Sister has gone out to make money, have you studied hard at home?" Xin'er nodded after hearing this, "I can recognize words, but my brother is stupid and can't recognize as many as I do."
Xin'er also complained about Wen Jiang Xiaoxiao. Tong Wen Yao knew that it was time to praise the child, which could increase the child's interest in learning to read.
"Xin'er is so amazing! That's great." After praising Xin'er, he let Xin'er hold the little snow leopard and go play. Seeing Wen Jiang sitting opposite him in a depressed mood, he could see his unhappiness even through the flames.
"Wen Jiang, what's wrong with you?" He lowered his head and whispered, "Sister, am I really stupid? I can't learn as well as my younger sister."
She also lowered her head, holding a fire poker and stirring the flames. "Wen Jiang, everyone has their strengths, and everyone has things they can't learn. My sister is good at studying, so what are you good at?"
Wen Jiang tilted her head and thought, "Eat!" He continued, "My sister's nose is not as sharp as mine. Every time I smell food, it takes her a long time to smell it."
She raised her eyebrows and continued listening to him, "Just like last time, I told my sister that the pear was rotten and couldn't be eaten, but she insisted on eating it and ended up having diarrhea." No wonder Wen Jiang could always find sweet fruits whenever he cooked or went to the mountains. It turned out that he had a very sensitive nose!
Isn't this a perfect chef? Tong Wenyao listened silently. Wen Jiang's face was a little shy, and then she said shyly, "Sister, sister, can you teach me how to cook? I don't want to study anymore. I always get scolded by my second brother!"
Tong Wen Yao couldn't help laughing when she heard this. She thought of her second brother beating him with a ruler, and he felt so wronged. However, she still took Wen Jiang's face into consideration, but she forced herself not to laugh, and her face was about to turn red. After she recovered, she began to reason with Wen Jiang, "Wen Jiang, we can not take the imperial examination, but we must learn all the characters. Otherwise, when we go to sign the land deed and look at the account book without knowing how to read, how can we know if the people under us have cooked the accounts? Besides, reading can make people understand reason and distinguish between good and evil. So, you can think about why you read, and also think about why people in this world want to read."
"Sister, you are the only one who told me that you are not studying for the sake of getting a degree. Mother said that I should study hard so that I can get an imperial decree in the future. Father said that if I study well, I can speak for the people in the court in the future. But I really can't read. I am not as knowledgeable as my brother, who can draw inferences from one instance to another. I am not as erudite as him."
She touched Wen Jiang's head. Her hair was not as soft as before and was a little prickly. No matter what, she still hoped that Wen Jiang could walk the path she liked.
After dinner, she went into the room to check on her second uncle's wound. She was relieved that it had not worsened. She prepared some medicine for her second aunt to boil. She went to the backyard to plow the soil. The rapeseed she had bought before could now be planted. Maybe she could eat it during the New Year!
Tong Bo continued to supervise the work at the village entrance. Everything was going on in an orderly manner. Tomorrow she would go to the county to buy tofu skin and make some spicy strips, so that she could slowly innovate later.
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