Xue Liangui also came to his senses at this time. The willow wood table was not presentable. The furniture used by the Ding family for the wedding was all fine mahogany, but that table looked like it was for servants, but they chose to make such a fuss about it.
Could it be that the servants' lack of a table to eat at would delay his son's marriage?
It was obvious that the Ding family had set up a trap and had long wanted to evade the wages. The carpenter regretted it very much. At first, even his daughter Ranran advised him not to take the job. However, he saw that the wages offered by the Ding family were high, and he finally couldn't resist the temptation and took this disgusting job.
Ran Ran had been listening in the conversation. Seeing that his parents were very angry, he tried to comfort Xue Liangui, "Dad, there's no need to waste time arguing with the evil people of the Ding family. Just think of it as giving them a helping hand for free."
However, the carpenter and his wife obviously did not listen to their daughter's gentle words of comfort.
Qiao Lian has a hot-tempered personality. How could she tolerate her man suffering such a loss?
She looked at the almost empty rice jar at home and could not help herself, so she put down her rice spoon, hurriedly took off her apron and went to the home of the head of the village, wanting to ask the head to accompany her to the Ding family to seek justice and ask for her wages.
Xue Liangui was worried, so he let his daughter eat at home by herself, and he hurried out with Qiao Lian.
Xue Ranran was afraid that her parents would feel bad, so she quickly changed her coat and shouted to the courtyard, "Mom, if you must go, don't argue with them. Just say some soft words to complain about your grievances, and then praise his second son for his good character, saying that he will definitely pass the provincial examination!"
Unfortunately, Qiao Lian was so angry that she didn't listen to her daughter's words - the second son of the Ding family was a pervert! She was crazy to praise him!
When Ranran changed her clothes, her parents had already left the house, so she hurried out to follow them.
But as soon as she looked up after going out, she saw a man in a washed-out blue shirt standing in front of her door.
The man was tall, and the short Xue Ranran could only look up at him. She found that he was wearing a veil hat, and a thick veil covered his face tightly.
At this moment, the man seemed to be looking down at her. A gentle breeze blew, bringing with it the scent of autumn chrysanthemums beside the fence. The floating fragrance fluttered his veil, but his face could not be seen clearly.
Ran Ran was stunned for a moment, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses. She was sure that he was not from the village, so she quickly stepped back and looked at him warily.
It was obvious that he was waiting for someone, but he didn't know who he was waiting for.
At this time, the neighboring grandmother Huang used a bucket of pig swill to splash out a burly man from her yard. "He came to our village to rob people a few days ago, and today he's changed his tricks to deceive us! Bah! What immortality? Everyone in our family is long-lived!"
Yuchen didn't know that Wei Yan's disciples had just come to the village to cause trouble a few days ago. He accompanied his master in seclusion in the mountains and practiced cultivation. He had not been to the village for a long time, but he did not expect that the people had become more vicious.
He just went in to ask the old woman for some water to drink and casually asked if there were any young men in the village who wanted to become her apprentice and learn Taoist magic. Before he could finish his words, the old woman picked up the bucket and started to splash slop.
It was a pity that he had practiced Taoism for many years and his wisdom was not very strong. Although he silently recited the water-avoiding technique, his timing was not good enough and the sour and rotten swill splashed in his face.
Although Yuchen was well-versed in martial arts, his pride as a martial artist would not allow him to beat up the ignorant old woman in the village, so he just screamed in anger, his eyes widened, snatched the wooden barrel, and crushed it to pieces with one palm.
Such a wicked power frightened Granny Huang so much that she quickly closed the door and bolted it, not daring to utter a single word.
Xue Ranran was also frightened. When she was about to turn around and go back to the yard, a tall, thick-browed and handsome woman appeared behind her and blocked her way.
She clasped her fists and said to Xue Ranran, "Little girl, can I borrow your bucket so my brother can wash his face?"
At this moment, the big man who was smelling of slop also came over and glared at Xue Ranran, as if he would slap her into a pulp like a bucket if she said even a single "no".
Xue Ranran was silent for a moment, nodded, and said, "The water tank is in the yard, please help yourself."
When the big man walked towards the yard, Xue Ranran turned around and ran away. Since there were bad guys in her home, she could only go to the head of the village and let him organize the young men in the village to drive these people away.
Unfortunately, before she could run a few steps, her legs moved towards her own yard as if out of control.
When she entered, the gate closed automatically as if driven by the wind.
Xue Ranran looked at her legs in disbelief. They had just ignored her commands, as if they were possessed by a demon...
At this moment, the tall man wearing a veil was already standing in his own yard, staring at her through the veil with cold eyes.
Xue Ranran felt that she was controlled by a strange force. She was too scared to move. She moved slowly along the wall, then picked up the wooden bench where her father usually sat, and said to the man politely, "Sir, please sit down. I'll scoop some hot water for that gentleman to wash his face..."
After saying that, she immediately rolled up her sleeves, went into the kitchen swiftly, opened the lid of the pot, and scooped out hot water from the big iron pot.
Yu Tong on the side raised his eyebrows in surprise. Just now, the master used magical powers to lead the girl into the yard.
Logically, this country girl should have been frightened and screamed, but unexpectedly, the little girl just rolled her big wet eyes, immediately came to her senses, and began to flatter her master attentively and attentively.
Apart from anything else, this seemingly thin little girl is actually very courageous compared to ordinary people.
While the little girl was adjusting the water, Yu Tong asked, "Little girl, how old are you?"
Xue Ranran replied in a low voice: "Almost sixteen years old..."
When the hot water came, Yuchen couldn't wait to wash the slop off his face, while the little girl stepped aside and looked at them cautiously.
Fortunately, these people were somewhat different from the previous men in black. They did not force anyone to cut their hair or hands.
However, the big man seemed to have whetted his appetite because of the swill. After washing, he started to complain about being hungry and asked Ranran if there was anything to eat at home.
Yuchen didn't want to scare the little girl, but he didn't have the physique to cultivate immortality. He was young when he served in the army. Because he was chosen by Prince Ping to protect Su Yishui's safety, he stayed with the young master for a long time.
Later, he resolutely brought his younger sister with him to practice Taoism with the young master.
He was not good at it at first, and now after twenty years he has only learned the basics. However, he is still far from the stage of fasting, and his three meals a day are on regular times.
The fierce-looking master was crying out for hunger, so Xue Ranran had no choice but to serve the meal she had just prepared and watched the big man and the heroic-looking woman sit down to eat.
As soon as the aroma of rice came into her mouth, Xue Ranran...also felt hungry.
She was very hungry. If her life or death was decided, she would definitely become a glutton and would never drink Mengpo soup on an empty stomach.
Since I can't go out to look for my parents, wouldn't it be more unfair if they eat all the food?
Thinking of this, Xue Ranran turned and went into the kitchen, picked up a pair of chopsticks, added a bowl of rice, and sat down to eat with them shyly.
The little girl looked very unhappy, and would smile at him shyly when their eyes met, but she used a pair of bamboo chopsticks very skillfully, and there were only a few thin pieces of bacon in the bowl of fried green beans, but she quickly picked them all up and put them into her mouth.
Even though Yuchen failed to snatch her away, he thought the girl did it on purpose, so he glared at her. Unfortunately, Xue Ranran was always very focused when eating, and when she was enjoying her meal, she didn't even look at others.
Su Yishui's cultivation level had long meant he didn't need to eat three meals a day, so he didn't sit at the table. He just stood aside, looking at the carnations planted in a corner of the courtyard.
This month is not the season for carnations to bloom, but the carnations in the yard are growing bright red and extremely lush.
Su Yishui slowly turned his head and asked, "Who planted this flower?"
Yu Chen looked at the little girl who was eating without thinking and reminded her, "Hey, I'm asking you!"
Xue Ranran buried her face in the bowl and said in a muffled voice, "I planted it..."
Daddy's carpentry work was very tiring for his eyes, so she planted some carnations and left them to dry in the sun to make tea for him.
Su Yishui looked at the gorgeous flowers for a while, turned around and walked towards Xue Ranran.
He slowly squatted down and looked at Xue Ranran, who was sitting on a small stool, at eye level.
Being looked at like this, she naturally couldn't eat. Ran Ran obediently raised the big bowl in her hand to the tall man and said, "Master, do you want to eat?"
She noticed that the man's hands were very beautiful when he took the bowl. His slender fingers even emitted a white light like jade. A man with such beautiful hands must look so handsome, like a fallen immortal...
At this moment, a strong wind blew and finally lifted the man's veil. Although it was only for a moment, it was enough for Xue Ranran to see his face clearly.
This must be the scary monster in children's nightmares. The eyebrows, eyes and nose are not clear, and there is only a mouth and chin in the blurry mass.
Xue Ranran's body leaned back involuntarily, and if the strange-faced man hadn't grabbed her, she would have almost fallen off the stool.
As if he didn't think scaring the little girl enough, the man actually slowly took off his veil, revealing his blurry and terrifying face. He approached Xue Ranran and asked, "Why, do I look scary?"
Xue Ranran knew that she should be more interesting at this moment and choose something nice to say, but she moved her greasy little mouth and wanted to compliment this face, but she didn't know where to start.
But this did not bother Xue Ranran. After she calmed down, she picked out the part of his face that was still acceptable and said sincerely, "Master's chin is angular and his mouth is so beautiful that you can't bear to blink. It's far from scary!"
As soon as he said this, the rice in Yu Chen's mouth sprayed onto his sister Yu Tong's head. Even if he was loyal to Su Yishui, he couldn't say such flattering and disrespectful words.
The face sealed by the Face-Melting Curse was truly terrifying. He and his sister were usually careful not to mention things like appearance, and Su Yishui would not easily show his true face to others.
I didn't expect that the master would act out of character today and actually use this disfigured face to scare a little girl.
When that girl said these unkind words, her eyes were so sincere that they could ripple like the clear autumn water of a lake, and she spoke it as if it were true!
Su Yishui seemed to be comfortable with the flattery. He let go of his hand and slowly stood up, saying, "It's hard to meet a true friend in life, and it's even harder to meet someone who is not afraid of me when seeing my appearance... I am practicing in the West Mountain. Since you and I have a destiny, why don't I accept you to practice the immortal way with me..."
Xue Ranran quickly waved her hands and said, "I was born with a weak body and I am just an ordinary person. How can I learn such a rare skill?"
The man with the weird face retorted slowly, "If you are weak, you should practice Taoism. It can prolong your life and keep you young. Look, don't my chin and mouth look very young?"
Now even Yu Tong's mouth was half open.
Her master had been a man of few words since he was young. Even before the Zhongrong Face Curse, he was polite and distant to others. Even when the female devil teased him every now and then, the master never showed the usual expression of joy or sorrow. But now he is so talkative to a little girl. He doesn't look like her cold master at all!