The next morning, Lü Tu did not get up to exercise as usual, as the external wound on his abdomen was not suitable for exercise.
If you touch the wound and find it slightly itchy, this is a sign that the wound is healing and forming a scab.
As long as there is no fever, there is no need for a tetanus shot; otherwise, he would have to recall how to get one.
Arriving at the warehouse next door, Lu Tu found that Song Yuxi had moved a table there and was writing something. He leaned over and knocked on it, discovering that it was covered with accounts such as "one, two, three".
"Yuxi, isn't managing the accounts tiring?"
Song Yuxi then noticed Lü Tu and smiled sweetly at him, saying, "Aren't you tired, my husband? Actually, I quite like managing the accounts, so I can help you this way."
Hearing this, Lü Tu felt a surge of warmth in his heart. He tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and said, "It's truly a blessing that my Lü family ancestors were able to marry such a virtuous wife as you."
"Husband, please don't tease me, or I'll become arrogant."
Lu Tu took the brush from Song Yuxi and wrote the Arabic numerals 0-9 on a piece of scrap paper, with the corresponding Chinese characters below.
"What's the pronunciation of these characters, 'Xianggong'? They look so strange."
"These are called numbers. Remember this first, and use this to replace numbers in the future." Lu Tu then explained to her how to write tens, hundreds, and thousands, and gave her the multiplication table.
During this process, Song Yuxi would ask questions immediately whenever she didn't understand something, and she was able to quickly apply what she learned to other situations.
Even though Lu Tu already knew she was incredibly intelligent, he was still deeply surprised that Song Yuxi could not only understand his rudimentary teaching methods, but also learn them very quickly.
This saved him a lot of trouble. Before long, Nangong Huiyu also came in. Like a curious child, she pricked up her head and listened for a while, yawning repeatedly. Taking advantage of Lu Tu's lack of attention, she quickly slipped out.
But Lu Tu stopped her without even looking up: "Xiao Yu, where are you going?"
"My lord, I'm going out for a ride."
Lu Tu did not force Nangong Huiyu to learn accounting from Song Yuxi, after all, everyone has different hobbies and strengths.
Nangong Huiyu's martial arts skills are absolutely top-notch. She can wield a sword with ease, but making her hold a pen would probably be more painful than killing her.
"Xiaoyu, I'm going to assign you a task so you won't be bored staying at home all day."
“Great! To be honest, I’ve been wanting to find something to do for a while now. My sister has to manage the accounts every day, and I can’t go out of the village to play.”
After thinking for a moment, Lu Tu suggested, "Among the refugees who came to us yesterday, there were more than 300 women and children. Go and settle them down. As long as you can win people's hearts, you can use any method you want."
"I'm good at this, so I'll be going now, my husband." Nangong Huiyu took out a white veil, put it on, and ran out with light steps.
Lu Tu nodded, then looked at Song Yuxi and asked, "Did Liu Yang and Liu Hu come today?"
“They came before. I gave them 500 taels of silver. At 10 copper coins per catty of millet, that's enough to buy 50,000 catties of millet. Add some coarse salt, and that's enough for all of us to eat for a month.”
Lu Tu praised, "Having you is truly my blessing; you've saved me so much trouble."
Song Yuxi leaned against his chest: "You charge into battle every day, so I have to help you share some of the burden. We're husband and wife, after all."
"I love you." Lu Tu found that he could say sweet words without any awkwardness now. Perhaps this was the difference between what came from the heart and what was a lie.
"Yu Xi loves you too."
Just as the two were enjoying their moment alone together, a gruff voice came from outside: "My lord! I have something to report."
The newcomer was Chai Yong. He had only heard Lü Tu's voice, and only after Lü Tu spoke did he realize that Lü Tu was being affectionate with his wife. At this moment, Chai Yong stood there awkwardly, not daring to look up.
"What is it?"
Chai Yong clasped his hands and bowed to the two men, saying, "Reporting to you, sir, the soldiers and slaves all agree that you love your soldiers like your own children. To express our gratitude, we have built several new wooden houses in the center of the village!"
Lu Tu immediately became interested: "Oh? How come I didn't notice?"
"Perhaps you've been too busy these past few days to see it. Now that the wooden house is finished, my brothers sent me to ask you to accept our heartfelt request!"
Lu Tu and Song Yuxi exchanged a glance, then stepped forward and patted Chai Yong on the shoulder, saying, "Alright, take me to see."
"Okay, sir, let me help you." Chai Yong said, reaching out to help.
But Lu Tu pushed him aside, saying, "I was just stabbed, it's not like I'm in confinement, I don't need anyone to help me, just lead the way."
"yes!"
Song Yuxi followed behind and they went together to the new house that Chai Yong had mentioned.
Sure enough, in the center of the village, a new courtyard enclosed by a wooden fence had been built. Inside the courtyard were two rooms, one large and one small, as well as a thatched hut made of adobe bricks.
At this time, many military slaves were still finishing up the work, using saws to make the corners of the wooden house as flat as possible.
Upon seeing Lü Tu, everyone immediately stopped what they were doing, bowed, and said, "Greetings, Lord Lü!"
Lu Tu nodded in satisfaction: "Thank you all for your hard work. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness!"
Smiles also appeared on the faces of the military slaves: "As long as you and your wife are happy, our efforts will not have been in vain."
Chai Yong led Lü Tu into the house and began to explain: "I had my brother, who is skilled in blacksmithing, build an iron furnace in the house so that adults can burn charcoal here from now on."
Lu Tu observed all these details and sighed inwardly. Although these guys weren't very brave and weren't particularly fierce in battle, they had been quite capable at their work these past few days.
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