"In that case, Father, may I go up the mountain?" Fang Yuan continued to ask.
"Yuan'er, I'm very pleased with your abilities, but what exactly are you going up the mountain for? You're still young, and you're still very young."
Liu Yun was both worried and curious. Even if his daughter was capable, she had never been up a mountain before. How could he let her go up the mountain like this?
Fang Yuan looked at him and explained, "Wang Dalang experienced extreme joy and sorrow today, and he also spent a long time in the water. I reckon he'll definitely have a fever tonight, so I'm thinking of going up the mountain to collect some herbs to prepare for this."
She was telling the truth. Although Wang Dalang looks fine now, he is still weak from the cold and dampness, and he will likely have a fever at night.
Although she has something in her space that can cure the disease, she needs this excuse to go up the mountain to find something that can be sold for money.
After all, she had already said it, and she needed some money to buy things for her family, right?
Liu Yun also considered this possibility and then nodded:
"Dalang, you do look too thin and weak. In that case, you can go."
He's so frightened today, he's certainly prone to problems.
He slapped his forehead as he spoke: "I shouldn't have let him do the laundry."
Fang Yuan smiled and comforted him, "Father, he was forced into such a state by his mother before, so he was very uneasy when he came to our house. If you really don't let him do anything, he'll overthink things and cause more problems."
When a person is overly frightened, they are more likely to have problems if they suddenly relax.
"Besides looking for medicinal herbs, I was thinking of hunting some game so I can buy some things for you tomorrow."
Fang Yuan then revealed her purpose: she wanted to go out and cause trouble.
How could Liu Yun disagree? He looked at his daughter with a face full of satisfaction: "Father can't argue with you, so let Xiao Yi go with you. Xiao Yi used to be a good hunter too."
The bows and arrows hanging in the main room all belong to him!
At this point, Liu Yun glanced at Fang Yuan again and warned, "He's raising you all this for your father, so you're not allowed to look down on him!"
After all, Qin Yi's appearance wasn't what most women liked, and now he also liked to practice swordsmanship and archery. He was afraid that Fang Yuan would dislike him like other women did.
Fang Yuan looked at Qin Yi, only to see that Qin Yi also glanced at her a few times, somewhat embarrassed, without saying a word.
"Don't worry, Father. I'm overjoyed that Brother Yi is so capable. How could I possibly look down on him?"
Seeing that Fang Yuan didn't mind his appearance, Qin Yi breathed a sigh of relief: "Actually, I can only hunt some small things, just to have some extra meat at home occasionally."
Although he was naturally strong, he had never received professional training in martial arts.
He had only practiced archery for a while, and at least he was able to hunt some small prey.
Even if he thought he was capable, he, a man, wouldn't dare to go into the deep mountains alone.
"It's okay, we can go up the mountain together in the future, but today you can show me the way."
What she wanted was the opportunity to go up the mountain. Since Qin Yi had the ability, taking him along was no problem; he could even help her catch prey.
With Liu Yun's permission, Fang Yuan took two baskets and a lot of thin rope.
They found a hoe and told Qin Yi to take his bow and arrows with him as they went up the mountain.
Watching Fang Yuan and the other person leave, Liu Yun remembered what Fang Yuan had said earlier about Wang Dalang's health problems, and he couldn't stay at home any longer.
He got up and walked straight to the riverbank, worried that the man might catch fire while washing his clothes and fall into the water.
Wang Dalang had arrived at the riverbank where people were washing clothes. It was getting late, and there were only two men washing clothes there.
It was Tian Qing, who had recently married into the village, and Wang Shuo, who was already engaged.
The two men lived not far from Wang Dalang's house and both knew about Wang Dalang's affairs, so they looked at him with curiosity.
Tian Qing was just telling Wang Shuo that Wang Dalang was going to marry into the Tian family today.
And then they turned around and actually came here to do laundry?
Tian Qing glanced at Wang Dalang, then asked:
"Big Brother, weren't you going to the landlord's house today? Why are you washing clothes here?"
After all, this matter was brought about by him after he married into the family, because he was a distant relative of the landlord, and Wang Dalang's father asked him to act as matchmaker.
He thought that Wang Dalang was already suffering at home, so it would be better for him to follow the landlord, at least he wouldn't have to work every day and not have enough to eat.
"Exactly, did your mother change her mind because she felt sorry for you?" Wang Shuo asked curiously.
As for Wang Dalang's situation, everyone in the village knew about his suffering over the years. Although he sympathized with him, he couldn't interfere in other people's affairs.
Fortunately, his own family treated him well. Although the family he was betrothed to wasn't particularly wealthy, they were at least better off than the fifty-something-year-old landlord.
After glancing at the two of them, Wang Dalang replied indifferently, "I have already found my wife, so there is no need to go to the landlord's house."
Then he found a suitable rock to wash clothes, squatted down, and took the clothes out of the basin to wash.
As for his mother and her wicked husband, he didn't want to mention them at all!
"What? You've found a wife? Your mother is willing to let you marry someone else? How much dowry did that person give your mother? More than the landlord Tian?" Tian Qing asked anxiously.
Wasn't it agreed that he would go to the Tian family to work as a servant? Has Wang Lan gone back on his word?
Besides, if the landlord's family could give Wang Dalang five taels of silver, what other family in the neighborhood would give five taels as a betrothal gift?
Wang Dalang jumped into the river not long before they discovered it when they went out to wash clothes, so they had no idea.
Wang Shuo also looked at Wang Dalang with curiosity:
"Who did you marry? Which village is she from? We might even be neighbors again in the future."
His tone was filled with joy; he liked Wang Dalang quite a bit and couldn't bear to see him marry the landlord.
Seeing Wang Shuo's goodwill, Wang Dalang replied, "My wife is Fang, the young lady from the Fang family in our village."
"The Fang family? Are there any people with the surname Fang in our village?" Wang Shuo thought carefully but couldn't find anyone with the surname Fang.
In Kaoshan Village, only Fang Yuan's family has the surname Fang, but because Fang Yuan was mentally challenged when she came here, many people didn't notice her surname. However, everyone knows her father, Liu Shi.
Tian Qing asked tentatively, "You're not talking about that idiot, are you? The one from Uncle Liu's family at the very back?"
He thought of Fang Yuan because his wife and father-in-law had mentioned the Fang family.
He remembered that Liu had some good things.
“My wife is all better now, and she’s a very good person. Don’t call her a fool,” Wang Dalang retorted without any politeness.
In the past, he might not have been willing to marry Fang Yuan, but now his wife has come to her senses.
She's kind-hearted and gentle. His heart races whenever he looks at her, and he's determined not to let anyone speak ill of her!
Tian Qing scoffed: "Who doesn't know that the wife you married is an idiot? 'Good thing'? When did she become good? How come I didn't know?"
Wang Shuo also instantly remembered, looking at Wang Dalang with some pity:
"You were supposed to marry her, but although she's good-looking, she's mentally unstable. Marrying her would have been worse than marrying a landlord!"
Although the landlord was old, he still had enough to eat and drink.
Even after marrying a mentally challenged man, she still had to work. Little did she know that her other husband, who was also her foster son-in-law, was working hard every day, hunting in the mountains and fishing in the river!
“My wife is really all better now. She's the one who saved me from the river today. It's my good fortune to be with her. She's perfectly fine!” Wang Dalang retorted.
"Hmph! Good? How good? Didn't you say you fell into the water? Why are you being asked to do the laundry? They don't care about your health at all!" Tian Qing said with a sneer.
If Fang Yuan could recover, he would like to marry her.
After all, she was the most beautiful girl in the village, but unfortunately, the man was an idiot.
“I’m doing the laundry myself. Can’t I just not eat for free at my wife’s house?” Wang Dalang retorted.
"Oh dear~ You haven't even registered with the government yet, and you haven't even had a banquet. What kind of wife are you calling me? Aren't you ashamed?"
For reasons unknown, perhaps feeling that Wang Dalang had betrayed her feelings, Tian Qing's tone towards Wang Dalang became sarcastic.
“My wife is happy with how I call her, what’s it to you? If you’re unhappy, then don’t talk to me anymore, and I won’t bother with you either.”
Wang Dalang was really going all out, arguing with outsiders with such confidence for the first time.
He had suffered for the first ten years or so of his life, and finally found a decent wife, but this man still spoke of him in a sarcastic and mocking way.
His mother sold him directly to the Fang family, so what's wrong with him calling Fang Yuan his wife? He'll call her that!
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