Jiang Youchen was stunned. Someone like him, who hadn't even found his dantian yet, could receive the evaluation of "good aptitude" from Monk Wuwang? Are you kidding me?
He shook his head and said firmly, "I'm not going, I want to protect my sister!"
Xiao You Ran: ……
She wanted to say that she had actually lived for thousands of years and didn't need his protection.
She looked at Wen Yuanbai, as if she had smelled a strong conspiracy, and suddenly smiled like a child, "Senior Brother Dabai, your talent is no less than your brother's. Isn't Master going to take you to Ghost Valley Mountain?"
Wen Yuanbai shook his head and said calmly, "Ghost Valley Mountain has a rule that it will never accept members of the royal family."
Jiang Youchen and Xiao Youran were both shocked: !!
Does this mean he's admitting that he's a member of the royal family?
No wonder he could so easily say he'd supply instant noodles to the Ministry of War...
However, Jiang Youchen also agreed with this point: "Indeed, the reason why Guigu Mountain has been able to maintain neutrality for hundreds of years and steadily protect the Great Zhou Dynasty is that it never favors any member of the royal bloodline except for those in power, and naturally refuses to allow members of the royal family to enter Guigu Mountain."
When the three of them stepped out of the house, Zhao's mother had already laid out a table full of breakfast pastries on the table where Monk Wuwang usually ate his breakfast.
Doctor Gu had already taken a seat and glared fiercely at the gentle monk Wuwang who slowly sat down opposite him.
"I wonder who this pretense is for!" Doctor Gu hummed as he picked up a crystal dumpling and put it in his mouth.
After bowing to their two masters, Xiaoyou and her two companions sat down at the table.
Wen Yuanbai turned to the steward Zhang beside him and asked, "Has the breakfast been sent to my aunt's side?"
Butler Zhang nodded, "It was sent over early this morning."
However, the food... can't compare to this table.
Just then, a little girl flew over like a butterfly and pounced on the table. "Oh my gosh! I knew it! Xiaoyou Ran's breakfast is the best! I want some too!"
The person who arrived was Yue Yue.
Wen Yuanbai nodded and got down to business first, "After breakfast, I'll trouble Doctor Gu to check my aunt's pulse to make sure she's feeling well."
Doctor Gu snorted, "I don't know if I can ever repay the debt I owe you two, aunt and niece, in this lifetime!"
He then turned to Xiao Youran, "Your little apprentice, Master's instant noodles...?"
Wen Yuanbai immediately interrupted him, "Three months from now, you can take any instant noodles you want."
Doctor Gu was overjoyed, "Really?!"
Xiao Youran, on the other hand, kept a close eye on Monk Wuwang.
Just now, when Wen Yuanbai said he was going to check the princess's pulse for "peace and safety," she immediately noticed that Master Wuwang across from her seemed to stiffen slightly.
However, he remained calm and composed, slowly chewing the small steamed bun in his mouth.
She suddenly realized that ever since the princess appeared, her master's behavior had become very restrained, truly deserving of the description "pretentious" given by Doctor Gu earlier.
Could it be... that Master Wuwang... is an old acquaintance of the Princess?
Or is it some kind of ambiguous old acquaintance?
Hehehehe.
She wanted to ask Yueyue about the eldest princess and her husband, but Yueyue had just experienced the pain of losing her father, and the two had only known each other for a few days. They were not yet close enough to freely inquire about each other's family affairs.
She chuckled twice and said to Wen Yuanbai, "Senior brother, my brother and I haven't had our pregnancy checked yet. Can we come together?"
Doctor Gu immediately chimed in, "That's right, that's right, you should also learn the characteristics of a pregnancy pulse."
Xiao Youran looked at the seemingly expressionless but inwardly furious monk Wuwang with a smile.
Monk Wuwang forced himself to remain calm, picked up a cup of tea and slowly drank it down. The image of her carefully supporting her four- or five-month-old belly as she carefully got out of the car when he escorted her back that night was still vivid in his mind.
I'm so annoyed.
These disciples are so annoying, always bringing up the most sensitive topics!
He wanted to put on airs as a master and keep his two disciples busy practicing martial arts so that Doctor Gu could go and take their pulses by himself.
But then he thought about it again. He was about to leave, and he had a feeling that this little girl was quite capable. He wasn't comfortable entrusting all the women to this old man Gu.
Most importantly, he also wanted to take her pulse so he could be completely at ease!
Today is a good time for this group of people to go and have their pulse checked.
How should he bring it up?
Unexpectedly, Xiao Youran's next words were, "Master Wuwang also has some medical knowledge, why don't we go and take a look together?"
Monk Wuwang's eyes lit up. This disciple is excellent! He wasn't spoiled for nothing!
Wen Yuanbai glanced at his master indifferently and did not object.
After discussing it, everyone went to the small courtyard where the eldest princess was resting.
Unfortunately, the group only took turns checking the princess's pulse outside the tent, gave her some brief instructions on pregnancy precautions, and then came out.
The monk Wuwang was so disappointed that he hadn't even seen her face.
The next day, Xiao Youran received news that Master Wuwang had left, just as silently as he had arrived.
She remembered the instant noodle workshop and quickly went to tell the clan chief about it.
The clan chief was overjoyed to hear this, but he was worried that with the current high price of grain and flour, the cost of production would also be high.
Xiao Youran thought for a moment and realized, "Hmm, we've found the next scapegoat!"
...
After the Lantern Festival, life seemed to finally get back on track, and everyone returned to their busy routines.
The cloth shop's business suddenly became very prosperous.
As requested by Madam Yun, the ready-made clothing business of the cloth shop should be separated. Moreover, after discussion, Zhou and the others agreed that in the future, the eldest daughter, Yun Manwan, would lead the girls in the family to embroider some patterns, and together with the embroiderers and female workers, they would support the ready-made clothing shop.
Although Yun Manyan was about to marry out of the country, who said that she couldn't run the shop after getting married? Originally, Zhou Shi had no intention of ignoring her daughter after she got married. In any case, she would just pay her wages according to the shop's profits, which could be considered as her daughter's livelihood after marriage.
With her taking the lead, the girls in the family could gain some experience and earn some wages to save for their dowries. For these girls who had suffered family misfortunes at a young age, this was only beneficial. Apart from Guo, who was eagerly awaiting news from the capital, the other three sisters-in-law all agreed with this.
Madam Yun wholeheartedly agreed. The eldest daughter's husband's family was dirt poor, and since they had some spare money, they should help them out as much as they could. This would also set an example for the other daughters' future marriage prospects; the Yun family would never neglect their married daughters.
So Yun Manwan embroidered her dowry while she and her fourth aunt started looking at shops.
Zhou then began to clear and rebuild the row of houses that had been destroyed by the mudslide, preparing them as a new house for her daughter and son-in-law. Her prospective son-in-law, Zhao Huai, lived up to expectations, hunting several game and exchanging them for money, all of which he gave to his mother-in-law to help build the new house.
Li's side was busy selecting embroiderers to complete the uniform customization orders received on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Those who came to place orders to have uniforms for their children were all wealthy families with many children, and the cloth shop was suddenly short-handed.
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