The sky was slightly blue, and wisps of smoke were rising from the roof of the thatched cottage on the mountainside.
Fu Xiaoguan didn't go to exercise, he was cooking in the kitchen.
Cook a pot of porridge, steam some white flour buns, and fry three eggs, no, fry two eggs, Xiaoxiao wants to eat boiled eggs.
He busied himself with skill, not noticing that Yunniang was leaning against the wooden gate, looking at him very seriously.
This was Fu Xiaoguan's first time cooking since arriving here more than three months ago, but his movements didn't seem unfamiliar at all. Instead, they looked incredibly smooth and graceful, and quite beautiful.
Isn’t this the son of some powerful and wealthy family!
This doesn't even seem like a real literati.
But why did Her Majesty borrow his seed?
Yunniang was puzzled and could only think that this person might have some unique qualities that she didn't know about.
She walked in. Fu Xiaoguan looked up at her with a smile on his face, and his tone was as casual as an old couple. "Are you up? I thought it would be hard for you to take care of the children, so you should sleep a little longer. I'm quite good at kitchen work, so I'll make breakfast for you and Xiaoxiao."
"Are you leaving?"
"Well, we'll leave after we eat... If Xiaoxiao isn't awake, don't wake her up, to avoid hurting her."
Yunniang walked in, sat in front of the stove, and whispered, "Your clothes are too torn to be mended, so I bought you two sets. Also, your things are in the third cabinet on the left as you enter the door. Remember to take them with you. You don't have any money on you, so I'll give you some for your journey later..."
The flames from the stove illuminated Yunniang's face. After a moment's thought, she asked, "It's over three thousand miles to Yu Dynasty. Why don't you try going to the town and see if there are any other caravans going with you?"
Fu Xiaoguan kneaded the dough and said with a smile, "Not to mention this town, I'm afraid there aren't any caravans heading to the Yu Dynasty even in the county, Yunniang..."
"Um?"
"How far is this place from Fanning City?"
"About a hundred miles."
"Oh, not very far."
Fu Xiaoguan continued to knead the dough. Yunniang really wanted to give him more silver to buy a horse, but she lived in such a thatched cottage. If she took out hundreds of taels of silver notes... how could it be justified?
So she gave up the idea and just gave him three taels of silver. He was a grown man and there was no way he would starve to death on the road.
The rice was cooked and the white flour buns were steamed. The sky had just brightened a little when the first rooster crowed in the village below. Xiaoxiao naturally did not wake up.
Fu Xiaoguan and Yunniang sat at the table and had breakfast in silence. Yunniang cleaned up the dishes. Fu Xiaoguan went to the room where Yunniang lived, looked at Xiaoxiao, kissed her on the little face, and then went to his own side room.
On the bed lay two new sets of linen shirts and a saddlebag.
He opened the cabinet and took out his things from it - only two things, the gun and the black imperial seal.
Because he didn't bring any silver notes when he went to worship the gods that day, he didn't have any silver.
He changed into a short shirt, put the remaining things into his saddle bag, walked to the door, looked back at the small house where he had lived for more than three months, and grinned.
This is a humble room, but my virtue is fragrant.
In fact, this shabby room is not comfortable to live in.
It's a bit against my will to say this.
He walked to the gate, and Yunniang was there. She handed him three taels of silver and said, "There's not much left, so you have to find a way to earn some money along the way."
Fu Xiaoguan didn't act pretentiously. He took it and pointed to the rice fields outside. "If you want to move out, do it sooner rather than later. Don't bother tending to the crops. This year might not be a good year. If you have extra money, remember to stock up on food. I'm afraid the price will go up."
"Um."
"Also, could you tell me roughly where I'm staying? After I return to Yu Dynasty and settle down, I can send someone to come and see you and Xiaoxiao if it's convenient."
According to Her Majesty the Queen's wishes, she couldn't tell the second generation Fu her whereabouts, but Yunniang couldn't help but tell him because Xiaoxiao had called him dad for three months:
"I'll probably go to Fanning City. I have a relative there. Even though he can't help me much, at least he has a place to go."
"Okay, I'll remember that. Thank you for taking care of me these days. Goodbye!"
"Well, bye!"
Fu Xiaoguan strode along the country road, and Yunniang watched him leave until he was thousands of miles away.
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border town.
It was spring rain when we came and midsummer when we left. The only thing they had in common was that we both arrived at dusk.
Fu Xiaoguan went straight to Qibu Alley. Su Mo had already gone to the Taoist temple with Taohua Girl, and he didn't know whether her grandfather was still in the peach forest.
He came to the peach forest. The peaches on the trees were not growing well. There were only three or five peaches on each tree. There were many peaches on the ground. It was obvious that no one had taken care of it or watered it for a long time, which was why it looked like this.
He walked into Taoyuan and came to the small building.
The small building is still there, as if waiting for the return of old friends.
The pavilion in the yard that was knocked down by Su Mo was rebuilt, but it was covered with dust inside and out.
The same is true for the small building. The only resident is probably the nest of chirping swallows under the eaves.
Fu Xiaoguan walked upstairs. The door was not locked. He pushed it open and a cloud of dust fell down on his head.
The layout inside is no different from before. I guess given Yan Taohua's family background, she never took this place seriously.
He looked in every room and then began to clean up the house.
He took a bucket from the kitchen, fetched two buckets of water from the well behind the pavilion, took an old towel, and wiped the bamboo mat on the bed clean.
Then he cleaned up the kitchen and the hall. When it was already dark, he went up the hill in the backyard alone.
Half an hour later, he returned to the yard with a pheasant and two rabbits in his hands. He thought he could hunt a goat, but he didn't even find a single wool.
He handled the game skillfully. After another hour, he moved a chair and lay down under the pavilion, cutting the roasted pheasant with the dagger and eating it slowly.
It took him almost a month to get here.
He worked as a cook in Fanning City for five days and earned two taels of silver - the proprietress was very generous, and it was unclear whether she appreciated him as a person or his cooking skills.
Then along the way he worked as a porter, a bodyguard, and even brewed wine in a winery for three days.
When he arrived at the border town, he found three taels of silver in his bag.
This made him quite proud, and he felt that this was the real money he had earned since coming to this world - when he met Shulan and the others, he could not hand over the six taels of silver.
Thinking of Dong Shulan, Yu Wenjun and Yan Xiaolou, he laughed to himself.
What are they doing?
Will they cry with sadness?
Will I think about him on a night like this, not knowing whether he is alive or dead?
He had originally planned to stay in this border town for a few days, but at this moment, he suddenly felt like returning home.
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