Chapter 113 Chapter 113: Outrageous Words
Xu Yunfan was devastated. He took a sharp breath of dissatisfaction and was about to rush into the kitchen when Sun Mu's voice came from outside. "Yunfan, what are you doing? Why is there so much smoke in the kitchen? Open the door quickly."
Sun Mu was worried that there was a fire in the kitchen, and he could go in and help put out the fire, so he couldn't help but sound anxious.
With smoke billowing from the kitchen and guests arriving, Xu Yunfan ran to open the door for Sun Mu without hesitation, explaining, "I just wanted to boil water and kill a chicken, but the fire wouldn't start. I guess the firewood wasn't dry enough."
Yes, it must be because the firewood was not dry enough that he couldn’t start a fire, not because there was a problem with his technique.
Sun Mu ran to the kitchen and saw that the kitchen was filled with thick smoke, which made him cough continuously. He squinted his eyes and found that there was indeed no fire in the kitchen. The reason for so much smoke was that the firewood in the stove had sparks but no flames. In addition, the firewood had been stored for a long time, and some of it had been eaten by insects, making it empty inside. Such firewood was easy to start a fire, but Xu Yunfan's skills were not good enough. He did not stuff enough pine leaves in the stove and too many firewood. The pine leaves were burned out, the firewood was about to start, but the fire went out again. The firewood must have smoked.
Sun Mu quickly picked up the blowpipe beside him and started blowing, and the fire was lit in a few seconds.
Seeing this outside the kitchen, Xu Yunfan didn't know what to say.
When he was blowing with the blowpipe, he choked and felt extremely uncomfortable. Why didn't Sun Mu get choked?
Xu Yunfan is a good student. He is not ashamed to ask questions. When Sun Mu was helping him to light the fire, he squatted aside and asked why.
"When you were about to blow, didn't you inhale first but instead held the blowpipe to your lips and then inhaled? Wouldn't that make the smoke go into your mouth?" Sun Mu knew that Xu Yunfan couldn't make a fire, not because he was stupid, but because he was a young master and had never done such things before. It was purely because of his lack of experience. In his panic, he didn't remember to analyze so much.
Only village kids who were born and raised here and have been forced to work since they were old enough to run can do these things so well.
Xu Yunfan touched the back of his head embarrassedly, "Isn't it because I was crying and choking on the smoke that my brain is slow?"
After the fire was lit, Sun Mucai asked Xu Yunfan, "Will you kill a chicken if Run'er is not here?"
This young master can't even light a fire, so I guess he'd have a hard time killing a chicken.
"Yes." Xu Yunfan said confidently, "Killing a chicken is easy. I saw Run Ge'er kill one before. He just used a kitchen knife to cut its neck."
When Sun Mu heard this, he thought, okay, this guy really can't do it.
Whether you are killing chickens or ducks, you can't just cut their necks with a kitchen knife. You have to cut their throats. If the throats are not cut, when will the chickens and ducks die?
In the end, it was Sun Mu who helped Xu Yunfan kill the chicken.
Xu Yunfan felt very embarrassed. The customer came and he was busy before his butt even touched the stool.
Originally, Xu Yunfan wanted to learn a few tricks from Sun Mu, but Li Hui, who was holding a child, needed to be entertained. Xu Yunfan found a stool for Li Hui to sit on and ran to make two bowls of sugar water.
"Thank you." Li Hui felt very embarrassed in front of Xu Yunfan. There was nothing she could do. Any woman would be excited to see such a handsome guy, let alone a man like Xu Yunfan.
Even though other men in the village are good-looking, like Li Yunfei from Aunt Li's family, who looks like a scholar who is most popular among girls, they are still far inferior to Xu Yunfan.
They all heard that Xu Yunfan was a doctor and a businessman, and his medical skills were so amazing that he even saved Sun Xu, who was drowning and had died. He was very capable.
When Sun Mu and Li Hui were about to go out, they heard a commotion coming from the Sun family's place. The aunties and grandmas were calling each other like friends, saying that they should hurry to Sun Qingsong's house to see if they could help.
Right now, if it’s not about slaughtering pigs for a wedding or the New Year, what could happen in Sun Qingsong’s family that requires so many people to help?
Sun Mu was also a member of the Sun family, so naturally he had to ask. After asking, he found out that someone had run back to tell them that Sun Xu had drowned and asked them to go over and help.
Sun Qingsong was stunned at the moment and didn't even bother to come to Xiao Qin's house to express his gratitude.
It was only after they arrived at Sun Qingsong's house that they learned that Sun Xu was originally dead, but was rescued by Xu Yunfan.
This is a serious matter.
Why is Xu Yunfan so powerful?
I cured Uncle Zhou of a mountain snake venom the other day. Look at Uncle Zhou, he's still alive and kicking.
Later, Xu Yunfan showed his skills again and straightened the malposition of the fetus in Li Hui's belly, saving Li Hui and her child and avoiding the fate of two deaths.
Now, Xu Yunfan rescued Sun Xu again. Now, those who doubted his ability and thought that he might have rescued people by accident have nothing to say and believe it.
He can even bring the “dead” back to life, yet you still dare to doubt Xu Yunfan’s medical skills?
When Sun Mu and Li Hui learned about this, they were both shocked.
Knowing that Xu Yunfan was so capable and had such a striking appearance, even though she was already married, Li Hui still couldn't help feeling nervous and shy when facing Xu Yunfan.
In the Dayan Dynasty, among the several types of people who were highly regarded by the common people and whom the common people did not dare to offend easily, one type was the doctors.
Doctors have the same high status as students, and Xu Yunfan is so powerful, which is even more extraordinary. After all, even wealthy families sometimes have to be humble to these powerful doctors.
There is no way. These doctors are very powerful. If you dare to offend the doctor, they will be in a bad mood and may not treat you. After all, they are not dignitaries, let alone the emperor. The former can cut off your medicine and buy your clinic, but the latter are very powerful. Not to mention that the doctor dare not refuse to treat you, if he fails to cure you, you may be punished along with your entire clan if you are not careful.
Xu Yunfan didn't know what Li Hui was thinking. His eyes fell on the swaddling clothes in her arms. He took a curious look at the child. Seeing that the child was asleep, he couldn't help but lower his voice: "The child is so young, why did you take him out?"
"I just wanted to bring him here to show you." Li Hui said embarrassedly, "You helped deliver him. Without you, he wouldn't be here. My parents-in-law said you were their lifesaver, and my husband and I should bring him here to thank you."
Xu Yunfan looked at the child, and saw that his face was still a little wrinkled and he was so small. "Actually, there's no need to be so elaborate. The child is still too young. It's not good for him to be exposed to the sun when he's out."
Li Hui hesitated, "It's okay, we've covered it up. When will Run'er and the others come back?"
"I have to wait a while before I come back." Xu Yunfan and Li Hui had nothing to talk about, so they exchanged a few words awkwardly. Sun Mu came in after cleaning the chicken and washing his hands.
Xu Yunfan still had more to say to Sun Mu. After the two men chatted for a few words, Sun Mu took out a purse containing sixteen taels of silver.
Perhaps for someone like Xu Yunfan, sixteen taels is not a lot of money at all, but it is all the money the Sun family can afford.
Of this money, ten taels were all of Sun Mu's belongings, the other six taels were two taels borrowed by Li Hui from her parents' home, and the remaining four taels were the coffin money for Sun Mu's parents.
Xu Yunfan saved their daughter-in-law and grandson, so sixteen taels of silver was not a lot.
"Yunfan, this is sixteen taels of silver. It's a little gift from us. Don't mind, just accept it." Sun Mu pushed the purse over.
Xu Yunfan: “…”
What a good day today is! Money is delivered to my door again.
But Xu Yunfan was in a dilemma whether to take the money or not.
For him, helping Li Hui was a piece of cake. At that time, he went there not as a doctor, but as a man from the Xiao Qin family. If he took the money, the Sun family would have a difficult life in the future.
Of course he doesn't want to take it. It doesn't make sense for him to accept two chickens from Uncle Zhou while Sun Mu doesn't take anything. If outsiders find out, they will accuse him of being partial, right?
This is not the way to live.
Xu Yunfan was not a kind person, but when Qin Run was willing to go see Li Hui that night, he knew that Qin Run and Sun Mu had a good relationship. In the end, Xu Yunfan reluctantly refused to take the money. "Take the money back. If you feel bad about it, why not go up the mountain and pick some wild grapes for me, or give me a hen?"
Hearing this, Sun Mu and Li Hui were stunned for a moment, "Wild grapes? What do you want that for?"
Wild grapes are not very sweet. Although the villagers don’t have much fruit to eat, they prefer to eat their own big and sweet huanghuali pear rather than sour grapes.
Qin Dazuo and his friends went up the mountain to chop firewood and picked a few baskets of wild grapes for Xu Yunfan. Xu Yunfan drank them all, but these things were free, and free things didn't cost money, and he didn't take advantage of anyone, so he might as well take them.
"Of course I'll use it. I heard from them that there are some wild grapes growing in your pear orchard..."
Xu Yunfan was grinning. If Qin Run or anyone who knew Xu Yunfan heard this, they would know what this guy was planning.
There is indeed a large area of wild grapes in the pear orchard of Sun Mu's family. Those wild grapes grow on their own. The pear trees entangled by the wild grapes are old and can't bear many fruits. In addition, Sun Mu's family has a lot of land and fields, and they are too busy with the work in the fields to have so much time to take care of the pear orchard. They only remove the weeds when they have free time.
Sun Mu saw that the wild grapes were growing very well, but he couldn't bear to cut them down. His pear orchard was so big that he couldn't sell all the pears, so it wouldn't be a problem to leave a few wild grapes. Therefore, he didn't let his family cut them down.
However, Sun Mu obviously did not expect that this thing could grow so long, because he ran outside more often, and would not go to the mountains when he came back during the holidays. Since he had not been to the mountains much, he naturally did not know about this thing. Just one plant could climb up a pear tree, and it might not even be tall enough for it.
Qin Dazuo saw that Xu Yunfan wanted a lot of wild grapes, so they picked all the wild grapes from the field where they chopped firewood, but it still could not meet the amount Xu Yunfan needed.
Qin Dazuo grabbed his hair, which had been messed up by branches from climbing the mountain. "Yunfan, if you want so many wild grapes, why not just buy them from the Sun Mu family? They're not sweet enough. I saw no one picking the wild grapes in their pear orchard yesterday. I guess they don't eat them. They're cheap. If you spend some money, they'll be happy to sell them to you."
If Qin Dazuo hadn't reminded him, Xu Yunfan would never have known that there were wild grapes in Sun Mu's pear orchard.
Xu Yunfan thought that if he didn't take Sun Mu's money, Sun Mu might feel that he would always owe him a favor. In that case, he might as well let Sun Mu pick wild grapes for him for a few days.
When Qin Run came back, Sun Mu and his wife had already gone back.
Seeing the hen cleaned up in the kitchen, Qin Run asked and found out that it was Sun Mu who helped to prepare the chicken. "Yun Fan, next time if you don't know how to do this kind of thing, can you wait until we get back to do it?"
Qin Run was really worried that Xu Yunfan would destroy him one day.
"Oh, don't worry. I'm an adult, how could I possibly burn down the kitchen?" Xu Yunfan didn't take it seriously. He didn't think he would burn down the kitchen at all. "I'm just inexperienced. Once I become more skilled, these will be easy. Run'er, make me some hen and mushroom stew tonight. I'm craving chicken soup."
When has Qin Run ever refused Xu Yunfan's request?
Two people were in the kitchen, one was busy cooking and the other was busy making chili sauce.
This afternoon, Hunter Fang brought over the ground chili powder. Xu Yunfan took out the ingredients he had prepared for chili sauce and started working.
Qin Run was busy with his work while learning. Even though it was very hot in the kitchen, it felt particularly warm.
After returning from the cafeteria, Qin Run was busy, and Qin An and the others were naturally not idle either.
Qin An and Xiao Ye were digging for earthworms with a fish basket when they ran into Da Dan and his friends. Da Dan and his friends were obviously very happy to see them and hurried over, "Brother An, Xiao Ye, you're back."
"Well, Dadan, why is your face red?" Qin An tilted his head and glanced at the red marks on Dadan's face. He couldn't see clearly at first, but when he looked closer, he suddenly remembered that Xiaoye's face was this red when he was beaten by Aunt Li. There were five obvious red marks.
Xiao Ye looked at Dadan carefully and started to babble angrily. Maybe because he was too angry, he couldn't speak clearly, and occasionally uttered the word "打" (fight) which Qin An could understand.
"Ah, Dadan, you've been bullied, right?"
As soon as Qin An finished asking the question, Dadan and Erdan sobbed and wiped their tears, their noses bubbling from crying.
Sandan, who didn't understand what was going on, looked up and saw his two brothers crying. He was aroused by this and his little mouth pouted in grievance, and tears immediately fell.
Dadan choked up and said, "My second aunt brought people to our house to make trouble. My father and mother were all beaten. The house was a mess."
Fang Cuicui waited at home for so long, but Qin Yi still didn't come to admit his mistake and beg her to go back. How could she stay there any longer?
I thought that my two elder brothers had a good talk with Qin Yi, and Qin Yi knew his mistake and would come to pick me up soon. However, I waited and waited, but Qin Yi still didn't show up.
His father-in-law had come over and said before that if Fang Da and Fang Er dared to cause trouble at their Qin family again, they would not be polite. If they did not want Fangjia Village to not produce a scholar in the future, they could just come and cause trouble.
To the people in Fangjia Village, these words were simply hilarious.
I don’t know where Qin Mu got the nerve to say such big words. He dared to say it, and they were embarrassed for him when they heard it.
It's just embarrassing.
So that there won’t be a single scholar coming out of their Fangjia Village?
Oh, listen, Qin Mu is so arrogant, why doesn’t he go to heaven?
What a leper/□□ yawning, with such a loud tone.
What Qin Mu said is bullshit.
Who are the Qin family?
His ancestors for eight generations were all farmers who worked in the fields for a living. They had no status, no background, no power, and nothing at all. How could Qin Mu have the ability to cut off the scholars in Fangjia Village from pursuing their studies?
If Qin Mu and the others were so powerful, why did they endure and hold it in when the kid from the third room had his leg broken, and didn't even dare to report it to the authorities?
This Qin Mu is okay. He may not be very capable, but he has a good tone!
The two survivors from Fangjia Village heard this and sneered, "You want to cut off the education of our students? What a big mouth, really no sense. Uncles, aunts, and ladies, don't be afraid. This person is just talking nonsense and boasting without shame. There is nothing to be afraid of."
Fang Da and Fang Er laughed out loud, almost crying. "Uncle, please stop teasing us, okay? Do you think we are three-year-old brats? You're so easily scared. Who do you think you are? Are you the governor of Qingling County, the dean of the academy, or a private school teacher? How can you ruin the future of the students in our village? You can't just brag like that, okay? At least make your boasts more realistic, and we'll probably believe it."
Surrounded by the people of Fangjia Village, Qin Mu was shaking with anger as he listened to their constant mockery, sneers, and disdain. To prove he was not exaggerating, he angrily said, "My nephew's son-in-law is a learned man. He will be a teacher at Qingfeng Academy in the future. Do you think he has the ability?"
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