Chapter 298 Chapter 298 Who is complaining?
Xu Yunfan didn't feel disgusted at all by the hug without any clothes between them and the sticky touch. He just kept stroking Qin Run's back and kissing his neck from time to time until the rapid breathing of the person on his body became steady.
When Qin Run stood up and got dressed, Xu Yunfan was still sitting there. There was nothing he could do as his legs were a little numb.
TNND, to be honest, this posture is really tiring. After just a dozen or so times, he was sweating profusely.
After getting dressed, Qin Run picked up Xu Yunfan's clothes from the ground. "Yunfan, get dressed first. I'll boil some water for you to wash."
"Oh." Xu Yunfan took the clothes with a strange look on his face. There was something he had been holding in his heart for a long time.
The problem was, he was too embarrassed to ask.
After all, this kind of question hurts a man's self-esteem.
No matter if he made a fuss until late at night or "tossed and turned" vigorously, Qin Run would get up earlier than him every day. There were even several times when he was too sleepy to open his eyes, but this man was still fetching water for him to wash.
Shouldn't he, as the leader of the general attack, be responsible for this kind of aftermath?
After thinking for a moment, Xu Yunfan blurted out before Qin Run left, "Brother Run, if you're tired, I'll get some water to wipe you off."
Qin Run opened the door and walked out without stopping, and replied casually: "I'm not tired!"
Xu Yunfan: “…”
It hurts my heart, my friend.
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Another day at work.
When Qin Run called him up, Xu Yunfan's eyes were half-closed and he was so sleepy that he couldn't tell east from west. "Is it time to go to work again?"
This shouldn't be the case. He's still so sleepy. He really hopes Qin Run can shake his head and tell him that it's still midnight.
Unfortunately, Qin Run's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over his head. "It's already morning, you can get up now. Hurry up and wash up. I'll make you some porridge. Or do you want some meat buns?"
Xu Yunfan rubbed his eyes and replied dazedly, "Let's eat. I also want to eat the stir-fried pork with sour beans that you made. If you add some chili peppers, it will be sour and spicy and will whet your appetite."
"Okay, I'll make it for you." Qin Run knew that Xu Yunfan liked this. Even after coming to Beijing, he still planted some vegetables in the yard, such as coriander, mint, onions, garlic, etc. Since he didn't plant many beans, he went out to buy some and pickled several large jars of them.
After preparing breakfast, Qin Run took out the lunch box and filled half a bowl with rice. Then he took out another plate and put a large plate of stir-fried pork with sour beans.
Xu Yunfan was reluctant to let Qin Run get up early to do these things before, so he could just buy some food outside to satisfy his hunger.
Once when buying meat buns, the owner of the bun stall was punched twice by a man who came in a hurry. The man said that when he was eating the meat bun, TND, he actually found a curly hair inside, which was really disgusting.
When Xu Yunfan heard this, he immediately felt sick and never bought buns from that bun shop again. He was a picky person and he thought this was too salty and that was too bland. Qin Run couldn't bear to do that, so she simply got up with him every day and cooked different kinds of buns for him.
Since their living conditions improved, there was no shortage of meat at home, and Xu Yunfan ate a lot. Although he was only eighteen years old, his height was almost 1.9 meters.
Teenagers are at the age when one can eat enough to go bankrupt. Xu Yunfan starts with three bowls of rice for every meal, even in the morning, and his appetite is very good.
The other bachelors were already busy outside, and he was the only one working hard in the office.
"Wow, delicious." Xu Yunfan didn't forget to comment halfway through the meal.
Qin Run made stir-fried minced meat with sour beans. There was plenty of minced meat and other ingredients. It was so delicious that Xu Yunfan didn't leave any minced meat.
After eating, Xu Yunfan soaked some wolfberries, blew on them while flipping through the books on the table. He had a very pleasant half-day working time.
Two hours later, it was time for the next employee to have lunch.
Xu Yunfan walked out leisurely, ignoring the gazes of other scholars, carrying the lunch box. Before returning home, he went to the East Market to buy a chicken and three pounds of beef brisket, and then rode his bicycle home.
"Chicken tonight?" Qin Run, who was cooking, saw Xu Yunfan coming in with a hen, and thought to himself that it seemed that their family had not eaten chicken for a few days, and Xu Yunfan must be craving it.
Xu Yunfan nodded, put the chicken next to the firewood pile, and covered it with a bamboo basket to prevent it from running away. "Can you make us some daylily and hen soup tonight? You can also add a few red dates and some slices of ginger."
Qin Run held the spatula in his hand and forgot to stir the duck meat in the pot. "Can you use the dried daylily to make soup? My father said it's poisonous."
Xu Yunfan glanced at the duck meat in the pot and licked his lips. "Turn it over quickly, or it'll get burnt. If you don't handle the raw daylily properly and eat too much, it'll be poisonous. I've dried it, so it's not poisonous."
As he spoke, Xu Yunfan stood by the stove and didn't leave. "Where are Brother Fang and the others?"
When they came back before, Qin Feiyu and Fang Zixi would help out in the kitchen even if their cooking skills were not good. But today, no one was there.
Seeing Xu Yunfan staring at the meat in the pot with greedy eyes, Qin Run said, "They are picking wild grapes in the backyard. Some of the grapes are rotten and need to be picked out. Go and tell them to wash their hands and eat."
During the meal, Qin Run picked up a piece of duck leg. At that time, the ducks were all local ducks, without any feed or duck fat, but Qin Run still tore off the skin from the duck leg and put it in Xu Yunfan's bowl. "Eat more. You've been working hard recently."
Xu Yunfan choked, his face turned a little red, and he almost coughed out the meat in his mouth. Yes, he was very tired. He had to take a nap every day and go to the Hanlin Academy to sleep. It was indeed hard work.
Fang Zixi glanced at Xu Yunfan and said, "Yunfan, why do I feel like you've become a little plump recently?"
Qin Feiyu looked at Xu Yunfan carefully. "Really? I think he's lost some weight."
"You're losing weight." Xiao Hengzhi's voice, faintly filled with anger, suddenly came from outside.
Xu Yunfan's eyebrows jumped, and he stood up suddenly, "Father-in-law, why are you here?"
Just come if you want to. It's always such a coincidence that you come at meal times. It's hard not to suspect that you are trying to get a free meal.
Xiao Hengzhi glared at Xu Yunfan, "How dare you ask? Tell me, what have you been doing during the time you've been at the Hanlin Academy?"
"Father-in-law, what can I do? I started working here, so of course I will do whatever my superiors assign me to do. Look at the way you ask this." He is quite ignorant.
Xiao Hengzhi choked for a moment. There was nothing wrong with what he said, but he said, "Have you been sleeping all the time since you took office? I heard everything."
Today, Xiao Hengzhi was summoned to court. Wow, his brother-in-law had only been in office for half a month, and he was impeached. How could this be tolerated?
Those bastard censors actually said that their brother and son-in-law were sleeping all the time when they were on duty. This is an unhealthy practice and dereliction of duty. They must be severely punished to serve as a warning to others.
What these people meant was that Xu Yunfan was getting too cocky and should be demoted to a seventh-rank tutor. Otherwise, with his youthful spirit, he really thought he was very capable and that being admitted to the Hanlin Academy meant he was valued by the higher-ups, so he became conceited and refused to do any work.
Fortunately, Fu Qingxu quit at that time.
After all, Fu Qingxu was a prince and had not done much real work, so he immediately retorted.
It just so happened that Zheng Ke came back this morning and happened to go to court to report the matter of the study building, so he spoke a few good words for Xu Yunfan. Otherwise, he, as the father-in-law, would have lost all face.
He was the one who recommended the bachelor's position, but ended up sending him to the Hanlin Academy. Xu Yunfan would just sleep on it, and if anyone told others about it, he would be the one who would lose face.
Xu Yunfan groaned, "Father-in-law, who told you that? Who's the snitch? Aren't they a bit too much? They disappeared when I was reading, but they saw me when I was taking a break from work to rest my eyes. Are they deliberately messing with me? Besides, even if I sleep, what's the problem? Lord Zheng is not here, and there's no work for me to do. Can't I take a break?"
How was he lazy? He was lazy. Was that project plan written by a ghost?
"But I heard that the other maesters were very busy and asked you to help, but you refused."
Regarding this matter, Xu Yunfan said righteously: "Shouldn't I refuse? Once I help this, others will see it and follow suit, asking me for help. Should I help or not? If I don't help, will they think I look down on them or have a problem with them? This will be detrimental to the unity of the Hanlin Academy. I have good intentions, so how come they can't see it and just see me sleeping? Are these people deliberately targeting me? Father-in-law, you have to investigate for me and find out who is trying to get me. Also, if I help, I feel sorry for myself. Between the two choices of sorry for myself and sorry for others, I have a masochistic disorder. Why should I be so hard on myself?"
"Besides, I help whoever asks me to help, and I do all the work myself. Why do they need me to come? It's not their place to meddle in other people's business. Why should they? I'm going to be Mr. Zheng's secretary, not a handyman. Father-in-law, do you think I did anything wrong?"
Xiao Hengzhi blinked. There was nothing wrong with what he said, but it seemed like something was wrong as well. It was simply impossible to refute it.
Qin Run and the others put down their chopsticks and listened quietly. For some reason, Xu Yunfan's words were very logical and reasonable, but Qin Run's face was flushed.
Since Xu Yunfan started working, he was afraid that Xu Yunfan would be too tired from work. He got up so early every day and didn't take a nap when he got home. He didn't dare let him make too much noise at night, for fear that he wouldn't get enough sleep. As a result...
He was still worrying for nothing.
Xu Yunfan can sleep more when he goes to work than at home. No wonder he has to bring a package of food with him every now and then.
Fang Zixi squinted at Xiao Hengzhi, who was speechless after being asked back by Xu Yunfan. He quickly lowered his head and pursed his lips, otherwise he was really afraid that he would laugh out loud.
Qin Feiyu laughed twice. "Yun Fan is right. Why should he do things that are not his responsibility? He has already done all the work. What do we need them to do? If there is really more work to do and they need help, that is their own problem to solve. They can report it, but they can't just let Yun Fan do everything on the pretext that everyone is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. If the workload is really overdue, then that is the problem of the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy who is responsible for arranging the work. Always asking for help is not a long-term solution."
Xiao Hengzhi: "That's reasonable, but it's really wrong for this kid to sleep during working hours."
Xu Yunfan pouted and said, "Then I'll just not sleep in the future. Who is so ignorant? I have a problem. They should have gone to my direct superior first. They just went over the head and complained to me. They simply don't take Lord Zheng seriously. Father-in-law, tell me, who is this person?"
"It's Huo Zhengwen, he's from the Supervision Department."
In the Great Yan Dynasty, the Censors in the Ministry of Supervision, although they were only fifth-rank officials, had extensive powers. They were responsible for inspecting and correcting officials inside and outside the court, inspecting counties, supervising provincial examinations, metropolitan examinations, and military examinations, etc. The Censors could impeach officials openly or secretly. Therefore, although their official ranks were not high, due to the emperor's support, even if they were only fifth-rank officials, they had the right to attend court.
When Xu Yunfan heard this, he was shocked. He was a fifth-rank official, but was reported by a fifth-rank official. This was truly an act of insubordination. After thinking about it, it seemed that this Censor was better than a Bachelor.
If he were to do the job of finding fault with others every day, he would be very good at it. He could also go on "business trips" from time to time and not have to be under the supervision of his boss every day. It seems like a bit of a good thing.
But after thinking about it, he decided to give up. In ancient times, transportation was slow, and he now has elderly parents and young children to take care of, so it is not suitable for him to go on a business trip. Once he leaves Beijing, he will probably have to count months to come back.
He is not afraid of sleeping in the open air, he can endure material hardships, but he cannot endure the pain of lovesickness.
Seeing Xu Yunfan standing there, his eyes darting left and right, as if he was about to do something bad, Xiao Hengzhi was startled, "What are you thinking about, kid?"
Xu Yunfan quickly shook his head. "I'm not thinking of anything. Father-in-law, please sit down. Have you eaten yet? Do you want something to eat? Let's put work aside for now. Of all things, eating is the most important thing."
Qin Run went to get the bowl and chopsticks. Xiao Hengzhi was not polite and sat down next to Qin Feiyu, looking at the chicken soup in front of him. There were also a few day lilies in it. He thought that since Xu Yunfan said it was edible, it must be edible. He just didn't know if it tasted good.
It wasn't until he took a sip of the soup that Xiao Hengzhi finally understood what true fragrance meant. "Hey, I didn't expect this thing to be so delicious."
"Of course I have to." Otherwise, why would he have to squat every day?
Dried day lily flowers cost dozens of dollars per pound. Xu Yunfan had eaten all kinds of delicacies before, and he could eat ingredients that cost hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of dollars per gram. But he thought the meals made by Qin Run, even a simple dish of stir-fried sweet potato leaves with garlic or a clear soup with side dishes, were fragrant and had a bit more flavor.
That is the taste of home, and the strong taste of love.
Xu Yunfan was eating when he suddenly remembered something and almost slammed the table. "Hey, father-in-law, I finally know why the censor wanted to sue me. Huo Zhengwen, is he from the Huo Tao family?"
The capital city is so big that there are many families with the surname Huo, and Huo Tao is Huo Yi's grandfather.
"That's right, Huo Zhengwen is the third son of Huo Tao. You finally thought of this." Xiao Hengzhi was relieved. He knew that he had offended someone. Xu Yunfan would probably know to restrain himself in the future.
But Xu Yunfan said, "Since the emperor didn't demote me, it means that the emperor is on my side. It seems that I don't have to be afraid in the future."
Xiao Hengzhi: "..."
Xu Yunfan is a typical example of someone who refuses to change his bad habits.
He doesn't even want to correct his mistakes, let alone think he is right.
Xiao Hengzhi didn't want to say another word to Xu Yunfan and ate his meal in silence. Otherwise, he was really worried that he would choke to death.
It's true that daylily is quite delicious. Xu Yunfan packed a large bag and asked Xiao Hengzhi to send it to Xiao Xuanzhi. "Daylily and cured pork ribs are delicious together. My second uncle is in the border area, and the conditions there are not as good as in the capital. Several of my cousins are also suffering. Father-in-law, please help me send them some food."
The last time Xu Yunfan got married, Xiao Xuanzhi and his sons were unable to return, but they wrote to him and gave him generous gifts. Su Yan also contributed a lot to the construction of the Food City. Xu Yunfan remembered each and every one of these things, even if they were not important.
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