Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Wild Child on the Mountain
In Dayan Dynasty, paraffin wax is sold in grocery stores, but it is only sold in Qijia store. Xu Yunfan heard from the shopkeeper today that the paraffin wax has never been sold.
Paraffin wax was imported from other countries by the Qi royal merchants. Only they knew how to use it. Others didn't even know what paraffin wax was, let alone buy it.
Xu Yunfan found out today that paraffin wax was not cheap, so he didn't buy it.
Qin Run held the candle and turned it around, "Yun Fan, can I light it?"
"Of course, the candles are made for us to use. You can order them and use them however you like." There is plenty of pine oil on the mountain anyway.
Qin Run ran into the kitchen and lit the end of the candle wick with a small burning match.
Looking at the bright flame of the slightly blackened candle in his hand, Qin Run's eyes widened and his heart was pounding.
Xu Yunfan is so amazing, he actually managed to make candles.
How can he be so smart?
Qin Run came out with a candle. "Yunfan, look, it's really lit."
Xu Yunfan put down the hatchet in his hand, looked at Qin Run, curled his lips, and said shamelessly, "I said that what I make is definitely not ordinary."
This is fine to say in the Great Yan Dynasty, but in modern times, he wouldn't be able to say it even if he was given ten chances.
Qin Run likes Xu Yunfan's confident (shameless) look, which is very attractive.
"You made a lot of candles." Qin Run took a glance and saw Xu Yunfan's neatly arranged bamboo tubes, about sixty or seventy of them.
Qin Run hesitated. These candles were made by Xu Yunfan, so he naturally had to ask before using them. "Yunfan, can I take a few to Aunt Qin? When she was young, Aunt Qin was an embroiderer. Now she's old and her eyesight isn't very good. Although Aunt Qin's wife can be a bit harsh, Aunt Qin and Grandma Qin are very kind to them."
Xu Yunfan naturally knew how good Aunt Qin and the others were. Except for Aunt Qin who criticized his carpentry skills, everyone else in the Qin family was an honest person.
When he was lying in bed and unable to get up, it was Aunt Qin who called a doctor for him. At that time, Qin Run was still selling chickens in the town.
A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. Since he can't go back for the time being, he should still make friends with him.
Xu Yunfan generously counted out twenty candles and said, "Send these to them tonight. We'll deal with them after they've used them up. They're not worth much anyway."
There was a lot of pine oil on the mountain. Before he was about to go back at noon, he cut a few times on the pine tree so that the pine oil that flowed out would be cleaner and better. He would collect it in a few days.
"Don't tell anyone about this method of making candles, otherwise we will not have a peaceful life." The village is big, and some people like to take advantage of small things. When others come to ask for help, and they are from the same village, will he give it to them or not?
Qin Run said: "Then what should I say?"
Xu Yunfan: "Just say we bought it at the grocery store. It's substandard. The more you buy, the cheaper it is. As for where we got the money, you can just blame me."
Qin Run understood, went into the woodshed and took a basket, and carefully placed the bamboo candles that Xu Yunfan had peeled into the basket one by one, as if he was afraid that they would break if he used too much force.
Xu Yunfan found it funny. "You don't have to cherish it so much. Follow me and you'll have to get used to it. I'll make more good things for you in the future."
Qin Run smiled softly, making the red mole at the corner of her eye even more attractive.
Xu Yunfan had already noticed the red mole at the corner of Qin Run's eye. Strangely enough, Qin An also had a red mole on his neck, as did Dadan and Qin Sanfulang.
In all the time he's been here, Xu Yunfan has only looked carefully at these guys. Without exception, all of them have red moles.
The red moles of Dadan, Qin Sanfulang and Qin An are right in the middle of their necks. They are not big, but they are very obvious and red.
Qin Run didn't have one on his neck. His red mole was at the end of his eye. It wasn't very red, but in Xu Yunfan's opinion, it was just right.
Xu Yunfan thought, perhaps this red mole is the symbol that distinguishes a boy from a man.
Thinking so, Xu Yunfan asked this question.
Qin Run told him that he was right. The boy was born with a red mole. The red mole of a newborn boy was different from ordinary red moles. It was particularly red. The midwife knew at a glance that the child was a boy.
Most guys have red moles on their necks, and some grow on other places, but this is rare.
The redder the mole is, the stronger his ability to conceive is. If the mole is as dark as his, it will probably be difficult for him to conceive.
When Qin Run said the last sentence, his voice was very low, his tone was full of disappointment, and he didn't even dare to look at Xu Yunfan.
Xu Yunfan said nonchalantly, "Don't listen to them. Whether you can have a baby or not is not up to you alone. It's not asexual reproduction. Besides, it's just a mole. How can you tell so much from it?"
It's ridiculous!
Qin Run opened his mouth to say something when there was suddenly a noise at the gate of the courtyard.
It turned out that Qin An, who had gone out to dig earthworms, remembered that he had not fed the pigs, so he hurried back to feed them.
Xu Yunfan smiled and tapped his forehead. "I'm still waiting for you. I'll wait for you to come back and feed the pigs. Your second brother would have starved to death long ago."
Qin An's head tilted back when Xu Yunfan nodded. Xu Yunfan didn't use any force, it was just a subconscious action. If you didn't know, you would think Xu Yunfan used a lot of force.
"Brother, this is the candle you made?" Qin An's eyes were full of candles in the basket. "Wow, Brother is so amazing!"
"Yes, your brother-in-law is very powerful. Second brother, don't tell these things to others, okay?" Qin Run instructed.
Qin An nodded vigorously several times, "Yeah, yeah, I won't tell anyone."
Xu Yunfan noticed the small fish basket hanging from Qin An's waist. "Brother An, how many earthworms did you dig up?"
Qin An handed the small fish basket to Xu Yunfan, "There are so many, it's almost full."
Xu Yunfan took a look into the small fish basket. Wow, Qin An had dug up so many earthworms in such a short time. It turned out that this guy was an expert at digging earthworms!
"Where did you dig it? How did you find so much?"
Qin An put away the small fish basket and said with a smile, "I dug them by the small river at the foot of Nanshan Mountain. Don't worry, brother, I won't go into the river. There are so many earthworms, I didn't dig them by myself, it was..."
At this point, Qin An hesitated for a moment, "A friend helped me dig it."
Xu Yunfan asked curiously, "Oh, our An Ge'er has a friend? Who is it? Can you introduce him to Brother Xu?"
It’s not that Xu Yunfan is too strict, but there is a forest on the other side of Nanshan, and Dali Village has relatively few fields there. Because there is a mountain over there, which is a cemetery used by villagers to bury corpses, people who want to go up the mountain usually have to take a detour.
What kid would go there to play in the evening? Is he itching for trouble?
The ancients were superstitious, and the adults in the village would not easily let children go there. In their view, children lacked qi and blood, had weak yang energy, and had a weak fate, and were easily seduced by unclean things.
Look, Qin Run heard that Qin An went there. Although it was still far away from the mountain, he still warned him not to go alone next time.
Qin An made repeated promises, then looked up at Gefu, who was still tall and majestic even though he was sitting on a stool, with embarrassment. "Gefu, if I tell you about my friend, will you hit me?"
Xu Yunfan raised his eyebrows, oh no, something happened!
He turned around, put down his work, reached out and lifted Qin An's little face, facing him, and said gently: "Why do you say that, An'er? Making friends is your right. If you make friends outside, your elder brother and I will be happy for you."
Qin An said, "But no one in the village allows their children to play with him."
Xu Yunfan asked softly, "Why? Is there anything wrong with him? An Ge'er, sometimes, what others say isn't necessarily right. You have to see for yourself and find out if he's really what they say. Their words can only serve as a reference, not a standard answer."
Qin Run watched Xu Yunfan talking to Qin An, and he found that Xu Yunfan was really patient. Although Qin An was a child, he would take Qin An's feelings into consideration and would not deny his little friend right away.
Qin An has always been weak and timid to other people. He speaks hesitantly and easily makes people lose the patience to listen to him finish his words.
But when it comes to Xu Yunfan, Qin An doesn't seem to be afraid at all. In fact, he even has a tendency to rely on Xu Yunfan.
Qin Run had to admit that Xu Yunfan was one year younger than him, but with him around, it seemed as if the family had a backbone.
After listening to Qin An's words, Xu Yunfan realized that the little friend he was talking about was not someone from the village, but a wild kid who suddenly appeared in the mountains one day.
Yewa is very fierce. If anyone approaches him, he will bite off a piece of flesh from the other person without saying a word.
But when it comes to children, Yewa will run away and will not attack them.
When there were chickens at home, Qin An went there to dig earthworms several times and met Ye Wa several times. In the village, except for a few children from the Qin family who were willing to talk to him, the other children bullied him.
So, when he saw Ye Wa, he felt a sense of sympathy, and after a few interactions, the two of them ended up getting together.
Xu Yunfan listened and said, "He's just a kid living in the mountains. He's not as scary as the villagers say. He's not a ghost. You can play with him if you want."
Xu Yunfan felt relieved. As long as the other party was not some unruly gangster, what did he have to worry about?
Picking up the hatchet, Xu Yunfan was about to continue working on his candle when he realized a serious problem. However, when he turned around and saw Qin An's height, all his worries disappeared in an instant.
Qin Run saw it and couldn't help laughing. Xu Yunfan was thinking a lot.
In Xu Yunfan's opinion, there is nothing strange about a boy playing with a man. Xu Yunfan is just worried that Qin An's friend has lived in the mountains for too long and has lost his sense of propriety. If the villagers see him one day, some gossip may spread.
Qin Run touched Qin An's head and said, "Listen to your brother-in-law."
"Yeah, Gefu is the best." Qin An was so happy. Originally, he was worried that Gefu would dislike Yewa's identity when playing with him, but now he is relieved.
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