Chapter 36: Registration
Su Caixia ran away crying.
Qin Huiyin sighed softly: "Another infatuated girl's heart is broken."
Tang Yichen looked at her calmly: "Is the show good?"
"I swear to God, I didn't come here to watch the show. I just accidentally overheard you two talking." Qin Huiyin cried out in grievance.
Tang Yichen took the vegetable basket and left.
Qin Huiyin looked at the fish in the basket and said, "If you are good at catching fish, even if you can't pass the imperial examination, you can still be a fisherman."
When Tang Yichen came back, Qin Huiyin had already cleaned the fish and stuffed their stomachs with various seasonings.
She made a steamed fish, garlic cabbage, stewed pig's trotters with soybeans, and finally stir-fried pork intestines.
Li Taohua was drooling as she watched.
“How do you divide it into two bowls?”
"I met Song Ruize when I came back just now. He was injured and had a fever. I saw that he was unable to move, so I said I would bring him some food."
Qin Huiyin did not hide anything and openly admitted that she took care of Song Ruize.
"Didn't you hate him the most before?" Li Taohua frowned instinctively when she heard about Song Ruize. "That boy is very evil, and his eyes are always cold. They remind me of a snake. You should stay away from him and don't have too much contact with him. I have remarried, so it's not necessary for me to care about his affairs."
"He was seriously ill. I couldn't just ignore it when I saw him. Besides, you sold his family's land after his father passed away. He didn't say anything at the time. For the sake of the land, we can't just ignore him."
Li Taohua felt guilty.
She didn't think there was anything wrong with doing these things before, but when her precious daughter pointed them out recently, she felt so ashamed that she couldn't face anyone.
"Let me go and take him there!" Li Taohua was worried about that little wolf cub Song Ruize.
"I'll take him there!" Qin Huiyin said, "I'm afraid he'll be more likely to get upset when he sees you. I've already seen him just now, and he didn't do anything to me."
"Leave this little thing to me." Tang Yichen took it. "You don't have to wait for me, eat first."
Qin Huiyin was no longer polite.
If the male protagonist is willing to deliver food, then let him go. Anyway, the male protagonist is the nemesis of the villains, and anyone can get into trouble, but not the male protagonist.
Tang Yichen came back soon.
When he came back, he saw that everyone was waiting for him and said, "Didn't you say you don't have to wait for me?"
"We are a family, so of course we have to be together before we can eat together." Qin Huiyin said, "How is he? Have you seen him?"
"Yes." Tang Yichen picked up the chopsticks. "He didn't look very well. He seemed to be seriously ill. But he was conscious and could get out of bed, so he couldn't be in such a bad condition. I sent him food and told him that it was you who sent it, but he didn't say anything."
"I told you, that little bastard is so heartless. There's no need to take care of him like this." Li Taohua frowned and said, "He was like this when his father was still alive. He didn't say a word all day. If he wasn't still breathing, I would have thought he was a wooden man."
Qin Huiyin picked up a piece of fish and gave it to Li Taohua: "Mom, eat fish."
"My daughter's cooking skills are getting better and better." Li Taohua tasted the fish picked by Qin Huiyin, her eyes were full of emotion, and she had no time to complain about irrelevant people.
After dinner, Tang Luwu washed the dishes, Tang Yixiao swept the yard, and Tang Yichen continued to chop wood.
Li Taohua leaned lazily in the chair, fanning herself gently in her hand, looking carefree.
"Brother Chen..." Zhang Dazhu and Zhang Erzhu walked into the yard carrying a wooden barrel. "The bathtub you asked for is ready."
Tang Yichen put down the axe in his hand and strode over: "Thank you, Dazhu and Erzhu."
"You're welcome. This thing is heavy, we'll just lift it. Where do you want to put it?"
Tang Yichen looked at Qin Huiyin who came out: "How do you want to release it?"
"Your room is too small to fit it. How about putting it in the woodshed?" Li Taohua said beside him.
"The woodshed is not very convenient. How about putting it in the open space behind the kitchen?" Qin Huiyin said.
Zhang Dazhu and Zhang Erzhu were put down at the location specified by Qin Huiyin.
Qin Huiyin took out a piece of braised meat and gave it to the Zhang brothers.
The Zhang brothers gave them credit for Tang Yichen's sake. The bathtub was made according to her instructions, and she couldn't let them work for nothing.
The Zhang brothers repeatedly declined, but Qin Huiyin insisted that they accept it. Seeing that they couldn't refuse, they happily accepted it.
"Thank you for your help, brothers." Tang Yichen said, "I'll treat you to a drink after the family matters are resolved."
"There's no rush for these." Zhang Dazhu said honestly, "By the way, Brother Chen, what are your family's plans? How are you going to arrange the dam?"
"Don't worry, my family has decided to pay silver instead of wages." Tang Yichen said, "After all, I have to participate in this scientific examination and I really can't spare the time."
"That's right! Two taels of silver is not a small amount, but it's nothing compared to your future. If you pass the imperial examination, your whole family will benefit from it." Zhang Dazhu said, "Erzhu and I are both dull-witted and can't study. Otherwise, we wouldn't do such hard work."
"You two brothers have great skills! There are top talents in every profession. With skills like yours, aren't you much better than many scholars who fail to pass the imperial examinations?" Qin Huiyin said.
"Hehe, sister, you are right. Sister, you are an open-minded person. Why didn't I realize that you are so sensible before?" Zhang Dazhu smiled honestly, "By the way, when I handed the silver to the village chief just now, I met a man, the second uncle of the Song family. He insisted that the village chief report Song Ruize's name. He said that Song Ruize is still young and has lost his father. Logically, he, the uncle, should take care of him. In this way, he is from their second branch. Their family let Song Ruize go to repair the dam."
"His calculations are so loud that we can hear them across a mountain. This is too despicable!" Tang Yi said with a smile.
Qin Huiyin frowned: "Since he is young, then such hard work should be done by the adult men in his family. Why drag him into it? Will the village chief agree to him doing this?"
"The village chief has written it down," said Tang Dazhu, "but I don't know the specific arrangements."
Qin Huiyin said to Li Taohua, "Mom, I'm going out for a while and will be back soon."
"Girl, I told you not to meddle in his business." Li Taohua said.
"I just went out to get some fresh air, I didn't do anything."
"Only a fool would believe that."
Qin Huiyin did go to find Song Ruize. In the original novel, Song Ruize seemed to have gone to work on the dam repair project. But she didn't know what happened during that time.
Qin Huiyin came to the Song family, stretched her neck to look at the door again and again, and said in a low voice: "Song Ruize, I'm Qin Huiyin, I'm here!"
When Qin Huiyin pushed open the door and walked into the yard, Song Ruize walked in from outside with wet hair.
The two of them stared at each other.
Qin Huiyin's eyes stayed on his hair, then she lowered her head to look at his wound, her eyebrows slightly frowned: "Brother, your injury is very serious, did you go take a shower?"
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