At noon, Zhou Xiaohu brought lunch over.
Zhang Rushan walked into the store with a tired look on his face. When he saw Song Yuehua, he greeted her, took the food and started eating at the counter.
"Wouldn't it be more convenient to eat directly at home?" Song Yuehua asked.
Zhang Rushan shook his head. "There are too many things to do. I haven't slept for several nights. I finally got Master Wen out. I don't have time to go back."
"Did you come up with this, Master Wen?" Song Yuehua asked in a low voice.
Zhang Rushan said without even looking up, "It is, but not completely."
After hearing this, Song Yuehua became even more confused.
"I was running around outside and helped a little so that Master Wen could come out earlier." Zhang Rushan explained again.
Song Yuehua was too lazy to ask any more questions. Zhang Rushan finished his meal in a few bites and left in a hurry.
"Has he been like this these days?" Song Yuehua asked.
Zhao Xiaofu nodded and said, "I must arrive at mealtime and run after eating."
This is not only hard work but also harmful to one's health. In fact, someone like Zhang Rushan can just find a servant. There is no need to run around to do many things by himself.
It was only in the afternoon that Qi Jun came secretly to look for Xiaobao.
"Why do you look like a thief?" Xiaobao asked.
Qi Juncai took out the chess manual and chuckled, "My family wouldn't let me out, so I calculated the day and thought it was time for you to come, so I slipped out."
The two played chess for a while before Qi Jun asked, "The weather is getting colder now, do you want to play chess at my house?"
"No," Xiaobao said decisively.
“Why?”
It's a bit chaotic outside right now, and this kid really didn't notice it at all!
After a while, Awang came over and persuaded Qi Juncai to go back after much persuasion.
Qi Juncai left the chess record and said, "I will come back tomorrow, so you must not go back."
"I'll go back tomorrow afternoon..." Xiaobao flipped through the chess manual without raising his head.
Qi Juncai, "..."
That night, Song Yuehua returned to You Mansion. After dinner, Zhang Rushan came back and Zhou Xiaohu gave him the leftover food.
"How about I find you a servant?" Song Yuehua asked.
Zhang Rushan looked at Xu Ji, "Xu Ji..."
"Eh..."
Zhou Xiaohu realized something was wrong and pulled Xu Ji behind him, "Don't think about hitting on Xu Ji."
After saying that, he stuffed the wrapped vegetable dumplings into Xu Ji's hands and pushed him outside.
"Go back quickly, don't let your mother get hungry. Did you bring all the dirty clothes? Oh, bring me my black clothes tomorrow, or I'll have nothing to change into."
Zhang Rushan, Song Yuehua, "..."
When Zhou Xiaohu came back, Zhang Rushan said, "I wanted to ask him to bring back my white robe as well."
"It will come naturally after you clean it up," Zhou Xiaohu said, "Don't steal my girl."
Zhang Rushan sighed, "Don't worry, I'm not Daya, how could I do such a thing."
"You can talk, but what's the matter with you affecting innocent people?" Song Yuehua said dissatisfiedly.
Zhang Rushan pretended not to hear and kept shoveling rice into his mouth.
Song Yuehua, "..."
The next day, Yu Duocai came early and played chess with Xiaobao.
"It's rare to see you come alone." Song Yuehua handed him the chess piece and said with a smile.
Yu Duocai said, "Two of the subjects are too bad, and one is too good. I am the only one who is neither good nor bad and has time."
Seeing that the other party looked a little tired, Song Yuehua didn't ask any more questions.
The magistrate of Yan County was arrested, and Mr. Wen was released. The yamen runners were rushing around the city all day, and no one knew what they were busy with.
The imperial court above didn't know what had happened, and even a small county town was turned upside down.
Song Yuehua held up her face and looked at the street outside the door where passers-by were hurrying by. Her mind was full of thoughts: Yan Fengjian, Yan Yujiu, Chen Yan and Xiaoyu.
We parted on a rainy night and went our separate ways. It would be hard to see each other again. If I had known this would happen, I should have said something comforting.
After returning home, a few days passed before Duan Yidao came back.
Song Yuehua poured him a bowl of tea and asked, "How is it, did you find Uncle Xie?"
"Found it," Duan Yidao said, "I rushed to Lianzhou overnight and found the captain. He asked the major general about the bottom line. Those over 16 years old in the Chen family will be killed, and those under 16 will be sold as official slaves. The Yan family's crime is not punishable by death, so they should be sentenced to exile."
"Where to exile?" Song Yuehua asked.
"Border state."
It was a border state again. Ji Ming had inquired about it before. It was far away. It would take the exiles half a year to walk there, and two months even by carriage.
Duan Yidao saw Song Yuehua looking thoughtful, so he said, "I heard that Jin Shaoyang will also be exiled there in a few days."
"Has our county sent a new county magistrate?" Song Yuehua asked.
"Not yet," Duan Yidao said, "The Yan family has only been in prison for this month. Even if they were ordered to do so, it wouldn't happen so soon."
After Xiaoyu came back, Song Yuehua told her about what Duan Yidao had found out. Xiaoyu heaved a sigh of relief after learning that Yan Yujiu might not die.
"It's enough to be alive," Xiaoyu said, "there is always hope if you are alive."
Song Yuehua, "..."
Being separated by two places, their feelings will eventually fade, and forgetting Yan Yujiu is only a matter of time.
Thinking of this, Song Yuehua felt a little pity for Xiaoyu and said softly, "I'm going to the chess hall tomorrow, do you want to go too?"
"go."
The next morning, Song Yuehua was afraid that Xiaoyu could not walk far, so she asked Duan Yidao to harness a big black ox and drive the ox cart to the county town.
"Sister, when you bought Dahei and Dahuang, didn't you say they would give birth? How come all these years have passed and there's still no sign of anything happening?" Xiaoyu looked at Dahei and asked suddenly.
Song Yuehua just remembered this and said, "Yes, I'll ask Grandma Xi next time."
"Well," Duan Yidao paused while driving the cart, then slowly told the truth, "That old lady Xi helped to check, and she said that Da Huang is also a male."
Song Yuehua and Xiaoyu were stunned. She even thought that the two cows might be infertile, and she didn't expect that both cows were male.
"Duan Yidao, didn't you pick a male and a female at the beginning?" Song Yuehua said angrily.
Duan Yidao was speechless and could only admit his mistake, "It's just that I'm shortsighted."
"Is this a problem of poor eyesight?" Song Yuehua cursed, "This is blindness!"
"You haven't figured it out in all these years." Duan Yidao said unconvinced.
Song Yuehua, "..."
Xiaoyu saw that her elder sister was about to explode with anger. Just as she was thinking of saying something to comfort her, she saw Song Yuehua approach Duan Yidao's ear, pointing at Dahei and yelling, "Am I sick? Do you keep checking whether the cows are male or female all day long?"
Duan Yidao felt pain in his ears, turned around and asked, "If I didn't tell you, you wouldn't have found out."
The two of them became angrier and angrier as they talked, and Xiaoyu didn't get a word in. It was not until they were both so angry that they fell silent.
"Even if you can't give birth to calves, you can still be a breeding cow. It's not that bad..." Xiaoyu comforted.
Song Yuehua looked at her strangely, and even Duan Yidao couldn't help but turn his head to glance at Xiaoyu, the expression on his face was indescribable.
"Don't say this kind of thing again." Song Yuehua said.
Xiaoyu, "..."
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