"Thank you, Tianyu. I will definitely take good care of you and Tangyuan and won't let you get hurt."
"Yes, I believe you."
"So how do you plan to tell everyone about your divorce?"
"Once the house is built, we'll figure out a way. Don't worry, just prepare the betrothal gifts and come to marry me."
"Okay, no take-backs allowed."
"No regrets."
"Then sing a song for me."
“I won’t sing, I haven’t finished memorizing the poem from last time.”
"I don't like that poem, it's too sad. Let's sing instead."
"Okay, let me think, what should I sing?"
Watching the moon rise
Watching the moon rise
The sleepless night slowly drifted by.
There are no obstacles to longing.
I heard you've been having trouble sleeping lately too.
A person in a daze
I love your childlike smile.
I want to be with you every day.
A boy who cries when he hears an old song
What will happen without me?
Let's watch the moon rise together.
You're also suffering from insomnia, thinking about your favorite thing.
Let's watch the moon rise together.
Are you also suffering from insomnia? Who is waiting for whom?
Let's watch the moon rise together.
Will your lover confess their feelings on a sleepless night?
...
"Tian Yu, how come you can do everything?"
"Because I am the Snail Fairy!"
"Does it sound good?"
"It sounds nice. Why do you always understand what I'm thinking?"
"Because I am the Snail Fairy. The Snail Fairy can solve anything. If you have any worries, you can tell the Snail Fairy, and the Snail Fairy will help you."
"Thank you. Yes, you are the fairy sent to me by heaven." Chen Chong hugged Tian Yu excitedly, wishing time could stop at this moment so that they could stay together carefree forever. Tian Yu sensed Chen Chong's sadness, but he was unwilling to say it, so she could only cheer him up by patting his back and comforting him, "No matter what happens, the Snail Fairy will be with you, singing for you, reciting poems for you, and cooking delicious food for you."
"Will I always be just my fairy godmother?"
"Of course, unless you don't want me, the fairy godmother, anymore."
"No, never, I'm just afraid of losing you."
"It's alright, the Snail Fairy has a high status, no matter where you are, the Snail Fairy can find you."
"Is the Snail Girl sleepy? Should she go back and rest?" Chen Chong let go of Tian Yu, worried that she would be listless again tomorrow.
"Yeah, I'm a little sleepy. The Snail Girl has to go home now. See you tomorrow, goodnight." Hearing him say this, Tian Yu felt a bit weak.
"See you tomorrow, goodnight." The two said goodnight to each other in the dilapidated courtyard under the moonlight, but their hands remained clasped together, unwilling to let go. They said goodnight to each other several times before reluctantly returning to their own place.
The next day, before dawn, Tian Yu hurriedly got up while Tang Yuan was still asleep. She was going to the county town that day; she had planned to discuss this with Chen Chong the night before but forgot. She quickly gave Chen Chong a few instructions, telling them to figure out their own breakfast, and also entrusted Tang Yuan and Xiao Ju to him. Chen Chong wanted to go with her, but she stopped him. With so many people visiting Tian Yu Shui's house, the food he bought yesterday wasn't enough. She would go to the county town to buy more, and if things went quickly, she should be back by noon. She assured Chen Chong that she would hire Zhao the coachman's carriage to go and buy the food and return immediately. After repeatedly assuring him and asking Chen Chong to take good care of Tang Yuan and Xiao Ju, she left with the money.
Zhao, the coachman, was also out of work today, so Tian Yu went to his house and hired a carriage to go into town. Once in town, Tian Yu didn't want to linger and took the carriage directly to the blacksmith's shop. Two burly men were shirtless, forging iron. Tian Yu asked if they had any round iron discs, the bigger the better. The blacksmith was puzzled as to what she needed an iron disc for, so Tian Yu made up an excuse that she needed it for something at home. The blacksmith said he had one and brought it out for Tian Yu to see if it fit. Tian Yu thought it was the perfect size and bought it for two taels of silver. Someone had wanted it before but hadn't come to pick it up, otherwise it would have been more expensive. Tian Yu felt a pang of regret, but thinking about it, it made sense; in these chaotic times, iron was definitely expensive, especially such a large, round piece.
After buying the iron flatbread, Tian Yu and Zhao, the coachman, hurried to the grain store and bought some coarse flour, cornmeal, and other flour products. Not daring to linger and buy anything better, they bought several large flatbreads from a roadside vendor, ate some on the way, and then rushed back. Tian Yu breathed a sigh of relief when she didn't encounter Li Yong on the way out of town; otherwise, she would have been delayed even further. She wondered how things were at home, whether Tangyuan had cried, and whether Chen Chong could cook. So many things made her want to get home as soon as possible.
Tian Yu finally arrived home after noon. She unloaded her things by the roadside and rushed home, only to find the workers had already eaten lunch and started working again. Looking at the mess on the table and in the pot, and seeing the small amount of undercooked rice left in someone's bowl, she smiled helplessly. Not seeing Chen Chong and Tang Yuan, she asked around and learned that Chen Chong had taken the children hunting in the woods. Tian Yu told everyone to rest and have some flatbread to tide them over. The two Liu brothers complained as they ate, "Sister-in-law, without you, we wouldn't have had any food! You have no idea how terrible Brother Chen's cooking is!"
"I'm sorry everyone, I had to go out today and bought some things. I'll cook something delicious for you tonight."
"What delicious food did you buy, sister-in-law? Where are the things?" Liu Dazhuang asked.
"At the intersection below, there are some heavy things that I can't carry by myself."
"You should have said so earlier! Come on, we'll carry it up for you," Liu Daqiang said.
The Liu brothers and the five newly arrived soldiers put down their flatbreads and went to the crossroads in front of the house, each carrying one item up. Just as they came up, Chen Chong, Tangyuan, and Maorong emerged from the bamboo grove. Seeing Tian Yu and Tangyuan running towards her, calling out "Mother!", Tian Yu crouched down and hugged the small figure running towards her, almost falling over together. Tangyuan kept asking, "Mother, where did you go? Why didn't you take me with you?"
"I woke up this morning and didn't see you, so I thought you had left."
"Mother, you must take Tangyuan with you next time you go out. Don't leave Tangyuan behind."
Tian Yu could only nod and say "okay, okay" repeatedly when Tang Yuan bombarded her with a series of questions.
Tian Yu asked Tang Yuan where Xiao Ju was, as she hadn't seen Xiao Ju. Chen Chong approached and explained that Xiao Ju had gone to the river to find her sister after lunch. Tang Yuan wanted to stay home and wait for Tian Yu, so he went with her to walk around in the nearby woods until Tian Yu returned.
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