Two weeks later.
Liang Xin stood in front of his wife's dressing mirror, looking left and right, and then touched the top of his stubble-covered head.
After stroking his entire head, he still asked with some concern, "Madam, do you think my hair is really long?"
"Don't worry, sir." Madam Liang, Xia, who was already dressed, looked at him with a smile and said, "Your hair has grown quite a bit! Before, the top of your head was all white, even cleaner than the scalps of the monks in the temple. Now it has grown so much, and it will definitely grow even longer in a few more days!"
The lady's words greatly affirmed Liang Xin.
Liang Xin looked at himself in the mirror and smiled with satisfaction: "It seems that little fairy was right. I need to do more good deeds so that my hair can grow faster. Otherwise, if my hair is still short when the competition is held the year after next, wouldn't that be too rude?"
Madam Xia, standing to the side, smiled without saying a word; she was actually quite pleased with Liang Xin's recent changes.
Previously, he had six concubines in his household, even though many of them were not his own choice.
However, with so many women confined to the inner quarters of the Liang family, it was inevitable that they would quarrel and cause a lot of trouble.
Now, only Madam Xia is left in the Liang residence, and she is always put first in everything. How could she not be happy?
"Since it's all thanks to that little deity, and I see that his family still runs a business in our county, why don't I send some people to support them?"
Madam Xia said with a smile, "You and Zhang, the constable, smashed up someone's shop before, which probably affected a lot of their business. If you could help out more, I'm afraid the little immortal would be able to forget this grudge."
"Hmm..." Upon hearing his wife's reminder, Liang Xin immediately blushed and quickly agreed, "My wife is so thoughtful. I'll leave all these matters to you."
Although Liang Xin said that, when he went to the government office the next day, he still found Zhang Xiangyang and the others and instructed them: "You offended the little immortal before and smashed his shop. You don't need me to remind you what to do next, right?"
Zhang Xiangyang, quick-witted, immediately understood Liang Xin's meaning and said:
"Yes, yes, yes! Don't worry, sir. If we encounter any out-of-town merchants in the future, we'll definitely introduce them to Little Immortal. We've been buying our breakfasts from Little Immortal's house these past few days, and we even keep an eye out for them while on patrol. We absolutely won't let anyone bully Little Immortal!"
"Hmm, not bad." Liang Xin nodded and glanced at Zhang Xiangyang's head.
Zhang Xiangyang and the others were really afraid of the heat, so once their hair had grown out a little, they took off their hats, revealing their stubble.
Liang Xin silently compared them in his mind and felt that Zhang Xiangyang was still not as fast as him and definitely did not do as many good things as he did.
...
Unspoken rules are things that don't need to be explicitly stated; people can easily sense them.
At least the Lin family members clearly felt that business had been exceptionally good these past few days.
After Zhang Xiangyang and his gang smashed up Lin Ji's food stall, many of their regular customers stopped coming. Later, when the Jiang and Liu families found out about it, they sent their servants to queue up for breakfast.
These two families have many members, so no matter how much they buy, it won't go to waste.
However, in the last few days, Lin Weiming discovered that the servants queuing up seemed to include more than just members of the Liu and Jiang families.
Lin Weiming couldn't help but feel a little strange, and discussed it with his mother, Liu Junlan: "Mom, why do I feel like there are more and more people buying roasted sweet potato skins these days? Could something bad be going to happen in our county?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Our county is fine, isn't it? What could possibly happen? But I heard from your father that Zhang Xiangyang and his gang have been patrolling around here these days, driving away all the troublemakers. They've changed their ways."
"Huh?" Liu Junlan slapped his forehead and said, "Could these people be the ones Zhang Xiangyang and his group chased here to buy things? No wonder they have such good tempers!"
Lin Weiming chuckled after hearing this: "That's perfect, let's make more money! Let's make back our previous losses."
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Fearing a repeat of what happened before, the Lin family made significant changes to their teaching schedule.
Now, the brothers Lin Zheyun and Lin Zihan first study with Master Cui every morning, and then study martial arts with Lin Xiangwu when they pack up their stall at noon.
In this way, Lin Xiangwu was able to go out with Liu Junlan and the others every morning to set up their stall and protect them from harm.
Naturally, he also took the opportunity to observe Zhang Xiangyang's group and discovered that they really did seem to be turning over a new leaf.
Although his fierce and menacing demeanor, with his chin held high, hadn't changed, at least he was genuinely helping people, unlike before when he only bullied ordinary citizens.
Seeing that they were getting better, Lin Xiangwu felt a little better.
The Lin family's goods sold quickly, so Lin Weiming and his team packed up early.
"Mother, please wait here for me for a while. I'll go buy some rice and bring it back with me later," Lin Weiming said to Liu Junlan after packing his things.
"Didn't we just buy rice a couple of days ago? Why do we need to buy rice again so soon?" Liu Junlan asked curiously.
This year's rains have been plentiful, and the weather is prone to dampness. Liu Junlan is worried that if she buys too much rice, it will easily get infested with insects.
She herself didn't mind eating more insects to supplement her nutrition, but the sight of black insects living in white rice terrified her, Wanwan.
To coax Wanwan into eating more, the Lin family always bought the freshest bag of rice, and would buy more when it was finished. Even though the price wasn't as affordable, seeing their little Wanwan being raised to be plump and healthy made the few coins they lost seem even more worthwhile.
"There's nothing we can do. They say a half-grown boy can eat his father out of house and home. This second son of mine is eating more and more these days. He can eat more in one meal than his father. That's why we're running out of rice," Lin Weiming sighed.
Liu Junlan: "..."
That's really true!
After Lin Weiming finished speaking, he headed towards the market.
"Wanwan, go and call your fourth brother over. Let's go home for dinner together later," Liu Junlan said to Lin Wanyue.
Liu Junlan had been standing the whole time while selling roasted sweet potato noodles, and her back started to ache, so she rubbed her lower back with her hand.
"Okay~" Lin Wanyue immediately ran to the other side to find her fourth brother, Lin Ziqiu.
Lin Ziqiu no longer needs to sit at the entrance of Li Dechang's pharmacy every day. He has successfully sneaked into the pharmacy and found a small stool to watch how Doctor Wang treats patients.
His master, Hu Jiuyuan, was pointing and giving advice from the side.
Upon seeing his younger sister approach, Lin Ziqiu immediately jumped down from the small stool, took some medicine from behind the counter, greeted the shop assistants and doctors, and then took his sister's hand.
"Are these medicines for Second Brother?" Lin Wanyue stared at the medicine packet in Lin Ziqiu's hand, feeling a little curious.
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