diskusbooks Chapter 202 La 8
Chapter 202 La 8
"It's the place where weapons are forged in the military camp. There are many blacksmiths here, mostly reforging and remelting damaged swords and spears from the battlefield."
"Could he be forging iron in there?" Dongfang Jin wondered. If she remembered correctly, Gu Chenglin had once said that he had spent some time in the armory.
“It doesn’t look like it. His things were placed on a long table with various measuring utensils and many scales on it,” Ruyi said with her eyes closed, looking mysterious.
"scales?"
"Oh, right, there's also that unfinished iron lump, it looks like a hand grenade."
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Jin sat up from the sofa and stared at the spot where she kept her computer.
Hehe... No wonder, really, this old man is physically in Cao's camp but his heart is in Han's!
Squinting and gritting his teeth, he said, "Let's go home!"
Ruyi opened her eyes: "Aren't you going to look for him?"
"No, he's fine!"
This guy has already developed a hand grenade, what is she worried about?
Since he wants to do what he likes, let him do it.
Ruyi pointed outside: "Those warhorses...?"
"Ha, send them all to their homes. If they can't raise them, what does that mean?"
"Hehe, let's go," Ruyi said knowingly, handing her a teleportation bead.
Dongfang Jin took the teleportation bead from its hand, crushed it without hesitation, and left Longhu Pass.
She was worried about that old man, but he... haha!
Since he was alright, she stopped worrying about him.
As for when he'll go home, that's up to him.
……
This day is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as Laba Festival. This fictional dynasty did not have the Laba Festival or the Little New Year.
Last night, Dongfang Jin did not go to be the money-spending child again. She soaked red beans, kidney beans, barley, lotus seeds, lily bulbs, peanuts, dates, longan, and glutinous rice in her space in advance.
Ruyi also took out some Crimson Blood Spirit Rice. Although it wasn't much, it was enough for a small bowl.
Put these ingredients into three large iron pots, add half of the Five Elements Spring water, and then add fire...
"Little child, little child, don't be greedy, after the Laba Festival comes the New Year. Drink Laba porridge for a few days, and then it's the 23rd of the lunar month."
On the 23rd, the sugar melon sticks.
On the 24th, sweep the house.
25. Grind tofu.
On the 26th, I went to buy meat.
On the 27th, a rooster was slaughtered.
On the 28th, let the dough rise.
On the 29th, steam buns were made.
Stay up all night on New Year's Eve, then wander the streets on New Year's Day and the second day of the Lunar New Year.
From afar, I could hear the little girls singing in the courtyard. Their voices were like a clear mountain stream, gently caressing my heart, carrying innocence and purity, making every note leap with the light of dreams and hope.
When Yang Zhu and Lin Min brought their child over, they heard laughter and cheerful nursery rhymes coming from the yard.
Lin Min said with a smile, "This must have been taught by Xiao Jin again."
Yang Zhu laughed and said, "Of course, who else has that ability? You tell me, Cheng Lin is so lucky to have married such a wonderful wife."
Dongfang Jin is now even more charming, both in terms of height and appearance.
They no longer resembled farmers at all.
Grandpa Xu said that Chenglin's wife is no ordinary person. What's that saying again? She's like a dragon that transforms into something.
Anyway, he's very powerful, and he said he won't stay in Lingwu Village for long and will leave someday.
Lin Min whispered, "My son Yao said when he got home that he's been studying at Chenglin's house with your son Xiaozhuang these past few days."
They say the things they learn here are even better than what the teachers in private schools teach.
Let me tell you, our family has also clearly seen the changes in Yao-ge'er.
This child is now able to read aloud more confidently, and he can answer some of our questions.
His father said this is called confidence. You don't know, before, when Yao studied at home, it was like he was doing something wrong.
When his father-in-law asked him questions, he stammered and didn't even dare to lift his head.
"And those five young masters, Yao-ge said they have no airs at all, and sometimes they even teach the younger ones to draw."
He also wrote annotations on Yao Ge'er's books and made him read them often, saying that they would sometimes be useful when he took the imperial examination.
My father-in-law didn't know how to thank them. He approached Xiaojin twice, but she refused both times.
Yang Zhu smiled and said, "Yes, you know how annoying my two mischievous monkeys used to be."
Look, since she came here to study with Jingye, she has become much calmer.
You haven't seen how his grandma now pulls Xiaozhuang, that mischievous monkey, over for a kiss whenever she sees him, and his grandpa is always beaming with joy.
The younger one no longer pounces on the older and younger sisters in the family.
Now, when those girls come up to him, he talks in a very formal, literary way about things like "men and women shouldn't touch each other."
Yang Zhu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed as she spoke.
"Greetings, Aunt Lin and Aunt Sun," Gu Caiwei and Yang Wenwen walked over and saw them talking at the door. They stepped forward and curtsied to Yang Zhu and Lin Min.
Seeing how well-behaved they were, Yang Zhu chuckled and reached out to pinch Gu Caiwei and Wenwen's chubby little faces: "No wonder your little mother likes to pinch them, and your auntie likes to do it too."
She then looked at Yang Wenwen and asked gently, "Has your brother left?"
Yang Wenwen nodded and gave her a sweet smile: "I'm leaving, I'm leaving with Uncle Long."
Lin Min gently ruffled her hair and asked with concern, "Where are you going?"
Yang Zhu tapped Yang Wenwen's little nose and teased, "She's definitely going to see her little husband, isn't she, Wenwen?"
Yang Wenwen covered her mouth and giggled, her little face flushed: "My little aunt told us to invite Uncle and Uncle Fang to eat Laba porridge."
Yang Zhu nodded: "Go ahead."
"Yes."
Watching the two children leave hand in hand.
Yang Zhu and Lin Min also entered the courtyard.
After Long Er arrived with her brother Yang Wenkai, the two siblings embraced and wept bitterly.
When Yang Wenkai learned of his sister's ordeal, the grown man cried his heart out.
The sound was filled with despair and helplessness, like the most mournful cry in the night sky, making one's heart ache. It was as if even the air itself was infected by this sorrow, becoming heavy and oppressive.
After that, he kowtowed to Dongfang Jin, begging her not to let his sister be enslaved, saying that he would repay her a hundredfold after he passed the imperial examination.
That day, Lin Lizheng, Clan Chief Sun, Clan Chief Xu, and Grandpa Xu were all at her house, discussing next year's development.
As soon as Long Er brought Yang Wenkai in, he did this to Dongfang Jin.
Long Er introduced himself to them, and the two sides exchanged a few pleasantries.
Then Yang Wenkai told the story of his father and mother.
Their father, Yang Lin, was from Siyang County, Puyang, Qingzhou. He had been betrothed to their mother since childhood.
Although the two families lived in different counties, they often met because their maternal grandparents' families were neighbors.
They were childhood sweethearts, inseparable since they were little, and their relationship has always been very good.
Later, the year Yang Lin passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, the Yang family suffered a misfortune.
That year during the Qingming Festival, the Yang family, consisting of more than a dozen members, went to visit the graves and then went to Daqingshan for sightseeing. They happened to be robbed by a group of bandits, and none of the family members survived.
The reason Yang Lin didn't go that day was because their mother, Tang Yanran, injured her leg when she got off the carriage.
Upon hearing this, he disregarded his family's objections and sent them all to see her, thus escaping a terrible ordeal...
After the Tang family helped Yang Lin's relatives bury their family members, Yang Lin handed over part of his family's business to the Tang family and the other part to the Yang family.
He then studied even more diligently, determined to pass the imperial examinations and achieve official rank.
Once he becomes an official, he can lead troops to wipe out the bandits of Daqingshan.
Despite the Yang family's decline, the Tang family did not abandon him; instead, they took Yang Lin to live in the Tang residence.
They also fully supported his studies. After the three-year mourning period, Yang Lin married Tang Yanran with the help of the elders of the Tang family.