When Geng Laosan was awakened by the biological clock in his brain, he found that he had returned to the duty cabin in the fifth row of Yujie Inn. The thick cloth room was still very dark, and it was probably still early. The soreness all over his body made this man, who had just regained some consciousness, only vaguely recall that he was beaten to the point of fainting by Lu Pei last night. The body still couldn't lift the strength, and the man could only turn his head slightly.
Shi Liang was sleeping soundly on the side of Geng San's bed. A busy night made this young man sleeping in his clothes very tired. It was almost 1:00, and he didn't know if he would be able to wake up on time.
'Lao Shi! Geng San opened his mouth forcefully without shouting, but a burning pain was already felt in his chest. The perverted Lao Wu's attack was very vicious. He was not seriously injured but was covered in wounds. The third child, who had no choice but to move his arms slightly, lowered his palms weakly and patted the wooden side of the bed gently.
"Well -" Shi Liang woke up after hearing the noise, and sat up again. His eyes were still bleary, and he asked vaguely, "Third brother, are you awake?"
The man on the bed moved his head weakly and blinked his eyes. His throat was filled with the sour and stinky smell of blood, which made him very uncomfortable.
"Drink some water." Shi Liang stood up in a panic, picked up a kettle that had been prepared nearby, and brought it to Geng San's mouth.
The warm water entered his throat, diluting some residual taste in Geng San's mouth, but also washing away the memories that had become blurred due to weakness.
"Lao Shi, what happened next..." Geng San's mouth opened slightly, and he reluctantly spat out vague words, "What happened next?" One word after another, he lost his strength after saying it.
Shi Liang did not answer immediately. Instead, he fumbled for a rough paper envelope with a solemn face, took out the "Book of Heli" tucked inside and handed it to Lao San. Then he was afraid that the light in the early morning was still too dark, so he lit it on fire. Got a small oil lamp. Geng San struggled a few times, trying to sit up, but his body still refused to obey, and he could only cough a few times in response.
In order to enable the third child to see the content as clearly as possible, Shi Liang had to stand on the side of the bed, lean forward with all his strength, and raise his hands high to stretch out the paper written by Lu Pei. Under the flickering light of the small lamp, with the paper half-raised, Shi Liang's arms trembled unconsciously, and even the handwriting was a little blurry. Geng San could only try his best to squint his eyes and carefully read the contents of He Li's book word by word.
"The reason for the harmony of a couple must be the love between the past and three lives, and they will be matched with each other in this life. If the relationship is not compatible, it is like enemies, so they are facing each other. Now the brother is deceased, the uncle and the sister-in-law are not in harmony, and the two hearts are against each other. It’s hard to get back together. I will meet all my relatives soon, and the Gengfu family will return to their own ways. I hope that after the eldest sister-in-law is separated, she will comb her hair again, sweep her eyebrows beautifully, show off her graceful appearance, and choose the master of the high palace to say goodbye. Both sides are wide, and everyone is happy."
The scrawled handwriting was full of innocuous nonsense, but there were already two red thumbprints printed on the bottom of the letter, with a red seal on top and the words "Yujie Town, Yiguang Prefecture, Huazhou Kingdom" printed on the inside. "This is a perverted old man who owed a favor. He got it from the Yujie Guard all night long, in triplicate. The fact is established." Shi Liang explained helplessly.
"Ah——!" Geng San's weak roar echoed in the fifth row of tents. The limp man clenched his fists, but after all, he did not have the strength to crumple this useless paper into a ball.
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Geng San lay in bed for seven days in a row, and finally learned to accept the facts. However, his original introverted personality suddenly changed into the reticent one he is now. Fortunately, apart from rarely speaking, there were no other abnormalities. He was a little worried at first. Shi Liang and Wang Dashi gradually began to get used to it.
Fu Minde was freed and only appeared the next day, when he went to Wang Dashi to collect Geng Er's death pension. That was a considerable amount of money, and together with the proceeds from the sale of the Geng family's old house, it was enough for this little woman to eat and drink well for a lifetime.
Ignorant women who suddenly become rich are generally a little proud of themselves. I heard people say that they spent a lot of money in gold, silver, jewelry, gouache and other luxury shops in Yujie Town, but they didn't spend too much money in Yujie Town. After staying there, she left in a hurry with the Confucian scholar named Xia, probably going back to Toshiba to be her wealthy wife.
Everything seems to be back to where it started, and life is still going on.
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"Third brother, are you feeling better now?" Mu Yan, who was carefully dressed and beautiful, walked out of the kitchen with a large and small porcelain bowl stacked on top of each other, and stood charmingly next to Xiu Mu at home. Shi Liang said yes. On the table, there were two new meats and three vegetables, plus a cup of soup, which was much richer than when the girl was alone.
"It's still like that, he just refuses to talk." Shi Liang took over the food that the girl handed over to him very naturally, picked up a pair of bamboo chopsticks on hand, picked up a piece of lotus root, and put it in habitually In the bowl of Mu Yan who just sat down.
The girl smiled slightly, then picked up a large piece of braised pork and stuffed it into Shi Liang's big bowl. However, she seemed to empathize and said: "The third brother is too good at pretending and hiding too many things. He was suddenly It’s crushing, and I hope he can come out of this shadow soon.”
Shi Liang also felt guilty and lamented: "I hope he can give me a good scolding like before."
Seeing the man's annoyance, Mu Yan stretched out her slender hand and squeezed the back of the man's thick hand holding the chopsticks, and said softly and comfortingly: "It's okay, Brother Xiaoliang, the third brother will definitely understand, you are also doing it for his own good. "
The man swallowed a mouthful of food and murmured: "Maybe, but this result is not what he wants in his heart after all."
The little girl felt a little emotional: "Actually, Sister-in-law Fu is also pitiful. The third brother just put all the suppressed resentment in his heart on Sister-in-law Fu. If the two of them could sit down and talk calmly, maybe It wouldn’t be like this. I always feel that she also has her own difficulties.”
Shi Liang still agreed with Mu Yan's words. He nodded and sighed as if he was talking to himself: "Maybe, but we are all just outsiders after all."
Seeing that the man was so disappointed, Mu Yan wanted to change the subject: "Brother Xiaoliang, is there still no news about my little sister? It's been so long, she should have been back long ago."
Shi Liang shook his head again, feeling very worried. For more than half a year, Shi Hua has never returned home. However, Xiao Lan sent another vague letter, basically saying that Xiao Hua was safe. But I don’t know where the person went.
"Sister Xiaolan didn't write to you again?" Mu Yan asked again, mentioning the name that she usually didn't want to say.
Shi Liang shook his head again, "Oh, it doesn't matter. Xiao Lan once said that my little sister will be escorted by her clan members all the way home. She must have been delayed by something. Just stay at home for me."
Mu Yan nodded and said affectionately: "Well, I will always stay at this home and wait for you to come back."
