Chapter 81: Caring for the Womb

That afternoon, Lin Si Yao grilled a crucian carp with scallion. However, before he could present it on the table, he saw Su Shuilian who had just put away the sewing needle to come into the kitchen covering her mouth, as if wanting to vomit.

"Shuilian..." Seeing this scene, Lin Si Yao stepped forward to help her. "Are you alright?"

"I don't know. I just find the smell of fish very disgusting…" Su Shuilian vomited out a few mouthfuls of saliva. It was only after drinking a cup of warm water from Lin Si Yao, did she feel better.

"Disgusting?" Lin Si Yao frowned as he went and felt the pulse on her wrist.

After a long time, he gently let go of Su Shuilian's wrist and smiled joyfully at her. "Shuilian, we have a child."

"Ah?" Hearing this, Su Shuilian was stunned, before happily embracing his strong waist. "You say I'm pregnant? Really?" Then the goddess, Guan Yin, in Qing Yu Temple really make a miracle? She was so taken off guard by the sudden surge of happiness that she could only think of this explanation in her busy mind.

"Yup." Lin Si Yao laughed as he pinched Su Shuilian's nose. "Now that you're a mother, are you happy?"

"But of course." Su Shuilian couldn't help but to glare at him. He is a man, he wouldn't understand the pressure of being born as a woman. But this is good as she had really wanted to be pregnant. Not even a year later, she will give birth to a child that is both their biological child. How could she not be happy?"

"Okay. Then, O' great mother, please be careful. Let this husband carry you to your room for you to rest. As for lunch, let this husband prepare you fragrant chicken egg millet porridge?" When Lin Si Yao saw Su Shuilian's happiness, he couldn't suppress the throbbing of his heart and carried her into the bedroom for her to rest. Even the teasing tone that he would only use at night leaked out in his voice. He, Lin Si Yao, was also a father now. In this world, he now has his second closest family; his own child.

"Be good, drink more water."

"Take a break, but don't just sit…."

"Are you hungry, eat some snacks?"

"You're pregnant yet you're still so careless!"

Since that day when they received the good news, what could be often heard was the constant hen-like nagging of Lin Si Yao.

Su Shuilian didn't know whether to laugh of to cry as she adhered to Lin Si Yao's instructions to drink water (Since tea was also banned by him as he was unsure if it would have negative effects on the unborn child), eat snacks (3 meals a day along with a snack in the later afternoon as he was scared that Su Shuilian was not strong enough to give birth to child) and rest ( Lin Si Yao confiscated her work on " picture of goddess of mercy blesses with a child" to stop her from working on it. Luckily she had 3 months to finish it.)

As such, Su Shuilian's days of caring for the womb went by peacefully under Lin Si Yao's careful supervision.

As now an experienced mother, Xiao Xue would lead her puppies to various locations to play. Xiao Xue also took up the role of watching over Su Shuilian during this period of caring for the womb. If ever she saw Su Shuilian become tired from embroidery, the Xiao Xue would lead her wolf cubs into the room and force her to stop.

In order to prevent the three playful cubs who only cared about having fun from destroying anything in her embroidery room, Su Shuilian had no choice but to keep track of the time. Once she hits the allocated time that Lin Si Yao had set for her, she would get up and move around, getting food, water, and sometimes even taking a tour of the kitchen to confirm what she wanted to eat for dinner.

Ever since she got pregnant, she would be very sensitive to oil and smoke. As of recently, the foods that she had previously enjoyed caused her to become nauseous even before putting it into her mouth.

For example, there are some dishes that require to be stir-fried with oil. Those dishes are dishes she cannot consume and even a whiff of the smell of the oil will cause her to nauseate. If it's serious, she could even vomit out everything that's in her stomach because of it.

Especially fried fish, the smell of fish alongside the smell of oil is very effective in making her nauseous.

Therefore, over these past few days, other than conducting the daily examinations of Dabao's homework in the morning, removing grass, catching insects and the occasional adding of fertilizer and other farming related work in the afternoon, the remainder of his time was spent on comparing the different recipes to develop meals which were light, nutritious, refreshing and appetizing, as well as a few desserts that were suitable for Su Shuilian. These snacks were to be enjoyed while she's resting and drinking tea, like sesame biscuits and jujube paste stuffed rice cakes…. It can't be said that he didn't do all this with her in mind.

This continued for a month or so and Lin Si Yao's culinary skills have increased quite a bit, especially in his stewing. It was so good that even the number one cook, Shui House's poniang, would show a thumbs up in approval. She had come to their house with Aunt Lao the other day and had tasted a bowl of fresh mushroom chicken stew that Lin Si Yao made for Su Shuilian.

(婆娘/Poniang - peasant woman that is married / a wife)

"Girl, you really are very lucky." Shui House's poniang gently patted the back of Su Shuilian's hand and smiled in approval: "Take a quick look at everyone in Fan Hua Town. Tell me which man in one of the families would treat the wife with this level of care? Looks like even if you took the entire nation into consideration, a good man like A Yao can be considered very rare."

"I told them this the moment they got married!" Aunt Lao chuckled as she added praise to Lin Si Yao's actions.

"That's why when you're choosing to marry in, the most important part is the husband. No matter how good their family is, if matched with a husband that is insensitive, everything would be wasted." Aunt Lao said as she with an unexplained conviction.

When originally negotiating a marriage for Xi Cui, there were 2 families that came over to the Lao family to discuss about the matchmaking. One family is a farmer from Luo Shui town, while the other is a distant relative of the Fang Family, who after settling in the city, opened a tofu store.

At the start, Uncle Lao instantly thought the family settled in the city would be the best choice. This is because after suffering through the pains of being a farmer, he believed that life in the city must be absolute bliss. However, after a few negotiations, alongside Aunt Lao who secretly went to speak with the neighbors of the candidate families, eventually she settled with the boy from Luo Shui Town.

Even though that rascal is a farmer, Aunt Lao liked him after meeting him a couple of times. She especially took into consideration how he is the pillar of support for his family, and the care and concern he showed to her daughter. There was also a time when she had seen them go out together; he would walk by her side and was conscious of her surroundings. This kind of man, even if he has a mediocre background, he still wouldn't treat her Xi Cui badly in any way, so she would not suffer much with him.

Whereas as expected, that rascal from the family that started a tofu business was actually married earlier this year. But half a year later, his now ex-wife had run back to her immediate family. The mother-in-law was harsh and her husband wasn't sensible at the least. Not only did he not help her, but also ganged up with his mother in beating and berating her.

If Xi Cui had married to him, would there be happiness for her to enjoy? Aunt Lao couldn't stop thanking her lucky stars for this outcome. On the other hand, taking a look at Xi Cui who had married to the man from Luo Shui Town for two months already, Xi Cui had only returned home twice. Whenever she returned, although Aunt Lao wouldn't ask her if she was doing well or if the son-in-law had been nice to her or not, she already knew the answer from the intimate actions of the two of them and the emotions conveyed from Xi Cui's eyes. With this, the worries that she had in her were now settled.

Su Shuilian finally rushed to the Embroidery Floor to hand in the Guanyin Blessing with a Child peice right before the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. In addition, under the pressuring gaze of Lin Si Yao, she had notified Jiang Yingyue and Jiang Yingyun that for a short amount of time, she would be taking a break from taking anymore embroidery work.

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This is because she started to have a series of strong vomiting as it was her first trimester.

Feeling lethargic when sitting and aches when lying down, Su Shuilian would be hit with morning sickness everyday. This went on for a full month, causing her already petite stature to become even more thin. Seeing this caused Lin Si Yao to feel distress and self blame. He already knew her body was delicate, but he still wished for her to bear his child as soon as possible.

However, since the matter has already reached this point, other than doing his best to make whatever Su Shuilian wants to eat, accompanying her for more walks to improve her body strength, Lin Si Yao can't really do anything else. Could he not as a man replace and go through this process for her?

"Are you tired of eating bean paste and jujube paste?" Lin Si Yao picked out the ingredients to make zòngzi, which were entailed with red beans, red dates, and other stuffing materials.

(粽子/zongzi - a traditional Chinese rice dish made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves.)

"A Yao, why don't we make a meat stuffed one." Having the sudden urge to eat savory zòngzi, Su Shuilian unexpectedly recalled back to her previous Su House's big kitchen, where during the Dragon Boat Festival would have salted egg yolk and meat zongzi on the tables, the smell of which was incredibly fragrant and delicious..

"Meat stuffed? Zongzi can be made with a salty taste?" Coming across Lin Si Yao who basically spent most of his time studying the recipe book, his eyes were full of suspicion towards the idea of zòngzi having a savory stuffing.

"Mhm, I roughly know the method. Let's buy back some meat and give it a try, is that okay?" Su Shuilian smiled sweetly as she suggested.

"Ok." Lin Si Yao himself couldn't have refused. On the contrary, as of now, she is pregnant. For any of her requests, he would happily oblige.

"Tired?" Su Shuilian, who hadn't entered the city for a long time strongly wanted to take a walk through the various streets and shops, while Lin Si Yao had no choice but to follow her. Of course, Lin Si Yao would support her, infusing her with some of his Qi from time to time, to add to her physical strength.

"I'm still good. Aren't you the one who's always helping me?" Su Shuilian smiled sweetly as she raised her head to look at him. Even though she doesn't know any martial arts, everytime when she would feel very lethargic, she would feel a continuous surge of strength enter her body, she could feel it herself.

"Mhm. If you can't take it anymore, why don't we go home." He still was anxious. However, looking at her elated expression, he did not want to dampen her enthusiasm. What's more, there wasn't even a chance for her to come back to visit the shops anymore until after their baby's first month. Better to let her enjoy everything to her heart's content now

"A Yao, let's go to the cloth shop to choose a few thick cotton cloths. I'm thinking of taking advantage of not doing any embroidery work to prepare some clothes for our baby." Su Shuilian caressed her not very obvious abdomen and proposed in a soft voice.

"Okay. But you must promise me, the time spent everyday sewing cannot be too long." Lin Si Yao was really scared that she would harm her eyes and exhausted herself. However, if he suggested that they buy a few pieces of children's clothing straight from the clothing store, Su Shuilian definitely will not approve. As such, he gave up on this suggestion. He could only once again stress for her not to spend too long sewing from today onwards.

"I understand" Su Shuilian had no choice but to nod her head. Ever since she got pregnant, Lin Si Yao with an icy demeanor who would only say a few words over half a day, was nowhere to be found. As for the earliest version of Lin Si Yao back in the wolf cave with that extremely cold and unfriendly attitude, has all but slowly vanished away.

This must be the power of family. Su Shuilian silently guessed in her heart. Once we have children, will he act more like a loving father? The only issue was, she couldn't fathom how Lin Si Yao will be when the word "benevolent" will be used to describe him.

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Chapter 82: Pre-Delivery Preparations

At the oft-visited "Feng Ya Drapery", two bolts of fine white cotton cloth were cut. They planned to sew all of the baby's clothing using this cotton textile, the most expensive of its kind.

Furthermore, the summer days were approaching. Ah Yao and her both needed two new sets of tunics to change into. Considering that, Su Shuilian, surrounded from all sides with envious gazes, without a worry in her heart, ordered the shopkeeper to cut* another three bolts.

(TL NOTES: It's actually pull, but cut makes more sense for those who don't sew. Basically, rather than cutting all the way across a piece of fabric to divide it, one would cut a small slit at one side and rip the fabric from the whole bolt, which is aroll of cloth.)

She had just turned in her embroidery works and received five silvers in return. She intended to use it to prepare some items for the child. Before she came, she even specially asked for Auntie Lao's guidance about the bits and scraps of things she'd need during and after the birth.

"Madame, have a look at this, this is the newest style of fabric that just came into our shop, they say it originated from overseas. And the cost, if madame takes a fancy to it, I'll definitely give you the best price."

The shopkeeper from the drapery was already familiar with Shu Shuilian. He knows that she favors choosing exquisite fabrics, those that are at the same time comfortable, flowy, and very breathable. Predicting this, he had instructed the errand boy to fetch a few bolts of newly arrived fabric for her, to be on call.

"Fine linen?" Without even laying a hand on them, Shu Shuilian distinguished the make of the bolts of cloth.

"Madame recognises it?" The shopkeeper was amazed. This fine linen, his drapery was one of the first to receive it, and the other stores shouldn't have even started selling it yet.

"I saw it in a book before," explained Shu Shuilian hurriedly, smiling. A lot of her clothing from the past was constructed from this linen fabric. The only difference was, hers had silk and cotton threads woven throughout, this factor making it slightly finer and more delicate than this pure linen textile in front of her.

"Hehe, madame really has a good eye, it is in fact fine linen. Feel this texture, though it's not as soft as thin cotton, it provides good ventilation. Seeing that the weather's starting to warm up, would madame like to cut a few yards to go home and try out?" The shopkeeper advised Shu Shuilian, looking at her with a smile on his face, eyes pushed up into a crinkle.

The lady standing before him, though she was a wife from an unknown gentleman's house, has been visiting this drapery every once in a while, ever since she brought some cloth a year ago. Her heavy purchases, like the one a year back, involves selective shopping for bundles on bundles of textiles. Even when it's a small shopping spree, she would buy some couple yards of fine cotton cloth.

The shopkeeper paid much respect to this madam. Though she looks young, her ability in choosing fabrics was still superior to other women's daughters; dragging their feet, wasting one hour on top of another. The fabrics she chose were often the most comfortable, as well as expensive in price.

And as such, upon seeing her enter the shop to select more fabrics this time, the shopkeeper had his assistant retrieve their newest bolts of fine linen from the backroom. These new bolts of fabric had been delivered to the shop last night, but had yet to be properly arranged and put on display.

"Alright. Then, shopkeeper, I'd like to trouble you to cut five feet from each bolt of these colors for me…" Su Shuilian smiled and nodded.

She had selected a navy blue, lilac and pale yellow cloth bolt. 'The dark navy color ought to be very suitable for A Yao', she thought. Summer was approaching and she planned to make him an outer jacket with it.

The lilac cloth would be for herself; if this fine linen was used to make a broad sleeved, high collared upper garment along with a long lightweight skirt, that set of clothes would surely be light and airy. Besides that, the voluminous skirt would be more than enough to conceal her gradually swelling stomach.

As for the soft and delicate pale yellow color, naturally it would be used to make clothes of varying sizes for the baby.

She also selected some lengths of lively, brightly coloured thick cotton fabric. For these, she planned to make a few swaddle blankets of different thickness for use during her month of postpartum confinement.

All in all, Su Shuilian bought over ten lengths of cloth.

The shopkeeper was all smiles as he totaled up the bill.

"Madame, I've rounded down the bill for you. That'll be three taels."

The shopkeeper clicked and clacked away on his abacus before looking up with a wide smile, stating a figure that Su Shuilian, who had been pushed into a chair by Lin Si Yao, that was within the expected range.

Without a second word, Lin Si Yao reached into his sleeve, dug out three taels and tossed them onto the counter by the shopkeeper's hand. The shop assistant then handed him the huge stack of fabric secured tightly with cotton cord. He held that in one hand and with his other, he helped Su Shuilian to her feet. She looked rather exhausted, so he carefully guided her out of the shop.

"Tsk tsk, to which family does that young man belong? His wife has trained him well in the art of caring for others! It seems that she is with a child? No wonder…"

"Which family in this city has just secured such a beautiful daughter-in-law? I've not heard any news at all."

"Right? And one so skilled at spending money too. Three taels at once, tsk tsk, that covers a year of my whole family's expenses."

"Isn't that right? Fine linen is so expensive, and to think she purchased enough for three sets of clothing!"

"Shopkeeper, do you know which family they are from?"

"I do not."

"Ah? If you don't then why do you seem to be familiar with her?"

"Ah ha… well, that Madame always comes to our shop for cloth, that is how she gradually became a regular."

"Oh nevermind that! Who cares which family they're from. Shopkeeper, is fine linen really that good? I'll have five feet as well; I want to try making a set of clothes…"

"Coming up! I guarantee that after trying it on, Madame, you'll never want any other material again!"

"Is it really as marvelous as you claim? Then I'll have five feet too..."

"Shopkeeper, I want four feet… I'll come again if it's as good as you describe…"

"Hahaha, alright, alright, we've got enough for everyone. Rest assured, Madames…"

Thanks to Su Shuilian, all thirty bolts of Feng Ya Drapery's newly imported fine linen were sold out on the first day. The shopkeeper was so delighted, he decided he would give Su Shuilian the biggest discount he could the next time she patronized his shop. But that is a story that we shall save for another day.

In the blink of an eye, another month flashed past; Summer had finally descended upon Fan Hua Town.

Now at the end of her first trimester, three months into Su Shuilian's pregnancy, her issue with morning sickness finally improved. Although she still did not have much of an appetite during meals, at least she no longer got nauseous or suffered from acid reflux as often. The only problem was that ever since her pregnancy began, Su Shuilian no longer slept as well as she had before.

Every day, at about five to ten minutes past yin-shi (3am to 5am), she would wake. That was how she realized that Lin Si Yao actually got up extremely early every day. After settling the chores in the North Courtyard, he would go to the South, and then head to the kitchen after that. He never stopped for a moment, buzzing around the house all the way till mao-shi (5am to 7am) in the morning.

"A Yao..."

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After she had gotten up, Su Shuilian pinned her hair up in a simple manner before making her way to the kitchen. When Su Shuilian arrived at the south yard, as expected, Lin Si Yao was there taking care of the chicken coop.

"Why don't you sleep for a little longer?" The heartache and concern that Lin Si Yao felt for her was clear; Su Shuilian was dressed for spring in an airy green color, but the thin material of her dress did nothing to conceal her diminishing figure. What would happen if she continued to lose weight like this? What if it caused complications during childbirth?

He decided he would retrieve the calabash bottle containing Divine Jade Essence from the bottom of their dresser case and have her consume it. If she were to remain so thin, what would happen when she goes into labor? What good were such material possessions to him, if left unused, there would be no value in having it.

"I've slept enough…" Su Shuilian wiped the sweat trickling down his face, smiling slightly, "I've not done a proper job of being your wife. I never even knew that you wake so early every day."

"That's nonsense," Lin Si Yao shot her a frown, "I'm doing this of my own accord, and glad for it too. It has nothing to do with you being a good wife. Don't say that ever again."

"Alright then…" Su Shuilian saw that he was very serious about this, so she nodded and agreed. "Oh and… A Yao, Aunt Tian told me yesterday that Uncle Tian has finished the baby's cradle. He'll be bringing it over later today."

For the past few days, she and A Yao had been busy getting everything ready for the baby's birth, from clothing to underwear, to swaddle blankets. They were now almost done.

Lin Si Yao had asked Tian Dafu to make the cradle based on Su Shuilian's hand drawn illustration, using the wood he had chopped himself. The wood was top quality Wenge/Wengue from the trees on Da Shi Mountain, and the design was based on Su Shuilian memory of the most popular style in Suzhou City. There would be a cradle and a crib which could be used either together or separately, and the crib itself would be half a meter wide by one meter long. Normally, a newborn baby would need a cradle for the first six months of its life, after that, they could be free of it forever and sleep directly in the crib. Based on the dimensions of this crib, it would probably last till their child was three years old.

And as for after that...

Oh, Lin Si Yao was planning to buy the unused land to the north and west of his home. Their current house was getting old and its structural integrity would deteriorate over time, so they might as well build a larger residence, a spacious two-hall-three-courtyard. And the old house? Well of course, they would knock it down. As for what would rise in its place… Lin Si Yao already knew what he wanted. He had known it for a long time.

"Ok, let's go and have our breakfast first. I prepared your favorite white fungus soup with red dates, so you must drink more of it."

Lin Si Yao finished cleaning up the chicken coop, collecting the chicken manure, then went to wash his hands. After that, he gently steered Su Shuilian, whose stomach had just started showing, into the kitchen.

After chen-shi (7am to 9am), Lin Si Yao plans to head out.

"You, be careful on your own, I'll be back before early afternoon…" Lin Si Yao ordered Xiao Chun to keep an eye on her from a few feet beyond the shade of the cherry blossom tree. Su Shuilian was sitting on a long bench beneath that tree, working on the finer details of his new Summer jacket.

"Oh relax, it'll be barely two hours, what could possibly happen to me in that time…" She teased him. "Fine, I promise I'll be very carefully sitting here awaiting your return, alright?" Anyway, he had left a few plates of snacks and a flask of water on the small stone table. All she had to do was reach over to grab them.

"I didn't mean that," said Lin Si Yao, frowning slightly.

"I know. I'm not as delicate as you think. Besides, I've been consuming that Divine Jade Essence for the past few days, so there's no need for you to be so worried." Su Shuilian knew he was just concerned for her, but his overprotectiveness was becoming excessive especially when compared to her, the real expecting mother!

"Right, then I'll be leaving now. Don't open the door no matter who knocks..." He could not emphasize the importance of her safety enough.

Now that Xiao Xue had brought the three wolf pups onto Da Shi Mountain to live with the Wolf King. Now they only have Xiao Chun. How could Lin Si Yao relax?

To be fair, the past few callers who had knocked at their door consisted of romantic fools, robbers, and even those ruthless killers from his own organization, so his worry was not unfounded.

If it weren't for the hidden signal left by Si Tao, he would certainly not take a single step out of the house.

Something was wrong… As he rushed, Lin Si Yao narrowed his eyes. From the secret code Si Tao was using, he could tell that at least one of the three was seriously injured. Otherwise, with Si Lao's busybody nature, there was no way they would miss 'dropping in for a visit' if their mission was accomplished with nary a scratch on them all.

Once he arrived at this conclusion. Lin Si Yao's speed increased exponentially. If someone were nearby at the time, they would be sure to feel the eerily cool and cutting wind blowing past, and see an accompanying figure in green flashing by...

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Chapter 83: Buying Land to Expand the House

"You three joined hands but you couldn't withstand the enemy? I dare say, the longer you've lived, the worse you've become," Lin Si Yao sat by the table not far from the large bed. He poured himself a cup of water, mocking indifferently. He didn't even care to be polite to Si Luo who was sitting cross-legged on the bed to heal himself.

"We were careless..." Si Shan said, his voice a little distressed, "We didn't expect the Deadly Duet of the West Corridor to be that fierce and bold. No wonder..."

"Feng Qingya seems strange..." Si Tuo, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly gave a cold, unclear comment, but it somehow shook the people present in this room.

"Ha..." Lin Si Yao sneered coldly, "The enemy is out there and we have internal issues to solve too... I think you guys should follow me and become a hermetic farmer then..."

"Si Ling..." Si Tuo was speechless, looking at him. "You are... a dead man. That's why Feng Qingya doesn't come to you. But us..." Of course, needless to say, as they wanted to leave the Feng Yao Court, Feng Qingya wouldn't let them go. No matter where they hid, they wouldn't stay safe and sound.

"I think we can consider Si Ling's suggestion..." Si Shan pondered for a while then continued, "Today, the Feng Yao Court has already abolished the rules our Old Master had established that year. Harrumph, if we still work for Feng Qingya, we ain't no assassins anymore. We're the devils."

"I agree..." Si Luo opened his eyes as he had finished healing his wounds. He continued Si Ling's words, his eyes sharp and cold, "Think about it. Among around six hundred fellows of the Feng Yao Court, there are many people who got better kungfu than the three of us. Why did they insist on us to go to the West Corridor? If they didn't want to bury our dead bodies there, what do you think they want?"

He had soon found Feng Qingya's malicious intention toward them, especially after Si Ling's incident. The number of fellows in their Si Department, which were directed by Si Tuo's team, wasn't small. If he weren't wrong, Feng Qingya wanted to change the blood completely. Didn't he? It was Si Ling a year ago. And now, it was the three of them... The members of the Si Department who used to follow the former Master would be swept away within the next three years and a half!

Lin Si Yao felt speechless as the other three had actually considered his joke-like suggestion a possibility.

"Okay, just make it our decision. After Si Luo's relatively recovered, we will return to the Court to solve the other matters. Then, we will discuss this..." Si Tuo glugged down the strong liquor in his cup and casually decided.

"Right. We've earned quite a lot. Even if we're gluttonous, we won't be starving. Moreover, we still have the money Si Ling's going to give us. Oh hey Si Ling, would you keep your words?" Si Luo smirked, his face regaining colors which hid the fact that he was wounded severely. "We will become Si Ling's neighbors at that time. Even though someone will treat us coldly, we don't know how to cook rice or stir-fry the veggies without him. Haha..." Si Shan fearlessly added.

"Okay, Si Ling, we count our housing things on you. If we can finish it fast, we'll be back after three months. If we take it slow, it'll be one year. We will be neighbors then..."

If Si Tuo's face weren't as cold and calm as usual, Lin Siyao would doubt that he had already changed. Do those words look like they could come out from the mouth of a merciless assassin?

"Don't forget what I've asked you to do..." Reluctantly, Lin Si Yao looked at the three who had made up their minds on their future within fifteen minutes. His current self couldn't come to the Feng Yao Court, which was thousands of miles away from here. Thus, if he wanted to take the properties he had earned during the first half of his life, which he had hidden there, he had to ask these three to do that. Although it would be only one-fourth that would return to him, it was enough for him to do many things in this little Fan Hua Town.

As he wanted to expand his home and Si Tuo and the other two had asked him to help them with their housing, as soon as he returned to Fan Hua Town, he immediately made a plan to buy more land and build houses.

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"What? You want to buy six acres of the wasteland in the West?" Wang Geng Fa, the village elder of the little town, stared at Lin Si Yao in surprise.

Although the wasteland in the West of the town was unowned, it would take dozens of silvers to buy six mu's of it. Why did he have to spend a lot to buy the wasteland?

Build more houses? There were just two of them. Why would they need a big house? Cultivate the paddy fields? Why would they need so many pieces of land? The two paddy fields and the house were enough for them to survive.

Wang Geng Fa thought it over and over, but he couldn't figure out why Lin Si Yao wanted to buy the six mu's of wasteland.

"I got some friends who wanted to relocate to the Fan Hua Town. They asked me to help them with the houses. Well, no one in the town wanted to sell their house. Moreover, Shuilian is pregnant now. We need to enlarge our house. So, I want to buy more land and build it myself..." Lin Siyao rarely said sincere words like that.

Actually, he wanted to buy all the land from his two pieces of paddy field toward the West. It was around ten acres of land.

However, he was afraid that the other villagers would voice their disapproval, so Lin Si Yao decided to buy six acres first. He would take two for his own home and the other four would be used to build a big house for the other three. And, later if they got their own families and wanted to build more, it would be none of his business. He wasn't their parents. Why would he have to care about them marrying, right?

To be honest, he was doubtful that he wasn't himself, the one he used to be anymore. At least, not the previous Si Ling.

Think about it, one year ago, Si Tuo and the other two had still been after him under the order. One year later, he had to care about their houses like an old mum. He felt wronged! However, every time he thought that because of them, he had had the chance to meet up with Shuilian and build his warm, leisurely little family, he calmed down. Every change ends with a solution. Causes and results, it was the way of life.

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"So, was he okay with that?" Su Shuilian giggled as she squeezed the water out of a damp cloth for her husband.

It was mid-June, and the sun at noon was so dazzling.

Lin Si Yao had practiced martial arts and the route to the president's house didn't make him sweat. However, Su Shuilian had formed a routine of giving him a damp cloth to wipe and cool down his face after he entered the house.

"Yes, he didn't have a reason to not agree. The wasteland will still be a wasteland no matter how long they let it be. It's better to sell the land to us." Lin Si Yao wiped his face, then casually placed the cloth on the hanger. Then, he hugged Su Shuilian, bringing her to the living room.

"How are you today?" he asked gently.

"Pretty good," Su Shuilian lovingly rubbed her a-little-round belly.

As Aunt Lao had told her, the belly that carried twins was much bigger than the normal pregnant one. Although she hadn't reached the fourth month, her belly had already protruded. She wondered how big it would be until her due date.

And, think about it, the Fan Hua Town and the two adjacent, Qing Tian Town and Luo Shui Town, had never had twins. Thus, even the women that Shuilian didn't know had tried to find excuses to follow Aunt Lao and Aunt Tian to visit her. Su Shuilian did not know whether to laugh or cry; it was like she was a bird in a cage for people to behold.

Today, Lin Si Yao had finally received the certificate of ownership for his six acres of wasteland from Sun Yumao. Then, he went to see Tian Dafu to talk about the construction works.

Of course, he decided to build the house for Si Tuo's team first.

Firstly, Su Shuilian was in her time of nurturing their babies. She was due soon. It was really hard to take care of her. If she lived near the noisy construction site, she would be disturbed a lot.

Secondly, Si Tuo said that after three months, they would finish the stuff in Feng Yao Court and come here to settle down. Thus, he should finish their houses first, which would eliminate the case in which they would come to trouble him at his own house everyday!

Then, Tian Dafu took him to see the most famous contractors of the three towns and some workers and carpenters, including Fang Da Sheng's team, who used to make his furniture.

They gathered at Tian Dafu's, discussing the construction method to build up a massive house over the four acres of land in the West. When they heard that the entire big house would lodge only three people, they were dumbfounded. Immediately, they guessed that some rich people wanted to move in. Otherwise, why would they need the entire four mu's of land to build the house?

"It's better to have the bedrooms and the offices separate. They will share the living room and the kitchen. Hmm, about the available extra areas, just plant some bamboo trees," Lin Si Yao gave them his general requirements.

After giving the bare minimum of a request, Lin Si Yao got up with the intention of heading home.

As for the rest of the design, it was handed over to Tian Dafu. "Once the initial design is complete, calculate all the materials needed, and give me an approximate price. I will pay half of that amount before you start. The remaining half will be settled after completion."

After he finished his words, Lin Si Yao nodded his head at Tian Dafu indicating he will be in charge of the decision making. And with that, Lin Si Yao exited the Tian House and made his way home to prepare lunch.

"Da… Dafu. Was Lin House's intention to give us all authority on deciding the price and be paying us half before starting the work?" Unable to suppress their inner doubts, the masons all gather and discuss among themselves.

"Oh yes, Dafu, you and his family are well acquitted, is that what he really meant?" Rubbing their hands together, several individuals gleefully calculate their profits.

"Enough guys. Remember he is my son's Shifu. His business is also my business. Now hurry and calculate the amount that is needed so I can let him know. Just an estimate is fine and do not try to swindle him. You all know that he is a skilled martial artist, do not bring trouble to yourselves."

Tian Dafu glanced at the crowd and gave a light warning.

"Aiyo, we are just talking, do not take this to heart. Yes yes yes, Dafu, let us calculate how much this will cost. We won't overcharge him, but we can not undercharge either, right?"

"Dafu, there is one more important matter… you should also ask him if the cost was underestimated, would we be compensated for the loss? "

Within this crowd of people, Tian Dafu did not need to explain, as for the others, other than Fāng Dasheng, Wang Shuifa, and Feng Lao Liu who had already helped Lin Si Yao with his previous projects, they knew that he would not slight them.

There were a few masons, who had heard of Lin Si Yao's generosity, who tried to squeeze out a little more earning.

Summer and winter had the least amount of requests for this kind of labor. It was lucky for them to land on such a big project, so trying to earn a little bit more by opening up the lion's mouth was definitely not worth it.

And so, the estimated price in the end was still fair in Tian Dafu's eyes.

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Chapter 84: Situ Yun

"I heard that you've lost a lot of weight since you got pregnant. I thought that…" Xi Cui came back to visit her maternal family, she knew Su Shuilian was pregnant so she decided to pay her a visit.

"You thought what?" Su Shuilian beamed, throwing her a glance. She was lying comfortably on a soft couch under the shade of a cherry tree. She also picked the cherries to eat. This year, the wild cherry tree had grown well. It began to bear fruit from the fifth lunar month. Today was the summer solstice and her cherries were still a mass of beautiful red hue. Thanks to the tree, she could have several sweet and sour cherries every day. She couldn't say that she wasn't satisfied.

"Nah, no pregnant woman could look as soft and white as you!" Xi Cui exclaimed in admiration.

Although Su Shuilian looked much thinner than she had been lately, her face was still chubby and creamy. Even though she was a woman herself, Xi Cui had the urge to touch it, let alone the men!

"Tell me honestly, how do you do skincare?" After she asked that, Xi Cui suddenly realized.

No house chores, no touching water. If she lived like that, she could be like this woman. Even if she got pregnant, her skin would still glow and be soft, her bearings elegant as if she was a noble woman.

Anyway, sigh, when you compare yourself to someone else, you'll be angry to death.

Although her husband was considered a good husband in this Luo Shui Town as he had cared and helped her thoughtfully, he would never give her a hand in domestic, women-should-do chores like cooking directly. At most, he would assist her a little bit when he was free. She also had to watch out for her in-law's. They would nag at her and claim that she was instigating her husband to help her.

According to her parents, her husband was the typical husband. And, the man who had embraced all the tough and easy work so his wife didn't have to work, Lin Si Yao, was unique in this world.

So, they couldn't be compared! Xi Cui comforted herself inwardly. At least, she didn't need to compare herself with Su Shulian, she couldn't do that anyways.

"A Yao told me to drink more warm water and have more fruits and vegetables." Su Shuilian wiped her mouth with a silk handkerchief. She shaded her eyes with one hand, squinting as she tried to look through the leaves to see the dazzling sunlight, which was making some shades on the ground. "It should be noon now." Sitting under the shade of the cherry tree in the Northern courtyard, she was able to sunbathe too.

"You should get inside." Indeed, Lin Si Yao walked out of the kitchen and asked her to leave the battlefield. Ah, no, it should be her resting place.

"Xi Cui, join us for lunch before you leave," Su Shuilian stood up with Lin Si Yao assisting her side. He carefully embraced her heavy pregnant body and guided her toward the main house.

"Ah, no, my mother said that my future second sister-in-law would join our lunch today. I have to go back," Xi Cui rejected with a broad smile.

The second son of the Lao family, Yong Qiang, was matched with the daughter of a vendor in Qing Tian Town. She had been going from the North to the South to do business with her father since she was young. She hadn't been home much. The Lao family had asked the matchmaker to propose that vendor's family because they cared about Yong Qiang's future.

It turned out Lao Yong Qiang had planned to open a grocery store in Fan Luo City. Since the vendor had been in the business for around ten years, he would have his own sources of cheap and stable goods. If Yong Qiang opened a shop, with his father-in-law's help, he wouldn't meet much trouble.

Thus, the marriage of the Lao family's second son was determined. They had chosen the wedding day to be by the end of the year. After the New Year's celebration, Lao Yong Qiang would take his wife to the city to build his business.

"So, Uncle Lao and Aunt Lao have to live alone soon?"

Their oldest son had taken his wife and moved to the blacksmith shop. Although they were in the same town, they didn't live under the same roof anymore. It would be difficult to take care of the elders. And now, their second son wanted to get married and then move to the city to open a grocery store, leaving only the old couple at home. Since they hadn't had any grandchildren to take care of, they would feel really lonely.

"After your labor, we will ask Aunt Lao to come and help us." Lin Si Yao pondered for a while then confirmed since his voice didn't sound like he just wanted to give an idea.

"What?" Su Shuilian turned to him, a little surprised. But she got his idea shortly. After giving birth, both she and the baby needed care. Lin Si Yao couldn't handle all of this. Moreover, he didn't know what to pay attention to during her puerperium. Thus, it was the best option to invite Aunt Lao to come and help them.

"Sure. I will ask her when she comes tomorrow," nodded Su Shuilian.

Aunt Lao agreed immediately. Even if Su Shuilian didn't mention that, she already had a plan to come and take care of her after she gave birth. However, with a frown, she denied the payment of one hundred bronzes each day that Lin Si Yao offered her. "If you consider me your aunty, don't talk about money."

Su Shuilian knew that the relationship between the two families would last long, and she would have plenty of chances to thank her later, the New Year's celebration, for example. Thus, she didn't insist much.

As Su Shuilian was leisurely taking care of her body, waiting for her delivery, Lin Si Yao was busy building the big house. Luckily, he had estimated all of this. He had handed all the communication works to Tian Da Fu.

Tian Da Fu was a carpenter, but now he has more jobs to do. He was Lin Si Yao's spokesman; he was the presenter who explained the matters to the workers. Therefore, naturally, he was the team leader of the group of carpenters. Soon, when they began to build the house, he was so busy his feet didn't touch the ground.

Quite the contrary, except for going to the construction site to check twice a day, Lin Si Yao stayed at home with Su Shuilian to cook good food for her.

This made Aunt Tian both happy and angry.

She hated it because when her husband got home, after dining and washing, he went straight to bed. He had skipped their husband and wife intimate, romantic time. It'd been more than fifteen days where he hadn't shown her his masculine power, entangling with her as he used to do. If she didn't know that he had put all of his strength into the building in the wasteland in the West, she would think that he had cheated on her.

And she was also happy, because his salary now was much more since he had been promoted to be the team leader. Or it could be said that Lin Si Yao wasn't stingy when paying for the construction of the new house.

Thus, Aunty Tian regarded the shining silvers and restrained her anger. She could only seize her free time to cook Tian Da Fu some good broth to cool down and supplement more energy.

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Today, as Lin Si Yao had finished cleaning the kitchen, usually, he would take the time during Su Shulian's afternoon nap to visit the construction in the West side. He would check the progress and the arrivals of new batches of materials.

But someone knocked on his door.

"Uncle Si Ling?" Standing at his door was a teenager around twelve or thirteen years old. He looked really cute with white teeth and red lips. "Situ Yun* Greets Senior Uncle. My teacher asked me to send you a message…"

(TL Note: The 'Si' in Situ Yun, Si Ling, and all the other Si's are the same character.)

Si Shan? Lin Si Yao slightly furrowed his brows. What did he do? Sending one of his disciples here, wasn't he afraid of Feng Qing Ya?

Situ Yun carefully hauled a thick envelope from his chest, respectfully handed it to Lin Si Yao.

"My teacher told me that after I gave you the package, I should stay and wait for him here. I shouldn't go anywhere else…" Situ Yun told the man what Si Shan had advised him with an embarrassed smile when he saw Lin Si Yao did not want to open the letter in front of him and was wearing a 'leave-now' face.

"No extra room…" Lin Si Yao replied indifferently.

Is that Si Shan crazy? It's okay that he sent the paper money because they needed to use the money for the three of them now. But why did he send a teenager here? To supervise the construction or what? Protecting it? Really unable to make head or tail of it.

"No problem, I can sleep on the tree…"

Situ Yun pointed at the cherry tree with large branches and the shade in the yard, smiling as if he didn't mind at all.

Being Si Shan's disciple for six years, what kind of odd things has he not done? It's just sleeping on the tree. On these hot summer days, it'll be cooler than sleeping in the bedroom!

Lin Si Yao rolled his eyes internally. He now truly believed that this young man was Si Shan's disciple. They're a bunch of shameless people.

Even though it would be like throwing an egg to a rock when talking about code of ethics to an assassin - it's useless. Since being with Shuilian, he'd gotten used to moral and mannered things, But he couldn't ask Si Shan and co. to follow him that way immediately.

"Up to you…" Lin Si Yao said, then turned around to head to his bedroom. Halfway, he paused, asking in a neither cold nor warm tone, "If your teacher's sent you here, before the house is completed, you'll be in charge of watching this house…"

Lately, Da Bao had followed Da Fu to travel back and forth to choose and buy constructing materials, leaving only Xiao Chun at home. He was worried more as Shuilian's body was getting heavier. What if something happened while he wasn't home and nobody knew that? This Situ Yun was Si Shan's student. It would be a waste if he didn't use the kid.

Situ Yun was bewildered as he watched Lin Si Yao disappear into the main house. Then, with an awkward face, he glanced at Xiao Yun, who was lying on the yard, looking at him lazily. My uncle… actually agreed to let me stay… though he gave me the same job with that big dog: To watch the house?

Oh, teacher, this time, your betted money would go away and never return to you. His uncle didn't shoo him away but made him a free guard to watch his house.

When Lin Si Yao, supporting Su Shuilian, walked out of the main house, Situ Yan's baffled face looked more exaggerated. His dropping jaw was big enough to hold an egg in his mouth.

Oh, teacher, you didn't tell me that Uncle had a beautiful wife. And, the key point is… heavens! ...She's pregnant! She isn't due soon, is she?

"What are you dazing around for? Move the soft couch to the porch…" Lin Si Yao threw the stunned Situ Yun an unhappy glance. After that, he turned to explain to Su Shuilian. "He's Si Shan's student, Situ Yun. He had purposely come to help us."

"Si Shan's very thoughtful…" Su Shuilian nodded, smiling.

As they were building the big house,there would be a lot of things to take care of. Lin Si Yao had to take care of her and the construction over there. He couldn't make a clone to do both. Although Si Shan's disciple was a little young, it wouldn't be hard for him to watch and urge the workers.

Su Shuilian's words baffled the other two.

They wanted to face the sky and sigh.

How could Si Shan be so nice? He just wanted to send someone here to watch the fun and be his eyes and ears. Lin Si Yao cursed in his head.

My teacher, thoughtful? Muahahaha… That's the biggest joke in the world! It would already be nice if his teacher didn't trouble the others. Come here to help? Not unless he was put back into his mother's womb to be born again. Oh, how could he think about his teacher like that? Bah! Disgraceful! Even if it's true, I shouldn't be so resentful! Situ Yun laughed crazily in his head.

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Chapter 085: The Guests from Imperial City

After Situ Yun moved in, Su Shuilian's life of nurturing her unborn baby had become more interesting. It could also be said that her quiet time of nurturing her unborn baby had turned livelier. Although there were only two people, she and Situ Yun, and a dog in the house, he was so enlivening that she had to clutch her fast-growing belly while laughing hard. That scene pleased Lin Si Yao.

Of course, Situ Yun was quiet sometimes. For example, this morning, as the sun hadn't risen high at noon, he was resting comfortably on a cherry tree branch, occasionally picking some cherries, tossing them upwards, and catching it with his mouth.

Casually throwing some cherries into the fruit tray next to Su Shuilian's soft couch, he'd say, "They're fresh and clean. You don't need to wash them again. Beautiful sister, you don't need to thank me."

After taking a walk around the South courtyard to help her digestion and also sunbath, Su Shuilian now sat on the couch to rest. Hearing him, she didn't know whether she should cry or laugh. She lifted her head to look at him. "Don't you need to go to the new house to check on it?"

Well, he was sent here by Si Shan to supervise the construction, however, except for taking Xiao Chun around the mountain's foot in the early morning to pick some fresh wild fruits for her breakfast, she didn't see the boy step out of this house even once.

"In here, I have to listen to Senior Uncle's orders," Situ Yun answered dispiritedly. Si Shan and Si Ling. Since he had become Si Shan's disciple, he had known the tricks between these two: If he didn't listen to Si Shan, he would receive some slaps, at most, with some words of lecture like, "it's hard to teach the youngsters" in his ears. But, if he didn't listen to Si Ling's order, he wouldn't need to show his face in front of him anymore.

Are you kidding? Life here's so unhurried and relaxing. I got the big dog to walk; I got the beautiful sister to admire; and I got the fresh fruits around the mountain to enjoy. And the key point is, I have to stick to Uncle Si Ling to make him spare a room in the new house for me. And then, in the near future, I can construct a house of my own here. Everytime I finish a mission, I can come here to rest. So how can I go against Uncle Si Ling's commands?! So, protecting the beautiful sister is the job I must obliged to!

As Su Shilian saw the boy not worried at all, she just let him do whatever he wanted. Anyway, A Yao and Tian Dafu were at the new house's construction site to watch. They didn't need a teenager who had just celebrated his thirteenth birthday.

Talking about that, the other day, Situ Yan suddenly announced that it was his thirteenth birthday. Then, he occupied the kitchen and cooked himself a big bowl of longevity noodles, whose taste wasn't less delicious than what Lin Si Yao could cook. That's how Lin Si Yao discovered his cooking talent even though he had tried every excuse he could use to not get into the kitchen.

With that thought in her head, Su Shuilian leaned on her side on the soft couch and dozed off.

After the third month, her morning sickness had improved, but she felt that she wanted to sleep more. Everyday, she had to take several naps.

"Ah? She's sleeping?" As Situ Yun hadn't heard from her for a while, he turned to check. She had soon drifted away in her sleep.

Jumping off the cherry tree, he went to the main house to take a thin blanket and cover her.

As he was about to jump up onto the cherry tree branch to enjoy the mouth watering cherries, he halted. Situ Yun immediately signaled Xiao Chun to guard Su Shuilian as he leaped to the thick-branched cherry tree, crouching there. From a distance, he observed two luxurious four-horse drawn carriages dozens of meters away from the house. One leading the other, they were approaching.

He frowned, pondering for a while. He jumped off the tree, ordering Xiao Chun to go through the backyard and find Lin Si Yao at the new house. He stayed by Su Shuilian, waiting for someone to knock at their front doors.

If he weren't wrong, from the crest he saw on the carriages, those two belonged to Prince Jing's Mansion in the Imperial City where his teacher had asked him to investigate several days ago.

It's strange. Why did the carriages from Prince Jing's Mansion in the Imperial City had to come to this rural village? Moreover, as they were moving straight ahead, it seemed this house was their target.

Situ Yun thought for a while then carefully lifted the soft couch, moving it into the main house. Afterward, he immediately returned to the door, crossing his arms, balling his fists. He was ready. His ears turned to listen to the sounds that were coming closer until he heard the horse whining as they halted right outside their gates.

"Are you sure this is it?" The voice of a slightly old sounding man arose inside the carriage.

"Yes, chief," answered the servant outside the carriage respectfully.

Immediately, the curtain of the carriage was lifted. Two servants in their twenties supported an old man around sixty years old to get off the carriage.

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In the next moment, a woman around fifty years old stepped out of the spacious, luxurious carriage behind. Although she didn't dress like an upper-class woman, she was helped by several maids. It could be seen that her position and status weren't low.

The two of them came to the door of the courtyard with the help of their servants. As one of the servants was about to knock on the door, Situ Yun opened the door from inside.

Situ Yun crossed his arms in front of his chest, leaning against the door. He observed the two elders who looked exhausted after the in-haste journey.

"Who are you looking for?" Situ Yun asked coldly. In this moment, he didn't look mischievous as when he played with Su Shuilian or Xiao Chun. He looked cold and bold with the unique aura of an assassin like Si Shan.

As the doors had sprung open all of a sudden, the servant who was about to knock on the door was startled. He immediately turned around to look at the two elders and found that the two elders were also astounded.

"Little friend, please tell me if there's a girl whose maiden name is Liang Si Xu..." asked the old woman after exchanging looks with the old man, her voice polite.

"No..." Situ Yun gazed at them for a while before slowly spitting out his word.

He wanted to close the doors but the two servants by the old man stepped forward to hold the doors.

"Little friend, please wait..." The old man with a staff called Situ Yan to stop him from closing the doors.

"What?" Situ Yun arched his sword-like brows. Although he was just thirteen years old, he had already got the domineering aura of a fighter on his face.

"Little friend, I don't want to lie. We're here to find a person. We've traveled from Feng Cheng. We've crossed several thousand miles from the Imperial City. Could you let us in to rest for a while?" The old woman gave the old man, who was asking the young fellow with a smile, a look to stop him from explaining.

"Sorry, this isn't an inn..." Situ Yan pouted and then turned around to get into the courtyard. He didn't mind rejecting the two elders' request. He wasn't stupid. If he let the two chief managers of Prince Jing's mansion get into the house, it would be okay if nothing bad happened. But if something happened, Uncle Si Ling wouldn't show him mercy!

"Little friend! Little friend!"

"Little friend!" As the old woman saw Situ Yun close the gates impolitely, she hurried to call after him like the old man was doing.

However, Situ Yun didn't bat an eye. From Imperial City? Pst, aren't you sent from Prince Jing's mansion? But, why have they come here to find someone? Liang Si Xu? Who is that? Could it be…

"What happened?"

When he got to the door of the main house, he saw Lin Si Yao and Xiao Chun inaudibly fly toward from the backyard.

"Senior Uncle, they said they came from Imperial City to find a lady called Liang Si Xu. I think they went to the wrong place..." Situ Yun shrugged, briefing the situation. Then, he added, "Their carriages look like they're from Prince Jing's mansion."

Lin Si Yao was stiff for a while when he heard that. He frowned with a stooping head. After a moment, he lifted his head and shot Situ Yun a look. "After lunch, you go to supervise the construction of the new house."

As they came from Prince Jing's mansion in the Imperial City, even though they didn't ask for the name Shuilian, he had to keep an eye on them. He should watch her personally to make sure everything is okay.

"Senior Uncle?" Listening to him, Situ Yun's shoulders slumped. He bitterly gazed at Lin Si Yao for a long time, but the other didn't bat an eye on him. Lin Si Yao carried Su Shuilian from the couch and brought her into the bedroom to rest. He left one last order though, "You cook lunch today."

"Senior Uncle!" This time, Situ Yun kicked his leg and exclaimed.

He hated cooking the most. This pure white robe of his, which he had just put on this morning, was about to be stained with soot and smoke.

Think about it, such an elegant and graceful young man like him, how could he stay in the smoky sooty kitchen?! If he had known this earlier, he wouldn't have let his mood make him cook those longevity noodles on his birthday! Uncle Si Ling had made use of him completely!

Wuwuwu! Teacher, you should come here fast. Your student is being mistreated, he's about to become the second Lin Si Yao. How could I be an assassin later! I will change my occupation. I should just be a farmer's cook!

"Hmm... A Yao, you're back? I dozed off again..." When Su Shuilian woke up, she saw Lin Si Yao sitting on the edge of the bed, watching her silently.

"You need to rest more. If you're up, we should have lunch first..." Lin Si Yao let her lean against the headboard. He waited for her to sip some warm water before pulling her up. Then, they went to the kitchen for lunch.

"Is there something wrong with the new house?" Su Shulian stroked the wrinkle between his eyes when she saw him frowning.

Previously, she was about to give him all the money she had saved to build the house. However, Situ Yun had come to give them the needed money.

It was a stack of paper money, each of them valued at five hundred silvers. A Yao told her that it was his savings that he asked Si Shan to deliver to him.

He took one check to the private bank to exchange it for smaller silver in different values and asked her to keep the rest. It was six thousand silvers in total. She put them in the bottom of their big chest. Money, sufficient is enough. If it were one year ago, she would be so thrilled for a long time. But now, she thought the small family life was enough for her. Facing a big amount like that, she was calm.

"The house's okay..." The problem is related to you. Lin Si Yao tried to suppress his worries. Recalling the two stubborn old people waiting at his door, he couldn't help but feel a headache. He did want to fan his hand and blow them out of Fan Hua Town. But he knew if he did that, the Fan Hua Town wouldn't live in peace. He couldn't do anything but try to press his anger to the bottom of his heart.

However, he knew that those two would continue to wait at his door and Su Shuilian would know about them sooner or later. Although Situ Yun told him that they didn't come for Su Shuilian, it wouldn't guarantee what they would do after they saw Su Shuilian, who looked extremely alike to the fourth lady of Prince Jing's mansion.

"A Yao? You..." Su Shuilian looked at frowning Lin Si Yao as she didn't get heads or tails of it. She wanted to ask but their door was knocked on at that moment.

"Damnit!" Lin Si Yao gritted his teeth and cursed. After a brush of wind, there was no one standing next to Su Shuilian.

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Chapter 86: The Fourth Young Lady of Prince Jing's Mansion?

"Sir, we're from the Imperial City. We're here to find someone. Could we get inside to rest for a while and have some tea? Of course, we don't take things for granted." This time, when one of the servants saw that a young but cold and serene man opened the doors, he smiled to create a good impression on the other and took out a silver. He believed that the other would become polite and invite them to get to the house and rest. In fact, the chief manager and momo* were more than fifty years old. How could they endure the summer heat like this!

(momo/ 嬷嬷- can be used as a suffix for an elderly lady or a wet nurse)

Moreover, it was a whole silver! To the people in such a rural and poor village, it was enough for one person to live on for the whole year. Such a good deal, he didn't think that this man, although not like a rural person at all, would deny.

"Apologies, we're not a tea house or an inn. Guests, please leave. At your four-horse carriages' speed, I think you can return to the lively city where you can find everything in less than fifteen minutes." Lin Si Yao stood at his door, stopping the others, his face emotionless. Compared to Situ Yun's excuse to shoo them away, it was not much better.

"Sir!" When the servant called after him, he felt cold air gathered around Lin Si Yao. He was suppressed, trembling backward to the old man.

"Cough... Cough..." The old man pretended to cough. He turned to look at the elder woman, who couldn't endure the blazing sunlight anymore and she already got a fever, shaking his head. "We should go to the city and rest first." Though they didn't have much time, they didn't know if they could find the Fourth Young Lady before the Elder Wangye (Prince Jing)...

"But..." The old woman was surprised, looking at Liang An. He... Wasn't he always more worried than I am? Why would he... The old woman tried to support her body which was about to faint, leaning against the wall.

"No more talking. Your body can't endure such a long wait." Moreover, the old man thought his head, his intelligence report wasn't completely sure either; perhaps, the woman in this house wasn't Prince Jing's Mansion's Fourth Young Lady. They had come here without rest or sleep for several days. But now, their hope has slowly diminished.

"A Yao... They..." Su Shuilian followed Lin Si Yao to the main gate. She was curious, pointing at the group of people standing by her doors. Lin Si Yao cursed under his breath.

"Damn it!" Because he was listening to the other two's conversation, he didn't close the doors. It was too late: Su Shuilian had seen them.

"Fourth Young Lady!" the group of maids cried in surprise.

"Fourth Young Lady!" the servants inhaled.

"Fourt Young Lady!" ...the two elders exchanged looks after they cried, both disbelief and astonishment.

Facing the Fourth Young Lady of Prince Jing's Mansion, whom they hadn't met for a year and a half, pregnant, there was no need to mention how shocked they were. The rapid train of thoughts from Lin Si Yao's consideration was interrupted by Su Shuilian's next words.

"You guys... mistook me with someone else..." Su Shuilian was perplexed, turning around to see Lin Si Yao and then looked back at the others. She said immediately, but then, she got a big possibility arising in her head: This body was actually the Fourth Young Lady that the others had mentioned. Oh my God, she had tried hard to hide but she still had to face them so soon?

"Fourth Lady... You don't recognize this momo?" The old woman shivered. Her two maids were trying to support her to walk to Su Shuilian.

Su Shuilian shook her head. "Auntie, did you mistake me with someone else? I'm not the Fourth Young Lady you've mentioned. I'm Su Shuilian, and now I'm Madam Lin," she answered with a smile. Although she felt guilty that she had possessed the girl's body, she knew that, no matter what, she couldn't give in and disclose the details.

"The others may mistake you, but I will never. You're the Fourth Young Lady of Prince Jing's Mansion. The Elder Princess (Wangfei) has been searching for you for one year." The old woman shook her head and rejected Su Shuilian's excuse. "The exact appearance. And the tiny black mole on your right earlobe. It's exactly the same with the late Yiniang* Jing."

(姨娘 / Yiniang: a concubine)

"I... I don't remember... the past stories.." Su Shuilian half closed her eyes.

If they confirmed her identity like that, the best excuse was to pretend a case of memory lost?

"Poor child," the old woman had teary eyes. She took out a silk handkerchief and rubbed her eyes. "My Lady, you have suffered for a year and a half."

"Ahem..." When the old man saw their Fourth Young Lady actually in this small house, he was able to calm his anxious heart. He cleared his throat and talked to Lin Si Yao, who was watching Su Shuilian talking with momo. "Ahem, Sir... Can we get into the house and talk? I think the Fourth Lady can't endure this scorching heat."

Lin Si Yao put his tangling thoughts aside, reaching out to hold Su Shuilian and support her belly. Turning around, they walked to the main house. He neither invited the others nor closed the door in front of them.

Is it... the way they treat the guests? The old man and the old woman exchanged looks, forcing a smile.

"Guests... Please come and have a cup of tea. Our yard is small so I'm afraid the carriages have to wait outside." Su Shuilian was supported to the living room by Lin Si Yao. She turned and tenderly smiled at them. As they had believed that she was their Fourth Young Lady, she couldn't let them outside at noon like this.

Four people sat face-to-face at a square table.

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After Prince Jing Mansion's delegation entered the yard, Situ Yun had taken some corn steamed rolls and left to the new house through the backdoor. Although he didn't know how the beautiful sister was related to Prince Jing's Mansion, before the accumulated wrath of his Uncle Si Ling explodes, he should get as far away as possible. His little life was more important, wasn't it?

"Young Lady, Chief Manager An and Xia-momo* weren't polite enough. We shouldn't sit at the same table with you..." The old women signaled the two maids to leave. She looked at Su Shuilian lovingly.

(She's referring to herself in third-person)

"No need to be polite. Although I have no impression of the Fourth Young Lady identity you've said, if you guys have crossed thousands of miles from Feng Cheng, you must have endured hardship on the way..."

Su Shuilian poured them tea, talking tenderly.

The Imperial City Feng Cheng, she had read about it in Da Hui's geography document, was more than one thousand and three hundred miles far from here. If the four-horse carriage ran fast, it would take more than two days and two nights. Moreover, the two in front of her, one was over fifty and the other was over seventy years old, had to endure a lot during the journey.

"I carve your mercy in my heart. But, Young Lady, after lunch, can you go with us to meet the Elder Wangye(Prince)?" The old man couldn't suppress his worry, asking directly.

Su Shuilian was bewildered. She turned to see Lin Si Yao sitting next to her and saw his perplexed, but frowning face. "Chief Manager An, you see, my body..." She was six-months pregnant. And because it could possibly be twins, she looked even bigger and heavier.

"Don't dream about that," Lin Si Yao said darkly. Immediately, he turned to Liang An, who sat opposite him. "I don't know if she's the one you want to find. What I know is, she's my wife. She is pregnant with twins. If you worry for her, you shouldn't say these kinds of thoughtless things."

"A Yao..."Su Shuilian reached for the clenched fist he placed on his thigh, smiling mildly. She wanted to comfort him, erasing his worries. She turned to Liang An and the momo who was said to be the dowry maid* of the Elder Wangfei.

"Do you have any urgent matters?" She asked as she could see these two wouldn't have a low position in the Prince's mansion, even though they were old. They had been traveling for a long time, how could they endure that? Why had the Prince's mansion sent them to search for her, ah, no, for the Fourth Young Lady?

"Miss, I don't want to lie to you. After you went missing, the Elder Wangye was so sick he couldn't even get up. We've hired many detectives to find you. We got nothing. As Wangye's situation is getting worse, he often calls your name in his sleep. Her Highness knows His Highness missed you a lot. If he couldn't cure his ill heart, his body wouldn't get better.

Early this year, De Wangye(Prince), who is Miss' elder half brother from another mother, had abdicated his imperial position because the Elder Wangye had gotten sick. And early this year, the Elder Wangye and Wangfei (princess consort) of the Xiang Prince's Mansion, who have a good relationship with His Highness, had passed by the Fan Luo City to visit a pagoda to pray. They saw you by chance. Her Highness immediately sent some detectives to this city to find you for several months. When they got your address, we were sent to take you home. Her Highness asked me to send you this message: "Xu-er, you've always behaved and been nice. You won't hate us for a long time. The Prince's mansion is your home. When you've played enough, you should go home." Sending the message of the former Wangfei of Prince Jing's Mansion, the old man looked at Su Shuilian with hope. "Fourth Young Lady, the Fifty Young Lady is grounded because of this. Her Highness ordered her not to talk and not to go out much before she gets married. Though it is not my place to say, she has been punished enough for what she had done. About Yiniang Jing, your mother... After you went missing, her memorial tablet has been welcomed and placed in the Liang family's ancestral temple. His Highness and Her Highness accepted her. Young Lady, will you..."

"I told you I don't remember the stories of the previous times." Su Shuilian smiled and shook her head. She didn't pretend. She really didn't remember and she would never be able to remember.

However, listening to this elder lady's unclear explanation, she somehow understood why she had to hide in Mount Da Shi alone: Her mother passed away, and her memorial tablet hadn't been placed in the ancestral house of the Prince's mansion. If so, she was an illegitimate daughter that the Prince's mansion didn't accept? No wonder... She ran away from the mansion as the Fifth Lady mocked her. She didn't want anybody to find her so she hid in the deep, rural area like Mount Da Shi. That's why she was gone and Su Shuilian got the chance to take her body.

Su Shuilian sighed inwardly. Liang En Xu? Could it be possible that you have replaced me and lived in Suzhou, China? Are you living well? From now on, you're the famous eldest legitimate daughter, Su Shuilian, of the Su family in Suzhou, China. And I am now the Fourth Young Lady, Liang En Xu, of the Jing Wangye's Mansion in the Imperial city of Da Hui Empire... It's really mysterious, isn't it?

If it's true, I hope that you, in the other dimension, can find a man who loves you and protects you like I do. I hope you would treat my mother, who has endured hardship half of her life, well. And me, I will do the same for you...

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Chapter 087: This is My Family

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"Xia-momo, Chief Manager An, I understood your idea. However, no matter what had happened previously, I'm now someone's missus. Moreover, I'm pregnant. I shouldn't go to the Imperial City to visit relatives. Please send my regards to them." Su Shuilian tenderly bowed. However, Lin Si Yao interrupted her bowing.

(-momo/嬷嬷- suffix used to address an elderly lady or wet nurse)

Who cares what they are, be it Chief Manager, Her Highness, or His Highness! Even if the Emperor comes here, he shouldn't take her bow. You're pregnant and you want to bow to someone. Don't you think it's too much work?

"But... Fourth Young Lady..." Hearing her, Chief Manager An wanted to persuade her, but the old woman had signaled him not to.

"Yes, the Fourth Miss is right. We didn't think carefully. So, Chief Manager An and I will return to Imperial City first. After several days, we will send some goods for the babies. When His Highness got your good news, he'll get better soon." The old woman was the wet nurse from the Xia family by the Elder Wangfei's (Princess's) side. She fondly patted Su Shuilian's hand, smiling.

"Thank you for your understanding, ma'am," Su Shuilian nodded with a smile. Lucky for the twins in my belly. Or else, I have to go to the Imperial City this time, right? Today, she knew that the mother of this body had passed away and her memorial tablet had been recognized by the Prince's mansion. She should live happily in this quiet but beautiful Fan Hua Town and enjoy the happy life of her little family with A Yao.

For the Elder Wangye of Prince Jing's mansion, her father by the name, seemed to be like her father of the previous her. Except for the possible respect she has for them, there would be no emotion attached. Sorry, Su Shuilian didn't like a father with a bunch of wives and concubines and children. He wasn't worth her love, respect, or harmonious caring.

Looking at the two four-horse carriages rublingly moving far away, Su Shuilian closed her doors. Turning around, she wanted to reach the main house.

Lin Si Yao stood quietly behind her, his eyes so deep she couldn't see through.

"A Yao?" She smiled, walked over to pull his hand and caressed the callus on his palm, asking tenderly. "Are you okay?" Since lunch and the meeting with the two elders from Prince Jing's mansion in the Imperial City, he had never pulled a happy face.

"Shuilian..." He stooped his head, his voice hoarse, "You... Are you really the Fourth Young Lady of Prince Jing's Mansion?" He held her small hand tight. Leaning over to shade her from the dazzling sunlight so as she could feel cooler, he slowly pulled her toward the living room. He let her sit on his legs as he tenderly asked her the matter that had wound around his heart for a long time.

"What if it is and what if it's no? A Yao, I'm your wife and this is my home. Unless you don't need me anymore... A Yao!"

Lin Si Yao didn't wait for her to finish. He used his lips to stop her little noisy mouth.

"You shouldn't say "don't need" ever again!" He lingered on her lips for a while before giving her time to gasp for her breath. As their foreheads touched, he pitched his voice to warn her.

"Yes," Su Shuilian laid her hands on the sides of Lin Si Yao's face. She couldn't help but lean forward to brush the corner of his lips with hers. "You're mine..." she muttered. He was Su Shuilian's alone. No other women could share him with her.

"We belong to each other," Lin Si Yao followed her brush, increasing the intimacy between them when they let their tongues twisted together again. Both of his hands had slithered into her shirt, massaging her mounds, which had become bigger as she was pregnant. Then, he buried his head onto the nape of her neck.

"Can we?" He tried to press his passion, asking huskily.

"Yeah..." she answered shyly.

After she got pregnant, although the doctor said that they could still make love with caution, he had just hugged her to sleep. He had tried not to touch her.

Receiving her consent, Lin Si Yao couldn't endure anymore. Immediately, he brought her to the bedroom, gently placed her on the big bed. He stripped her outer coat and the thin dress. He undressed himself and besides her, caressing her growing lower belly. Then, he extended his hand to explore her already damp crevice. Smiling, Lin Si Yao lifted his head to check her expression, he found she seemed to be more passionate ever since she had gotten pregnant.

This change pleasantly surprised him. She's trying to learn how to respond and satisfy me. She used to be a decorous, well-bred young lady, and now, because of me, she has lifted her shyness away. Having a wife like her, what else should I wish for?

"A Yao..." She called his name tenderly. She proactively arched her body so as they wouldn't put pressure on the babies. She clutched his head, embarrassedly inviting him.

He gave her a deep kiss before moving his body to enter her tight and wet slit. After several patient moves, he found no strange reaction besides some passionate groaning. Thus, he lifted his restraint, kneeled down and began to move, facing up.

She gritted her teeth to restrain her moaning and groaning. She supported herself with both hands, arching her body to coordinate with his rhythmical movement. His move was tender but it hid his endless vigor.

After a long time of restraint, a single spark can start a prairie fire. It had ignited the flame he had tried hard to hide. The burning heat was so hot she couldn't bear it…

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The carriages steadily moved eastward. Stopping by the biggest inn in the Fan Luo City, they rested one day to recover before starting their journey back home to the Imperial City.

"Why did you..." While having dinner, Liang An, who didn't get it, rolled his eyes at Xia-momo. However, he didn't know what he should say.

The Fourth Young Lady's pregnancy was beyond their estimation.

They had never thought that the calm Fourth Young Lady had married a stranger not even two years after she had left the mansion. Moreover, she was pregnant. How could they explain this to the Elder Wangye, who was on his sickbed?

Thus, Liang An wanted to bring the Fourth Young Lady back home with them. At least, the Elder Wangye would ease his mind and rest well after seeing her. And, if the Fourth Young Lady brought her big belly to explain to Wangye herself, it wouldn't be a bit involved with Xia-momo and himself. Because this sort of news was truly frightening.

"You're not a woman..." Xia-momo glanced at Liang An, talking slowly.

"You... What are you talking about! Of course, I'm not a woman!" Liang An felt angry, blowing his long mustache.

"That's why you don't know how difficult it is to be a pregnant woman..." Xia-momo wasn't in a hurry. She continued, "As we found the Fourth Young Lady, our trip isn't gone in vain. And, whether she wants to return to the Prince's mansion or not..." Xia-momo squinted her eyes, looking at people moving back and forth on the main road, smiling. "Don't you think that when His Highness knows the Fourth Lady got married and pregnant, he would anxiously rush here to visit her?"

"You mean..." Liang An suddenly got it. He studied Xia-momo for a while then sighed. "Is the woman's heart always that complicated?"

"Perhaps it's me who's complicated..." Xia-momo answered, disagreeing with his thoughts.

"Yong Chun, are you still blaming me?..." Being the chief manager of the Prince's mansion, could it be any matter he had never seen? However, to the woman in front of him, he had never had a solution.

"Blame you what? You and I are the two who have made one step to the grave. Do we still have anything to blame each other!" Xia-momo answered indifferently. Then, she continued her meal and drank tea. She made no effort to hide that she no longer wanted to talk with Liang An anymore.

Liang An sighed. He knew she hadn't let go of the past. Anyway, she's right. They are old now. Perhaps they would... soon. What else would they hold on to?

However, recalling the old stories, he couldn't help but ask himself: Was his decision wrong that year?

Yong Chun was Xia-momo's maiden name.

She was a lonely refugee, the Lady of the Xia family – Xia Zi Ying – rescued from a group of refugees during her trip to the pagoda.

To repay for her life-saving favor, Yong Chun changed her surname to Xia and stayed in Xia's Mansion to serve the Lady. Although she looked like a maid that was close to her Lady, Xia Zi Ying of the Xia family had never considered her a maid but a sister. Without a labor contract or a slavery contract, whenever Yong Chun wanted, she could leave. Her Lady had prepared her money to leave, too.

However, Yong Chun didn't have a home to return to anymore. She decided to stay and serve the Xia House to serve her Lady.

Eventually, she had become the dowry maid and came to Prince Jing's mansion.

Time flew, and slowly, she developed an affection she couldn't tell with the servant named Liang An who served Prince Jing.

When Wangfei found out, she wanted to match Yong Chun and Liang An. Unfortunately, Liang An was a permanent servant of the Liang family. Generations of his family had served the Liang family. When he knew that Yong Chun wasn't a permanent servant, and she actually wasn't the Xia family's servant, either. She was a free citizen. Liang An rejected Wangfei's good intention, which also meant he rejected the possible love he could have with Yong Chun.

He, Liang An thought about himself as the permanent servant of the Liang mansion, the Wangye's servant. He had become the chief manager of the Liang mansion, but he had stayed single and never considered any match afterward.

And Yong Chun, from that day afterward, had never mentioned the subject of marrying. She put herself in the attic. Years after years, she had been promoted to the Wangfei's momo from a dowry maid. She had helped Wangfei to deal with all internal matters of the Prince's mansion. It was until the Elder Wangye had retired from his position, she was finally lifted from her important roles and began to enjoy her retirement with the Elder Wangfei.

Every time he recalled this, Liang An would feel waves of hurt and regret. Yong Chun, you shouldn't restrain yourself like that. You should marry a free man and become a normal wife out there. You shouldn't chain yourself to this mansion and stay locked for the rest of your life.

"Alright, why are you sighing? You should go to your room and rest when you finish here..." It was a long journey and she felt her joints loosening. Xia-momo glanced at Liang An. This man must still be regretful because of his decision that year.

However, his matter wasn't the only reason she didn't want to get married. Perhaps, it was because she couldn't meet any man she liked after that. After thirty years old, her mind wasn't laid on that matter anymore. The internal matters of the mansion kept her too busy; she didn't have a bit of free time for herself. Thus, she didn't want to have a family of her own anymore. Anyway, the Elder Wangfei had promised her to take care of her when she was old. She would be able to live happily and leisurely in the end.

"Yeah, this time when we come back, His Highness will ease his mind..." Liang An put his worries aside, driving back to their topic.

"Ease his mind? I don't think so. The Fourth Young Lady didn't want to come back to the Prince's mansion. She got married on her own, and she got pregnant. How could he ease his mind..." Xia-momo squinted as she chuckled.

"Yong Chun! How could you talk behind His Highness' back like that!" Liang An bellowed and stopped her.

"Alright, continue with our meal..." Yong Chun focused on her dish, and didn't pay attention to the man anymore. She was always like that and he knew that, too. The Elder Wangye and Wangfei didn't mind it, why would he be so anxious!

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Chapter 88: Grape Wine

It was mid summer in Fan Hua Town, and all of the fruits in every household were ripe.

Grapes, pears, apricots, plums, nectarines, loquats... Almost all summer fruits could be found in Fan Hua Town.

The two black grape vines taken from Mount Da Shi that were transferred into the yard also hung in lots of ripe clusters.

"Pretty jiějiě (elder sister), there're a lot of grapes. It would be really regrettable if we couldn't eat them all. Why don't we pick them and make some wine?" Situ Yun lay on a cherry tree branch, holding a bunch of shiny black grapes in his hand, asking in a lazy tone.

"Right, I did want to make wine last year. And now, they are all ripe..." Su Shuilian's eyes turned bright. "Yun'er, do you know how to make wine?"

"Nah, I don't. I just know how to drink wine..." answered Situ Yun, not at all politely.

"Oh..." Su Shuilian was discouraged, slumping her shoulders. She slightly thrust her belly outward as she leaned against the soft couch. "Sigh, A Yao wouldn't allow me to do that."

"Uncle knows how to make wine, doesn't he?" Situ Yun chewed his grapes, squinting on the large tree branch and enjoying the breezes brushing through Fan Hua Town after the sun set behind the mountain.

"He knows how to make wine?" Su Shuilian was so surprised. He has never told her that he knows how to make wine. Last time they made osmanthus scented wine, he had to follow the book step by step.

(Chapter 49 and 50)

"Ah? He doesn't? Then who buried the jar of good wine under this tree?" Situ Yun accidentally disclosed his previous move. He had yearned for that good wine for a long time.

"Yun'er!" Su Shuilian covered her mouth, screaming. "How did you know there's a jar of wine buried under the tree?"

"Argh... Not me. Xiao Chun dug it out..." Situ Yun hurried to cut off his ties.

"Situ Yun," Su Shuilian called his full name for the first time. It was the jar of wine she had tried very hard to make. If it were unsealed before two years, it would be a big waste.

"Don't worry. I buried it back. I'm sure it won't evaporate or change. I promise..." Situ Yun threw his arms into the air as if he surrendered. He didn't forget to cock his head to bite a grape from the cluster in his hand.

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"Also, how could uncle refuse your request to make wine? He will do anything to please you." Situ Yun dangled his legs as he was sitting on the cherry tree, talking to Su Shuilian who was cleaning a big basin of grapes in the shade of the tree. "Even if you want the moon in the sky, I think he will try his best to fly up there and take it for you. Tsk tsk, pretty jiejie, my uncle treats you so well. No wonder why shifu and the others want..."

"They want what?" Su Shuilian heard just half of what he was saying. She didn't get it so she lifted her head to ask.

"What else do they want... They're so jealous..." Situ Yun laughed, trying to change the topic.

Well, his shifu sent him here to join the fun, right?

Supervising the construction was just an excuse. Spoiling his uncle's marriage and the private life of the couple, was actually what they wanted to do!

His shifu, who didn't have a right conscience, and the other two mysterious uncles actually didn't like the current nice, worry-free life of Uncle Si Ling, did they? Sigh, they should blame their tough lives as they were earning their living on a knife's edge.

However, thinking about the big house that was being shaped day after day, Situ Yun couldn't help but squint his eyes. Is it true that Shifu and the others are going to bid farewell to their assassin life and move in here to have a secluded life?

No matter what, Feng Yao Court had constantly been suppressing his shifu. Lucky for him and his other peers didn't join that organization. His shifu and his brothers had established a separate organization.

Even if his shifu quit the relationship with the Feng Yao Court, he knew that his shifu wouldn't complain about being bored and having nothing to do all day long.

His brothers in 'Guangci House' had pledged to achieve their goal as to become the number one Information House of Da Hui Empire. It was their direction to move further. They had eyed a location in Fan Luo City. And they'd planned to make it a branch office. Actually, Situ Yun's trip here included that mission, too.

Of course, after several days eating well, (well, since the day his uncle knew he could cook, he was in charge of three meals every day), and sleeping well, (sigh, spending every single night on the cherry tree branch, he had almost forgotten how it felt on a soft bed), and he could chat with the beautiful pregnant sister, he was so free and unfettered that he had almost forgotten that mission.

Sigh, he should seize the time and get it done early. Otherwise, when the shifu finds out that he was enjoying his time around here, he would get angry and beat him up.

"Beautiful jiejie, I'm going to the city this afternoon. Do you need anything?" After making up his mind, Situ Yun swiftly jumped off the cherry tree. He was about to obediently enter the kitchen to cook lunch.

"Oh, you're going to the city? Please get some white cotton cloth for me. Two empty jars for the wine, and gauze to filter the wine."

Su Shuilian tilted her head, thinking for a bit. She was checking in her head what consumable goods the family needed. She confirmed that they ran out of white cotton cloth, and they needed jars and more gauze to make grape wine. Then, she nodded to confirm the order to Situ Yun.

"Oh, I was just asking out of courtesy. You shouldn't take the offer for real..." Situ Yun groaned as he held his forehead. The cloth shops were something he disliked, just like the kitchen. They were absolutely the places only women should visit. Thinking about him, a man, oh, nope, a handsome teenager, and he had to visit the cloth shop to choose some white cotton thing. Oh, kill me please.

"..." Su Shuilian was speechless, looking at him. This kid asked me if I wanted to buy something! But when requested, he acted like this? Is it really difficult to buy the items? Well, I didn't ask him to buy anything special! At least... I haven't asked him to buy... toilet paper!

"Alright, alright, don't look at me like that. If Uncle sees this, he will think I'm bullying you. White cotton cloth, gauze, and wine jars, right? No problem!" Situ Yun repeated the items. When Su Shuilian nodded, he wielded his hands and pretended to be calm, walking into the kitchen. He caused trouble for himself. Oh, Situ Yun, next time you shouldn't mind those manner things. Yeah, it's true that somebody doesn't understand when someone's trying to be courteous...

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In the next several days, Su Shuilian immersed herself in the process of making grape wine. Remembering her elder brother's explanation and the reference for making fruit wine from the books, Su Shuilian tried to make her first batch of grape wine.

Of course, the laborious steps were done by Situ Yun. Lin Si Yao wouldn't let her do that. Although he would allow her to entertain herself with some hobbies to forget her difficulties during her pregnancy period, he wouldn't let her do all the work by herself.

Anyway, Su Shuilian was already happy as it is.

The grapes Situ Yun harvested were soaked in the big wooden basin. The broken and the dried ones would be eliminated. After they were cleaned, they would be crushed and placed into jars. Each jar should be around seventy or eighty percent full. Then, the jars were sealed with gauze.

Three days later, the gauze was taken off and ice was placed into before stirred. During the next five days, the process was repeated daily.

After five days, she fished the floating grapes skin and poured the juice into the cleaned jars. The grape meat would be filtered using gauze to extract more juice.

The juice in the wine jar was now pure filtered grape juice.

Then, she added whipped egg-white, stirred evenly, and sealed the jars. This time, it was a real seal with dried leaves and wet mud. It would prevent the fluid from evaporating.

"How is it? When can we drink wine?" Situ Yun clapped his hands. Successfully accomplished. He drooled, his face yearning, asking Su Shuilian.

"At least one month. Come here. Bury it under the cherry tree..." Su Shuilian pointed at the spot where she had buried the osmanthus scented wine, asking Situ Yun to bury the grape wine there, too.

The underground would have lower temperatures. Under this scorching weather, the wine wouldn't go bad.

"Jiejie, sooner or later, you would torture this cherry tree to death..." Situ Yun rolled his eyes, accepting his fate by taking the hoe out to dig the hole.

"Oh... How about under the jujube tree?" Su Shuilian rubbed her heavy belly. She blinked and thought about the jujube tree in the Southern courtyard. But it's where it received the most sunlight. Wouldn't the temperature be too high?

"Can we not choose to bury under a tree!" Situ Yun grumbled. If they kept burying the wine under the tree, that tree's roots would suffocate to death!

"So... Then you tell me where to bury them?" Isn't it cooler under the tree shade! Moreover, wasn't there a song that goes: "Bury the jar under the tree. Year after year, it will be so aromatic..."

"Sigh, you should ask Uncle to dig a cellar..." Situ Yun shook his head reluctantly. He could see that the woman, who was sinking in the halo of motherhood, in front of him would have her mood surging again to make more wine. If they didn't have a wine cellar, she would destroy his cherry-bed soon.

"Cellar?" Su Shuilian sat on the stone bench, her hands supporting her chin. She looked at Situ Yun digging up a hole a few steps away from her, thinking about the possibility of this suggestion.

It wasn't practical here. This house was dozens of years old. Although it looked new after the renovation, it was really weak. Otherwise, A Yao wouldn't be so hurried to build a new one.

Anyway, they could build a cellar in their new house. Not only to store wine, but also to keep rice, dried meat or dried fish for the winter. Moreover, it would be better to have a cellar than a storage house. It could be a big construction, but it was a good suggestion, wasn't it?

"Thanks for your labor, Yun'er..." Su Shuilian's eyes narrowed when she smiled at Situ Yan who was working hard. Then, she clutched her belly, walking into the study room to find some books for the cellar design.

"Ai, are the pregnant women all like that? Always change their minds. After finishing the grape wine, she was just talking about making pickled plum soup, and now she changed her mind again. Sigh, I really want to drink pickled plum soup. Xiao Chun, do you want it too?" Situ Yun talked to Xiao Chun. The dog was taking a lunch nap. A trickle of transparent fluid oozed from the corners of its mouth.

'Woowoowoo...' I'm not drooling for that pickled plum thing. I want meat for dinner. Meat! Xiao Chun wagged his tail and grunted before leisurely walking to the riverside in the Southern courtyard to watch the fish to ease his thirst.

Leaving the unfortunate Situ Yao, who was still wielding the hoe to dig the ground to bury the wine jars, behind...

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Chapter 89: Lotus Field

By the end of the seventh lunar month, the lotus seeds thrown into the brook behind the house had unexpectedly budded.

Those were the lotus seeds Lin Si Yao had found from somewhere and thrown into the brook behind their house. In early spring, they didn't see any sprouts. They were not very expectant of any blooms, so the pair did not specially care for the seedlings.

Unexpectedly, as the summer sun rose high, lotus leaves had covered the entire place. The pink buds surrounded by the leaves were waiting for the right time to bloom.

Between the lotus leaves, the fish and shrimps 'played' the water, it was a captivating sight.

Su Shuilian seized the time in the early morning when it was still cool to stand by the shore. While enjoying the scenery, Su Shuilian exercised by spreading her arms and taking in plentiful breaths of fresh air. Then, she went into the study room, wielding her ink brush to draw several drawings of red koi carps playing with the lotus.

After cleaning her brush, Su Shulian rolled the sketches and put them into the large round vase on the table. She planned to use them to make some embroideries.

Actually, she had made up her mind. She would embroider these drawings on her children's dudou*. By the next summer, the twins would be able to crawl. Wearing the dudou with embroidered red carps playing with lotus, how adorable they could be!

(肚兜/ dùdōu- undergarment covering the chest and abdomen)

"If you like it, we'll dig a pond in the new house and grow some lotus..." Lin Si Yao approached her from behind. He reached out his hands to embrace her waist, which wasn't slim anymore. Rubbing her round belly, he suggested, chuckling.

"Can we?" Su Shuilian batted her black, feather-like eyelashes. Her bright eyes were filled with joy and surprise.

"If you like, what can't we do?!" Lin Si Yao pinched her nose lovingly. "Moreover, we got two acres of land. We will use one acre to build the house, and you can do whatever you want with the other acre."

"Mmm... Then let us have a little pond..." Su Shuilian leaned against him, letting him hold her as they sat on a chair.

In her previous Su Household, she recalled also having a small but fine lotus pond. It was filled with pink and white lotuses and a pair of black-and-red koi carps.

In the summer, the karps would show their vigorous lives. They would remain so until autumn. After all of the lotus finished their blooms with only the green hue of the leaves remaining in the calm water. The autumn rain rattled the window of one's heart, it would be another foreign scenery.

"I heard from Situ that you wanted a cellar in the new house?" Lin Si Yao watched the sun just rise above the treetops. He decided to sit at the chair by the table and bring Su Shuilian onto his lap. Placing his chin on her shoulder, he began to discuss their new house's design.

The house that was built over the four acres of land for Si Tuo and the other two had almost come to the final stage.

Besides planting some bamboo, grass, and flowers to decorate the house, all it needed to be cleaned and furnished with regular household items.

Thus, with autumn just at their doorsteps, and the weather turning cooler, Lin Si Yao decided to start the construction of their new, two-acre house. Perhaps they could finish before his wife's delivery. Then, they could move into the new house to prepare for her labor and convalescence*. And he… he could focus better on taking care of her and the babies.

(To convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind")

Even if they couldn't finish it, at least, it would be seventy to eighty percent complete by the end of the year. When the spring came next year, they could complete the remaining parts, clean it, and then move in.

"What do you think? Digging up a cellar, is it a little too big of a labor?" Su Shuilian turned to see him. The cellar had many benefits. Not to mention storing the food or items they hadn't used yet, mostly, it was the summer time and they got various kinds of fruits, which could be fermented to make fruit wine. They would have some place to keep them. Just like Yun'er had said, if they kept digging up the ground to bury the jars under the trees, they could damage the roots.

"It's okay. I've asked the workers to prepare for some designs. Although they haven't built any houses with a basement, but..." Lin Si Yao stooped and brushed the corner of her mouth with his lips. They weren't in a hurry to move out. It would only delay one or two months for a cellar. As long as she liked it, it was okay with him.

"You look at this. Is it to your liking?" Hearing him, Su Shuilian took out a drawing of the cellar design from her drawer. She just had the idea and she drew it several days ago. It was the sketch of the cellar in her grandparents' house she used to visit with her cousin when she was a little girl.

"This is….?" Lin Si Yao opened the drawing, studying it for a while. Then, he smiled at her. "So they don't need to squeeze their brains a lot..."

"Is it really okay?" Su Shuilian looked at him, feeling unsure. "I'm not an expert. I only casually drew it."

"Don't worry, it's detailed enough..." Lin Si Yao stole a kiss from her again. Trying to press down his flame of desire in his lower abdomen, he talked in a husky voice, "You're truly a chest that hides treasures; giving me joy in any moment."

"I'm not..." Su Shuilian blushed. She wasn't as good as he said.

Perhaps her fate was good enough. From young, although she hadn't learned a lot of things, the books she had read and the interesting things she had heard were quite a lot. Combining the two sources, she has twenty years of knowledge and experiences.

However, facing Lin Si Yao's sincere compliment, she felt a little guilty. It seemed everything was just the memory she had plagiarized from. It wasn't fair, was it?

"You are. Anyway, only I can see it and that is enough..." Lin Si Yao couldn't control his affection anymore. He kissed her sweet, red lips deeply. She was his. Her beauty and her goodness were only his to enjoy alone.

"A Yao..." She sat on his thighs, tilting her head to receive the rolling heat he had created.

Oh, my heavens, I'm getting bolder and bolder. This is the study room, and we are in broad daylight!

"No one will come here..." During the recent several days, Situ Yun had gone to the city to do his mission. Tian Da Bao was working under his instruction to check the big house's construction. If they needed any item, they would have to go to the city. That way, it would save a lot of construction time.

Thus, except for the two of them who would climb the walls (if the gates were closed) to get into the house, Lin Si Yao didn't worry that someone would break into his house.

"But..." Su Shuilian buried her head to the nape of his neck. She could die from embarrassment.

"Haha..." His beautiful lips parted and his quiet laughter escaped. He immediately took her back to their bedroom. Although she had become more passionate lately, she didn't have the courage to have sexual intercourse with him in the study room. Moreover, lying on the bed would support her better. She didn't need to deal with him and her heavy body at the same time.

Su Shuilian let him take her back to their bedroom. Her blushing pink body had revealed her shyness. It hadn't even been two hours since she put these clothes on, and now, he was about to take them off...

"A Yao..." She couldn't help but let out a slight moan.

"Be obedient... Relax, and it'll be fine..." He caressed her smooth and soft skin. After she got pregnant, Su Shuilian hadn't developed many freckles like most pregnant women. Quite the contrary, her skin became more soft and white, which made Lin Si Yao admiringly tease it.

Even he didn't understand, a previously cold-hearted assassin, once fallen in love, could be so passionate. So much so that he couldn't restrain himself.

It seemed she had ignited the affection he had been suppressing in the bottom of his heart for more than twenty years. Once it was ignited, the fire would never cease.

"Shuilian..." He groaned as he used his lips to ask for her hot response...

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The scorching summer sun was overwhelming outside. Inside the room, heat waves of passion were burning the two.

Beads of sweat rolled down his handsome, proud face, dropping on her white chest. His deep eyes showed an unfathomable amount of love.

He crouched between her thighs, his hands supporting her full, round buttocks. Two groans, one low and one satisfied, came after a thrust. He had smoothly entered her body...

It'd been a while since they had last done it. After it was ignited, the fire couldn't be controlled. Moreover, being crazy about her, he was willing to do so...

--

"Shifu, my father said that the house is done. Do you want to go there and check?" In the afternoon on an early eighth lunar month day, Tian Dabao ran into his yard as Lin Si Yao was about to take Su Shuilian for their lunch nap.

"Oh? That fast?" Lin Si Yao raised his brow. He thought that it would take ten or fifteen days more before everything was done.

"Yes, my father said that we should seize the time of good weather to build the two-acre house, too..." It could be convenient for his workers to have a nice Lunar New Year's holiday.

If this project was to continue smoothly, they could earn the salary that would usually take two years to get.

Of course, Tian Dabao wasn't too foolish to tell the others the reason. He had overheard it from the workers' chat during break time.

"We should carry out the work as your father has suggested..." Wasn't this what he had in mind? Lin Si Yao nodded indifferently. "I will give him the sketches later."

"Sure..." Tian Da Bao smiled until his eyes narrowed and nodded. He was about to head back to report to Tian Dafu when a thought flashed in his mind. He turned around and asked, "Shifu, where has Situ been lately?"

Situ Yun had stayed here long enough to befriend the innocent Tian Dabao; their relationship was neither too close nor too distant.

Befriending, but they are actually more like partners. They were partners that were ordered to protect Su Shuilian by Lin Si Yao.

"He went to the city for some business..." Lin Si Yao helped Su Shuilian onto the bed and pulled a thin blanket to cover her, "Rest well. I'm going to the Tian House. I'll be right back."

"Okay..." Su Shuilian nodded. "If you have time, you should rest too. Don't overwork yourself."

During the summer time, there were many things to do with the fields. Seeing him getting up early in the morning and busying himself until late night without much time to rest, she worried for him.

"I know. Sleep..." The corners of Lin Si Yao's mouth curved up. He pecked her lips as he asked her to rest. Then, he called Tian Dabao, who was drinking tea in the main house. "Let's go. Let's find your dad so we can talk about the new house."

"Oh hey, teacher, after you got the new house, what would you do with this house?" This house was decorated much more beautifully than his own house. It would be wasted if no one lived here.

"Demolish and build a new one..." Lin Si Yao walked ahead of Tian Dabao, striding toward the Tian family's house.

"What? Demolish... Rebuild? You still want to build more houses?..." Tian Dabao was bewildered for a while. Then, he beamed sillily. "Dad and uncle Fang are gonna smile till their teeth fall off!"

Working on three big constructions continually, even if they didn't work the next year, they wouldn't need to worry about their living expenses. Not to mention the other things, the carpenters and workers, who didn't get a job in the other two towns, would have their eyes red in jealousy.

However, there are just two people, Shifu and Shi Niang, ah, and the sisters or brothers in her belly too… still only four people in total. How could they live in two houses? Sigh, I would never understand Shifu's thoughts. I should just remain as an obedient construction supervisor...

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Chapter 90: Fan Hua School

"Town Elder, you must say something for justice. Why is it that they can use the wasteland in the west?" A shrill female voice arose. It belonged to the Hua family's oldest daughter-in-law who acted as if she was greater than her previous generations.

"This... I agreed to it..." muttered the Town Elder, Wang Geng Fa.

"You agreed? Town Elder, you've been the head of our village for so many years. My family always supports you, don't we? How... No matter what, they're outsiders. What will you do when they buy all the wasteland in our Fan Huo Town?"

"Why wouldn't it be good? The wasteland is just barren land, isn't it?"

"Oh my! Elder, if you stay muddled like that, all the land will become someone's property. The entire Fan Huo Town only has so little land. If he becomes a landlord, will all of us become his tenant farmers?"

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"Hua family's daughter-in-law, your words aren't correct. He just bought the wasteland. Why did you say he'd become the landlord? If you want to buy, there are a lot of available slots in the West..."

"You talk nonsense! Spending three silvers for an acre of wasteland. Why would I do that? We can't grow anything on such land..."

"But of course. He just bought the land to build a house..."

"There're just two people in their family. Why would they have to build so many houses?"

"You shouldn't mind others' business. Perhaps some of their relatives are going to move in. It means our Fan Hua Town is getting more famous!" Town Elder stroked his beard, smiling until his eyes became a line. He was dreaming about the day when Fan Hua Town would become the biggest town in the Da Hui Empire.

"Tsk, they want to come and live in a place of green hills and limpid water like our Fan Hua Town, but they don't contribute anything..."

"Hua family's daughter-in-law, what do you mean? If they want to live in our town, they have to contribute something? If so, when your Hua family came and settled here that year, my ancestors didn't ask you guys to do anything, did they?"

"Elder, you..."

"Alright, Hua family's daughter-in-law, why do you have to act like that? Not every ancestor of the families in our Fan Hua Town grew up here. They came from many places. It's just a matter of time of who came earlier. Living standards are good now. A Yao has spent dozens of silvers to buy the land and build the houses. He doesn't need your permission to do that." The Town Elder showed his powers when Hua family's daughter-in-law's words had gone beyond boundaries.

"I'm just saying, just saying.."

"You don't need to say anything else. Everybody, listen to me. If any of you need land, you're welcomed to come to the West side and choose. Three silvers per acre. The silvers belong to the common fund of the town. If we save enough, I will invite the theatrical troupe to perform some plays during the Lantern Festival*. We will have a good time."

(*The final event of the Spring Festival is on the fifteenth of the first lunar month.)

The Town Elder didn't mind the oldest daughter-in-law of the Hua family anymore. He talked to the other villagers who were surrounding the ancestral hall to watch the fun.

"Okay!" Before Hua family's daughter-in-law wanted to retort, unexpectedly, everybody had agreed.

You... You people rumored and clamored about the Lin family buying land and building houses. You all wanted to complain to the Town Elder. She was hot-tempered so she took the lead and came here. She hadn't expected them to change their minds as soon as the Town Elder said that, which made her stand out as the only protester against the Lin family buying land and building houses.

Geez, how could this happen?!

She looked around. Hmph. In this group, besides the ones with some grudges against the Lin family that would never talk to them, the others seemed to receive favor, big or small, from the Lins.

For example, the daughter-in-law of the Fang family. Her husband Da Sheng was working as a carpenter for the Lin family. It was easy to understand. When people bought the land and built the house, her husband would have more work to do. If they built houses every year, Fang Da Sheng would have a lot of work.

She looked at the others. When the Lunar New Year came, more or less, they had received the New Year's gifts from the Lin family. But then again, the good wooden cutting board her family was using was also from the Lin family.

When her thought came to this, the Hua family's daughter-in-law rolled her eyes. Right, the Lin family needed to make a lot of wooden furniture. There would be pieces of extra wood... If the Town Elder agreed to let them buy the land, she would go and ask for some extra wood. She could make some small stools for her son. Hmm, it would be idiotic if she didn't take the benefits...

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"What? School... A school?" When the Town Elder heard that, he had almost jumped up from the kang.

He had just delivered the ideas of the other villagers. He agreed that they had good ideas as he actually hoped that Lin Si Yao and his wife could do something for the town. It could help stop those people with bad thoughts from making rumors.

But he had never thought that Lin Si Yao had had a plan. Moreover, it was good news to them: He said that he would open a school in Fan Hua Town.

School, it would cost a fortune!

"Yeah, after we move into our new house, I'll want this house rebuilt into a school. And, about what or whom we need, we will leave it to you to decide and after I will talk to Shuilian," Lin Si Yao said as he sipped his tea.

He actually wanted to wait until their new house was completed, then demolish the old house, and rebuild it before discussing with the Town Elder about this. However, some people had minded the fact that he had bought six acres of land at the same time and came to trouble the head of the town.

It didn't matter to him. However, he worried that those bad words would find their way to Shuilian. It would affect her time nourishing the babies.

Thus, he decided to tell him that he would build the very first school in Fan Hua Town. Moreover, he would pay for it, doing a good turn for the entire town.

Of course, the first children Lin Si Yao had put in his consideration weren't the mischievous kids in the town, but the babies in Shuilian's belly and the other kids they would have later.

In several years, they would need a place for the children to learn the Four Books and the Five Classics of Confucianism. He hoped his children would be well-educated and well-bred just like their mother.

Besides, instead of letting them go to schools outside of Fan Luo City, which were dozens of miles away from here, he would rather put them under his eyes to control them easier.

Furthermore, he no longer wanted Shuilian to do any more embroidery jobs. He wanted her to teach the kids how to draw and have more free time. No matter what, the embroidering work was laborious, he thought. When the kids were born, she would be busy enough to take care of their clothes and the entire family's clothing. He thought that it would be alright if she no longer accepted work as a chief embroider.

Of course, it had to wait until the contract between her and the Yue Yun Embroidery Floor ended.

Thus, Lin Si Yao had long wanted to rebuild the old house and make it a school.

Fan Hua Town had around eleven kids in the age range of five to ten. But if the villagers from the two neighboring towns wanted to send their kids to study in Fan Hua Town, he wouldn't reject them.

However, if the kids from the other towns came here to study, they would have to travel pretty far and wouldn't be able to go home for lunch. So, they had to take care of their lunches themselves. They had to either bring some money to eat at the cafeteria or bring steamed bread or rations.

No matter what, it was a good turn to Fan Hua Town's residents and the others living next to them. There was no doubt!

The Town Elder nodded after listening to Lin Si Yao's simple explanation.

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Lin Si Yao didn't mind it much. Anyway, with the fortune he had saved up, his several generations later wouldn't use it all living in this isolated village . It would be better to use a part of it to do something good for himself and his children.

There was no difference whether he did that from kindness or for his children's sake. In short, he didn't want his blood-soaked hands to affect his later generations with karma.

As the baby in Shuilian's belly was growing, this desire grew stronger in him. He admitted that he was afraid. He was afraid that everything warm in front of him would be destroyed because of his former occupation, because of the blood-puddling road he used to walk.

"Great! Great!" Besides nodding continually, Town Elder Wang GengFa also appraised.

Building a school in Fan Hua Town, and it was free? Who dared to disapprove? Who wasn't convinced?

Let alone a free-tuition school, this town couldn't even open a private school that the kids had to pay to study. First of all, no household would pay to invite the private teacher. And second, the fees collected wouldn't be enough to compensate for the money they had invested in the school.

Gradually, no one talked about opening a private school in the town anymore.

With the little coins that everyone has, sending their children to school in the city for a year or two was already considered a big achievement.

Of course, to the insufficient family, the older kids would take the younger kids to play over the hills or by the rivers. When they grew up, they would follow their parents to work in the fields.

If everything went well, the Fan Hua School would be opened next year. Then, every household in Fan Hua Town would be so thrilled!

Every family's got kids at the right age to go to school.

Moreover, what did A Yao say? He would invite the teacher to teach the kids how to read, write, compose poems, and study morals and ethics!

What a beautiful plan this is! What a grand goal this was!

Wang Geng Fu strongly believed that this little Fan Hua Town would be famous in the Da Hui Empire in the near future.

Wang Geng Fa walked on the village road to home. His head was filled with the good news Lin Si Yao had just told him. He was calculating what to do to open the Fan Hua School. Lin Si Yao would pay all the fees. As the Town Elder, he just needed to invite a teacher who had both integrity and talents and prepared some teaching tools.

It's simple, isn't it? As long as he got money, he could do anything. To him, it wasn't a difficult task.

But thinking back again, where did Lin Si Yao get all of that silver?

The Town Elder stroked his special goatee beard while walking and thinking, frowning.

After raking his mind for an answer in vain, he could only assume that it was from his family.

Yeah, think about it. Since Lin Si Yao and Su Shuilian had moved in this town, they had never seen the young couple worry about money, hadn't they? Never!

Although the couple, one was so excellent in martial arts, and the other got skillful needlework talent, the way they moved also revealed their identity. They must be born from noble families. Perhaps they got into trouble with their family and eloped.

Previously, two luxurious four-horse carriages had come to the Lin family, right? Right! Their family must have come to see the young couple and give them money.

As they were rich, perhaps they had given more than one hundred silvers! Tsk tsk!

The more Wang Geng Fa thought about it, the more logical it became. He even nodded. Eventually, he confirmed that he got the right assumption. He found the most logical reason to explain the origin of Lin Si Yao's money used to fund the building of Fan Hua School.

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