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"Xiao Yue... have you... been to a primary school before?
Has anyone... opened it for you? "
A primary school was almost equivalent to a kindergarten or primary school in modern society,
Asking a child if he had opened it..,
It was equivalent to asking a child if he could read.
Li Yue had worked hard in society for many years after graduating from her undergraduate degree. She could answer Li Xunhuan's question with confidence,
But before she could say anything..,
The fragmented memories in her mind about the original owner of this body..,
Emerged bit by bit.
In a low and neat old house..,
A couple with blurry faces were smiling as they talked to the child in their arms,
The wife was humming a lullaby, and the husband was holding the child's hand and teaching him how to read stroke by stroke. The family of three lived a very poor but happy life.
These images flashed back and forth like a merry-go-round,
But the last image that appeared..,
Was the strong reluctance in the eyes of the couple with ashen faces, as well as their quietly drooping arms.
Li Yue stood rooted to the ground in a daze. Tears flowed uncontrollably from her eyes,
Before she could raise her hand to wipe her tears..,
Li Xunhuan had already taken the little girl into his arms,
He gently stroked her head:
"I'm sorry, it's my fault."
"No... it's not your fault..,
It's my own... problem... "
Li Yue sobbed as she explained to Li Xunhuan. However, a child's self-control was really too poor. She finally held back her tears,
Li Xunhuan hugged and patted..,
The original owner of the body and her own negative emotions gushed out like a flood,
Li Yue had no choice but to grab Li Xunhuan's clothes and cry.
Tanhua Lang's body had always had the fragrance of plum blossoms. It usually smelled cold and tranquil, but now that it was mixed with the smell of aged wine, it was especially intoxicating.
Li Yue's physical strength as a child was low to begin with. After crying for a while, she fell asleep while inhaling the smell.
Li Xunhuan, whose inner strength was far superior to that of ordinary people, naturally noticed that the little girl's breathing had calmed down. However, he was not only a martial arts master, but also a disabled person. Holding the sleeping Li Yue in his arms, he didn't know what to do with her. On the other hand, Tie Chuanjia, the golden nanny, couldn't help but take the little girl back to her room.
Li Xunhuan couldn't help but sigh in relief.
Just as Tie Chuanjia left the study, Uncle Fu pushed the door open and entered again. He glanced at the two of them in the distance, and a slight smile appeared on his weather-beaten face. Then he turned to Li Xunhuan and asked softly,
"Young master, allow this old man to take the liberty to ask … what are you planning to do?"
Li Xunhuan was a smart person. Naturally, he understood the meaning behind Uncle Fu's words. Less than half a year ago, when he first arrived at the courtyard, he didn't care about anything. Everything, no matter how big or small, was thrown to Tie Chuanjia and Uncle Fu. Every day, he only cared about his drunken stupor. It seemed that as long as there was wine, he could isolate himself from the world.
If he wanted to muddle through his days, that was Li Xunhuan's own business. Uncle Fu had no right to interfere. However, Li Xunhuan had never revealed Li Yue's identity.
Since the child arrived at the courtyard, she had been in an awkward situation. She had come with Li Xunhuan and had been living in a servant's room. She was treated like a guest, and the servants in the courtyard didn't know how to address her.
Fortunately, the child wasn't like other children. Every day, she enjoyed herself and never complained about her treatment.
Uncle Fu had seen all these trivial matters. He knew that Li Yue was a good child. Coincidentally, Li Xunhuan's mood wasn't so bad and his mind was also clear. He couldn't help but ask a few more questions.
Li Xunhuan muttered to himself for a moment, then smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"I … am really a terrible person. Naturally, I shouldn't implicate others.
As for Xiao Yue, although she is young, she has her own way of doing things … Whatever she wants to do, she can do it. "
As soon as Li Xunhuan finished speaking, Uncle Fu immediately followed his advice. "Young master, regarding Little Miss's elementary school education, do you plan to personally teach Little Miss how to read, or do you plan to invite a teacher to teach Little Miss in the courtyard? Or do you plan to have someone find a school for Little Miss in Shuo Province?"
"School?"
"Young master, the outside of the Great Wall is not like the Central Plains. Since ancient times, people have been valiant. Elementary school also accepts female students.
Little Miss is at the age where she likes to play. Because you like peace and quiet, there are few people in the courtyard. Naturally, we can't find someone similar to Little Miss's age. Therefore, Little Miss is usually alone and no one wants to play with her. "
"That's fine … Let's have Xiao Yue go to school in Shuo Province."
At that time, Li Yue didn't know that she was going to the city for her elementary school education. When she woke up, she would bitterly practice writing as usual. After four hours, she would immediately throw down her brush and quit.
A week later, a carriage arrived in front of her. When the little girl got on the carriage, her face was full of excitement. She thought that the people in the courtyard would take her to Shuo Province to play, but the reality was not as she imagined.
The carriage really did stop in Shuo Province. Uncle Fu brought the little girl dressed in men's clothing to the entrance of a small courtyard.
Before they entered the courtyard, Li Yue's heart had an ominous premonition. When they really did cross the stairs, Li Yue saw a group of little people sitting in the classroom shaking their heads. Among them, there were a few who looked younger than her.
Li Yue looked at Uncle Fu in disbelief. On Uncle Fu's face hung a kind smile that she was very familiar with. It made Li Yue think of the group of old men and old women with their granddaughters and grandchildren that she met during rush hour. She silently prepared to step back, but Uncle Fu firmly held her hand. Li Yue looked at the gate again. The big brother who drove the carriage blocked the gate with a simple and honest face.
At this moment, Li Yue knew that she was going to attend this ancient kindergarten.
In order to make it convenient for Li Yue to go to school, Uncle Fu specially bought a large courtyard near the Shuo Province Inner School. He also hired more than ten servants and guards. The expenses could not be said to be small.
At first, Li Yue was curious as to why Li Xunhuan would agree with Uncle Fu. But a few days later, she saw with her own eyes Tie Chuanjia helping the drunk Li Xunhuan into the courtyard. Tanhua Lang's valuable jade pendant was still missing. When Tie Chuanjia went out again to find the jade pendant, Li Yue learned that Tanhua Lang had pawned the jade pendant at the restaurant.
Li Yue: I'm so angry. I also want to be a rich person who doesn't have any concept of spending money.
(Young) School (Kindergarten) was more boring than Li Yue imagined. Aside from studying, it was also practicing calligraphy. The teachers were even less likely to play games with the children like the modern day teachers. Therefore, during the break between classes, Li Yue would usually lie on the table and sleep.
Li Yue didn't pay much attention to the little ones in the class, but the little ones in the class were very curious about her.
In terms of appearance, no one in the school was more outstanding than Li Yue. In terms of studying, although she came late, her learning speed was the fastest in the school. In terms of practicing calligraphy, her handwriting was also the worst in the school. Therefore, among the children, Li Yue was a very cold and aloof person.
In the school, there were excellent students, but of course, there were also bad students. There were cold and aloof people, but there were also mischievous children and naughty children who thought they were the school boss.
When these two attributes were combined, it was natural that there would be conflicts. Therefore, a few days later, Li Yue encountered the first (one-sided) school "bullying" incident after she transmigrated.
That day, it was the school teacher's lunch break time. The children in the school were very noisy. Li Yue was lying on the table with her eyes closed as usual. Someone suddenly slammed her table.
Li Yue, who was shocked, slowly raised her head and glanced at the initiator. Then, she calmly lowered her head and continued to sleep.
The child who slammed the table obviously felt that he had lost face. He shook Li Yue's table heavily again. The latter yawned and forced herself to sit up straight. She stared at the child without moving. In fact, her eyes were not focused at all.
The other party did not say anything. The child's face turned red from being stared at. He could only find a way out. He put his hands on his hips, cleared his throat, and spoke to Li Yue aggressively.
"Where did you come from? Why don't you worship the leader when you come here?"
Li Yue was speechless.
"I don't want you to give me anything valuable. You only need to give me three pieces of caramel candy every day. You also need to call me boss. Do you hear me, newcomer?"
Li Yue was speechless.
The little girl's gaze swept past the leading brat. Her gaze lingered on the three little followers behind him for a while before she looked away. "Are you very good?"
"Of course!"
"But seeing is believing. You have to prove it, right?"
"How do I prove it?"
"How about this? You put your inkstone on the beam at the front. The ink in the inkstone cannot be spilled. If you can do it, then you are good."
"Humph, what's so hard about that?"
The little brat and his little followers whispered to each other for a long time. They worked together to bring a ladder over. He climbed up to the beam and placed the inkstone there. Just as he was about to show off to Li Yue, someone shouted, "Mister is here." The little brat's hand trembled and the inkstone was stuck on his body. He rolled down the ladder with ink all over his body.
After being busy for an entire day, Li Yue was so sleepy that she yawned in the carriage. She had just finished an injection. The old doctor, who had been performing acupuncture for several hours, was infected and opened his mouth. The old man and the young man were emitting a dispirited and decadent aura. They did not seem to have the slightest bit of vitality from before.
Although it was too late to return to Shuo Zhou City, Tie Chuanjia's speed did not slow down. His attention was not only on the road, but also on both sides of the road. Not long after, he actually found a suitable place to rest.
The place to rest was an inconspicuous cave. The entrance was mostly covered by a pile of snow, so the situation inside could not be seen clearly. The surrounding terrain was flat, so they did not feel any cold wind.
Tie Chuanjia parked the carriage on the flat ground about ten meters away from the cave. He instructed the old man and the young man to not get off the carriage for the time being. He rolled up his sleeves and pushed the snow away from the entrance. Holding a torch, he entered the dark cave.
Li Yue opened the carriage's curtain a little and quietly observed the surroundings through the gap. She saw the light in the cave gradually dim and suddenly extinguish without any warning. Following that, the roar of a wild beast came from the depths of the cave. After a few loud noises, the fire lit up the cave again. Tie Chuanjia walked out with a torch.
"Little Miss, Doctor, I have already cleaned up the inside. You can get off the carriage."
Without waiting for Tie Chuanjia to reach out his hand, Li Yue was the first to jump out. She walked around Tie Chuanjia to make sure that there were no injuries on his body before she felt relieved.
Li Yue had just stood at the entrance of the cave when she smelled a strong smell unique to wild beasts. But now was not the time to be picky. She pinched her nose and did not say anything.
Tie Chuanjia was worthy of his title as a nanny. He took out some herbs from the carriage and sprinkled them inside the cave. The unpleasant smell instantly subsided a lot.
The cave was not very complicated. The road under their feet was dry and sandy. When Li Yue and the old doctor entered the cave together, the two of them simultaneously sucked in a breath of cold air.
There was no other reason, but there was a huge black bear lying in the cave. It was unknown whether it was dead or alive.
Without thinking, Li Yue knew that this black bear was definitely the original owner of the cave.
Black bears usually hibernated until March or April before waking up. In modern times, they had been wantonly hunted by humans and had become endangered and protected animals.
This black bear must have encountered Tie Chuanjia when it was half asleep. Not only did it lose to the two-legged beast to defend its territory, it was also easily taken away by the other party. It was simply miserable.
Looking at the crescent-shaped white fur on the black bear's chest, Li Yue could not help but feel itchy. She glanced at Tie Chuanjia and got a nod of approval from him. She trotted all the way to the black bear's side and rubbed it hard. The warm and furry feeling spread from her hands to the rest of her body.
If not for the strong smell of the black bear, Li Yue would have buried her face in the black bear's fur. But after she touched it for a while, her face suddenly turned pale.
"Uncle Tie, this … this bear is still alive!?"
"It's not dead, it just fainted. We're just staying here for one night. Moreover, this time we left in a hurry and did not bring all the knives. Killing it would be too troublesome. Bear meat is rough and hard, it's not easy to handle. The carriage also cannot fit it.
But little miss, don't worry, wild animals are very clever. Even if it wakes up, it won't have the guts to hurt us. "
"That's not the problem … Uncle Tie … you … I …"
"Little miss, what else do you want to ask?
I see that little miss seems to like this black bear's fur very much. How about this, when we set off tomorrow morning, I'll take the black bear's fur and take it away. It won't take much time to just take the fur. "
"… Forget it, Uncle Tie, I'll just touch it. It's not easy for it to be alive."
Li Yue finally dispelled Tie Chuanjia's idea of skinning the black bear and taking its gall bladder. The two of them cleared out the surrounding hay and cleared out an empty space. They also gathered some dry firewood from the cave and piled it together to keep warm.
The bonfire burned their legs and made them sleepy. The old doctor was old, and his body swayed as he hugged the medicine box. He leaned against the stone wall and fell asleep.
Li Yue originally wanted to keep watch with Tie Chuanjia, but after a while, she couldn't bear it anymore.
Seeing the little girl's eyelids repeatedly closing and opening, Tie Chuanjia used the hay in the cave to pile up a piece of land. He took off his coat and laid it on the hay, coaxing the little girl to sleep.
Lying on the makeshift little bed, Li Yue's blurry vision was only left with the crackling of the bonfire and the mountain-like figure beside it. As she closed her eyes, she secretly made up her mind.
No matter what happened in the future, she wouldn't let Tie Chuanjia have no one to rely on.
When Li Yue woke up in the morning, Tie Chuanjia was still guarding near the extinguished bonfire. She was just about to yawn when she suddenly noticed that the black bear on the ground seemed to be moving.
Li Yue's hand, which was originally covering her mouth, froze in mid-air. After a moment, she rubbed her eyes repeatedly to make sure that she wasn't hallucinating. The black bear was indeed awake.
The little girl's actions naturally attracted the attention of the Bearded Man. His first reaction was to raise his eyes to look at the black bear. The ferocious beast that was slowly moving its body on the ground was far more agile than its size suggested. It actually stopped moving the moment the Bearded Man moved.
Looking at the black bear that was pretending to be dead on the ground and the grievance in its beady eyes, the little girl burst out laughing.
The snowstorm outside the cave had unknowingly stopped. Because Tie Chuanjia had been guarding the entrance all night, the entrance wasn't covered in snow like before. Li Yue rubbed her hands as she walked out of the cave, only to see a vast expanse of silvery white between the sky and the earth.
Tie Chuanjia originally planned to hunt some game with the old man and the little girl, but the outskirts were too cold. Secondly, they would return to Shuo Province City in a few hours. Li Yue and the old doctor didn't agree with Tie Chuanjia going hunting. They didn't plan to eat a sumptuous breakfast and just casually ate some dry food to fill their stomachs.
When they left, they were filled with anxiety. Li Yue always felt that the journey was too long. When they came back, she didn't feel any pressure. She even had the leisure to joke with Tie Chuanjia. As a result, the old doctor, who was planning to catch up on sleep, blew his beard and glared at her.
The old man and the little girl fooled around like this, filling the inside and outside of the carriage with a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere. Even Tie Chuanjia's face had a rare smile.
When the carriage arrived at Shuo Province City, it was already late in the morning.
The Lantern Festival temple fair was still in progress. Most of the people in the city were gathered there, so there weren't many pedestrians on the road.
Tie Chuanjia drove the carriage to the old doctor's clinic and stopped in front of it. He helped the old doctor put the medicine box on the table and paid the old doctor extra. The old doctor didn't refuse and went to the backyard with his little disciple.
After confirming that the old doctor had gone to rest and that the clinic wasn't going to open today, Tie Chuanjia brought Li Yue back home. The two people bumped into Li Xunhuan.
After living together for so long, Li Yue already knew that Li Xunhuan was a handicap. However, she didn't expect that without Tie Chuanjia by his side, Li Xunhuan couldn't even put on his clothes properly.
Not to mention the underwear, the inner garment was haphazardly draped over Li Xunhuan's body. The belt of the outer garment was also tied in the wrong place. Even the belt looked loose, as if it would fall off at any time.
In a sense, the person who came in third could also be considered to have a slender waist and a slender figure. Fortunately, he had this appearance and temperament. If an ordinary person were to dress up like this, they would sooner or later be beaten by the aunties on the streets with rolling pins.
Li Yue wanted to laugh, especially when Tanhua Lang looked at her with a blank face. She even wanted to whistle. However, when she thought of the name that was like a magic spell, she stopped all thoughts of teasing him.
Tie Chuanjia skillfully went forward to tidy up Li Xunhuan's clothes. Li Yue sat on the wooden chair and rested her chin on her hand as she pondered. She only came back to her senses after the man who came in third a few times.
The neatly dressed Li Xunhuan walked in front of Li Yue. He knew that Hoodlum was Li Yue's new friend, so he simply asked about the illness of Hoodlum's relatives and whether they encountered anything else after leaving the city.
When Li Yue replied that Hoodlum's mother was suffering from a heart disease and that the illness had entered her lungs and was incurable, Li Xunhuan seemed to have thought of something and his expression became rather gloomy.
She went forward and hugged Li Xunhuan's waist. Li Yue's voice was incomparably clear.
"Uncle Li, even if it's for your own sake, please take care of your body."
Tanhua Lang didn't answer directly. Almost when Li Yue thought that he wouldn't answer, Li Xunhuan answered Li Yue in a voice that was so soft that it couldn't be heard. He then gently patted the little girl's head.
In the end, Li Yue didn't tell Li Xunhuan about what Bai Feifei said. The Blue Dragon Society was enough for Tanhua Lang to worry about, but in Li Yue's heart, Shi Guanyin was far more terrifying than the Blue Dragon Society. This woman was a devil who played with everything without restraint.
If Li Xunhuan provoked Shi Guanyin because of her, then Tanhua Lang's woman far away in the Central Plains would definitely be implicated.
Similarly, the engraved jade pendant that Bai Feifei gave to Li Yue, Li Yue didn't go to the pawnshop to pawn it. Instead, she kept it close to her body to prevent it from being lost.
The jade pendant was indeed very valuable in terms of material and size, but for some people, it was a priceless treasure.
Li Yue wasn't short on money at the moment. If there was a day, the jade pendant could be used to prove Hoodlum's identity.
After the Spring Lantern Festival holiday, Li Yue continued her life of studying at the elementary school as usual. On the days off, she would come out again to continue promoting the Long Dragon's industrial transformation and supervise the local ruffians to make soap for publicity.
When the first batch of soap was completely saponified and carved into all kinds of shapes, Li Yue was discussing sales with the gang's little brothers when she unexpectedly saw a young man dressed all alone at the entrance of the main hall.
"I'm not in a hurry to ask you to repay a debt of gratitude. You don't have to treat yourself so badly.
Let's not talk about this for now. You've slept for so long. Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something? "
The word "debt" probably touched the young man's heartstrings. He finally let go of Li Yue's wrist and lifted the blanket to get up. Li Yue hurriedly pressed the young man back onto the bed.
"Hey hey, don't move around. You haven't recovered yet."
"… I can't continue to owe you a debt."
The young man's voice was still a little hoarse, but his complexion was much better than before. He didn't dare to use too much force on Li Yue and only lightly brushed away Li Yue's hand. It was obvious that he had made up his mind to leave the room.
Seeing Hoodlum stand up in his underwear and pick up his sword to leave, Li Yue was so angry that she wanted to laugh. She sat on the edge of the bed and suddenly shouted to stop Hoodlum's footsteps:
"Stop!"
The young man responded and stopped. He hesitated for a moment before finally turning around. His expression was cold as he faced Li Yue.