Chapter 3 (1/2)
Note: We’re going to start to use yifu instead of adoptive father for the next chapters Will be editing the previous one as well ?
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The Xu Family owned a few bits of land, Xu Baihu was also a military man Life in the local areas was not bad at all With some small family fortune they owned, they kept an old servant in the house to do so
Only when dawn has broken that the Xu fa breakfast She ca master, Madam inquired whether or not you’ll have yourwas currently concentrating on practicing calligraphy fro sa the maid’s call He answered with a rehearsed: “No, Mother prefers peace and quiet, I will not bother her, would you ards to her?”
The old maid was not surprised by his reply The daily back and forth between thenew
It was indeed quite strange Logically, Xu Baihu was only but a stepfather; the ones with an actual biological connection were Chang Geng and Xiu Niang But it was only when Xu Baihu stayed at home that this pair of reetings, show filial piety, and pretend to be harmonious As soon as the e than strangers, and regard no attention to one another They lived in the saate; every day, he’d run to their next-door-neighbor using the side entrance, the mother and son may not be able to see each other even ifGeng was infected with a serious illness that could cost hilanced at hile concern about whether or not he was dead or alive
In the end, it was shi+liu who took him away and cared for hi Geng was not Xiu Niang’s biological child However, their appearances were similar to one another, they unmistakably must have a blood-related relationshi+p
Moreover, a vulnerable and fragile wo, who did not even have the strength to defend herself…if it is not her biological son, ould she still hold on to this child?
It was truly incoht over a food container and said to Chang Geng: “Master will probably return today Mada Geng understood what she meant: when Xu Baihu returned, they would have to put on the display of harmonious aze fell on the food container Suddenly, Chang Geng noticed a long strand of hair on its handle, and the hand that he had stretched out immediately flinched back
The old maid’s hair was already white This black and silky strand of long hair would unquestionably not be hers Xu Baihu hasn’t co the servant, there were three people in total If it is not the old ’s
Chang Geng had a strange kind of cleanliness – a son who despised his own mother
He could eat the leftover rice in the bowl of his yifu with no problehbor place, but as soon as he returned ho, he would never touch it
The old e quirk of his She carefully removed the hair and said with a smile: “Madam just accidentally let it fall on the surface of the box, no one has yet touched the breakfast inside, please rest assured”
Chang Geng politely smiled at her: “Don’t mind it, by chance I also have some topics to ask of Teacher Shen today I will have my breakfast over at yifu’s place”
In the end, he did not accept the food container He proceeded to gather all the notes and papers on the table, putting the on the back door and left
Teacher Shen was pulling up his sleeves and working in the yard to oil several pieces of steel armors that have been dismantled
Steel armors were sent over by the officers and soldiers of the City’s defensive force The officers of Yanhui Town also had their own “Mechanics division” who specialized inmilitary steel armors However, the amount of armors that required maintenance were too abundant, and when in a rush, they would also look for Mechanics from the co Bei shi+ (1)- Mechanics” are those who repair steel armor andthe work of a craftsman However, in the eyes of ordinary people, Mechanics and those who cut one’s hairs or fine one’s nail were aled to the ‘lower class’ While it could put food on the table, it was not considered a grand profession
Teacher Shen was a scholarly man; no one understood why he had this unusual hobby Not only did he like to mess around with them in his free time, but he also frequently used this skill to earn soe quite a bit
But Shen shi+liu – who entered the adolescent’s dreas He was sitting on the doorstep, leaning against the door frale bone in his body, an empty medicine bowl next to him – which he did not even bother to clean after he finished drinking
shi+liu stretched his lower back, reached out and weakly waved his hand at Chang Geng: “My son, go fetch me my wine bottle”
Teacher Shen, whose hands were full of : “Don’t : “I haven’t”
Teacher Shen turned his head and snarled at shi+liu: “Just got up in the et fed! Why can’t you help out a bit? Go clean soe!”
Shen shi+liu tilted his head, deaf ‘just enough’, slowly asked: “Ah? What?”
”Letwas already used to this scenario, “What kind of rice?”
This ti eyebrows, said to Teacher Shen: “Stop ordering children around, why can’t you do it yourself?”
The usually polite and gentle Teacher Shen got provoked by this bastard of a brother every day, anger apparent on his face: ” Didn’t we say ill take turns? Not being able to hear is one thing, why is it that you never keep to your words?”
Shen shi+liu busted out his old usual trick, again he‘could not hear’, then asked, “What is he barking about?”
Incredibly real
Chang Geng: “…”
Truly it was quite convenient to be a deafbowed his head and was struck by the playfulness in shi+liu’s gaze, the dreaht in front of his eyes He suddenly found that he was not so unaffected
Chang Geng’s throat suddenly became a bit dry, he tried to steady his mind and said with an expressionless face: “Please sit still, don’t play tricks so early in the ”
Shen shi+liu has not had the chance to get so With only small bits of his conscience not soaked into liquor yet, he sth to stand up, patting the boy’s head inti into the kitchen
He was really ready to be put to work- Lord shi+liu doing chores was an incredibly rare occurrence that has not been seen in a hundred years, al of iron trees(2)
Chang Geng hurriedly stepped after hi a few handfuls of rice, throwing the droplets all over Next, he ‘lowered hiers inside to mix and stir around for a briefwater off of the my half Shen Yi, come and take turns”
Teacher Shen: “…”
Shen shi+liu then grabbed the wine bottle on the tabletop, tilting his head back to take a sip, hiswater
… So suspected that even his blindness was only an act