I live in Dayu Changsheng

Chapter 41, Scroll

Mrs. Fang Xue and the third lady went to cook.

Fang Rui called the two little girls Fang Ling and Nannan to play in the main room, and went into the back room by himself.

Not long after.

Gollum!
Fang Rui rubbed his belly, his face turned slightly pale.

This is not due to congenital physical weakness - that doesn't affect him, his martial arts has improved too fast, and he is suppressed, basically no different from ordinary people.

Just like a leaky wooden barrel, as long as the water is added faster than the leak, it will have no effect at all.

The real reason is...

Fang Rui refined his strength and replenished the strength he had consumed in fighting Lord Tiger before, but strength is not generated out of thin air, it consumes energy, which will take a lot of nutrients from the body.

"Other middle-rank warriors eat and nourish every day, with rich oil and water, and they also need to be accompanied by medicinal food... But I don't have that condition."

Fang Rui had stockpiled some urgent supplies, but they were not too many, and there was no room for daily extravagance.

With Lin and Xia's stockpiling supplies, and other large households in the city following suit, supplies in the black market have been tightened. If you buy more, the price is extremely high, and you may not be able to buy much.

Medicinal diet?
He has a batch of medicinal materials in his hand, but among those medicinal materials, it is rare to see old medicines, let alone old medicines that are more than a hundred years old.

——The medicinal materials of the middle-grade warrior medicated diet must be at least the old medicine of the previous year.

And the big medicine...

Even if Fang Rui could afford it, he might not be able to.This is the monopoly resource of the big family, and it is also the reason why warriors like Yuan Da have to take refuge in being a dog.

"No matter which way of the world, if you want to go up, there must be huge restrictions and barriers!"

Fang Rui sighed.

"My nutritional supply problem... I can only eat more to supplement the quality. In addition, using ordinary medicinal materials to prepare some simple medicinal diets is better than nothing."

This condition actually allowed Fang Rui to barely maintain his realm and put it on other warriors. In this case, it was impossible to break through.

That is to say, he is special and has the point of robbery.

"Speaking of which, killing Lord Tiger is a good harvest. Besides the money, the biggest harvest is..."

Fang Rui looked at the skills column on the panel, a martial skill he got from Master Hu: ""Death-killing Saber Technique"! The name is really simple and unpretentious!"

The specific content of "Death-killing Sword Art" is: how to use the knife to kill people as quickly as possible... The process of practicing martial arts, from the simple to the deep, is actually to practice all kinds of responses into instincts, and finally achieve the ultimate goal , The skill is close to the point of Tao.

"It's not good to practice at home. Mother and third sister are okay. It's easy to scare Ling'er and Nannan. Let's add some luck!"

"Of course, the first thing is the realm. If I reach the fifth rank, what martial skills do I need to deal with the sixth rank? With my own attributes, I can fly bricks with great strength!"

"Even if the luck points are enough to improve the "Death-killing Saber Technique", you can save them first... If there is an emergency and you need to improve your martial skills before you have accumulated enough luck points to break through the fifth rank, that's another matter."

……

At noon, just as the Fang's house began to emit fragrance, cheers suddenly sounded outside the window.

Fang Rui came to the window, listened, and could hear faint voices outside.

"Uncle Chang Lin, have you heard? Lord Tiger... Bah, Zhang Heihu is dead! That dead tiger was broken into and killed at home this morning..." one person said loudly.

"I've also heard that not only Zhang Heihu, but also his father were hacked to death, leaving only orphans and widows..." Uncle Chang Lin, who has always been steady, said with joy in his tone.

"Damn it, God has eyes! Old Chu's family, Osmanthus family's family, Sanmiao's family... a blood debt, a good death, a wonderful death! If I know who killed it, my family will definitely give that person a confession." Go to the table..."

"Isn't it? Master Hu's wife and children are still there, who will come with me to see?" This is the voice of Mrs. Cai Gen.

"I go!"

"I am coming too!"

……

"Hey, what do you want to do? Go to Zhang Heihu's house, spit? Poke the spine? We don't need us! The government servants have already passed away, but they are not helping Zhang Heihu's family to make decisions, but... hehe..."

"That's right, Zhang Heihu's wife and children were taken away by the yamen servants, saying it was for protection, but... whoever believes this is stupid! The yamen servant who killed the family is not joking! I think the Zhang family will not lose their skin this time, don't Think about it..."

"Shedding skin is good. I heard that Zhang Heihu's daughter-in-law is very pretty, and she was taken away by the government servants... Hehe! Hehehe!" The tone was full of gloating.

"That's really miserable, but... deserve it!"

……

"This is what people want!"

Fang Rui listened to the excited discussion outside the window, and sighed leisurely: "You have committed a crime, you can't live, once Zhang Heihu dies, his family's retribution will come!"

"However... Zhang Heihu is dead, but these neighbors are too happy, the Tiger Gang is not dead yet!"

And... when the news of the defeat of the reserve army in the county and the imminent arrival of the Taiping Bandits spread one after another, these neighbors might not be able to laugh anymore.

Even the news of Zhang Heihu's death can be described as: three shocks a day.

"At that time, we may not know how to mess up!"

"So, now, be happy! Be excited! If it's later, I'm afraid you won't be able to laugh...Sometimes, knowing too much is not a good thing..."

Squeak!

Fang Rui closed the window, he... couldn't care about other people's affairs, couldn't care, and didn't bother to care.

Withdraw your gaze and return your attention to the house.

kitchen.

The tinkling of pots and pans, mixed with the voices of Mrs. Fang Xue and San Niangzi talking and laughing, and the tempting aroma of food, overflowed in with the midday sun in such an atmosphere.

Fang Ling and Nannai were playing in the main room, turning the flower rope.

In front of the window not far away, there are strings of light and shadow cast down, rippling in the warm wind, like a leaf falling into the mirror-like lake surface, dizzying the waves.

The wind is noisy, the heat is transpiring, time seems to melt away in this year, like drops of ink falling into clear water, passing away like shooting stars, but leaving a touch of thick ink and heavy colors.

'This is exactly what I want to wait for! 'Fang Rui looked at all this softly.

"Brother Rui, it's time to eat!"

"Hey, here we come."

Fang Rui agreed and left with a smile.

……

Fang Rui helped Fang Xueshi and San Niangzi, serving the food; Fang Ling took the chopsticks; Nannan went to move the stools.

Bowls of food were served.

Stir-fried bacon with mushrooms, fried bean sprouts, a big bowl of stewed chicken cakes, a big pot of stick noodles, bowls of stick batter...

On the dark old table, the pots and bowls, or the food just out of the pan, or fried and covered, the hot white smoke rises and blends from it, and the mouth-watering fragrance blooms, permeating the whole small area. small house.

"Wow, what a delicious meal again! Mother, will my daughter and third sister eat with us?" Fang Ling asked Fang Xue.

"We will eat together from now on. From now on, we will be a family, and Nannan is your sister. You have to take care of her, okay?" Fang Xueshi asked.

"Great!"

Fang Ling clapped her hands, very happy that Nannan's playmate became her younger sister, holding Nannan's hand, and sat down happily side by side.

"Now that you're having a good time, you're naturally happy, but if there's a conflict in the future, you're not allowed to say 'let your daughter go back to your own home', remember?"

Fang Rui nodded the little girl's forehead, and taught from the side: "We are a real family."

The third lady doesn't want a title, and he can't give it to her. In other respects, she won't treat her badly, and she will do what she promised.

——Fang Rui, who has been a man in two lives, is not a brat. He only wants to have fun for a while, puts on his pants, and forgets what he said, and will fulfill his promise in every detail of life.

For Fang Rui, if you don’t do it, it’s fine. If you do it, you will take on your own responsibilities. This is the self-cultivation of a mature man.

"Remember." Fang Ling nodded seriously.

Seeing this scene, San Niangzi couldn't help being moved by Fang Rui's thoughtfulness, she could even consider the psychology of children, so it can be seen that what she said to herself was really in her heart.

"Brother Rui is like this, but he doesn't look like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy..." She thought to herself.

The third lady guessed right!

Fang Rui seemed to be sixteen or seventeen years old, but counting his previous life, his mental age was actually slightly older than her, and he had a complete outlook on the world and life, which was why the two got along so comfortably.

Of course, if it weren't for this, it would be impossible to impress San Niangzi, make her fall in love silently, and entrust all the big bets.

"Third sister, I should do it."

Facing the affectionate eyes of the third lady, Fang Rui smiled, and patted her hand under the table.

The third lady trembled, a blush like light clouds coming out of the mountains appeared on her fair face, and she hurriedly taught her to cover it up: "My daughter, from now on, brother A Rui and Ling'er will be your elder brothers and sisters, you have to listen to them, It's like listening to your mother, do you understand?"

"Yeah, my daughter is very good."

Although Nannan didn't understand why they suddenly became a family, she didn't reject the sudden addition of brothers and sisters, on the contrary, she liked them very much.

and……

She knew: Mother was very happy last night and today, she laughed a lot more than before, and she also knew that Mother hoped that she and Fang Ling would get along well.

What the mother wishes, the daughter will naturally do; when the mother is happy, she will be happy too.

These things, Fang Rui, Fang Ling, and Nannan slept together last night, Fang Rui keenly noticed some details.

"Ninny, I can't say that I deliberately please Ling'er... It's just that the hope of the third sister, and the meaning of coming here for Sanfen to depend on others, did make Linger a little..."

"This girl has inherited the wisdom of the third sister, and in such a family environment, she is relatively precocious...Compared with Linger, she is indeed more thoughtful..."

Fang Rui never forgot that back then, this little loli wanted to lure him into seeing a doctor with a meal.

'However, the little girl has a good heart...and, no matter what, she is still a child about the same size as Ling'er! '

With gentle eyes, he patted Nannan's head pityingly: "Ninny is so good!"

"Okay, let's eat!"

Fang Rui picks up food for everyone, first Nannan, Fang Ling, then Third Lady, Fang Xueshi, from childhood to adulthood, first the guest and then the host.

——It is said that it is a family, the mentality of the third lady and the baby girl, I am afraid that it will not change for a while, they are considered as half guests, so naturally they have to take care of them deliberately.

As he promised, unless there is an irresistible situation, he will treat San Niangzi and Nannan the same as he treats Fang Xueshi and Fang Ling.

"Wow! Delicious! This is delicious too!" Fang Ling's face was full of satisfaction.

The little girl was quieter, her big eyes were bent into crescent moons—these meals are naturally very good and very fragrant, better than her family's previous food!
Fang Xueshi and San Niangzi didn't speak, but Fang Rui could feel their joy and love in their hearts.

After all, it is human nature to yearn for delicious food.

A lunch passed briskly amidst such laughter and laughter.

……

afternoon.

Fang Xue was sewing clothes under the eaves of the corridor.

Fang Rui asked strangely: "Mother, haven't Linger and I's clothes been sewn together? This is... oh!"

Before he finished speaking, he realized by himself: "It belongs to the third sister, the daughter?!"

"Ah."

Fang Xueshi bit the end of the thread with her teeth, agreed, and gave Fang Rui a white look: "Isn't it a good thing you did? The third girl followed you without a name, I can treat one more than another, and not give her and my daughter a share?"

"Cough cough!"

Fang Rui coughed in embarrassment: "Thank you, mother."

"Auntie, I'm here to help too!"

The third lady came out of the kitchen wearing an apron.

——It was originally Fang Xue who wanted to wash the dishes, but she took the first step and went first.

The third lady is extremely intelligent, knows people's way of life, is diligent and dexterous, and after getting along for a long time, there is no estrangement from Fang Xueshi.

It made Fang Xue feel like getting along with her daughter-in-law ahead of time, and it also made her feel regretful more than once: If the third lady was younger, she was a young girl with no children, and she promised Fang Rui, that would be great...

"Mother, you sit down, I will lead my third sister to find a needle and thread!"

Entering the room, Fang Rui helped the third lady take off her apron from behind, hugged her around her slender waist, and sniffed the orchid-like fragrance.

"Brother Rui, it's not the place, Auntie is waiting!" The third lady felt something, her white and tender earlobes were bright red.

"Third sister, how can I be so ridiculous?"

Fang Rui still had this restraint.

"It's just... Third sister, to be honest, do you want to..." He pushed forward.

"me……"

The third lady was embarrassed to speak, but thinking of Fang Rui's care and love, she couldn't help but be moved by it, filled with admiration, summoned up her courage, and replied weakly, "I think..."

Two short words, but more touching than the most touching love words, it made Fang Rui furious.

If it wasn't for this place, he might have...

call!
Fang Rui leaned close to the third lady, buried his head in the waterfall-like black hair, took a deep breath, and pecked her cheek again, and then helped find the needle and thread.

The two go out.

On San Niangzi's face, there was still a faint blush like sunset glow.

Fang Xueshi kept his expression on the surface, but the moment he turned his head, he gave Fang Rui a hard look.

"Ahem... Linger, nannie, come on, let me tell you a story."

"Brother, you are so kind!"

"Come on!"

……

Mrs. Fang Xue and the third lady were doing needlework and gossip about their parents.

Fang Rui told stories to Fang Ling and Nannan.

I don't know when, Fang Xueshi and San Niangzi stopped gossiping and listened attentively.

In the afternoon, like the annual rings of an old tree, they are smudged in circles in the years, and the mottled and floating light and shadows in front of the window are like the yellowish background of an old picture scroll that is slowly unfolding.

The dead are like gentlemen, flowing slowly.

……

(End of this chapter)