"Xu Laoer came by again today. He said he knew he was wrong and asked you to forgive him."
The siblings put away the rice and meat the Qiu Family had sent together. Xu Qing brought up Xu Laoer.
"Don't bother with him. It's not that he knows he was wrong; he just can't make ends meet." Xu Yang's expression remained impassive.
Xu Laoer was having a hard time now.
Though he had gone to stay with his uncle, most families didn't have a spare room. He was living in the cowshed.
The snow had melted over the past few days, but the weather had grown even colder.
"Da Niang came by today. She said several girls in the ward had asked her to find out whether you were thinking of getting married. Li Yao was one of them." Xu Qing added.
Xu Yang came and went early and late. Whenever anyone had business with him, they could basically only speak to Xu Qing.
"Li Yao..."
If he remembered correctly, that woman had once sworn she would never marry anyone from White Stone Ward, and that if she married at all, it would only be someone from the city. Who would've thought she'd now take the initiative and send a matchmaker to ask to marry him?
Xu Yang shook his head. "Tell Da Niang I'm not planning to get married right now!"
Xu Qing's eyes widened. Xu Yang had actually turned down even Li Yao.
"Wind-Thunder Force..."
Xu Yang went outside and struck a tree with his palm.
Although he had mastered Wind-Thunder Force, he hadn't yet tested how effective it was.
There was no great commotion. His palm merely settled lightly against the trunk, without making a sound.
He peeled back the bark. It was intact, but the trunk