Will You Listen to Your Uncle?

"Ah! Silver—why is there so much silver!"

In the room, Liu Yuniang held the money pouch in both hands, her eyes dazzled by the silver inside. She trembled all over with uncontrollable excitement and looked at Li Chengfeng with a low cry of surprise.

"Heh, heh. I went hunting in the mountains today and saw three men being gnawed on by a bear. These were the only things left scattered on the ground. I happened to come across them, so I picked them up and brought them back."

Li Chengfeng chuckled. Under Liu Yuniang's utterly astonished gaze, he took out three bows, three steel sabers, three daggers, along with a sack of rice, flour, grain, oil, and salt, and a large string of smoked meat.

"Of the three who died, one happened to be someone I knew. It was that long-term hired hand, Liu Yong. I knew he had no wife at home, and no one else either. After he died, the money and valuables in his house would probably just be ransacked by others."

"So I simply stopped hunting, picked up their money pouches and things, and after coming back, I made a trip to Liu Yong's house and brought back the things from his place too."

Li Chengfeng said with a chuckle. As he spoke, he opened that jar of oil, sniffed it, and said with great satisfaction, "Perfect timing. Our family's lard had just run out, and now we've got a big jar of lard again."

After saying that, he lifted the large strip of smoked meat as well, his smile blooming. "And there's so much smoked meat to eat too. Truly worthy of joy and celebration."

"Someone was eaten by a bear in the mountains, and one of them was someone you knew!"

Liu Yuniang's face was full of astonishment. Looking again at the things Li Chengfeng had taken out, her pretty eyes widened. "For something this coincidental to happen, and you even went and took the things from Liu Yong's house—nothing will happen, right?"

"Ah, the man already died in the mountain forest. What could happen? If I didn't take his things, someone else would. I took them, and no one saw me. Nothing's going to happen."

Hearing that, Li Chengfeng laughed lightly, waved his hand, and patted Liu Yuniang's shoulder to comfort her. "Just relax. Let's tidy these things up together. In a while, I'll keep practicing martial arts in the yard."

Having somehow obtained so many good things, Liu Yuniang was very worried, but Li Chengfeng did not care in the slightest.

When he killed Liu Hong, he had even done it inside the man's own room, and nothing had happened.

Let alone killing Liu Yong out in the wilds of the mountain forest?

Besides, according to the customs of this world, the three of them had tried to kill him, and he had killed them in return. Even if someone had seen it on the main street, he would have been innocent!

So Li Chengfeng was very calm. After comforting Liu Yuniang, he hid away at home the steel sabers and daggers he felt might be useful in the future.

He only kept one dagger tucked on his person just in case, and also stored the three unstrung hard bows properly at home.

The silver and silver notes were placed directly under the earthenware jar where they usually stored grain.

As for the rice, flour, grain, and oil, he handed them to Liu Yuniang, who was still somewhat nervous and worried, to put away.

Liu Yuniang had originally felt uneasy, but under Li Chengfeng's soothing words, and with the motions of tidying things up together with him, her heart instead settled a little.

After she finished putting everything away, she looked at Li Chengfeng practicing martial arts in the yard. Thinking that he did not need to risk his life hunting in the mountains, and that the family still had silver to spend and could get by, it seemed... not bad.

At once, she pressed her lips together and restrained her worry.

"Whoosh~ whoosh~"

As Liu Yuniang restrained her worry, Li Chengfeng, who had gotten rid of Liu Yong and obtained such a large sum of money, felt even more refreshed all over as he fiercely practiced Taiji Fist.

Whole-Body Power circulated within him. Each move and stance stirred up whooshing gusts of force, and his mood could be called thoroughly delighted.

Liu Yong could be said to have been the biggest piece of dogskin plaster stuck to the matter of his sister-in-law. Now that he had peeled off that piece of dogskin plaster, and even gained their silver, turning it into resources for his own martial path, how could his heart not feel satisfied?

"I wonder just how much that Master Zheng values Yuniang."

Li Chengfeng trained fiercely for a while, not stopping until his strength was exhausted. He felt utterly invigorated. When he stopped and took the towel Liu Yuniang handed him to wipe his body, he looked at Liu Yuniang's fair and tender figure beneath the late-spring sunlight, and all sorts of messy thoughts flashed through his mind.

If it was only a little casual interest that had suddenly arisen, that would be one thing. But if he truly wanted to obtain her, then it would be somewhat troublesome...

Besides...

"Although life is pretty good right now, it all came from one-hammer transactions. If I want to truly settle down steadily, I still have to become a martial artist faster. When the time comes, I'll find a faction in the city to attach myself to, have a fixed livelihood every month, and not delay my martial training. Only then will life truly get better."

Thoughts stirred in Li Chengfeng's mind. Thinking of that Master Zheng, who occupied vast stretches of lake and land, whom he had never seen before, yet who for some unknown reason had taken a liking to his sister-in-law, wariness rose in his heart.

After thinking it over and over, he could only come up with one method—become a martial artist.

With the panel present, he could rapidly increase his strength. It should not take much longer for his Taiji Fist to break through to the next level.

Once he broke through, perhaps his strength would climb another floor higher. Even if he was not a martial artist, he would probably be close.

As long as he became a martial artist of this world, or possessed equivalent strength, then perhaps these problems would be solved.

"Cultivate qi and blood, become a martial artist..."

Li Chengfeng finished wiping the sweat from his body and handed the towel to Liu Yuniang's soft white hand. Thinking of the silver they had ransacked and brought home, his heart turned firm.

He lay down on the chair and rested for a short while. Looking at today's sun, he felt that before lunch, he probably would not have the strength to practice martial arts again.

He immediately took out a few of the bamboo poles at home that had previously been chopped down and kept for spare use, and made another simple bamboo bow.

Then, using the simple bamboo bow, he aimed at the target Liu Yuniang had made earlier and began practicing Archery, arrow by arrow.

Taiji Fist was certainly the foundation, but one's cultivation in Archery could also play a major role many times. It could not be lightly abandoned, just like today when he had dealt with Liu Yong and the other two in the mountain forest.

Compared with the previous Laminated Bamboo Bow, this simple bamboo bow had weaker force, but it also consumed much less strength.

Through this, Li Chengfeng displayed all of his skill. Under full concentration, his Archery experience still continued to rise.

"Thud, thud~"

One arrow after another shot out, and Li Chengfeng swiftly threw himself into it.

On the other side, seeing Li Chengfeng practicing martial arts so seriously, Liu Yuniang's heart slowly settled a little as well. She glanced at the sun and saw that it was about noon, so she began making food for Li Chengfeng.

By the time Li Chengfeng had practiced archery until his energy was worn out, the fragrant lunch was ready too. He put away the bow and arrows, and when he walked into the house, a basin of clean water had already been placed on the ground, with a towel inside.

He immediately smiled, picked up the towel, and wiped the sweat from his body. Then he sat on a stone block and, facing the basin of food set atop the large stone block in the middle, ate in big mouthfuls.

"Chengfeng, we're almost out of water at home. If you're free this afternoon, go fetch some back."

Liu Yuniang set the warm water she had poured for Li Chengfeng beside him and spoke in a gentle voice.

"Sure. I'll go fetch it after we finish eating."

Li Chengfeng smiled and nodded, speeding up his meal. Once he had finished, he did not dawdle at all; he picked up two buckets and went to the well on the street to draw water.

After fetching the water and coming back, he lay down on the bed for an afternoon nap. When he woke, he got up and continued practicing martial arts.

Liu Yuniang looked at the water jars at home that Li Chengfeng had filled in a few swift moves, and the feeling in her heart that Li Chengfeng was the man this family could rely on deepened by a few degrees.

Seeing Li Chengfeng practice until sweat streamed down, she would hand him water and bring him a towel from time to time, while she herself also went through the set of body-stretching movements Li Chengfeng had taught her.

And so night came. As usual, Liu Yuniang boiled water for Li Chengfeng to bathe with.

After Li Chengfeng lay down on the bed, she tidied up a little herself, wiped her body, and only then climbed onto the bed as she always did, lying down on the inside beside Li Chengfeng.

Only this time, the moment she lay down, she felt something was off—Li Chengfeng's arm, which in the past had always rested beside her own, had been placed on her body!

Somehow, those big hands had slipped inside her clothes and touched... there.

"Rustle~"

Just as Liu Yuniang was somewhat dazed, with a rustle, Li Chengfeng suddenly turned over and pressed down on top of her.

"Mm~"

Liu Yuniang subconsciously let out a soft hum. Then she saw Li Chengfeng kiss her in one mouthful, and her eyes instantly widened as she froze on the bed.

"Yuniang, what was it that Uncle came to tell us that day?"

A moment later, Li Chengfeng released Liu Yuniang's lips. His lips, carrying warm breath, moved close to her ear as he inhaled the unique fragrance on her body and asked softly.

Liu Yuniang, lying dazed on the bed, blushed from that warm breath. Her beautiful eyes opened in panic, and her mouth trembled. "He told the two of us to live properly together..."

"Do you listen to Uncle?"

Li Chengfeng turned his head back and looked into her eyes, asking with a smiling expression.

"I do."

Liu Yuniang moved her rosy lips slightly. A blush showed through her fair, moist cheeks as she spoke in a low voice.

"Good!"

Li Chengfeng smiled, and as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly bent down.

"Ah~"

Liu Yuniang's eyes opened a little wider. Her soft white hands could not help clutching at the quilt, and her pearly teeth bit down on her lip.

"..."

"Mm... slow... gentle... don't..."

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