"Xu Lao'er came again today. He said he knew he was wrong and asked you to forgive him."
As the siblings put away the rice and meat the Qiu Family had sent, Xu Qing brought up Xu Lao'er.
"Don't bother with him. It's not that he knows he was wrong. It's that he can't scrape by anymore." Xu Yang's face was expressionless.
Xu Lao'er's life was miserable now.
Although he had gone to stay with their eldest uncle, ordinary families hardly had spare rooms. He had ended up living in the cowshed.
The snow had melted over the past few days, but the weather had grown even colder.
"Auntie came today. She said several girls in the ward had asked her to approach you and see whether you were planning to marry. Li Yao was one of them." Xu Qing continued.
Xu Yang left early and returned late, so anyone who came looking for him generally had to speak to Xu Qing.
"Li Yao..."
If he remembered correctly, she had once declared that she would never marry anyone from White Stone Ward. If she married, it would only be to someone from the city. Yet now she had actually sent a matchmaker to his door, hoping to marry him.
Xu Yang shook his head. "Tell Auntie I'm not planning to get married right now!"
Xu Qing's eyes widened. Xu Yang had actually rejected even Li Yao.
"Wind-Thunder Force..."
Xu Yang went outside and struck a tree with his palm.
Although he had comprehended Wind-Thunder Force, he had yet to test its effects.
There was no great commotion. His palm merely landed lightly against the trunk, without even making a sound.
He peeled back the bark. The bark itself was perfectly intact, but the wood beneath had already yellowed slightly and