Yanran: "Don't laugh at me, you're all so mean! I've figured it out, it's sixty-four!"
She's been getting tutoring from her brother these past few days!
Especially recently, those who have been following Sanbao's example of counting oxen and horses have become quite impressive.
That was a complete mistake.
Tang Zhuyun: "Such great progress?"
Xiu'er: "Didn't anyone tell you?"
Yanran looked proud – "Today I'm not the same bad student I was yesterday. Addition within 100 without carrying over is no problem for me!"
Although subtraction is still not quite working.
It's okay, she'll be fine soon.
"So Mother died at the age of sixty-four?" Yanran thought about it and felt like crying again.
Tang Zhuyun: It seems so, he died young!
Sure enough, the child can do arithmetic; no one can stop him, and he's not easy to fool.
Don't panic, she can do it!
After thinking for a moment, she said, "I was just giving an example. If there's no time, she might become your granddaughter! Your great-granddaughter!"
Yanran stared blankly at her. "But Mother, isn't it only when a man and a woman are together that they can have a child?"
Tang Zhuyun: "Yes."
With a relieved expression, she realized that her early education had not been in vain.
"But I'm not planning on finding a man!" Yanran was troubled.
She wanted to stay at her parents' house forever, a freeloader.
"No!" Before anyone could react, Yanran said, "Then for my mother's sake, I have to find one too. How about the Sanbao?"
The closest person she could think of among her peers was Sanbao.
Xiu'er: Poor Cui Xiaoqiu, he got killed by a cowherd!
Ren Yingying was overjoyed. "No, let's try another one."
"Why?" Yanran asked, puzzled.
"He has too many cows; you can't count them all."
Yanran was sulking, her lips pouting so much they looked like oil bottles.
However, this commotion seems to have dispelled much of the fear.
Tang Zhuyun: Marrying anyone casually is unacceptable!
She started spouting nonsense with a straight face again. "It doesn't necessarily mean she'll become your granddaughter; she might become a bird or a dog, staying by your side."
Tang Zhuyun spoke with increasing ease, "It means that deceased relatives will return in another form, or exist around us, watching our joys and sorrows."
So, my Little Lovely, always be happy.
Yanran was somewhat confused.
Tang Zhuyun asked, "Do you understand?"
And what are you staring at for Dog Meat?
Yanran nodded thoughtfully. "Is that Dog Meat from my aunt's family? Is it her father?"
Qu Nian: Yes, I'm her father!
Ren Yingying: "..."
She gave Tang Zhuyun a reproachful look, "Look at what you're saying!"
Now that Dog Meat is her son, does that mean Dog Meat was her father in a past life?
She was speechless.
Qu Nian: After transmigrating into the dog's body, I got the first advantage.
The Prince of Jin's adopted daughter is quite nice.
Tang Zhuyun was both amused and exasperated, and quickly changed the subject. "Let's not talk about that anymore. Anyway, Mother Consort is still young! She can stay with you for a very long time. Even if Mother Consort is no longer here in the future, you still have your older brother, younger brother, and younger sister. I will be watching over you from somewhere, and we will be happy together."
Yanran finally stopped crying.
Zhou Xu was deeply moved.
--She shouldn't have children in the future.
She doesn't have that kind of patience.
Tang Zhuyun: "So don't even think about marrying Sanbao, okay?"
You're eight years old!
If you don't take it seriously, others will.
Yanran: "Then forget it."
Tang Zhuyun breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'll go check on the calf birth tomorrow," Yanran said. "Tomorrow will definitely be fine. Today might be a bit unlucky."
Tang Zhuyun: "... Go."
With so many cows, they can be quite capricious, giving birth to Zidu one after another.
Xiu'er: "Do we still need to prepare brown sugar tomorrow?"
Yanran: "... Get ready. What if tomorrow's ox thinks today's brown sugar is unlucky?"
Xiu'er rolled her eyes. "Looks like I'll have to have someone buy a hundred or two hundred catties to keep as a gift for you."
"Sure!" Yanran said, "We'll buy more if it's not enough."
Everyone: "..."
"I'm leaving," Yanran said, her expression shifting from relief to happiness. "I'm going to find Sanbao to teach me how to lasso horses."
"Go ahead, but don't be reckless or take risks. Be careful while riding."
Don't worry.
Ren Yingying rested her chin on her hand, watching Yanran's departing figure, and said, "This carefree attitude is just like you."
"If we're talking about being heartless, that's more like you," Tang Zhuyun retorted, unconvinced.
Zhou Xu watched them bicker with a smile.
Thankfully, she will come back.
She will experience that kind of blissful, leisurely, and heartfelt happiness under the warm sun.
That evening, Tang Zhuyun had Zhou Xu summoned.
"I've found out about Wu Shao; he likes Zhou Fu."
Zhou Xu said with a cold smile, "There's definitely something fishy going on."
Tang Zhuyun said, "You don't need to worry about it. They're just fighting like dogs, it's none of your business."
How can it be unrelated?
If they hadn't been so chaotic, would they have given her that chance?
Tang Zhuyun didn't know how to persuade her, so she could only say, "I know you're upset, but... come back soon. We can get to know each other slowly, but we can't afford to lose what we've gained."
Zhou Xu was, after all, the Prince of Jin's biological younger sister, by blood.
Zhou Xu smiled, her gaze bright and resolute.
She said, "Sister-in-law... I'll be right back! I'll just finish one thing and be back!"
Tang Zhuyun was pleased to hear her change of address and handed her a red envelope she had prepared beforehand, saying, "A red envelope for changing your address."
Zhou Xu: "... I can't accept it, I..."
"Take it if you want." Tang Zhuyun insisted on giving it to her. "It's just a joke. They're all five or ten taels each, five hundred taels in total. Keep them for when you get back."
Zhou Xu then thanked her sincerely and put the silver note in her pocket.
What she couldn't refuse was her sister-in-law's kindness.
"I know what to do now," Zhou Xu said. "I'll be back to bother my sister-in-law in three to five days, or at most ten days to half a month."
She couldn't wait to join the family.
This urgency was almost as intense as the hatred that had been building up in his heart for many years.
A voice inside me said, "Go home quickly, you have family there!"
We'll talk about revenge later.
She really wanted to do that.
But now that she knows Wu Shao's intentions, she knows she won't be able to seize this opportunity, and she'll definitely regret it later.
So Zhou Xu decided to go back first, pull off a great heist, and then slip away unnoticed.
Tang Zhuyun patted the back of her hand. "I'll wait for you to come back. Don't be reckless if anything happens. Make sure someone sends me a message, okay?"
"I know, sister-in-law, I'll be fine."
Zhou Xu was confident about what she was going to do.
The Zhou Family, Old Cabbage Stalk, she's here!