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She thought for a long time and realized she didn't have a single ragged piece of clothing. Whenever Qi Fu bought her clothes, they were always made of good fabric and in ample quantity. He never let her do any hard work, and her clothes, though old, were far from being tattered.
Yu Chunmiao chuckled, "Mother, if you go to rent the Ox Cart dressed in rags, and someone sees us buying a cartload of bricks and three pots in the afternoon, wouldn't that give us away?"
"No need for that," she replied. "We'll hide Zao Hui well. Qi Chong can work in the backyard from now on, and we can buy a dog to guard the house. If someone comes nearby, it will bark."
Qi Rong asked, "What about the fairy herbs? A lot of them have been pulled out."
Qi Chong replied casually, "What can we do? At worst, we'll just buy some. Those things can be bought for twenty coins for a big basket, and they’re dried by someone else."
"Right!" Yu Chunmiao said as she rubbed Qi Rong's shoulder. "I think it's more important to free you up to go to school."
Qi Rong felt as if he would be sent away tomorrow; tears welled up in his eyes. "Sister-in-law, I don't want to leave you."
Yu Chunmiao sat beside him and wiped his tears. "Good Qi Rong, studying will prevent you from being blind to the world. You're still young; we'll help you build our family business. When you grow up, the sky is high and the sea is vast; you'll need knowledge to understand the world outside."
Yu Chunmiao was grateful for her Brother-in-law. On her first day at the Qi Family, it was this Brother-in-law who had given her affirmation. When danger approached, it was this small body that stood in front of her.
She should work hard for his bright future.
Seeing the bond between Uncle and Aunt grow stronger warmed Qi Chong's heart. He felt especially grateful to Yu Chunmiao because her arrival had cleared away the clouds of gloom in their home.
Did Chen Ruolan not mention Brother Zheng's blessings? She covered her eyes and sobbed softly before wiping her tears and saying to Qi Rong, "Listen to your sister-in-law; it's all for your own good."
Outside, the sky is high and the sea is vast.
These words touched Qi Rong's young heart; he seemed to see beyond—stepping out of the mountains and soaring through the world on his own.
A light sparkled in his eyes, different from when he ate pig's feet.
Qi Chong rarely spoke gently to him but said, "Qi Rong, do you remember what I taught you? To express oneself as an adult is to cultivate sincerity within one's heart. To be a person with heart is rooted in Wu Xue. Thus, through Wu Xue, one can glimpse a thousand faces from a single leaf." Qi Rong followed up with his words.
"What?" Now it was Yu Chunmiao who looked confused.
She thought she was just a high school student who hadn't encountered many ancient texts, so she asked, "What does that mean? Who said that?"
Qi Rong proudly replied, "This is written by the sage Ling An Fuzi in the book Wu Xue; it includes the Four Books. Sister-in-law doesn’t know?"
Yu Chunmiao had heard Qi Chong mention the Four Books before but hadn’t asked which ones they were. It turned out they were different from those in her world.
"I don't know." Yu Chunmiao, who was illiterate, hadn't read the Four Books, so she couldn't understand as much as you did.
Qi Rong suddenly became animated: "What I mean is that people need to learn. Without knowledge, a person is just a shell. Only with knowledge can one have thoughts. A knowledgeable person can see meaning in even a single leaf!"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Qi Chong threw a chopstick at Qi Rong. "You think you're so clever!"
His face was dark and his eyes seemed to blaze with anger. Qi Rong immediately fell silent, lowering his head and not daring to lift it again.
Qi Chong didn't let him off easily. "Go stand by the wall. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll deal with you."
Qi Rong didn't quite understand what he had done wrong; he had merely answered Sister-in-law's question. Feeling wronged, he began to cry. But he dared not disobey his elder brother's words and could only obediently face the wall.
Chen Ruolan rarely saw Qi Chong this furious and felt a bit scared. When he got angry, he resembled her Brother Zheng too much.
Yu Chunmiao hurriedly asked, "What happened? Why are you scolding him for no reason?"
"It's nothing. I'll explain to him later. Let's eat," Qi Chong replied to Yu Chunmiao, his anger completely dissipated, replaced by gentleness.
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