"Fengzi, I saw you sending a family letter in town today, is it for Shuangshuang?" Xing Beichen mimicked Lu Yuanfeng, looking at the sky.
"Yes! Shuangshuang said if I miss her, I can send her a letter! Though it takes a long ti to arrive!"
"Aren’t you illiterate?" Xing Beichen was extrely curious.
Lu Yuanfeng was evidently soone who couldn’t read, yet he was writing letters, how strange!
"Shuangshuang taught to convey ssages through images!" Lu Yuanfeng said.
"What? ssage through images? What’s that?" Xing Beichen was full of curiosity.
Lu Yuanfeng hesitated for a mont, then took out a small package wrapped in oil paper from his pocket.
He handed the small package to Xing Beichen, who opened it by the firelight.
Inside the package were two sheets of paper, filled with strange patterns.
They were like expressions, so really resembled emotions, conveying happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy very clearly.
"What is this, it’s so interesting?" The more Xing Beichen looked, the more he liked it.
"I don’t know either, anyway, Shuangshuang calls it ’emoticons’, each one has a different aning. I draw one following Shuangshuang’s, and she knows how I’ve been feeling!
And I can write my own na and Shuangshuang’s na!" Lu Yuanfeng explained.
These were particularly novel things for Xing Beichen.
He held Lu Yuanfeng’s emoticons, looking at them back and forth, and the more he looked, the more he couldn’t bear to put them down.
But in the end, he returned them to Lu Yuanfeng.
After all, this was sothing only he and Shuangshuang understood!
"Fengzi, next ti when I go back, I must have Shuangshuang teach so so that only I and Xiao Nan understand, just like you and Shuangshuang, I want to write letters to Xiao Nan too!"
Xing Beichen was full of anticipation.
And Lu Yuanfeng nodded.
"Alright!"
Lu Yuanfeng looked again at the emoticons Mu Shuangshuang left him, and a happy smile unconsciously spread across his face!
...
After a night’s rest, Steward Yu’s health was almost recovered!
Mu Shuangshuang prepared to leave the county, but before leaving, she decided to have one last eting with Ruan Xiao Jiao to give her a warning.
Last night, she thought it over all night. Whether for herself or for other innocent people in the Old Mu Family, she had to take a risk.
Otherwise, with Ruan Xiao Jiao and Mu Dade’s way of doing things, everyone would die together sooner or later!
She said a word to the little maid in the courtyard, and the little maid led Mu Shuangshuang to Ruan Xiao Jiao’s yard.
Ruan Xiao Jiao’s yard was in the northeast corner, the most remote.
But the environnt was still nice, outside was a small peach blossom forest, which should be full of peach blossoms in spring!
As for the yard, from afar, various flowers could be seen.
The little maid stopped at the gate of the yard and said to Mu Shuangshuang, "Miss Shuangshuang, this is where Aunt Jiaojiao lives, I won’t go in, can you go in yourself?"
Mu Shuangshuang nodded, "Thank you!"
After speaking, she called into the yard.
"Aunt Ruan, Shuangshuang requests an audience!"
Mu Shuangshuang called several tis, but no one responded.
Thinking about her purpose for coming, she was unwilling to leave just like this.
Mu Shuangshuang boldly entered the yard.
The scene in the yard was even more beautiful than seen from the outside. Mu Shuangshuang walked towards the small house in the yard.
As she was about to enter the small house, she suddenly noticed a little maid, Taohua, squatting in the corner.
Taohua had her back to Mu Shuangshuang, her body trembling slightly. As she got closer, she could even hear her sobbing.
Mu Shuangshuang hesitated for a mont, then spoke: "Taohua..."
Her shout startled Taohua, who quickly stood up and desperately straightened her clothes.
Unintentionally, Mu Shuangshuang saw a red mark on Taohua’s chest.
It looked like... a love mark!
She took a closer look at Taohua’s face, her eyes were red, seemingly just cried.
Could it be...
Mu Shuangshuang dared not think further, she could only pretend she didn’t know anything and asked, "Taohua, is Aunt Ruan here? I’m leaving today, I want to say goodbye to Aunt Ruan!"
"She is, she is, I’ll take you there!"
Taohua ran towards Mu Shuangshuang, forcing a smile.
Mu Shuangshuang sighed inwardly and followed Taohua into Ruan Xiao Jiao’s room.
At this mont, Ruan Xiao Jiao just got up, and was surprised to see Mu Shuangshuang.
But out of courtesy, she still extended her hand to pull Mu Shuangshuang: "Co over and sit! Taohua, brew so tea!"
The little maid quickly ran out.
"I heard from Taohua that you wanted to see ?" Ruan Xiao Jiao asked.
"Yes! Considering how well Aunt has treated , I think I should say goodbye before I leave. Next ti, if you co back to Er Gui Village, you can find at the Third Branch of the Old Mu Family. I’ll cook sothing delicious for you!
If you don’t want to visit my house, you can also go to my grandparents’ house, all our family are there!" Mu Shuangshuang said politely.
Ruan Xiao Jiao was quite pleased after hearing Mu Shuangshuang’s words.
"By the way, in your village, besides your uncle, is there anyone else who studies?" Ruan Xiao Jiao asked.
"In my uncle’s generation, he’s the only one who made sothing of himself, he beca a scholar and a county magistrate!
As for the younger generation, there are quite a few who study, but who knows if they can achieve fa like my uncle!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"Yes, when your uncle was studying..." Ruan Xiao Jiao said excitedly, but realizing who was in front of her, she suddenly stopped.
"Shuangshuang, let’s not talk about this, does your village have any other interesting topics? Sothing that happened recently?"
Ruan Xiao Jiao was really just trying to divert Mu Shuangshuang’s attention.
Who knew, she led herself into a trap.
Mu Shuangshuang was waiting for this opportunity!
"There is indeed a topic being discussed a lot! Just sothing from the past two days!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"What is it?"
"Do you rember Wang San? The one in the village who is fifty years old and still single, older than my grandpa!" Mu Shuangshuang asked
"Rember!"
How could Ruan Xiao Jiao forget, she almost fell victim to Wang San, that bachelor.
"He was caught doing inappropriate things with a village girl in broad daylight by my second aunt, and the whole village went to beat Wang San and that girl!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"Beat them? Why beat them?" Actually, Ruan Xiao Jiao already knew the answer, but she still asked!
"I guess society doesn’t allow it! After all, they weren’t married, doing such things in broad daylight is indeed lacking in virtue!
Initially, for the sake of reputation, the village wanted to put them in a pig cage, you should know the rules of Er Gui Village, anyone caught being unfaithful or morally corrupt will be drowned in a pig cage!
In severe cases, they are paraded through the streets for public shaming!" Mu Shuangshuang emphasized the words "unfaithful" heavily.
Ruan Xiao Jiao suddenly felt guilty!
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