"Of course, I heard their entire conversation, even if they spoke quietly, but my hearing is good."
"Ten silver coins gone, wife, you’re going to have to make it up to ," Ye Zi’an muttered, leaning back in his chair, "I won’t even ntion Yangyang, but especially Lele, he’s really got a knack for this. As soon as I gave Yangyang the silver coins, he cos in stretching out his little hand, with that look and expression, and so I gave out another five coins. All he did was say a few words, and he had five silver coins in his hand."
"Hehe, doesn’t it feel different, getting sched by your son?" Yang Chuxia chuckled, "It’s good to be smart, they won’t be taken advantage of easily in the future."
"That’s easy to say, but it makes feel less accomplished as a father." Ye Zi’an sat up straight, gently touched Yang Chuxia’s now-prominent belly, and spoke softly, "At least we have a daughter, our daughter will definitely be gentle and lovely."
"You keep talking about having a daughter, but what if it’s a son?"
"A son?" Ye Zi’an was taken aback. He hadn’t considered that it might be a son, ok? After a mont of thought, he said, "Isn’t Mu Shaoling’s wife coming over for her confinent? When the ti cos, we’ll see whether Dongyang gives birth to a boy or a girl. If it’s a girl and ours turns out to be a boy, we could just swap them."
"Pff..." Yang Chuxia laughed and tapped his forehead, "Keep dreaming."
"Sigh, sons just aren’t as cute as daughters. Mu Shaoling still has a daughter." Although, he had always doubted whether she was really Mu Shaoling’s daughter.
"...You better not let your son hear you say that." Yang Chuxia said, and yawned, "I’m feeling a bit sleepy."
"Then let’s go to sleep earlier."
Ye Zi’an saw that her eyes were already brimming with tears after only a short while, so he helped her lie down, went to fetch so water for washing up, and only then climbed into bed himself.
The night passed without incident, and they continued their journey the next day.
After the incident in Gaoshui County, Yang Chuxia was afraid of similar encounters, and thus did not stop anywhere along the way, heading straight for Quanya County.
Eager to get ho, they didn’t even stop in the county town but went directly to Wangquan Town, lingered for half an hour, and then the whole party grandly made their way towards Yangshu Village.
"Mom, are we almost ho?"
The road the carriage traveled on grew narrower, with villages appearing sporadically on both sides, smoke swirling up, and occasionally the sound of calls for children to co ho for dinner.
"Yes, we’re almost ho. After passing this village, just ahead is our Yangshu Village." They had already reached Li’s Village; just ahead was the small bridge, the very one where they caught Old Lady Hua back in the day.
"Ah, I wonder if Uncle Qingtong will still rember ." Yangyang said with a pang of worry as he saw the smoke rising outside.
Lele just rolled his eyes, "Do you think Uncle is like you, always forgetting things?"
"Nonsense, when do I always forget things?" Yangyang retorted, turning his head and glaring with wide eyes.
"You don’t even rember what you ate the night before last!" Lele said indifferently.
Well, Yangyang indeed couldn’t rember what he ate the night before last, pursed his cheeks all the way, and finally managed to point his finger and say, "I don’t rember because that thing wasn’t important. I do rember last ti I borrowed a silver coin from you and paid it back. My brain is ant to rember important things."
Lele nodded his head in approval and said sagely, "Brother, that’s a good habit. I can lend you money with peace of mind in the future, at least you won’t forget that you owe money."
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