Chapter 251

After Xu Ran waited in the room for a while, Gu Yu came back with pen and ink, and even helped him polish the ink.

Xu Ran was about to write when he heard the voices outside. As soon as he heard the voice, Xu Ran knew that Liu Tong and the rest had returned. They had been away for a while, and it was time for them to come back.

Xu Ran asked Gu Yu to wait outside the door. He didn’t write the letter and went to the door to pick them up.

There were a lot of people. Apart from Liu Tong and Shao Yu, Xiao Qingyun was also there. And there were also a few servants behind them. Each of them had a tray in their hands and there were different pieces of cloth in them. He guessed it was for him to choose.

Xu Ran welcomed everyone into the door and Xiao Qingyun introduced the cloth on the tray to Xu Ran.

Xu Ran was not very clear about the name of the cloth, so he had to look at them carefully to tell them apart.

According to what Xu Ran said, there were cotton, plush, and some ugly fabrics, and it seemed they’ve got everything.

Xu Ran chose a black cloth that seemed to be made of sackcloth and said, “Tongtong, you can use this to make a backpack. This sackcloth is very strong and you wouldn’t use it to make clothes, so it doesn’t matter if it’s good-looking.”

Liu Tong nodded and remembered what Xu Ran said in his mind.

Xu Ran chose another cotton cloth for Liu Tong to make gloves.

The last thing left was to make a scarf. Xu Ran was not very satisfied with these things they brought, mainly because they were not soft enough, if only there was woolen yarn.

“Woolen yarn? Xu Ran, tell me, what does woolen yarn look like?”

After hearing what Xiao Qingyun said, Xu Ran was stunned. He was still wondering how Xiao Qingyun knew he wanted woolen yarn.

Xiao Qingyun said, “Now don’t you think about it, you’ve just muttered something to yourself, and we all heard it.”

Xu Ran touched his nose to show his embarrassment.

Xu Ran told Xiao Qingyun what the woolen yarn looked like. Then Xiao Qingyun immediately asked his close male maid to go to his room to take it.

Xu Ran asked, “Do you have any woolen yarn here?”

Xiao Qingyun explained, “This was obtained by the kiing from the Barbarian Branch. It was formed into a group. He saw that it was furry, so he took it back. I didn’t know what it was used for, so I kept it. Let’s see if it was what you wanted.”

Xu Ran nodded. “Then, thank you, my Lord”

Xiao Qingyun was not very happy. “Since we’re all family now, you should not call me Lord. Are you deliberately alienating us?”

“I don’t want to call you that either! But I don’t know what to call you. It’s not appropriate to call him ‘brother-in-law’! This is even more awkward. It is not polite to call a king’s husband by his name.” Xu Ran thought to himself.

Xu Ran lowered his head and started to think how to call him. He was very confused.

When Xiao Qingyun saw that she had put him in such a difficult position, he turned around and said to Liu Tong, “Tongtong, you have to think of a way. I didn’t intend to make things difficult for him.”

Liu Tong stood up and smiled, “Ran, just call him Qingyun like me! You didn’t feel like this when you called Shuwen before!

Xu Ran waved his hand. “That’s different. Zhuo Yun and I are brothers. It’s normal for me to call Shuwen by his name, but there is a king in front of the lord. It’s inappropriate for me to call him like this.”

Xiao Qingyun said immediately, “Why inappropriate? It’s just an appellation. Besides, I don’t care about it. Neither should you. Listen to me, just call me Qingyun as Tongtong does.

Since Xiao Qingyun had said that,  Xu Ran had to stop saying. He just nodded and told himself that he should call him less in the future.

He felt that he was quite open. He didn’t know why he had started to be restrained in this era. It’s a very unpleasant feeling.

When they were talking, Xiao Qingyun’s maid had already taken the woolen yarn ball here. Xiao Qingyun asked him to hand it over to Xu Ran.

Xu Ran looked at it and found that it was really woolen yarn. Xu Ran said happily, “This is really woolen yarn. This is what I’m looking for. It’s perfect for sweaters and scarves. It can even be used to make gloves, but it’s a bit troublesome. Qingyun, is that all we have?”

Xiao Qingyun nodded. “Yes. And if you want more, you’ll have to ask the king. He knows where it is.”

Xu Ran nodded, but he was still a little disappointed.

Liu Tong comfortedd him, “Ran,you’d better not go out recently. We can definitely find it. Wait until you find it and I’ll make it for you before you go out.”

Xu Ran shook his head and said. “How can this work? I have to go out these days. Let’s use something else before we get the woolen yarn! As long as they can caover my face.”

Xiao Qingyun was still wondering why Xu Ran insisted on making that scarf. When she heard that he was going out to cover his face, he said, “Xu Ran, you can just wear a veil when you go out. Didn’t you see many people outside doing this?”

Yes, yes! But he brought so many childe. And people would laugh at him if he joined them.

Xu Ran didn’t answer Xiao Qingyun’s question. Xiao Qingyun thought of it himself. Although Xu Ran looked more like a childe when standing with Liu Tong,but the truth was that Liu Tong was the childe…

The reality was harsh.

Though there was no woolen yarn, they’ve got everything else here. Xu Ran started to tell Liu Tong and the others about what to do. In Xu Ran’s opinion, gloves would be quite simple to make. He went to get a piece of paper and drew it in the shape of his own hand. He said it to Liu Tong, “Tongtong, you can make it this way. It can be a little bigger. Otherwise, it would be hard to put your hand in it because the cotton cloth doesn’t have much flexibility.”

Liu Tong looked at the paper and cut a piece of cloth to make the shape. Xu Ran and the other two people were looking at him without blinking.

Liu Tong has always been nimble, in addition,  he had Xu Ran’s drawing, so he cut it very quickly.

Liu Tong took the cloth he had cut and said to Xu Ran, “Ran, all we need to do is to sew them together and make sure the middle is empty, right?”

Xu Ran nodded. “That’s right,You are so smart.”

Liu Tong was a little embarrassed and he glared at Xu Ran with complaint. It was obvious that he was trying to say there were still other people here.

However, the other two people seemed to have not heard it at all as they started to study the shape of Liu Tong’s palm. And no one knew if they were sneering in their hearts.

The first thing to do was gloves, and not just a pair. Liu Tong knew how to make it anyway, so Xu Ran left him and went to write his letter.

There were so many people and so many things to worry about, and there were really a lot of things to write. Xu Ran wrote a few pieces of paper and greeted everyone. He also explained and arranged everything. He told them that they’ve arrived in Yanzhou safely. Tongtong had found his brother and and recognized him. Except for the cold, Yanzhou is quite good. But they had been on the road for too long and it was impossible for them to return immediately, so the date of their return was uncertain.

Xu Ran carefully read it again after he finished writing, then he blew the ink dry and press the paper to make it flat, and then stood up and stretched himself.

But his feet were numb with cold and his hands were cold, too.

Xu Ran felt that the room was very cold after sitting here for a long time,.

Then he found that there was not a single brazier in the house. No wonder it was so cold. Even in the South, he still had a brazier in his room in winter.

Yanzhou was so cold, why didn’t they prepare a brazier?

Xu Ran walked over to check their progress. Before he could see how much the gloves had been made, he saw Liu Tong and Shao Yu kept rubbing their feet. It was obviously they werev very cold.

It could not go on like this. Xu Ran said, “Tongtong, You guys stop and stretch your arms and legs. I’m gonna go to the kitchen.”

Xu Ran left without waiting for their reaction.

Liu Tong and the rest were really cold. After hearing Xu Ran’s words, they stopped and stood up.

Xiao Qingyun smiled when he saw them like this. “You’ve only been sitting here for a while and look how cold you got. What if you went out?”

Liu Tong shook his head and said, “Qingyun, this is different. We don’t feel cold because we’re moving around outside. But we were just sitting in this room, there was also no brazier here. It definitely won’t work. We’re new here and we really can’t get used to it..”

Xiao Qingyun said, “The King said that my health is poor. I think the two of you are worse than me. I’ve been living like this and sometimes I have to sit all day and I still feel nothing.”

Xiao Qingyun was still a little proud when he said this. Liu Tong smiled and said, “Yes, you’ve been brought up here, and I’m sure you won’t get cold any more. If we stayed here for a long time, we would definitely be like you.”

Xiao Qingyun, who had not get any compliment, pouted like a child. This time, not only Liu Tong, even Shao Yu laughed.

Xiao Qingyun also loved to have fun, but apart from him and King Yan, the rest of people in the mansion were servants. King Yan was very busy and he could not see him much, and he also could not act like this in front of the children.

It is rare for him to have a person to talk with. Xiao Qingyun’could be himself again. Even he was the Daddy of two children now, he was still very naive and innocent.

……

Speaking of which, Xu Ran hurriedly ran to the kitchen and asked the men in the kitchen to find an abandoned iron basin for him. Then he ran to the stove and started to pick up the unburned fire. The chefs didn’t understand what Xu Ran was going to do, so Xu Ran explained as he worked.

At the same time, Xu Ran also reminded them, “Remember to collect these flaming stones every day and get a jar with a lid, and put them into it with tongs, and when the fire is out, take them out of the jar, and put them in something else, so that it will be convenient for whoever needs them.”

After Xu Ran explained, these people also knew what he was doing. But they couldn’t nod or shake their heads about it. Finally, a person who looked like a chief spoke.

“Don’t worry, I’m sure we’ll get it done, but does Butler Yan know about this?”

Xu Ran guessed that the butler he said was Yan Chuan, and he said, “I’ll tell him later. Anyway, you should do it! If anyone blames you, you can say it was my idea.”

Xu Ran  took two rag bags and carried the iron basin out of the kitchen after he said that.