C4

"No, I was lucky enough to be able to read." A Jin answered appropriately.

Liu Yuan nodded his head in approval and shifted his gaze to Zhang Zhang Zhang. "Tell me, what's going on?"

Zhang Zhang Zhang held his breath as he was pushed forward by Mrs. Zhang, "Don't blame my lord, my child is very afraid of having a baby."

"I …"

"Is it like what A Jin said?"

"My lord, I reward and punish clearly, and I love children who know their wrongs and can change their ways the most. However, if you do not change your ways after repeated teaching, you will have to eat sticks."

Zhang Dazhi whimpered a few times and retreated behind Lady Zhang.

Unwilling to do so, Lady Zhang pulled her body to the side and said with hatred, "You child …"

Zhang Zhang Zhang whispered as he started sobbing and nodded his head.

Seeing this, Su Zhi crouched down and whispered, "Good child, don't cry. Aunt knew you didn't mean to rob me, and now Aunt is forgiving you. Can you shake hands with A Jin and negotiate?"

Su Zhi gave him a friendly smile.

Mrs Zhang pushed her away, "You lied to my son and pleaded guilty. You never had any good intentions."

"Alright, this official thinks that the child will not lie. The only thing to blame is that the lord did not pass on his teachings. "Zhang, stop messing around."

Liu Yuan said.

Mrs Zhang could only swallow her anger and didn't dare to say another word.

Liu Yu An raised his voice and said, "The reason I came today is to distribute food. There are dozens of grains and grasses on the horse carriage at the village entrance. It's enough for you to split your food and go collect the food according to the number of people."

With the food, the villagers also stopped watching the show. After kowtowing to the heavens and thanking the earth, they quickly took their food bowls and scooped them up.

Su Zhi didn't rush to snatch it, but thanked Liu Yuan sincerely. After comforting the two frightened children, he then walked into the house by himself.

After this incident, Liu Yu An's mind was focused on the Hunter family. He called over the old teacher and asked him about Su Zhi's family's situation.

In reality, the situation of this family wasn't as complicated as the Zhang family had thought. It was nothing more than a miserable woman who fled to this place with an abandoned family and was taken in by a poor hunter.

This Madame Su was smart and capable, and the hunter was honest and honest. The two of them had been in love for a long time, so it could be said that they had a good relationship.

Although his son was not his own son, the two of them treated each other with respect. The hunters had no qualms and treated A Jin as their own son. Xiao Budian's eldest daughter was also found by a hunter when he went down the mountain to the market to pick her up. With a child as a hindrance, the young people who lived under the same roof soon started to spark, and the marriage didn't take long.

Half a year ago, the conscription hunter was among them. He took a few pieces of silver and placed them on the battlefield. There was no more news of them.

It was not easy for a lonely woman to pull two children along.

Liu Yuan felt a bit more compassionate. He merely instructed the servants to give some more rations to Su Zhi's family, then didn't say anything else.

After settling the dispute, A Jin still didn't show a smile and went back to his room pitifully, looking depressed as if he had done something wrong.

Su Zhi rummaged through some kitchen utensils that could be used to store food. She only noticed A Jin's mood when she was about to leave.

"A Jin, what happened to you?"

He shook his head and looked at Su Zhi with remorse, saying with a muffled voice, "I'm sorry mother, I've caused you trouble. If A Jin had been more smart and didn't know about it, then none of this would have happened. Aunt Zhang has scolded you for so long. If Daddy was here, he would have already taught her a lesson. "

Su Zhi gave a caring smile as she rubbed his little head, "It's not your fault, there's no need to blame yourself." "With mother here, I will protect you in the future."

When Su Zhi returned with the grain from the village entrance, her mood improved a lot.

In any case, food and clothing are paramount under any circumstances.

It was just that the relief food sent by the imperial court was only coarse grain and rice. It would not be harmful to children who grew up if it was not tainted with the stench of meat.

The woman was worried.

Suddenly, there was a tremor in her head. It was the hairpin she used to fix her hair.

She pulled it out and looked at it. The hairpin was slightly warm, so she could not tell if it was the warmth of her body or something else.

The light outside the door was getting dimmer and dimmer, and the branches were squeaking.

Looking outside, Su Zhi was lost in thought, and suddenly came up with an idea.

"Jin, can you climb trees?"

"Yes, I will."

"Then can you go catch him with mom?"

A Jin did not understand Su Zhi's intention for him to find out, so she did not ask any further and obediently followed him out the door.

When Su Zhi was traveling around the region before, many of the regions had a preference for food.

Although the worm looked scary, it was actually the cleanest of the insects. It only drank dew for a living and had no parasites. After being fried, it would be extremely delicious without seasoning.

A Jin learned a lot of skills from the hunter and was very skilled at climbing trees. Soon, she caught a dozen of them.

With that, Su Zhi went back to her room and started working on the earth stove. But she had forgotten that the most important step was to have oil.

How could there be such a thing in the house? Could it be that it had to be boiled with water? That act would probably scare the child, let alone the fact that she couldn't eat it.

Just as he was worrying, the hairpin on his head started to heat up again.

Su Zhi impatiently pulled it off and casually threw it on the earth stove.

With a slight muffled sound, a dish of frozen lard appeared on the surface of the dish.

She was so shocked that her mouth was agape. Could it be that she was wearing shabby clothes and was willing to give her golden fingers to use?

Picking up the hairpin and taking a look, a small line of words appeared on the hairpin: Host, you have done a great job protecting little bun. You have successfully passed the first stage.

The line of words disappeared in an instant.

Su Zhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The reward was just a small piece of lard? What kind of crappy system was this? It was way too stingy.

After fiddling around for a long time, the hairpin looked no different from an ordinary wooden hairpin. Therefore, she could only put it aside and get to the bottom of the matter.

Her hands and feet were nimble as she boiled water to prepare rice. When the oil was about to be boiled, it started to explode.

After a simple meal was done, the two little fellows had already begun salivating.

By the time it was dark, the hut was already pitch black.

After a day of rain, the night sky was still shrouded in layers of dark clouds.

Su Zhi took some water and boiled them. After washing up, the two children went back to bed.