Chapter 867: 867 Rough waves are coming
There might be a bit of narcissism involved.
But then again, let’s get back to the topic. Ever since I taught the second brother, third brother, and fourth brother how to write, the third brother has far outstripped the others in terms of learning progress.
I taught the fourth brother how to practice medicine, and in many areas, he would ponder repeatedly. It took him several tries to understand.
Moreover, the fourth brother’s thinking tended to be conservative; he wouldn’t innovate or concoct any poisons on his own.
The third brother, on the other hand, would understand just by looking and not only apply what he learned adaptively, but also create his own poisons.
I was so angry that I marched out of the pharmacy, “How much money did you spend on these poisons? The cost isn’t low, right? Where did you get the money to buy them, did you steal it?”
“Wife, you’ve wronged me! I gathered the herbs myself on the mountain.”
“You recognize these herbs?”
“I recognize them from the books.” Xiao Yuchuan quickly followed, his small fists carefully massaging her shoulders, “Wife, why are you so mercurial and angry again?”
“Can you not add ‘again’?” I said, “I always have a good temper, gentle as water, full of tenderness, like a gentle breeze and soft rain, speaking softly and gently, amiable and graceful…”
He stared intently at me; having learned to read, he had picked up many idioms and naturally knew what my wife meant, but he said unsurely, “Are you talking about yourself?”
I coughed and continued, “Certainly not talking about me.”
He touched his nose, “Wife, you really do know yourself well. However…” After sizing me up a bit, “Actually, it’s not entirely false. Wife, I have noticed that sometimes you are indeed very quiet, which does fit the string of idioms you just mentioned.”
“Scram, scram, scram!” I waved my hand and walked into the yard.
A big wolf dashed through the courtyard door.
It was a wolf with a principally brown-gray coat, reddish-brown streaks on its back, and an imposing demeanor.
Isn’t that Big Mixed Fur?
Big Mixed Fur had a pheasant in its mouth, which it tossed aside. Standing up on its hind legs, its front paws on Su Qingyue, it wagged its tail at her incessantly.
Its long tongue licked her face, smearing it with saliva mixed with chicken blood, making her grimace, “Alright, alright, Rabbit Hound, you’ve roamed the mountain and now you deign to come back?”
“Aoow… Aoow…” It whined at its owner.
I patted its wolf head, “You don’t need that long to hunt on the mountain, do you? What have you been up to?”
“Aoow…” It kept wagging its tail, making a whimpering sound in its wolfish way.
Su Qingyue couldn’t understand wolf language, but as long as it was safe, she let it be.
Big Mixed Fur went over on all fours, picked up the freshly killed pheasant, and placed it at Su Qingyue’s feet, still wagging its tail at her.
From its sparkling wolf eyes, Su Qingyue could tell that Big Mixed Fur was trying to ingratiate itself with her, apologizing with a gift, meaning it went wild in the mountains for a few days and was asking her not to be angry.
“Damned wolf,” she scolded it casually.
It immediately lay down on all fours, assuming a tamed and obedient posture.
Seeing its obedient wolfish demeanor, Su Qingyue decided not to hold it to account, and she pet its wolf forehead, signaling she wasn’t angry anymore.
Only then did it stand up, shake off the fur on its body, and restore its imposing and proud appearance.
“The wolf pup is back,” Xiao Yuchuan laughed, “I haven’t seen it for days; thought it had eloped with some she-wolf.”
“Ao ao!” Big Mixed Fur barked at him discontentedly.
“Alright!” Xiao Yuchuan also petted its head, “We still missed you when we didn’t see you.”
“Aoow…” It stuck out its tongue and licked his hand. It usually didn’t take to him, sensing the scent of its owner on him. That meant he had slept with the owner last night.