Chapter 42: Chickens Flying and Dogs Jumping

  Xiao Furong was originally going to be stern and interrogate, but when she saw Huang Yue, she suddenly felt herself at a loss for words and hung her head in silence.

  Liu Zhang walked up to her, brushed the disheveled hair in front of Xiao Furan's forehead back behind her ears, looked her up and down, and couldn't help but shake his head. Liu Zhang just didn't understand how a good girl like Xiao Furan could be reduced to looking like a beggar, with every part of her body except her face dirty, her neck covered in a layer of grime, and who knows how much sweat had accumulated on this hot summer day.

  "Lotus flower, take this young lady to bathe and change into a clean set of clothes." Liu Zhang called out to a maid.

  "Sir, apart from the clothes left behind by the former madam, there are only servant girls' clothes in the mansion," Lotus Flower said with some difficulty.

  "Then let's go down." Liu Zhang said indifferently.

  Xiao Furong tilted her head, not noticing the servant's clothes, but unwilling to follow Hehua, she asked Liu Zhang with some embarrassment: "I'm hungry, can we eat first?"

  Liu Zhang glared at Xiao Fu Rong, who was hanging her head in a pitiful manner, and scolded: "You're still eating like that? I don't even dare to take my bowl. Quickly go take a bath."

  Xiao Furong responded with an "oh" and followed the lotus flower, while Liu Zhang instructed an old servant, "Go heat up the leftover rice and dishes at home." Huang Yue hastily said, "It's better to make some more, that girl looks like she's having a tough time."

  Liu Zhang waved his hand and said: "Don't bother with her, this country girl, not to mention leftover dishes, I think she can even eat raw meat."

  "It's not like that. I saw that girl had a lot of dew on her hair and her clothes were wet, she must have been sleeping in the wind and rain for a long time. Eating leftover food is bad for the stomach."

  "Alright then, let's make some changes, use less vegetables and more meat."

  Liu Zhang sighed, thinking to himself: "This dead girl, we agreed to be friends, but when she came to Chengdu, she didn't come to the provincial governor's mansion first. Instead, she went to see some beauty and got herself into a ghostly state, just thinking about it makes me angry."

  At this time, Xiao Furen, who had already entered the mansion, suddenly shouted towards the outside of the door: "Hey, take good care of my horse, that was something I went to great lengths to steal."

  Liu Zhang clenched his fists, really wanting to slap this girl to death. He hatefully said to Wang Xie: "Go, sell that donkey and use the money as your medical expenses."

  Liu Zhang strode into the mansion, and Huang Yue gazed at his back, a sudden wave of melancholy washing over her face. "The master is not even slightly polite to that girl; in fact, he regards her as one of his own people. Alas, when will the master ever scold me loudly instead of treating me with excessive courtesy?"

  Drawing diagrams is much faster than drawing pictures. Liu Zhang continued to draw on the paper, while Huang Yue stood beside him with nothing to do, picking up a bamboo slip and looking at it absent-mindedly. Suddenly, Liu Zhang raised his head and asked: "Miss, do you know how soap is made?"

  Liu Zhang asked about the soap angle, which was made from the fruit of the Sapindus mukorossi tree and resembled soap. Huang Yue, a daughter of a wealthy family, had never concerned herself with such things, so she shook her head and said, "I don't know."

  "Do you know how to plant?"

  Huang Yue still shook her head.

  Liu Zhang nodded, lowered his head and continued to draw on the paper, with a hint of disappointment on his face. Huang Yue couldn't help but feel annoyed - this person was still a provincial governor, how could he ask such unrefined questions? If he asked himself about the various schools of thought, perhaps he might even be able to answer them.

  Yes, Yizhou is now developing its people's livelihoods, and he will certainly be interested in these issues. A provincial governor who cares about the nine schools of thought is truly different from others.

  At this time, Xiao Furan was coming in from outside the door. Liu Zhang glanced over casually and his eyes froze for a moment. Huang Yue was also shocked. She had seen that Xiao Furan was a beautiful woman at the gate of the mansion, but she didn't expect that after taking a bath, Xiao Furan would be so stunning, and could be described as absolutely beautiful.

  Her fair skin had a subtle flush from soaking in hot water, and the simple green clothes she wore accentuated her elegance and understated beauty. The healthy aura unique to mountain girls was mesmerizing, with her loose hair, delicate features, and an expression that seemed to disdain everything yet was as pure as jade. Her explosive figure, honed from climbing hills and slopes, made this girl full of allure.

  Liu Zhang was stunned for a few seconds, but the sound of the pen dropping onto the white paper brought him back to his senses. Huang Yue looked at Liu Zhang's expression and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, her eyelashes slightly drooping.

  But Xiao Furen was obviously dissatisfied with her own state, the thin clothes were like not wearing clothes at all, and they were very loose, she couldn't walk freely, frowning, pouting, constantly turning her head to look at the back of her clothes, finally she simply picked up her clothes and started walking, the elegant lady's appearance was gone in an instant.

  When the old mother brought up the dishes, Xiao Furen suddenly burst out laughing, holding her clothes and rushed over, grabbed a chicken leg and started devouring it with big mouthfuls. The surrounding maids were stifling their laughter, Hehua nervously handed over a pair of chopsticks, Xiao Furen looked at the chopsticks in a daze, took them with her left hand, and continued to eat the chicken leg with her right hand.

  Liu Zhang shook his head and sighed to himself: "I should have thought of it earlier, a wild duck can never become a golden phoenix."

  After several days, Liu Zhang brought a few trusted officials to the front hall for discussion. Fa Zheng said with some curiosity: "My lord, this place is empty, just us few people, why not go to the inner court?"

  "Alas, let's not mention it." Liu Zhang sighed: "It's quieter here than in the back hall now."

  Since Xiao Furen arrived, the inner court has been in an uproar. Xiao Furen is just like those modern-day young misses who love to go shopping, but she doesn't know how to spend money properly. When Liu Zhang gave her some silver earlier, she used it to buy two roasted buns.

  Although a lot of money was spent on the streets of Chengdu, it's still necessary to pretend to be a flying female knight from time to time. As a result, small vendors would come to the door every now and then to collect debts.

  Xiao Furan also said that Liu Zhang relied on Wang Xi and others for protection, and would eventually die a violent death. So he took up the red spear and trained these personal soldiers every day, beating them until their faces were bruised and swollen, making them cry out in pain.

  Three or five days without washing her face, she still thinks herself very clean. The maid can't pull her over, and can't drag her over either. Every day's face-washing is like a battle.

  Eating was a real battle, on the first day, Xiao Furen not only ate all the new dishes but also finished off the leftovers, startling Huang Yue. Since taking over Liu Zhang's writing duties, Huang Yue had been having lunch at the Pastoral Mansion every day, but after Xiao Furen arrived, she could only watch as Xiao Furen devoured everything, her eating manners so bad that even four-year-old Liu Xun couldn't help but frown.

  Finally, Liu Zhang had no choice but to move Xiao Furan's small table to the corner. From then on, every day Liu Zhang, Huang Yue and Liu Xun ate together on one side, while Xiao Furan sat in the corner eating alone. If there were guests visiting, at first glance it seemed like Xiao Furan was being mistreated, but upon closer inspection, it became clear that this was not the case - the food in front of Xiao Furan was more abundant than what the other three had combined.

  Liu Zhang really couldn't take it anymore, in that kind of environment, still discussing official business, it's a wonder he didn't go mad.

  "Tell me, how did things go?" Liu Zhang thought of Xiao Furan and got a headache, so he quickly started the main topic.

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