CHAPTER 420: CHAPTER 0401: CAN’T I HANDLE IT? (1)

Chai Eying’s belly has already started to show noticeably.

She gently touched her belly and nervously looked at Li Yuzhu, "Third Sister, how is it? Is the baby... okay?"

Li Yuzhu checked her pulse while using the equipment in the space to examine the fetus in Chai Eying’s belly. She also took a syringe and drew a bit of her blood for testing.

Seeing Li Yuzhu remain silent, Chai Eying felt uneasy.

Li Yuzhu smiled and said, "The baby is doing great. In another month, you’ll be able to feel the baby moving, and by then, I’ll be able to tell if it’s a boy or a girl."

Chai Eying got excited, "Really?"

"Yes, in another month, he will be four months old."

Chai Eying stood up, "But his little clothes aren’t finished yet. Third Sister, I won’t chat with you anymore, I’m going back to make the clothes."

She happily left.

Li Yuzhu shook her head with a smile. Chai Eying had already made five sets of clothes for the future baby, yet she felt it wasn’t enough.

She walked over to the side of the bed and continued organizing the clothes Mu Yuanxiu had sent, couldn’t help but laugh.

Indeed, she, as an adult, has more than five sets, just for winter alone, and let alone for a baby who wets their pants every day.

After hanging the clothes in the cabinet, Li Yuzhu went outside the house to watch Li Xing’an and the others clearing the wild grass.

The newly opened wasteland is much smaller than the land around the house.

It will take less time too.

It’s already autumn, and the wild grass has started to turn yellow.

The brothers set fire to the wild grass, so there’s no need to cut the grass with great effort.

To prevent the fire from spreading elsewhere, Mu Yuanxiu, Li Xing’an, and Li Xingmao formed a circle to watch over the fire.

There was no wind today, only cloudy skies, and the flames quietly burned.

With this burning method, in just half an hour, most of the weeds on the wasteland were burned.

The three of them took branches and extinguished the flames, then covered the ashes with soil, completely putting out the fire.

The flames burned away the grass stems and slender tree branches on the ground, making the remaining work easier.

Preparing the land for the school is much simpler than preparing vegetable land.

Turning wasteland into vegetable land requires not only removing wild grass and trees but also deep plowing and sun exposure to kill insects and mold in the ground, whereas for the school, the land just needs to be level enough not to trip the kids.

Grass stems are not a problem; once the children are playing on flat ground, any grass will be trampled down.

It’s the slender trees that are a tripping hazard.

The brothers took axes and sickles specifically to cut down trees.

There are only a few trees as thick as an arm, most are as thin as a candle, so in just half a day, this piece of land can be completely cleared.

While they were busy in the field, Li Yuzhu carried a basket and searched for herbs nearby.

Besides herbs, some dried autumn insects can also be used medicinally.

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Prince Luling took Liu Yanbai to attend school.

All the children in the school knew he was staying at Prince Luling’s house.

Their attitude towards Liu Yanbai suddenly improved, no longer looking at him disdainfully. A few children even took the initiative to talk to him, asking about the Li Family’s situation.

"There are many people in the Li Family, each of them can write and is good-looking, just like Miss Li." Liu Yanbai was clever, seeing the change in their expressions, he no longer felt timid or inferior, and boldly chatted with his classmates.

"Really? The teacher’s family is amazing." a child exclaimed.

"Liu Yanbai, is the teacher’s family big? What is our new school like?" another child asked.

At the Li Family, Liu Yanbai hadn’t dared to roam around.

The places he went were only from the room of the main building to the kitchen, and then to the bathhouse next to the stable, and finally to the latrine outside.

Walking from the house entrance to the kitchen took over two hundred steps.

Moreover, the rear house is still behind the kitchen.

It’s evident the Li Family is very big.

He then replied, "It’s very big, five times larger than Mr. Song’s house, maybe more." He didn’t know exactly how big, so he fibbed a bit, "As for the new school, it isn’t built yet, but I heard people from the Li Family say that it can be completed in three to five days and they said it would be spacious and bright."

"How spacious and bright?" asked a five or six-year-old child.

Liu Yanbai thought a bit more, "In any case, it will be bigger than our current school."

This statement was something he heard; he listened to Li Yuzhu say, "It’s better to have the new school built bigger since more students might come in the future."

"Oh..."

The children gathered around him, asking about the school, and then about what fun things were near the new school.

Liu Yanbai hadn’t paid much attention to what was fun near Li Family, only remembered, not far from the house is the village road, and to the south of the village road is a marshland.

Where there’s marshland, there’s water; where there’s water, there will grow lotus flowers, and there will be fish and shrimp.

So he talked about the marshland.

The children began to discuss the marshland again.

Liu Yanbai usually doesn’t talk much, but as long as anyone asks him, he can answer.

Not only could he answer, but he also spoke very interestingly, unlike other big kids.

The younger kids had begun to admire Liu Yanbai, while those of his age were willing to make friends with him.

Only a few fourteen- or fifteen-year-old seasoned students didn’t talk to Liu Yanbai and snorted disdainfully.

"Not a big deal, hmph!"

Though, they did not stand too far from Liu Yanbai, just two or three steps away to listen.

When the stories became exciting, they would crane their necks to listen.

Even Song Baoshun, who was the most confident in his skills and dared to challenge the new teacher, came over to eavesdrop.

Liu Yanbai saw their expressions and became even more clear-minded.

After school in the afternoon, Liu Yanbai followed Prince Luling back to Li Family.

"Liu Yanbai, come early tomorrow."

"Liu Yanbai, remember to check out the new school when you go back."

"Liu Yanbai, can you bring me a bamboo from in front of the teacher’s house? I want to make a pen."

"Liu Yanbai..."

Several students waved goodbye to Liu Yanbai, with many shouting his name.

Liu Yanbai wore a confident smile and waved goodbye to everyone.

Prince Luling looked back at him and couldn’t help but smile warmly; see, who said this kid was stupid?

They are the fools, lacking insight.

After bidding farewell to Mr. Song, they left Song Family and headed towards Taohua River Village.

On the way, when they met the children, they greeted Prince Luling, "Hello, Mr. Li." Then, they looked at Liu Yanbai with admiring eyes.

Liu Yanbai was even happier, walking with a brisk pace.

Since the journey was long, Prince Luling chatted with Liu Yanbai, telling him stories of ancient people.

Liu Yanbai listened attentively and discussed with Prince Luling.

Just as they reached the village entrance, a woman shouted, "Erdan!"

Liu Yanbai recognized it as his mother’s voice.

He looked up and saw his mother coming from another road.

Close by, Lady Liu glanced at Prince Luling and then pulled Liu Yanbai aside, saying, "Why did you run so fast yesterday? I hadn’t finished talking yet."

Liu Yanbai watched his mother with an indifferent expression, "What is it?"

Lady Liu said, "Your elder brother is no longer young, as you know. Your father doesn’t care much about his marriage, and I can’t earn enough for his bride price alone. You have to remember this and bring the money home when you earn it in the future."

Liu Yanbai’s expression suddenly darkened, "I haven’t made any money yet."

"I didn’t mean now, I meant in the future; hey, not like years later, I mean when you start working next month and earn money, you must bring it to home, you hear me?" Lady Liu added.

Liu Yanbai said nothing, keeping his head down, lips tightly pursed.

Lady Liu grew impatient and said again, "I’ve been talking to you for ages, why aren’t you responding? Don’t you want to care for your brother? You silly child, can’t you get it? Women won’t fancy you like this. Your brother is so talented. Matchmakers have already visited. When he gets married and has kids, the kids will call you Uncle. His kids will support you when you’re old. Do you understand?"

Liu Yanbai shook his head.

"What? I’ve talked for ages, and you don’t understand?" Lady Liu was so angry she started pounding her chest, "Look, everyone says you’re silly, yet you’re angry and deny it. Such a simple thing, why can’t you understand?"

Liu Yanbai looked at her, "I can’t give the money for elder brother to use. He wants to marry, he should earn his own money."

"He’s your own brother! How can you be so selfish?" Lady Liu shouted hysterically.

She raised her hand, about to slap Liu Yanbai.

Prince Luling, who originally didn’t want to interfere in Liu Family’s affairs, couldn’t bear it when he saw Lady Liu about to hit someone. He stepped in front of Liu Yanbai and shouted, "How audacious!"

He had a large build, a booming voice, and an authoritative demeanor that startled Lady Liu, nearly making her fall over, and her raised hand could not come down.

"You... you... you..., this is my family’s matter..." Lady Liu stammered.

"I am Liu Yanbai’s teacher, why? Can’t I handle his affairs? Hmm?" Prince Luling rarely got angry, but when he did, even Prime Minister Pei in the court was once frightened.