newbobooks Chapter 23 The Sky Shines Brightly with Clouds, Bian Caixia Was Not Wrong
Chapter 23 The Sky Shines Brightly with Clouds, Bian Caixia Was Not Wrong
With light steps, the three quickly returned to the courtyard. When they reached the courtyard gate, Li Lianhua was already inside peeling bamboo shoots.
"Huahua, I didn't expect you to be so quick, you've already started. Aren't you going to read your book anymore?" Wu You walked up to Li Lianhua and teased her.
“You guys went through all that trouble to dig it up, so it’s only right that I help out. Besides, didn’t you say you needed to stretch your legs after looking at it for so long? That’s why I came out,” Li Lianhua retorted, her hands still busy.
Wu You choked and changed the subject: "Tongzhu, when you cook dinner tonight, take two bamboo shoots back, add salt and boil them to remove the bitterness, then stew them with the cured meat and rice from the roof beam, and stir-fry a few side dishes." Wu You pointed to the bamboo shoots that Li Lianhua had peeled.
He then led Leyang to the table, poured her a glass of warm water, and handed it to her: "You must be tired after making this trip. Just rest here and watch over us."
"Okay, Auntie, you go ahead with your work. I'll be good and sit still. I won't be naughty," Leyang replied softly, holding the cup of warm water in her hands and quietly sipping it.
"Yes." Tongzhu held one bamboo shoot in each hand, so big that she almost couldn't carry them all. She had to hug them with both arms and go into the kitchen to prepare them.
Wu You went back into the house, got a low stool, sat opposite Li Lianhua, and started peeling bamboo shoots with her, chatting with her.
"Hey Huahua, is reading medical books your only hobby? I see you've improved so quickly in medicine. Are you a descendant of a medical family? I know all about your past. Don't you have any other hobbies?"
Li Lianhua paused for a moment, then continued peeling the bamboo shoots: "No, there aren't any."
"I've already told you about my past, so why don't you tell me about yours too?" Wu You's tone was so shameless that she was practically throwing a tantrum.
It seems that the incident with Shan Gudao had a huge impact on Li Lianhua. Li Lianhua still spends most of his time cooped up in his room. Unless Wu You calls him, he doesn't want to leave his room except for eating, drinking, and using the restroom.
"There's nothing much to say, I just lived a normal 20 years." Li Lianhua's tone was unreadable.
Wu You's lips twitched violently. You care about the world's number one martial arts, the Four Gu Sect that everyone in the martial arts world wants to join, and the mundane life? Then what about your uneventful modern life?
Wu You didn't know whether to continue talking, whether to let him get through it on his own, or to stimulate him further to make him immune.
"If a person can live to be 100, even if you have an ordinary 20 years, there are still four 20-year periods after that. Is there anything extraordinary or spectacular about the first 20 years of your life?"
"No."
One sentence almost made Wu You's brain boil over; she really wanted to jump up and beat him up to vent her anger. Helpless, Wu You changed the subject.
"You don't know, do you? After the former Sigu Sect disbanded, it was renamed Baichuan Academy, which now takes care of matters of injustice in the martial arts world. The dean is one of Li Xiangyi's former friends, known as Buddha Baishi." Wu You could only rely on rumors from the martial arts world to tell the story.
Seeing that Li Lianhua remained silent, Wu You simply muttered to himself, "It's a pity that such a good Baichuan Academy could tolerate Yun Biqiu, who poisoned Li Xiangyi and his own friend. I don't believe that such a large academy like Baichuan Academy couldn't find out the truth and let him be the dean of the academy."
"Huahua, you're a good doctor. How about you make me all sorts of medicines that won't kill you but will make you suffer terribly?" Wu You looked at Li Lianhua with his eyes.
Li Lianhua seemed to snap out of her daze: "What do you need that poison for?"
"Of course it's poison, cough, to punish that treacherous, treacherous, ungrateful, and treacherous villain who stabbed his brother in the back." Wu You thought of the little girl Leyang still beside him, and it wouldn't be good to pollute such a young mind, so he quickly changed his words.
"Why do you want to punish Yun Biqiu?" Li Lianhua asked, puzzled, since Wu You and Yun Biqiu had no connection.
"Of course! When I see him, I'll stab him twice, then poison him with all the poison. If that doesn't work, I'll do it secretly. Who told him to treat Li Xiangyi like that?" Wu You said bitterly.
"Revenge is Li Xiangyi's business, what does it have to do with you?"
"A person like him deserves to be killed by everyone. What's wrong with me poisoning him?" Wu You didn't care at all.
"I mean Li Xiangyi. You don't actually like him, do you?" Li Lianhua asked, voicing a guess she herself didn't want to believe.
“A person like him deserves everyone’s admiration and respect, and I am no exception,” Wu You said firmly.
"Don't you feel tired? Chasing after that unattainable figure, don't you feel that he's running too fast and it's tiring to keep up?" Li Lianhua didn't even realize that her voice was trembling.
Wu You looked at Li Lianhua quietly, and Li Lianhua felt a chill in her heart. It seemed that it really was her fault.
Wu You was thinking about Li Lianhua remembering the farewell letter Qiao Wanmian had written to her.
Wu You forcefully slammed the peeled bamboo shoots in her hand into the basin of bamboo shoots, interrupting Li Lianhua's thoughts with a 'bang'.
“What’s wrong? This isn’t Li Xiangyi’s fault.”
"The sun in the sky is so warm, I want it to stay for me, but it has to go and bring sunshine to everyone in the world, and it never stays for me even for a moment. Is it wrong? No, it is the sun high above, while I am a person as low as dust. The mistake is that I do not have the ability to fly."
"The stars are so bright at night. I wanted to pick one and hang it in my house so I wouldn't need to turn on the lights. But he wanted to light the way for travelers at night and refused my request. Was he wrong? No, it was the distance between us that separated us. The fault was that I didn't have the ability to build a ladder to the sky."
"The mountain breeze is so refreshing, I really like it, but it won't stop for me, and I don't think it's its fault, because it wants to bring coolness to more people. What I want to do is catch up with it as soon as possible and stay by its side, so that I can stay cool forever."
“Li Xiangyi was not wrong; the wrong lies with people’s hearts and those who pushed him into the abyss.”
After speaking, Wu You ignored the thoughtful Li Lianhua and poured water into the peeled bamboo shoots. She then prepared an empty basin and put the washed bamboo shoots in it. She found a knife, chopped the bamboo shoots into smaller pieces, and transported them to the kitchen in batches. The large iron pot in the kitchen, which was currently unused, was used instead. The bamboo shoots were poured in, filled with water, and a generous amount of salt was added. The pot was then boiled to remove the astringent taste from the bamboo shoots.
"The bamboo shoots will be ready after being boiled and soaked overnight. Slice and dry them tomorrow," Wu You instructed Tong Zhu. This was a huge undertaking, and Wu You didn't want to get involved.
"Yes, Tongzhu understands." Tongzhu responded.
Wu You taught Tongzhu how to use and be careful with the electrical appliances she had never seen before, and then slipped away.
Perhaps Leyang had never eaten farm-style food before, or perhaps it was because of the bamboo shoots she had dug up together, but Leyang ate with particular relish. Tongzhu even said it tasted better than what she ate in the palace.