Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 87: Heart Circle
The snow fell for more than an hour and then stopped.

The next morning, it suddenly started snowing again, heavier than the day before.

The sun was rising at this time, and the sunlight was cold and dazzling.

Tian Buli and Bai Lian sent Lan He down the mountain.

Lan He walked and said, "I feel relieved to see that you are having a good time. The Princess's Mansion is not very lively at the end of the year. There is always nothing going on. But I still have to go back to accompany the Princess."

Tian Buli asked curiously, "Why doesn't the princess go out more often? The prince should have many relatives."

Lan He looked at the road under his feet, took a few steps and said, "Young Master is not an outsider, so I won't hide it from you."

"It is precisely because of the large number of relatives that the princess does not want to interact with them. She has been living in seclusion for these years. After the old prince passes away, the princess will move out of the city and live in seclusion at the foot of Yanxia Mountain."

"I don't know the details, but I heard that one day in the future we will need a lot of people to help resolve the disaster."

Tian Buli nodded and said, "The princess has been very kind to me. If you need me to do anything in the future, I will definitely go and help you."

Lan He smiled, having already received the best answer.

"That's good. I'll go back and tell the princess about this."

Tian Buli said: "That should be the case."

Lan He was in a very good mood. "You guys had a lot of fun last night. I'm innocent and it's not that I don't want to do it, but I'm the princess's maid after all, so I can't do many things arbitrarily."

Tian Buli quickly said, "I understand. Sister has her own difficulties too."

Lan He smiled and said, "You can't call me like that. If someone hears me, they will say I have no manners."

Tian Buli certainly wouldn't make it difficult for Lan He. "Don't worry, I also come from a humble background and understand the hardship involved."

In terms of origin, Tian Buli is undoubtedly a hundred times humbler than Lan He.

But now standing here, I no longer feel the desolation and humility I once felt.

Lan He looked carefully and found that the snowflakes that fell on Tian Buli's shoulders and head always disappeared as soon as they approached.

And some snowflakes fell on the shoulders of Bai Lian who was following behind.

Lan He looked at his arms and saw some crystal hexagonal snowflakes on his clothes.

"Sir, how high is your cultivation level? Why doesn't this white snow fall on you?"

Tian Buli looked over his shoulder after hearing this and said, "I didn't notice that. Every day when I sleep, I always feel as if I'm in a cloud and fog, and I often feel the water flowing by."

“I don’t know why, but I feel energetic when I wake up every day, so I don’t pay much attention to it.”

Lan He took note of this and would definitely report it clearly after returning.

"It's good that it's not a bad thing. I'll go back and ask the princess and Mr. Qi."

The three of them soon reached the foot of the mountain. Lan He still came back in a sedan chair. After Tian Buli chatted with her for a few more words, he watched her leave.

After seeing Lan He off, Tian Buli walked towards the village.

Hu'er was squatting at the door of his house. When he saw Tian Bulili coming, he stood up and walked over.

"Second Father, my father sent me a letter saying that he will be back with my younger brother and stepmother in the next few days."

Tian Buli corrected her, "Your mother is still alive. What's the point of calling her stepmother or not? You should call her aunt."

"That's what my mother said!" Hu'er defended himself, "It was my mother who said my father brought his stepmother back!"

Tian Buli said, "If you listen to what she said, you will be beaten in the future. Listen to me and tell Baoer to call her aunt instead of stepmother."

"Oh!" Hu'er quickly and obediently agreed.

Listen to your mother. Even if you get beaten, she won’t help you.

But sometimes you get beaten if you don't listen.

Fortunately, I have my second father to help me. If I listen to him, I won’t get beaten.

Even if your father doesn't love you and your mother doesn't care about you, at least you have someone to lean on.

Tian Buli walked into the gate of the Hu family. "After your father comes back, don't run out all day. It just so happens that I am staying at the house next door for a few days to rest. I will cook for you and teach you some common prescriptions when I have nothing to do."

"After your aunt comes here, your mother will definitely be displeased with everyone and will inevitably take her anger out on you two."

Hu Er quickly wiped his nose and said, "Okay, Second Dad! Second Dad is always good to us brothers!"

Tian Buli smiled and said, "Go tell Baoer to be careful these days. I'll go see what your father said in the letter." "Okay! I'll go!" Huer quickly put on his tiger cloth shoes and ran to talk to his younger brother who was sleeping late.

Now both brothers have their own room and their living standards are much better than before. They have separate cabinets to store things and their own beds to sleep in, and they don't have to squeeze together like before.

The food and clothes we eat have improved a lot, we don’t have to do heavy work, and we don’t have to go hungry.

They will be beaten if they are punished. Neither of the two children is so obedient, nor is he the quiet type who will not cause trouble. They are both very tough.

Compared with the two brothers, Dou Niang and others naturally lived a good life, and lived a better life than Tiger and Leopard.

Tian Buli was not shy and went straight into Dou Niang's house.

The people who helped the Hu family were mainly Dou Niang's family and the girls in this village.

It is better for the children in the village to come and work as maids than to help with housework at home. Not only can they get paid, but the food is better than at home, and the family can also save on food rations for the children.

After entering the house, I saw four wives, older and younger, playing cards together. They were playing a kind of wooden cards that the old wives and younger wives in the county played, similar to mahjong.

After Tian Buli entered the room, he saw that in addition to the trio, there was also a little girl named Li Hua.

"Didn't Li Hua go home for the New Year?" Tian Buli walked over and spoke casually.

Dou Niang took a look at this side and said, "Her sister will go to the county to celebrate the New Year. It doesn't matter whether she goes home or back to her hometown, so she will celebrate the New Year here."

Li Hua is the younger sister of Dou Niang's brother's wife. She lives in Yanxi County, two or three days away from here.

Li Hua's sister and brother-in-law lived in the Hu family's house and were also busy selling tofu business.

If Li Hua goes back home, she will either go back to her mother's home far away, or spend the New Year at her brother-in-law's house with the whole family there. It would be more comfortable to stay here.

Tian Buli felt that Hu'er or Bao'er should settle down as soon as possible, otherwise it would be hard to say how many years the house would be occupied by Dou Niang's family.

It's not that it's occupied, but it's a bit troublesome to be unable to distinguish it.

As he thought about it, Tian Buli suddenly realized that he was now in a state of confusion with the Hu family.

Seeing that Tian Buli remained silent, Dou Niang turned her head and looked at Tian Buli and said, "What's the matter? Hu'er is causing trouble again, isn't he? If you need to hit him, just hit him. Don't be afraid of what others say. If he dares to fight back, I'll help you beat him!"

Tian Buli said helplessly: "Hu'er is not naughty, I just suddenly feel that I am a little thick-skinned."

The damselfly laughed and said, "It's better to be thick-skinned! If you are thin-skinned, you can't eat it!"

Tian Buli did not reflect on himself, but smiled and said, "What Dou Niang said is right. Let me see the letter from the gentleman and I will see what he said."

The damselfly was busy playing cards. "It's in the box on the table by the window inside the room. Get it yourself."

Tian Buli quickly went in to look for something and saw the food box he had given on the table and dressing table.

The damselfly treated the box as a box for high-value items.

Tian Buli sat on the bed and read the letter. It mainly talked about the date of returning home and precautions, and asked Dou Niang to notify him in advance.

Tian Buli walked out and explained, "I've read the letter. The box I gave you was a food box, not a makeup box."

Dou Niang didn't care at all. "I know. When your young lady came to visit me a while ago, she told me that it was a food box from the Princess's Mansion. I don't care about that. I just like it."

When Tian Buli saw that she knew it was the food box from the Princess's Mansion, he said uncomfortably, "I didn't buy it. Someone gave me some food as a gift. I saw that the box was good, so I brought it back. I'm sorry to embarrass you."

The damselfly said unhappily, "What's the big deal? You brought it back from far away for me, so I just like it. I'm happy if you have such a thoughtful thought. I will be unhappy if you spend money recklessly."

Tian Buli smiled and stopped saying anything pretentious.

"Okay, as long as you like it."

Tian Buli no longer cared about what others thought. He just did what he had to do. Sometimes, the more he cared, the more uncomfortable he felt.

It seems that there are no rules, but the rules are maintained.

Now, compared to last year, the relationship between the two has become much more distant. If it gets any more distant, they should just avoid each other.

There's no need for that, it's fine as it is now.

We should restrain ourselves, but we cannot be completely without desires, heartless and unrighteous.

Let everything take its course, but don't really indulge yourself. Everything has its limits.

If you have a sense of propriety in your mind, you will be able to achieve your goals.

(End of this chapter)