Chapter 75: Bridge Family Village, Bridge Family Village—could this be none other than Bridge Family Village

Feng Qingyang ate his meal, finished the porridge in the bowl, and stepped out: "Qiao girl, you brought your son, huh? Is this your son Xiao Shitou?"

Mm.

Qiao Sheng nodded.

Feng Qingyang, accustomed to great storms and waves, naturally showed no surprise at all.

He examined Xiao Shitou while asking, "Xiao Shitou, your mother said you can recite the Three Character Classic, can you read it, and do you recognize it like this?"

Yes.

Xiao Shitou immediately began reciting to Feng Qingyang: "At the beginning of man, nature is originally good. Natures are similar, habits are far apart…"

He recited smoothly, without any hesitation.

"Not bad, not bad, quite good."

Feng Qingyang, seeing his own daughter‑in‑law had arrived, let Qiao Sheng keep her company for a while, and he took Xiao Shitou to get familiar with the classroom.

So that Xiao Shitou could keep up with the pace.

Feng Qingyang decided that whenever he had time, he would give him private tutoring.

Of course there was another reason: at a glance he thought the child quite clever, and with proper cultivation he would surely not be lacking.

Na Lan Ruo Lan was reluctant to see Qiao Sheng leave; upon learning she had opened a shop in town, she immediately asked, "Where is the shop you opened? What does it sell?"

Qiao Sheng told her truthfully.

Na Lan Ruo Lan noted it, and when it was almost noon, she sent a young servant from home to Qiao Sheng's place to buy food.

Today their lunch would be what Qiao Sheng made, not what the household cook prepared.

When Feng Qingyang ate at noon, he sensed the dishes were a bit different, and casually asked Na Lan Ruo Lan, "Old lady, have we changed cooks?"

"Is it tasty?"

Na Lan Ruo Lan raised an eyebrow and asked him.

Feng Qingyang nodded and said, "It is tasty, indeed, but that cook had been with us for many years, you…"

He hadn't finished his sentence.

Na Lan Ruo Lan cut him off.

"Rest assured, I didn't let him leave; I just didn't have him cook for us this noon. The food we're eating now was bought by someone I sent quietly to Qiao girl's small eatery. Qiao girl doesn't even know this."

So that's how it is.

Qiao girl's small eatery?

Qiao Sheng opened a restaurant in town?

How did his own old lady know that?

Feng Qingyang felt uneasy and asked Na Lan Ruo Lan; his biggest worry was that someone might deliberately approach his own old lady to use her for some purpose.

They have been married for many years.

How could Na Lan Ruo Lan not know what he was thinking?

"Don't worry, it's fine. I kept asking, and Qiao girl could only tell me because she had no choice. If you don't believe it, try a silver needle on it to see if it's poisonous?"

Feng Qingyang actually gave it a try.

Na Lan Ruo Lan was so angry she ignored him, and had to coax him for a long time before he calmed down.

Bridge Family Village.

An Yi and An Er rode in a carriage to the Mountain God Temple, shouted for a while, but no one responded.

"An Yi, are we sure we didn't pick the wrong place?"

An Er said to An Yi.

An Yi gave him a blank look.

"You think I'm as directionless as you? You're the one who's lost, I'm not! Didn't the master say, Bridge Family Village, Bridge Family Village, isn't this exactly Bridge Family Village? And there's a bridge and a temple, can't be wrong."

Seeing him say that,

An Er opened his mouth and asked, "If we didn't pick the wrong place, what about Qiao Niangzi? And Xiao Shitou?"

"You're hardly ever home; can others be home all the time? Fine, stop talking, I'm going to sleep. If you don't want to sleep, find a place to sit and wait."

An Yi hid the carriage, found a tree branch to lie on, and fell asleep after a short while.

He slept so soundly that even thunder couldn't wake him.

An Er called out to him several times with no response, patted his rumbling belly, and leapt toward a mountain on the side.

(End of Chapter)