C7 It Was too Torturous

It was difficult for a man who was used to pens.

Every time he returned home, Xia Qingyun would practice writing in the house. Xia Yu did not sit around doing nothing. She used the rest of his Xuan paper to write as well.

Perhaps it was because of her good foundation, but Xia Yu learned faster than Xia Qingyun. Although the handwriting was not good, at least she could write.

However, the siblings had been sneaking around these past few days and had attracted Peach's attention.

During dinner, Peach asked about it. "What have you and your sister been doing these past two days? You don't go home after work tomorrow, and you can't find them."

Xia Yu wanted to keep this a secret, but now that everything was going smoothly, there was no harm in telling Peach and the others about it.

"Dad, after the Lin family left that day, Lin Chengcan came to talk to me..."

"What did he want to talk to you about?" Before Xia Yu could finish her sentence, Xia Changping quickly asked.

Xia Yu smiled. "He said that he felt indebted to her for what happened before, so he privately agreed to teach Xia Qingyun how to read."

Who would have thought that after Xia Changping heard this, not only did he not feel happy, he even frowned. "His parents don't agree. If they find out, they will definitely say that we are behind this."

"You also said that it would be troublesome if we were found out, so we should try our best not to be discovered by them. Besides, we don't want Lin Chengcan to help us all the time. When you contact the mister over there, we'll go and ask him."

Xia Changping was still a little worried. "If you really can't do it, then just say no. You owe someone a favor."

In Xia Yu's opinion, Xia Changping was too honest. How could this be considered owing someone a favor?

"Dad, have you forgotten about my injury? There's nothing wrong with him wanting to compensate us. How can you say that we owe them a favor?"

After hearing Xia Yu's words, Xia Yu also felt that they made sense. After some thought, she decided to forget about it. "Then let's leave it at that for now, but it won't last long. I'll go to the village in the mountains as soon as possible and ask around."

"Okay. As long as Dad asks around, we won't need Lin Chengcan's help."

Soon, it was time to collect the food. Xia Yu's family woke up early in the morning and packed up their food before heading to the village entrance to prepare.

There were a lot of people here today. Although their family woke up early, there were still a lot of people in front of them.

Some of them were from the Lin family. Although Lin Ning did not need to farm now, their family had already chartered land and had to hand over food.

"Village Chief, you guys are here too..."

The villagers greeted them warmly, and Lin Ning was also very polite to everyone, "Everyone, line up properly. The people who are collecting the food will be here soon."

Everyone nodded their heads and stood there obediently waiting.

Not long after, the group of people who were collecting the food really came over and handed over the food in an orderly manner.

Xia Changping and Shen Yao were not in good health, so their annual income was the lowest in the village, and this year was no exception.

However, there was nothing to worry about. After all, Xia Yu did not need to rely on farming to earn money. The herbs in the Divine Field were enough for them to live on.

However, they still had to keep the land. Before this matter became the main source of income for their family, they could not let Xia Changping stay at home.

The result of being idle was not good. It brought more negative effects, so it was good for Xia Changping to have something to do.

Aunt Zhou, who lived next door, came over to take a look. When she saw the small amount of food that their family had handed over, her face was filled with disdain. "I was wondering how capable your family was. I didn't expect it to be nothing."

Aunt Zhou had only been bullied by them before, and she had always been thinking about it. Wasn't it just to prove that their Xia family was worse than her?

"It's nothing, but our family doesn't need to worry about this little bit of money to support our family. I think you don't have enough money to spend."

Aunt Zhou's face immediately fell when she heard this. "But do you need to say that? Take care of your own family first!"

She turned around and left.

After handing over the food, Xia Changping thought of Xia Changlian, who was still grounded, and wanted to hurry up and call her. Otherwise, if they missed the time to hand over the food, they would have to run far away to hand it over.

Xia Changping went to Xia Changlian's house alone and told Xia Yu and the others to go back first.

It was just that Xia Changping had been gone for a long time. Xia Yu and the others were cooking at home and waiting. They waited for more than an hour.

When Xia Changping returned, the food was already cold.

"Father, why have you been gone for so long? Did something happen over there?"

Xia Changping shook his head, and immediately denied it: "No, I only said a few words to your aunt."

Xia Yu did not ask any more questions. The family of four sat down to eat.

But as they ate, Xia Changping asked Xia Yu, "Yu, have you been feeling any discomfort lately?"

Xia Yu did not understand why he would ask such a question, but she still answered, "I don't feel any discomfort. Dad, what's wrong with you? It suddenly occurred to me to ask this."

Xia Changping laughed: "Nothing, I was just thinking that since the last time you got better so quickly, we didn't take you to see a doctor to make sure how you were doing."

"Dad, don't worry. I'm really fine."

Seeing that Xia Yu insisted that she was fine, Xia Changping did not say anything else.

However, for some reason, Xia Yu felt that there was something wrong with Xia Changping, and he was hiding it from her.

This was not a good thing. This was how many misunderstandings came about.

After dinner, she and Shen Yao busied themselves in the kitchen and spoke to her. "Mom, do you think Dad is acting weird today?"

Shen Yao quickly shook her head in surprise.

"I feel like Dad is hiding something from us. Why don't you go back tonight and ask him?"

Shen Yao thought about it and nodded.

That night, the entire family went to bed early. Xia Yu tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

Could it be that Xia Changping saw something and suspected her?

Xia Yu could not fall asleep from her thoughts, so she decided not to think about it anymore and went into the space to take a look.

There were still a few stalks of water pennywort left from the last time she used them. She thought that Xia Qingyun would spend a lot of money to read, so she wouldn't sell them when she needed money.

There was no such coincidence in the world. If they needed money just because they needed it, it would definitely arouse suspicion.

Xia Yu first planted these water pennyworts and thought that if Xia Changping did not believe her, she might as well let Xia Changping and the others handle this matter less.

He could sell it on the market himself, and it didn't have to be done by Xia Changping.

Also, after Xia Changping sold it, the silver was in Xia Changping's hands. If Xia Yu needed it, it would be troublesome.

This batch of water pennywort, Xia Yu did not plan to tell Xia Changping. After planting it, she planned to sell it herself.

The next morning, when she woke up, Xia Yu got dressed as usual and was about to go to work, but she was stopped by Shen Yao. She was making a lot of noise, but no one knew what she was talking about. However, from the looks of it, she did not want Xia Yu to go out.

Everything was fine before, but why did she feel a little strange today?

"Father, Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Shen Yao avoided his gaze, and Xia Changping explained, "We thought about how you were injured before, and how you followed us up and down without much rest, so we let you rest at home today."

The more Xia Yu thought about it, the more she found it strange. "I'm really fine. I've been fine these past few days when I went out with Dad. Don't worry."