Liyun's eyes widened in shock. He almost couldn't take it all in.
"It's so beautiful. This is much more beautiful than the thatched hut I used to live in. It's quite tall too. I don't have to worry about hitting my head."
He stood on his tiptoes, stretched out his long arms, and patted the door frame. There was a simple and honest smile on his face, and his black eyes were shining brightly. That pure smile and gaze, no matter who saw it, could not help but smile for him. Meng Hun was secretly speechless. He felt that his Langjun was "tireless in teaching".
He had dragged such a naive young man onto the pirate ship just because of a disagreement.
Meng Hun crossed his arms and looked up at the door beam. "Hit my head?"
Liyun said with some lingering fear, "Yes, it seems that I'm too tall. If I'm not careful, I'll hit my head."
He was the type that looked skinny when dressed but muscular when undressed. His height was even more outstanding. The house was slightly shorter, so he had to lower his head and bend over to enter. Otherwise, his head would turn red from the impact. In the past, such tragedies often happened. Every time he hit his head, not only would his head hurt for half a day, but the entire thatched hut would also shake.
Meng Hun laughed involuntarily. "Perhaps the lord was concerned about your height and specially built a tall house."
Meng Hun hadn't realized it.
The house allocated to Liyun was indeed much taller than other houses.
Meng Hun regained his senses. He couldn't help but admire his lord's attentiveness. At the same time, he felt his heart warm.
Even he thought so, not to mention Li Yun, who had a sincere heart. His impression of Jiang Pengji increased exponentially.
"My lord is such a good person. I never thought that one day I would be able to live in such a house. I always felt that only high officials and nobles could live in such a house." Liyun sincerely sighed, but his words changed after that. "Now that I have a house, I'll work hard to attain scholarly honors. Perhaps a girl will fall for me."
Liyun's appearance was more mature. When he didn't speak, he could fool many people. They would think that he was cold and unapproachable.
In reality, his temperament was rather simple. It was as if he had been brought to live in seclusion in the mountains for many years.
Meng Hun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Hanmei is handsome and good-looking. He's also skilled in martial arts. He's well-versed in military books. He's considered brave and astute. He'll definitely be extraordinary in the future. With such conditions, which girl wouldn't blush when they saw him on the street? Why does it sound like it's difficult for you to find a wife? "
Liyun replied honestly, "Master said that I'm too tall and girls don't like me."
It wasn't his fault that he was tall. When he was 13 or 14, he grew so fast that he didn't even dare to eat.
Meng Hun was speechless.
Although Liyun was indeed a little tall, it was more manly to be more imposing and sturdy. So what if he was tall?
Meng Hun saw that his expression didn't seem to be fake, so he wanted to tease him a little.
He circled around Liyun and clicked his tongue, commenting, "What Hanmei said is not wrong, he is indeed too tall. One must know that most of the beautiful girls nowadays were petite and dainty. If you choose a soft and weak wife and you hug her with both hands and want to kiss her, from afar, you look like a father and daughter. "
Li Yun's cheeks flushed red and he felt very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, he had become tanner recently, so the blush on his face was not very obvious.
"No, Hanmei … don't tell me that you're still a virgin?"
Meng Hun saw his reaction and found it very interesting.
In this day and age, to find a man over 20 who was still a virgin was more difficult than plucking the stars from the sky.
Meng Hun looked at Liyun as if he was looking at a prehistoric creature.
Liyun's words made him feel embarrassed. "Master said that this is called keeping one's body clean."
Meng Hun couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure it's not because there are no women in the deep mountains and forests?"
He finally understood why his lord liked to bully Liyun. He was indeed easy to bully.
Meng Hun brought Liyun to understand the layout of the entire house. Unlike the three-sectioned house that needed to be renovated further, the two-sectioned house was simpler and had everything that needed to be had. Jiang Pengji had fully considered the problems of these single dogs. She had already ordered people to build some doors and windows during the construction.
If the quality of life was not high, they could just move in and stay in the two-sectioned house.
Meng Hun's wife and daughter had passed away many years ago and he had no intention of remarrying, so he did not have many requirements for the place to live.
As for Liyun …
"If you feel that the house is simple and crude, let the lord know. She can borrow some craftsmen to renovate the house."
Liyun shook his head and said, "This is already good enough, I don't want anything else."
The area of the two-sectioned house was not big, but considering the military's habit of training in the morning, the house specially left an empty space for training. Every morning, Liyun could practice his spear there. After he was done, he could open the side door and go to the neighboring street to buy some breakfast to appease his hunger before going to work.
"I wish to apply for leave to take care of master in retirement."
To take care of his master in retirement, this was Liyun's wish.
Meng Hun agreed, "This is a filial act, the lord will definitely approve my leave."
The next day, Liyun successfully applied for three days of leave from Jiang Pengji.
Three days of leave!
Qiguan Rang used his red rabbit-like eyes to look at Liyun with hidden bitterness.
They were obviously equally busy, so why could he apply for three days of leave?
Looking at the optimistic Liyun leaving Xiangyang district with a small bag of food, Jiang Pengji laughed and patted his shoulder. "Capable people do more work, Wenzheng's work is of utmost importance. If you haven't completed the household registration after the houses in the district have been settled, the people won't be able to apply to rent a new house. "
Qiguan Rang snorted twice, appearing unwilling.
"Why doesn't the lord transfer a few more people to Rang?"
"It's not that I'm unwilling, but in the entire Xiangyang district, which literate person dares to show up in front of you?"
Jiang Pengji ridiculed him, making Qiguan Rang extremely annoyed.
On the other side.
Liyun wore a coarse cloth robe, carrying a small bag and a silver-white spear on his back, walking under the scorching sun.
The leave was only three days, he had to return before the deadline, so as to not let down the lord's kindness to him.
After walking for more than four hours, Liyun's sharp ears heard the sound of rolling wheels.
Lifting his head to look ahead, there was indeed a small dot on the horizon that was slowly getting closer.
"Little brother, do you know how far it is to reach Xiangyang district?"
Liyun wanted to avoid it, but someone called out to him.
He replied, "If we walk, it'll take about four hours."
The person had a sword hanging from his waist, Liyun could feel the faint smell of blood on him.
It wasn't just this guard, the dozens of people surrounding the horse carriage all had the same smell, but the intensity was different.
From the looks of it, the person sitting in the carriage should be an important person.
Liyun silently pursed his lips, appearing very aloof and unapproachable.
"Thank you, little brother."
The guard smiled kindly at him, but his gaze drifted over the spear on Liyun's back, his eyes flashing.
"Master, there's still four hours of journey."
"Mm, let's go."
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