Splendid Twins

At this time, deep in the forest, Si Yao was using the space system to set up a spirit gathering array. Dense beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his face was pale and a little scary. Lu Yuan was pacing back and forth anxiously beside him...

"call……"

After a while, Si Yao finally finished, wiped the sweat from his face, joy flashed in his eyes, and finally formed a seal to hide the traces of the formation. There was no change in appearance, except that various animals appeared in the forest from then on.

"Lu Yuan, come here."

Si Yao found a seat and sat down. Although Lu Yuan's expression was not obvious, Si Yao could feel that he was unhappy.

"Stretch out your hand."

A golden talisman suddenly appeared in Si Yao's palm and ignited without fire, which scared Lu Yuan so much that he almost jumped up. Then he saw the little fairy with a calm face, and she sat down carefully with eyes wide open.

"Your soul has been tampered with. Can I help you repair it now?"

Lu Yuan didn't understand, but he knew the fairy wouldn't harm him, so he just nodded and stretched out his hand to hand it over.

As soon as the two hands touched each other, the talisman instantly burned to ashes, and bits of it fell on Lu Yuan's palm. Si Yao quickly activated the space system to assist her in making the seal. A part of Lu Yuan's soul was forcibly extracted, and now she could only stabilize the remaining half. The golden talisman consumed the most energy and was extremely powerful. Once she collected more spiritual power, she could completely cure Lu Yuan.

At first, Lu Yuan cooperated with the fairy with a bewildered look on his face. After a while, he felt a dull pain in his head. He shook his head and held Si Yao's hand. His usually heavy shoulders suddenly felt lighter, and his eyes became clearer. Seeing that Si Yao's face was even paler than before, he opened his mouth anxiously:

"don't want……"

The man's voice was extremely hoarse and full of nervousness. Just two words had exhausted all his strength. Lu Yuan wanted to say something but opened his mouth and no sound came out. He just held her hand with a little force.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Si Yao shook her head and comforted him. She was extremely exhausted now. After casting a spell on Lu Yuan, she would need to rest for half a month. Fortunately, his condition was not beyond saving.

Si Yao sat down to rest for a while, then saw that it was getting dark and spoke:

"Let's go down the mountain. My mother will be worried if we go back too late."

Lu Yuan nodded, stood up and extended a hand to Si Yao. Seeing this, Si Yao curled her lips and took his hand to stand up. The two of them walked down the mountain like they were familiar with the route.

Walking to the end of the village, Si Yao looked at the completely built new courtyard and whispered to Lu Yuan:

"I plan to move the day after tomorrow, and we will be neighbors from now on."

After hearing this, Lu Yuan looked at the yard and then at Si Yao, and spoke with all his might:

"it is good."

Si Yao laughed and waved her hands:

"Okay, then you go back, we'll see you the day after tomorrow."

Lu Yuan stood there and watched Si Yao walk away, his eyes fixed on the newly laid green tiles on the roof in the distance. The corners of his stiff mouth slightly curved, his eyes sparkling...

When Si Yao was almost at the thatched hut, she met an acquaintance on the road. She stopped and looked at Wang Dahu who was walking towards her.

"Why are you here at this hour?"

Wang Dahu smiled and handed a key to Si Yao:

"The yard has been rented. It's in Guanzi Lane on Qili Street in town. Xiao Shitou and Xiao Huzi have already collected more than a hundred saplings. You can go and have a look when you have time."

"Okay, I'll go some other day. Don't they have anything else to do?"

Si Yao took the key and took the initiative to mention them. She wondered how those children were doing now.

"Yes, I'll help you collect some saplings while I'm out working during the day, and I'll teach them a few words at night. They've been doing pretty well lately."

"What about the little girl?"

"The older one, Hongying, has already started learning embroidery, and the younger one stays at home to watch the door and clean up the yard."

Si Yao nodded and said nothing more. Children from poor families have to grow up early, and they lived the same life before she appeared. She could only provide them with another option.

"If you have any trouble, come to me. This is four hundred taels for the house. After you pay the money, I'll use the rest to buy you some things to prepare for the winter."

The new yard and the blue bricks at the entrance cost a total of three hundred and fifty taels. The construction team finished the project and left today. As for the wages from the villagers, she had already converted them into loose change and kept them with the village chief to be paid daily.

"No, how can I take your money? You have helped us a lot..."

Wang Dahu waved his hands to refuse. His biggest burden was Xiaoyu. Now that Xiaoyu had a way out, how could he have the audacity to accept her favor?

"Take it, prepare some more food and cotton clothes for the winter, those kids can't handle it."

Seeing Si Yao's tough attitude, Wang Dahu sighed and took over:

"I'll ask them to kowtow to you some other day."

"That's not necessary. I'm going to move into the new house the day after tomorrow. You can bring them over for the feast."

"Really? That's great. Xiaoya has been talking about you for quite a while."

Si Yao thought of the soft little girl with a smile on her face:

"Okay, I'll wait for you the day after tomorrow, and help me move all the furniture in tomorrow."

Wang Dahu thought about what Xiaohuzi had inquired about and lowered his voice and said:

"That's no problem. Si Yao has returned from the imperial examination in Beijing. Now he's the laughing stock of the whole town."

Si Yao raised her eyebrows when she heard this: "What's wrong? Didn't win again?"

"He was expelled from Wencheng Academy. It is said that he slept in the examination room and offended the supervisor. He was directly disqualified and kicked out of the examination room. He is only a scholar in this life."

Si Yao heard what she expected, and said calmly:

"You are familiar with my home. Didn't the old man faint from anger?"

Wang Dahu smiled. He went to Tianshui Lane specifically to hide behind people and watch the fun:

"The old man and the old lady were crying their heads off, and your uncle was beating and scolding them with a stick. According to the information I found out, he stayed overnight at Hongxing Tower a few days before leaving for Beijing, and he had a close friend named Yingying there. I'm afraid he didn't have enough energy for the exam..."

As Wang Dahu spoke, he realized that this topic might not be appropriate, so he closed his mouth and looked at Si Yao with an embarrassed expression.

"Oh, I knew it a long time ago. It's strange that he can pass the exam with his dissolute appearance."

Si Yao didn't avoid Wang Dahu at all. It didn't matter since she had already separated from the family. She could just treat it as a joke.

"There is one more thing, that is, you, your uncle..."

Si Yao heard this and said seriously: "What happened to him?"

Wang Dahu didn't want to say it directly, so he just leaned over and whispered a few words in Si Yao's ear.

Si Yao sneered, it is true that if the top beam is crooked, the bottom beams will be crooked!

"Okay, if you have time next time, pay more attention to it, just in case."

She had to be on guard against Old Man Si doing something desperate to harm her. When they came back and found out that the new yard was hers, wouldn't he be so angry that he would become jealous?

"Don't worry, if I don't have time, Xiao Huzi will keep an eye on me."

"Tell him to be safe."

After sending Wang Dahu away, Si Yao walked while thinking. It was already dark and the hut was quiet. She reached out to light the candle and called out:

"Mom? Dad?"

Where did he go? Why hasn't he come back yet?

Turning around and walking out, she happened to see two people coming in from the courtyard gate. Si Yao had a very good sight and saw at a glance that her parents looked disappointed. Her mother even cried...

"Mom, what's wrong with you? Dad, what happened?"

Si Yao hurried forward to hold Liu Niang's arm in an anxious tone. Liu Niang sniffed and spoke in a muffled voice:

"I have pity for Yaoyao..."

Si Lao Er sighed and said with a depressed look:

"Yaoyao, isn't Dad really useless? He has worked hard all his life but in the end he didn't even leave an acre of land for his children."

Hearing this, Liu Niang cleared her throat and said, "In the future, we will dig up more wasteland. If we can't grow crops, we can grow vegetables and fruits. Then we can exchange them with the village..."

What did Si Yao not understand after hearing this? She pulled the two of them into the house, took out a blueprint and placed it under the candlelight. When Si Lao Er took it and looked at it, his face changed drastically. Isn't this Mr. Wang's house?

How could he not see the structure of the house when he worked there every day? Fearing that Si Yao had done something bad, Si Lao Er grabbed Si Yao's arm and said with a rare frown:

"Yaoyao, tell Dad the truth, what is going on?"

Seeing this, Si Yao stopped smiling and looked at the two of them seriously.

"This is my house. No, it should be our house. In order to avoid some trouble, I asked Mr. Wang to block the way. Don't worry, Dad and Mom, I will never do anything illegal or criminal. You can just follow me and enjoy the good life. We will move in the day after tomorrow."

Si Lao Er was stunned by Si Yao's words, and Liu Niang also looked incredulous...