My husband is a sick cat

Time flies like water, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

In August last year, Tang Ying took part in the provincial examination and directly won the title of Lieyuan. He became a genius in the eyes of many people and attracted countless people to fawn on him. However, Tang Ying still looked aloof and was neither distant nor close to others when interacting with them.

Instead, he became good friends with several people in the academy. These people would come to the Tang family for dinner and gatherings from time to time, and he gradually became familiar with Lu Jian and Zhou.

The main reason why they often come to the Tang family for gatherings is that Tang Ying has many rare books that can be borrowed.

These rare books naturally came from that secret room.

With Lu Jian's previous ability, it would not be difficult to take out these rare copies, but it was not so easy. However, after Lu Jian practiced and gained the bonus of internal strength, he could enter and exit the Qilin Mountain as if he were in an empty space.

At the beginning, Lu Jian followed Tang Ying's instructions and brought back a few books from time to time for him to copy. Until half a year ago, when Tang Ying's health had improved a lot, whenever Lu Jian took a day off, he would take Tang Ying to the secret room, copy the books directly in the secret room and then bring them out.

Whenever Tang Ying was copying the rare book in the secret room, Lu Jian would wander around the Qilin Mountains, hunting or finding a white wolf to take her to collect ancient herbs, which were much more valuable than the prey.

During this period, Lu Jian would occasionally catch some fish from the Qilin Mountains to nourish Zhou and Tang Ying. Tang Ying's health is basically well now and she doesn't need to take medicine anymore. She looks no different from an ordinary person, but she still needs to continue recuperating.

In addition to these things, another incident happened during this year. Not long after the Chinese New Year last year, Lu Hu, who had recovered from his injuries, sent Lu Yao and the little white wolf to Lin'an City and asked Tang Ying and others to take care of them. The purpose was naturally for Lu Yao to attend private school.

Although there was a private school next to Qinjia Village, with the experience of Qin Song as a precedent, and since both the husband and wife were uneducated and worried that Lu Yao would learn bad things and go astray, they simply sent him to Lin'an City.

They didn't understand other things, but the private school in Lin'an City must be better than the one in the village. Besides, Tang Ying was so knowledgeable and had a great sister like Lu Jian, so there was no need to worry about Lu Yao growing up in a wrong way.

There is another more important reason, which is to make the two siblings closer. Lu Hu doesn't have many relatives on this side. Although the Sun family has a large population, it is only Sun Xiaohua's maternal family after all.

Lu Hu only has these two children in his life. He is well aware of Lu Jian's ability, and Tang Ying doesn't look like a simple person either. So as long as Lu Yao and Lu Jian have a good relationship, he thinks his future will be easier, at least he doesn't have to be a hunter like him.

He also knew that his thoughts were selfish, but it was because of Tang Ying's words that he dared to send the person over directly.

Tang Ying had said at the beginning that their family had broken off with the people from Tangjiabao, which meant that there was only Tang Ying in the Tang family, and Lu Jian had only this one younger brother. It could be said that both families had small populations, so instead of being estranged, it would be better for them to keep in touch with each other so that they could help each other in the future if anything happened.

As for the little white wolf, when Lu Jian returned to Lin'an City from the Lu family, he wanted to take it with him, but Lu Yao was reluctant to do so, and with Tang Ying's persuasion, Lu Jian did not take it with him.

Lu Yao came to Lin'an City and entered a private school in the city under Tang Ying's arrangement. However, this child, like Lu Jian, had no talent for school. Even with Tang Ying's patient teaching, he could only barely keep up with the teacher's instructions.

With such talent, it was obviously impossible for him to take the imperial examination, but the child liked to wield spears and sticks. After seeing Lu Jian practicing martial arts once, he became fascinated by it and pestered Lu Jian to learn from him.

However, the moves that Lu Jian demonstrated were just some moves she compiled after studying the sword moves in the booklet and adding her own experience in fighting the enemies. There were knife and sword techniques, as well as some boxing and kicking skills.

But she has all the moves, but they are not complete sets. She just uses whatever she thinks of. She is not bound by these moves. She just uses her own experience to figure out how to achieve the best effect with the least amount of internal energy.

So when Lu Yao pestered her to learn, she was not sure whether she could teach Lu Yao. It was after discussing with Lu Hu that Lu Hu felt that if Lu Yao had no talent in studying, it would be a good idea for him to learn kung fu. At worst, he could go back to being a hunter in the future.

Lu Hu is illiterate, but he is not a simple-minded person. From the very beginning when he talked with Tang Ying, he had decided that it would be a good idea to follow this son-in-law in the future. So when Tang Ying suggested that Lu Yao go to school, he agreed without hesitation.

Now that Lu Yao has no talent for studying, he will not force Lu Yao to take the imperial examination.

When Lu Jian was discussing with Lu Hu whether to teach Lu Yao martial arts, Tang Ying was listening. Although the imperial examination was the best way for ordinary people to succeed, he would not insist on taking this path.

He had seen many people who were still struggling on the road to the imperial examinations in their forties, and he was well aware of Lu Yao's talent. However, after spending almost half a year together, he still liked this brother-in-law who was a little talkative but extremely attentive.

So when he heard that Lu Hu agreed to let Lu Yao learn martial arts but wanted him to continue to be a hunter in the future, he raised objections.

"I think it's okay to let A Yao learn martial arts, but there's no need for him to go back to being a hunter. I'll need people around me when I enter the officialdom. If you think it's okay, how about letting A Yao stay by my side in the future?"

Lu Hu was stunned for a moment before he understood what Tang Ying meant. It was a well-known fact between their two families that Tang Ying would enter officialdom in the future. If Lu Yao was allowed to stay by his side, he would be a close friend of an official. Even if he did not hold an official position, he would not be looked down upon. It was countless times better than being a hunter, so naturally he would agree immediately.

"Okay, in that case, I'll leave A Yao to you. If he doesn't obey, we will take care of him. We won't have any objections."

What opinion could there be? Lu Yao had only been sent to the Tang family for more than half a year, and he had not only grown a head taller, but had also become much stronger. One could tell at a glance that the Tang family treated him extremely well, even better than if they had kept him by their own side.

So Sun Xiaohua missed her son, and looking at his appearance, she felt that it would be better for him to stay in the Tang family and that he would have a brighter future.

From then on, in addition to continuing to attend private school every day, Lu Yao also had to practice martial arts with Lu Jian. In Tang Ying's words, if Lu Yao wanted to follow him in the future, although he didn't need to learn much, he still had to be able to read and write.

Lu Jian didn't know who Tang Ying partnered with to make a living with the money, but the dividends she brought back were indeed not small. Even if she did nothing, the Tang family would not be short of money. However, she herself could not sit idle, and from time to time she would hunt some rare prey or find some aged medicinal herbs to sell, and occasionally she would take Lu Yao into the mountains with her.

Now that the New Year has just passed, Tang Ying needs to prepare to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination in February. Last year's provincial examination was only held in the provincial capital, which is not far away, so she can just go with the people from the college to participate.

However, this time the imperial examination had to be held in the capital. Their place was far away from the capital, so it was necessary to travel early. That was why they were ready to set off on the eighth day of the first lunar month, just after New Year's Eve.