Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

Xu Zhinian stretched out his paintings with both hands, raised his eyebrows slightly, and smiled a little proudly.

"How beautiful this is! Look, how vividly I painted you and Sui Sui. People who know you two will definitely recognize the two of you in this painting at a glance."

Cheng Wan held her forehead in confusion, "It looks good, but this is for Mr. Gu. Mr. Gu just wants to see his precious nephew, so why did you include me in the painting?"

Xu Zhinian blinked his eyes, "I didn't see you two looking so good together. I drew you without paying attention. I've already drawn all the drawings, so I can only finish you. It's okay. At worst, we'll draw this one ourselves." Keep it, don’t give it to Mr. Gu.”

Cheng Wan shook his head, "I don't care, I'm just afraid that Mr. Gu will mind."

Xu Zhinian pursed his lips and thought: "Master Gu will definitely not mind."

The pens, inks, paper and inkstones have all been laid out, as well as the ready-made painters.

Cheng Wan thought that he would just take the opportunity to draw the drawings of Qu Yuanli.

Xu Zhinian stood next to Cheng Wan, tilting his head to look at the picture drawn by Cheng Wan.

"Awan, what are you painting?"

Some of them are incomprehensible.

Cheng Wan drew the last stroke according to the shape of the Quyu plow in his mind, "It is a plowing tool called a Quyu plow. If it can be made, people will save a lot of effort in plowing the fields."

Cheng Wan pointed to the lines she drew and introduced to Xu Zhinian: "Look, this is the tip of the plow, this is the bottom of the plow, and this is the wall of the plow..."

Xu Zhinian looked at Cheng Wan's finger, listened to Cheng Wan's introduction, and pursed his lips.

"Awan, how about...you tell me and I'll paint it?"

Half a quarter of an hour later, Cheng Wan looked at the two drawings of Quyuan plow placed on the table and blinked twice.

Well, Quyuanli finally looks like a plow.

Xu Zhinian looked at the drawings he drew and asked casually: "Awan, where did you see this kind of plow? Is it really that powerful?"

"I forgot where I read it. You also know that I used to have a stupid disease. I can't remember some things, but some things are as if they are engraved in my mind and I remember them very clearly."

Xu Zhinian turned to look at Cheng Wan, with apology in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Awan, for reminding you of something bad."

Cheng Wan quickly shook her head. What she just said was completely made up.

Just when Cheng Wan was about to say something, a voice called Cheng Wan sounded outside.

"Awan."

Cheng Daniu returned from the city.

Cheng Wan went up to meet her. Just as she was about to ask her father why he came back so soon, she realized that her father's expression was not right.

Cheng Wan's expression changed, "Dad, what happened?"

Cheng Daniu set up the carriage, turned around, wiped his face, and sighed deeply.

"I went into the city today and heard someone say...that the emperor would not let the refugees get close to the capital, and also sent troops to intercept the refugees. There was a conflict between the refugees and the army, and many people died."

Cheng Wan's heart suddenly sank.

"Awan, I'm a little worried about the village chief and the others..."

Cheng Daniu's worry has nothing to do with who he has a good or bad relationship with.

They have lived in the same village for decades and escaped from the village together. As long as there is no deep hatred, no one hopes that something will happen to the other person, and they all hope that the other person will be safe.

Cheng Wan looked grave. Calculating the time, Village Chief Jia and the others were probably among the refugees who had the accident.

"Dad, I'm going to the city."

Cheng Wan turned around and walked quickly towards the house. She wanted to take the jade pendant given by Gu Yan.

This time, I have to ask Gu Yan for help.

Cheng Wan found the jade pendant given by Gu Yan from Mrs. Lin's house, put it on, and quickly walked out of the house to the table in the yard where pens, inks, paper and inkstones were placed.

She wanted to bring the drawings of the Qu Yuan Li to Gu Yan. Once the Qu Yuan Li was made and tested and found to be beneficial to farmers, it would become one of her political capitals when seeking an official position from King Rui.

Naturally, she sincerely wants to make Quyuanli to benefit thousands of people, but there is no conflict between benefiting the people and benefiting herself.

"Wanwan, this, this."

Gu Yu stretched out his arm and pointed hard at the painting with him and Cheng Wan.

Cheng Wan kept moving her hands and coaxed Gu Yu with a warm voice.

"Sui Sui Sui, I have to go see your uncle for something. You don't need to take this painting with you, just leave it at home."

Gu Yu shook his head, still pointing at the painting with his little hand, "Go, Suisui, take the painting with you, uncle."

He wanted to take the painting to his uncle.

Cheng Wan translated Gu Yu's meaning perfectly.

"Okay, bring you and the painting."

He was going to find his brother-in-law anyway, just by the way.

After putting all the paintings away, Cheng Wan looked at Xu Zhinian.

"How can I help? Do you need me to go find my uncle?"

Cheng Wan shook his head.

If Chief Jia and the others were still alive, they would probably come to Liangzhou.

Liangzhou and Anling County are two completely different geographical concepts.

"Then I'll wait for you at home, don't be too impatient."

Cheng Wan looked at the worry on Xu Zhinian's face and smiled tenderly at Xu Zhinian.

"Don't worry, I'm just doing my best. Some things have already happened. There's no point in being impatient."

"drive!"

Cheng Daniu drove the carriage, and Cheng Wan sat in the carriage with Gu Yu in his arms.

Half an hour later, Cheng Daniu drove his carriage and stopped at the gate of Yishu Courtyard.

"What?"

The guard at the gate watched Cheng Wan and the others step forward, and stopped Cheng Wan and the others with his sword.

Cheng Wan's expression remained unchanged, she took out the jade pendant given by Gu Yan and put it in her hand, "Please tell me that the Cheng family has something to discuss with Mr. Gu in detail."

The two guards held their swords in a slightly relaxed posture, "Your surname is Cheng?"

Cheng Wan paused and his eyes flashed.

"The surname is Cheng."

A guard put away his knife and took the jade pendant in Cheng Wan's hand with both hands, "Please wait here for a moment."

After a while, Cheng Wan and Cheng Daniu, who were standing at the door, heard the sound of hurried running.

"Miss Cheng? Miss Cheng is really you! Young Master!"

It's Shaoqing.

The carriage was handed over to the servants, and Cheng Wan followed Shaoqing into Yishu Courtyard with Gu Yu and Cheng Daniu in her arms.

Shaoqing was very excited to see Cheng Wan and Gu Yu.

"Miss Cheng, why are you here suddenly? Did something happen to the young master?"

Shaoqing suddenly turned around, looking nervous.

Cheng Wan smiled at him and said warmly: "Your young master is fine. I have something to ask of your young master."

After hearing that Gu Yu was fine, Shaoqing's nervousness immediately disappeared.

"I will take Miss Cheng to see my young master now."

"Master, Miss Cheng and the others are here."

Shaoqing stopped at the door of the teahouse next to the study room in the courtyard where Gu Yan lived.

"Please come in."

Shaoqing stretched out his arms in a gesture of invitation. Cheng Wan took the lead in holding Gu Yu and stepped into the teahouse, followed closely by Cheng Daniu.

In fact, facing a wealthy man like Gu Yan, Cheng Daniu would feel uncontrollably nervous and even afraid.

But no matter how nervous and frightened he was, Cheng Daniu, as a father, could not let his daughter be alone with another man.

Gu Yu doesn't count.

So Cheng Daniu bit the bullet and followed him into the teahouse.

As soon as Cheng Wan entered the tea room, she saw Gu Yan sitting on the chair.

Compared with the day they separated, Gu Yan's complexion looked a little better, but his whole temperament was more calm and reserved, which made Cheng Wan feel like a pool of stagnant water.

On the contrary, when Gu Yan saw Cheng Wan holding Gu Yu coming in from the outside against the light, he felt that the teahouse had become brighter.

Gu Yan slightly twitched the corner of his mouth and said in a low voice: "Gu has trouble sitting up and couldn't get up to greet me personally. I hope Miss Cheng can forgive me."