Why marry someone when you are reborn?

Facing Luo Huli's temptation, Xu Yun remained calm and smiled with a sincere expression: "To be honest, I have loved reading since I was a child and I am extremely eager for books! Therefore, these books are very important to me!"

Luo Zhan looked Xu Yun up and down several times, but couldn't find any flaws.

After sneerfully calling him "nerd" in his heart, he readily agreed.

Then he asked about the situation in Luling Mountain.

Xu Yun knew about Luling Mountain at that time mainly because he was impressed by the clever way the grain was stored in the granary, and he didn't know much else.

But when Luo Zhan asked, she told him everything she knew and also told him some of her own inferences.

"Luling Mountain is very big. It is difficult for us to go around it because of the terrain. However, because of the incident in Ruyang City, Luling Mountain should not have many people now--" Xu Yun looked at Luo Zhan: "If we can't take it down in one fell swoop, we may be attacked from both sides. Ruyang City is too close to Luling Mountain."

Once Lulingshan sends out a distress signal, the Stone Army in Ruyang City will turn back to rescue.

By then, the retreat route will most likely be blocked.

Luo Zhan sneered: "You don't need to worry about the war."

After that, he asked Aunt Deng to go back and cook for him, and ordered three dishes at once.

Aunt Deng hadn't seen her son for a long time, and she was angry and soft-hearted. She raised her hand for a long time, and then slapped Luo Zhan on the arm: "You ordered me around as soon as you came back! I think I owed you in my last life!"

But after scolding, he still took Xu Yun to buy vegetables and meat quickly.

After leaving the county government office, Aunt Deng apologized on behalf of her son again: "Erlang is not like this usually. I don't know what happened today."

Xu Yun smiled and really didn't think it was a big deal: "After all, it's a big deal, so it's reasonable to confirm it a few more times."

Whether he is likable or not is another matter. Xu Yun thought to himself: Even if I change my position and become Luo Zhan, I will have to do similar things.

Aunt Deng shook her head. "I don't know why, but he is the only one in the family who is so different. His father... is very elegant. His elder brother is simple and honest. But this child doesn't like to study, and he is not simple and honest. He is always naughty."

Xu Yun asked curiously, "Is Uncle Luo also a scholar?"

Speaking of her late husband, Auntie Deng's face was full of pride: "Of course not! I must have been very lucky to marry his father! His father can read and do a lot of reading! When Dalang and Erlang were young, it was their father who taught them to read!"

At this point, Aunt Deng said with some regret: "It's a pity that neither of them loves to study. His father also died early, so there is no chance for him to study later."

She sighed, "Don't think that my family is doing well now. In the past few years, we were really poor! We couldn't even afford to feed our two half-grown kids!"

Xu Yun thought about Luo Zhan's tall and slender figure, and he could roughly guess how much food Aunt Deng had consumed.

She couldn't help but feel admiration once again: "That's quite difficult."

After buying the vegetables, Auntie Deng didn't care about the money she spent, and said to Xu Yun excitedly: "Let's eat together later! It will be more fun with more people!"

After saying this, he thought of his eldest son and sighed again: "I just don't know when Dalang will be able to come back. When he left home, Tieniu was still in Hua Niang's belly. He hasn't even seen his son yet."

Not only Dalang hadn't seen it, but Luo Zhan hadn't seen it either.

So when Luo Zhan pushed open the gate and came in, he was stunned when he saw his nephew running around in the yard. He subconsciously asked, "Whose child is this?"

Aunt Deng was so angry that she laughed: "Whose family could it be! Your Luo family! I have to call you uncle!"

Only then did Luo Zhan realize that Tie Niu was his eldest brother's biological son and his nephew.

He quickly reached out his hand to feel around his body, trying to find something as a gift, but unfortunately, there was nothing.

Luo Zhan raised his hand and scratched his chin awkwardly, and finally could only promise: "Uncle will take you to the street to buy it!"

However, Tie Niu didn't buy it at all. He turned around and ran back to Hua Niang, hiding so that only his two eyes were exposed, and looked at her secretly.

Hua Niang smiled and tried to smooth things over: "The child is a little shy."

She turned around and asked Luo Zhan about her husband: "Erlang, have you seen Dalang recently?"

Speaking of his elder brother, Luo Zhan shook his head and said, "I've never seen him. His army is far away from us, so I usually don't see him. But I asked someone to find out about it. He's a very good man, but he's just unlucky and didn't get any military merits."

Hearing this, Xu Yun looked at Luo Zhan for a second longer: This guy is quite good at talking to his family. He was afraid that Hua Niang would despise his elder brother for being incompetent, so he just said that he was unlucky, and didn't want Hua Niang to think that he was not strong enough.

Hua Niang breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes reddening a little: "As long as you are safe, as long as you are safe, that's good."

Turning around, he looked at the armor on Luo Zhan with envy: "Erlang's armor is not cheap, right?"

Luo Zhan pulled at his armor and said, "It's free, it's for hair. My brother has it too."

Hua Niang smiled and said, "Whether it's valuable or not is another matter. The key is that having this set of clothes can really save your life."

Aunt Deng shouted, "Erlang, come and light the fire!"

Luo Zhan hurried away and took off his armor before leaving.

The armor was quite heavy, and it was difficult for him to take it off by himself. He had to ask the soldiers who came back to help him take it off.

When Hua Niang saw this, she was so envious that she wanted to reach out and touch the two pieces of armor. She even asked the soldier, "Who are you? Why are you following my Erlang?"

The soldier was really young, only about fourteen or fifteen years old, and had a very calm personality. He only replied, "I am the general's personal guard."

Xu Yun withdrew his gaze and didn't look any further.

What's the point of being a personal guard? How good can a person of such small stature be? In name, he is a personal guard, but in reality, he should be a personal attendant, specializing in odd jobs.

Even though he had someone to serve him, Luo Zhan was still very clear about making fire for his mother, with a smile on his face, and it was obvious that he was happy from the bottom of his heart.

The mother and son chatted about a lot of family matters, and they kept talking until the meal was over.

During the meal, Aunt Deng invited Xu Yun and the other two to come over.

Xu Yun knew that he couldn't refuse, so he asked Hongyu to go to the street to buy a pound of mutton. Now he brought it over to eat together.

Before Luo Zhan could say anything, Aunt Deng slapped him and said, "Ah Yun is our family's savior, please be polite to me!"

Xu Yun blinked:? It's been less than half a day, and it's upgraded again? So fast?

Luo Zhan was also confused: Didn't he just say he was your savior this morning? Does that mean he's the savior of your whole family?

Xie Wanqing was the first to react and quickly corrected him: "What happened? It was you, Madam Deng, who saved us. If it weren't for you, we would have died that night."

Aunt Deng shook her head, "No, she is our family's savior. That night, if Ah Yun hadn't hit that person from behind, I would have died there. Although she didn't make a sound, I could tell it was her from her figure. And this time, if it weren't for Ah Yun, I wouldn't have discovered what happened to Accountant Tan. Who knows, at some point, I, Hua Niang, and Tie Niu would have all been killed."