After the defeat of the devil, there is an extra child

The day after Boss Pei's body came back, Mrs. Pei Li hanged himself in front of the main room.

Pei Wu vomited two mouthfuls of dirty blood, and passed out in front of Pei Li's and Boss Pei's corpses. His leg disease recurred, his high fever persisted, and he fell into a coma.

Pei Si went to invite the doctor non-stop, and followed the doctor to get the medicine. When he came back, he boiled the medicine and poured it down for Pei Wu, and he sat exhausted in the main room.

He couldn't get angry anymore, and he didn't have the strength to be sad.

He stared blankly at the corpses of Boss Pei and Mrs. Pei Li, took a big gulp of cold water from a bowl, choked his throat after taking two sips, and coughed hoarsely.

On the third day, Pei Wu woke up, looked at him with red eyes, but didn't say a word.

On the fourth day, the county magistrate brought people to Yuquan Village.

The people in the village who had been shutting their doors for a long time seemed to have finally found a way to open the door, and stood at the entrance of the village to welcome the county magistrate.

The county magistrate went straight to Pei Si's home, and said affectionately that Liu Wanfang had been severely punished. The master behind him looked at Pei Si with a smirk, and the county magistrate even shed tears on the spot when he said that he was emotional. The villagers were moved and called Qingtian grand lord...

"...In addition, I have another good news to tell you, that is, there are countless jade veins under the ground of Yuquan Village... Thanks to Brother Pei Si... I have reported to the court...you can Have a great time!"

The villagers exclaimed and cheered, thanking the county magistrate, but looking at Pei Si with strange eyes.

"...Hiding it, I said how does his family have so much money to see a doctor for Pei Wu..."

"It's really selfish... Thanks to the county magistrate..."

"The Immortal must have wanted to tell everyone, but Pei Si wanted to take it for himself..."

"Hey, the county magistrate still knows the tricks. Let's see, isn't their family suffering retribution..."

"Okay, just say a few words..."

"I just said that their family just wants to live a good life by themselves..."

Whispers came from all directions like a tide, Pei Si stood numbly in the crowd, looked at the familiar faces around him, and said nothing.

"Get out! Get out of here!" Pei Wu roared from the room.

"What can I do if my legs are broken..."

"He dared to let the county magistrate go away, it's against the sky... arrest him..."

Pei Si took a deep breath, cupped his hands towards the county magistrate, and said in a hoarse voice, "My lord, Caomin will take you to find the jade mine."

The county magistrate nodded in satisfaction, and the surrounding villagers were very excited.

"Pei Si! The mourning hall for parents is still here!" Pei Wu's sad and angry voice came from the back room.

The county magistrate narrowed his eyes, and the master next to him was about to speak when he was interrupted by Pei Si: "My brother lost his parents, so he is inevitably emotional, please don't blame him."

The county magistrate waved his hand very generously, "How can I have the same knowledge as a child, let's go."

"Fourth brother—" Pei Wu was almost shouting at him at the top of his lungs.

Pei Si took a deep breath and raised the corners of his mouth, "Please, my lord."

"Tsk, it's not my own life, but I have a heart of stone, it's not a thing..." Someone mocked in a low voice.

Pei Si lowered his eyes and walked out quickly.

The crowd rushed towards the gate of the courtyard, with smiles on their faces, sarcasm, or rare sympathy and intolerance. They would rather stand under the tree and disappear among these people. Pei Si met his gaze.

It was a completely different look from Ning Xingyuan's.

Cold and numb.

But it was so familiar that it made my heart tremble.

He has seen this kind of look, from the reflected river water, from the water mirror of some memories, from the eyes of others——

It was his own eyes.

Yuquan Village became lively like never before.

The county magistrate at the edge, the prefect in charge of one side, the censor, and even the county king of the capital, in order to please the girl's family, traveled thousands of miles here to pick a piece of fine jade and go back to carve it.

Pei Si was carefully carving a pair of paperweights with a carving knife in his hand. This was something the county magistrate wanted to present to the prefect, and he was asked to carve it carefully.

Next to him were a few eleven or twelve-year-old children with carving knives to learn from him.

The Pei family's earthen house has long been replaced with a tile-roofed house, but the ordinary house is a bit out of tune with the beautiful and grand houses in the village.

"Fourth brother Pei! There are people from the county again! I want you to take it to see the jade mine!" Someone opened the door with a smile on his face and put down the basket in his hand. Little Fifth Brother mends his body."

Pei Si nodded, "You go first, I'll be there later."

"Hey, okay." The man smiled.

Someone leaned on the window and said: "Our fourth brother is really amazing. His carving skills are superb. Everyone calls him Master Pei! It is said that His Majesty and ladies in the imperial palace in the capital can't put it down. Fourth brother, will you go to the capital in the future?"

Pei Si shook his head, put down the paperweight in his hand, and said to the children behind him, "Go ahead."

The children were obviously a little afraid of him, and lowered their heads to carve the jade in their hands seriously.

"Fourth brother Pei, hurry up, don't keep the nobles waiting! Let's go first!"

Pei Si ignored him, but turned around and ran into the back room.

Pei Wu was sitting in a wheelchair, staring at the locust tree outside the yard through the window in a daze.

"Xiao Wu, I'm going out for a while, and I'll be back soon." Pei Si stretched out his hand to straighten his collar, "I'll make egg custard for you when I come back tonight."

Pei Wu ignored him, still staring at the tree in a daze.

When Pei Si walked to the door, he suddenly heard a hoarse voice coming from behind him, "Today is the death day of my father and mother. They have been dead for three years. I want to visit them."

It was rare for Pei Wu to say such a long sentence to him.

Pei Si paused, "I'll take you there."

"Aren't you going to receive those high officials?" Pei Wu asked.

"Xiao Wu." Pei Si squatted in front of him and said in a deep voice, "I will definitely avenge my parents, but now, we have to live well."

Pei Wu smiled and didn't have any special reaction to his words. He just turned the wheel and said softly, "Let's go."

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into the night.

Pei Wu lay on the bed, dragging Pei Si not to let him go, "Come talk to me."

Ever since the death of their parents, there were only a handful of words spoken between the two of them. Once they spoke, quarrels would inevitably erupt. Usually Pei Wu lost his temper violently. He listened silently, and then patiently waited for Pei Wu Five to eliminate gas.

Pei Wu didn't want to see him, but couldn't leave him.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Pei Si lowered his head and tucked the quilt for him, "Okay."

Pei Wu smiled and said, "We haven't spoken for a long time, you are always busy."

In fact, even if Pei Si is not busy, he seldom talks to Pei Si. In recent years, Pei Wu's health has become weaker and weaker. The wood barely maintains its shape, but its vitality has actually been exhausted inside.

"I'll spend more time with you in the future." Pei Si said.

"No need, I know you are so busy to help me see a doctor." Pei Wu twitched his lips, "I also know that you had no choice but to tell the dog official about the jade mine..."

Pei Si remained silent.

Pei Wu said slowly: "Fourth brother, change your name."

Pei Si looked down at him, "Why?"

"You're a big shot now. You can't be honestly called by Pei Si Pei Si when you go out. It sounds unlucky." Pei Wu held his hand, "From now on, you'll be called Pei He Guang, okay?"

Pei Si looked at him, "What about you?"

"I won't change it." Pei Wu whispered, "It's not necessary."

"Then I won't change it either." Pei Si said.

"Then... my name is Pei Tongchen." Pei Wudao.

"What do you mean?"

"When I was studying, I learned a word called harmony with the light." Pei Wu thought for a while, "Hide the light, mix with the dirt, good and bad match... probably it means not to show your sharpness too much."

"Okay." Pei Si nodded.

Pei Wu smiled, "Pei Heguang, Pei Tongchen...it sounds nice."

Pei Si keenly sensed something was wrong, and looked at Pei Wu helplessly, "Xiao Wu?"

"Brother, I'm a little scared." Pei Wu said.

"Don't be afraid, with brother here, no one will try to harm you again." Pei Si shook his hand vigorously.

Pei Wu sat up with his arms propped up, and took out a small box from the side, "Here."

Pei Si opened the box, and inside lay a shiny jade pendant with delicate and beautiful patterns of nine-leaved lotus.

"This is the only thing your relatives left you, don't pawn it next time." Pei Wu whispered.

Pei Si snapped the box shut, "You are my family."

"Brother, we are not related by blood." Pei Wu said, "Look, sometimes I scold you to get out of my house, but you can't refute me."

Pei Sihong looked at him with red eyes, "It's not that I don't know what you said was angry."

"But angry words still hurt people's hearts." Pei Wu sat a little tired and leaned against him with little strength, "Brother, I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry for nothing." Pei Si reached out and hugged him into his arms with a little strength, but Pei Wu didn't say anything.

When Pei Wu was healthy, he was half a head taller than Pei Si. Pei Si struggled to carry him on his back, but now he is skinny, and he doesn't feel like he's going down when he hugs him.

"Brother, if people really have a next life, then I want to be your younger brother." Pei Wu said in a low voice: "At that time... I will be able to justify myself and not allow you to casually accept jade pendants from others..."

"En." Pei Si gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Brother, I don't blame you at all." Pei Wudao: "You are not wrong to save people, but those who are greedy are wrong. I... shouldn't be angry with you. It's not wrong to be a good person. I... At first I wanted to study hard and become a good official in the future... It's a pity that our family can't afford it..."

"If the county magistrate is a good official, you can save people with confidence."

Pei Si grabbed his hand, "Xiao Wu, stop talking."

"Fourth brother, I also want a jade pendant." Pei Wu closed his eyes a little tiredly, and said softly, "It's the same as yours, the flower on it is pretty pretty..."

"it is good."

"Xiao Wu, don't sleep."

"Brother, I'm sleepy, let me sleep..."

"Little Five, Little Five?"