In the dilapidated but neat farmhouse, the dim candle flame flickered.

"Ahem, ahem—"

There was a loud coughing sound that sounded like it was about to be coughed out of the lungs.

A pale, slightly thin-looking young man dressed in plain cloth frowned in pain, put down the scroll in his hand, and beat his chest with his right fist to ease the cough.

Squeak~

The wooden door of the earthen house was pushed open.

Another woman, also dressed in plain cloth, walked into the house with an earthen bowl full of decoction.

Her pair of sheared eyes, under the light of the candlelight, were full of worries.

"Xu Yu, in the past few days, listening to the sound of your cough, it seems that your condition has worsened again."

The woman's voice is as melodious and beautiful as Chanjuan, like a clear spring.

Her name is Lin Wanzhou, and she is Xu Yu's sister-in-law.

Xu Yu traveled to this ancient time called the Great Yan Kingdom, and it has been seventeen years so far, and he has been weak and sickly since he was a child.

In order to allow him to grow up smoothly, his parents offered incense every day and prayed for the protection of the gods.

At the age of fourteen, Xu Yu's eldest brother turned eighteen.

With the help of the matchmaker in the township, his eldest brother got a great beauty from ten miles and eight towns near Mingzhen, Lin Wanzhou, who was only sixteen years old.

The customs of the Great Yan Kingdom are similar to those of ancient times before Xu Yu crossed over.

The man is eighteen, and he should be married; The woman is sixteen and can be married.

Pity.

On the good day of welcoming relatives, the fog protruded.

In the valley between the two townships, the parents of both sides and the sedan chair team were attacked by the king of beasts in the mountains, the white-fronted hanging eye tiger that had been rumored to eat countless people before!

Both parents and Xu Yu's eldest brother unfortunately died.

Fortunately, when the city shopped and caught fast, Fang Cai scared away the white-fronted tiger and saved Xu Yu's sister-in-law with a large number of people and good knife skills.

Since then, Xu Yu and his sister-in-law Lin Wanzhou have relied on each other.

Lin Wanzhou also took over from Xu Yu's parents and eldest brother, and became Xu Yu's supporter, starting to weave cloth before dawn every day, cooking rice in the early morning, offering incense and praying for the protection of the gods as always, and working in the field during the day after breakfast.

Despite this, she is a female streamer, and her physical strength is exhausted, and there is a lot of work in the field that she can't finish.

Fortunately, her appearance is born and smart, and the neighbors also feel that the Xu family is really pitiful, so there are always neighbors to help her in the endless farm work, which allows Xu Yu and the two to support them smoothly.

But recently, Xu Yu contracted lung disease again, and the cost of soup medicine directly emptied the two of them.

still relies on the help of Li Shanren, a squire in the township, to survive to this day.

"Sister-in-law, I'm fine."

Xu Yu panted and said, "It stands to reason that this family should be supported by a man like me." ”

"It's a pity that I've been frail and sick since I was a child, and recently I have contracted lung disease, so all the copper money you have saved in the past four years has been used to buy medicine for me......"

"If it weren't for me, according to your sister-in-law's beauty, you could have found a better family, and even married into a wealthy family and became a daughter's wife, it was possible."

Lin Wanzhou glared at Xu Yu, then stroked his back and said, "Don't think about it." ”

"You and I are both lonely and miserable people, and now we are dependent on each other, why do you still say those words?"

"Sister-in-law, don't worry!"

Xu Yu looked resolute, looked at Lin Wanzhou, and continued: "In a few days, the township test will begin." ”

"Although I am congenitally deficient in terms of physical strength, I have absolutely no problem with my intelligence."

"After more than ten years of hard study, there will be a reward soon, and when the time comes, you will be able to live a good life with fine clothes and food, and you don't have to work in the field anymore."

Xu Yu took the earthen bowl and drank the decoction in it.

Lin Wanzhou reached out to pick it up.

The back of her hand was slightly wheat-colored, but when she reached out, her forearm was not long enough to reveal it, but it was as white as jade.

The rest of the croppers were generally shirtless.

She is a woman, naturally it is impossible to be like that, so that over the years, the back of her hands and arms have formed a clear skin color boundary.

She flipped over her palm and took the earthen bowl, Xu Yuqing saw clearly that the palm of Qianqianyu's hand, which should have been as white and tender as her arm, was full of calluses.

This complexion!

This cocoon......

It's all about taking care of yourself.

Thinking of this, Xu Yu's eyes couldn't help but flush a little.

Obviously, she is so beautiful, if she marries in the city, where will she suffer like now?

What's more, she hadn't entered the cave room with her eldest brother at the beginning, and she was attacked by a white-fronted tiger when she was picking up her relatives, and now she is still guarding Yuyu's innocence.

If you don't care about yourself, now that you are less than 20 years old, you still have infinite possibilities and can live a good life......

"My sister-in-law is so kind to me!"

Xu Yu secretly made up his mind in his heart that in the future, he would be a thousand times better to her!

……

Early the next morning.

"Giggle~"

Outside the house, the local chickens raised at home crowed, waking up Xu Yu.

Usually at this time, Lin Wanzhou, who has been weaving for a long time, will push open the door, carry the basin in, let Xu Yu freshen up, and then go to the kitchen to make a fire to cook, after making breakfast, he will offer incense and ask Xu Yu to have breakfast together.

But today.

Xu Yu had already finished getting up, but Lin Wanzhou still didn't appear.

This is still ......

For the first time in three years.

"Something must have happened!"

Thinking of this, Xu Yu's heart shook suddenly.

He anxiously pushed open the door and looked around, but there was no figure.

Walked towards Lin Wanzhou's house.

Knock Knock Knock –

After knocking on the door, there was no response.

In order to avoid the misunderstanding of suddenly pushing the door in, Xu Yu took a deep breath and shouted, "Sister-in-law, is something wrong?" Where are you, I'm going to push the door in! If you're there, squeak. ”

Still no response.

Xu Yu pushed the door......

It's not open!

"It's locked inside?!"

What's going on?

If Lin Wanzhou was here, she should respond.

But if it's not, why is it locked inside?

I can't care about so much!

Worried, Xu Yu kicked the door shut.

Bang!

Bang bang bang –

After a few kicks, he didn't kick the door open.

"Damn, this really weak and sickly body is too weak!"

Xu Yu was out of breath, thought about it, and walked to the window next to him.

It was made of slender wooden sticks and papier-mâché windows, "and that's all it could be." ”

Xu Yu elbowed, broke the window, climbed in, and saw Lin Wanzhou sleeping on the bed.

"Sure enough, something happened!"

With such a big movement, if Lin Wanzhou was fine, she would definitely be awakened.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you? Wake up! ”

Xu Yu rushed to Lin Wanzhou's side and held her soft shoulders.

As soon as she touched her body, she seemed to be awakened, and suddenly opened her eyes.

The inside of the eyes is full of yellow luster.

"Uh-"

She screamed and threw Xu Yu to the ground with her backhand.

Then he didn't care about Xu Yu, and rushed out of the house like crazy.

But he didn't have the consciousness to open the latch, he just slammed the door with both hands.

Xu Yu got up from the ground with difficulty, one elbow had been scratched, and she looked at Lin Wanzhou in pain, "The look in her eyes just now is definitely not normal!" ”

"What should I do?"

……