Li Cheng gave three solutions.

First, kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, directly come to a wave, a few people die, and the rest of the people unless they are outlaws, otherwise they know that this side is not a good stubble, who can rush over and steal?

Of course, this dead man is a real dead man, not a joke. Finding two extremely vicious people who have a lawsuit at a glance and creating a scene of being killed in a panic will naturally deter some ill-intentioned people.

Second, find two clever ones from the gangsters caught before, and let them pass back the words "there is no hidden treasure in the mulberry house". Of course, it's hard to say whether this can change the current status quo, after all, there are some people who just don't hit Nanshan and don't look back. You said that there is no treasure hidden here, he doesn't give up, what if he has to come over and have a look?

There is a third way, which is simple, that is, to "fanfare" to transport the books in the house today. Whether you buy a new house to settle down, or put it in the shop, don't put the thief's things at home.

If you really want to do it once and for all, then you can be more ruthless, and after the books are transported elsewhere, you can just burn the things with a fire.

Of course, it is a real book burning, but it is not to burn the books of the Sang family. They could have bought some books from outside and swapped them out. What's more, when the house is on fire, it is better to make a big noise on purpose, and it is best to surprise the neighbors to come to put out the fire and give everyone a chance to enter the house and grab books. Books are either looted or burned. Anyway, no matter what, this trouble-inducing thing is gone, and no one should worry about it in the future.

As soon as Uncle Li said these three ideas, Sang Xuanyue fell into deep thought.

The first option was to fill in a few lives, and she was reluctant to kill. It's not that she's pedantic and has compassion for those bad guys, but it's not easy to create the illusion that the villains died accidentally, and if Jing Zhaoyin's servants find evidence that the people were deliberately killed by them, wouldn't this hurt the people in the house?

The second one is also inappropriate. Just like Uncle Li said, there are a few rumors that can be heard when they go back, and they don't say anything, but if there is really someone who doesn't hit the south wall and doesn't look back, won't this still add trouble to the house?

In the final analysis, in fact, Sang Xuanyue is most in favor of the third method.

She is going to buy a new house, "buying secretly", but it is better to let everyone who should know know that she is buying a house and transferring books. Then, just like Li Cheng said, just take a big one, either burn the books or let people snatch them up. In short, as long as this harmful thing is destroyed, no one will climb the wall at night in the future.

Sang Xuanyue told Uncle Li about his decision, and Uncle Li said "Okay". In fact, he is also most in favor of the third method, thinking that it can be done once and for all. But the girl cherishes books the most, although it is not the Sang family's collection of books to be burned, but the girl likes all books, and he is worried that the girl will not be ruthless.

Clinker Girl is very decisive in this matter.

Uncle Li secretly praised Sang Cheng Yue for being decisive, but Clinker Sang Twisting Yue said next: "Later, Uncle Li asked Li Cheng to quietly go to the market to collect some books that are not on the table...... These are all such books that are easy to expose, so add some old books. In short, don't burn the good ones, just burn the books that are harmful to people. ”

Uncle Li looked at his girl speechlessly, sighed, and said, "The old slave knows, the girl can rest assured, the old slave has designated to handle the matter well." ”

Uncle Li went down, and because Sang Xuanyue had already thought of a good day without the interference of thieves, the whole person also felt a lot more comfortable.

She drank a cup of tea, and then took Su Jin to look at the place where the books were stored.

After so many busy days, the books have finally been exposed to the public. Seeing that summer is approaching, the rain is gradually increasing, and it is no longer good to dry books at this time. Fortunately, most of these books have been sunburned, as long as they are stored carefully, there will be absolutely no problem in three or five years, and Sang Xuanyue is very pleased. But in addition to being gratified, I feel that these books will not be able to see the light of day in the future, what a pity.

When Su Jin heard this, he said, "Why can't you see the light of day? When these messy things are over, our bookstore will continue to operate. If a bookstore wants to operate, it must always buy new books, and when the time comes, don't you be able to hide these from the world by mixing these with those newly bought books? ”

Sang Xuanyue couldn't help but smile after listening to Su Jin's words, "Yes, what you said makes sense." ”

There was nothing to do in his heart, so Sang Xuanyue took the book and looked at it patiently.

She reads books and gets carried away easily, and Su Jin and Su Xin know that she doesn't need to be served at this time, so they usually don't come to disturb her. The key is that the maid who served the girl before was only two of them in total, and they had a lot of things to do every day, and they really didn't have time to guard the girl all the time.

But now there are eight maids in the back house, and these maids are not those who are stupid and don't know the rules, they are all excellent, and everyone has two brushes.

It's not like Su Xin is that after seeing these people, I am afraid that the girl likes the new and hates the old, and I am afraid that there is no place for her by the girl's side, so I can't even sleep well at night.

Su Jin is different, the more time goes by, the deeper she understands these people, the more Su Jin feels that with them serving the girl, she and Su Xin can put their hearts in their stomachs.

At the same time, Su Jin also saw that these few were not simply maids auctioned by the government.

Whoever has this kind of craftsmanship, then when the master's house is in trouble, they have to be photographed by the people next to them. Don't think about anything else, just figure out that these maids have good craftsmanship, and they all have the technology of pressing the bottom of the box, and if you buy it, you can earn it.

But such a good maid was bought casually by Qing'er, and there were several of them. Is this possible? No matter how you look at it, Su Jin feels that this matter is unreliable, and there must be something hidden in it that cannot be said.

Su Jin actually had some guesses, but there was no tangible evidence, and she couldn't say some things.

However, since there is speculation about the origin of these maids, Su Jin no longer has consideration and defense when facing them. She showed that she trusted them very much, and when she had no time to guard the girl all the time, she specially ordered a maid to come over to accompany the girl.

This girl is not good-looking, and she knows some fist and foot kung fu, but it is just the work of a three-legged cat. Her best thing is the skill of making tea, the same tea leaves and spring water, but after her hand, the tea has a little more indescribable fragrance.

Therefore, now Su Jin doesn't have to make tea for her own girl, because this work is directly transferred to this little girl.

The little maid made a cup of tea for Sang Zhuyue and put it beside her, feeling bored, so she went back to the room and got a needlework basket. In inverse proportion to her tea-making work, her needlework is really unsightly. The female celebrity can only barely be called a neat stitch, and the rest, don't say it.

When Sang Xuanyue came back to her senses, she saw the little girl clumsily holding a needle and poking it on her finger.

Sang Xuanyue couldn't help but let out an "oops", watching the blood beads come out, she felt pain first. The little girl seemed to have no pain nerves, and just put her finger in her mouth and sucked it stupidly. After sucking it, he looked at Sang Xuanyue with a smile, "Girl, I don't hurt." ”

"You don't hurt, I look at it." Sang Xuanyue said with palpitations: "You really can't do needlework, so I'll give you a note." In the future, you can make a few more cups of tea for Qiu Tong, and as for the clothes, you will beg Qiu Tong to make them for you. ”

Qiu Tong is the girl who is especially good at needlework mentioned earlier. It's not an exaggeration to twist the moon, that girl is really powerful. Not only do things quickly, but also have a high vision. She always wears the best clothes and the best colors. And she knows several embroidery methods, Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Shu embroidery, etc., all of which are handy. Such a girl is to enter the Shangfu Bureau, and it is also possible to be a female official in the clothes. It's a pity that her fate is not good, she was auctioned off by the previous master, and now she can only make clothes for her, a little-known girl.

Fortunately, although she is not rich and expensive, she also has a small fortune. I hope that the girl can live comfortably on her side, otherwise it will not make people feel comfortable with such a good talent, and Sang Xuanyue will be uncomfortable.

Sang Xuanyue thought about these things in her heart, and here Qiu Bai said: "Sister Qiu Wu is busy making summer clothes for the girl now, and she has no time to take care of me." ”

"Summer clothes? Why haven't I heard Qiu Wu say it? Where did she get the fabric, and let Su Jin open a warehouse for her, didn't she? ”

Qiu Bai nodded frequently, "That's it, didn't they tell the girl in advance?" The girl punished them quickly. ”

Sang Xuanyue listened to her tone of not being too big to see the excitement, and nodded her finger with a smile, "You are from a villain's family, you pinch me all day long, what's wrong with you?" This habit is not good, it has to be changed! ”

Qiubai playfully stuck out his tongue and walked out behind Sang Xuanyue. As for the habit of punishing people, she naturally didn't have it, but the place she stayed in before did. Fortunately, the people of the Hou Mansion bought them out and left the land of right and wrong. Although they are quietly following the girl now, how clean the days are, this is really a good life that they can't ask for.

After Sang twisted the moon, he went to the yard to go around the activities, but unfortunately before the first lap was over, I heard that Uncle Li was back.

Sang Xuanyue went over to see Uncle Li, and Uncle Li said that the new house had been bought, and as for how to leak the news, the girl didn't have to worry, someone had a doorway, someone had experience, and they had already helped them do this.

Sang Xuanyue didn't ask much about this, and she was relieved that Uncle Li was doing things. But, "Uncle Li, don't forget to buy books." ”

"Don't rush, girl, the old slave has already arranged it. But now it's broad daylight, and we don't know how many people are staring at our house. There are many people, and it is not easy to get in when you buy books. Besides, in case someone guesses anything in advance, this book is not easy to buy in the capital, and I am afraid that I will have to run farther. But it won't be long in total, so can the girl be patient and wait? ”

"Okay."

said that he waited patiently, and Sang Twisted Moon was ready to wait for ten and a half days. At about two o'clock the next night, there was a slight movement in the front yard.

Sang Xuanyue asked Su Wen, who was keeping vigil today, and Su Wen said: "Li Cheng and a few people have pulled a few carts of books over, and they are going to pull these books directly to the new house when the time comes." As for the original ones in our house, these are all the girl's treasures, and it hurts the girl to hurt her. Li Cheng and Uncle Li said that if they can, they don't need the girl's books, and the 'tool books' they need are all bought from outside. ”

"But didn't Uncle Li say that in order to prevent the grass from startling the snake, all the books were purchased from outside the capital? So how did you buy it back so quickly? ”

"The slave doesn't know, you wait, I'll go over and ask."

Su Wen went out as he spoke, and came back a moment later and told Sang the truth about the moon.

It turned out that when Li Cheng followed his former owner before, he met a small owner who specialized in pirated books. There are a lot of all kinds of messy books on his side, and because he is doing business that cannot be put on the table, the business is also very tight. Li Cheng personally looked for it, gave some money and pulled all the books over there.

When Sang Xuanyue heard this, she sighed that Li Cheng was a genius, and at the same time couldn't help but say, "The books in that small workshop should all be new books, right?" Don't hide it from people's eyes, no, I'll take a look at the past. ”

"Let's go see it tomorrow, it's too late now, Li Cheng and they are all tired enough after a busy day. They were ready to rest in a moment, and if the girl passed by this time, I am afraid they would have to accompany her. "More importantly, can you still fall asleep in the middle of the night? After sleeping, even if I slept enough during the day, my spirit was not good.

As soon as Su Wen said this, Sang Xuanyue suppressed the curiosity in his heart. He said, "That's it, I'd better not make a mess." ”

"Girl, that's not what the slave meant."

Sang Twisting Yue smiled: "Don't think about it, I just said it casually." Alright, you can go back to sleep too, and I'll rest for a while. Remember to wake me up early tomorrow morning and don't oversleep me. And where is Qing'er, look at him and don't let him be late again. In the past few days, the house has been smoky, and the child has put all his energy at home, and the private school is becoming less and less concerned. If he messes around like this again, Master Zheng will come to the door. ”

"Alas, the slaves and maids have written it down, so go to sleep, girl."

Sang Twisted Moon for a long time before falling asleep, because she remembered things in her heart, and the next day she didn't wait for Su Wen to call her, and she got up as soon as it was dawn.

didn't have time to have breakfast, Sang Xuanyue dressed up, and took Su Jin and Su Ying to the front.

The front yard was quiet, only Qing'er burned his buttocks, shouting for bamboo leaves to get him some breakfast to eat, and at the same time roaring and rushing to the private school with his schoolbag on his back.

Seeing her sister coming from the backyard, Qing'er was even more anxious. He got up late again today, but he was caught by his sister. But as long as I run fast, my sister doesn't want to reprimand me.

Qing'er spread her feet and rushed out of the door, and the bamboo leaves were holding a lot of things in her hands. If you look closely, there are meat buns, jerky, and two flatbreads. Eat all of these, won't you choke and panic?

Sang Twisting Yue stopped Bamboo Leaf, and Bamboo Leaf hurriedly took the bamboo tube on the other side of his back for Sang Twisting Yue to see, "Girl, don't worry, what I brought to the young master to drink is the lean porridge that has just been baked on the stove." Oh, girl, I can't tell you anymore, the young master is gone. ”

Hurriedly gave Sang Twist Moon a salute, and the bamboo leaves spread their feet and ran out.

Seeing this, Sang Xuanyue frowned tightly.

She asked Zhuzhi, who happened to come out, "Qing'er goes out at this time every day?" ”

Takezhi said, "Exactly." But it's not that the young master is lazy to stay in bed, the young master is studying too late at night, and basically the young master will fall asleep when the second watch bangs ring. I sleep less and can't get up early, so I get up a little panicked every day. ”

As soon as he heard Zhuzhi's words, Sang Xuanyue knew it in his heart.

In the past, I slept when the second watch rang, but last night at the second watch, the front yard was lively for a while. At that time, she didn't come to see it, but Qing'er specified that she went to rest after watching the excitement for a while. How late was he when he went to rest? He deserved to wake up early and couldn't get up. In total, I slept for less than two hours, and I was able to get up to have ghosts.

Sang Xuanyue was angry in her heart, and she was ready to wait for Qing'er to come back in the evening and talk about him well.

She agrees with studying hard, but she can't work too hard. What's more, reading at night hurts his eyes, if he is blind at a young age, how can he talk about the imperial examination in the future, how can he talk about being an official?

The imperial examination is important, but the eyes are even more important.

Sang Xuanyue frowned bitterly, and decided that she must talk to her brother about this truth. Otherwise, when the eyes really can't see clearly, it will be too late to regret it.

After reading Qing'er, Sang Xuanyue went to read the books that she brought yesterday with Su Jin and Su Ying.

The books were placed in large chests, and the wooden boxes were placed on the wagon. There were four boxes on a carriage, tied up with ropes. Obviously, Li Cheng and others were lazy, thinking that they were going to be shipped out anyway, and it was too troublesome to unload it at this time, so they didn't even solve the rope.

But Sang Xuanyue had doubts in his heart, so he had to ask someone to untie the rope to see if the books inside were all new books.

The servants in the outer courtyard had already gotten up, and when they saw that Sang Xuanyue had an order, they hurriedly came over to untie the box and then moved it down.

There are a few boxes of books, as soon as they are opened, there is a smell of ink, the so-called book aroma is nothing more than that, Sang Xuanyue likes these very much, and feels refreshed when he smells it.

To Sang Twist's surprise, although there was a puff of ink in the box, the books were not brand new. She didn't know if the books were disposed of worn-out or if they were second-hand books that she had bought on purpose.

However, didn't Su Wen say that this was a book pulled out of a small workshop? How can I look at it, there are traces of reading, and some even have experience on it?

Sang Xuanyue was curious here, and Li Cheng hurried over when he got the words. Knowing Sang Xuanyue's doubts, Li Cheng couldn't say that this was a book that Hou Ye had prepared a long time ago. It was specially selected from more than 10,000 books to meet the most requirements, and then copied and put in.

He could only stubbornly say under the girl's puzzled eyes: "These books are indeed bought from a small workshop, but that small workshop publishes new books and recycles old books at a low price." In addition, the owner of the small workshop was old and wanted to return to his roots, so he sold his savings for many years to his subordinates. Some of the books that my subordinates brought back last night were old books, and a large part were new books. ”

Sang Xuanyue frowned: "Does the workshop owner know that these books are to be burned?" ”

"Yes, yes."

"Are there any valuable books in there?"

Li Cheng hurriedly waved his hand when he heard this: "Don't worry, girl, I have gone through all the books to ensure that there are no valuable books." The shopkeeper knew a few words, and he read all the books that the girl despised the most. If you burn it, you will eliminate harm for the people, and that is merit. ”

Li Cheng is an iron-blooded tough guy, and he looks quite convincing when he speaks with such a straight face. At least Sang Xuanyue was somewhat persuaded by him. But several times things are always so coincidental - I want to buy some people who know martial arts, and it happens that the government is auctioning off the maids and servants of large families; wanted to buy some "reference books", but Li Cheng happened to know a workshop owner, and the workshop owner had enough books, enough for them to solve this matter easily and smoothly.

If the first thing is a coincidence, and the second thing is still a coincidence, what are the odds of that?

The doubts in Sang Xuanyue's heart reached its peak at this moment, but although there were already doubts and vigilance in his heart, these could be put down and slowly groped. It was the fox that always showed its tail, and she was not in a hurry to find out where these people came from, or why things were going so well. Now the most urgent thing is to "secretly" transport the books to the new house, and then burn all these things to the fire.

Sang Xuanyue carefully checked it and the book again.

Sure enough, as Li Cheng said, only some of them are old books, and the rest are all new books. Looking closely at the words on the book, it is indeed a little unsightly. However, some of them are still readable, and the annotations on them also seem to be tasteful, and Sang Xuanyue almost took out those books when he saw this.

Seeing this, Li Cheng blushed and said in a whisper, "There are many more books like this, and these are backups, if the girl wants to see the master's original manuscript, the subordinates will find it for the girl when they are busy with this matter." ”

Sang Xuanyue reluctantly put down the book and answered "Okay".

Then she asked Li Cheng seemingly casually: "From the text annotations in this book, it can be seen that the owner of this book is brilliant and talented. It's not that she's exaggerating, but after reading books for so many years, she still has the least level of literary appreciation. And she dared to say that the annotations on these books were many times more profound than those of her father and grandfather. It is never an exaggeration to say a word of insight.

And the talent who can write such words is obviously not an ordinary person. How can it be reduced to the point of pawning books to live?

Does this make sense?

By no means true.

Sang Xuanyue wanted to ask this question, but she didn't ask at all.

If you have doubts, seek them yourself, and don't try to learn the truth from others. And Xu is suspicious, Sang Xuanyue now feels more and more suspicious of Li Cheng. He looked loyal to her, but if she asked a question, her intuition told her that Li Cheng would never answer honestly.

So why is that?

Whatever the reason, we'll find out later.

Sang Xuanyue spent all this morning on these books, and Li Cheng and the others saw that the girl was doing things so carefully, and they all moved the books off the carriage.

There is a lot of power in people, and there are many people who do things quickly, and with the addition of everyone, which books will be screened in the morning.

As it turned out, the books were all available.

Sang Xuanyue relieved her heart and asked Li Cheng and the others to go to dinner. After eating, get a good night's sleep, and then "sneakily" transport the books to the place where they should be transported.

Li Cheng and the others are young, although they stayed up all night last night, and it took nearly three watches to sleep, and the genius got up again. But youth is capital, and I don't feel tired or sleepy after doing a morning of work.

But the girl was kind-hearted, and they were willing to refuse, so they immediately responded and went back to the room to rest.

When the stick of the second watch rang in the evening, they all quietly got up, and everyone quietly walked out of the alley with the cart.

At this time, there is a curfew, and the dusk drum is sounded before three o'clock, and travel is prohibited; It can only pass after the morning bell rings at three o'clock on the fifth watch. Those who walked on the street on the second, third, and fourth watches during the period were found and given 50 lashes; Anyone who commits a crime at night shortly after the first watch is opened and shortly before the fifth watch is opened, shall be flogged forty times.

But there are exceptions.

For official business such as delivering letters to the government, or for private matters such as buying medicine for weddings and funerals and illnesses, you can walk with the permission of the street patrolman, but you are not allowed to leave the city.

The law is so prescribed, but the law is dead, and man is alive. There are always people who run around after curfew because of many things, and no amount of strict the law can put an end to the prohibition at all.

Sang Xuanyue has always been a law-abiding person, but now she has let the subordinates in the family make a mistake, her heart is pounding, and the whole person is uneasy, lest Li Cheng and others be arrested.

With such a big thing to do at home tonight, how can Qing'er sleep peacefully? He didn't sleep at this time, and opened his mouth to yawn a lot while comforting his sister, who was sitting on pins and needles.

"Sister, don't worry too much, Li Cheng and they are quick with their hands and feet, and they do things very properly. Besides, they all wear foot coverings when they go out, and they don't make any movement when they walk. What's more, they didn't even use horses, they only used manpower to push carts out......"

Qing'er tries to soothe her sister's restless heart.

What's there to worry about? Li Cheng and the others were all given to him by the Hou Ye, if they can't even do this little thing, they are not worthy of being called "from the Wu'an Hou Mansion".

But he knew this in his heart, but he couldn't tell his sister about it. Qing'er scratched her ears and cheeks for a while, and she was a little irritable. So, how can I say it more convincingly, so that my sister doesn't worry about this matter?

After thinking about it, she didn't come up with a reason, and in the end, Qing'er could only appoint to accompany her sister and wait.

The weather is still a little cold at night in late spring, especially in the second half of the night, the cold air is like an invisible snake, and it rushes into people's clothes before it can speak, freezing people shivering, and can't help but shiver.

Seeing this, Qing'er hurriedly asked Su Xin to take a cloak for her sister and wrap it in.

Everyone stayed up tonight, but in order not to alarm some people who shouldn't be alarmed, they didn't even dare to light the candle. Now the light is still on in his room, because he has always had the habit of staying up late to study—although his sister has strictly ordered him not to stay up late in the future.

Don't talk about these messes, just say that before the fifth watch, Li Cheng and the others finally came back with all their beards and tails.

Sang Xuanyue saw that there was no one missing, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. But she was still very worried, so she asked, "Did the road go well?" Did you run into someone? ”

Li Cheng scratched his head and smirked, could that not go well? Hou Ye arranged it in advance, and the road was unimpeded. If it weren't for the fact that there were a few children around, they would have blatantly walked down the street since they had been eyeing them as soon as they went out?

But if you are making a show, you naturally have to be realistic.

So the streets that can be walked openly, they just make a sneaky appearance. It's like being a thief, not to mention, it's quite exciting.

I think so, but I can't say that.

Li Cheng said: "It's very smooth, I have met a few grooms on the road, but we hid from afar, and only after the groomers passed, did we dare to come out and continue walking." There were no dangers along the way, but there were people watching us all the time. ”

Those are those who covet the Sang family's hidden treasures.

Sang Xuanyue and Qing'er couldn't help but sigh, this is really a disaster.

The books of the Sang family are all handed down by their ancestors, if there is any treasure in the book, then use these outsiders to find it? They have long since figured out their own family and made a fortune.

But what his family knows, outsiders don't know. Even if she and Qing'er were yelling outside for a few days, no one would necessarily believe them. It's inexplicable.

Well, I can't think about it, I have a headache when I think about it.

Li Cheng roughly talked about what happened on the road, and said that in front of those gangsters, he told the people left behind in the ghost house: "Be careful, there are all ancestral books in it, and if there is one less, you are the only one to ask." ”

He was quite real when he acted, and such a performance made Sang Twist Yue and several people laugh.

Li Cheng saw that several people's eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and he couldn't help but scratch his head naively: "I'm not, it's not, it's all for drama." ”

Everyone laughed.

After laughing, Sang twisted the moon and hurriedly asked everyone to hurry back and rest.

After staying up this night, it can be said that only a few old people of the Sang family couldn't stay up, and they fell asleep before the first shift, and the rest of the young people were all open until dawn.

Not to mention her and Qing'er, it's Su Jin and them, Zhuye and them, all of them are boiling.

Sang Xuanyue sent everyone away, so she asked Qing'er, who looked sleepy: "Let's take a leave of absence for you today, and take a day off at home, okay?" ”

Qing'er stared at her for a long time and said, "Okay." ”

In fact, he also found it very boring to go to a private school, and if it was possible, he didn't want to step into the door of the private school. But the private school was chosen by her sister, and her sister felt that at his age, he should have like-minded friends to accompany him, so as not to be too lonely. At that time, he also felt the same way, and after going to a private school, he also felt that he should really find some people to learn and play with him to be comfortable.

But now, it's okay not to go.

Qing'er staggered back to the room, Sang Xuanyue saw his younger brother yawning, and then thought about the dark circles under his eyes, the subtle thoughts that he had just had because his brother promised to be too refreshing were gone in an instant.

After all, my brother is still a child.

Even if he looks like an adult now, he can help her do things, but he is still a child after all, and his body is sleepy again. Look, but after staying up all night, it was like being hollowed out, walking staggered, and I was about to hit the door.

Sang Xuanyue sighed while thinking: "When this matter is over, I will ask Qing'er for a leave of absence and let him rest at home for two days." These days, he has to take care of both his family and his studies, and I think he has survived a lot, and he has lost weight. ”