Chapter Eight: The Third Uncle Arrives

  "It's done!"

  When he unexpectedly learned that the visitor was his third uncle whom he had never met before, Wang Min was stunned on the spot.

  "It's all over, I'm sure Third Uncle saw what just happened. What should we do now? Should we find a place to hide for the time being?"

  He had no idea that his current predicament was completely exposed in the eyes of the girl who had accompanied the newcomer.

  Look at Wang Min, who is still entangled at this moment. Qin Yunniang, as the culprit, not only did not have any intention of helping to resolve the situation, but instead covered her mouth and laughed lightly. Her eyebrows and eyes glanced lightly, without helping, just looking like she was enjoying the show.

  This made Wang Qin's teeth itch with rage, and he viciously decided that tonight, when sleeping, he must thoroughly teach this unruly little girl a lesson!

  However, Qin Yunniang still underestimated the thickness of Wang Min's skin. After being embarrassed for only a short while, he immediately recovered under the girl's astonished gaze, and walked away with a smile, greeting the approaching person, his demeanor completely different from before.

  "Third Uncle! When did you arrive? Hurry up and come in quickly!" He said with a bow, greeting him warmly.

  As he spoke, he glanced around and saw Qin Yunniang still staring blankly with a lovely face, Wang Meng was extremely pleased.

  Thinking of the girl's behavior just now, she had a mind to retaliate and scolded: "Yunniang, how do you do things? How could you let San Shu catch cold in the yard?"

  As she spoke, without waiting for the girl's reaction, she enthusiastically stretched out her hand to welcome this so-called third uncle into the house, which made the girl's beautiful eyes roll back and her pretty face couldn't help but flush with a faint red glow.

  "This guy! How embarrassing!"

  However, Wang Jian's thoughtful move really startled San Shu. Seeing Wang Jian stretch out his hand to help him over, he immediately became flustered.

  He hastily dodged and said urgently: "This can't be done! You're a scholar, and in the future you'll be an official, how can you do this!"

  This made Wang Qin stunned again, and he couldn't have imagined that his small action would make San Shu so tense. However, after thinking about it for a moment, he understood that he was in ancient times, where the class hierarchy system was even more severe.

  The ancient Chinese hierarchical system was called "Nine Ranks".

  "Nine Streams" is further divided into "Upper Nine Streams", "Middle Nine Streams" and "Lower Nine Streams".

  "Upper Nine Streams": Emperor, Sage, Recluse, Immortal, Scholar, Warrior, Farmer, Artisan, Merchant.

  "Middle Nine Streams": Confucian scholars, doctors, fortune tellers, artists, literati, musicians and chess players, Taoists, and Buddhist monks.

  "Lower nine streams": fortune tellers, bailiffs, steelyard weighers, matchmakers, runners, witches, thieves, robbers, prostitutes.

  This is why Third Uncle looked so uneasy when Wang Qin wanted to help him into the house. Seeing Third Uncle like this, Wang Qin didn't force it anymore and let Qin Yunniang support him as he went inside.

  At this time, Wang Jian finally calmed down and carefully inquired about the visitor. He saw that the visitor was around 40 years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a loyal and honest face, and his palms were covered with calluses, especially between his thumb and index finger, which were even thicker, clearly caused by long-term archery practice.

  "It seems that these three uncles' hunting skills are also not weak!"

  Although the visitor didn't say anything, Wang Jin couldn't hide it from him. After all, his past self was a professional killer, and as a killer, being able to read people and things was a basic skill; if he couldn't even grasp this, he would have been dead in the wilderness long ago.

  Recalling past grievances and bloody battles, Wang Min couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

  "After all, it's not like before!" Thinking of this, Wang Min felt a little melancholy.

  After a brief moment of silence, he turned his head back and focused his gaze on the newcomer once again.

  He wore a coarse linen short jacket, and his face was slightly dark due to long-term labor in the fields, but his body was quite robust. From memory, he also knew that when his father was alive, he had frequent contact with Third Uncle, and they were close friends. After his father's death, Third Uncle took even better care of him and his family, treating them like his own. Whenever he went hunting and got some gains, he would often bring some back to his poor family, so in his previous life, he was also very grateful to Third Uncle and had always treated him as a father figure in his heart.

  While Wang Meng was secretly sizing up the newcomer, the newcomer was also quietly sizing him up.

  He wore a worn-out garment, although he was poor and humble, but he was born with elegance and handsomeness, with an air of refinement, and also had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, straight nose and square jaw, truly a handsome young master.

  Although his body still looks rather weak, he has a vital energy that is unwavering, and the sickly appearance of the past few days is gone. It's clear that this handsome young man has fully recovered this time. Thinking of his old friend's dying entrustment, he can't help but feel comforted in his heart, and suddenly bursts into a hearty laugh.

  "Third Uncle, what are you smiling at?" Qin Yunniang asked curiously, unable to hold back her voice.

  "It's nothing, I've observed the child's complexion, and this illness is at least 70-80% better. What's left is just rest. So, I believe it won't be long before I can hear a little kid calling me 'Third Grandpa', haha!"

  As he spoke, there was another burst of loud laughter.

  "A little doll? Third Uncle is joking again, on a clear day like this, where did the little doll come from?"

  "Haha! Of course it's yours! Ha...ha"

  "You! Third Uncle... you're getting old and still won't give up!" Qin Yunniang finally reacted, her pretty face immediately flushed with red clouds all over, she couldn't bear to stay any longer, and instantly covered her face and ran away.

  Although Wang Qin was self-satisfied with his thick skin, at this time he couldn't help but blush.

  Originally, he was going to let San Shu sit at the edge of the table, but looking at the messy scene that had just finished eating and hadn't been cleaned up in time, Wang Min also gave up on this idea.

  San Shu and Wang Qin sat together on the kang, but Yun Niang was not there, so Wang Qin personally poured hot water for San Shu. Only then did he see that San Shu's hand was still holding a rabbit, looking at the wound, it was clear that it had just been caught.

  It's just the beginning of spring, and all things have revived, showing new vitality. The wild animals that were hungry for a winter can't resist the temptation, and they are active all over the mountains and fields every day. So at this time every year, most people take their bows to the mountains. One is to improve their diet, and the other is to supplement their family expenses, making life better.

  There are many wild animals, but this does not mean that the difficulty of hunting will decrease accordingly. On the contrary, because it is just early spring and the weather is still unstable, people who go up the mountain to hunt often have to endure several hours of hunger and cold. So when I saw Third Uncle bringing back a rabbit he had just hunted and giving it to his own family, my heart felt especially uncomfortable.

  "Third Uncle, how..."

  Seeing Wang Min's expression, he immediately understood what the latter wanted to say, so without waiting for him to speak, he hurriedly blocked Wang Min's words again.

  "It's nothing! This is Third Uncle giving you something to nourish your body. Your body is weak and needs some good nourishment!"

  Seeing Wang Min's mouth twitching again, wanting to open it, still with a look of wanting to decline, he immediately sank his face and said loudly: "Are you looking down on Third Uncle?"

  Wang Men smiled wryly and swallowed back his prepared excuses, his blood boiling as he looked at the newcomer.

  "When was it that I last felt the warmth of being cared for by others?"

  "Has Wang Zhuang's pickled goods come today?"

  Upon hearing this, Wang Qin's expression immediately turned stern and his face became even more deathly pale. His eyes also involuntarily flashed a hint of murderous intent. It was clear that Wang Qin had truly become enraged this time.

  He straightened his back and began to recount in detail what had happened that morning.

  When he heard that Qin Yunniang had also been injured and was still wounded in the end, the visitor's face became even more unbearable, and he couldn't bear it anymore. He raised his hand and punched heavily on the edge of the bed, gritting his teeth and shouting.

  "This pickled good is really asking for a beating!"

  This sudden move also gave Wang Min, who was still in a rage, a big fright.

  The heart suddenly had a severe palpitation, as if it was being grasped by someone in an instant, and couldn't catch its breath.

  It took a long time before I finally calmed down. After taking a few deep breaths, I slowly regained my composure and let out a long sigh of relief.

  The weirdo took a look at Third Uncle, who was now clearly in a state of deep rage, with some dust on him that he had just gotten from the kang, and his fists were even turning blue.

  Wang Men saw that things were not going well and hurried forward. After a good deal of consolation, the latter gradually calmed down.

  After this incident, Wang Qin also had a lingering fear and did not dare to speak again, fearing that the other party would get angry and accidentally drag himself into it.

  Silence! It was like this, neither of them spoke a word.

  But San Shu, who had waited for a long time without seeing any response, turned his head back with even more puzzlement, still wondering in his heart why Wang Min stopped talking.

  But as soon as he met Wang Min's worried eyes, he couldn't help but understand what had happened. He immediately became embarrassed and promised solemnly that this time he would definitely listen quietly.

  Unable to withstand the soft and hard pressing of Nai's third uncle, Wang Min had no choice but to continue speaking carefully, while secretly observing the expressions of the bystanders.

  "It's okay, Third Uncle just turned pale, he shouldn't get angry, right?"

  "Hmm, this shouldn't be a problem..." Wang Min muttered to himself.

  After barely finishing telling the story with a pounding heart, Wang Jin turned his face to look at Third Uncle, who still hadn't made a sound, and couldn't help but secretly feel relieved, finally relaxing the tension that had been building up inside him.

  "Finally able to let out a sigh of relief!" Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Wang Min couldn't help but smile wryly at Third Uncle's still unpleasant expression.

  "Alas! Third Uncle's temper is really... explosive!"

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