Chapter 341: Just a Concubine (6)_1
Pei Wendong usually had martial arts lessons in the morning, and after school in the noon and afternoon, he would head straight home. Since Mu Xiu also didn’t come out to play often, it was up to them to seize the opportunity to visit him.
Pei Qin was supportive of their friendships, believing in the saying "At home, you rely on your parents; out of the house, you rely on friends."
So Pei Wendong went out to greet them.
Chang Yonglin hurriedly gathered his completed exercises, stored them in the desk cabinet, and cleared the writing table before placing two books on it.
A few of them joked and laughed as they entered the courtyard, with some calling out for Chang Yonglin.
Pei Qin asked Pei Yuan to bring over a few bowls of mung bean soup or crystal jelly, as she continued to flip through her book. The ancients in this feudal society sure intrigued her—scholars mouthed off about supernatural beings, yet they believed in them wholeheartedly. The common folks revered those beliefs even more. Not like in modern times, where ghost stories are often a source of humor.
Chang Yonglin came out and went with them to the side room in Pei Wendong’s house.
"It’s so hot today! Let’s go for a swim! Young Master Chang, are you coming?" they asked Chang Yonglin, their tone teasing as he was the son of Landlord Chang’s house, noble and not like the country boys they were.
"I’m not going," Chang Yonglin flatly refused. If he wanted to swim, he would do so in his own pond or in a section of the river on his estate. "It’s indecent to strip and get into the water on the main street." Besides, he wasn’t feeling hot.
The rest fell silent for a moment, "Who’d strip and jump into the water on the main street!? Come on, we’ve been enlightened through studying the Holy Book, of course, we cannot strip in public. Bear River is so long—we can find a secluded spot to cool off!"
Pei Qian and Pei Yuan came over with bowls of crystal jelly, "Just have a bowl to cool off. Swimming in the river might be dangerous; what if something happened?"