Although it was discussed before that Wu Qingyuan came to rent a room to stay in and a place to eat, after the commotion just now, the three people of the Lin family quickly became acquainted with him, especially when he took out fever-reducing medicine to save Zhou-ger. His actions made everyone’s affection for him rise.

The noodles in the bowl were brought home by Lin Laogen at noon. Because of the time that had passed, they were already soaked and soft. After being reheated, they were all shredded strips, and the portion was scarce. Most of the noodles in the bowl were just lots of green vegetables.

Despite this, for the countryside people who had not eaten meat and fish for a few months and were used to eating all the wotou mixed with wheat bran, such fine white noodles were not too rare, but they were already very good and delicious food.

Considering that he was a guest, Lin Amo deliberately distributed more noodles in his bowl. Wu Qingyuan noticed that his bowl was almost full of green vegetables, with only a few noodles for decoration, but the soup in it was abundant. Coupled with wotou, the food was already somewhat luxurious.

“Brother Wu, we have poor food in the countryside. I hope you don’t dislike it…”

Lin Laogen greeted Wu Qingyuan, then distributed some noodles from his bowl to Wu Qingyuan’s bowl and also ate with mouthfuls of noodle soup.

The rare noodles made the small family very happy as they gobbled up the food. The atmosphere was light and happy. Wu Qingyuan thanked him from his seat and ate it. The apocalyptic people would not despise any edible food.

During the meal, Lin Laogen started chattering again. The source of the chatter was what Lin Amo and the old woman of the Zhou family in the village were doing against each other.

Although Lin Laogen loves his two children and could barely say no to them, he was not an irrational person. His ger was not good-looking, so he was constantly being talked about by others, and his personality was like this because he had never had a mother since he was a child. He didn’t understand or know how to show a little bit of restraint, and now he was still fighting against his elders. If this reputation spreads, who would dare to marry his ger?

After this year, Lin Amo would be nineteen, and all the gers and women of the same age already have children who were running around. Lin Laogen was naturally anxious.

“…Father, I already know what you want to say, but you saw it today. Even if Zhou-ger was picked up by Zhou Laotai’s family, and the Zhou family raised Zhou-ger since Grandpa Zhou died, Granny Zhou didn’t treat Zhou-ger as a human being, and instead saw Zhou-ger as a cow and a horse, working him like a slave, day and night, and now she almost beat Zhou-ger to death. I can’t ignore it!”

When Lin Amo slammed down the table and the chopsticks when he mentioned the matter of Zhou-ger, he was still a little indignant.

Of course, he knows his situation. A ger who dares to quarrel with his elders would be talked about within a radius of a hundred miles, and tomorrow he would have another label of being disrespectful to his elders written on his head, along with a ger who can’t hold his temper.

“Anyway, there’s no one in the village who doesn’t already dislike me and hasn’t given me advice about how I should act. If I can’t get married, then I can’t get married. I’ll be at home and honor you for the rest of my life. That’s also a great plan.”

Lin Amo was very open, but Lin Laogen was very worried and continued to teach him a lesson, “Where in this world are there unmarried girls and gers? Is it possible that you want to live alone for the rest of your life?!”

“Dad, don’t be angry- isn’t there still my dear younger brother, A-Bao was so smart; the old scholars in the village praised my brother for being smart, and when he goes to a private school in the future, he would be a candidate for becoming a scholar. When Tianbao becomes a high-ranking official, our family would become prosperous. If you want to, Tianbao would recruit a husband-in-law for me, right, didi?”

Lin Amo caught his father’s words with a smile and optimism on his face.

“Yes, I would support our ger in the future, and see who dares to dislike him! Dad, don’t worry…”

Lin Tianbao also nodded in agreement, and the two brothers sang together.

“It’s just that you have a lot of crooked reasons!”

Lin Laogen had a hard time with words and couldn’t find anything to retort, but he couldn’t say that out loud. He could only stare at the two children with a sullen face while laughing angrily at them. Although it was crooked, it was not unreasonable. It would not be bad for him to save more money to recruit a husband for Lin Amo.

Seeing that he didn’t deny the proposal, Lin Amo and Lin Tianbao stuck their tongues out and laughed, and they knew they were fooling their father.

The warm atmosphere of the father and son infected Wu Qingyuan. He stared at Lin Amo, who was sitting opposite him. He was attracted by the cheerful and optimistic smile of the young man, and couldn’t help but want to take a closer look.

Ignoring the large green spot on his face, Lin Amo was very cute, and his big, bright eyes were especially good-looking. They were full of the liveliness of young people, like spring water in the mountains, revealing a heart-pounding coolness. But it was the green spot that almost covered half of his face that ruined everything. If one didn’t look carefully, one would only think that he looked ugly and scary.

“Brother Wu, did I scare you…”

Lin Amo, who was smiling, felt Wu Qingyuan’s gaze; the smile on his face stopped immediately, and he stretched out his hand to cover the spot on his face. Covering half of his face, he asked this in a careful tone.

Because of his appearance, he had been told since he was a child that even if he had an optimistic personality, and while he didn’t have low self-esteem at all, he was still extremely sensitive to the wandering eyes of the people around him. Even though Wu Qingyuan’s movements were small, he could still feel them, and he couldn’t help but feel a little nervous in his heart as he quickly covered his face.

In other words, he didn’t blame himself for being ugly, but when he frightened or disgusted others, he would feel inferior and blame himself. Since he was a child, he had often frightened the children in the village when he went out.

The smile on Lin Laogen’s face disappeared in an instant, and his heart was heavy. It was always his heart disease that his ger was not good-looking. If it weren’t for the ugly spot on his face, his Lin-ger was so diligent and sensible that it would not be so difficult to arrange a marriage for him.

“No, I just think that if you didn’t have that spot, you would be very good-looking…”

Wu Qingyuan comforted him, feeling that the atmosphere was becoming heavy.

“Aren’t you talking nonsense? Everyone knows that if my brother didn’t have this spot, he would be the best-looking ger in Liushu Village!”

Lin Tianbao rolled his eyes with contempt.

The two brothers of the Lin family had never had a mother since they were young, and there was a difference of nearly ten years in age. Lin Tianbao could proudly say that he was a brother to Lin Amo, but Lin Amo had taken care of him like he was his mother. Their relationship was more affectionate than that of ordinary brothers. Just like Lin Laogen, no matter what, no one was allowed to say that his brother was an ugly ger, and the whole family had a bad temper regarding this issue.

“…”

Wu Qingyuan has been a human being in his two lifetimes. He didn’t need to be extremely intelligent to figure out the characters of Lin Laogen and his son. He smiled but didn’t get angry.

On the other hand, Lin Amo said to him embarrassedly, “Brother Wu, don’t take it to heart; my younger brother is still ignorant”, and then patted Lin Tianbao on the head as if teaching him a lesson. Although he was impulsive and not reserved or gentle towards his brother, he was still sensible.

“It’s okay, I just wanted to say that the spot on your face could be cured.”

Wu Qingyuan stared at Lin Amo and smiled.

“What did you say?!” The father and son of the Lin family instantly fell silent because of his words, then opened their eyes in disbelief and exclaimed in unison.

The spots on Lin Amo’s face had been there since he came out of his mother’s womb. It was a natural thing and not a disease; even if they went to the hospital for surgery to remove it, it might still leave some traces. According to the medical methods here, even a fever could kill a person. There was no cure for a natural birthmark, and no one had ever heard that a birthmark could be cured.

Wu Qingyuan said that it could be cured, not to mention the three people of the Lin family who do not understand medicine; even the imperial doctor of the palace would have this expression!

“Brother Wu- you- what you said, is it true? Could the green spots on my face be cured?”

Lin Amo even rushed over, forgetting the rules of propriety, and grabbed his arm tightly as a pair of beautiful doe-like eyes that shone like bright stars in the night sky, full of expectation and brilliance, faced him.

Wu Qingyuan tensed his body the moment the other rushed over, almost habitually trying to take a defensive stance. The ten years of life in the apocalyptic days made his vigilance very serious, and this close touch wasn’t something he was used to.

But in the end, he held back and looked at the expectant gaze of the father and son of the Lin family, and then looked at his arm that was caught by Lin Amo, ignoring the touch of the boy’s body temperature on his arm, and continued to speak.

“Yes, when I was traveling, I met an old genius doctor who was the one who gave me the pill just now. He taught me some basic medical skills. I think I could help Lin-ger treat his face.”

Wu Qingyuan explained without changing expressions– there were too many things in him that could not be explained clearly, so he could only make up some undiscoverable fiction like the ‘old genius doctor’ that he met in his travels.

Although the origin was explained, he does have a way to cure the green spots on Lin Amo’s face. Wood-type abilities were one of the most popular abilities in the last few days because their functions were not only to ripen and control plants, but they also could soothe pain and heal.
Although it was not as good as real healing power, the higher the level of the wood power user, the stronger the ability. With his current ability, it was not difficult to cure Lin Amo’s face.

Moreover, according to his observation, the green spots on Lin Amo’s face were not natural birthmarks– they were likely formed in the womb of his mother. His mother might have accidentally eaten something with hazardous toxins, and he was affected by it, so it would be easy to solve it.

“But I can’t guarantee that it will be cured; I’m only half sure…”

Although he had full confidence, Wu Qingyuan added an unsure statement at the end to prevent accidents.

“Just try it!”

Lin Laogen immediately agreed, not to mention being half sure; even if he wasn’t sure at all, as long as there was a chance, the Lin family father and son would also be willing to give it a try.

To be honest, if it wasn’t for his ugly appearance, his young ger would be a sought-after partner in the village. According to the standards of people marrying wives here, there were three.

First, good looks; second, easy to live with and please; and third, could work in the fields.

Despite being unsightly, Lin Amo has a big and bright pregnancy mole on his forehead. He has been a good hand in helping his father work in the fields since he was a child- from the threshold of his house to the entrance of the village, everyone knew how hard he worked!

The good news made the father and son of the Lin family extremely happy, and Lin Amo looked at him and was speechless.

Lin Laogen also patted Wu Qingyuan on the shoulder with joy and said that he would try his best to help him find his relatives. He didn’t need him to give him the money he promised before; if he couldn’t find it, he would just stay at the Lin Family’s house, and he could call him his “Elder Brother” and ask him for help with anything. The little adult, Lin Tianbao, also nodded happily at him, expressing his welcome.

“Then I would like to thank Uncle Lin. I don’t need to worry about finding someone. Uncle could help me find out slowly…”

Facing the sudden enthusiasm from the Lin family, Wu Qingyuan accepted it easily, thanking them for their praise and not accepting Lin Laogen’s hasty proposal.

Before he came to this world, he had learned about the customs of this world from Grandpa Zhou. The ancient customs were more important than the modern ones. If they became sworn brothers, the two families would have a lot of entanglements.

He didn’t know much about the Lin family at all now, so naturally, he wouldn’t make trouble by accepting the sworn brotherhood. He wanted to help Lin Amo cure his face because he wanted to have a close friendship with another family in the Liushu Village, as he had plans to stay here long-term.