When Lin Yunting returned home from the military camp, he was utterly shocked by the scene before him.

The flowers and plants in the yard were almost all withered and dead, but now they are blooming in abundance.

Unexpectedly, just the arrival of a young man brought the entire courtyard back to life.

He glanced at it and thought he had entered the wrong house.

However, Su Han was very busy. At first, Lin Yunting thought Su Han had already left. When he went to the storeroom to get weapons, he saw that there was an extra small bed there.

The reason it's called a small bed is because Lin Yunting gestured that once he lay down on it, he couldn't turn over, otherwise he would fall to the ground.

However, the decorations were very cozy. The cotton wadding looked brand new, white and soft, and a thick layer of cotton cloth covered it.

The bedding was pieced together from several leftover fabrics, and the workmanship was very good, so it didn't look out of place.

However, the bedding was very small, probably only big enough to cover a young boy.

There was a shabby cabinet that was very clean, and the young man's clothes were inside.

Judging from the color of the clothes, which is similar to that of the bedding, the bedding was probably made from leftover fabric from making clothes.

There was only one pair of shoes, very ordinary coarse cloth shoes.

Beside the small bed was a wide stool with four corners of different heights, with stones stuffed underneath, so the seat was relatively flat.

It seems this young man used a wide bench as a table and placed a very ordinary wooden hairpin on it.

He didn't have any rouge or face powder, or even a hairband.

When Lin Yunting left the capital, Nian Ge'er was already ten years old, old enough to dress himself up.

Therefore, Nian-ge'er's dressing table was always filled with gold, silver and jade artifacts, and he had so much rouge and face powder that he couldn't use it all.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Yunting felt a little uneasy.

Didn't I already give him ten taels of silver? This Han-ge'er doesn't even try to treat me any better.

He then thought again, what can ten taels of silver buy? It'll be gone in a meal at a restaurant.

So he touched his purse and found that he only had a few coins left, so he silently put them back in his pocket.

I've spent the whole month drinking and eating with my cronies, so it's not easy to have even a few coins left.

Next month, when he gets his salary, I'll give him a little more.

When Lin Yunting turned to pick up his weapon, he noticed that the weapons he had carelessly placed were now neatly arranged and easily visible.

He thought, perhaps having a son at home wouldn't be bad.

Lin Yunting took the weapon and left, while Su Han was still working outside.

For the first two months, they didn't see each other.

Su Han was reluctant to use the ten taels of silver that Lin Yunting had given her, after all, it was too much money.

Over the past eighteen years, he had secretly saved up a little over a hundred coins by doing embroidery and selling mountain products.

Most of the money went to his younger brother's education, and he secretly saved this money behind his family's back, intending to keep it for his dowry.

When he gets married, his family will definitely not give him any dowry.

But if he doesn't have a dowry, how will he be able to hold his head high in his husband's family?

But even that hundred-odd coins were taken away before he was sold to a brothel by his family.

Ten taels of silver was a fortune to him, enough to feed his family for several years.

There was another reason why he didn't touch the money.

He wanted to return the money to Lin Yunting, including the two hundred taels of silver Lin Yunting had spent to redeem him.

As long as he works hard and earns more money, he will eventually be able to repay the debt of gratitude.

However, as a young man, he could only do so many jobs, and it was only with great difficulty that he found a job as a general helper in a restaurant.

The men who did odd jobs in the restaurant could earn 800 coins a month, but because he was a young man, he could only earn 500 coins.

He didn't get discouraged or complain; he was like a tenacious little grass.

Another advantage of working in a restaurant is that, for Su Han, the employer would allow them to take away any uneaten food from the customers when they finished work.

As a young man, he couldn't compete with the other men, so he filled his pockets with the unsold brown rice from that day. Although it wasn't much, it was clean.

More importantly, because brown rice is cheap, no one is competing with him for it.

He could also take the wilted vegetables left in the kitchen. When he got back, he would cut off the good ones, cook them, and make vegetable porridge with brown rice, which would also make a meal.

Of course, there isn't work to be done at the restaurant every day. If business is slow, the manager will send him home and he won't be paid for that day.

There are quite a few times like this throughout the month.

Therefore, out of the 500 cash monthly allowance, he could only receive a maximum of 200 to 300 cash a month.

So when she wasn't working, besides tending to the yard, Su Han would also do some embroidery, or wash and mend clothes for people.

After two months, he had actually saved more than 700 coins.

Aside from his wages at the restaurant, the bulk of his income came from his embroidery.

There used to be an old widow in their village who, in his youth, was a skilled embroiderer in a large embroidery workshop in the prefectural city, and was very good at threading needles.

Su Han helped him with his work, and he gave her pointers on embroidery.

Although embroidery can be profitable, who can predict what will happen in the business world?

The embroidery styles that are popular today might be out of fashion tomorrow.

Su Han didn't want to put all her eggs in one basket.

So he didn't give up working at the restaurant either. He wanted to earn more money so he could repay the debt of gratitude sooner and live a carefree life for the rest of his days.

In the third month, Lin Yunting took a break and invited a few friends to a restaurant for dinner.

Lin Yunting is forgetful and has many female confidantes. How could he possibly remember what the boy he saved three months ago looked like?

Su Han remembered that he served the dishes to the man somewhat timidly, and his eyes unconsciously glanced at Lin Yunting.

Lin Yunting's friend teased him, "Fifth Master, this little beauty is secretly watching you."

Su Han blushed and quickly retreated after being pointed out for her sneaky behavior.

Several men burst into laughter, "Looks like our Fifth Master Lin is quite the ladies' man."

Lin Yunting rolled his eyes. "Get lost. I like the kind of charming and alluring young men, preferably with a flexible body and who are uninhibited when it comes to having fun. I'm not interested in these bland and unremarkable guys."

My friend said, "You know what, after getting used to delicacies, it's nice to have a simple meal of porridge and side dishes once in a while."

The men's conversation was not kept secret, so the men working in the restaurant overheard it.

They said without any restraint, "Hey Han, why do you have to seduce men even when you're serving dishes?"

Su Han pursed her lips and remained silent.

"Brother Han, I think you should just give in to us. We'll put in a good word for you with the boss and let you stay and work in the kitchen."

"Yes, Han-ge'er, this way you won't get teased, isn't that great?"

Su Han ignored them and went out with the dishes.

Behind him, someone said, "Tch, what are you pretending for? You're just a piece of trash that's been played with to death."

"They probably don't like you. Who knows, maybe she's off flirting with those rich young masters again."

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