Chapter 189: An Eye-Roasting Left Commentary

Specialty Technology!

Daming Town was huge, and before this, its only specialty was Nine-Fragrance Rice. However, Nine-Fragrance Rice was just a specialty and did not count as technology.

Because if, one day, all the Nine-Fragrance Rice in the territory was accidentally used up without leaving any seeds, Daming Village would have to say goodbye to Nine-Fragrance Rice forever.

Specialty technology was different; as long as someone from Daming Village remained, they could pass this technology down to future generations.

After playing with the “Specialty Technology” card and telling Guo Yuan, Li Ji, and others to go back and rest, Mo Xiaobai walked back to the Baron’s Manor himself.

He planned to open this card and other random items in his backpack personally.

On the way back, the first person he saw was Cheng Liya, who was processing two fresh crucian carp. The guy still looked as relaxed and unhurried as ever, living a much more leisurely life than Mo Xiaobai.

After saying hello to Cheng Liya, Mo Xiaobai headed toward the backyard of the manor.

As soon as he entered, he saw Mother Mo urging his younger sister to do her homework in the yard.

“Mom, Xiaoyou.”

“You’re back? Was the mission a success?”

“Yes.”

Seeing Mo Xiaobai nod, Mother Mo let out a sigh of relief, then rushed into the room to take out a small wooden box. “Since my son succeeded, I’m returning these things to you. Please keep them safe.”

“I won’t take the money; I still have plenty on me. Just keep it for your own expenses later. Give me the two items, though.”

Mo Xiaobai didn’t take the box. Instead, he waved his hand and moved toward the stone table. “Let me see what our little genius has been learning lately. Huh? She’s copying ‘Spring and Autumn: Zuo’s Commentary’, the 23rd year of Duke Xi?”

“When the Duke of Jin’s heir, Chong’er, was in trouble, the people of Jin attacked Pucheng. The people of Pucheng wanted to fight, but Chong’er refused…”

Glancing at the part Mo Xiaoyou had already copied, Mo Xiaobai nodded. The Spring and Autumn period was indeed worth reading, and the process of the noble young master Chong’er transforming into one of the future Five Hegemons was something to think about deeply.

It seemed that Hu Zhao, this top-tier private tutor, really knew how to teach literature.

Mo Xiaobai mentally approved of Hu Zhao’s teaching and had originally just glanced at the text without planning to read much more. However, when he caught a glimpse of the section Mo Xiaoyou was about to copy, he suddenly frowned. “Little Dot, wait a minute. You don’t need to copy this part; copy the section that follows instead.”

“Huh? Big Brother?”

Hearing her big brother suddenly tell her not to copy, Mo Xiaoyou lifted her head to look at Mo Xiaobai. “Teacher Kongming said we have to copy it all.”

“Cough, cough, you can continue copying the rest. For the part about ‘Arriving at Cao,’ it’s too advanced for you to understand right now, so just skip it.”

A vein popped on Mo Xiaobai’s forehead. He had stopped her suddenly for a reason, because for a child, this passage could be considered truly eye-roasting.

The original text of this short section was, “Upon arriving at Cao, Duke Gong of Cao heard rumors about his ribs and wanted to see him naked. When Chong’er took a bath, the Duke went close to watch him.”

What did that mean?

Described in modern Water Blue Star language, it meant that when Chong’er went to Cao Country, its ruler, Duke Gong, thought Chong’er had amazing bone structure and wanted to touch him. Then, he even took advantage of Chong’er stripping naked to take a bath to observe him up close.

Whether they reached “negative distance” was not written in the Left Commentary; it was an open-ended topic for discussion. However, regardless of the openness, Mo Xiaobai still felt like saying “What the hell” in his heart back when he learned this.

Now, this kind of content with strong Danmei tendencies… how could he let Little Dot see it, and copy it word by word?

Mo Xiaobai could ignore many things, but this one he absolutely had to deal with!

His sister was a bit naughty, but she was still innocent. If he let her touch the terrifying field of “shipping guys together” at such a young age, would her moral compass still be correct in the future?

Mo Xiaobai felt it was wrong, but he had underestimated his sister. Mo Xiaoyou tilted her head, raised her brush, and smiled with curved eyebrows. “I can understand it. It’s not that hard. Duke Gong of Cao was gay, but Chong’er was straight, so Chong’er got very angry and left Cao Country.”

“Plus, later, when Chong’er returned home, he sent troops to avenge himself. Duke Gong of Cao was even captured by him. The record of Cao Country’s kings being captured started with Duke Gong.”

“Big Brother, am I right?”

Right… or what?

What right was there?

Mo Xiaobai’s forehead was filled with black lines. He didn’t even know where his sister had learned those messy things like “gay” and “straight.”

Seeing her big brother’s unhappy expression, Mo Xiaoyou burst out laughing again. “Stinky Big Brother, I’m just kidding. When Teacher Kongming explained this part, he said Chong’er suffered a lot in his youth, wandering without a home. But Duke Gong shouldn’t have mocked him for that, nor should he have looked down on someone just because they were temporarily down on their luck. It’s the same principle as ‘Never underestimate a poor youth.’ Does that sound right now?”

Listening to his sister, Mo Xiaobai felt like laughing and crying at the same time. This girl had always been smarter than him since childhood; her studies clearly didn’t need his worry anymore.

“Whatever, just copy it slowly on your own. You can’t eat until you finish.”

“I’ll finish in a moment.”

The little girl, feeling she had “defeated” her big brother, proudly raised her right hand. Beside her, Mother Mo shook her head. When these two siblings were at home before, there had never been a moment of peace for her.

Mo Xiaoyou continued copying the Left Commentary. After Mo Xiaobai sat down, he soon took out one item after another.

The three Silver Grade Instance Treasure Chests were rewards from the “Yang Zhi’s Calamity” instance.

One random Territory Building and one random special Territory Building were obtained when upgrading the town.

Additionally, there was a random Specialty Technology card and a Earth Spirit Grade Instance Treasure Chest.

Before he realized it, Mo Xiaobai had accumulated so many items that could be “opened.”

“I refuse to believe my luck will be this bad for the rest of my life.”

“Daming Town has already been upgraded successfully. Even if I use all these items right now, they won’t drastically change the territory. So, trying my luck with them shouldn’t be a problem.”

In the past few weeks, Mo Xiaobai had watched Li Ji open items, so he was already itching to do it himself.

With Daming Town developing so well, they had plenty of money and plenty of people.

Mo Xiaobai could finally relax. Even if he wasted all the items in front of him, he would only feel some heartache for a while. Daming Town would continue to develop as planned.

“Let’s start with the Silver Chests to warm up my luck.”

Holding a Silver Treasure Chest in his hand, Mo Xiaobai whispered, “Use.” The lid of the chest immediately popped open, revealing a piece of paper:

Territory Expansion Map!

“A Silver Chest from a B-rank instance usually rewards better commercial buildings at best. A Territory Expansion Map is barely passing.”

Thinking silently to himself, Mo Xiaobai quickly used the second one.

Again, a Territory Expansion Map!

For the last chest, Mo Xiaobai casually made his choice, but suddenly, a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

It’s a building!

Seeing a building model in the chest, Mo Xiaobai was naturally happy.

But as soon as he took the model out, the smile that had just appeared for half a second turned stiff.

Building: Gambling House!

How could it be this thing?