Chapter 89: Exchange of experience
The last child left the room, and Han Shanyuan was left with the magistrate. The man approached him and smiled down at him.
"You say in your essay that the former magistrate, Wei Caihong, is the reason you managed to get a steamed bun a day for months. I would like to meet him. And your Master, Nikola."
"They took me in," Han Shanyuan said proudly. "But Master Wei ate a mermaid's heart and became a woman."
The magistrate took a step back.
"I see," he said.
"And he is going to get married to Master Nikola again today with the lady Pen."
"I see," repeated the magistrate again. He had gotten a request to preside for a wedding today, but had thought it was a double one.
"Both Wei Caihong and lady Pen are pregnant. Please don't refuse to let them get married," Han Shanyuan pleaded.
The magistrate shook his head.