It was dinnertime.

Lin Yu pushed open the door to the west room and saw a pile of strange things next to Lin Yan. Her eyes widened with curiosity as she asked:

"Big sister, what are these?"

"These are secrets. I'll tell you later. Did your little sister come to call me for dinner?"

Lin Yan didn't plan to tell her family about her plans, after all, it was "not a respectable thing."

The fewer people who know, the better.

"Yes, that's right, big sister, dinner's ready."

Lin Yu is young and forgetful. She almost forgot what she was doing when she was distracted. Her little eyebrows furrowed and her face was full of annoyance.

Seeing her acting like a little adult made Lin Yan unable to help but laugh, so she reached out her mischievous hands and gently pinched her little face.

After these days of nourishment, their family has undergone a complete transformation.

In terms of appearance, the family is no longer as thin as before; they have finally gained some weight on their faces and bodies.

Lin Yu's features were already exquisite.

Her once sallow face is now fair and rosy, and her dry, yellow hair has become much shinier, making her look like a porcelain doll.

Unconsciously, Lin Yan suddenly thought of Xie Muqing.

Since he married into the family, his diet has become much more nutritious.

His once almost emaciated body and slightly sunken cheeks have gradually gained weight, making his handsome, almost inhuman face even more alluring.

I wonder if his appearance will cause her a lot of trouble in the future?

It gets dark late in the Northwest.

It was still not dark when they finished eating, so Lin Yan could only wait quietly in the courtyard to digest her food.

After nightfall.

After the family washed up and got into bed, she took the opportunity to go out under the pretext of going to the toilet.

As Lin Yan passed the east room, she heard sounds that made her blush again. She staggered and felt ashamed.

She reasonably suspected that her parents were the male and female protagonists of a rough-and-tumble romance novel on some website...

After all, her father's taut bronze muscles and tall stature were indeed quite rugged, while her mother had a beautiful face and a delicate figure.

But how do they have so much energy?!

Could it be that you've been separated for a long time, so now you're trying to make up for all that?

So all the nutrition her father was taking these days was being used on her mother!

I don't know how her mother, with her frail little body, could withstand the man's demands every night...

Thinking about the important things she was going to do later, Lin Yan shook her head, throwing away all those wicked thoughts, and carefully left the courtyard and headed straight for the old house.

She was certain that the silver earrings she found this morning belonged to Liu, since she had previously flaunted them and the silver bracelet in front of everyone.

Upon arriving at the old house, she donned a flowing white dress, tucked a few goji berry sprouts into her hair, and effortlessly scaled the wall with her hair down.

At that time, the old house was completely dark.

Lin Yan threw the sleeping powder into the west room where Liu Laoda's family was sleeping, and then went straight to the main room.

It wasn't that she didn't intend to scare them, but having too many people would easily expose her and make the aftermath too troublesome.

Upon arriving at the main house, one could hear the sounds of snoring rising and falling from within.

She gently pried open the door and carefully entered the room.

After placing two pills down the throats of the two people on the kang (a heated brick bed), she quietly withdrew and closed the door.

After hanging the rope on the big tree outside the main house, she began to knock on the door again and again.

Mrs. Liu usually slept on the outer side so she could easily get up at night to serve Old Man Liu. Hearing the knock, she impatiently opened her eyes, not intending to get up, and shouted towards the door:

What are you knocking about in the middle of the night?

Just then, with a creak, the door to the main room suddenly opened by itself...

"A ghost!"

Liu's screams woke up Old Man Liu. He opened his cloudy eyes, grabbed a pillow, and threw it at her, yelling:

"What's wrong with you in the middle of the night?!"

Liu huddled under the covers, trembling, only daring to peek through her fingernails.

"Dad, look outside! There's clearly no wind, yet the door is open. There must be something fishy going on..."

The pills Lin Yan gave them had hallucinogenic effects. At that time, she had a terrifying, blood-dripping makeup on her face and was hanging in the air, holding onto a rope from a tree.

"You audacious mortal, give me back the lives of my disciples and their descendants!"

But to Old Man Lin and Mrs. Liu, who were under the influence of the medicine, what they saw outside the house were rows and rows of countless "goji berry" seedlings dressed in white!

The two were instantly terrified, their eyes wide with horror, and they frantically kowtowed to the "goji berry spirit" before them, begging for mercy incessantly.

"Ah!!! Great God of Goji Berries, have mercy! We'll never do it again, we'll never do it again..."

Having achieved her goal, Lin Yan untied the rope from the tree, climbed over the wall, took off her clothes, and headed home.

After returning home, she first gave the mare her medicine, then went to the kitchen to fetch water to wash herself before going back inside.

Even after lying down on the kang (heated brick bed), Lin Yan's upturned lips couldn't be stopped. The effects of the pills she took tonight would last until tomorrow, so that all the villagers could bear witness.

It was Liu and her family who caused the hysteria by destroying the wolfberry garden; it wasn't someone's deliberate revenge. Her pills were colorless and odorless; even if a doctor examined them, they wouldn't be able to find anything wrong with them.

In ancient times, most people believed in ghosts and gods and retribution. She believed that after their hard work in "promoting" the Goji Berry Immortal, no one would dare to mess with the goji berry garden anymore.

"Where did you go? I couldn't find you when I went to the outhouse."

Suddenly, Xie Muqing's voice came from beside her. Lin Yan was startled and turned around to look at him.

"You even came looking for me? I went out and did something to vent my anger, you'll find out tomorrow."

Xie Muqing lowered her eyelids, concealing her thoughts, pulled the covers over herself, turned over, and turned her back to Lin Yan. Her arrogant voice came from under the covers.

"I was just woken up by my knee pain and went to the toilet. I didn't mean to go looking for you."

Lin Yan, of course, wouldn't presume to think that Xie Muqing was only looking for her because he liked her.

After all, he already had someone he loved, and besides, if something happened to her, he would have no powerful backer to rely on.

"Pfft, I got it! Tomorrow I'll go to the village and see if there are any lactating ewes. I'll buy one, and you'll feel better if you drink some milk every day. Ah, it's a pity that we don't have water buffaloes in the Northwest like in the South, otherwise water buffalo milk would taste even better."

Hearing her speak with such conviction, Xie Muqing couldn't help but tentatively ask:

Have you ever drunk buffalo milk?

Caught off guard, Lin Yan almost blurted out her true feelings, but thankfully she realized her mistake and denied it in time.

"Of course... no, I've never been to the South, I've only heard people in town talk about it."

The two entered their sleeping quarters, each with their own thoughts.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already broad daylight.

At that time, the village was in an uproar.

Apart from the craftsmen who were working, almost all the villagers gathered at the entrance of the old house, pointing and gossiping about Old Man Liu.