Chu Xuesong continued to poke her heart: "A Nuan doesn't like you!"
Qi Wuze arrived with the flowerpot, full of hope. The flowerpot shattered, even the withered flower roots were ruined. That had no intention of ruining his hopes. He, who had never believed in gods or fate, suddenly went mad at that moment, his heart filled with bad luck.
I always feel like the flowers won’t bloom!
It's impossible for A Nuan to like him anymore!
Being poked by Chu Xuesong at this moment, it felt like a hole was broken in his heart, and the hand holding Ye Nuan tightened even more.
"She just doesn't like me now. As long as I like her enough, she will like me one day. And you, you don't have any chance at all!"
He appeared in front of A Nuan with the brightest attitude, but Chu Xuesong stayed by A Nuan's side with dark and deceptive means.
Even if the Chu Family Village didn't kill anyone, they were still horse bandits after all. Just for this reason, he lost!
Chu Xuesong’s face turned pale little by little: A Nuan did not refute!
He suddenly reached out to push the door open, and before Ye Nuan could rebuke him, a emerald green snake bit him right in the mouth. His expression remained calm, completely unconcerned with the venomous snake still hanging from his hand. He said to Ye Nuan, "I'm wrong. I shouldn't have lied to you. I let these snakes bite me to vent your anger. Will you forgive me?"
He was in a state of madness. Ye Nuan was very displeased with this obvious act of self-harm and immediately shouted, "Don't come over here. I don't blame you. Leave now, or I won't let you see me again!"
Chu Xuesong was somewhat disappointed. He pinched the snake's vital point in his hand and crushed it to death, then chuckled, "Don't blame me?" But it was clear that he was disgusted with him.
It was impossible to forcibly snatch people away today. Chu Xuesong's eyes curved slightly and he smiled particularly brightly: "Okay, I'll listen to you, An Nuan, there's a long way to go." After he said that, he put 'Shuoxue' back to his waist and turned to walk towards the horse bandits waiting in the distance. His back was thin and straight, and he was wrapped in blood-stained clothes and carried by the fierce autumn wind, looking like a lonely and murderous figure.
After the bandits had gone far away, Jiang Ji collapsed to the ground without any image, and cursed with a smile: "This lunatic!" She turned her head and saw Qi Wuze staring at her coldly. She felt bad again, and quickly got up and hid behind Wu Tu, saying vigilantly: "What do you want to do? Don't come over here!"
Qi Wuze still held the knife in his hand and said coldly, "Compensate me with Emei Chunhui!"
Emei Spring Orchid?
Jiang Ji rolled her eyes and said angrily, "You're accusing me of a pot of dried flowers? Brother, at least I helped you. In that situation, I needed help!"
Qi Wuze took another step forward: "Compensate me with Emei Chunhui!"
Wu Tu stood in front of Jiang Ji with a ferocious face.
Just as he was about to move forward again, Ye Nuan grabbed him in time. Jiang Ji gave her a grateful smile and said anxiously, "Take him away quickly!"
Ye Nuan pulled Qi Wuze out of the yard. The flower pots on the path could no longer be put together. She squatted down and searched carefully, and found the withered rhizome of Emei Spring Orchid that had been cut in half in the soil.
Qi Wuze pursed his lips and stared without saying a word.
Ye Nuan smiled at him and comforted him, "It's still halfway there. If you water it more, it should be able to survive."
Qi Wuze didn't believe it. Orchids are very delicate and will die easily if you water them too much. In the past, his father watered them every day but they didn't survive. Now only half of them are left...
The corners of his eyes were red, and he was gloomy and depressed, on the verge of exploding. Ye Nuan held half of the flower root in her palm, pulled his sleeve, and walked back.
When Jiang Ji saw someone coming in, she automatically retreated to the corner and dared not utter a word. Ye Nuan said to Su Shi, "Mother, please ask Pavilion Master Jiang to leave. Don't let anyone go upstairs for the time being. I'll take him upstairs."
Jiang Ji was horrified and hid behind Wu Tu, screaming: "How can I leave if those outside don't leave?" She was most afraid of wolves, and there were so many snakes.
Qi Wuze glanced at her and she immediately fell silent.
Ye Nuan led her men upstairs and headed straight to her room, where a pot of green onions sat on the balcony. She took the pot down, emptied the green onions, and finally placed the remaining half-stalk of the flower in the pot, covered it with soil, and handed it back to Qi Wuze.
He smiled with his eyes curved: "Here, take it back and water it every day. Sooner or later, it will take root and sprout." This soil is mixed with some soil from the space. Even if you only water it with a little ordinary water every day, the roots will sprout sooner or later.
Qi Wuze moved his fingertips, clearly unconvinced, "Really?"
Ye Nuan nodded seriously, her eyes bright and clear, able to see through everything at a glance.
"Don't be sad, your mother's flowers will definitely survive!"
Qi Wuze's drooping eyelashes trembled slightly, and he suddenly reached out and hugged Ye Nuan tightly, his movements gentle and loving. He naturally rested his chin on her neck and said in a deep voice, "I'm not sad because of this. I'm just worried that if the flower seeds don't grow, you'll never love me again."
"I've never told you that I like you, I really like you!"
"I used to like knives, but I can use it to peel sweet potatoes for you."
"...Can you like me a little bit too?"
His voice was hoarse, with a dull and difficult prayer.
Ye Nuan felt a little sore holding the flower pot in one hand, but she felt a little happy in her heart. She tilted her head slightly and asked softly, "Didn't you tell Gao Shoucheng that you don't like me?"
Qi Wuze's face froze, and he suddenly hated his past self and wanted to kick Gao Zangfeng to death.
"I was wrong!"
He suddenly pulled Ye Nuan away and said, "I'm going to go back and tell Crazy that I like you." He turned to leave, and Ye Nuan couldn't help but smile bitterly and grabbed him.
"Oh, forget it."
Qi Wuze glanced at her, hesitated for a while, and asked hesitantly: "Then, then, can you like me?"
Ye Nuan stuffed the flowerpot into his hand and said, "I can't answer you now, but if you start planting flowers from today and they bloom, I will promise to like you and try."
Qi Wuze looked at the bare soil in his hand, his brows furrowed tightly, "But, it's only half, and it's withered..."
"Don't you believe me?" Ye Nuan raised her wrist, and the rose seeds in her hand sprouted instantly. The tips of the small leaves were still trembling, which was very cute.
"This is the flowerpot and soil I gave you. As long as you are careful enough, it will bloom sooner or later." She was giving Qi Wuze time, and also giving herself time to think.
Qi Wuze swept away his previous gloom, and the corners of his mouth finally lifted up: "Of course I trust you, I will put it on the farm, and come here to water it every day."
Ye Nuan was puzzled: "Aren't you busy?"
"It's not very busy." Even if he was busy, he would still come. Chu Xuesong is a madman, and who knows what ideas he would come up with.
He hadn't slept all night, had been traveling back and forth, and had just fought with Chu Xuesong. He was extremely tired, and his eyes were full of bloodshot. Ye Nuan stood up and said, "Then go to your room and get some sleep, and come down later."
Qi Wuze held the flower pot with an excited look on his face: "I'm not tired!"
Ye Nuan pursed her lips. He immediately carried the flowerpot back to his room, gently closing the door. With a smile on her face, she composed herself and went downstairs. In the yard, Jiang Ji was still hiding behind Wu Tu, refusing to leave the farm.
Hua Juan roared back and forth around them. Jiang Ji turned pale and screamed in fear, yelling at Qi Ya: "You bastard, get it away!"
Seeing Ye Nuan coming from a distance, he quickly asked for help: "Ye girl, are you still going to do business? How can you treat the buyer like this?"
Ye Nuan called out to Hua Juan, who quickly and obediently ran to Qi Ya's feet and squatted down. She walked up to Jiang Ji and said in a bad tone, "Why haven't you left yet?"
Jiang Ji tugged at her messy clothes, straightened her hair, and turned into the glamorous and charming Pavilion Master Jiang again.
"No one knows whether Mr. Chu is still outside. If I go out and get stopped by that madman, it will be exactly what you want. It won't be too late to leave after my people arrive." This time when she goes back, she will definitely ask a hundred martial arts masters to guard the Creation Pavilion.
He lost more than he gained, and there was no telling when that madman Chu Xuesong would recover.
Ye Nuan sneered: "Is there anything you, Pavilion Master Jiang, are afraid of? You'd better leave. I'm afraid if I stay any longer, you'll want to kill me again."
Jiang Ji's eyes turned slightly, and she said with a smile: "How could that be? I did it to help you find out Chu Xuesong's background. I did it because I knew he would save you."
"Oh?" Ye Nuan didn't believe it. "What if he didn't do it? Wouldn't I be dead?"
Jiang Ji laughed awkwardly. "How could that be? I know my limits. We haven't even done business yet. How about I charge 700 taels for each batch of Liuguang Jin?"
Ye Nuan shook her head: "No matter what, I don't want silver now, I just want salt. Give me your salt according to the market price."
Jiang Ji gritted her teeth, but when she thought that Chu Xuesong might ambush her, she had to agree.
"Okay, I'll have someone send the salt over as soon as I get back."
Ye Nuan looked her up and down, and she immediately looked back warily.
"What?"
Ye Nuan chuckled: "I don't trust Pavilion Master Jiang. So, you can put the golden abacus on your neck on me and exchange it for salt later."
This golden abacus is her life, it is to attract wealth. Jiang Ji is unwilling and pushes Wu Tu forward: "Can I press him here?"
Ye Nuan: "No!"
Jiang Ji struggled for a moment, and finally took the golden abacus off her neck. As she did so, she said with a pained look on her face, "Don't touch it. It's got a mechanism on it. I'll come get it soon."
She held on to it for a while, and Ye Nuan tugged hard, pulling the golden abacus into her hand. She suddenly said, "Oh, by the way, you broke Qi Wuze's flowerpot, don't you have to pay compensation? Just five hundred taels."
Five hundred taels?
Jiang Ji's face twisted a little, and she cursed: "Why don't you go and rob?"
Ye Nuan was puzzled: "Am I robbing you now? How about six hundred taels? If you don't want to, I'll let Hua Juan play with you!"
Huajuan roared twice at the right time, and Jiang Ji immediately became intimidated and obediently took out six hundred taels of silver notes from her pocket.
"You're so cruel!"
"You are ungrateful and don't know the kindness of others!"
Ye Nuan was a little amused: repaying kindness with enmity, not knowing how to appreciate kindness? Was Jiang Ji's revelation of Xiao Bai not entirely out of kindness?
If she had good intentions, why didn't she just say it clearly at the Creation Pavilion? Why did she have to use her own life as bait when the people from Liuguang City left?
After Jiang Ji finished taking out the banknotes, she looked around Yunjian Farm and suddenly said, "Shall we discuss your earlier proposal for cooperation?"
Ye Nuan chuckled twice, "Sorry, I'm the type of person who will try another path if one way doesn't work. I don't need your cooperation anymore."
Her face was gentle, her voice soft, but her attitude was extremely strong. The woman before her was no longer the little girl or liar that Jiang Ji had believed her to be, but a figure who could be on par with the Creation Pavilion in the future.
Jiang Ji suddenly felt a little regretful. Why didn't she agree to her promise? Otherwise, she wouldn't have to worry about her stealing her business. But there is no medicine for regret in the world. She chuckled and said, "In this case, I can only regard you as a competitor."
"But don't worry, I, Jiang Ji, have always done business in an upright manner. I have high hopes for you, so please don't let me down!"
Ye Nuan chuckled twice and called out to Hua Juan. Hua Juan came running over barking. Jiang Ji, who had been calm and composed just now, suddenly changed her expression. She looked at Ye Nuan with the look of someone who had murdered her father and screamed, "You damned little liar! You have no moral principles! Get rid of this thing! Are you trying to scare me to death?"
I’m afraid you won’t be scared. She was also scared to death by Jiang Ji just now!
Tit for tat!
When the masters from the Creation Pavilion arrived, Jiang Ji left angrily.
Ye Xiaohu looked up at his sister, pursed his lips and asked sadly, "Sister, do I have no husband anymore?"
Su patted his head and scolded him, "What's there to be sad about? Just let your sister and City Lord Qi take turns teaching you." She then looked at Ye Nuan and said angrily, "I know there are not many good scholars. They are all lies. Let him teach Xiaohu and who knows what he will become. It's better for him to leave. Don't let me see that bastard again, or I will scold him every time I see him."
Ye Nuan sighed, "Mom, he has a bad temper. Try not to irritate him when you see him. Just pretend he doesn't exist."
She didn't know what Chu Xuesong's purpose was in approaching her, but as of now, he was better than Wei Qian and would not kill innocent people indiscriminately.
Su asked again: "Where is City Lord Qi? Is he okay?"
Ye Nuan nodded: "He must be tired. I'll let him get some sleep first."
Su couldn't help but sigh again, "Master Qicheng is so good. He always shows up in time when we're in trouble. He and our family are well matched. I'll make a good meal and treat him well later."
"How about making bitter melon? Bitter melon goes to your heart and calms your nerves!"
I only know that he doesn't like spicy food, but I don't know if he likes bitter vegetables. Ye Nuan simply said, "Let's make sweet and sour fish. Xiaohu and I will go to the pond to catch fish later."
Ye Xiaohu's eyes immediately lit up: "Sweet and sour fish? Great, I haven't eaten fish for a long time." Sweet and sour fish tastes better.
"Okay, I'll chop the vegetables in the yard first, and then cut some leeks to make dumplings." Su said as she walked towards the kitchen. Ye Nuan only then noticed that the vegetables in the yard were already very large. Her eyes lit up slightly, and when Su came out with a knife, she helped chop the vegetables.
Ding Dong!
"Congratulations to the host. The Spiritual Spring Space has been upgraded to level eight. Rewards include wild rice stem, yam, bamboo, straw mushroom, sugarcane, durian, cantaloupe, and ginseng seeds/seedlings. Seven plots of land are available. Please plant them as soon as possible!"
Durian and ginseng?
These two are good things!
When she was little, she didn't like durian because she always thought it tasted weird. But when she grew up, she accidentally ate a piece of durian mille-feuille and was hooked ever since. Besides eating spicy food, her greatest joy is opening a whole durian and enjoying it on the sofa.
I planted the durian in the space and watered it twice. The durian took root and sprouted instantly, growing into a leg-high sapling.
It should be ripe tomorrow. If not, she will water it a few more times at night. She can't wait to let Qi Wuze taste it and see what his expression is.
She chuckled softly, and Su asked in confusion, "Is chopping cabbage so funny?"
Ye Nuan shook her head, helped her mother arrange the cabbages and put them into the space, and then took out yam, pumpkin and ginseng seedlings from it.
"Mom, plant these in the vegetable garden."
Of the three, Su only recognized ginseng. She asked in surprise, "Growing ginseng? What's the point of growing it? Can it be eaten as a vegetable?" Ginseng is very valuable outside the Great Wall. Anyone with a little money in Kyoto would stockpile one or two plants, using them as a tonic and potentially even saving lives. However, good-quality, aged ginseng is hard to find.
"You can eat it occasionally as a vegetable. My ginseng is grown with spiritual spring water, so it will definitely have medicinal properties for hundreds or thousands of years!"
"A thousand years? Really?" Su couldn't believe it.
"Just plant it and wait for a while before seeing if it will grow."
Su, half-believing, buried the ginseng in the soil. Ye Nuan went to the kitchen to fetch a bucket, mixed some spiritual spring water into it, and then watered the newly planted seeds and ginseng seedlings. The ginseng leaves trembled, and crystal drops of water dripped down the leaves into the soil, making the entire plant even more vibrant and green.
"Mom, please chop some more baby cabbage and peel it. I'll take the two little ones to go fishing."
The fish in the pond, nourished by the spiritual spring water and free from natural predators, grew rapidly. The previously large fish had already spawned many small fry. In the clear pond, one could see many fish of all sizes swimming back and forth.
Ye Xiaohu had wanted to eat fish for a long time. He secretly fished for it twice without Ye Nuan's knowledge, but the fish were too agile and he failed to catch them both times.
Ye Nuan and her two children watched the shore for a long time, but they didn't see a single fish dare to approach. She couldn't help but wonder, aren't animals always attracted to her spiritual spring? Why are they all hiding away now?
But on second thought, no matter how much she likes something, she will give it up if her life is in danger.
Even the dumbest fish knows that humans catch fish mostly to eat them, so it’s normal not to get close to them!
Crash!
The surface of the water was cut open, and a fish was jumping around on the shore. Ye Nuan turned her head to look and saw that Huajuan was holding a fish in his mouth.
Three people are no match for a wolf, how shameful!
However, Ye Xiaohu had no shame on his face. He held the fish and shouted happily, "Sister, we have fish to eat. Please make me sweet and sour fish!" He was jumping around with so much joy that he accidentally stepped into the pond. He tried to grab the lotus leaves twice but failed and fell straight in.
Ye Xiaohu thrashed in the water, still clinging to the fish. Ye Nuan, a landlubber, quickly reached out with her net and said, "Xiaohu, catch it!"
Before Qi Ya could jump in to help him, Ye Xiaohu was pulled up by a large hand. He waded into the water, only to be thankful that the fish hadn't escaped.
Ye Nuan was at a loss for words and scolded him, "Don't be so stupid next time. If you fall into the river, throw away the things in your hands and grab the things on the shore to save your life. Got it?"
"Okay, I understand!" Ye Xiaohu nodded obediently, but then he asked doubtfully, "If you, mom and I fall into the water together, should I throw you away too?"
"Uh..." What kind of a weird question is this!
Ye Nuan looked at Qi Wuze who was holding him. Qi Wuze had just woken up, and the fatigue in his eyes had mostly faded. A faint smile appeared on his face. He touched Ye Xiaohu's head and said, "You can hold your mother. Your sister can be thrown away. I just picked her up."
What kind of answer is this?
Ye Nuan glared at him, and Ye Xiaohu immediately shook his head: "No, my sister is mine, I can't lose her."
Qi Wuze handed the fish in Ye Xiaohu's hand to Qi Ya who was standing beside him, then picked him up and laughed heartily from a distance: "Go take a shower first and change your clothes, don't catch a cold!"
He said to Ye Nuan again, "I'll take him away first. Please help me take care of Aya."
Ye Nuan nodded.
Qi Wuze carried Ye Xiaohu to the bathroom on the first floor. Su heard the sound and had already filled the room with water and clothes. She wanted to let Xiaohu wash himself, but Qi Wuze said, "He has a sprained hand. I will help him. You go ahead and do your work."
After Su left, Ye Xiaohu obediently took off his clothes and jumped into the hot water. Qi Wuze used soap nuts to apply to him, and asked as he applied, "Xiaohu, did you want me to teach you kung fu before?"
Ye Xiaohu rubbed his face with foam, his eyes sparkling, and nodded quickly: "Yes, I want to learn kung fu to fight the bad guys and protect my mother and sister."
Qi Wuze's lips curved slightly, and he continued to induce: "Is that so? Xiaohu, if you agree to one condition of mine, I will teach you."
"What conditions?" Ye Xiaohu widened his eyes and listened carefully.
Qi Wuze said shamelessly: "Call me brother-in-law from now on."
"What's a brother-in-law?" Ye Xiaohu was very confused, and suddenly a light bulb went off in his head. "Oh, oh, I see. Mother once said that I should call Baili Zhuo brother-in-law from now on, but later she said he was a shameless bastard. So if I call you brother-in-law, do you also become a shameless bastard?"
Qi Wuze's face turned dark, and he suddenly became very concerned about that bastard Baili Zhuo!
He tried to explain: "Brother-in-law is the one who will marry your sister in the future. Baili Zhuo is a bastard, but your brother-in-law is not."
Ye Xiaohu was even more unhappy: "But I don't want my sister to get married. Mom said that if she gets married, she will have to live with someone else. I don't want to be separated from my sister."
Qi Wuze chuckled: "That's easy. You and your mother can live in the City Lord's Mansion, and I can live in your house too!"
Ye Xiaohu tilted his head, finally being fooled, and shouted with a smile: "Brother-in-law!"
"Hey!" Qi Wuze was happy and pinched his cheek, "I'll teach you kung fu tonight!"
When Qi Wuze came out with Ye Xiaohu, who had washed the algae, Ye Nuan was killing a fish. The fish was very lively, jumping back and forth. After trying to stop it several times, it escaped. Qi Wuze took the knife from her hand and said, "I'll do it!"
"Can you?"
Qi Wuze raised an eyebrow and slashed the fish vertically with his kitchen knife, breaking it open and quickly scraping off the scales. The grass carp he handled weighed a full three pounds, and he handled it so neatly and efficiently that Su exclaimed, "City Lord Qi, with his skills, it would be a shame if he didn't sell fish!"
Qi Wuze chuckled twice, "I see there are quite a lot of fish in the pond. After a while, we can catch them and take them to Luomu City to sell."
Ye Xiaohu squatted beside him and watched. Seeing how skilled he was at killing fish, he clapped his hands and praised him, "Brother-in-law, you're so good!"
Brother-in-law?
Su and Ye Nuan looked at Qi Wuze at the same time, their faces full of surprise and suspicion.
"Xiao Hu, what are you shouting about?" Su scolded.
Ye Xiaohu said aggrievedly: "I didn't shout nonsense, he is so powerful, I just want my sister to marry my brother-in-law." If his sister marries City Lord Qi, he, his mother and his sister can be together forever.
Ye Nuan looked at Qi Wuze. Qi Wuze felt a little guilty. He looked up at the sky and then at Qi Ya beside him.
Qi Ya suddenly came to his senses and called out to Ye Nuan, "Sister-in-law..."
Ye Nuan: “.”
It’s okay that her brother is ignorant, but what’s wrong with Aya?
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