Chapter 53 How long has this illness lasted?
His entire body was adorned in fine silks and satins, and his face was as handsome as jade. Er Ya was completely mesmerized.
The young nobleman walked straight up to Ye Wan.
"Young Master?"
Ye Wan looked up with a pleasant surprise; business had come knocking again.
“My grandmother is much better. This is a thank-you gift for you.” Liu Wenshu waved his hand, and inkstone, two bolts of cloth, and a gift box were unloaded from the carriage.
Grandma ate the wild fruit all by herself, and she's much better now.
Ye Wan was surprised. "I can't accept something for nothing. My Wild Fruit Prince has already paid for it, so there's no need to send me anything extra."
Liu Wenshu said casually, "No need to be polite. These things are useless at home anyway. My surname is Liu."
Having money makes one arrogant, and Ye Wan accepted it without hesitation.
"Young Master Liu, you're too kind. You could have just sent someone from your side. Why did you have to come in person? Would you like some noodles? I'll cook you a bowl right away."
"Since you're here, I won't sit here to eat today. Cook me a bowl and I'll take it to the carriage to eat." Liu Wenshu thought for a moment and then said, "I'm leaving now. The provincial examination is coming up soon. I'll come back for more rice noodles next time."
His grandmother had always hoped that he would pass the imperial examination, and since it was her wish, he shouldn't let her down.
"Then I wish you a bright future, young master."
Ye Wan smiled broadly; this was practically a god of wealth.
On the carriage.
Looking at the large bowl of noodles in front of him, Liu Wenshu suddenly recalled Ye Wan's smile.
"Yantai, how come a country girl always seems so happy? Doesn't she find it hard?"
He always seemed to be smiling whenever he saw her, unlike the rest of his family.
Apart from his grandmother, who would smile at him, everyone else in the family seemed polite but distant.
His mother died early, and his father, Liu, was rarely home; he didn't really like going back to that house.
"I'd be happy if someone brought me something," Yantai muttered, then turned to the carriage and said, "Young master, it smells so good, I want some too."
"There's none for you today, you can eat it next time."
Liu Wenshu picked up his chopsticks as he spoke, saying that if he didn't eat soon, the food would get soggy.
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"Such beautiful fabric, given away so easily, what a noble young master."
When Er Ya got home, she touched the fabric and jumped up with joy. She had never seen such a smooth fabric before.
Ye Wan smiled and said, "Don't even think about it. There are plenty of people with a big age gap. By the time you grow up, they'll already be married."
"I never expected this! Oh my god, they actually sent a box of velvet flowers! They're so beautiful!" Er Ya opened the gift box, her eyes wide with amazement.
The whole box of velvet flowers was unique, and they were a million times prettier than the one in her hair.
"Put it away, the three of you can wear it separately later."
"Don't you want them?" Er Ya looked at Ye Wan awkwardly. These are such beautiful velvet flowers, are you really going to give them all to them?
"I'm an elder, why would I take things from you? I'm not as stingy as you." Ye Wan waved her hand. She was dressed so shabbily that she didn't want to dress up. Dressing too ostentatiously would only cause trouble.
Although she loves beauty, she is someone who dislikes trouble.
"So what if I'm stingy? What poor person isn't stingy?" Er Ya muttered under her breath, then looked at Ye Wan, "You really don't want it?"
Ye Wan waved her hand, her mind preoccupied with Lin Anyuan.
She wondered if it was because of last night, but she found herself attracted to Lin Anyuan. How should one pursue a man?
The first step is to treat him well.
The second step is to be kind to the people around him.
Ye Wan shook her head, trying to clear her mind of the jumbled thoughts, but after a while, she couldn't help but start thinking about them again.
It's not even springtime, so why am I already feeling romantic?
When he turned around, he saw Lin Anyuan jump down from the courtyard wall.
"Didn't you say you weren't going home? Why are you back again?" Ye Wan raised an eyebrow when she saw him. Who would be so kind as to come home and jump over the wall?
"I came back because I was afraid you'd miss me too much," Lin Anyuan said, as sarcastic as ever.
Ye Wan chuckled, "I was missing you. I was just thinking about it when you came back."
Lin Anyuan, who was originally about to go back to his house, suddenly froze in his tracks, staring at Ye Wan in surprise.
Ye Wan touched her face. "Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?"
She washed her face as soon as she got home.
Perhaps it was because she drank the spiritual spring water that her skin was so white and tender. As the saying goes, fair skin can cover up three flaws. Although her face could not be described as stunningly beautiful, it was still pretty and charming.
There was no mirror in the house before, and she only realized that her face was exactly the same as hers in the apocalypse when she looked in the mirror later.
So she even suspected that this was her past life, otherwise how could she have transmigrated?
"You...you're possessed by something, aren't you?" Lin Anyuan looked Ye Wan up and down.
Ye Wan: ...
Here we go again.
She couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Can't you think of me in a better light?"
Just as Lin Anyuan was about to speak, a shout suddenly rang out from outside.
"Mr. Ye, Mr. Ye, the tax collectors are here! The village chief told us to go to the village entrance! Hurry up!"
Ye Wan was stunned for a moment. "I only heard the news this morning, how come they're here today? That's too fast!"
"There must be chaos outside." Lin Anyuan recalled the rumors he had heard today: Prince Jing had rebelled, and there were many people under his name who were profiting from the chaos. The magistrate of the neighboring county had even died.
Min County and the entire Suzhou were both fiefdoms of King Jing.
"Da Ya, you cook, your dad and I will go check on things."
Lin Anyuan originally intended to go by himself, but after hearing Ye Wan say that, he went with her.
He glanced at Ye Wan every now and then on the way.
Ye Wan smiled at him, "The way you're looking at me, have you suddenly realized you've fallen in love with me?"
Even Ye Wan herself felt that what she said sounded slick.
Lin Anyuan looked at her for a long time, "When...did you fall ill? Besides delusions, do you have any other reactions when this illness strikes?"
Ye Wan: ...
Forget it, she's just wasting her charms on a blind man; she's not suited for dating.
When I have money and the indenture is back, I'll buy a big house, keep a few handsome male concubines, and make her happy every day. Why hang myself on one tree?
Lin Anyuan frowned slightly when he saw that she was silent again. Had he said something wrong?
Ye Wan was envisioning the future when she turned around and saw that Lin Anyuan hadn't followed. "Hurry up!"
"Lin Anyuan is here!"
When we arrived, almost everyone in the village had already arrived; it was a huge crowd of people, mostly adults, with no children present.
"Sir, all eighty-nine households in our village have come."
The village chief addressed the two people sitting under the locust tree.
Two middle-aged men dressed as yamen runners cleared their throats. "Quiet, quiet!"
"I'm here today to inform you about the tax collection. Every household must pay tax per person, regardless of age or gender..."
Ye Wan was standing in the crowd when she suddenly felt someone watching her.
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