"Why?" Su Hua slurped down a mouthful of chicken soup, somewhat puzzled.
Upon hearing this, a hint of unease flashed across the man's refined face. "Those people said that during the Hundred Flowers Banquet, they praised Hua'er as a fairy from heaven. When we came back, many people said they wanted to see you and catch a glimpse of your beauty."
Su Hua was somewhat surprised to hear this; she had never expected that something that happened at a banquet would spread so widely.
However, she wasn't one to join in the fun. With the Su brothers busy at their stall, there was no need for her to go to Qingshui County.
For the next seven or eight days, Su Hua mainly traveled back and forth between Shanghe Village and Zaozhuang.
The wounded and retired soldiers invited by Xiao Jinhan also moved into Zaozhuang during this period. There were eight of them in total, all of them were widows and children.
They were missing arms or legs, or their eyes or ears were injured in battle. The leader was a thirty-year-old man named Yang Qing, who was a centurion under Xiao Jinhan before he was wounded and forced to retreat.
His left arm was cut off by the enemy during a battle in southern Xinjiang.
Su Hua had met eight people. Judging from their words and actions, they were all people who were quiet but hardworking. Although they had physical disabilities, they had all survived countless battles and could easily take on four or five ordinary people.
As for Xiao Jinhan's character, she was quite confident in his abilities.
After the villagers took some time to repair the 180 mu of destroyed rice seedlings, Yang Qing and others replanted sweet potato vines on them.
A small portion of these sweet potato vines were transplanted from the vegetable garden in the backyard of the Su family, while the majority of the rest were "purchased" by Su Hua riding her chauffeur back and forth to the Fuhu Mountain valley.
After the wild buffaloes raided the sweet potato field in the valley, only a small half-acre remained. This was far from enough to plant the 180 acres of sweet potato seedlings. Therefore, Su Hua had to repeatedly go into the mountains to smuggle the sweet potato seedlings out of her spatial dimension.
The sweet potato seedlings in the space are watered with space water droplets every day. The sweet potato vines have already grown all over the ground, each one is lush and green, and even the sweet potatoes the size of a fist have begun to grow underground.
Su Hua once dug one out and ate it. It was very crunchy when eaten raw, and it also had a sweet taste.
Besides sweet potatoes, she also planted apricot, lychee, and peach seeds in her space. These were all leftover fruit pits from the previous Hundred Flowers Banquet. She didn't waste a single one and buried them all in the holes she dug in her space.
The speed inside the space is faster than outside, and the water droplets in the space have the effect of accelerating plant growth. After seven or eight days, the dormant seeds have been revitalized and grown into saplings as tall as an adult.
The waterproofing material that had been instructed to Su Husheng earlier had been successfully produced and used in the toilets and utility rooms of the Su family's new house.
Su Hua simply handed over the renovation of Su Ji Restaurant to Su Husheng.
That day, Su Hua looked at the apple cuttings that had already been planted and decided to go to Qingshui County to deliver the apple she had promised to the Qin family. She also wanted to find a reasonable way to take out the various fruit tree seedlings from her space.
After all, the quarter of land vacated in the jujube grove cannot remain empty forever. The sooner new fruit trees are planted, the sooner they will blossom, bear fruit, and generate income.
However, as soon as she arrived in Qingshui County, she felt like she was sitting on pins and needles.
When I looked up, I saw a crowd of people staring at me. Whether they were familiar faces or complete strangers, they were all whispering among themselves and I could even hear them saying my name in hushed tones.
They receive even more intense scrutiny than monkeys in a zoo.
Even though Su Hua was usually thick-skinned, her heart was pounding under her gaze, and she quickly headed towards the Qin residence.
Although she had heard Su Dahu say that there was a lot of talk about her in Qingshui County, she never expected that she would be surrounded by such a crowd, and that it was still so outrageous even though seven or eight days had passed since that day!
She was surprised, but also felt a little strange.
Even though the commotion at the Hundred Flowers Banquet was considerable, people were probably only discussing the banquet itself. They might have heard of Su Hua at most, but it was impossible for them to immediately associate her with Su Hua upon seeing her...
Su Hua frowned; something was definitely amiss.
Could it be that Liu Yuxian is still resentful and wants to do something wicked to get back at her?
Thinking this, they had already arrived at the gate of the Qin residence.
"Miss Su, you've arrived!" The gatekeeper recognized Su Hua and had been specially instructed by the Qin siblings, so he immediately greeted her with a smile.
Su Hua smiled and nodded, suppressing her strange thoughts. "Are Yu Cheng and Ying Xian here?"
The servant shook his head upon hearing this. "Madam took the young master and young lady to the prefectural city today. The master is still at the county office and hasn't returned yet. Is there something you need, Miss Su?"
Su Hua glanced at the apple in her hand. The apple held special significance for the Li family. She thought for a moment, then pursed her lips and asked, "Are Ah Cai and Liu Dan at the manor?"
"The guards are here, Miss Su, please wait a moment."
The servant trotted into the mansion and soon brought Ah Cai out.
When Ah Cai saw Su Hua and Lin Qin, his eyes lit up immediately. "Miss Su, you've brought a real treasure today."
My young master went to the prefectural city and should be back in half an hour. Would you please come in and have a seat?
Previously, Su Hua had prepared apples for the four masters of the Qin family and for him, two green apples and two red apples for each person.
He treasured them like precious gems until he could no longer keep them, at which point he would cut off a small piece and eat it every day. Just thinking about the sweet taste made his mouth water.
Now Miss Su has sent three more apple saplings. Even if only one survives, it will still produce countless apple fruits every year.
Su Hua smiled and politely declined. She had come to the city today to deliver the crabapple tree, but that was just a side thing; the main purpose was to take out the fruit tree seedlings from her spatial storage.
The Qin family lived in the first house in Qingyi Lane. The neighbors were all wealthy and powerful. After a brief farewell, Su Hua and A Cai walked to a small alley about a mile away from Qingyi Lane. It was a dead-end alley with only one uninhabited house inside, which was just the right place to take out the fruit tree seedlings.
But after she had walked about ten steps into the dead-end alley, the strange feeling she had suppressed unconsciously crept back into her heart.
Just then, a tiny sizzling sound came from behind.
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