Jian Ning had always taken care of Ding Youtian and the four little ones. She knew that there was nothing wrong with him. Children and parents also need fate to be together, and this matter cannot be rushed. More haste makes waste, and when fate is right, children will naturally come.
Under the lamp, Jian Ning lowered her head and carefully sewed a cotton-padded jacket stitch by stitch. Ding Youtian took a book and sat opposite her, reading it. He was reading "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that Jian Ning took out from Baicaojian. Although it was not in vernacular, it was not in classical Chinese either. However, he could basically understand the simplified Chinese characters now.
One of them was doing needlework while the other was reading a book. He occasionally glanced at Jane Ning, and when Jane Ning noticed his gaze, she would look up and glance at him. Time quietly crawled across the pages of the book, and finally Jane Ning put down the last stitch. She lowered her head and bit off the thread, then stood up, picked up her winter coat and shook it.
This winter coat was made of azure brocade, a color Ding Youtian favored. Before returning from the capital, Concubine Li took Jian Ning to the storehouse to pick something out. She immediately fell in love with this piece of azure brocade and thought it would be a great winter coat for Ding Youtian. She asked Chang Shi to help with the tailoring, and she also embroidered the patterns on the collar and waist.
Jian Ning took a look and was very satisfied. "Come and try it."
Ding Youtian put down his book and put on his clothes. He exclaimed, "How come it's so light? It looks very thick and feels quite warm. What's going on?"
Jian Ning smiled, "Because I didn't use cotton, I used clouds from the sky, so of course it's light to wear."
"Don't lie to me." Ding Youtian scratched her nose and pinched her cotton robe. "You're using a silk quilt? But my mother-in-law gave it to you."
"Not bad, a country bumpkin like you even knows about silk quilts. Your trip to the capital was not in vain."
"I've married you, country bumpkin. A married woman must obey her husband. Your husband is your heaven. A wife's dignity depends on her husband. Do you understand?"
"Yes, my husband! You are my heaven, but if you ever make me unhappy, I will take a stick and poke a hole in the sky. Do you believe it?"
Ding Youtian narrowed his eyes slightly, took off his cotton robe and said with a smile, "Let's not talk about any other day, how about today? It's not easy to poke a hole. If my wife wants to speak frankly, why do you need to hint at me?"
Jian Ning's face flushed instantly. She snatched the cotton robe from his hand, slapped him, and cursed him, "Old scoundrel." She slipped into the herb garden with the cotton robe in hand. Seeing the Spiritual Spring Pond, she was stunned for a moment. She put the cotton robe away and came out to ask Ding Youtian, "I just remembered something. The reason our wine sells so well, besides Uncle Liu's koji recipe, is that the well water is infused with spiritual spring water. I'm not worried about Brother Ma in the capital, but what about the village winery?"
"We can't ask everyone to collect dew every day, can we?"
Since the day they moved into the old house, Jian Ning cleaned the well and dripped spiritual spring water into the well water when drawing water. Ding Youtian always thought that the water in the well had become sweet, but he didn't expect this.
"This water source is very important. If the taste of the wine we brew changes, it will be a difficult problem. Moreover, it will be difficult for the villagers to catch prey in the future."
When he mentioned this, Jian Ning recalled how Ding Jian had hesitated to speak to her several times in recent days. He must have wanted to ask her about the secret water. It was truly a troublesome matter. She sat at the table, blew her bangs on her forehead, and was just thinking about how to solve this problem when Ding Youtian suddenly said, "I remember you said that you separated the Baicaojian from Brother Ma and gave it to him, right?"
Jian Ning looked up at him, "Do you mean to separate another one? I'm afraid it's not possible." She shook her head. Ma Fuquan was in trouble because the bullet went through her eyebrows and then shot into his head. However, with the mentality of trying everything, she still asked the system.
There was silence, and the system did not respond.
Broken system!
She shook her head at Ding Youtian, thinking that the winery opened by Tian and his family in the capital would still brew Yunshan Cui. If the taste of the Yunshan Cui brewed in the village changed and it got out, it would damage the reputation in the capital. What should they do?
Jian Ning took an energy-saving lamp and went to the well, and Ding Youtian followed.
"If you can't separate another one, can you move yours into the well?" Ding Youtian said after thinking for a while.
Jian Ning's heart moved, and then he heard a "ding" sound. The system finally spoke: [Host, do you want to permanently place the spiritual spring under the well water?]
[need! ]
After a while, there was another "ding" sound: [Placement completed.]
The big trouble was solved, and Jane Ning felt relieved at first, but then a little lost. Ever since Grandma Wu gave her the Baicao Room, the Lingquan Pond had accompanied her for two lifetimes. Besides, there were so many medicinal herbs planted in the Baicao Room that relied on the Lingquan water for irrigation. She still felt a little reluctant to leave, and she couldn't help but frowned and looked at the Baicao Room.
Seeing this, she was overjoyed. The Spiritual Spring Pool was still bubbling. Ah, could the system have deceived her? Jian Ning hurriedly handed the lamp to Ding Youtian, hurriedly drew a bucket of water, scooped a ladle of well water and took a big sip, a smile on her face. "Would you like to try it?"
"Yeah, that's the taste." Ding Youtian nodded and looked at Guoguo who was running over, wagging her tail. "You're really fast." He scooped another bucket of water and poured it into Guoguo's special water bowl on the corridor. "Drink it."
The white-browed owl flew back from the outfield and landed on Jane Ning's shoulder. Jane Ning didn't wait for it to peck at her shoulder, but pointed toward the corridor and said, "Drink from that bowl, it's the same."
It flapped its wings and flew past.
"Could it be that Brother Ma's thing was moved here?" Jian Ning remembered that she had asked if the system could be separated but no one responded. She quickly sent a message to Ma Fuquan, explaining the whole story. A moment later, Ma Fuquan replied: "No, it's still there."
"Luckily I thought of this today. If we hadn't remembered it until we reached the North, it would have been a disaster."
"Tomorrow, just tell Chang to prepare water every day when the trapping season comes. Don't tell anyone else the secret of the well water, lest anyone get greedy or malicious and destroy it."
Jian Ning nodded, it was true that one must be on guard against others. They would not be in the village in the future. If everyone knew the secret of the well water, there was no guarantee that Old Ding and Mrs. Meng would not sneak in and sabotage it.
"Let's go back to the house."
"You go and rest first. I'll go see Master."
Ding Youtian walked out of the courtyard, and Guoguo immediately followed him. He wasn't actually going to Blind Liu's place. He stood on the slope, looking towards the village entrance. If he handed the winery over to the clan, everyone in the village would benefit, including his blood relatives.
The village was getting richer, and every household was living a better life. Logically, he should have felt at ease, having done everything he could for them. However, he had won the top spot in the imperial examination and became an official, but he couldn't let his parents and brothers share in the glory. It was impossible for him to say that he had no regrets at all.
Standing for a moment, silently looking at the land that gave birth to him, he was overwhelmed with emotions.
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