Chapter 134 A Strange Atmosphere
Jiang Nuanzhi sat down as usual. When she carried him out at noon, he seemed quite resistant. He was probably a little embarrassed.
After sitting down and taking a couple of bites, he couldn't help but look around: "Wait a minute, someone's missing. Where's Sanqi?"
"Oh, he said he insisted on finishing his work before coming to eat, and he's busy inside right now," the old man said seriously.
Jiang Nuanzhi was taken aback when she heard this. She looked up and saw through the window that Sanqi was grinding medicinal herbs inside, as if she were walking on wheels.
Seeing her looking over, Sanqi forced a smile that looked more like a grimace.
Jiang Nuanzhi forced a smile: "How about we go out and eat first?"
Sanqi's face lit up with joy, but when she met the old man's deep gaze, her awkward smile vanished: "No thanks, I'd better get back to work..."
He really wants to say that if he had another chance, he would just eat his meal and would never fight with the Grand Preceptor for the ribs!
He immediately slapped himself across the face, saying, "Serves you right for being greedy and stealing the Imperial Advisor's ribs! Now look what you've learned! Have you learned your lesson?"
He had spent the entire afternoon carrying water, his muscles aching from exhaustion, and his stomach was rumbling loudly, yet he still couldn't eat. He took two deep, fierce breaths. Tears involuntarily streamed down his face.
Jiang Nuanzhi finished her meal under Sanqi's resentful gaze. The atmosphere of the meal was strangely awkward.
It wasn't just because Sanqi was watching them.
Furthermore, apart from Ping'er being relatively normal, Baozhu and Xiao'er both seemed to be acting strangely.
Normally, Baozhu would eat until her belly was round, but today she didn't eat much. Her eyes would still steal glances at him from time to time, but if he looked at her, she would immediately look away.
The waiter ate quite a lot, but he kept his head down and ate the food in front of him the whole time, looking completely distracted.
At that time, after finishing his meal, Xiao Xuanting patted his round little belly and studied with Ping'er.
The old man ate way too much and wandered around the yard by himself.
Young Master Lü was no less impressive.
Sanqi finally got to eat barbecue. She looked almost tearful with joy.
Jiang Nuanzhi looked around, her gaze finally settling on Xiao Er. She walked over and patted his head: "Xiao Er, what's wrong with you today? I see you..."
"No, nothing! Ah Nuan, I still need to go get some firewood!" After saying this, he ran out of the house in one go.
Jiang Nuanzhi wondered, "Something must have happened to this child."
She then went to check on Xiao Baozhu, who was secretly watching her. But before she could even go over and talk to Baozhu, Xiao Baozhu ran into the house to find Li Rong.
Jiang Nuanzhi scratched her head, about to follow him in to ask, when she heard Lü Shizhu's voice behind her.
"Ah Nuan, I'm leaving now."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuanzhi turned and went out, only to see that Young Master Lü had already boarded the carriage.
"I'm not staying here today. It's too crowded here. I'm going home to enjoy myself for a couple of days."
Jiang Nuanzhi saw him off, saying, "Alright, but I'll need your help taking care of me during the day for the next couple of days. I'll repay you handsomely when I return in a few days!"
"What kind of relationship do we have? Don't be so polite." Lu Shizhu rolled his eyes, but then said, "I'm telling you, when are you going to get a bigger house? It's so crowded with people. And we're almost out of space to store our medicinal herbs."
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced back at the small, fully occupied courtyard. It would be a lie to say she didn't want to build a house. As a true-blue Chinese, she had a certain attachment to owning a house.
Besides, land wasn't worth much at that time, so building a house wouldn't be difficult. Didn't Li Rong only spend a few taels of silver to buy this house?
"When I'm done with my work, I'll start thinking about building the house. Then I'll buy a bigger plot of land."
"That's great! You have to save me a room! I'm free, so I'll bring my dad back to stay here too, to calm him down."
Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't help but smile: "Don't make your old man angry."
As he said this, he took out Li Rong's calligraphy from his bosom.
"There's one more thing I need to ask of you. When you have some free time, see if you can find a way to sell this calligraphy."
"Oh ho, you can write?" Lü Shizhu took it. After looking at it, he frowned: "This seal seems very familiar, like I've seen it somewhere before."
Jiang Nuanzhi: "I didn't write it."
"Whose is that?"
"Don't worry about whose it is, just sell it if you can, otherwise it's fine."
"Is there anything that I, Lü Shizhu, can't sell? Don't worry, I have friends all over Liujiang County. Just wait for good news."
"Okay." Jiang Nuanzhi replied, "It's getting late, you should hurry back too."
After seeing Lü Shizhu off, Jiang Nuanzhi began packing her luggage.
She simply packed some money, daily necessities, various medicinal herbs, and finally her acupuncture kit. That was about it.
She processed her medicinal herbs again, since she wouldn't be back for at least three days. Some herbs are susceptible to moisture and need to be stored properly beforehand.
By the time she finished, it was already very late.
After washing up and returning to my room to rest, that strange feeling returned.
Normally, Li Rong would sleep on the far side, with himself next to Li Rong, followed by Baozhu, Xiao Er, Ping'er, and Xiao Xuanting in that order.
For some reason, Li Rong put himself on the very edge today.
Now, a mountain of Li Rong stands between her and the children, and she was momentarily stunned.
I wanted to ask, but it was getting late. The children had spent the whole afternoon working in the fields and were now asleep. I could faintly hear them snoring.
Jiang Nuanzhi yawned without realizing it and crawled into the quilt.
As soon as she got into bed, she felt something was off. The blanket had a faint scent of pine and cypress, and it was a little heavier. It wasn't the one she usually used.
Jiang Nuanzhi was startled and opened her eyes, meeting Li Rong's piercing gaze.
Jiang Nuanzhi was startled and said with a hint of resentment in her voice, "Why are you staring at me with those big, round eyes in the middle of the night? Are you trying to scare me to death?"
Li Rong frowned slightly and remained silent.
Jiang Nuanzhi leaned closer and looked at him carefully: "What's wrong? Did I scold you so badly that you went crazy? Or are you unable to speak again?"
Such recurring cases were not uncommon. Jiang Nuanzhi frowned and reached out to take Li Rong's pulse, but Li Rong dodged it first.
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at him, puzzled.
Looking into her clear eyes, Li Rong finally pursed his lips and said, "I'm fine."
Jiang Nuanzhi was also extremely sleepy at this point. She yawned and nodded, murmuring, "It's good that you're alright..."
"By the way, I'm leaving tomorrow. Is there anything you'd like to tell Uncle Xin...?"
(End of this chapter)
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