Mountain top.
Guolin, Mu Achen's home.
The aunties and girls of Heiwu Village are busy in the courtyard.
Some slaughtered chickens, some slaughtered ducks, and some stewed geese.
There were also fish that the younger brothers had caught from the river in the wooden basin.
Fortunately, Mu Achen's courtyard was large enough, and the slope of this section of cement road was not steep; otherwise, there really wouldn't have been enough space for these hundreds of Miao people to work.
Because we have guests at home today.
Since the hostess, Amo, wasn't home, the mother-in-law and Uncle Adong's wife from Heiwu Village took over the responsibility.
Wang Chao and Wang Zhao's wife were watching this scene from the courtyard, both of them secretly marveling.
"Sister-in-law, the Miao people are being too polite."
Wang Chao said in a low voice.
His sister-in-law lowered her voice and instructed, "Don't forget what your brother told you. You must not break the rules of the Miao people. If you don't understand something, just ask."
"I know, I know, I promise I won't offend anyone."
Inside the house, Sheng Tang's Jiang Ya and Yang Ayao were talking with Xiao Yan, Yan Hao, and Wang Zhao, who had come from the provincial capital.
Also present were my patriarch, Uncle Agan, and Uncle Arong.
Mu Achen was the only one I didn't see.
"Agan, go and see where that little Miao boy has run off to. Why haven't we seen him for so long?"
After urging them on, the clan elder added, "You've kept the guests waiting for so long!"
Now, it would have been better if the clan elder hadn't said that last sentence; adding it startled everyone else.
Magpie Seedling's Ginger Tooth said anxiously, "Uncle, we'll just wait, don't rush Ah Chen."
Because it was in Han Chinese, Yan Hao could understand it.
Director Xiao Yan quickly added, "Sir, we're not in a hurry, no need to rush us."
"Yes, old man, don't rush the young prince."
What a joke! Xiao Yan and Yan Hao are subordinates, and Wang Zhao is even more wary of Mu Achen.
If they rush Mu Achen just because they're here, and Mu Achen misunderstands and thinks they're taking advantage of him, wouldn't they be making them take the blame?
Meanwhile, Ah Chen was on the phone with the Holy Maiden Ah Mo in the sky pavilion.
After Ah Mo finished telling Ah Chen about the important matters concerning the two capital companies recently, she asked:
"Is everything going well at the orchard?"
"All is well! Things are progressing smoothly in Que Dong Village and Hei Wu Village. I come to check on things whenever I have time. If all goes well, they should bloom next month."
Ah Chen gazed at the distant mountains, facing the slightly chilly breeze, and said:
"As for the Starry Sky Orchard, the road connecting to Que Dong Village has been fully opened! But it's just a gravel road; the weather has been bad lately, and there are a lot of things to transport into the mountains, so in order not to delay the best time for planting, the paving of cement can only be put on hold for now."
"As for the road connecting Guolin to Balanggu Village, I went to see it a week ago, and the rough road is almost finished."
"We haven't had time to work on the branch roads leading to other villages from the Starry Sky Orchard yet."
…
Ah Chen gave Ah Mo a brief overview of the progress made over the past month or so, and then said:
"All the things I bought outside the province have arrived in the provincial capital and been handed over to Yan Hao. Yan Hao arrived at Que Dongzhai today with the first batch of seeds and other materials needed for the initial stage."
"Several clan elders and grandmothers have calculated that the auspicious time is Chenshi (7-9 AM) tomorrow. We should set off into the mountains as soon as it is 7:00 AM and arrive at the Future Starry Sky Fruit Forest before Sishi (9-11 AM)."
"But a lot of people came today, from the provincial capital and the county government."
"I'm too busy at home to manage everything, but thankfully the aunties and grandmothers from the two villages are helping me out. My father and Azhuang aren't idle either, otherwise I—"
Hearing this from faraway Yanjing, Amo felt a pang of sadness in her heart.
She knew that Ah Chen was very busy, so busy that he was almost always at the Starry Sky Orchard in the future.
I'm in charge during the day, so busy that I don't have time to rest.
In the evening---
Amo heard from Ayin on the phone that Achen had a lot of things to organize and write by evening.
Many times, I fall asleep while writing.
Amo felt sorry for him.
Although she wasn't by Achen's side, how could she not know how busy Achen must be?
Every time they talked on the phone, Ah Chen would only report good news and never bad.
If A-Yin hadn't told her, she wouldn't have known that a few days ago, on the other side of the cliff, A-Chen, who was looking for something, actually tied a rope around his waist and went down the cliff.
When Ah Chen called for the Miao people above to pull him up with the rope, he discovered that there were many small cuts on his left arm.
Judging from the wounds, they were caused by bites from more than a dozen poisonous insects.
Ah Chen has a butterfly inside her body. Although the bites from poisonous insects are not fatal, the grandmothers from the three branches of the Miao people—White Miao, Long Skirt Miao, and Short Skirt Miao—were very concerned after learning about it.
Enraged, he wiped out all the poisonous creatures in that area that very night.
Furthermore, the scope of the future Starry Sky Fruit Forest safety zone was expanded, and the Grass Demons were strictly ordered to thoroughly eliminate the surrounding poisons.
Amo found out about it that very night.
She called Ah Chen, whose entire arm was swollen, but he still said he was fine, that he had only been bitten by mosquitoes a few times.
Ah Mo immediately--
The first to be punished after this incident were naturally A-Yin and the other guards.
It wasn't Ah Mo who punished them, but the nine clan elders.
Because Mu Achen was unconscious for a few minutes after being pulled up.
This terrified the Miao people.
In the end, Ah Yin and the others quickly joined forces and, despite Cai Die's resistance, forced the poison out of Ah Chen's body from the bloody wound.
Even so, Ah Chen's left arm was swollen to the size of his calf, making it inconvenient for him for the past few days.
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