When Xu Nian woke up, she found herself under a peach tree, surrounded by falling peach blossoms, but that person was not there.
"Host, you're finally awake." Yuanbao lay on Xu Nian's arm, wagging its tail happily.
"And him?" Yuanbao naturally understood who Xu Nian was referring to.
"Host, come with me." Yuanbao led the way, bypassing the wooden house and arriving at Peach Blossom Mountain.
A small mound has been erected here, with a tombstone made of peach wood standing in front of it.
The inscription reads: "Tomb of Yu Chen, husband of the Little Fox."
Seeing this, Xu Nian's eyes welled up with tears: "How long has he been dead?"
"One hundred years." Yuanbao knelt down and bowed before the tombstone.
Tears streamed down Xu Nian's cheeks as she choked out, "How long has he waited for me?"
"Fifty years." Yuanbao's words brought Xu Nian to tears.
Yu Chen, are you stupid?
How can I spend my whole life waiting for her!
It's not worth it, it really isn't worth it.
"Host, he did more than that. He guessed that eliminating demons and stabilizing the world was related to you, so he did it without hesitation." This was the first time Yuanbao had ever seen a human being so affectionate.
Just because I feel that this matter might affect my loved one, I can do it without hesitation.
It can be said that it saw everything Yu Chen did for Xu Nian.
"Yu Chen, I just wanted to use you to earn points. How could you be so stupid? Can't you see that I'm using you?" Xu Nian sobbed.
In fact, she understood everything, and Yu Chen understood too. He knew she was using him, but he was willing to be used by her without any regrets.
"Host, Yu Chen was unwilling to wait his whole life, and died without ever seeing you. So he used all his deep affection to weave a dream for you." Yuanbao also contributed to the success of that dream, and it couldn't bear to see this man end up with nothing.
"No wonder." No wonder she always felt that Yu Chen was strange. It was as if he had a lot to say to her, and as if he had a lot to do with her.
But time was limited, so he only said what he wanted to say and did what he wanted to do.
After the initial sadness subsided, Xu Nian looked at Yu Chen's tombstone and, thinking of his biggest regret at the end of the dream, asked, "Yuanbao, do you know how to brew peach blossom wine?"
“Host, I’ve watched Yu Chenniang countless times. Even if I were a pig, I would have learned it.” Yuanbao patted his chest with his paw.
"..." You're such a pig right now.
Yuanbao also felt that his analogy was incorrect, but since he had already said it, how could he change it?
"Host, come with me. I remember Yu Chen put all the equipment for brewing peach blossom wine there." Yuanbao walked ahead eagerly.
"Yu Chen, I'll bring you some freshly brewed peach blossom wine next time I visit you," Xu Nian said to the tombstone.
Following Yuanbao, they found the brewing equipment, but unfortunately, many of them were no longer usable due to the decay of time.
Yuanbao plopped down on the ground in frustration. "Host, I didn't know it would turn out like this."
"It's alright, we can buy new things if they break." Xu Yuan wasn't surprised at all; a hundred years is enough time for many things to rot and turn to dust.
The cabin is now dilapidated, covered in cobwebs, with only a frame remaining as proof that Yu Chen once existed here.
"Host, what are you going to do?" Yuanbao followed Xu Nian up the mountain again.
"I'm going to rebuild the cabin." Xu Nian was still a demon, even though she was weak in combat, she was still good at cutting down trees and building houses.
Yuanbao wanted to tell its host that it should go do its mission, but it couldn't bring itself to say it because it thought about how that man had waited for its host his whole life.
Enough. What the host is doing now is nothing compared to what Yu Chen is doing, so why should it stop him?
After several days of work, with Yuanbao's guidance, Xu Nian finally restored the cabin.
"Yuanbao, let's go pick peach blossoms to sell, and then buy all the equipment for brewing peach blossom wine." Xu Nian wove several baskets with vines, and used her demonic power to create wind to pick the fresh peach blossoms from the top of the peach trees. In no time, the baskets were full.
Xu Nian carried two baskets in one hand, while Yuanbao carried one basket on his back. Following the gift in her dream, Xu Nian found the small town.
Because Xu Nian was so beautiful, her peach blossoms sold out as soon as they entered the town.
"Young lady, my name is Mu Ling. I am currently unmarried, but I have fallen in love with you at first sight. I wish to ask you to marry me." The man who bought the peach blossoms quickly blocked Xu Nian's path as she was about to leave.
"Mu Ling, did your ancestor have a name named Mu Qin?" Xu Nian asked casually.
"Mu Qin is my great-great-grandfather, how would you know that, young lady?" Mu Ling asked, puzzled.
"He said the same thing to me back then," Xu Nian laughed. This family really has excellent genes; for generations, they've been saying they'd marry any pretty girl they see.
"You're joking, young lady." Mu Ling's heart pounded. No way!
Such a beautiful girl is actually a fairy.
"Also, young master, I have a husband. My husband is a wonderful person. He is the only one for me in this life." Xu Nian said, her smile sweet as she spoke of Yu Chen.
When Mu Ling saw this, he felt both disappointed and envious.
After shopping, Xu Nian still had to put in a lot of effort to shake off the men who were infatuated with her looks.
Back in the cabin, Xu Nian picked several more baskets of peach blossoms.
Wash the peach blossoms with salt water and let them dry.
Once the peach blossoms are drying, you can start preparing the glutinous rice.
Steam the soaked glutinous rice until cooked and let it cool. Then mix the sugared peach blossoms with the glutinous rice.
Crush the yeast used for fermentation and mix it evenly into the glutinous rice and peach blossoms.
Once everything is almost ready, we can move the large water tank out.
Spread the mixed glutinous rice and peach blossoms evenly around the large water vat, leaving a groove in the middle. Then cover the vat, wrap it with a layer of cloth, and then seal it with mud to ferment.
After finishing all this, Xu Nian asked Yuan Bao, "How long will this ferment?"
"Host, it needs to ferment for a month. After the wine is made, we will filter and distill it again to get the initial peach blossom wine." Yuanbao clearly remembered every step Yu Chen had taken.
"Okay." Xu Nian placed the large water vat in a shady spot and then began tidying up the area around the cabin.
"Host, are you alright?" Seeing Xu Nian's condition, Yuanbao vaguely saw Yu Chen again, who had done all of this before.
"I'm fine, Yuanbao," Xu Nian said as she tidied up.
"Yuanbao, to prevent me from being trapped by emotions, you must erase my emotional memories as soon as I return to the system space after completing a mission, understand?" Xu Nian suddenly instructed.
Yuanbao looked at Xu Nian with confusion: "Host."
“Yuanbao, I am human, and as a human, I am bound to be entangled in emotions. If someone treats me sincerely, I will also be moved, but I cannot be moved when I return to the system space.” Xu Nian is very clear that if she wants to continue on this path, she must maintain enough rationality and clarity.
Feelings are fine, but they shouldn't become an obstacle or a stumbling block for her.
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