Chapter 307: Could he be a gigolo?
Mo Ding Mountain covers a very large area. If you walk all the way from the foot of the mountain to the top without doing anything else but rushing forward, it will take at least half a day, and that is without any delay.
The mountain road is rugged and difficult to travel, with countless obstacles along the way.
It is not an easy task to clear obstacles on the road with one's hands or to flatten the steep mountain road with one's feet.
Sang Zhixia couldn't help but sigh when she thought about the terrible cost of building the tea ceremony, but Xu Yu said casually, "Another month at most."
"By the time Chen Jing'an comes back from buying tea trees, the repairs there should be almost complete."
Sang Zhixia paused inexplicably while eating, her face filled with astonishment: "So fast?"
"Is this fast?"
Xu Yu said with a smile, "To be honest, I originally thought this job would be finished in a month at most, but it's been delayed until now and it's not even close to being fast at all."
According to Xu Yu's original idea, the people assigned to work there could be divided into two groups: day and night groups.
After completing the planned progress during the day, we would retreat. At night, we would set up torches on both sides of the mountain path to illuminate the top.
In this way, the workers can get a break in rotation, and the hammering sound on the mountain road can continue.
With sufficient manpower and material resources, Xu Yu didn't want to waste most of the day.
In the face of Xu Yu's generous offer of higher wages, the people who went into the mountains to work were covered in dust and dirt every day, but they were also very happy every day.
Mutual consent should be a great thing.
It’s a pity that things don’t always go as planned.
Xu Yu frowned and said, "For at least eight out of ten days, fog starts to form in the mountains at night. The fog is too thick to stay in the mountains for long, so we have to move our forces to work during the day."
However, Xu Yu was not the kind of person who only knew how to build his practice from the foot of the mountain to the top.
Since there are so many young and able-bodied laborers available, it is not a solution to crowd them all at the foot of the mountain.
Xu Yu simply managed to transport a load of stone to the top of the mountain. Now, construction is being carried out simultaneously at three locations: up the mountain, at the foot of the mountain, and halfway up the mountain. The progress is extremely fast.
After hearing this, Sang Zhixia silently gave a thumbs up: "You have to have a way."
"In that case, we can pick a batch of tea trees that have been transported back and transplant them to Mo Ding Mountain. If they can survive, there will be more varieties of tea trees there."
In addition to Mo Cha, there are many other places where Mo Dingshan can take action.
Sang Zhixia certainly hopes to make the best use of everything.
Otherwise, wouldn’t the money spent on buying such a large piece of land be wasted?
Xu Yu hummed noncommittally, glanced at Sang Zhixia, who had been holding the bowl of soup for a long time with only half of it left, reached out to take it, tilted his head back and drank it in one gulp.
"If you can't drink anymore, don't force yourself. Eat the meat in your bowl."
Sang Zhixia was stunned for a moment and then laughed out loud, lowering her head to concentrate on eating.
After dinner, Xu Yu stood up to clean up. Sang Zhixia watched him wipe the table skillfully and suddenly asked, "What made you come back so suddenly?"
From the moment he woke up until now, Xu Yu never mentioned how he knew it, nor did he say what he was thinking on the way back.
Sang Zhixia thought about it and curled her eyes. "Who thinks you're the one who tells the news? How can you deliver the news so quickly?"
Xu Yu paused silently while wiping the table. After a moment, he put down the rag in his hand, lowered his head and stared into Sang Zhixia's eyes and said, "Zhizhi, I left someone by your side who will pass on messages to me, but they will tell me everything, not everyone."
Sang Zhixia narrowed her eyes and said, "From the time I got the news and entered the city, to the time you rushed back, everyone who knew my movements was there. How did you deliver the news?"
Xu Yu pursed his lips and said unsurely, "I have my own way."
"Xue Liu?"
"no."
"Lin Yun?"
Xu Yu also shook his head.
Sang Zhixia mentioned several names in succession, but Xu Yu said none of them were his.
Sang Zhixia had originally just been asking casually, but now her curiosity was truly piqued: "It's neither this nor that, so who else could it be?"
Xu Yu was surprisingly tight-lipped and refused to say anything even though he gritted his teeth.
Seeing Sang Zhixia's genuine curiosity, Xu Yu thought for a moment and said, "Zhizhi, Xue Liu and the others are the ones who stayed with you. They will only listen to you. Even if I asked, they wouldn't reveal anything to me."
“But if I don’t know anything, I’ll be worried.”
If he followed his heart completely, Xu Yu would have wanted to keep Sang Zhixia under his nose every day, and it would have been best if he could take her wherever he went.
It's not just so that he can see her from time to time, nor is it because he doesn't trust Sang Zhixia, but it makes him feel at ease.
Xu Yu was actually very reluctant to separate from Sang Zhixia.
But the current situation presents many obstacles.
He couldn't stay with her all the time for the time being, but he couldn't control his desire to get any news about Sang Zhixia.
Xu Yu sat down next to Sang Zhixia and after much thought, he said cautiously, "Zhizhi, I want to know everything about you not because I have any ulterior motives, but because..."
"I'm just worried."
So in addition to the people who were in the open, Xu Yu also kept some people that only he knew.
These people won't do too much, nor will they jump out one day or one month to bother Sang Zhixia.
However, when Sang Zhixia encountered any trouble, he would tell Xu Yu the news as soon as possible, no matter where Xu Yu was.
Sang Zhixia held her chin with one hand and sighed, "I've been talking for a long time, but not a single word is useful."
"You still haven't told me who's leaking the information."
Xu Yu tightened his lips and shook his head: "Ask about something else, I won't talk about this."
“Tsk.”
"Look at you, you're so stingy."
Sang Zhixia jokingly said, "Why, are you afraid that if I find out who's been leaking the information, I'll turn around and go after your spies?"
“Not eyeliner.”
Xu Yu struggled to explain, "Zhizhi, you clearly knew there were these people around. Don't try to bring up this topic to obfuscate the fact you've been hiding from me."
Not only on the farm, but also in the embroidery shop in the county town and the winery in Luobei Village, any place where people can be placed has people who can communicate with Xu Yu.
Sang Zhixia knew everything a long time ago, but she didn't take it seriously before. Now she is bringing it up and saying that it was clearly intentional.
Sang Zhixia didn't care that her thoughts were exposed, and forced herself to suppress her laughter: "Am I confusing the subject?"
"Xu Yu, are you still going to tell me or not?"
Xu Yu's eyes flickered, and he tried his best to appear confident: "Zhizhi, don't try to preach to me at a time like this."
"If something went wrong, you should have sent someone to inform me. But you kept it a secret from me and stayed up all night in the embroidery shop. If I hadn't kept someone here, would I have known what happened?"
"Then when you rushed here overnight, didn't I already take care of the matter?"
"That won't work either."
Xu Yu stiffened his neck, his face stubborn: "Even if I knew you would get along well, I wouldn't feel at ease if I didn't come."
Sang Zhixia was so angry that she laughed. She stood up, patted Xu Yu's shoulder, and said lazily, "I don't want to bother with you. I'll go out and take a look."
Xu Yu grabbed the dishes he had cleared and followed after him, insisting, "Don't do this next time."
"Why didn't you tell me about the famine? Why did you keep it a secret from me?"
Sang Zhixia's ears hurt from his chatter, and she felt sorry for not being able to get away with it. She waved her hand and said perfunctorily, "Okay, okay, I get it."
"Zhizhi!"
"Hey, Xu Yu, don't learn Yanran's bad habits. Don't be so talkative at such a young age!"
"Just tell me you won't do this next time. If you tell me, I won't nag you..."
Sang Zhixia walked in front, and Xu Yu followed closely behind.
The voices of the two gradually faded away. The embroiderers in the other side of the room took in the general situation. Madam Su became a little nervous: "Are they arguing?"
"Hey, have you ever seen a couple smiling while arguing?"
An older embroiderer shook her head and smiled, sighing, "This young couple is just playing around with each other, they're already getting sick of each other before they even get to the front!"
"If you don't believe me, why don't you go outside and take a look?"
Madam Su stiffened her neck and shook her head vigorously: "I won't go and cause trouble. The shopkeeper is so happy when he sees me. Why should I bother him?"
"But the relationship between this young couple is really good. I heard that the man from the Sang family rushed here overnight after hearing the news."
"I saw it when I first arrived. It was covered in mud and dirt. The horse was so tired that it was breathing white steam. I don't know how far it had run."
The embroiderers were talking about the excitement they had witnessed earlier. Suddenly, someone said, "Speaking of which, Miss Sang is so capable. What does her husband do?"
The person asking the question blinked blankly, and the embroiderers being asked also looked bewildered.
Xu Yu rarely shows up, and all matters big and small regarding the granary and Hezhongxiang are handled by Sang Zhixia.
It seems that no one really knows what Xu Yu does.
Madam Su swallowed hard, "He's so good-looking at such a young age, and he doesn't do anything but is supported by his wife. Could he be a gigolo?"
Halfway through the walk, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to take something. He turned back and happened to be walking around the corner when Sang Zhixia heard a voice: "..."
Xu Yu: “…”
Sang Zhixia slowly turned her head.
Xu Yu's face was full of composure, but he was still stubbornly entangled in the previous topic: "Zhizhi, I'm already eating your gigolo, so don't hide it from me anymore."
Sang Zhixia: "..."
If you put it that way, it's really hard to refuse...
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