Chapter 33 Annoying
Seemingly noticing her confusion, Xiao Yu didn't hide anything from her and recounted the events of the day in detail.
Song Luoning nodded, a hint of appreciation flashing in her eyes. She had only given her a slight hint, but she hadn't expected this person to come up with such a method. It seemed that she had underestimated her before.
“Wife, after lunch, I plan to visit the surrounding villages again to see if I can harvest more rice. Quite a few people bought my rice today, and I’m sure they’ll buy more after they’ve eaten it,” Xiao Yu said.
After a moment's thought, Song Luoning thought it was a good thing. When the court promoted agricultural tools in the future, they would be more widely accepted. Moreover, this lecherous fellow was full of energy, and it was much better for him to have some work to do than to stay by her side and take advantage of her from time to time.
Furthermore, small-scale operations don't earn much.
Let her be.
Xiao Yu wanted to squeeze her little hand again, but Song Luoning gently patted her hand away with the book in her hand: "Go cook first. Aren't we going to harvest rice this afternoon? I'll go with you then."
I didn't touch it.
Xiao Yu felt a little regretful and sighed softly. His wife's words were as weighty as the sky: "Then wait for me for a while." He glanced at Song Luo Ning with reluctance in his eyes, and then happily went to the kitchen.
Song Luoning lowered her eyes. A few days ago, she received a letter from her father confirming the person's identity and telling her to contact him if she needed anything.
Should we tell that person about this first?
After thinking for a while, feeling a bit irritable, I simply put down my book, got off the carriage, and stood in the courtyard.
Thinking of how dejected Deng Tu Zi looked yesterday because he hadn't sold any rice, I couldn't bear it.
Never mind, the court is unstable right now, and the emperor is licentious and immoral. Even if Father submits a memorial, it may not be taken seriously.
Let's just let that lecherous fellow do his thing for now.
After a short while, Xiao Yu had finished cooking: stir-fried vegetables and spicy rabbit meat. Ever since Xiao Yu learned how to make traps, he would go into the mountains every day, and for the past two days, the family had been eating rabbit meat at every meal.
Song Luoning doesn't actually like eating meat very much, but Xiao Yu does. He's practically a meat lover and can eat a whole big bowl of meat every time, and still seems to want more.
She used to eat only vegetables, but now it seems like she was being deprived of them.
Song Luoning couldn't help but chuckle softly.
"What are you laughing at, my wife?" Xiao Yu looked up from the bowl and stared at Song Luoning with a puzzled expression.
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She suddenly leaned closer.
Song Luoning froze, her smile frozen on her face.
"Wife, don't move. There's a grain of rice stuck to your skin. Let me remove it for you." Xiao Yu swallowed hard, his heart pounding. Before Song Luo Ning could recover, he leaned over and licked the grain of rice away with the tip of his tongue, then smacked his lips with satisfaction.
When the warm tongue touched her, Song Luoning's mind went blank, the face in front of her magnified, and her lips became wet.
The person has already moved away.
The warm breath seemed to linger on my lips, slowly expanding and burning, as if it would melt me.
"Xiao Yu!" Song Luo Ning suddenly stood up, like a small beast that had exploded, unable to maintain her usual composure. She revealed sharp teeth and her eyes were fierce, as if she could pounce and tear him apart at any moment.
"..." Xiao Yu's lips twitched, and he subconsciously swallowed.
Can anyone tell her what happened?
Doesn't the young lady love her very much?
Xiao Yu paused for a moment, while Song Luoning exuded a cold aura. Had she really gone too far?
"My lady, I just... really, I just saw a grain of rice there, I didn't mean anything by it." Xiao Yu tried her best to explain clearly, lest she be labeled a lecher in the young lady's mind again. She was a composed person, not the kind of person who would do anything casual.
Xiao Yu cautiously glanced at her.
Song Luoning's eyes were filled with coldness as she looked at Xiao Yu. She had indulged her in the past, but she never expected that Xiao Yu would become so audacious.
What will happen if this continues?
The burning sensation she had just experienced was something she had never felt before, completely beyond Song Luoning's comprehension. All the vigilance she had relaxed in recent days returned at this moment.
"My lord, I know perfectly well who they are. Just remember not to act like this again in the future." The voice was cold and devoid of emotion.
Xiao Yu choked up, feeling wronged. Which couple wasn't affectionate? Why couldn't she? But she didn't dare to resist. Looking at Song Luo Ning, the grievance in her eyes was about to overflow.
He responded softly, "I understand. Will you be going to harvest the rice with me later, my wife?"
"Go by yourself, my lord," Song Luoning replied coldly, turning and leaving the hall for the carriage.
Xiao Yu bit her lip, suppressing her grievances. She silently took the bowls and chopsticks to the kitchen to wash them, waited in the kitchen for a while before coming out, and after driving the oxcart out, she hesitated for a moment before returning to the carriage. She paused for two seconds and said, "Wife, I'm going now. I'll cook dinner when I get back."
There was no response from inside the carriage for a long time. Xiao Yu sniffed and finally realized that she was being subjected to the young lady's silent treatment. There was nothing she could do about it, and she immediately slumped down.
After a while, he prepared to leave.
"Wait." A cold voice came from inside the carriage. After speaking, Song Luoning pushed open the carriage door and glanced at him coldly: "I'll go with you."
Hearing that she was going, Xiao Yu dared not show any joy on her face. She bit her lip and stood obediently by the carriage. When she saw Song Luoning getting off the carriage, she tentatively reached out to help her, but after meeting Song Luoning's cold gaze, she shrank back.
"Husband, have you decided where to collect it?" Song Luoning asked, her voice still as cold as ever.
Xiao Yu's heart skipped a beat, and she felt even more aggrieved, as if she was the one who had just gone too far, and Song Luoning was the one who had committed heinous crimes.
Waiting for her to speak for a long time, Song Luoning asked impatiently, "Husband, do you not want Luoning to go?"
"Huh?" Xiao Yu instantly regained his senses and quickly said, "No, we're collecting them in nearby villages."
"Let's go then." Song Luoning went out first.
Xiao Yu scratched his head, hurriedly took a soft cushion from the carriage, placed it on the oxcart, and drove the oxcart out of the courtyard. After Song Luoning got on the cart, he cracked the whip, and the oxcart slowly started moving.
The village roads were uneven, and Xiao Yu was worried about the young lady's health, so she drove very slowly. Fortunately, the surrounding villages were close by. After entering the village, she saw women chatting together, so she went up to each of them and gave them two coins, asking them to help her ask each household if they had any extra rice to sell.
The women who received the money were happy to help with the trip.
Xiao Yu drove the oxcart to the shade of a tree, glanced at Song Luoning on the oxcart, and took out the silver left over from the last rice harvest from his pocket: "Wife, if someone comes to sell rice later, I'll be in charge of weighing it, and you'll be in charge of paying."
She handed over the purse, and Song Luoning glanced at it, then took it without saying a word.
Glancing at Xiao Yu, she felt slightly relieved.
His voice was indifferent: "I understand."
Seeing that she was no longer as cold and aloof as before, Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief and cautiously moved closer.
Seeing that she still didn't speak, he took advantage of the situation and moved forward a little more.
Actually, Song Luoning had noticed her as soon as she moved forward. She glanced at her coldly and remained silent. Who knew that this lecherous man would dare to push his luck?
She closed her eyes briefly: "Husband, we should go see if they've arrived yet."
He tried to get rid of her.
At this moment, her mind was in turmoil. She even had the urge to kill Xiao Yu, but in the end, she softened and came out with her. Just thinking about it made her feel suffocated.
Most importantly, this lecherous man has no sense of propriety, wandering around in front of her.
Xiao Yu looked up, glanced at Song Luoning again, and said with a wronged expression, "I know."
They moved aside to wait, and before long, villagers came to sell their rice. Each family didn't have much rice to spare, and those who could sell it were those who had saved it from their own pockets. But with each household contributing a little, the oxcart was filled to the brim in just one afternoon.
Xiao Yu let Song Luoning sit in the driver's seat, while he led the ox in front. The two villages were adjacent, so the round trip wouldn't feel tiring.
After returning home, Xiao Yu placed the harvested rice in the side yard and continued to harvest the next day. When the harvest was almost complete, he began to husk the rice. A few days later, he took the husked white rice to the county town.
Having already made arrangements with the owner of the tea stall, Xiao Yu drove the oxcart directly there, took out the sign he had written earlier, and set it up. Before long, several people gathered around.
Once everyone had gathered, Xiao Yu began to tell the story. Just like last time, after finishing the story, she collected the money, delivered the rice, and a whole cartload of rice was gone in a single morning.
Over the next few days, Xiao Yu would come every three or four days. After a while, everyone knew that there was a storyteller at the tea stall on the overpass in the east of the city. Not only did he tell good stories, but he could also get rice for free, which attracted many scholars, including some young masters and ladies from wealthy families. Xiao Yu never had to worry about selling her rice. Even when she wasn't telling stories, people would actively seek her out to buy rice.
Soon the news reached the grain store manager.
Just as Xiao Yu finished selling his rice that day, the shopkeeper came up to him and said, "Young master, please wait."
The rice hadn't been selling well recently, and the shopkeeper had decided not to sell this type of rice anymore. But suddenly, all the white rice in the shop sold out.
I inquired and found out that someone was giving away rice while telling stories at the overpass in the east of the city. When I came over, I found out it was Xiao Yu.
I had previously changed my mind and refused her offer of rice, so now that I'm swallowing my pride and going to find her, I feel a bit irritated.
Xiao Yu stopped what he was doing, recognized the person, and smiled, "So it's the shopkeeper, long time no see."
The shopkeeper was embarrassed: "Young master, are you going back?"
Xiao Yu smiled and placed the sign on the oxcart: "Well, it's getting late, I'll get ready to go back now." With that, he jumped onto the oxcart and prepared to leave.
“Oh, young master…” the shopkeeper stopped her.
"Is there anything else?" Xiao Yu asked.
Although the deal fell through, Xiao Yu was still acting in good faith, so he had a pretty good idea of why he was suddenly stopped.
She probably wants to continue having her provide him with rice. But that's fine too. She doesn't want to spend all her time telling stories. Wouldn't it be better to spend that time with the young lady?
When she asked him, the shopkeeper became a little embarrassed. He rubbed his hands together and hesitated for a while before saying, "It's like this, young master. Could you continue to provide rice to the shop? If you're willing to provide rice, I'm willing to pay thirteen copper coins. How about that?"
For wholesale, thirteen coins is already quite a lot. Xiao Yu didn't expect him to raise the price for him, and after a little thought, he agreed.
The shopkeeper thanked him repeatedly.
During this period, Xiao Yu earned more than 100 taels of silver. Although he handed it all over to the young lady for safekeeping, he still had 15 taels of silver in his hands today. His habit of wanting to buy things for the young lady as soon as he had money had not changed at all. Xiao Yu thought about the pastries he bought for the young lady a few days ago, which the young lady liked to eat. So he drove the oxcart to the pastry shop again.
When I came out, I had several packets of pastries in my hand.
The thought of the young lady made him eager to return home, and he drove the oxcart very fast.
As soon as she reached the front door and was about to push it open, she heard a man's voice coming from inside the house, and the smile on Xiao Yu's face instantly froze.
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