Excuse me?!
Ji Xinhe subconsciously turned to look at the two burly men guarding the door, only to find that they didn’t seem to refuse at this moment, standing upright at the door.
The inexplicable attitude and the inexplicable "hospitality" made Ji Xinhe have a not-so-good feeling all of a sudden.
She suddenly did not want to go in...
Ling Feng made a gesture of invitation with his hand, seemingly waiting for her.
Ji Xinhe turned her head to look at the group of children who remained behind eagerly, biting her teeth, she stepped in. Perhaps, the owner of this place was just this hospitable?
As Ji Xinhe stepped in, Ling Feng was calm as he ushered her in. Suddenly he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thanking God.
It seemed she sensed that something was wrong with this route.
While walking, Ji Xinhe said to Ling Feng: "I just need to pick up a vine ball. It should have fallen near the courtyard wall. I can look for it around the wall..."
Before she could finish speaking, she went around from the meandering corridor, rounded a corner, and then she saw a man, proud and handsome, standing in an open hall.There he was!
That man?!
Ji Xinhe’s eyes nearly popped out in surprise. The words she was about to say were abruptly changed: "I suddenly have something to do, I am not picking it up". Then she quickly turned around, preparing to go back.
However, in the next moment, Mu Houchu had already stood in front of her. Ji Xinhe almost bumped into him and took a few steps backward.
Mu Houchu looked at her with cold eyes, carrying a somewhat playful coldness: "You run quite fast."
Ji Xinhe gave a dry laugh, "Oh no, not at all. I’m still a bit slower than you." She could cry at that moment!
Turning his head again, the man who had led her in had disappeared in a flash. She was so foolish to have volunteered!
Suddenly, as if realizing something, Ji Xinhe said in surprise: "Are you the master of this place?!"
"Can’t I be?"
"What are you doing here?"! Ji Xinhe was not merely scared at this point, she was horrified!
She had only slept with this man once, surely he wouldn’t have moved here for revenge, right?!
He didn’t seem the type of person who would have such free time!
Lowering his head slightly, Mu Houchu’s warm breath seemed to sprinkle on her face. His voice was low but provocatively threatening: "What do you think?"
Ji Xinhe stiffened all over, pulling at the corner of her lips awkwardly: "Brave sir, I think there may be some misunderstanding."
"Hmm?" Mu Houchu raised his eyebrows slightly, looking interested.
Ji Xinhe swallowed hard, then plucked up the courage to say: "That time, I really didn’t mean to sleep with you. As you can see, I was poisoned. As the saying goes, saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-storied pagoda. You saved a life last time and actually, if you think about it, it wasn’t that bad...."
Suddenly remembering her dreadful state the last time, Ji Xinhe swallowed hard and floundered, "People say a gentleman has a heart bearing the world. You wouldn’t hold such small things against me, would you? We are neighbors in the same village in the future, so what can’t we let go of?"
Mu Houchu watched her trying to appear calm, flippantly rambling, and his gloomy voice spoke after a while: "Hmm? That seems to be the case, we have plenty of time ahead of us. Let’s get along well, my little neighbor."
The last few words were especially heavy, carrying a hint of warning.
When Ji Xinhe heard this, she inexplicably felt a sudden thump in her heart!
Mu Houchu casually tossed a vine ball into her arms, the corner of his lips slightly raised, watching her with a smile yet not quite a smile: "Take care, neighbor."
Ji Xinhe felt goosebumps all over and quickly ran off, clutching the ball.
There’s a saying that if a monk runs away, the temple won’t run. If this temple had come right to your doorstep, could you escape today or for the rest of your life?!
Mu Houchu watched her running away swiftly and the smile on the corners of his lips deepened.
We have plenty of time, my little neighbor.
It seems like a long time since anticipating a tomorrow has been an interesting affair.
——
Ji Xinhe rushed home, handed the ball to Gou Dan, and turned Xiao Bei around heading for home. Xiao Bei was filled with confusion.
Back home, Ji Xinhe didn’t even eat. She rushed into her room and closed the door.
She leaned against the door, gasping for breath.
Until now, she could hardly accept this terrifying reality, it turned out that the big household moving into the village, was that man!
Why did he move here? To take revenge on her?
Ji Xinhe shook her head in annoyance. She feels so unlucky.
She had just started to look forward to a beautiful new life, but the sudden thought of this evil spirit living near her home completely ruined her mood. God was really cruel to her, having reincarnated, and now living in poverty, she even got entangled with this persistent evil spirit.
If it were her past life, Ji Xinhe wouldn’t necessarily mind him. She slept with him, he exploited her, but there weren’t many people who could challenge her anyway. But the present her, a status as humble as dust, made her feel vulnerable in the face of such a person.
Ji Xinhe gritted her teeth. Faced with the realities before her, apart from strengthening herself, she had no other route!
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The next morning, the three siblings started washing wild grapes. A whole cart of grapes took a while to clean up.
Ji Dong had filled several large tanks of water specifically for washing the grapes.
"Don’t scrub too hard when washing, just rinse them off and remove the grime, don’t rub off the layer of white frost on the grapes," Ji Xinhe instructed.
That layer of white frost was a natural yeast, and if it was washed away, fermentation would not take place.
"Okay!"
Less strenuous scrubbing made the job easier. After about a morning’s work, the grapes were all cleaned up.
Next, the grapes needed to be quickly dried, dried until there were no water droplets.
Ji Xinhe took out the straw mats used in summer from the house and spread them out in the yard. The wild grapes were dried in clusters in the yard. Luckily, it was deep autumn, and the sun wasn’t too strong, so the grapes wouldn’t be too sun-dried.
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