Now that Yan Baolai has come to Luzhou, he must go and see how the navel orange saplings that were planted here are doing.
The housekeeper was in charge of this matter. He arranged a carriage and took Yan Bao and the others to the hilltop they liked. He bought all of it, knowing that Yan Bao would want to cultivate saplings and plant an orchard in the future.
When Yan Bao arrived at the place, it was already winter. It was not particularly cold in Luzhou, and the leaves of the saplings were evergreen.
The person in charge of the fifty saplings knew that the master had arrived, and immediately came to pay his respects. He was so nervous that he could hardly speak.
Yan Bao counted them and found one was missing.
The old seedling said nervously, "It's all because of my negligence in taking care of it. One of the trees died, and I deserved it."
Yan Bao waved her hand, saying that losses were inevitable and she could understand.
Ziyun spoke up: "Forget it this time, but you have to be more careful next time. The princess values these saplings very much. If they are damaged, you will be held responsible."
Old Miao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded tremblingly: "I will definitely take good care of him and treat him like my own grandson."
Yan Bao was amused: [That's not the case. She doesn't want to eat the fruit produced by his grandson.]
After walking around the area again, they saw a thatched house not far away. Knowing that it was where the old seedling lived, Yan Bao asked Ziyun to convey her intention: "It's okay for you to live here alone. If you have family, you can bring them over to live with you. Here's the money for them to settle down. Bring them over, take good care of the orchard, and grow more seedlings."
Old Miao took the heavy bag of money and couldn't believe it: "Can you really bring your family over?"
Yan Bao nodded.
The old man knelt down and kowtowed to Yan Bao: "Don't worry, Princess. I will plant a lot of fruit seedlings on the hill for you."
Yan Bao closed his eyes and felt the mountain three years later. He seemed to see navel oranges laden with fruit. In the harvest season, the oval-shaped high-quality fruits were transported out of the mountain in baskets.
After arriving at the dock and boarding the boat, it entered many wealthy homes and became what they called the tribute navel orange.
Seeing this, Yan Bao's mouth curled up, and he helped the man up with satisfaction. He patted Lao Miaotou's hand as if asking for help: "Whether we can eat navel oranges from this mountain in three years depends on you. Don't let me down."
Old Miaotou: “…”
Princess Taining is noble and amiable. It is worth it for me to be her servant in this life!
Yan Bao brought Yue Lingwan and Yue Qin with her this time. Her silly cousin seldom went out, so today she let him out for some fresh air. Her silly cousin was very well behaved and didn't run around.
He was not afraid of insects and even caught them to show Yan Bao.
Yan Bao was not afraid either.
It was Yue Lingwan who was frightened and screamed in fear.
The silly cousin was amused and laughed out loud.
Yue Lingwan was so angry that she almost hit someone.
Luzhou City is a bit far from the orchard, so they had lunch outside at noon. Yan Bao quietly took out some food from the space, boiled water in a pot, put in a few large pieces of instant noodles, ham and eggs.
There are also vegetables grown by Lao Miaotou himself, which are washed and put in.
Each person gets a bowl of deluxe spicy beef noodles, which has almost everything except beef.
The silly cousin who was eating instant noodles for the first time was stunned. He stared at Yan Bao with wide eyes in surprise; "Delicious, baby, these noodles are delicious!"
Yan Bao smiled and nodded. His silly cousin spoke incoherently, and the two words "Yan Bao" were a bit difficult for him to pronounce. It was not as easy as calling him "Bao Bao". Yan Bao was used to him calling him "Bao Bao".
After only a few mouthfuls of instant noodles, Yan Bao frowned and called Ziyun, who was also gulping down noodles, to follow her. Yue Lingwan wanted to follow out of curiosity, but was stopped by Yan Bao's eyes. She and Ziyun disappeared from their sight.
Ziyun ate while walking: "What's wrong?"
Yan Bao pointed to the thatch in front and signaled Ziyun to start working.
Zi Yun raised an eyebrow, and the two of them surrounded them. The three sneaky people hid behind the thatch and shuddered with fear: "Don't... don't kill us, we are here to chop wood in the mountains."
Yan Bao didn't believe it. They were little hooligans hired by Yue Lingxi. When they knew that they had left the city, the fools and the weak women took the opportunity to make trouble. If they could kill, they would kill. If they couldn't, they would just destroy the people.
Before they found an opportunity, they were discovered by Yan Bao.
Yan Bao discovered this because she saw what would happen to Lao Miaotou in the future, and realized that the bag of silver she gave would bring him fatal disaster.
These people bullied Lao Miaotou and wanted to rob him of his money. Lao Miaotou was unhappy and was stabbed to death by their large numbers.
When the body was found, it was completely decomposed.
Yan Bao couldn't let Lao Miaotou be killed by these three thugs.
This is not the first time these three people have harmed someone.
Ziyun asked: "How to deal with it?"
Yan Bao sneered: "Take her back and show her to Yue Lingxi. You'll know that girl is restless. She appears to be well behaved on the surface, but secretly she's full of evil intentions."
In order to avoid scaring others, Yan Bao knocked the man unconscious and put him in a space, saving him the trouble of explaining to Yue Lingwan and the others.
They returned to Yue's house safely in the afternoon. Yue Lingxi happened to be coming out of Mrs. Yue's yard after paying her respects. When she saw them, she greeted them with a smile.
Yue Lingwan was not as close to her as before.
The silly cousin acted as if everyone in the world was a good person. When he saw Yue Lingxi, he happily called her "Second Sister" and gave one of the wild fruits she picked to Yue Lingxi, who accepted it with a smile.
He looked at them without leaving any trace and asked, "You're back so early. Did you enjoy your outing today?"
The silly cousin nodded: "Happy!"
Yue Lingxi thought to himself, could it be that those people took his money and didn't do any work?
Yan Bao saw through it but didn't say anything. He went to talk to Mrs. Yue for a few words and then left. He didn't return to his own yard, but went to find Yue Lingxi.
When Yue Lingxi heard that Yan Bao came to see her, she was curious about what she wanted to talk to her about. Could it be that she was trying to be nice and had ulterior motives?
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