In the end, the thieves did not reveal the leader's whereabouts. They were imprisoned and soon beheaded.
Zhao Yi and Jiang Bai's lives gradually returned to normal.
Li Xinxiang's dairy farm has gradually grown and expanded. They have bought several more cows. Now they not only sell milk, but also breed cattle, allowing excellent bulls and cows to produce calves for sale.
If the calf is male, it can be sold for plowing or pulling carts; if it can't be sold, it can be kept as a breeding calf. If the calf is female, then you'll make a fortune; whether you sell it or keep it, you can make a lot of money.
Jiang Bai often goes to see Li Xinxiang. She is becoming more and more confident. With the children by her side, she rarely thinks about her ex.
Jiang Bai asked, "If you send all the children to school, who will pick them up and drop them off?"
Now that Li Xinxiang is wealthy, she replied with a smile, "I've also bought a house in the county town. I'll go stay there for a couple of days when they have time off, and they can stay at the school during the rest of the year."
Jiang Bai nodded: "Then, are you able to leave?"
“I can manage,” Li Xinxiang nodded without hesitation. “I’ve also hired a few strong young men who are all very capable of managing the dairy farm.”
As she spoke, she led Jiang Bai in that direction.
The weather in December is already very cold, so Li Xinxiang basically doesn't let the cows go up the hillside to eat dry grass anymore. Instead, she buys hay to feed them. Although this is more expensive, it saves time and space, and the cows suffer less outside.
As they were talking, the two of them walked to the entrance of the cowshed and happened to bump into a tall, thin young man carrying hay into the cowshed.
Li Xinxiang quickly stopped him and introduced him to Jiang Bai: "This is our newly recruited cattle herder, Xiao An. He's an expert at raising cattle."
Xiao An put down the hay in her hand, wiped the sweat from her brow, smiled brightly, and greeted the people in front of her: "Sister Li, Sister Jiang."
Jiang Bai looked at the young boy and couldn't help but be momentarily stunned. Sure enough, regardless of gender, people tend to prefer a more youthful face, even though she wasn't that old herself.
Seeing Jiang Bai in a daze, Xiao An's smile became even brighter.
He winked at Jiang Bai, then picked up the hay and left.
Li Xinxiang then randomly introduced several other newly recruited employees.
Jiang Bai followed Li Xinxiang back to her house. Recalling the little boys from earlier, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "You chose your guys based on their looks, didn't you?"
“I learned it from you too,” Li Xinxiang said, not denying it.
Jiang Bai thought about it and realized it was true. No matter who worked in the milk tea shop or the medicinal cuisine restaurant, none of them were ugly. Even the kitchen helpers who only stayed in the kitchen had pure and lovely smiles.
However, she mostly hired girls, so it wasn't obvious. But raising cattle is hard physical work that little girls definitely can't do, so Li Xinxiang hired only young boys, which made it all the more obvious.
Seeing that Li Xinxiang was shifting the blame onto him, Jiang Bai had no choice but to admit, "It's good that you're good-looking; it gives me motivation to work."
"That's true." Li Xinxiang covered her mouth and laughed.
She wasn't after his good looks, but she was not yet thirty, yet her heart was as old as an old woman's.
Before she was divorced, her mind was filled with thoughts of her husband and children. The chores she had to do piled up like a small mountain. No one helped her, and she didn't need anyone's help.
She has no life of her own, nor any thoughts of her own. Her life seems to be lived for others. Although she is not very old, she already has strands of white hair on her head, which are caused by worry.
Now that she has opened this cattle farm with her children, it seems like she has been reborn. Surrounded by young men, their lives are so vibrant, their faces are full and fair, their smiles are youthful and charming, and even their subtle scheming is so adorable.
Being around them makes me feel younger.
Jiang Bai noticed her change and was very happy about it. The two laughed and joked for a while before taking out the ledger to check it.
The cattle farm's business was better than Jiang Bai had expected. The two of them checked things until late at night. Jiang Bai stretched and looked at the thick darkness, and was startled.
She turned her head and asked, "What time is it now?"
Li Xinxiang recalled the night watchman's last call and replied, "It was around midnight."
It's already past 11 p.m.!
In ancient times, people had few places to go for entertainment at night, so they mostly went to bed early, usually around 7 or 8 pm, which is considered very late at night now.
Jiang Bai guessed that Zhao Yi was already in a deep sleep in bed. He would spend another hour going back, and after washing up, he wouldn't need to sleep. He could just catch up with Zhao Yi when he was having breakfast.
Li Xinxiang asked the old woman serving her a few questions, then turned to Jiang Bai and said, "After the driver finished his meal, he waited for you for a while, then we found him a room and put him to bed."
"You'll stay here tonight too, won't you?"
Jiang Bai couldn't even say no; if he insisted on going back, it would be deliberately tormenting him.
The old woman next to him bowed respectfully to Jiang Bai and said, "Master Jiang, we have already cleaned up the room next door."
Jiang Bai nodded.
Li Xinxiang suddenly said, "Since you're staying here today, I'll show you something good."
As she spoke, she pulled Jiang Bai's wrist and walked out, going straight for several hundred meters until they reached a pool.
The pool wasn't large, about twenty square meters. The water was clear, and you could see the steam rising slowly.
Jiang Bai was pleasantly surprised: "This is a hot spring?"
Li Xinxiang said happily, "It was unearthed when this house was being built. I had the workers change the blueprints and specifically designated this small hot spring area so I can soak in it when I'm bored."
Jiang Bai couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "You're living the life of a carefree immortal."
The two took off their clothes and soaked in the water for a while until all their fatigue was gone before they came out.
Jiang Bai was finally comfortable this time. She was wearing the clean undergarments prepared by her maid, drying her hair as she walked into the house.
As soon as she entered the room, she felt something was wrong, as if it was different from when she left. She forced herself to concentrate and looked around. When her eyes fell on the bed, she suddenly shuddered.
She strode forward, looked at the bulging human figure under the covers, gritted her teeth, and lifted it up.
She kept guessing what was inside—it could be a corpse, or it could be an assassin who tried to kill her. She even thought of the bandit leader she hadn't caught before, but she was completely wrong.
Inside the blanket was a naked man, wearing only underwear, revealing his young arms and muscular abs, who was now looking at her with great interest.
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