Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune-Chapter 107

106, Not Easy (3rd Update)

“Yes, of course!”

The shopkeeper repeatedly agreed and introduced his nephew to Xie Zhinuan.

Xie Zhinuan had a good impression of the shopkeeper, so she thought his nephew must be decent as well and accepted the offer.

She told him to come to the store tomorrow, for she had items to be delivered to the town.

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She also left five taels of silver for him to buy pots, pans, ladles, and other kitchen essentials.

Xie Zhinuan took Dumb Girl away, but the shopkeeper stood gaping at the silver, then hurriedly went to talk to his elder brother and sister-in-law about the matter.

Dumb Girl had not expected that Xie Zhinuan would purchase the store so soon and even take care of all the arrangements.

“Miss, are we going home now?”

“Let’s buy some meat and vegetables before returning!”

Xie Zhinuan was lucky to come across someone selling shrimp, still lively; she inquired about the price and bought all of them.

“…”

“When we get back, we can boil a plate, stir-fry a plate, shrimp meatballs…”

Dumb Girl listened to Xie Zhinuan muttering how they would eat the shrimp while feeling both happy and irritated at herself.

It seemed her tummy had grown even fatter.

Aunt Chen delivered bean milk under the awning, and Yuanbao led everyone in scooping it up, adding a bit of sugar to it.

They used to drink it plain, but later found that with sugar, it tasted even better.

Yuanbao drank some and took a large bowl back for his master.

Li Hengyi glanced over and asked indifferently, “Who made this?”

“Aunt Chen did!”

Li Hengyi frowned, “Where is Miss Xie?”

“Miss Xie went to town; she’ll be back before noon!”

Upon hearing this, Li Hengyi’s frown deepened, “Take the bean milk away, I don’t want it!”

“Yes!”

Yuanbao gave his assent.

He left with the bean milk.

Looking for his elder brother Duobao, he wanted to offer some to him. Duobao was practicing martial arts; recently, his Inner Strength just wouldn’t improve, so he decided to practice his physical techniques more each day to relieve some irritation.

He didn’t really understand why those guards were always so lofty and dismissive of others, yet they were so respectful and polite to Miss Xie across the street, always with a smile upon meeting her.

Not to mention how terrifying that smile was.

“Big brother, big brother!” Yuanbao came over with the bean milk, “Do you want some bean milk, big brother?”

Duobao glanced at Yuanbao, “No!”

“Really, you won’t drink it?” Yuanbao asked again.

Seeing that Duobao ignored him, Yuanbao couldn’t help but urge, “Big brother, you should have some, it’s really good!”

“No!” Duobao was stubborn.

Yuanbao was frustrated.

But he couldn’t just say that the well at Miss Xie’s house across the street, when used to boil food, could enhance martial arts skills.

After all, around twenty people knew this secret, and everyone tacitly protected it, not uttering a word about it, nor could they.

If he spoke up, he wouldn’t feel right in his conscience, and his master would be even less forgiving.

“Then I’ll drink it myself!” Yuanbao gulped down the bean milk, feeling like his stomach would burst.

Yet he couldn’t bear to waste a drop.

“…” Duobao remained silent.

Seeing his younger brother looking so foolish, he let out a cold laugh and continued practicing martial arts.

Xie Zhinuan returned home.

Aunt Chen had finished making the tofu, and the mute brother and sisters were waiting in the shed, with two large wooden barrels beside them, each containing half a barrel of crabs.

“You caught so many crabs this morning!”

The mute nodded vigorously.

He pulled his sister to the front and gave her a thumbs up.

The youngest sister was shy, looking at Xie Zhinuan with caution.

She hadn’t expected Sister Zhinuan, who looked beautiful from afar, to be even more beautiful up close.

“Hello, sister!” she stammered out.

Xie Zhinuan smiled, “Hello, what’s your name?”

“Youngest sister!”

“Youngest sister, is it Yuan Youngest Sister?”

She knew many children in the village didn’t even have proper names; they were called whatever came to mind and then got married off with those names.

Chapter 108