Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune-Chapter 121

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Both groups were testing each other’s limits.

Yuanbao did so, and Xie Zhinuan did as well.

The silent contest, the fine rain soundless, yet coincidentally present, it was a matter of who would acknowledge defeat first.

Xie Zhinuan arrived at the shop in town, which had already opened. A young man was cleaning, and there was also a girl with particularly agile and dexterous hands wiping the door panel with a cloth.

“…”

Seeing Xie Zhinuan on the mule cart, both of them were stunned.

Upon seeing Routuan, the young man came to his senses, stuttering, “You, you are the owner?”

He had heard from his Second Uncle that the owner was a very young and beautiful girl with a large yellow dog by her side.

“Mm!” Xie Zhinuan nodded and dismounted from the mule cart.

“Go and open the back door!” She patted Dahuang’s head, “Go to the back door!”

Dahuang obediently walked towards the back.

Xie Zhinuan had already entered the shop with Routuan.

The young man snapped out of it and quickly headed towards the back door, while the girl, seeing Xie Zhinuan, felt very nervous, “I, I…”

“You are?” asked Xie Zhinuan, seeing this.

“My name is Xiaoyuan, I am, I am Dong Sheng’s fiancée, we are about to get married, I was afraid Dong Sheng wouldn’t do a good job, so I came over to help. Miss, don’t worry, I don’t need a salary!” Xiaoyuan spoke softly, her face flushed with red.

“Oh, then you can stay and help too!” Xie Zhinuan said, and began to inspect the shop.

The tables and stools, the counter had all been delivered, just waiting for the wall cabinets to arrive; the shop had indeed been tidied up thoroughly.

Xiaoyuan followed behind Xie Zhinuan, very careful and cautious.

Xie Zhinuan turned and smiled at her, “You go ahead with your work, I’ll look around myself!”

Inside the inner courtyard, it had also been tidied up very cleanly, even the stone tiles had been washed with water. Pushing open the door to the two rooms on the right, everything was clean. The heated brick bed had been wiped, and the windows were pasted with paper soaked in sesame oil, hung on hemp cords, cut neatly and orderly.

There were chairs on both sides of the desk, and two more chairs on the other two sides, a tea table. Moving on to the inner room, the bed was by the window. On the inside, there was a clothes cabinet, chest of drawers, and a washstand.

All these items were new, obviously delivered by Carpenter Yuan that morning.

Arranged like this, the room didn’t feel empty, though the windows in this room were rather small, making the interior look a bit dark.

But it was livable.

This too was a symbol of someone who runs the household, the main room after all.

Looking at the kitchen next, there were three large pots, and the cookware had been properly purchased, everything in its place. The water vat by the side was already filled, and directly opposite was the backyard where Dong Sheng was removing the saddle from Dahuang, intending to confine it under the big shed.

“No need to lock it up, it won’t run around or make a mess!” Xie Zhinuan spoke up.

Dong Sheng looked surprised and softly called out, “Miss…”

“Mm!” Xie Zhinuan responded absentmindedly and, seeing the firewood under the eaves, became a few degrees more satisfied with Dong Sheng.

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“Did you prepare all this?” Xie Zhinuan asked.

Dong Sheng’s face flushed slightly as he glanced at Xiaoyuan behind her, “Not just me, Xiaoyuan and my younger brother helped too!”

With such honest admissions, Xie Zhinuan’s satisfaction grew a few more degrees.

Dong Sheng promptly offered a coarsely woven pouch, somewhat faded but very clean and smelling of soapberries, “Miss, this is the leftover silver!”

Xie Zhinuan took the pouch and poured out just over two taels of fragmented silver.

“I’m going to buy some spices soon and then have lunch, the two of you should join me. Let’s get to know each other better and discuss any plans you might have for the shop,” Xie Zhinuan suggested softly and amiably.

Since they had opened a shop, the goal must be to make money.

Dong Sheng and Xiaoyuan looked at each other with faces beaming with delight, nodding eagerly.

Chapter 122