Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune-Chapter 76

75, Unchanging (1 more update)

No matter who this person was, seeing the mute’s gratefulness in his eyes every time he brought firewood, and the gradually brightening sparkle, she couldn’t possibly turn him away.

Besides, once she started cooking food for sale, she would definitely need a lot of firewood.

The overhang of the kitchen was already piled high, and a lot had been stacked under the overhang on the other side as well; Xie Zhinuan hadn’t put up a shed, planning to buy a tarp to cover it when the time came.

The thick logs were stored in the yard, and the small twigs were outside; now, firewood was the most abundant thing in her home.

By the end of May, it was already somewhat hot; but perhaps because of drinking the spiritual spring water, Xie Zhinuan didn’t feel it; she looked increasingly delicate and charming. Her beauty shone from the inside out, making it hard for anyone who saw her to resist feeling an immediate sense of closeness.

The children who brought wild vegetables and fruits were all willing to linger around Xie Zhinuan’s place.

Lately, bayberries were abundant. After she selected some, she cooked bayberry soup, and everyone could have a bowl; the excess was made into dried bayberries, and all the rice sieves available for drying bayberries in the house were utilized.

Perhaps it was because the well water had properties of the spiritual spring, the dried bayberries dried quickly, none spoiled, and they tasted exceptionally good.

She also asked Yuanbao to buy a large jar of wine to make two jars of bayberry wine.

She waited for the bayberry wine to be ready to sell.

“Miss Xie!” Yuanbao stood at the door with a basket in his hand.

“Yuanbao!”

Xie Zhinuan put down her chopsticks and walked to the door, “What would your master like for lunch?”

“The master said it’s up to you what to cook; these are lychees from Lingnan, he asked me to bring some for you to try!”

Yuanbao handed over the basket.

Xie Zhinuan’s eyes lit up, delighted, as she took it, “Thank him for me. I plan to steam some pastries this afternoon; come over to get some later!”

“Alright!”

Yuanbao smiled in agreement and took his leave.

Xie Zhinuan brought the lychees back to the kitchen, uncovered the gauze on top, and saw that each lychee was big and beautiful, the famous Lingnan Concubine’s Smile variety.

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She peeled one, very sweet.

Routuan was jumping around next to her, so Xie Zhinuan peeled one for it as well.

It imitated her, spit out the seed, and woofed, still wanting more.

Xie Zhinuan peeled another one for it, “This is the last one, you’re a dog, eating too much isn’t good for you!”

As if Routuan understood, it ate the second one and then truly asked for no more.

Xie Zhinuan divided two portions into a dustpan, thinking of giving one to each child when they came around, and the rest would be shared at lunchtime with the silly girls.

She thought about how courteous the gentleman across the way was.

It could also be that Yuanbao had the idea, and his master knew nothing of it.

Looking at the dough that was rising in the big pottery basin, she thought of steaming some wild fruit jam buns later.

When Yuanbao returned home, Li Hengyi was practicing martial arts.

During these days, his health visibly improved, and his martial arts had significantly advanced; he easily overcame obstacles that he had struggled with before.

And he could eat without feeling nauseated or vomiting.

Previously listless, he was now energetic as though he had boundless strength.

“Master!”

Li Hengyi glanced at Yuanbao and asked indifferently, “Did you deliver them?”

“Yes, as per your instructions, I sent over the best ones!”

Li Hengyi hummed in response.

He didn’t particularly like the lychees that had come from Lingnan, but thinking that girls might, he had Yuanbao deliver some to the neighbor.

“Store the rest in the cellar, and send some more to her tomorrow,” Li Hengyi instructed.

“…” Yuanbao hesitated, “Master, aren’t you going to eat a few?”

“No,” Li Hengyi replied.

Firstly, he didn’t like them, and secondly, there was only a small amount of the fruit; if he ate any, Yuanbao certainly wouldn’t have been pleased to send them across the way.

Yuanbao frowned.

All that effort to get them delivered, and his own master wouldn’t even eat them.

Chapter 77