"There’s no such thing as familial affection in the Royal Family!" Gu Qingli expressed, her own husband being a living example. Indeed, emperors’ families are the most ruthless.
Wuqing sighed. "Yes, our Young Master was born noble, but so what? His life is still not as good as that of children from common families."
Gu Qingli heard Wuqing’s sigh and asked her, "Wuqing, have you ever thought of looking for your birth parents?"
Wuqing shook her head. "I haven’t. I’m afraid the outco wouldn’t be what I imagine. What would I do then?"
They had been taken to the Secret Sect base as children, not knowing who they were or if they even had parents. From that mont on, they were a different kind of people compared to others. So it’s best not to search; it would only add to our troubles.
Gu Qingli nodded; she could understand. Just like her, she couldn’t face the Original Host’s biological parents. Even if they were blood-related, after being separated from that family for so long, it would be very difficult to reintegrate.
After discussing Dean Lin’s affairs for a while, the mistress and servant went to sleep.
Lying in bed, Gu Qingli thought about how she had managed to cut off one of the Emperor’s branches. The result far exceeded her expectations. She chuckled inwardly, and her high spirits helped her sleep soundly that night.
「Ti passed quickly, and it was mid-April.」
The weather had thoroughly heated up, but Gu Qingli continued her daily routine of checking the crops in the fields.
The twenty acres of rice seedlings were growing very well. Every ti she visited, she would add so Spiritual Spring Water to the paddies. As a result, the weeds also grew vigorously, but they were all eaten by the fish in the water. The fish were getting quite plump. Every ti, Wuqing would catch one to take ho and cook spicy fish.
Gu Qingli could finally eat the chili peppers she had longed for. Not only did she love them, but her entire family did too. Gu Qingli was surprised that her family, who had never eaten chili peppers before, ate them without so much as batting an eyelid. They were all true foodies.
When she had free ti, she would also visit Ms. Wu to give her a ’peace pulse’ check-up. After each pulse examination, Ms. Wu always seed to want to say sothing but would hold back. Gu Qingli knew what she wanted to say and always pretended not to. She would have children, but not at this ti. She was only sixteen, still a child herself, and her body hadn’t fully developed yet. For instance, her own two ’granaries’ were still quite small and in the process of developing.
Additionally, when she had spare ti, she would make so dicinal pills to give out. She knew her dicinal pills had a wonderfully effective impact on martial practitioners, and she wasn’t stingy, giving them all to her own people. The stronger they are, the better it is for us.
The little white pigeon, Da Bai, could finally work as a ssenger. Just yesterday, Gu Qingli had written her first letter to Xiao Yunjing, telling him about everything at ho. The most important thing was that she missed him.
At this ti, the ten acres of land that Mr. Xiao had bought beca theirs after the previous owner harvested the wheat. The previous owner’s family even sent soone to inform them.
Gu Qingli began to wonder what to plant. These ten acres shouldn’t be left unused. The soil here was a sandy loam, very suitable for growing peanuts, and of course, even more suitable for growing dicinal materials. After so thought, she decided to plant dicinal materials.
This ti, since it was already cultivated land, plowing it was quick, and the four won—Gu Qingli, Wuqing, Wuyou, and Wushuang—managed to turn over the soil. For composting, Gu Qingli hired people from the village. As long as she was willing to pay, there were plenty of laborers in the village. Normally, a worker earned twenty wen a day; Gu Qingli offered forty wen a day, but without als included. The villagers with labor to offer rushed to take the jobs.
Seedlings for dicinal materials were hard to find at this ti of year; the Secret Sect mbers dug them up from deep in the mountains. They found many valuable seedlings, including a good number of notoginseng seedlings. This kind, once dug up and planted, was the best. They would mature in three years and only required regular care after planting.
「When they finished planting the dicinal materials, it was almost May.」
Everyone looked at the blazing sun in the sky and the listless seedlings in the ground, thinking that Gu Qingli’s efforts were likely to be in vain.
Gu Qingli, however, wasn’t concerned. With her Spiritual Spring Water, it would only take a couple of days for the seedlings to revive and flourish, growing as vigorously as they did in the mountains. Just like the plot on the back mountain, the growth was heartening.
Fearing that so people might get ’red-eyed’ with jealousy, she also had the Secret Guards, who were already protecting the Xiao Family, keep an eye on their fields and land.
And sure enough, the Secret Guards caught Niu Ergou trying to steal fish from the rice paddies. They caught him and threw him into the river, scaring him so much that he never dared to steal fish again.
What happens once will happen twice; Gu Qingming was also caught. He hadn’t passed the county-level scholar examination in February, so Master Gu wouldn’t let him continue wasting money and made him farm at ho. This fellow saw how fat the fish in Gu Qingli’s paddies were and went to steal them at night. He too was caught by the Secret Guards and thrown into the river. This fellow, just like Niu Ergou, was scared witless and never dared to go again.
「As everything at ho continued to develop steadily, Gu Qingli decided it was ti to visit Qiyang County.」
After entrusting matters to Ms. Jiang, she went to the back mountain to get Da Bai. This fellow had grown up, and Gu Qingli didn’t dare let it stay at ho, having previously sent it back to the mountains. But this creature was too clingy and would return to find her every day. This ti, Gu Qingli planned to keep it in her Space and not let it out. After securing Da Bai in her Space, she then traveled with Wuqing to their house in Qiyang County.
Once there, she imdiately moved all the furniture from her Space into the rooms.
They had just taken a short rest when Wuyou and Wushuang returned.
Wuyou reported to her about matters at the dical Clinic and also brought her the box they couldn’t open.
Wushuang, on the other hand, reported that they had purchased a total of 5,000 acres of wasteland in Qiyang County, all of which had now been planted with dicinal materials.
Gu Qingli praised them both and then asked Wuqing to go cook with Wuyou.
When the two of them reached the kitchen, Wuyou imdiately spotted the chili peppers Gu Qingli had brought, which were on the table.
"Wuqing, what kind of vegetable is this? I’ve never seen it before!" Wuyou asked, picking one up to examine it.
"These are chili peppers. With these, even the most ordinary dish can beco a delicacy."
"What vegetable is so magical? Quick, teach how to make it," Wuyou urged, looking impatient.
Wuqing rolled her eyes at her. What’s all the fuss? Wasn’t I brought here precisely to teach her? The Young Lady’s favorite dishes were still those Wuyou cooked; the Young Lady having them both co to the kitchen should have been explanation enough. For soone usually so clever, Wuyou could be such a blockhead at tis. HMPH!
"Co here. First, you need to remove the chili stems; those are inedible," Wuqing began to instruct her.
As a result, at lunch, all four of them—master and servants—ate until they were stuffed.
"Young Lady, these chili peppers are truly a treasure! If we use these in the restaurant’s dishes, we’ll definitely make a fortune," Wuyou said, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Gu Qingli.
"What’s the rush? Wait until the fish in the paddies are a bit bigger. Then we can use these to cook fish for sale," Gu Qingli replied.
"Oh! Young Lady, let’s not talk about that, or I’ll start drooling again!" Wuyou exclaid, making a small slurping sound; the re thought of that flavor was unbearable. Wuxin isn’t here. If that rascal were present, she’d probably be pestering to make so for her to eat right now.
"Young Lady, Young Master Qingchen from Red Leaf Villa wishes to see you. He’s ntioned it many tis. Will you see him?" Wuyou suddenly rembered this matter.
"Why does he want to see ?"
"He said he wants to thank you in person."
Gu Qingli thought of that handso yet cold man and shook her head. "No, I won’t see him."
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