Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 175 It’s nice to take a break for a while!

Yuan Ye returned to the backyard, but he was not in a hurry to find the Dog Princess. He planned to go and check on his stupid son first. After all, he had just come back from going out, and he had to take a look at him to feel at ease. But he didn't expect that when he arrived at Meng Ziqi's residence, he found that the Dog Princess was about to leave.

Yuan Ye was a little surprised and slightly alert, but he remained calm. He helped the dog princess who had crouched down to greet him when she saw him coming, and asked with a smile, "Why are you here?"

The dog princess was a little happy to see him coming back from the battle, but she said shyly, "Sanlang is away at the battle, I want to do something for you, so I came to see you."

"Oh?" Yuan Ye glanced at the room where Meng Ziqi was placed, and asked with a smile, "Then why did you think of coming here to take a look?"

The dog princess did not hide anything and said honestly: "I heard from Ah Zhong and Ah Xia that San Lang cares a lot about Lord Si Lang (the common name that Yuan Ye gave Meng Ziqi), so I thought of coming to see him every day, in case someone neglects Lord Si Lang when you are not at home."

Yuanye nodded slightly. It seemed that this was the "information" that Ah Zhong and Ah Xia had extracted from the maids. However, after thinking about it, he decided not to pursue it. This level of information could not be considered a leak.

Seeing that he didn't say anything for a while, the dog princess became a little worried. After hesitating for a moment, she asked nervously, "Is it me...shouldn't I come?"

"It's okay." Yuan Ye came back to his senses and smiled at her, "I'm just worried that it's too much trouble for you."

It doesn't really matter whether she comes or not. He has arranged twelve reliable maids to take care of the place in three shifts, so there's no chance of anything going wrong. But if she's free and wants to come, it's fine too. It's like an extra insurance policy.

The dog princess breathed a sigh of relief and became happy again, but after a moment of happiness, she immediately said dignifiedly: "It's not a problem. I should have relieved Saburo of his worries."

Yuanye was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but smile, so he went in to visit Meng Ziqi and took his pulse. Then the smile on his face slowly disappeared, and he sighed.

Meng Ziqi's condition is still not optimistic. Having to drink liquid food for a long time has turned him from a fat boy into a thin boy. Even though someone gives him a full body massage every day, his muscles still begin to atrophy. In fact, this situation has become more and more serious over the past year or so, and is far worse than when he was in Hibitsu Village.

In a sense, he had only started to act like a long-term bedridden vegetative patient over the past year or so, appearing to be getting weaker day by day, as if one could visually see his life slipping away every month.

The magical recovery effect brought by the time travel seemed to have disappeared on him, at least most of it had disappeared.

Yuanye had no idea what to do about it. He couldn't understand where the miraculous recovery effect came from, nor could he figure out why it started to disappear again.

It seemed like fate was playing a joke on him, a very bad joke at that.

He sat beside Meng Ziqi for a while, forced himself to cheer up, asked everyone to leave temporarily, spoke to Meng Ziqi in his hometown dialect for a while, and even scared him a little, trying to stimulate his brain, but as before, it was still useless. Meng Ziqi's breathing frequency did not even change.

He took his pulse again, but felt that there was no possibility of further adjusting the prescription, so he called back the maid on duty to ask about the situation, and once again reminded them to take good care of him - he had said this hundreds of times, and now no one in the inner house dared to neglect this, but he still had to repeat it over and over again.

He will do his best to bring Meng Ziqi back to the modern world alive...

If not, he could not let Meng Ziqi suffer any injustice before his death.

This was all he could do, and it was also his responsibility - if only he had not agreed to let the kid come to Nagoya to play with him, but unfortunately, there were all kinds of things for sale in this world, except for the medicine for regret.

After the maid assured him that nothing would go wrong, he tucked in the quilt for Meng Ziqi before leaving. He would come again tomorrow morning. As long as he was at home, this was his daily task.

The dog princess was kneeling on the corridor waiting. Yuanye quickly calmed down, smiled again, and said to her, "Let's go and let him have a good rest first."

The dog princess nodded obediently, stood up and followed him. Only then did A Zhong and A Xia appear from a distance and follow them from a distance.

Yuanye ignored the two of them, and asked with a smile what the Dog Princess had been busy with recently, whether there was anything going wrong in her life, or if there was anything she wanted. The Dog Princess shook her head and said that she lived very well here, everyone respected her, and her food and clothes were impeccable, and she didn't need anything.

Yuanye nodded silently, feeling that she was too easy to satisfy, which made him feel a little embarrassed - he actually didn't have any feelings for the Dog Princess. She was different from Aqing. Aqing and he had been through life and death together, and they really had snuggled up to each other for warmth in the cave, but just because they had no feelings for each other, they got married for profit. She was so young, so well-behaved and honest, and didn't cause any trouble at all, so he felt a little indebted.

It was a very complicated feeling. He didn't study psychology, so he couldn't explain the reason for the moment, but it was true that he felt a certain degree of guilt.

He couldn't help but say, "You don't have to stay at home all the time. You can go out shopping or something when you have time."

The dog princess hesitated for a moment, stole a glance at his expression, and asked cautiously, "Can I not go?"

"Of course." Yuan Ye responded directly, then hesitated and asked, "Don't you want to go?" The dog princess hesitated and shook her head, whispering, "I'm fine here, I don't feel bored reading books, so... I won't go out, right?"

"Well, as long as you are happy." Yuan Ye did not force her. He was originally hesitant about whether to send her to school. It was probably a bit difficult, so forget it! After all, sending his wife to school to attend elementary school was too shocking. She would not be able to accept it.

The two of them chatted all the way back to their residence. Yuanye was just about to ask people to order food so that he could have a meal with Princess Inu. After their marriage, he had been on an expedition to Mino, was busy settling new immigrants, and was defending against Saito Yoshitatsu's troubles. In fact, he had hardly eaten many meals in the backyard. Today, he had just returned and had nothing to do, so he gave himself half a day off, just in time to accompany her - they were married, so he had to take some responsibilities, and he couldn't just leave her aside and ignore her all the time. That would be too inhumane, and he still had to give her at least some respect.

The Dog Princess was very happy to see him stay, and the two personal maids A Zhong and A Xia were even happier. They immediately rushed to prepare food. It seemed that they had already gotten used to the life in the "Nohara family" and at least had learned how to order dishes. The Dog Princess hesitated for a moment, went to the side, opened the box, took out a pair of white long-footed bags (leg-tying "socks" used when wearing overalls), and handed them to him with a blushing face.

Yuanye took the tabi and unfolded it to take a look. He found that it was embroidered with a blue gourd pattern of "Nohara family", and the Chinese characters "武运皆畅途" and "百战皆常胜" were embroidered on both sides. Overall, the embroidery was quite good, with fine stitches and beautiful handwriting. It was quite amazing. Without some talent and hard work, it would be impossible to embroider so well.

He looked around and asked in surprise, "Is it for me?"

The dog princess nodded slightly and said shyly: "Please try it, I don't know if it's suitable."

"Not really..." Yuanye said half of the sentence instinctively. In the past year, he approved six small loans to support Wanjin people who were interested in doing business to open tailor shops and clothing stores. This kind of clothing can be bought, and it can also boost the economy in the territory. It's a win-win situation. But he finally stopped in time and didn't finish his words. He quickly tried it on and smiled, "It fits very well and is very comfortable to wear."

After a pause, he added a polite remark, "It must have taken a lot of your time. Thank you very much."

The dog princess didn't expect him to thank her. She was shocked and waved her hands quickly, saying, "No, it didn't take a lot of time. I just... sewed it casually."

"Uh, I see..." Yuanye was a little confused, and after a moment's silence, he couldn't help laughing, "You can sew it so well with just a little effort, that's amazing, thank you very much."

Ah Zhong and Ah Xia were watching from the doorway, and from their expressions they looked like they were about to have a cerebral hemorrhage. The dog princess also knew that she had said the wrong thing, and felt a little ashamed for a moment, and whispered, "You don't need to say thank you."

"I still want it." This was the first time in Yuanye's life that someone sewed socks for him. It was a memorable thing. Looking at the tiny dog princess, he was sure that she could never be the wife of the city princess. With her personality, she could not be a "spy" and could not harm Xinwanjin.

Yuanye folded up the tabi and put it away, then asked with a smile, "You like sewing... um, needlework?"

The dog princess said in a low voice without even raising her head: "My wet nurse is very good at sewing. She can even sew twelve pieces of cloth. I learned some from her before."

"Is that so?" Yuan Ye thought about it and judged that she seemed to like it, so he asked Ah Zhong and Ah Xia to get some pens and ink and drew a few pictures for her. "If you want to do some needlework to pass the time in the future, sew some socks like this!"

He is secretly changing the customs in the territory. If Princess Inu hadn't told him, he would have forgotten about the socks. He can arrange it later. He thinks someone will buy them to wear in winter - if not, he will start by distributing them to the Wanjin Army. Once the soldiers in the Wanjin Army get used to it, it will naturally spread among the people.

The dog princess took the "drawing" and looked at it for a long time before she figured out what it was. She wanted to say that such a tabi didn't even have laces and couldn't be worn at all, but she didn't dare to. After hesitating for a while, she decided to think of a way herself and whispered, "Yes, please let me... try!"

Yuanye was also casual about it, letting her do what she wanted. It didn't matter if she couldn't do it. Soon the food came, and he ate with her. There was a clear difference between them. The dog princess liked to eat fresh and tender vegetables that were stir-fried, like the reincarnation of a little rabbit, while he mainly ate meat with heavy oil and salt. However, he would occasionally put some lean meat for the dog princess, and the dog princess would eat it obediently and was not very picky about food.

Both of them were calm and quiet, and after dinner there was nothing much to do, so they each took a book to read. Yuan Ye was still concerned about how Japan's "kingdom of God" was formed, in order to determine whether his future plans would be biased, and he flipped through the notes of various warriors, literati, priests, and monks, and occasionally copied some notes.

The dog princess took a collection of Japanese poems and started reading beside him, but after flipping through it for a while, she glanced at him, and then thought about how he had always been gentle and had never scolded her until now. She finally got bolder and secretly changed to a storybook and started reading. As she read, a smile appeared on her face and she was very happy.

She really thought this kind of life was good, stable and happy. Yuanye also began to feel more and more that she was very lucky. The person she married to was not annoying at all, and he was not pretending. He really had a good personality and there was nothing wrong with him.

He couldn't help but start thinking that maybe he should bring her a gift next time he went out. After all, she had sewed socks for her, so he should at least give her a gift in return, otherwise it would be a bit rude.

However, except when he was chatting, his thoughts would be divergent, and he was still quite focused at other times. He quickly focused his attention on the book and continued to think about his big plan.

Occasionally, I change my mind and think about my future work plans and make long-term plans.

Otherwise, he would have nothing to do for the time being. Everything in Xinwanjin is on track. At present, his territory cannot be expanded, and he does not need to develop new technologies and new products. He can only be quiet for a while.

Maybe this is a break from the battle? It would be nice to be able to rest for a while!

(End of this chapter)