I didn't expect this kind of tree to grow in Yunnan.

Nian Tu rode around the tree a few times, his eyes getting brighter and brighter. The black horse Xuan Yun curiously bit off a few branches, chewed them a few times, and spit them out, flicking his tail angrily, as if he found them unpalatable.

"What's wrong, Nian Nian?" Zong Shouyuan chased after her, "What are you looking at?"

Nian Tu smiled and patted the tree trunk, feeling very happy. "Cinchona tree."

The alkaloid quinine extracted from its bark can be used to treat malaria.

Although the world is peaceful now and there is no rampant epidemic, Nian Tu is still very happy to find a plant that can cure a certain disease by chance, and his collecting habit is eager to start.

It's just that this tree is suitable for growing in the climate of Yunnan. I don't know if it can survive if I bring it back to Beijing to plant it...

After a bit of hesitation, she chose a few semi-woody branches and prepared to cut them down to make cuttings, and then give them back to Jinying Yurui to try planting in the greenhouse. If it works, everyone will be happy, but if it doesn't, it doesn't matter.

Zong Shouyuan worked tirelessly, chopping branches and digging soil. Although he was a great general, he held the sword with a serious expression, but he was not killing enemies on the battlefield, but working as a farmhand for others.

He refused to let Nian Tu get involved in such rough work.

Nian Tu could only lie on the horse's back and look at him with his chin in his hand. He suddenly asked, "Aren't you curious about why I know this tree can cure diseases?"

Not only that, there are also telescopes, glass, distilled liquor... and she plans to have someone write textbooks that cover all subjects.

This thing could no longer be explained by the wandering soul identity she had fabricated before.

In today's era, it is actually a very risky behavior for her to take out these things, after all, a tall tree attracts the wind. In fact, she doesn't like to attract too much attention. She originally just wanted to be a mascot and manage the account books in the Duke's Mansion.

However, since one of her partners had gone to the battlefield, and the other had to fight wits and courage with aristocratic families with ulterior motives, she really couldn't just stand by and watch, so she had to roll up her sleeves and join in.

Once you start a business, you can't stop.

Nian Tu sighed.

She was well aware that what she had revealed could not be explained given her identity and experience.

She didn't care what others thought, but she felt it was too embarrassing to be called a fairy lady. But she still cared about her partner's thoughts. Unexpectedly, both the gray wolf and the kitten acted as if nothing had happened and never asked her.

Zong Shouyuan paused in digging and said in a deep voice, "...I'm not curious."

Everyone is curious, and he is certainly curious too. The person next to him is full of secrets, and anyone would want to find out.

But since she never told him, he didn't dare to ask, fearing that she didn't want to tell him, and even more fearing that she couldn't tell him.

What if, what if, her identity was exposed and she disappeared like a gust of wind, just like the fairies, demons and monsters in the storytelling books?

Many times in the middle of the night he dreamed that Niannian told him that she was going back to heaven, and then disappeared in his arms. No matter how he tried to grab her or how he knelt to beg her, he could not keep her. He suddenly woke up and lay awake with his eyes open, unable to sleep all night.

He would rather know nothing, he dare not be curious at all.

Nian Tu: “…”

"Really not curious?" She looked at the male in circles, and felt that he seemed to be being stubborn. She reached out and pinched his chin and asked him to look up at her. "What if I lied to you before?"

She made up a story on a whim to trick the fool, and now thinking back on it, her conscience ached.

Their eyes met, and the young male pursed his lips, unable to hide his thoughts on his face.

Cheated him every year...

"Are you leaving?"

The fairy took a liking to the mortal on a whim and showed him some mercy. Now that she is tired of him, she is going back to heaven?

His eyes became darker and darker, as if he was struggling. He suddenly grabbed Nian Tu's wrist, and a strong sense of oppression erupted from his body.

Like a wolf ready to bite her throat at any time.

If it were someone else, they would have been terrified, but Nian Tu was not afraid at all. He just felt confused. "Leave? Where to? Aren't we going back to the capital with you tomorrow?"

Meeting Zong Shouyuan's eyes filled with complex emotions, she suddenly had an idea and connected to his train of thought.

"Don't worry, I won't leave." She raised her chin and pouted, kissing the male on the face, unable to hold back her laughter. "I'll be by your side, and I won't go anywhere."

Even though she had lied to him before, she came here just to be with him forever. This statement couldn't be more true.

Zong Shouyuan stared at Nian Tu for a long time, and finally confirmed that what she said was true. He relaxed all over, and with red eyes, he held her in his arms, "The life of a mortal is very short, please stay with me a little longer, Nian Nian..."

Her life span might be longer than he could imagine. He did not expect her to remember him forever. He only hoped that she could spare a few decades to stay with him and give him the beautiful dream of spending his life with her.

Nian Tu felt pity for the clumsy gray wolf. He hugged his anxious partner and stroked his back, "Actually, I'm not a fairy, nor am I a wandering spirit."

"You can understand that I came back from the future to find you and Kong Lin, so there are many things about the future in my mind."

Zong Shouyuan seemed to understand, but not quite. He only explored the part he wanted to know, "Will we be together in the future?"

Seeing Nian Tu nodded without hesitation, his mood immediately became cheerful and his eyes lit up.

As for the other superfluous guy who was also in Nian Tu's future, he was completely ignored by him.

The coaxed general continued to work diligently. He was able to do the work of eight strong laborers. He neatly put the chopped branches and dug soil into order, tied the branches into a large bundle, and put the soil into the basket he brought.

Seeing that Nian Tu was tired from riding, he simply hung all the sundries on the horse, squatted down, picked Nian Tu up on his back, and then led the two horses back.

Everyone I met along the way covered their mouths and laughed.

I've never seen a man as henpecked as the general! Look at what his wife has taught him.

After returning to the room and closing the door, Nian Tu collapsed on the bed, feeling very tired.

Horse riding is still too difficult for her thin arms and legs.

She closed her eyes and dozed off. She heard someone bringing water over, but she didn't move, allowing a pair of large hands to hold her, undress her, and put her into the bathtub.

Until she heard a loud splash beside her and a tall male stepped into the water and squeezed together with her, Nian Tu suddenly opened her eyes.

The scorching body temperature baked her at close range, and the sense of crisis made her hair stand on end.

"I, I don't have the strength...", she stammered.

Zong Shouyuan moved closer without giving her any chance to talk, and she could feel the vibration of his chest when he opened his mouth.

"It doesn't matter," he said in a serious tone, just like when he worked for her, "You don't have to work hard every year."

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