Female-to-male: I live on farming

Touching his swollen and sore left leg, Song Yaozu's eyes showed viciousness and cruelty. He simply didn't have the face to go back to the academy. His father looked at him with dissatisfaction and disappointment.

After staying at home for two days, he was finally able to go out and walk normally, but as soon as he went out, Lai San came to his door.

"What are you doing here?" Song Yaozu looked around hurriedly, and when he saw that there was no one around, he breathed a sigh of relief. He pulled the man into a small alley and spoke in a low voice.

"What do you think I'm doing here? You gave me that one or two taels of silver and only told us to help you steal the melons, but you didn't tell me that there's someone guarding the place. My brothers can't take this beating in vain!" Lai San rubbed his blue eyes and stared at Song Yaozu with ill intent.

Song Yaozu lowered his head to hide his vicious eyes. Gangsters are gangsters, just like a dog-skin plaster that you can't get rid of once you get on with it.

"Then how much do you want? I don't have that much silver!"

"You have to be responsible for the medical expenses of me and my brothers. No more, no less, five taels of silver!" Lai San pointed to the bruises on his body.

Five taels! How dare he ask for it!

Song Yaozu gnashed his teeth and wanted to rush up and punch him twice, but he also knew that a man of insight is a wise man. He knew that if he made a move, he would be the one to get beaten in the end. He was not one of those reckless men who only knew how to swing their fists.

"What? You don't want to give it?" Lai San narrowed his eyes and threatened: "If you don't want to give it, I will go to the entrance of the academy and publicize Mr. Song's deeds, so that your classmates and teachers will know what you have done!"

"I don't have that much money on hand right now," Song Yaozu had no choice but to compromise and negotiate, "Can you give me two days?"

"Okay, I'll give you two days. We'll meet at the City God Temple in the suburbs in the evening two days later." Lai San also knew the situation of the Song family and knew that he really couldn't come up with the money at once, but he still warned him fiercely before leaving.

"Remember, if you don't come, you know what the consequences will be."

Song Yaozu stared at his shaking back, and a vicious plan that could kill two birds with one stone flashed in his mind.

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"This is your payment for this time, please keep it."

Since the day that Shopkeeper Song signed the supply contract with Qin Ke, he sent his servant to Qin Ke's place every morning to pick up the goods. However, this time, after the servant finished moving the watermelons, he took out an invitation from his arms and handed it to Qin Ke, bowing and saying, "This is the invitation that our shopkeeper asked me to give to you, young master."

Qin Ke took it and saw that it was Shopkeeper Song inviting him to have dinner at Caiyue Tower tonight to discuss something.

"Tell your boss that I will be there on time tonight."

"Madam, what do you think Manager Song wants to talk to me about?" After Qin Ke and the others left, he turned around and asked Lu Youqing.

"I can't guess it either. We'll know when the time comes." Lu Youqing thought about it, but found nothing.

Qin Ke thought about it and agreed. After all, he would find out what happened when he got to the restaurant.

That night, Qin Ke took Lu Youqing and Han Qi and drove to the town. He didn't notice that after they went out, a sneaky figure approached his door.

"Brother Song, and sister-in-law, you are here, come! Please take a seat!"

Qin Ke casually glanced at the dining table and saw that it was filled with all kinds of exquisite dishes, the aroma was fragrant and mouth-watering.

Since we are here, we might as well make the best of it. Qin Ke took Lu Youqing's hand and sat down.

"Come on, Brother Song, how about trying the dishes in our restaurant?" Shopkeeper Song's attitude was extremely enthusiastic.

Qin Ke first picked up a few bites of food and put them in Lu Youqing's bowl, then began to taste it herself.

I have to say that it is not easy to prepare meals to this level with limited ingredients.

It is worthy of being the number one restaurant in the Great Yan Dynasty.

"Come, Brother Song, try our restaurant's specialty wine."

This was Qin Ke's first time drinking since coming here. He raised the glass and carefully took a sip.

The wine in ancient times was all brewed from grains. Unlike the chemically blended liquor of later times, it was not as spicy.

"Manager Song, I wonder what's the matter with you inviting me to dinner this time?" Qin Ke finally asked after drinking a glass of wine.

"I wonder if Brother Song has ever heard of the owner behind Caiyue Tower?" Shopkeeper Song lowered his voice and asked closer.

"I've heard a little about it, but I only know that the Gu family has a lot of businesses spread all over the place."

"Brother, you don't know that Mr. Gu's health has not been good since the past two years, so Miss Gu began to take over the Gu family's business gradually, until this year, when she completely took over the entire Gu family's business."

Qin Ke raised his eyebrows, not quite understanding what this had to do with him.

"I guess Miss Gu already knows about the watermelon." Lu Youqing put down his chopsticks and smiled faintly.

"That's right, my sister-in-law is smart!" Shopkeeper Song slammed the table excitedly and continued to explain: "Boss Gu happened to be in Jincheng a few days ago, so I sent someone to deliver this watermelon over. Unexpectedly, the boss was very interested in it and changed his schedule to come to our Yong'an Town."

Shopkeeper Song became more and more excited as he spoke. He never thought that someone of his level would be able to meet the head of the Gu family one day.

After all, it was all thanks to the watermelons grown by Qin Ke.

"So you specially invited me here..."

"Patriarch Gu wrote to you specifically to say that he wants to meet you. According to his schedule, he will be here tomorrow night, so I came to let you know."

Qin Ke finally understood the purpose of this banquet. It just so happened that he also wanted to see what the extraordinary woman who was able to manage so many shops and businesses in feudal society looked like.

By the time they got home, Qin Ke was a little drunk. He had only had a few drinks at the dinner table, but he just couldn't drink much, so he felt dizzy after getting in the car.

Seeing that his eyes were dazed and he was sitting there in a daze, Lu Youqing sat next to him helplessly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she sat down, Qin Ke came over and put his head on her shoulder, mumbling: "Madam...Madam..., I have a headache."

With a helpless look on her face, she reached out and held down his furry head that kept rubbing against her body, and coaxed him softly, "Okay, stop making trouble! We'll be home soon!"

Unexpectedly, Qin Ke fell on her knees, his hot breath sprayed on her lower abdomen, and the next second his arms came around her.

Seeing that he seemed to have calmed down, Lu Youqing slowly raised her head and stroked his hair, her eyes gentle and loving, and asked in a very soft voice, "Who are you?"

The whisper dissipated into the dark night, and no one could answer her question.