My Lord, my wife said she doesn't have time to talk to you.

Li Yuan looked in the direction of Zhao Ke's finger and saw a beautiful girl. His eyes lit up and he came up with an idea.

"In that case, let's try another method." Li Yuan laughed, his eyes fixed on Huaying.

Zhao Ke immediately understood Li Yuan's intention. They discussed it among themselves and then quietly left the scene.

The crowd that had gathered at the store entrance to watch the excitement gradually dispersed. At this time, A Nian hurried over with a yamen runner. Upon seeing this, Shopkeeper Liu hurried over and told him the whole story.

After hearing this, the bailiff realized that it was just a provocation and no major damage was caused. Adhering to the principle of less trouble is worse than more, he simply gave Manager Liu a few instructions and prepared to return home.

At Huaying's signal, Manager Liu hurriedly took out some small change from his pocket and stuffed it into the yamen runner's hand, saying with a smile, "Thank you for making this special trip."

The bailiff understood what he meant and put the change into his sleeve. A satisfied smile appeared on his face. He patted Shopkeeper Liu on the shoulder and said, "You're too polite! I'll take my leave now." The shopkeeper smiled and walked him to the door.

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Hua Ying heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and returned to the stairs. When she reached the second floor, she saw Fu Shiyan standing there like a hands-off shopkeeper, watching everything that happened downstairs. Somehow, she felt a little innocence in her heart, and said to him, "You are really good at hiding away."

Fu Shiyan saw that Huaying's expression was no longer as distant as when she first met him, so he knew that she was still angry about the letter. He walked slowly to her, watching her angry look, with a slight smile on his face. He turned her body to face the lobby on the first floor and whispered, "If you have to do everything yourself, then... what's the point of those people you raised?"

Huaying glanced at Fu Shiyan in surprise, then shifted her gaze to the guys who were busy on the first floor, and suddenly understood something.

Fu Shiyan continued, "What we need to do is to find out who is targeting Zui Jiangyue behind the scenes."

Then, Fu Shiyan called A Nian and asked him to immediately check on the strong man who had just escaped, so as to avoid being killed by the mastermind behind the incident.

After Huaying saw Ah Nian obey his orders and leave, she turned to Fu Shiyan and said, "I want to go back to Taohua Village to get some things."

Fu Shiyan nodded slightly and said, "I'll go with you."

Huaying shook her head slightly. When she was having dinner with Shi Nuan downstairs, she had learned that Fu Shiyan had passed the entrance examination of Mingde Academy and became a student in Class A.

Today is not a day off, and accompanying me to Taohua Village will definitely delay his studies.

Fu Shiyan seemed to be aware of Huaying's concerns, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he comforted her softly: "Don't worry, even if I don't go to school for ten days, I won't fall behind in my studies. I have already asked for leave from the teacher. Don't you want to go and see the pepper field?"

When Huaying heard him mention the pepper field, she felt a surge of anticipation in her heart, and dimples finally appeared on her face. Peppers were also one of her concerns in Taohua Village. If the harvest was good, she wouldn't have to bother looking for pepper seeds elsewhere to plant in the capital.

The two of them rode in a carriage and slowly arrived at Taohua Village.

Huaying got out of the car, and everywhere she looked was a familiar sight: the familiar cottage, the dense peach blossom forest, and the quiet courtyard...

Nothing had changed. When she pushed open the gate, what came into view was the still clean floor and roses blooming on the walls.

Huaying thought that this must be all thanks to Aunt Zhang's careful care.

Walking into the room where she once lived, the bed and wardrobe were still the same as when she left.

Slowly walking to the bed, she squatted down and reached out to feel for something. When she felt a wooden box, Huaying gently took it out and opened the wooden box. Inside, she saw a jade pendant, a gold hairpin and a jade hairpin.

Then, Huaying climbed onto the bed again and prepared to take out the silver bills hidden in the wall.

However, this time, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get the stack of banknotes out.

Faced with this situation, Huaying couldn't help but laugh helplessly, thinking: "Forget it, it doesn't matter if I can't take it out."

(One night many years later, Huaying, who was desperate, stumbled to Taohua Village with the help of Qinghe. She entered the room in the dark and wanted to take out the banknote. Unexpectedly, she took out the banknote very easily this time. She looked at the banknote in her hand and couldn't help crying, thinking that maybe it was all arranged by fate...)

Huaying carefully put away the jade pendant and hairpin, then slowly walked out of the room.

As soon as she went out, she saw Fu Shiyan bending over and watering the flowers in the yard carefully. Suddenly, she remembered the chirping egg yolk and asked quickly, "Where is the egg yolk?"

Fu Shiyan stopped what he was doing, stood up and replied, "At Aunt Zhang's house. Have you got everything?" Huaying nodded slightly.

He took her towards Aunt Zhang's house. Huaying thought they were going to see Aunt Zhang, but Fu Shiyan took her to the field next door.

When they walked to the edge of the field, a large field of brightly colored peppers immediately caught Huaying's eye.

Huaying's eyes widened, her face full of surprise.

She couldn't believe her eyes and walked closer excitedly, squatting down to carefully observe the ripe peppers. They were much larger than the peppers found in the back mountain, and each one hung heavily on the branches, shining with an attractive luster.

Huaying stood up, her eyes full of joy, and asked, "How did you grow this pepper field?"

Fu Shiyan told Huaying what had happened in detail. Before Huaying could ask any more questions, a voice interrupted her thoughts, "Huaying?"

Huaying turned around and saw Aunt Zhang coming out of her house and walking towards her quickly. She excitedly grabbed her hand and said repeatedly, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. It's worth it that I prayed to the Bodhisattva to bless you every day."

Aunt Zhang held Huaying's hand tightly. Seeing the white hair on her temples, she said softly, "I'm sorry to have worried Aunt Zhang. Are you okay?"

Aunt Zhang glanced at Fu Shiyan and said to Huaying gratefully, "It's fine. Thanks to you, the harvest from this pepper field is higher than that from farming for us two old people."

Huaying glanced at Fu Shiyan with some gratitude in her eyes.

"Huaying, when are you leaving? I'm making pancakes at home and I'll bring some for you." Aunt Zhang looked at her. The girl had lost a lot of weight.

Huaying sensed the concern in Aunt Zhang's eyes and said softly, "I really miss the cakes Aunt Zhang made. I'll get some things and leave soon."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhang quickly let go of her hand and said, "Then wait here for a while, I'll bring you some cakes." Aunt Zhang turned around and hurried home.

Huaying looked at the field of peppers and thought that when the peppers matured, some could be dried and preserved, and the rest could be made into pepper sauce.

Then he said to Fu Shiyan, "What do you want to do with these peppers? Do you want to dry them all and preserve them?