The Year of Lihua: She Was Reborn

"Did you eat everything I hid?"

Hua Ye pointed his finger, and the Qiankun Nang flew from his hand to hers. He pulled it hard to the width of her shoulders.

She stuck her head in and saw that none of the delicious food was left.

"This little bit is not even enough for me to fill my teeth."

Xu Fu touched his still flat belly with one hand and picked his teeth with a wooden stick with the other.

"That's just a bit? This is enough for me to eat for half a month... Xufu, you're probably the reincarnation of a starving ghost!"

Hua Ye glared at him fiercely several times, then threw the Qiankun Naan into Xu Zhi's hands and continued to complain.

"Master, I asked you to give it to him, not to let him eat it all...my candied fruit, my beef jerky, my chicken legs..."

Hua Ye became more and more excited as he spoke: "These foods can't be bought in Qicheng anymore. I don't know when we can eat them again."

Xu Zhi was speechless, watching the two actors making such a fuss, and he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed...

His big hands touched the smooth forehead, his thumb pressed on the right temple, and his index and middle fingers pressed on the left temple, rubbing them back and forth, looking quite annoyed.

"I just ate your meal, didn't I? Can I give you a box of pearls as compensation?"

Xu Fu's slightly drunk cheeks were flushed. As he spoke, a square wooden hairpin box appeared out of thin air in his hand and he threw it into Hua Ye's arms.

Hua Ye reached out and easily grasped the box. When he opened it, he saw round, plump and translucent pink pearls. Each one was quite large, about the size of a red date.

Her almond-shaped eyes suddenly lit up, and her money-grubbing look seemed a little worthless. The red and aggrieved expression was immediately retracted, replaced by a happy smile.

"Fifth Prince, you are truly generous! Just eat all the food. When the disaster in Qicheng stabilizes, you can have as much food as you want. If all else fails, you can go back to Sister Wutong and get a few more meals!"

Hua Ye put on a servile smile, carefully wrapped the pearl and put it in his pocket.

"Yer, you little girl, you've been coaxed into submission by a few pearls. So why should I worry about that? How about I give you one every day from now on?"

Xuzhi put down the big hand that was covering half of his face and spoke seriously.

The natural aura seemed to say: Pearls are nothing, there are plenty of those things...

"It's not just pearls that please me. I also like night-shining pearls, corals, and bronze artifacts. If Master has any, please give them all to me. I won't think it's too much..."

Hua Ye smiled brilliantly as if he had obtained a priceless treasure, his eyes sparkling with bright golden light.

"I didn't expect that Ye'er would be so greedy for money."

Xu Zhi slowly walked in front of Hua Ye, gently stroked her hair, and said with a teasing smile on his face.

"As for money, the more the better, but you can't have no money, otherwise life will be difficult!" Hua Ye explained thoughtfully.

At this moment, a shout seemed to come from downstairs: "Miss Hua...Miss Hua..."

Zuo Yun was standing under the pavilion, looking up and shouting, hoping to confirm whether anyone would respond. Was that figure he had just glimpsed from Hua Ye?

"Beside me..."

"Someone is calling me. I'll go down and take a look first. Please wait here for a moment!"

Before Xu Zhi could finish her words, Hua Ye interrupted her hurriedly. He could only look at her helplessly, listen to her finish her words, and then watch her leap and jump down from the pavilion.

"How did you know I was here?"

Hua Ye raised his knees and flew down like a roc spreading its wings. His light green Confucian skirt fluttered in the wind, looking fresh and elegant.

This downward flight seemed to have flown into someone's heart. Hua Ye, who was both gentle and strong, was really unpredictable and had a mysterious and charming quality.

"I was in this city looking for water and happened to pass by here. I caught a glimpse of Miss Hua standing on the building, so I called out a few times to confirm it."

Zuo Yun bowed and answered slowly.

"What do you want from me? Zuo Shaoqing is not the type to yell when he has nothing better to do. Tell me what it is."

Hua Ye landed steadily in front of him and spoke calmly.

"It's...that's..."

"Just what?"

Hua Ye listened to the hesitant words and became a little impatient, so he asked.

"Can we have more rain? The land feels a lot moister. I think we can reclaim the wasteland and plant some easy-to-grow crops..."

Zuo Yun asked sincerely.

"Then I'll follow Zuo Shaoqing's wishes..."