A husband found in the village? I bought a regent for a penny!

Gu Xixi lingered under the trees, loving each and every one of them.

These ancient trees were ones she had never studied, nor had she ever seen any relevant data about.

Because in later generations, some ancient varieties either naturally disappeared or were eliminated with the changing times.

Compared to the tree species that existed in later generations, they are clearly more suitable for the current climate and soil environment.

Gu Xixi was so engrossed in her own world that she didn't notice Shi Tou staring at her.

"Sister Gu, your family sells pearls, how do you know how to grow fruit trees?"

Gu Xixi was taken aback, but adhering to the principle of not deceiving children, she truthfully replied, "I like farming and planting. I like fruit trees, tea trees, grains and vegetables."

"Because I like them, I naturally want to think about how to make them grow better and stronger, and how to make them bear more fruit that is more delicious."

Stone's eyes sparkled with emotion. "Sister Gu, you're amazing!"

“We fruit tree growers think the same way, but I don’t know as much as my grandfather and father.”

"Sister Gu, could you come to my house and teach me more often when you have time?"

"Okay," Gu Xixi readily agreed.

It was getting late, and Gu Xixi had to take her leave.

Shi Tou escorted them to the gate and insisted on giving Gu Xixi several fresh peaches wrapped in dried lotus leaves.

"Sister Gu, these are the sweetest peaches I picked out. Try them when you get home."

Ignored, Mu Nanzhao tugged on the reins, and the little black donkey pulled the cart forward.

Gu Xixi had no choice but to take the peach, turn around and wave to Shi Tou, "Take care of yourself, I'll come see you again in a few days."

“If your relatives cause trouble again, you can go to the Treasure Pavilion and ask Madam Meng for help.”

Stone followed the cart for a few reluctant steps.

He eventually had to stop, watching helplessly as Gu Xixi walked further and further away.

The car drove onto the main street.

Gu Xixi gazed at the setting sun disappearing rapidly on the horizon. "There's no afterglow of sunset today. You might be right. It'll rain tomorrow."

Mu Nanzhao said, "You like that child and his family fortune, so why not just adopt him as your younger brother?"

Gu Xixi rolled her eyes and said, "Are you testing me?"

"Although I am interested in those fruit trees, I would not go to such lengths to exploit a child's feelings, especially family ties."

She paused, glancing at Mu Nanzhao out of the corner of her eye, and asked, "But you, first you got injured while looking for pearls, then you went to find Qing'er while injured, and you even went through the trouble of accompanying me to the Zhang family's nursery."

"Is all this effort and thought just to make the performance complete?"

Mu Nanzhao remained silent, but simply made the little black donkey run even faster.

The woman sitting on the carriage floor tilted her head and smiled, while the man driving the carriage ahead also smiled.

Among the pedestrians, a couple couldn't help but stop and look around, then looked at each other and smiled.

The couple who drove by just now must have been a happy young couple, right?

It was already evening when we returned to Huachidu Village.

Throughout the village, one could hear shouts calling children home for dinner.

As Mu Nanzhao drove to his house, an old sigh suddenly came from the darkness, startling both of them.

"You're back."

Mu Nanzhao recognized the old doctor's voice and breathed a sigh of relief. "Mr. Jiang, what brings you out?"

The old doctor only said his surname was Jiang, and he didn't have a given name.

He sighed again, "Of course I'm waiting for you!"

"You're acting recklessly. If anything goes wrong again, I won't even have a chance to open a business before you smash my signboard!"

Without saying a word, the old doctor grabbed Mu Nanzhao and pulled him out of the car, leading him inside.

"He didn't take his medicine all day and kept running around. I don't know how his wound is doing."

Mu Nanzhao explained helplessly, "I took the carriage today, which was much less strenuous than before. I'm fine."

Gu Xixi stood outside the door and shook her head. Her master only had eyes for the patients and couldn't see her, his disciple, at all!

She struggled to unload the cart and patted the little black donkey on the back.

"Thank you for your hard work today. I'll take you home after you've had your meal."

The little black donkey only ate some weeds and drank half a basin of water at Zhang's nursery. It should be given some good food tonight.

A mixed feed consisting of hay, wheat bran, and beans, plus a basin of water.

Gu Xixi used to watch her classmates majoring in animal husbandry prepare feed, but after trying it herself, she found it quite interesting.

She was busy feeding the donkey when she turned around and noticed someone peeking out from outside the gate.

"Who's there?"

A slender, graceful figure walked out from the doorway. "Sister Xixi, it's me."

It was dark and she couldn't see clearly, but Gu Xixi recognized Gu Qingye by her voice. "It's you. Come in and sit down?"

Gu Qingye smiled and said, "It's time for dinner, so I won't go in."

Gu Xixi asked, "So you need something from me?"

Gu Qingye hesitated for a moment before saying, "The jujubes and myrtle in the mountains should be ripe by now."

“In previous years, Sister Xixi would take me to pick them…”

The Japanese raisin tree, also known as the longevity fruit, has a sweet taste when the fruit stalk is ripe.

The fruit of a certain myrtle is sweet and juicy.

Both fruits have edible value and medicinal value.

Although Gu Xixi didn't know how to farm, she was good at picking things in the mountains.

Therefore, Gu Qingye always went with Gu Xixi, which not only yielded great results but also ensured that she wouldn't get lost.

Gu Xixi replied knowingly, "You want to invite me to go into the mountains tomorrow?"

Gu Qingye nodded hurriedly.

Actually, she went there this morning, but unfortunately, all the places she could find had already been picked clean by others.

After working hard for most of the day, she only picked two bunches of jujubes, and when she got home, Liu gave her a good scolding.

She had no choice but to go back to Gu Xixi.

Gu Xixi thought for a moment and said, "I originally planned to go into the mountains tomorrow morning, so you can come with me."

Aunt Zhang loves to eat Japanese jujubes. The jujubes can be used to make fruit wine, which she saves to drink during the winter.

Gu Qingye was overjoyed, "I knew Sister Xixi was the best!"

After she finished speaking, she lingered, glancing around the courtyard one last time, and asked with a hint of expectation:

"Where's Brother Chen? Is he... coming with us tomorrow?"

Gu Xixi thought to herself with amusement. She was struggling to matchmake the male and female leads, and now that it seemed the female lead was in a good position, she had to hurry up and put in more effort.

She glanced back at the west room and whispered, "If he's not busy tomorrow, I'll definitely ask him to come along."

Gu Qingye returned home satisfied.

Aunt Zhang came over and asked Xixi who she had been talking to.

Gu Xixi then told him about going into the mountains the next day.

Aunt Zhang pouted unhappily, "I really don't understand this family."

“If I had a falling out with someone, I would be too embarrassed to even visit them for the rest of my life. But she’s so shameless. When she needs your help, she can still talk to you like this.”

Gu Xixi put her arm around Aunt Zhang and walked back, saying, "Anyway, I'm going by myself, so I'll just let her come with me."

"I met a kid today with the same surname as you, Zhang. Let me tell you, he..."

Aunt Zhang was captivated by Gu Xixi's story and naturally forgot her dissatisfaction with Gu Qingye.

After a long pause, Aunt Zhang wiped away her tears and said, "Poor child."

“Didn’t you want to buy fruit trees before? Why didn’t you buy a few saplings from him? You could have helped him out.”