Transmigrated Leftover Woman in Rural Style

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Wow, what a plot twist! Best friends who grew up together are now strangers. Childhood sweethearts couldn't be together.

Li Xiaonuan then asked curiously, "Then why didn't your sister-in-law marry him?"

Wei Yu glanced at her and said, "If you're curious, why don't you ask them yourself? You know them anyway."

Li Xiaonuan shook her head repeatedly, saying, "No, Doctor Qi is not someone to be trifled with. I'm counting on him to treat my father's illness. Your sister-in-law is even worse. I offended her completely today. It's already a favor that she didn't send someone to kill me."

Wei Yu looked at the little woman talking to herself, a smile appearing in his eyes. But on his face, he said seriously, "Don't worry about those things. Just prepare the items for our transaction. As for my sister-in-law, I'll take a loss and help you sort it out."

Li Xiaonuan rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "Then this young lady will thank you for your great kindness, young master. When I finally make it big next year, I will definitely bring generous gifts to thank your sister-in-law for showing mercy."

Unbeknownst to them, the two had grown quite close. However, both were so focused on their transaction that neither noticed. Li Xiaonuan, however, became curious about something else and asked:

"Young Master Wei, since the three of you grew up together, why didn't you and your sister-in-law have a childhood sweetheart relationship or something?"

These words made Wei Yu stiffen, his expression involuntarily darkening. However, he quickly concealed it. He stood up nonchalantly, using the pretense of straightening his clothes to hide the dejection and mockery in his eyes. Only then did he say to Li Xiaonuan:

"As handsome and charming as I am, I would never be interested in a crazy girl who has been crying and sniffling in front of me since she was a child."

Li Xiaonuan had been paying close attention to Wei Yu's actions, so she noticed his momentary pause. Hearing Wei Yu's evasive words, she couldn't help but think: There's definitely something going on between you two; I'll have to dig it up and have some fun with it sometime. Life in ancient times was truly lacking in entertainment.

Knowing that Wei Yu was unlikely to reveal anything of value, Li Xiaonuan also stood up. She said casually, "Actually, only someone who trusts you completely will be willing to embarrass themselves in front of you. If they didn't want you to understand the whole of themselves, who would expose their weaknesses to you?"

These words made Wei Yu freeze again, and some of his doubts seemed to be answered. It seemed that he had been thinking in the wrong direction all along. He couldn't wait to find Chu Lin and ask him for clarification.

No, he couldn't go to Chu Lin; she was now his sister-in-law. He had to go to Qi Ji, because judging from his attitude, he must know something. Even though he was extremely anxious inside, Wei Yu maintained a calm demeanor.

He pretended not to know anything and said to Li Xiaonuan with disdain, "Stop talking nonsense all day long. Instead of wasting your time, you should think about how to deal with my sister-in-law's revenge. Knowing her as I do, even if she agrees to let it go on her face, she will still take action against you in secret."

Because Wei Yu had his back to Li Xiaonuan, she didn't notice his gradually changing expression and his barely concealed emotions. At this moment, Li Xiaonuan was preoccupied with the possibility of Chu Lin taking revenge on her.

"Your sister-in-law is really unpleasant, with such a vicious mind. Doesn't she fear bringing trouble to the Wei family? Humph, it's a good thing she didn't marry Doctor Qi. Doctor Qi is such a pure and kind-hearted person; she's truly blessed by heaven to have gotten rid of such a scourge," Li Xiaonuan said angrily.

Upon hearing this, Wei Yu stopped and turned back to warn Li Xiaonuan, "I advise you not to say these words to anyone, lest you bring trouble upon yourself." After saying that, his icy expression vanished, and he strode towards the door.

Startled by Wei Yu's sudden change in attitude, Li Xiaonuan felt a chill run down her spine. Watching Wei Yu walk away, she muttered angrily, "Men are really pathetic; they only like those pretentious, vicious little white flowers."

Scrubbing her goosebumps away, Li Xiaonuan angrily left the small garden and headed towards the Matchmaker's Temple to find Su Shi. Along the way, she attracted countless envious and jealous glances from young women and wives. Li Xiaonuan cursed inwardly: What a femme fatale! Oh no, a femme fatale!

Li Xiaonuan was determined to rescue Qi Ji from Chu Lin's camp. Such a good person deserved a better marriage. Suddenly remembering the female doctor who had treated Su Shi that day, Li Xiaonuan felt that Qi Ji should be paired with a woman like that to be perfect.

"Xiao Nuan, why are you only coming back now? What about Young Master Wei? Have you found his family yet? Is he better now? Has he done anything wrong?"

In a daze, Li Xiaonuan had already entered the Temple of the Matchmaker. As soon as Madam Su saw Li Xiaonuan, she rushed over and bombarded her with questions. Li Xiaonuan snapped out of her reverie and answered hastily, "Young Master Wei is doing well; his family took him away. Mother, did you get a good fortune slip?"

Aunt Zhou smiled and replied, "We've already prayed. We've both prayed for the best possible fortune. We'll have a master interpret the fortune later to see how auspicious it is."

Madam Su also said, "Yes, we got the best fortune slip. Xiao Nuan, you should also get one. Hurry up, go while there are fewer people now."

Seeing the beaming smiles on the faces of the Su couple, Li Xiaonuan agreed. She was also curious whether she would find a good marriage in her lifetime. She burned incense, knelt, shook the divination tube, and drew a fortune stick. The stick read:

Mountains and rivers exhausted

A glimmer of hope appears after a long period of darkness.

Looking back

The person was already in the dim light.

At the end of the signature is a red-painted character "上" (shàng).

Li Xiaonuan frowned. If this was a favorable divination, it looked more like an unfavorable one. When the master interpreted the divination, he said, "Whether it's favorable or unfavorable depends on your choice. After the clouds clear, you will see the bright moon. Only after enduring hardship can you taste sweetness."

After pondering the whole process, Li Xiaonuan came to this conclusion: the master truly is a master. Not only are the fees high, but even his fortune-telling is imbued with Zen wisdom.

Having chosen August 16th as an auspicious day for building the house, Li Xiaonuan and her family threw themselves into the busy farming season. During this time, Li Xiaonuan squeezed in some drawing work whenever she had a spare moment. She also had Li Xiaoyang help her make a globe model.

Knowing that Wei Yu couldn't possibly ignore their family's investigation, Li Xiaonuan, a naive village girl who had never seen the world and whose family had been farmers for generations, deeply felt the threat. If she couldn't properly explain the origins of her nautical charts and crop atlases, her entire family might suffer.

She had previously explained to her family that she learned it while her soul was leaving her body during a coma. She also told them about the consequences of outsiders finding out. Fortunately, people in this era have a blind faith in and respect for ghosts and spirits. So her family accepted her explanation.

But now, Li Xiaonuan is facing powerful people, and that explanation is clearly unacceptable. She might even be burned at the stake as a demon because of it, and her family would be implicated as well.

Therefore, after a deep discussion with her family, she decided to use her experience of fleeing famine years ago to cover up this lie. However, Li Xiaonuan was only four years old at the time and couldn't possibly remember so much. So, Li Xiaonuan had to draw several old-fashioned pictures herself.

Fortunately, in her previous life, Li Xiaonuan had a cousin who sold antiques at a flea market and was adept at various techniques for aging antiques. When she was little, Li Xiaonuan would stay at their house for a period of time every year during her holidays, so she learned quite a bit from them.

The uncle only had one son, so he especially cherished girls. Seeing how much interest Li Xiaonuan had in these things, he spared no effort in teaching her. Because of this skill, Li Xiaonuan found many treasures at the flea market.

After all, forgers can tell at a glance whether an item has been tampered with. Of course, there are also times when they fail. That's where calligraphy and paintings come in. If the forger is highly skilled and the aging process is very realistic, sometimes even experts can't tell the difference between the real and fake.

In conclusion, Li Xiaonuan provided this answer. During their escape from famine, Li Xiaonuan unintentionally had her father rescue an old man. However, the old man was frail and ultimately didn't survive. Those drawings were left behind by the old man.

In fact, back then, Li Xiaonuan did give all the wild fruits that her father had painstakingly managed to snatch to an old man who collapsed on the road. However, the old man didn't leave behind any picture books, but he did have two tattered books. One was the "Tao Te Ching," and the other was the "I Ching."

The old man left after giving the two books as a thank you gift. Fifteen years have passed, and it's unknown whether he's still alive. Li Xiaonuan once flipped through the two books that her father had treasured and found many symbols and strange images inserted inside.

After studying the book for a long time, Li Xiaonuan still couldn't figure out the meanings that matched the paintings, so she put it down and ignored it.

After half a month, they finally placed the distressed pictures together with the two books, and Li Xiaonuan's family felt a little more at ease. If one day someone were to use this to threaten their lives, perhaps these things could save them.

Having prepared her countermeasures, Li Xiaonuan threw herself into drawing. Since she had already fabricated a reason, she felt confident. During the day, she worked in the fields with Li Xiaoyang, hiring people to thresh rice and mill wheat. At night, she often drew until the wee hours.

Therefore, over the past month, she had become extremely thin and haggard. The three members of the Su family felt sorry for her, but for the sake of Li's father's health, they couldn't voice their objections. All they could do was try to reduce Li Xiaonuan's workload and prepare some nourishing foods for her.

By the time she finished drawing the rough nautical chart and the detailed maps of various bays and straits, it was almost a month past the deadline for submission. The globe was only successfully completed after nearly thirty maps were discarded. In addition to coloring the tectonic plates according to their arrangement and drawing latitude and longitude lines to simply label place names, Li Xiaonuan also applied a layer of transparent tung oil.

During this time, Wei Yu had Xiao Si come and urge them once. But it was the busy farming season, and the young master couldn't do anything about it. When handing over the drawings, Li Xiaonuan said to Wei Yu, "Have someone verify these drawings first; the crop atlas will have to wait a while longer."

Wei Yu examined the intricate blueprints, his heart filled with astonishment. Looking again at the remarkably beautiful globe, he couldn't help but feel admiration. He stood up and tentatively asked, "Did you draw all these blueprints?"

Li Xiaonuan replied, "Don't be too curious, think about the details of the transaction."

Wei Yu sat back down reluctantly, then said leisurely, "Alright. The surgical expert will be arriving in the next couple of days. Go and talk to that kid Qi Ji and tell him to get ready."

Upon hearing that the renowned surgeon was arriving soon, Li Xiaonuan was incredibly excited. She jumped up and exclaimed, "Really? I have to hurry back and tell my mother and the others, so they can be happy too!"

Watching Li Xiaonuan dash off like a gust of wind, Wei Yu grinned helplessly. He had originally planned to tell her about his status as a surgical expert and some precautions. Now it seemed he would have to send Xiao Si on the trip.

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