Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

Wang Qing'er helped her mother-in-law put all the meat into the pot to braise before dragging her tired body back to her own little courtyard.

At first, I found riding in a horse-drawn carriage novel and fun, but that novelty quickly wore off, and I soon became quite uncomfortable from the jolting.

She saw that the hundreds of soap bars in the corridor had solidified and could be unmolded.

Knowing that there was still so much to do tomorrow, she had no choice but to endure the aches and pains all over her body and begin unmolding the soap.

Mu Nan and his father returned the carriage together. Seeing his wife still busy, he felt sorry for her. "Qing'er, you've been busy all day. You can do these things tomorrow."

“Brother Mu Nan, there are still many things to do tomorrow. Mu Qin told me that the peach blossoms can be picked. We need to pick peach blossoms tomorrow and also make some new scented soap. This is not difficult and I can finish it quickly.”

"Then I'll go heat up the bath water for you."

"it is good."

Wang Qing'er took a relaxing hot bath and felt much better. She then changed the bed sheets and blankets to those she had brought from her parents' home.

Although she was physically exhausted, she couldn't fall asleep in bed. Thinking about what Mu Nan had said last night, her face flushed.

Thinking of Wu Zihan again, she felt it was necessary to remind Mu Nan to prevent him from falling into someone else's trap.

After a while, Mu Nan finished washing up and returned to her room. She blew out the oil lamp, lay down, and naturally hugged Wang Qing'er in her arms, kissing her face.

"Brother Mu Nan," Wang Qing'er called softly.

"Um"

Why did Wu Zihan go to the sheepfold with you today?

"She said she likes animals, and when she heard I was going to clean the sheep pen, she came with me. What's wrong?"

"But Zitong said her sister hates poultry and livestock the most."

"I understand." Goodness, is his wife giving him a hint?

"What do you know?"

"Tomorrow I'll talk to Mom and Dad. There are a few empty courtyards in the village, all made of brick. We'll buy one and put it under my aunt's name. Once she's feeling better, we can let her and her family move in. We'll also buy them a few acres of land. Qing'er, what do you think of this arrangement?"

"Ah? Oh, whatever you say, husband!" Wang Qing'er didn't know what was wrong with her, and inexplicably called him husband.

"Qing'er, since you call me husband, then can husband..." Wang Qing'er's call of husband made Mu Nan's heart pound, and the little flame that had been suppressed suddenly rose up.

He rolled over and pinned his wife beneath him, offering her his lips. This kiss was still very gentle, like savoring a delicious meal.

Forehead, eyebrows, eyes, nose tip, mouth, finally stopping on Wang Qing'er's snow-white neck, then moving down along her collarbone.

Wang Qing'er gripped Mu Nan's clothes tightly with both hands. In her previous life, she was just a love theorist but had never actually been in a relationship. She felt both nervous and somewhat expectant about romantic love.

Suddenly she felt a warm flow gushing out from her lower body, and she panicked instantly. "This, this, this physiological reaction is too exaggerated! We haven't even gotten to the point yet, how come I'm already... no, no, this is my period? Ahhh, this is so embarrassing."

The man on top of her could clearly sense that his wife was not in the right state of mind. "Won't she change her mind? No, it's already done, there's no turning back now." With that thought, he reached out to undo her inner garment.

"Brother Mu Nan, Brother Mu Nan, wait, wait a minute." Wang Qing'er grabbed Mu Nan's hand in a panic.

"Is she really going to back out?" Mu Nan couldn't help but feel annoyed. Since his wife disagreed, he couldn't force her, so he had to stop what he was doing.

"Brother Mu Nan, I... I don't think I'm feeling well today. Can we wait... wait a few days?" Wang Qing'er didn't care about anything else. She pushed Mu Nan away, straightened her clothes, got out of bed, and by the moonlight, felt her way to the cabinet. She took out a menstrual belt and ran to the back.

Mu Nan looked at his wife's series of actions and seemed to understand.

He hurriedly got out of bed, lit the oil lamp, and followed behind her, then helped her light the lamp in the cabin.

Mu Nan had just returned to her room when she suddenly remembered something. She walked to the table and touched the kettle, which was still hot, but there was no brown sugar.

When I got to the front yard, I saw my mother was still in the kitchen, so I went in and asked her for some brown sugar.

Wang Cuiying didn't ask anything, she just told her son to take good care of his daughter-in-law.

Wang Qing'er tidied herself up and returned to her room, not seeing Mu Nan, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

She climbed into bed and buried herself under the covers. She felt too ashamed to face him; it was too embarrassing!

Why did my period have to come at this time of year? Ugh...

Wang Qing'er originally wanted to pretend to be asleep to ease the awkwardness, but it was too uncomfortable to cover her head and she couldn't breathe. She couldn't care less about that; she couldn't just smother herself to death, so she lifted the blanket and exposed her head.

A moment later, footsteps were heard, followed by the sound of a door closing. After a while, Mu Nan's voice rang out, "Qing'er, get up and drink this before you go back to sleep."

Finally, Mu Nan lifted her out of bed and held her in his arms, placing a steaming bowl of brown sugar water in front of her.

"Drink it before you sleep, you'll feel better."

"Okay!" She obediently took the bowl and gulped it down. The warm sugar water wasn't too sweet; it felt like a warm current flowing into her body, which was indeed very comfortable.

After they lay down again, Mu Nan simply pulled her into his arms, his warm hand resting on her stomach, and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, I don't feel anything at all." Wang Qing'er really didn't feel any discomfort. It was good that she didn't have menstrual cramps, otherwise it would have interfered with her work.

Both of them had trouble sleeping, and Wang Qing'er asked, "Brother Mu Nan, is buying the mountain expensive?"

"Five taels of silver for one mu of mountain land, you want to buy that magnolia grove and peach orchard in front?"

As expected, nothing could be hidden from this man. "Hmm."

"The magnolia grove and peach trees together cover more than 200 acres."

"That big? Are they all from our village?"

"Yes, if you want to buy it, I'll talk to Grandma and my parents tomorrow."

Aren't you going to ask me what I'm going to do with it?

“I saw everything you did: picking flowers, extracting hydrosols, and making scented soap. If you enjoy doing these things, just focus on them. I'll take care of the rest.”

Aren't you worried that the things I make won't sell?

"If you can't sell them, just keep them for yourself. Anyway, you're the one who found those he shou wu (Polygonum multiflorum) roots. You can spend the money you make as you like. Grandma and your parents won't say anything."

"What about the back mountain? How big is the back mountain?"

"The area behind the house, including the bamboo forest and tea plantation, is fifty acres. It was originally bought by my grandfather. After my grandfather fell ill, my father originally planned to sell it, but no one was willing to buy the mountain, so it couldn't be sold."

“Going further up to the area where we dug up the Polygonum multiflorum, there should be more than 200 acres. If you want to buy it all, you should have enough money.”