Chapter 105: Buying Festival Gifts

  "Are you all set?" Ye Luyuan asked, sitting on the carriage shaft and looking at Zhen'er and the others.

  "Sit down!" The three of them chimed in unison, their voices laced with amusement.

  Ye Luyuan cracked the whip and shook the reins, and the ox cart slowly started moving. Today they were going to the market to buy things for the festival. Recently, every household had good news: Zhen'er and Hu Zi obtained their household registration documents, bought land and cattle, and became middle-class farmers with land and cattle; Ye Bai Zhi bought cattle and saved nearly ten taels of silver as private money, even her dowry included two mu of land; Ye Qi Shu's body recovered, and Ye Luyuan saved thirty-one taels of private money. Therefore, on this day when they went to the county town, they changed their usual dullness and set off happily. Along the way, Ye Luyuan even sang a mountain song, but his incomplete five tones made Zhen'er and others laugh for a long time.

  "Lu Yu Ge, is Uncle Qi really okay? I won't mention that the wound was too deep and not easy to heal?" Ye Bai Zhi asked, seeing Lu Yu's enthusiastic expression, thinking of Ye Qi Shu's gloomy face when he was injured.

  Ye Qiushu's injury healed very quickly, and the last two days Ye Lao went to see him, it had already scabbed over, almost a month faster than he imagined. It was said that Qiushu used the medicine he prescribed, which made him exclaim in surprise, saying that this was too rare.

  The old man's medicine is good, but that golden wound medicine doesn't work at all. After all, he isn't a specialist in treating external injuries. His medicine is generally mild and can only treat ordinary external injuries. Ye Qiushu's injury was almost to the bone, how could an ordinary medicine possibly cure such a shocking wound so quickly?

  "Didn't Grandpa say so? Don't you believe Grandpa?" Yu Luoyuan asked with a smile at the corner of his mouth.

  Ye Baiji looked puzzled and said: "But Grandfather also said that Seventh Uncle's injury isn't that easy to heal."

  Zhen'er saw her being troubled by this issue and hastily asked: "So, do you wish Uncle Qi well or not?"

  "Of course I'm thinking of him!" Yebai Zhi replied as soon as Zhen'er finished speaking.

  Zhen'er suppressed the urge to roll her eyes and said, "That's it, isn't it? As long as Seventh Uncle is fine, you're still stuck on how he got better." Moreover, when she gave him the medicine, she clearly didn't avoid Ye Baiju. Why didn't she think of that bottle of medicine?

  Jian Ye Baiji turned her head. She herself was entangled and left, while Zhen'er and Hu Zi stared at her and laughed straight away.

  "My dad changes his dressing every time, and it's always me who does it." Yelou Far said hastily, then turned his head back to drive the cattle cart and pay attention to the road ahead.

  So Ye Qiushu and the others didn't know about the Golden Creation Medicine either. Zhen'er was very pleased to hear this news, she still liked it when Ye Qiushu and the others treated her with affection as a younger generation, rather than mixed with other emotions.

  Ye Baiji hesitated for a moment, asking uncertainly: "Zhen'er. I remember when we went to see Seventh Uncle, didn't you give Luoyuan Ge a bottle of medicine? What was that medicine? It's very effective, right? I remember Luoyuan Ge even knelt down to thank you."

  As soon as she finished speaking, the ox cart stumbled and nearly threw the three people on it to the ground. Ye Lufang grabbed hold of the cart and awkwardly cleared his throat.

  Zhen'er couldn't help it and burst out laughing. Hu Zi didn't understand what she was laughing at, but thinking of the cow cart's sudden turn earlier, he also started laughing along with her.

  Ye Baiji suddenly realized that all the nonsense about Qi Shu's good health, quick recovery, and divine protection was just a bunch of lies. It all boiled down to that bottle of medicine from Zhen'er. If anyone was a divine spirit, it was her!

  I understand now. Yebaiji was no longer entangled, she actually had some things in her heart that she couldn't hold back, hearing the good news from Qiushui and the rumors spreading around the village, she was curious and asked, didn't expect the root of the matter to be with Zhen'er.

  "Zhen'er, what do you think we should give to Bai Wei Jie?" Ye Bai Zhi asked, turning to one of the purposes of today.

  Recently they have been able to determine from Mao's beaming face and Ye Baiwei's daily blushing face that someone should come to propose on Dragon Boat Festival.

  But considering the current days, Ye Baiwei's wedding is still more than five months away, so they are not in a hurry. They can add dowry items slowly. This time they came to buy Dragon Boat Festival gifts.

  "Let's go buy some rouge for Baiwei Jie, I remember the one we saw at Liao San's place was quite good." Zhen'er suggested.

  "Liao San... " Ye Baiji dragged out the name, her tone unwilling. Although Liao Wu's sister had remarried and wouldn't come to cause trouble for her father again, she still couldn't muster up any interest in people with the surname Liao, especially that Liao San who had chased her away last time, saying her nose wasn't a nose and her eyes weren't eyes. She was holding a grudge.

  Zhen'er couldn't tell what she was thinking, she always thought that everyone with the surname Liao was generally dark-skinned. "I think the things there are good and cheap, it's a great deal to buy them. Don't you want Bai Wei sister to look beautiful that day?"

  She certainly wants to, Ye Baiji nodded vigorously in her heart, but she still doesn't want to go to Liao San's place to buy it. Now whenever she hears the surname Liao, she feels like scolding people.

  "There are cosmetics shops in town, why must you buy from that small stall?" Ye Baiji asked.

  "That's a good one," said Ye Luyuan, "I heard my sister say that every time she buys lip balm, she always goes to a place in the city called Liao San. His stuff is good, and I've heard some of it is made from flowers and grasses, smells great, and works better than what you'd buy at a big cosmetics store."

  Ye Luoyu has two sisters, one married to the city and the other to a neighboring county. The sister he mentioned is the elder sister who married in the county town, last time she came back to help with the harvest, looking white and clean, it's said that in the city she didn't do anything, but when doing farm work, she doesn't hold back at all.

  Last time when I saw Ye Luyuan's sister, Ye Baiji whispered to Zhen'er that her skin was good and wondered what kind of cream she used. It sounded like she also wanted to buy some. This time I know it's actually the one from Liao San, my heart is already racing, but I just can't bring myself to agree.

  Zhen'er knew she couldn't refute it, and didn't tease her instead. She turned to jokingly ask Ye Luyuan, "Luyuan ge, how did you know so clearly? Did you secretly buy that little girl some cosmetics?"

  Ye Lu's face turned red as she was teased by her, and he hastily explained: "That was a box my sister bought for my mother, I heard her say that."

  "Lu Yuange, don't explain anymore, we all understand." Ye Baiji also chimed in with a joke.

  "Lu Yuange, who's caught your eye? Tell us, we won't spread it around." Zhen'er, always stirring up trouble, chimed in as well.

  Ye Luyuan couldn't explain clearly, his face and ears turned red as he entered the city, making Zhen'er, Ye Baiji and Hu Zi laugh so hard their stomachs hurt.

  Zhen'er and they first went to the pharmacy to sell the herbs, unexpectedly the pharmacist still remembered Zhen'er, took a look at her herbs, saw that they were all dry, this time didn't say anything, just gave her the weight, collected the money. Zhen'er thanked him and started following Ye Baiji to sweep away.

  Liao San's small stall was still in that alley, and Zhen Er and the others found it without any effort.

  Zhen Er had always admired the business people's ability to remember others. They had come so long ago, and hadn't even bought anything from him, yet he could still recall them so clearly. It was enough to make one sigh in admiration - what virtues did they possess that allowed him to remember them?

  "What are you doing here?" Liao San saw people stopping in front of his shop, and was delighted to have business coming. Upon closer inspection, however, he realized it was "familiar faces", and his enthusiasm gradually cooled down. In a cold tone, he said: "I don't know anything about Liao Wu's affairs, don't bother me again." Then, he stretched out his hand, wanting to grab the feather duster once more, but this time he came up empty-handed, as someone had already anticipated his intentions and acted faster.

  Ye Baiji held up the feather duster, swaggering and saying: "What, do you still want to drive us away? Come on, try to drive us away!" As she spoke, she brandished the feather duster and said: "I say, can't you come up with a new trick? You only dare to drive people away when you don't like the look of them?"

  Liao San's words had not yet left his mouth when Ye Baiji continued: "We didn't come here today to ask about that person, who is she anyway, Xiang Wuyi, and we still have to keep thinking about her?"

  Yebai Zhi used a chicken feather duster to gently touch the rouge and said, "We're here to buy rouge. Hurry up and introduce us. I'll tell you, if there's good stuff, bring it out. We can afford to pay."

  Liao San opened his mouth, but couldn't say a complete sentence. He let out a sigh and didn't plan to speak anymore. He pulled the feather duster from Ye Bai Zhi's hand and put it aside, then turned around and squatted on the ground, rummaging through things in the box.

  Ye Baiji saw him being so enthusiastic, proudly looked at Zhen'er, then looked at Ye Luyuan, raised her head like a victorious rooster, and slowly gazed at the rouge with her slender fingers.

  Zhen'er exchanged a glance with Ye Luyuan and smiled helplessly.

  Ye Baiqi, this outwardly strong but inwardly weak person, was afraid that others would not buy her account, so she took the initiative to launch a preemptive strike, continuously launching attacks, making it impossible for her opponent to counterattack from the start, and collapsing in disarray.

  Her tactics are not bad, just too naive. They came to buy things, not to negotiate or fight, and business people generally know that harmony generates wealth. Do you think Liao San is stupid and can't see her tricks? She doesn't want to be on the same level as her.

  "Zhen'er, Zhen'er, this box is osmanthus flavor, smell it, smell it." Ye Baiji was like she had discovered a secret, excitedly shouting loudly.

  Zhen'er took a sniff, and indeed, the fragrance was not thick, but very pure, just like holding a handful of osmanthus flowers to smell the scent. No wonder people say that this rouge is good.

  "Oh, this box is peach-flavored, it smells so good."

  "And this one, what flavor is it? Hmm, seems like Osmanthus, yes, it's the fragrance of Osmanthus."

  ……

  Ye Baiji couldn't stop exclaiming in surprise, Liao San listened with a frown, staring intently at her hands, afraid that she would accidentally drop something, knowing that his mother had put in a lot of effort to make these.

  Finally, Ye Baiji felt that three or four boxes were not bad, and she was really hesitant about which one to choose, entangled in looking back and forth.

  "Which box is good?" She finally had to ask Zhen'er and Ye Luyuan for help.

  "You said it was affordable, so just buy them all." Someone chimed in, clearly using a provocative tone.

  However, some people still get excited and say "I'll take them all, how much do they cost?"

  "Not expensive, one box is two taels, four boxes are just four taels of silver!" Too late, too late, sorry~~~~

  Come on, big chapter compensation ~~ (.)