Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune

442, Rejection (1 more)

Surprised about what?

Xie Zhinuan chuckled lightly.

The maid brought over tea, and after nodding her head, Xie Zhinuan gestured for the maid to leave, then picked up the teacup and gently sipped from it.

Seeing Uncle Mute so tense, Xie Zhinuan felt quite helpless.

“Uncle Mute, have some tea!”@@novelbin@@

Uncle Mute hurriedly shook his head, but seeing Xie Zhinuan’s caring gaze, he took the teacup and, after cautiously glancing at his master, gently sipped.

The nervousness in his heart was real, so was the worry.

He couldn’t help but glance at Xie Zhinuan again and saw her composed demeanor, free of anger or blame, full of warmth.

Uncle Mute let out a soft breath.

Dugu Zhen watched, chuckled, and continued eating, occasionally taking a sip of wine and perhaps clicking his tongue, expressing his appreciation for the good wine and good food.

Having wandered outside for so many years, now savoring these flavorful dishes and drinking the hard-to-come-by Drunken Snow Brew, he began to harbor the idea of settling down.

Only the young lady didn’t seem too welcoming.

Xie Zhinuan couldn’t say she liked or disliked Dugu Zhen. If it weren’t for Uncle Mute’s sake, she definitely would not stay here. After letting him finish eating, she had to ask what he really wanted to do.

Dugu Zhen finished his meal, wiped his mouth, and took the teacup handed to him by Uncle Mute, taking a sip of tea.

“Hmm, this tea isn’t bad either, but it’s a pity it’s last year’s tea. Don’t you have this year’s new tea here?”

Upon hearing this, Xie Zhinuan smiled gently, “No!”

Even if it was aged tea, it was still excellent tea.

Leftovers from what Li Hengyi didn’t finish, ordinary people couldn’t even buy if they wanted to, yet this old man was playing coy after getting a bargain.

“That really is a pity. As for this tea, it’s still the new tea that tastes the best. However, white tea is different; aged white tea is better. The saying that it’s tea in one year, medicine in three, and a treasure in seven is true; few people can accumulate white tea for as long as seven years!” Dugu Zhen said, with a sigh.

Then he looked at Xie Zhinuan, “I heard you’re studying medicine?”

“Yes, I have a superficial understanding,” Xie Zhinuan replied softly.

She wasn’t arrogant about her more than modest medical skills.

Medicine, just like scholarship, is an immense ocean. To absorb all its knowledge is enormously difficult.

To be comprehensive in every aspect is even more of a challenge.

Moreover, there are today’s ailments and tomorrow’s; she dared not be presumptuous.

“How about you take me as your master? I will teach you medicine, poison technique, and martial arts. I heard Uncle Mute mention that he has taught you Inner Strength, and you and I are from the same lineage. Taking me as your master won’t be beneath you!”

“…” Xie Zhinuan was silent.

Uncle Mute, on the other hand, was overjoyed.

If Xie Zhinuan could take the old master as her teacher, it would elevate her medical and martial arts skills by at least one level, if not several.

“Zhinuan…” Uncle Mute called out softly.

Hoping she would agree.

Xie Zhinuan smiled gently, “I’m sorry, sir, but for now, I don’t want to find a master for myself!”

“…”

“…”

Uncle Mute was extremely surprised.

Dugu Zhen was even more astonished, “You, do you know who I am?”

“No matter who you are, I really don’t want to take a master, and besides…” Xie Zhinuan paused slightly.

Her Inner Strength came from Uncle Mute, and if she now took Uncle Mute’s master as her own, wouldn’t she and Uncle Mute be considered equals?

She didn’t want that.

Some stances, Xie Zhinuan was determined to maintain.

“Hey, girl, you seem somewhat ungrateful. Do you know how many people in the Dazhou Kingdom are waiting to take me as their master? I haven’t agreed to any of them!” Dugu Zhen said, with great pride.

Chapter 444