Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune

Chapter 596: Chapter 596: Cold Heart (Three more updates)

Silly Niu shook her head, “I’m not sure, but it looks like she has that idea. However, I advised her to think it through. She insisted on the divorce at first; now coming back to find Dong Sheng seems a bit inappropriate!”

Chunyu was somewhat surprised.

Dong Sheng had been divorced?

Lichun’s thoughts grew more complex.

Dong Sheng was highly valued by Xie Zhinuan; he now managed the braised meat shop and noodle house in the county town and was the main cashier. He was also handsome, literate, and his future prospects were limitless…

In just a short moment, Lichun had thought of many things.

“Regardless of what she does, when you go back, also advise her, no matter what happens with Dong Sheng, to think carefully before acting!”

“Yes!”

Silly Niu hastily agreed.

She then brought up the Starch Washing Shop, “This year, the people bringing Jiji Grass have almost disappeared; it’s all been dug up. Some have started to cultivate it, though. The shop’s business isn’t particularly good, but it’s not bad either. Some people are still willing to let the shop do their starch washing, and some even bring expensive clothes to wash, which fetches a good price!”

In short, no matter how you put it, there is profit to be made.

Not as much as the food shops, though.

“Are the cured meats and hams doing alright?”

“Good, there are people looking after that side; no problems at all!”

Xie Zhinuan nodded in response.

She asked Silly Niu to stay the night, and Silly Niu consented.

As she lay down, Silly Niu couldn’t help but ask, “Miss…”

“Hmm?”

“Don’t you want to see Duobao?” Silly Niu asked softly.

After thinking for a while, Xie Zhinuan replied, “Seeing or not seeing, he has arrived and won’t run away. Although I had some thoughts and concerns about him at first, after that moment passed, it seemed to fade!”

“…”

Silly Niu was somewhat surprised, yet not surprised.

The miss harbored no romantic feelings for His Highness.

She was too rational, knowing what she wanted and what she did not.

“Let’s sleep. You should rise early tomorrow, and you haven’t seen Ayi for a few days now. He’s quite something now, just beginning to talk, reciting books in his baby talk!” Xie Zhinuan’s heart warmed as she spoke of Xie Yi.

She was supposed to leave first, but to reassure the people next door, she decided to wait and leave together the following day.

So that they could enter through the main gate with dignity.

No matter what they had gone through before, once they stood before her, it was all in the past. They should stand upright and live respectably from now on, as those experiences were not something they had chosen, but something inflicted upon them. How pitiful.

“Alright!” Silly Niu agreed with a response.

Without asking further.

After a day of travel, she quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Chunyu, who was a light sleeper, was surprised by the emotion between Silly Niu and their miss but also envious.

The miss’s kindness to Silly Niu.

Lichun, too, with closed eyes, silent, had a lot on her mind, especially about how to free herself from servitude and marry a rich, promising man.

And Dong Sheng was worth considering.

Duobao had been waiting at the door for quite a while and found it surprising that Silly Niu had not returned.

Just as he was about to go out and look for her, a guard appeared before him, “Greetings to the Guard Commander!”

“…” Duobao eyed the person before him, his face unchanged, but inside he was shocked.

Since when had the guard’s martial arts skills become so high? He hadn’t noticed his presence at all. This made him doubt himself, wondering if he really was useless?

“Guard Commander, Silly Niu is already resting at Miss Xie’s place. I’ve come to inform you, so you should rest early and meet Miss Xie tomorrow!”

“…”

Before Duobao had a chance to say anything, the guard had already departed noiselessly.

He felt it was incredible.

Ordinarily, when a woman in the world knows that the man she likes has sent something especially for her, aren’t they supposed to be overjoyed and unable to wait even a moment to come over?

Why was she unmoved?