Chapter 551: Qin Huai’s Plans
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Even at that moment, Little Ah Yu was unwilling.
“Uncle City Lord, I have a father and mother. They love me very much, and I love them very much. I don’t want to be someone else’s daughter,” Little Ah Yu said firmly.
The City Lord of Yellow Sand City’s eyes were dim and his breathing was weakening. He was about to die, but Little Ah Yu wanted Meatbail to save him and exchange the ability to revive the dead to save him.
Meatbail did not agree. [This ability not only requires points, but it can only be exchanged for three times in a lifetime. You only have one chance now! Kid, you can’t be rash. This thing is very important.]
“Elf, 1 don’t understand the logic you’re talking about, but now I want to save him because he saved me.”
[Even if he doesn’t save you, 1 can save you too. Have you forgotten?]
No matter how many people around Little All Yu were injured, Meatbail had never let Little Ah Yu be hurt. It only wanted to protect Ah Yu, and its own ability could also ensure Little Ah Yu’s safety.
This included protecting Little All Yu’s consciousness from the influence of Yellow Sand City.
“But he saved me.” Little Ah Yu became stubborn.
At the same time, Chi Tu and the others worked together to kill the sand python and scorpion. Meatbail reluctantly told her, “We don’t have to use the ability to revive the dead. You can use that sand python and scorpion to make a certain type of antidote. The sand python’s gallbladder and scorpion’s tail can be used to make a blood recovery medicine.”
In other words, this thing could also wake up a portion of the people who had lost their will. The other portion, combined with the nutrient solution, could save the City Lord of Yellow Sand City who was on his last breath.
Meatbail was jealous. When it was teaching Little All Yu, it deliberately used the original Myriad Spirit Water, causing the City Lord of Yellow Sand City to experience an upset stomach for three consecutive days after he recovered.
The City Lord of Wanning City had regained his consciousness, and Young Master Ning and his subordinates had also regained their consciousness. He personally sent Little Ah Yu and the others out of the Yellow Sand City and instructed them to leave the yellow sand.
Young Master Ning was also brought out by them.
Young Master Ning’s full name was Wei Qingning. He was the second son of County Magistrate Wei. Back then, he was also playful. He heard the legend of the yellow sand and barged in with a few people.
With this moment of bravery, they almost lost their lives.
Fortunately, he was only 15 years old when he entered. He was only 19 years old when he was saved and had yet to reach the age of an automatic match. Therefore, he did not have a partner in Yellow Sand City.
However, it was not so simple for the few attendants. Not only did they have wives, but they also had their mother-in-law, father-in-law, and children. They were all brought out.
They were the coachmen, maids, and servants they used now.
After understanding his identity, Little Ah Yu and the others agreed to let Young Master Ning and the others travel with them.
Young Master Ning felt that it was too embarrassing and was unwilling to go home directly, so he traveled with Little All Yu and the others for three years.
The next year, he, Little Ah Yu, and the others also obtained a plague of “righteousness” and a letter was sent to Magistrate Wei.
At that time, Magistrate Wei was already County Governor Wei.
Now, Young Master Ning was cooperating with County Governor Wei to distribute porridge and medicine outside Linkong City. At the same time, he would filter out those troublemakers until the magistrate of Linkong City arranged a refugee camp and let them in.
At this moment, Ah Yu was holding Qin Huai’s hand and climbing up a hill to collect a large cluster of mushrooms.
“Big Brother All You, we’ll reach the prefecture capital after we pass through Linkong City. Yesterday, I received a letter from Mother that was sent to the courier station in advance. She asked when we’re going back for the engagement.”
Previously, they only had the token given by Madam Qin and the Wang Family had also given a token of promise. It could be considered a preliminary engagement, but the real engagement would only happen when Ah Yu was ten years old.
After all, Little Ah Yu thought that she was only nine years old this year.
Qin Huai took the mushrooms and placed them in the basket. He said helplessly, “Don’t you feel embarrassed telling me this?”
“What’s there to be embarrassed about?” Ah Yu was puzzled. “Didn’t we decide long ago? We’re just going through the process now. It’s strange to be embarrassed, right?”
In the past, she was young and did not understand. Now that she understood, she still did not feel embarrassed.
She had always thought that Big Brother Ah You was very good-looking and smart.
Now that they had grown up, although she did not know what love was, she knew that a married couple had to have a good relationship for the marriage to last.
She and Big Brother Ah You had quarreled when they were young, but in the past few years of traveling and studying, they had never fought.
Even Fifth Brother was jealous and said that she did not want to be close to her Big Brother anymore.
“I can’t stay in the prefecture capital for long. 1 have to return to the capital to participate in the Imperial Examination. 1 promised to give you the title of Madam through the imperial civil service examination. It’s time to fulfill it.”
Originally, the Imperial Examination was held last year. However, there were too many natural disasters last year, and many poor students could barely eat, let alone put their focus on the Imperial Examination. Therefore, Emperor Minghua ordered the Imperial Examination to be postponed for a year.
This year, with the addition of new subjects, two additional subjects were opened up for the poor students. They were agricultural studies and calculations that the children of aristocratic families could not take.
Ah Yu also knew now that the examination was not as easy as she had imagined. Didn’t she see that her Big Brothers had drunk so much Myriad Spirit Water, Myriad Spirit Holy Water, and eaten the Myriad Spirit Sacred Fruit? In the end, only Second Brother could be considered to be among the top.
Even if they had not studied for as long as others, their talent had increased so much. They were still inferior to others. This also meant that there were many capable people in the world.
“Big Brother All You, it’s fine even if you don’t pass the imperial civil service examination. When I have money, I can support you.” Back then, Ah Yu and the children of Hu Family Village had casually built a silk farm. In the past few years, with the help of her sister-in-law, Qu Shuqiu, it had already become another pillar of the village.
They had a mature silkworm farm, silk extraction workshop, and silk weaving workshop. The original few small houses were now built into large workshops, and there were also two mountains filled with mulberry trees.
The mulberry wine and mulberry tofu had also become the specialty of Hu Family Village. Because Ah Yu had saved their future family head, Murong Run, the Murong Family of Hundred Flowers County owed the Wang Family a lot and had been working hard to help them with their business.
With the powerful support of the imperial merchant family, it was difficult for Hu Family Village not to be rich.
Relying on the cane sugar workshop, the mulberry silkworm workshop, and the business line that Wang Chuanman had handed over to the village, the entire village became rich. Every family had their own small business.
Every half a year, the mulberry silkworm workshop in the village would distribute a bonus to her. The number was very impressive, enough for Ah Yu to buy a few houses in town.
This made Qin Huai feel a sense of danger.
He knew that Ah Yu was rich, and her Grandma was even richer. Moreover, he did not know how rich they were now.
Most of his money was extorted from Empress Qin. Now, he would occasionally extort money from the Emperor.
However, he did not have much business to make money from. He was not good at this.
In order to not be stumped by All Yu in terms of knowledge and remain worshiped by her in terms of martial arts, Qin Huai had already squeezed out almost all his time.
The rest of the time was spent accompanying Ah Yu. He could not squeeze out any more time.
Was he really going to have to rely on his wife to raise him in the future?
No, he had to pass the imperial civil service examination. In any case, the three-year period had long passed. Now, Empress Qin was in no position to stop him!
In order to become an official, he had to become the top scholar. In the future, when he became a minister, even if he did not recover his status as a prince. He would never let All Yu be inferior to those princes and concubines.
“Big Brother All You, Big Brother Ah You?” All Yu waved her hand in front of Qin Huai. “Are you listening to me?”
Qin Huai removed her hand and bent down to pick up the mushrooms as he said, “I heard you. You don’t have to raise me. Keep your money for yourself. i’ll earn more.”
At most, he would be a sycophant.
Instead of plundering the people, he would specially extort the civil and military officials.
After all, the Empress was not the only person he could fleece to gain benefits..