Liu An learned that Ye Cheng had returned and hesitated before speaking, "What kind of situation is this with you two, one in the east, one in the south, like Cowherd and Weaver Girl, meeting just once a month."
"Dad, I didn’t even expect him to come back at all. Now that he has, you’ve become greedy. Dad, you can’t be . We agreed that it was just about getting a marriage certificate. Occasionally he comes back to help me fend off the village gossip, and now you want him to stay with me forever. You’re too greedy," Xiaofeng clearly understood her father’s intentions.
"Xiaofeng, we can clearly see Ye Cheng has you in his heart. But you seem to be lukewarm towards him. Your mom wants to tell you, sometimes men need to be coaxed and pampered too. With someone like Ye Cheng, there must be lots of women who’d actively seek to marry him. You’d better hold on tight," Xiulan said.
"Mom, we’re already married, what more is there to hold on to? I do want to have his child, but I have to wait until this one in my belly is born, right?" It’s not like she could be pregnant with another before this one is born.
Even if she wanted to, her body was not capable of it.
"We’re just reminding you," Su Peng said, trying to suppress a laugh at his sister’s comments. "We all think Ye Cheng is a good man, and we want you to firmly grasp this opportunity."
"I understand what you mean," Xiaofeng handed over the medicine that Ye Cheng had prepared for Liu An, "I had Ye Cheng prepare some more medicine, Dad, remember to take it every day."
"Alright, I’ll definitely remind your dad to take it." Ever since Ye Cheng had cured Pengzi, He Meixi held Ye Cheng in almost godlike esteem.
Now hearing that Ye Cheng had prescribed medicine for Guaizi, she was more than attentive; even if Guaizi forgot to take it, she would make sure he did.
Liu An started taking his medicine, but figuring out how to use the Revival Herb on her dad became a problem.
If directly transformed into qi and infused, the effect would be too fast.
The effects of Revival Herb needed to unfold slowly. If it worked too quickly, maybe even Ye Cheng himself couldn’t explain what had happened.
Maybe let her dad take the other medicine for a few days first.
"Master, you could actually cook the Revival Herb as a dish and have it eaten that way," Xiaoqi suggested.
"Cook it into a dish? Revival Herb doesn’t even look like a vegetable. And you need people to eat what you cook, especially if it’s something they’ve never had before."
"I’ve got it," Xiaofeng had an idea after Xiaoqi’s suggestion, "Next time when I go back, I’ll make them scallion egg pancakes. I’ll chop the Revival Herb finely—who will be able to tell what it is? I’ll just say I added some wild greens."
"Master, that’s a good idea," Xiaoqi agreed.
With her plan in mind, Xiaofeng thought of making another trip home in a few days.
"Mom, hasn’t Xiaofeng come back these days?" Su Xiaotao had returned alone this time, fearing that Xiaofeng would blab about her secret if she encountered something untoward, so she came back to check on the situation.
"How could she not have come back?" Hu Xiulan squinted towards the plot of land at the village entrance, "See for yourself, she’s now a big boss, planning to open a factory back here in the village. Xiaotao, when will you also make your mom proud? Start a factory or open a store or something to show off to our fellow villagers."
Since learning that Xiaofeng was going to build a factory in the village, the villagers nearly deified her. In Xiulan’s view, what was so special about Xiaofeng? She was just a woman who married a wealthy man and then used his money to open a factory for show, putting on airs.
"Mom, I don’t have her abilities," Su Xiaotao replied, realizing from her mother’s tone that Xiaofeng probably hadn’t mentioned her job to the villagers.
Thinking back, when Xiaofeng saw her, she was well dressed and it wasn’t apparent that she was doing anything inside; saying she was cutting hair seemed plausible enough. With no evidence and nothing concrete to show, even Xiaofeng wouldn’t dare to do anything.
"Alright, with Liu An’s kind of character, I don’t expect you to achieve much. That you’ve managed your lives to this point is already impressive," as long as they maintained the current status, Xiulan was quite satisfied.
"Mom, do you really think Xiaofeng is that capable?" Su Xiaotao felt uncomfortable as her mother began to look down on her to praise Xiaofeng, "Mom, you don’t know, but I saw Xiaofeng getting cozy with another man."
"Enough, let’s not talk about these baseless allegations. Xiaofeng is the village’s darling now. If this gets out, people will think I’m just jealous and making up stories about her," Hu Xiulian said, her face beaming as she looked at her daughter’s new clothes, "My daughter is getting prettier and prettier. Let me tell you, while you’re able, and good-looking, find a suitable man and ditch Liu An. He’s not worthy of you."