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nChapter 95: Making the Situation Worse

nTranslator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

nShen Ruyue raised her head. “Brothers, we’ll make 100,000 rice dumplings a day. Tomorrow, we need to prepare 20,000 catties of glutinous rice, 5,000 catties of green beans, 5,000 catties of red dates, and 5,000 catties of pork… We’ll buy them from the surrounding villages first. If it’s not enough, we’ll go to the county city to buy them… We don’t have to buy everything at the same time. We’ll do it in four batches… It takes time to process the ingredients, and it takes time to wrap the rice dumplings…”

nThere were too many things to do. By the time Shen Mengxue arranged everything, two hours had passed.

nThe villagers received their respective tasks and returned home. They would follow the plan tomorrow.

nChu Qingzhi poured a glass of water for Chu Xuhua. “Brother, give Ruyue some water. She spoke for two hours and her throat must be sore from it.”

nChu Xuhua was about to refuse, but when he heard the last sentence, he hesitated for a moment before taking the cup and walking towards Shen Ruyue.

nIn the courtyard, Shen Ruyue was sitting on a chair, writing something with a pen in her hand. Suddenly, a glass of water appeared in front of her. She was stunned and looked up. When she saw the embarrassed look on Chu Xuhua’s handsome face, she was also embarrassed.

nChu Xuhua pushed the water forward. His voice subconsciously softened. “Drink some water to moisten your throat.”

nShen Ruyue took the water clumsily and took a small sip. The water not only moistened her throat, but also her heart. “Thank you, Brother Xuhua.”

n“Rest early. It’s late,” Chu Xuhua said and left quickly.

nShen Ruyue smiled faintly and took another sip of water.

nAt night, Li Qingyu was unwilling to let her children suffer, so she only gave her and Chu Rong’s room to Zheng Guixiang and Li Hanhai to sleep in. The rest all slept in the shed.

nOf course, there were people who complained, but she pretended not to hear them.

nChu Rong doted on Li Qingyu very much. Although he was not very satisfied with his mother-in-law’s family, he did not say anything.

nAfter everyone fell asleep, the Chu family finally quietened down.

nAt the military camp.

nIn the morning, the trusted aide handed over a letter the moment Tang Jinghong woke up. “General.”

nTang Jinghong leaned against the bed and opened it…

nRong Yupeng was the second young master of the Rong family. He was 22 years old and became a scholar at the age of 20. He was once engaged to the eldest daughter of the Xu family, the richest family in the county. However, he despised her for being disfigured and broke the engagement.

nChu Qingzhi sent Rong Yufan to prison. Madam Rong held a grudge against Chu Qingzhi and wanted to take revenge.

nAfter Rong Yupeng found out what happened to his brother, Rong Yufan, he took over this matter and found some hooligans to spread rumors about Chu Qingzhi.

nIVro days ago, Rong Yupeng disappeared for some reason.

nMadam Rong had already reported it to the authorities and everyone in the county was looking for Rong Yupeng. Rumor had it that Rong Yupeng had been taken away by a few men who liked men.

nRong Yupeng had disappeared without a trace.

nTang Jinghong smiled slightly. Chu Qingzhi’s method was really ruthless.

nWhen Rong Yupeng was saved and came back to hear the rumor about him in the county, he would probably want to die.

nTang Jinghong called out softly, “Shaoyuan.”

nA man wrapped in black silently appeared in front of him. “General.”

nTang Jinghong instructed calmly, “Go and make the situation worse. Make sure that everyone knows about what happened to Rong Yupeng. In addition, this man is vicious. Find a reason and send him to the border. Also, Madam Rong is not a good person either. Get rid of her!”

nWen Shaoyuan cupped his fists. “Yes, General.”

nTang Jinghong crumbled the letter and narrowed his eyes, revealing a murderous look. The little girl was so good. How could he let some despicable people ruin her!

nThe entire Chu Village was busy, but with a plan, the work went on in an orderly manner.

nBecause of Chu Qingzhi’s demand for a large number of ingredients, the business in the county and surrounding villages had improved a lot.

nAfter buying the glutinous rice and green beans, they immediately soaked them in water.

nThe red dates were decored, the pork was marinated, the bamboo leaves were prepared, and the cotton thread was in place.

nWhen the villagers encountered a problem, they would come up with an idea together and resolve it easily.

nIn the beginning, only a group of people helped Chu Qingzhi prepare the rice dumplings. Later, when the villagers saw that there were too many things to do, they all joined in. Therefore, the Chu Village became as lively as the New Year.

nChu Qingzhi only needed to be responsible for one thing, which was the bamboo leaves. At this moment, she was leading more than ten girls from the village into the mountains.

nChu Lanzhen was also among them. She took two steps forward and caught up to Chu Qingzhi. She said gratefully, “Sister Qingzhi, thank you for treating my father. My father can stand up now.”

nChu Qingzhi said, “Ask him to walk more. It can help with recovery.”

nChu Lanzhen said seriously, “Sister Qingzhi, I’ll remember it.”

nChu Shujing came over and asked curiously, “Sister Qingzhi, I heard that you can make beauty ointment.”

nThis news started with Sister Chu Eighth.

nChu Eighth liked to look pretty. That day, a mosquito bit her face and she cried and shouted that she was disfigured.

nWhen Chu Qingzhi heard this, she used herbs to make an ointment to remove the swelling. After applying it, the mosquito bite quickly receded.

nChu Eighth liked to show off, so she went to tell her friends in the village that Chu Qingzhi had made a beauty ointment for her.

nThe news spread like wildfire and soon, the entire Chu Village knew about it.

nChu Qingzhi told Chu Shujing, “That ointment can only remove swelling from mosquito bites. I can mix the beauty ointment you mentioned, but the herbs are very expensive.”

nAs soon as Chu Shujing heard that it was expensive, she immediately dismissed the idea. “I’m just curious. Sister Qingzhi, I’m not asking you to make it for me.”

nAs they chatted, the girls arrived at the bamboo forest.

nThe bamboo forest was huge. It was not a problem to collect three hundred thousand leaves. Everyone put down their baskets and began picking.

nThe Zhou Village.

nZhou Fangyu ran into Village Chief Zhou’s house. “Village Chief, two strange people have come to our village.”

nWhen Village Chief Zhou heard this, he immediately became serious. “What strange people?”

nZhou Fangyu scratched his head in confusion. “As soon as they entered the village, they asked us if we had seen a young man.”

nVillage Chief Zhou thought to himself. Could it be that they were asking about the person Miss Chu saved? He remained calm and asked, “What did you say?”

nZhou Fangyu waved his hand and said, “We all said that we don’t know.”

nVillage Chief Zhou asked, “Where are they now?”

nZhou Fangyu looked at the door. “They’re coming to your house now..”

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