The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 784 - 783 Tea Mother Tree

Chapter 784: Chapter 783 Tea Mother Tree

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"I remember last year, during the scramble for water, there was also a reputation quest, right? At the time, it rewarded points, so at least I could exchange them for something. But now this Farming System of yours has become increasingly unreliable. Not only forcing hosts to complete the task, but the rewards are also so worthless! And on top of that, the difficulty has increased! It’s unpredictable what people will do, and now you actually expect everyone in Yingzi Gully to sincerely thank me? Have you lost your mind?"

Xiao Tiantian...

"Forget it, I always knew you were unreliable! What else can I expect from you? Let’s not talk about anything else, just stick to your scanning job, which you are actually good at! That’s the only use you have left! Scan around, are there any wild tea trees nearby?" Wang Yongzhu didn’t really care about failing the task; after all, it was just termed a compulsory task. She’d done it, but if the system set the standard for completion too high, what could she do?

She would naturally just let it go since there was no penalty for not completing it.

Xiao Tiantian wanted to cry, not tears of sadness, but because it was supposed to be an advanced Farming System, and the only thing the host appreciated was the most basic scanning function!

And yet, despite feeling wronged, it had to get down to scanning.

After a short while, Xiao Tiantian reported, "Host, ahead of that wild tea forest, at the foot of a mountain, there are two ancient tea trees that, according to my scan, are Tea Mother Trees!"

Tea Mother Trees! Wang Yongzhu’s eyes lit up!

In her previous life, she knew that the famous Da Hong Pao from Wuyi Mountain had four Tea Mother Trees, revered nationally. Virtually all the Da Hong Pao that people drank were grafted from these four Tea Mother Trees.

The tea leaves from those four trees were worth their weight in gold, not something the average wealthy elite could afford to drink.

Now she found that these wild teas also had mother trees, which immediately sparked Wang Yongzhu’s interest.

"Send me the map; I’ll find an opportunity to go have a look tomorrow!"

She had already wanted to privately use that top-grade tea roaster to make some tea leaves for personal use, only that collaborating with the Lee Family and Zhang Yinbao on the wild tea forest meant she shouldn’t take advantage of them.

So, she had thought about looking nearby, never expecting such a pleasant surprise. Suddenly, her legs didn’t hurt, and her arms weren’t sore. She couldn’t wait for dawn to come so she could go pick tea leaves.

Xiao Tiantian, seeing that Wang Yongzhu hadn’t pursued the matter of the reputation quest, quietly breathed a sigh of relief and faded into the background.

Then it snuck over to contact the Supreme Brain.

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Jing County.

In the small yard that Wang Yongzhu and Song Chongjin had bought.

Yang the Mute was asked by Song Chongjin to come to the yard the day after he returned to help look after it.

Yang the Mute didn’t decline; he packed his bags and moved into the yard.

After tidying up a side room, he settled in.

Only after living with Yang the Mute did Song Chongjin realize that aside from being unable to speak, he was quite talented.

He was diligent and capable with his hands and feet. Every morning, he would clean the yard spotlessly, leaving not a single weed or pebble.

Not only that, but starting from the second day, once he was more acquainted with the routine, by the time Song Chongjin got up, on top of a clean yard, the table would be properly set with breakfast bought from the market.

Song Chongjin, seeing how clever Yang the Mute was, was pleasantly surprised and somewhat in the spirit of an audition, trusted him with half a month’s household expenses.

Yang the Mute lived up to expectations, managing life smoothly.

He hired a maid to cook two meals a day for them and do Song Chongjin’s laundry, not allowing the maid to meddle in anything else.

Yang the Mute took care of buying the vegetables himself. When he wasn’t busy, he either cleaned every corner of the yard to perfection or repaired some of the damaged furniture stored in the side rooms, leaving nothing amiss.

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Not only that, but within a few days, Yang the Mute had also purchased two semi-grown trees and planted them by the courtyard wall, tightly separating the front and back courtyards.

He also cultivated two vegetable gardens on the empty space beside the kitchen, planting scallions, ginger, garlic, and transplanted the vegetable seedlings that were bought.

With Yang the Mute around, Song Chongjin, except for not being used to the absence of Yongzhu, didn’t find life much different.

Everything was thoroughly arranged by Yang the Mute.

Song Chongjin felt that he was desperately in need of someone like this by his side.

Now, his whole mind was set on studying for the imperial examination, besides the daily thoughts of missing Yongzhu.

He had been alone for nearly twenty years without feeling anything amiss.

But having been married to Yongzhu for just a few months, her absence made him feel an emptiness within.

That day, Song Chongjin returned to the courtyard with a stern face.

Seeing that something was amiss, Yang the Mute quickly served up some warm tea for Song Chongjin.

Song Chongjin downed the tea in one gulp, but his heart was still suffocating with irritation, "Uncle Yang, pack up the luggage, I need to go back to Qilidun."

A trace of surprise flashed across Yang the Mute’s eyes as he gestured for a while.

Song Chongjin was now able to mostly understand what Yang the Mute was trying to communicate with his sign language. He could see that Yang the Mute was asking what had happened, why was there the need to go back after just a few days in Jing County?

Song Chongjin obviously couldn’t tell Yang the Mute that he had given in to temptation today and went to receive messages from the spies he had placed in the town.

In the past, he had placed some spies thinking that after they had left Qilidun, if anything were to happen to the Wang Family, they would be unaware and could easily delay the matters.

Thus, after Yongzhu had returned, Song Chongjin had instructed that spy to secretly follow the Wang Family members, and in case of any trouble, to report back to him without fail.

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder," so goes the saying, and Song Chongjin had already had many a fond absence from his dear Yongzhu.

Therefore, he had the spy report any important or trivial matters every two days, as long as they were related to his own Yongzhu.

Today, he had been eagerly anticipating the news from Shiqiao Town since early morning.

He opened the incoming message with great joy, but before he could finish reading it, his face darkened.

What did it mean by Ninth Master Lee rushing to Shiqiao Town? What was it about spending a whole hour talking to Ninth Master Lee in Shopkeeper Wu’s private room?

Reading this, Song Chongjin was seething with anger!

Of course, he trusted his own Yongzhu, she was definitely not that sort of person! It was all Lee Changnan’s doing, with his tricky schemes! And to think Song Chongjin had once believed Lee Changnan was a straightforward man. But now, truly audacious indeed, not only did Lee Changnan go to the town, but he also did so while Song Chongjin was still in Jing County.

Although Song Chongjin knew that Yongzhu would never fall for such tricks, his heart still felt uncomfortable.

Not to mention afterwards, he read that a strange man had entered the house he had bought in the town and sat there for half a day, and the man had the servants bring over a sumptuous breakfast, truly dazzling and eye-catching.

Song Chongjin couldn’t sit still, wishing he could sprout wings and fly straight to Shiqiao Town to clear things up.

Without asking anything, Yang the Mute gestured inquiring whether to bring him along or not.

Having gotten used to Yang the Mute, Song Chongjin thought it over and nodded in agreement.