Chapter 74: A Natural Tendency to “Roll”
After chasing away the group of shrewish women, the wild bull ran to the village chief’s wife, looking at her with wide, innocent eyes.
This kind-faced woman was the one who had given it a mouthful of grass to eat at her house yesterday.
The village chief’s wife’s heart melted at the sight of its little eyes. She immediately grabbed a handful of vegetables from the ground that had just been harvested and fed them to its mouth, while stroking its head: “Oh, my dear Mingzhu, you’ve worked hard! Come, come, come. Eat something to replenish your energy.”
The other village women also ran back to their own fields and took a handful of vegetables to feed the wild bull.
Such a lovely Mingzhu, how could they not feed it well?
For a time, the wild bull was surrounded by stars.
Finally, it had found the treatment of a Bull King!
Xingnong saw the black carriage at the foot of the mountain from afar and asked the wild bull, “Do you want to go up the mountain?”
The wild bull was enjoying the love from the villagers from all directions!
Hearing this, it snorted, turned its head away, and ignored Xingnong.
Go up the mountain for what?
To be forgotten up the mountain?
Humph, isn’t being the center of attention more enjoyable?
Hearing this, the village chief’s wife said, “Xingnong, are you going up the mountain to learn your skills? You go ahead and don’t worry! I’ll help you take Mingzhu home.”
The others nodded in agreement.
Xingnong nodded, “It will go home on its own. Just help me tell my grandmother that I went up the mountain to find my master.”
Wild Bull: “…”
Look at this person!
She thinks it’s going to follow her everywhere?
Xingnong walked towards the foot of the mountain.
The village chief’s wife’s eyes widened, and the expression on her face became even more joyful, “Really? My Mingzhu is so smart? It can even go home by itself! Oh, Mingzhu is so smart!”
Aunt Lei: “Mingzhu is simply too intelligent!”
“Oh, Mingzhu’s cleverness can’t be wasted!” Matchmaker Zhang’s true nature emerged. She glanced at the wild bull’s backside and laughed, “Village chief’s wife, isn’t your Niuniu just about ready for breeding? Mingzhu is a bull!”
The village chief’s wife clapped her hands and nodded vigorously, “Oh, yes, yes, yes! Besides Niuniu, I also have a dairy cow! They are both females! Come, Mingzhu, I’ll find you a wife!”
Aunt Lei’s eyes lit up, “Then what are we waiting for, quickly take Mingzhu back to have calves!! I want Mingzhu’s first calf!”
The other women hurriedly packed up their things on the ground: “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go. Mingzhu, hurry back and have calves! I’ve got my eye on little Mingzhu!”
“””Mingzhu, charge, charge, charge, let’s go have calves!”””
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At the foot of the mountain, Chu Tiankuo stood tall and handsome, waiting for her to walk towards him.
“Miss Xingnong, Master said the grain has been transported back.” Songbai came to Xingnong’s side and glanced at the group of women in the distance. They were happily following a wild bull home.
Just now, he had seen from afar in the carriage how Miss Shen had thrown those people out with such ease and swiftness, each one flung dozens of meters away, like throwing sandbags!!
Such strength, unmatched among women!
“Good.” Xingnong nodded in response. It had been raining before, and the grain that Ren Zilin had bought from the neighboring county couldn’t be transported back. It had only arrived today.
She walked quickly to Chu Tiankuo’s side, “Senior Brother.”
Chu Tiankuo glanced at her discreetly, “Did you fight?”
“No.”
She never fought, nor could she fight.
Songbai: “…”
Miss Xingnong is so good at lying through her teeth?
Master saw her throwing people!
Chu Tiankuo smiled, “Yes, you didn’t fight.”
Just threw.
Throwing doesn’t count as fighting.
Xingnong: “…”
Faint~
He’s smiling so lewdly again!
“Let’s go!” Chu Tiankuo glanced at the bewildered Xingnong, the corner of his mouth slightly raised, and turned to walk into the mountain first.
Xingnong came back to her senses and hurried to follow.
Soon, the two entered the peach grove. It was still the same formation as last time, but this time, Xingnong no longer relied on intuition.
She looked in a certain direction of the formation, “Is someone there?”
Chu Tiankuo nodded, “Yes.”
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Songbai, following closely behind, added, “It’s Miss Zhang. She comes to challenge this formation every day, rain or shine. She’s already halfway through.”
His tone was somewhat admiring.
To have already broken through half of it in a few days, that was already considered very impressive!
Xingnong: “…Is this formation that difficult?”
It had been raining the past few days, and she couldn’t go out. She had stayed at home studying formations, and it seemed like she already knew how to set up this one.
Songbai didn’t know that Xingnong had already walked out of it once by intuition and explained incessantly, “Of course it’s difficult. This formation takes even the genius formation masters of Zhao Kingdom two days to get out of!”
Only Master can get out in one go!
Zhang Ruohua, trapped in the mist, heard the voices. Although it was only a single “Yes,” she recognized Chu Tiankuo’s voice. She felt a little anxious to get out. She had been looking for him everywhere these days but hadn’t been able to see him!
However, she knew she couldn’t act rashly while trapped in the formation. Any rash action would make it even harder to get out. The more this happened, the more she needed to calm down.
She simply stood still.
Then she heard the question asked by that lowly commoner, “Is this formation that difficult?” Zhang Ruohua couldn’t help but purse her lips and roll her eyes, her face full of disdain: This is the disciple Old Master Tang took in? She can’t even tell if a formation is difficult or not?
Did Old Master Tang’s brain get flooded when he took her in?
She really couldn’t understand why Old Master Tang had refused to take her as a disciple back then and instead took in a lowly commoner.
This time she came, Old Master Tang would definitely regret it when he saw the formations she had designed!
She looked around and continued to try to find a way out of the formation.
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Soon, Xingnong and the other two exited the peach grove. As soon as they did, a figure appeared and grabbed her clothes, and then she was lifted into the air!
Xingnong: “…”
Is this the Peach Blossom Grove’s way of welcoming guests—a human cable car?
The world spun.
Xingnong landed on the mountainside.
Zi Wu extended his hand, “I’ll take Junior Sister up the mountain, Junior Sister has to…”
Xingnong directly took out two milk candies from her pocket and put them in his hand.
Zi Wu’s eyes lit up. There was actually an extra one! He was about to leave when Chu Tiankuo landed beside them and said to Zi Wu, “Zi Wu, you are not allowed to do this next time.”
Zi Wu tilted his head slightly: Not allowed to do this, does that mean not allowed to grab clothes?
Then next time he’ll just carry her!
“Okay.” Zi Wu responded and ran off to eat his candy.
Xingnong glanced at the thatched cottage, “Where’s Master?”
“Master is in seclusion, drawing formation diagrams for you. Let’s go to the mountaintop.” Chu Tiankuo.
His house was on the mountaintop.
“Okay.”
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On the mountaintop, inside a spacious training room.
Xingnong glanced at the weapons on the rack, her eyes shining.
With a thought from Chu Tiankuo, a large pile of grain appeared in the middle of the room. He turned his head and saw her eyes sparkling.
“Take whatever you like.”
Xingnong shook her head, “I don’t know how to use them.”
A gentleman wouldn’t take what others cherished. These were clearly his collection.
Besides, the weapons she was familiar with were not cold weapons, except for bows and arrows.
Xingnong swept a glance at the giant black bow and arrows, then looked at the mountain-like pile of grain on the ground.
Xingnong took out the golden bead, “You can go in too, right?”
“Yes.” Chu Tiankuo nodded.
This spirit bead originally belonged to him, and its other half was still in his hand.
It was just that he could use it but couldn’t keep it.
There was no helping it, the bead had a natural tendency to “roll.”
Xingnong immediately decided to be a hands-off manager and held out the bead to him, “Then try to see if you can modify the grain seeds with your mind. There’s so much grain, it’s a bit taxing. I’m worried my mental energy won’t be enough.”
Chu Tiankuo nodded indulgently, “Okay.”
He reached out to take the golden bead. Their fingertips touched, the golden bead flashed, a tingling sensation passed through their fingertips, straight to their hearts, both of their hearts trembled.
