When Xiao Jingting and Xu Mu’an returned to the Xiao family home, they discovered that several more bunches of grapes were missing. Xu Mu’an thought the two sons had stolen them again and was immediately filled with anger.
“It wasn’t little brother and me who stole them. Someone broke in and picked the grapes. Little brother and I tried to stop them but couldn’t. However, little brother bit him, and I hit him too,” Xiao Xiaodong said.
“Who was it?” Xiao Jingting asked.
“It was a shuanger, wearing pink clothes with flowers on them,” Xiao Xiaofan said with a pout, looking completely aggrieved.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jingting knew it was Qiu Bai. “This person really has no shame!”
But this was also the original owner’s fault. Flies don’t bite seamless eggs – who told the original owner to provoke such a person?
Xu Mu’an took a deep breath. They were outsiders and already faced exclusion in the village. If they sought justice over a few bunches of grapes, the villagers wouldn’t help them either. Now they could only let the matter rest to keep the peace.
Xiao Jingting closed his eyes and exhaled helplessly, saying, “Looks like we need to raise two spirit dogs.”
Xu Mu’an sighed lightly and said, “Spirit dogs aren’t cheap either!” There were so many places that needed money now – the spirit dogs would probably have to wait.
Xiao Jingting thought for a moment and said, “This matter can’t be made too public, but it can’t be kept completely quiet either. If people get into the habit of coming to steal, and habits become natural, who knows how much we’ll lose. You go tell the village chief that our house was robbed, but not much was taken, so we won’t pursue it. However, give the villagers a warning to be careful of thieves.”
Xu Mu’an nodded and said, “I understand.” Xu Mu’an was actually somewhat surprised inside. In Xu Mu’an’s view, Xiao Jingting and Qiu Bai had an affair going on, but unexpectedly Xiao Jingting had turned his face so completely.
Xu Mu’an looked at the sparse remaining grapes with a pang of pain. There hadn’t been many bunches left originally, and now Qiu Bai had come to steal more.
At the Qiu Family:
“These grapes are actually sweet, and moreover, they contain rich spiritual energy,” Qiu Li sighed with admiration. He had originally thought the city people had money with nowhere to spend it. Only after eating these grapes did he realize he was wrong. The grapes Xiao Jingting grew were indeed extraordinary.
Qiu Bai said indifferently, “Xiao Jingting is a third-level Qi Cultivation practitioner after all. It’s not strange that the grapes he grows have rich spiritual energy.” Thinking that Xiao Jingting was already a third-level Qi Cultivation master at such a young age, and might even become a fourth-level Qi Cultivation master, Qiu Bai suddenly felt that Xiao Jingting might not be a bad match after all.
Qiu Bai had brought back six bunches of grapes, but only half a bunch ended up in his hands. When his parents discovered these grapes could enhance strength, they gave all five bunches to Qiu Li, hoping that after eating the grapes, Qiu Li could jump to the third level. Qiu Bai felt resentful but was helpless.
Qiu Li ate the grapes while thinking about Qiu Bai’s words, feeling a surge of jealousy in his heart. He thought privately: Young masters from great families are still young masters from great families. No matter how lazy or lacking in ambition, with vast resources thrown at them, they can still achieve decent strength. Unlike himself, who cultivated diligently day and night but was still only at the second level of Qi Cultivation. This world was truly too unfair.
“Didn’t you say there were quite a lot of grapes there? Why didn’t you pick more back?” Qiu Li asked.
Qiu Bai’s face immediately turned red. Picking these few bunches was already conspicuous enough – how could he move house and pick all of their grapes? Besides, those two little brats kept shouting and cursing at him, making such a loud noise. Qiu Bai thought irritably: Big brother only knows how to eat and just orders me around to do things.
Thinking about the taste of those grapes, Qiu Bai couldn’t help wanting more, planning to go pick a few more bunches tomorrow. After all, the Xiao family still had quite a lot left.
While Qiu Bai was fantasizing here, their father returned home and gave Qiu Bai a thorough scolding.
Hearing their father’s words, Qiu Bai’s face immediately turned pale. Qiu Bai hadn’t expected Xu Mu’an to directly label him as a thief. If he got stuck with the name of a thief, how could he marry into a good family in the future?
“Fortunately, this matter didn’t become a big issue. In the future, don’t go to the Xiao family anymore,” their father said.
Qiu Bai felt aggrieved in his heart. It was his big brother who told him to scout out the grape-growing methods, but when something happened, father only scolded him.
“Was it Xu Mu’an who told the village chief?” Qiu Bai asked.
Their father nodded and said, “That’s right.”
“He’s jealous of me and deliberately trying to trip me up. Xiao Jingting must be kept in the dark by him,” Qiu Bai said.
Their father said irritably, “If Xiao Jingting didn’t permit it, how would Xu Mu’an dare to do this? You keep saying Xiao Jingting can’t escape your palm, but I think he doesn’t take you seriously at all.”
Hearing their father’s words, Qiu Bai was so embarrassed his whole face turned red.
Because of Qiu Bai’s incident, Xiao Jingting picked all the grapes in the courtyard. He kept a few bunches to eat and juiced the rest into grape juice, which he and Xu Mu’an shared completely. Xiao Jingting discovered that despite Xu Mu’an’s small size, his appetite was quite good.
Probably because he had never drunk fruit juice before, Xu Mu’an’s eyes were full of amazement.
“You have quite an appetite!” Xiao Jingting teased.
Hearing this, Xu Mu’an’s face reddened, and he wanted to bury his face in the bowl containing the grape juice.
Xiao Jingting looked at Xu Mu’an’s embarrassed appearance and just felt that Xu Mu’an was extremely cute.
Aaaaaaaaw he thinks his wife is CUTE!!!!!