Xiao Xiaofan and Xiao Xiaodong watched the two adults drink grape juice from the side, their eyes burning with envy. Taking pity on them, Xiao Jingting let the two children take tiny sips of grape juice to satisfy their cravings, but unexpectedly this only made them more greedy.
Xu Mu’an couldn’t stand seeing their greedy expressions and chased them off to bed.
Xiao Xiaofan sat on the bed, rubbing his toes, saying with complete indignation, “Mother-father is getting more and more stingy.”
Xiao Xiaofan felt so wronged. Before, daddy used to hide delicious food and eat it secretly. Now mother-father and father were eating delicious things while chasing him off to bed.
Xiao Xiaodong looked at Xiao Xiaofan and snorted, “Who told us to have low cultivation levels? With low cultivation, we can only eat less. If we eat too much, we’ll get sick. When big brother grows up, my cultivation can also rise, and I’ll be able to eat lots. You’re the pitiful one – I’ve taught you for so long, but you still haven’t entered the door. In the future, you’ll only be able to eat this little forever.”
Xiao Xiaofan looked at Xiao Xiaodong with complete surprise, pursing his lips in a manner that looked like he was about to cry.
Xiao Xiaodong said coldly, “Looking at me like that won’t help.”
Xiao Xiaofan’s inability to cultivate had always been a worry weighing on Xu Mu’an’s heart. Xiao Xiaodong would supervise Xiao Xiaofan constantly and teach him hand-in-hand, but Xiao Xiaofan had never been able to enter the door.
Xiao Xiaofan blinked at Xiao Xiaodong, his face pale as death. Xiao Xiaodong remained unmoved.
Xiao Xiaofan pursed his lips, crossed his legs, and following Xiao Xiaodong’s method, began to cultivate.
After a moment, Xiao Xiaodong discovered with some amazement that Xiao Xiaofan actually had qi sensation!
Xiao Xiaodong looked at Xiao Xiaofan and widened his eyes with complete surprise. Before, he had spent so much effort, yet Xiao Xiaofan hadn’t made any progress at all. Now he could sense qi. Sure enough, only when it came to food would this guy be motivated.
Actually, Xiao Xiaofan’s enlightenment wasn’t entirely because of food. Xiao Xiaofan had eaten quite a lot of good things recently, so his body’s spiritual energy was abundant. Being provoked by Xiao Xiaodong, it naturally fell into place for him to sense qi.
Xu Mu’an rubbed his full belly, thinking: The spiritual energy absorbed from eating like that just now is equivalent to what I’d absorb in several dozen days.
“Mother-father, mother-father, little brother has gained enlightenment!” Xiao Xiaodong tugged on Xu Mu’an’s hand.
Xu Mu’an’s gaze swept over Xiao Xiaofan, and his eyes immediately lit up.
“Mother-father, did you see?”
“I saw, I saw.” Xu Mu’an looked at Xiao Xiaofan, feeling that recently good things were happening one after another. If this could continue like this, he would finally see the moon after the clouds parted.
…
“Uncle Li, sorry to trouble you again,” Xu Mu’an found Li Sheng.
Li Sheng shook his head and said, “No trouble, no trouble. Your Uncle Li is in this business.”
Because there were quite a lot of things, Xu Mu’an directly chartered Li Sheng’s ox cart this time.
“This time you’re going to sell newly harvested grain?” Li Sheng asked.
Xu Mu’an nodded and said, “Yes!”
“Where’s your household head? How come he didn’t come with you?” Li Sheng asked.
“He’s going to plant crops,” Xu Mu’an replied.
Li Sheng said with complete satisfaction, “Your household head now completely entrusts matters like selling grain to you – clearly he trusts you.”
Xu Mu’an smiled faintly.
Li Sheng looked at Xu Mu’an’s smile, nodded, and said, “That’s right. When family members are together, they should support each other.”
Li Sheng grabbed a handful of grain and exclaimed with amazement, “Indeed, spirit grain grown by a third-level Qi Cultivation practitioner – the quality of this spirit grain is clearly extraordinary at first glance.”
Xu Mu’an smiled. He also felt the quality of what Xiao Jingting grew was quite good. This batch wasn’t even the best – the best was kept at home.
Xiao Jingting said the best should be kept for their own family to eat. Xu Mu’an felt the quality of the spirit grain Xiao Jingting grew was really too good – it didn’t seem like it came from inferior fields. Fearing it would attract trouble, he agreed with Xiao Jingting’s opinion to keep some for family consumption.
“I heard your household head has changed quite a lot recently,” Li Sheng said.
Xu Mu’an nodded and said, “He has changed quite a lot.”
“It’s good that he’s restrained himself. With this skill for growing spirit grain, how could he worry about not earning silver?”
Xu Mu’an lowered his head and couldn’t help feeling somewhat uneasy. The former Xiao Jingting was too terrible, but the current Xiao Jingting was too good. In the Barbarous Continent, having three wives and four concubines was commonplace.
When they first arrived at Tuqiu Village, quite a few people wanted to arrange marriages for Xiao Jingting. Later, seeing that Xiao Jingting’s conduct was truly unreliable, gradually no one came to the door anymore. If life got better and better in the future, those people would probably make a comeback.
Xu Mu’an shook his head and pushed the unpleasant thoughts from his mind.
Xu Mu’an sold the spirit grain and returned home, handing twenty-two taels of silver to Xiao Jingting. “The spirit grain sold for twenty-six taels. The soil-turning earthworm cost four taels. Here are twenty-two taels of silver.”
Xiao Jingting took the silver and said, “You worked hard.”
Xu Mu’an shook his head and said, “It’s nothing, not hard at all. By the way, when I was on the street, several people saw me and wanted to order grapes from me.”
“Order grapes?” Xiao Jingting asked.
Xu Mu’an nodded and said, “Yes. Many of the people who bought grapes yesterday want to buy some more. The grapes at Yueho Restaurant are selling for very high prices. Quite a few people bought grapes from us yesterday, and many people know that Yueho Restaurant’s grapes came from us, so…”
Xiao Jingting thought for a moment and said, “I see! If someone needs large quantities, we could sign some long-term contracts. A cheaper price would also be acceptable.”
Oh my. Xu Mu’an is getting possessive towards Jingting! Very nice.