Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune Chapter 96

95, Serve Well (1 more)

Xie Zhinuan said she would take good care of it, and she did, with great care and attention.
Taking advantage of the warm weather, she brought it to the creek for a bath, scrubbing and washing thoroughly, secretly giving it spiritual spring water to drink, and taking it out for walks.
After only four or five days, the villagers noticed that the mule's eyes seemed to shine a lot brighter, as if it had grown taller, and it was very obedient to Xie Zhinuan.
A few days earlier, it had to be led, but now it would follow Xie Zhinuan around willingly, even playing in the creek with Routuan and waiting for Xie Zhinuan to wash it.
The villagers marveled that this was not simply raising an animal, but nurturing a child, with more painstaking care than Xie Zhinuan's.
What did the mule eat? Tender corn, and even the cornstalks needed to be washed in the creek, sun-dried before eating.
As for the bran it was fed, that was ground millet, then boiling water was prepared in a pot to cook it a bit…
The villagers' tales became more and more exaggerated, and by the time the stories reached Xie Zhinuan, they were short of saying the mule ate plain rice just like humans.
Xie Zhinuan smiled and paid them no mind.
She gave it spiritual spring water three times a day, feeling that the mule had become enlightened, so she named it Dahuang.
It was a beast of burden, but also a pet.
From the moment Dahuang responded to its name, Xie Zhinuan grew even more fond of it.
The weather was getting hotter, and straw mats had replaced the bedding on the kang bed and the bed. Xie Zhinuan mostly slept on the bed in the middle room, thinking the kang was too hard and preferring the comfort of the bed – most importantly, using a mosquito net to avoid mosquito bites.
Routuan and Dahuang were almost free-range, a dog and a mule became best friends, holding their bladder and bowel overnight to go outside in the morning, without any need for human supervision.
Sometimes Dahuang slept under the eaves, sometimes under the shed behind the house, but never disturbed the vegetable garden.
“I've never seen such a smart mule!” exclaimed the Silly Girl in wonder.
Aunt Chen and Grandma Chen also found it extraordinary.
Only Yuanbao, when coming to fetch his meal, looked at Xie Zhinuan and seemed to be on the verge of saying something…
In Yangjiang Prefecture, Huiquan Tower.
Someone like Yuan Liuwang definitely wouldn't dare to stay or dine in a grand restaurant like Huiquan Tower. He came today to sell Xie Zhinuan's chili sauce.
Carrying a small jar, he stepped into the restaurant where a waiter immediately approached him, “Sir, are you here to eat, or to stay?”
“I'm here to see your manager, to sell something!” Yuan Liuwang said with a firm voice.
But a careful listener would have noticed that he sounded somewhat timid and not very confident.
He was indeed extremely nervous.
Selling a jar of chili sauce for thirty taels of silver was something he dared not even imagine.
“May I know what business you have with me?” the manager examined Yuan Liuwang from head to toe.
Seeing that he was wearing laundered but old and common clothes, the manager couldn't help but look down on him a bit.
“Manager, I'm here to sell something!” Yuan Liuwang hurriedly said.
He handed over the jar, “This is some chili sauce made by my family. I brought it to see if you'd be interested in buying it?”
The moment the manager heard it was chili sauce for sale, he became somewhat impatient.
His restaurant had its own supplier of well-selling chili sauce, so he waved his hands dismissively, “No, no, take it and leave quickly!”
He gestured for the waiter to usher Yuan Liuwang out.
The waiter, looking down on him, pushed Yuan Liuwang forward.
The shove caused Yuan Liuwang to stagger, and the jar in his hand was jostled and fell outside of Huiquan Tower, shattering with a crash.
“You…” Yuan Liuwang was furious.
Not wanting to buy was one thing, but this sort of bullying was intolerable.
Thinking about the chili sauce that was now wasted, Yuan Liuwang's face darkened with anger.
However, the fragrance of the chili sauce began to spread, making many people unable to resist sniffing, “That smells so good!”
By chance, a luxurious carriage arrived, and the young master inside took a deep breath, “What is that, it smells so good?”

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