CHAPTER 274: CHAPTER 265: SEEDS

On her return from Zheng County, Yu Xiaolian had accumulated fifty thousand taels in silver notes. After placing the silver notes on the supermarket’s cash register, she waited quietly for the transformation in space.

The space did not disappoint her. The next morning, the fifty thousand taels in silver notes she had placed on the cash register were indeed gone.

Yu Xiaolian, while feeling the pain of losing the fifty thousand taels, quickly checked the changes in the supermarket.

The first thing Yu Xiaolian did was to check the cell phone on the cash register. She attempted to swipe the stationary screen, but to no avail.

Yu Xiaolian felt like cursing.

Nevertheless, her bad mood only lasted a moment before Yu Xiaolian broke into a grin.

Because Yu Xiaolian discovered that the back door of her supermarket could be opened, allowing her to see the small garden and little two-story building in her backyard.

Excitedly, Yu Xiaolian ran straight to her little two-story building. As she pushed open the door and saw the familiar furniture arrangement, tears uncontrollably spilled from her eyes.

"Dad, Mom..." Yu Xiaolian cried out, "I’m back!"

Running back and forth from the first floor to the second floor while crying, Yu Xiaolian finally confirmed that this ’home’ had no one other than her. She sat on the floor dejectedly, her mind in a daze.

After calming her mind, Yu Xiaolian gathered her spirits once more and got up from the floor.

First, she took a stroll around her room on the second floor, opened the wardrobe to look at the clothes she used to wear, took out several designer bags to look at, and finally focused on her dressing table.

Grabbing her usual skincare products like the Immortal Water and black bandage face cream, Yu Xiaolian turned to the kitchen on her way down to the first floor, and on a whim, twisted the microwave’s knob, surprised to find it worked normally.

Yu Xiaolian also turned on the gas, discovering it was functional as well.

Yu Xiaolian hurriedly ran to the bathroom, plugged in the washing machine, and the water heater, finding them all working properly, which finally brought a trace of solace to her dejected heart.

After a quick shower in the bathroom, Yu Xiaolian left the two-story building with her skincare products. As she passed her family’s small storage room, she paused.

Seeds!

If she remembered correctly, her family’s storage room had various vegetable seeds.

Back then, her dad wanted to eat home-grown green vegetables in the summer and planned to plant them in the backyard. However, he faced her mom’s vehement rejection. Her mom’s reason was that since the family ran a supermarket, they had access to any vegetables they wanted, so why bother growing them themselves?

"What’s the deal with green or not, isn’t it all the same stuff? Grown at home doesn’t necessarily beat what’s sold at the supermarket!"

With a wave of her hand, her mom decided on flowers.

Thus, the backyard was filled with all sorts of flowers—roses, monthly roses, gardenias, bougainvillea. Various kinds, and all flowering ones, since her mom didn’t like non-flowering green plants, she only planted the flowering types.

When Yu Xiaolian traveled through time, it was May, and some of the flowers in the backyard were already in full bloom, their fragrance overwhelming.

Especially the gardenias, their scent was the most intense.

Yu Xiaolian picked a few budding roses, planning to find a vase for them later.

As for the seeds, she selected cherry tomatoes, greens, radishes, cucumbers, melons, and watermelon seeds from among the many. These were fruits and vegetables not available in Great Liang. Yu Xiaolian planned to take them to Taohua Village, so Yu Changhe could plant some in the backyard. After all, their backyard was large enough, extending all the way to the cliff’s edge.

Though the soil quality wasn’t good, and there were many gravel stones, Yu Changhe had already hired people to lay thick black soil in part of the backyard when building the house. Planting some fruits and vegetables should be feasible.

With everything in hand, Yu Xiaolian exited the space.

After arranging the roses, Yu Xiaolian cut open the seed packets, poured the seeds into oiled paper, and wrapped them separately, labeling each with their names using a black pen.

The next day, Yu Xiaolian took the seeds back to Taohua Village.

As she reached her doorstep, she happened to see Sun Dalin’s wife.

"Yo, Xiaolian is back. Your cousin is getting married, set for the end of May. Make sure you come back to drink the wedding wine," Sun Dalin’s wife said cheerfully, her face blooming with a smile.

Yu Xiaolian nodded and asked casually, "Which family did Manyu sister find from which village?"

Recently, Sun Manyu and Sun Dalin’s wife had been behaving well, perhaps too busy earning money daily to quibble over other matters.

As long as they didn’t trouble Yu Xiaolian, she couldn’t be bothered to bicker with them.

Sun Dalin’s wife replied with a smile, "It’s the Scholar from the neighboring Xinghua Village, last name Li, called Li Wenyuan. The Li Family is doing quite well. Once your Manyu sister marries over, she’ll be living the good life without needing to work."

Yu Xiaolian raised an eyebrow. Won’t need to work?

From what she knew, there were no new brides in ancient times who enjoyed an easy life right after marrying. Even if the husband’s family was well-off and didn’t require the new bride to work in the fields, there were still household chores and serving the in-laws.

Could it be that the Li Family was wealthy enough to have maids attending to daily life?

If that was the case, Sun Manyu would indeed have landed in a nest of fortune by marrying there.

However, in the nearby villages, Yu Xiaolian hadn’t heard of any family keeping servants.

Yu Xiaolian merely said, "That’s nice."

Sun Dalin’s wife hesitated to say more, fearing she’d annoy Yu Xiaolian, so she held back.

Once Yu Xiaolian entered the house, Sun Manyu tugged at her mother’s sleeve, "Mom, why didn’t you tell her about the Li Family’s conditions?"

The Li Family was interested in marrying Sun Manyu partly because they knew she was Yu Xiaolian’s cousin. Li Wenyuan had failed the Autumn Examination last year because he got the math problem wrong. Knowing that Sun Manyu was Yu Xiaolian’s cousin, the Li Family decided to take a detour and go the roundabout way to success.

As long as Li Wenyuan became the cousin-in-law of the Yu Teacher, he wouldn’t need to worry about being unaware of the math exam questions, right?

Even assuming Yu Xiaolian wasn’t willing to divulge the exam questions directly, a little hint or reminder should be possible, no?

"No need to bring that up now. Li Wenyuan will have to wait three years to retake the exam. Bringing it up now is too early. Once you marry into the Li Family, we can discuss it slowly, no rush."

After some time, Sun Dalin’s wife realized that Yu Xiaolian had a bad temper and needed to be handled gently.

Bringing it up now might just provoke Yu Xiaolian.

Sun Manyu worried, "Mom, what if Yu Xiaolian refuses to give Li Wenyuan a hint when the time comes?"

After all, her relationship with Yu Xiaolian had never been good, even pretty terrible, you could say.

Sun Dalin’s wife patted Sun Manyu’s hand, "My foolish daughter, everything depends on personal relations. You used to antagonize Yu Xiaolian too much. From now on, act more sensible, speak sweetly, and improve your relationship. Then, when you ask her for a favor, she might agree."