Qin Yihuai was capable of far more than this.
His deep, dark eyes stared ahead, a cryptic glint flashing across them.
"Boss,"
Chen Zhenhai's voice came from beside his ear. "The stuff has been delivered, but it seems Miss Ye was well-prepared."
Qin Yihuai had prepared a lot of medicinal herb seeds and asked Chen Zhenhai to send them over. But he found that Ye Zhinan seemed to have even more seeds than he did.
Just how capable was this woman?
Ye Zhinan sneezed. She looked around and tightened her collar involuntarily.
"Mother told you to take care of yourself. After you finish this plot, go back and rest," Ye Yingfeng said, his heart aching for his younger sister. From afar, he saw Ye Zhinan's nose, red from the wind, and his eyebrows knitted into a knot.
"I'm fine, brother. Look, since I started farming, I've gotten much stronger," Ye Zhinan said as she lifted an arm and waved it in the air.
Ye Yingfeng felt a gentle breeze on his face. It was hard to tell whether he was happy or sad from his expression.
"By the time the harvest comes, after we pay our share to the government, we can use the rest to improve Father and Mother's health," Ye Zhinan murmured. "Mother has been staring at the loom for so long that her eyesight has suffered. And you and Father, working in the damp and dark mine all day, it's bound to take a toll on your health."
Ye Yingfeng listened to Ye Zhinan rambling on. He felt a pang in his heart.
Back then, when he heard that Ye Shenyan had been wrongly imprisoned and exiled thousands of miles away, he was helpless.
Today, his family was suffering and being gossiped about, and all he could do was endure in silence.
The fact that his younger sister had grown up and become sensible overnight was not something for him to be happy about.
Ye Zhinan noticed that her brother was silent, his head down. His long eyelashes hid the worry in his eyes.
"Brother, have some tea and take a break," she said as she took the water flask from her waist and poured out some tea.
Ye Yingfeng took a sip. His eyes flashed. "Where did you get this tea?"
"The boss who bought our rabbit heads gave it to me. How is it? Good, right?"
A look of inquiry flashed across Ye Zhinan's eyes.
Ye Yingfeng paused for a moment, then nodded and picked up his hoe to start working again.
Sure enough, that boss was not an ordinary person.
Ye Zhinan had just used the tea to test her brother, and her suspicion had been confirmed.
The sun was gradually setting. The two of them finally finished sowing the entire field before the sun disappeared below the horizon.
"I have to go to the mine tomorrow, but I'll come back as early as I can to help you," Ye Yingfeng said, looking worried. After all, there were two large plots of land, and they were quite far apart. He was afraid Ye Zhinan would find it too much to handle on her own.
Ye Zhinan wasn't worried. She wiped the sweat from her face and waved her hand.
"Don't worry. I'm strong," she said. She hoped Ye Yingfeng wouldn't come too early, or else how could she use the high-tech tools in her space?
Farming days were simple and happy.
At night.
Ye Zhinan was lying in bed, calculating the harvest time for wolfberries, kendir, and ice grass. She was thinking about how to allocate the remaining quantity reasonably when suddenly there were three soft knocks on the window.
Sure enough, he's here!
"Have you run out of the medicine?"
The person outside the window was stunned for a moment, then took the medicine packet. "Thank you!"
"This is a new medicine. Your leg should be better by now. These are for consolidation and strengthening," Ye Zhinan said as she walked out wearing a red outer robe.
This red outer robe was a gift from Liu Ruonan before her wedding. It was also the first thing she had made entirely by herself.
The bright red color made Ye Zhinan's fair skin look even more translucent. Her cherry lips were alluring in the moonlight.
Qin Yihuai was a little dazed. His deep, dark eyes were fixed on one spot. He didn't dare to look around. Who would have thought that the red robe would accentuate her graceful figure?
Ye Zhinan just noticed the look in his eyes. A blush crept onto her cheeks.
"Inspector Qin, what brings you here? Are you going to give me the two plots of land beside the wasteland as well?"
Qin Yihuai's eyes darkened. A smile crossed his lips.
"Sure enough, you know. But it should be to your liking, right?"
"Indeed. I should thank you, Inspector. But the seeds you gave me were of poor quality. I had to do some extra work," Ye Zhinan said.
This woman was really sharp-tongued.
Qin Yihuai didn't show any expression on his face. He took something out of his pocket.
"Take a look at this first," he said.
Ye Zhinan opened it and her eyes widened.
"This is..."
It was a whole bag of marinated food. It looked like the ones they sold, but it wasn't quite the same.
Ye Zhinan took a piece and tasted it.
No, the taste was wrong.
"I didn't expect there to be more so soon," she said. She thought of Qiao Jie and Zhao A'si, but the taste was different.
"This time, it's very strange. They don't sell it every day, and the location isn't fixed. I had a hard time getting this," Qin Yihuai said as he took a piece of marinated food. But the next second, he spat it out.
"It's not good!"
Ye Zhinan's eyes were deep.
The taste was indeed not as good as the ones they made, but it wasn't that bad.
Thinking of this, she felt warm inside, even a little smug.
"I'll have to trouble Inspector Qin to keep an eye on this," Ye Zhinan said. She was just about to ask him how he found out when Qin Yihuai said goodbye and left in a hurry.
He was really a man like the wind.
She thought as she took a big bite of the marinated food.
The spring wind in the northern border was fierce.
Ye Zhinan wrapped a handkerchief around her face to protect herself from the wind.
Sister Hong passed by the field and couldn't help laughing.
"What kind of outfit is this? Do the young ladies in the capital all dress like this?"
The young ladies in the capital rarely left their homes. Even when they did, the wind wasn't that strong. Ye Zhinan didn't have the time to make a veil, or else she would have wrapped her whole head.
"The wind is so strong. I have a weak stomach. This is to protect myself from the wind. Why don't you try it?" she said as she took another handkerchief out of her pocket.
Her handkerchief was different from others. It was long and thin, just right to wrap around her head twice.
Just then, a gust of wind blew. Sister Hong quickly wrapped it around her head and tied a bow at the back.
"This is quite breathable. It's much more convenient than a bamboo hat. Did Mrs. Ye make this? Can I buy a few?"
Business came just like that.
Ye Zhinan immediately nodded. "Three taels of silver for one. I'll deliver them in three days."
Since Sister Hong had worn this beautiful and convenient scarf out, many people had come looking for it.
The handkerchiefs were hard to sell before, but this scarf was perfect for the hardworking and thrifty women in the northern border.
Han Xiangmei had made this scarf because she felt sorry for her daughter's red face from the wind. She didn't expect it to be a way to make money.
So she stayed up all night making a lot of them. She didn't need three days at all.
No matter how much Ye Zhinan tried to persuade her, she wouldn't listen. She insisted on making more.
It was good that the whole family wanted to make money, but Ye Shenyan couldn't bear to see them all working so hard.
He snatched the thread from Han Xiangmei's hand.
"Are you going to ruin your eyes?"