The tenth concubine covered her mouth with a handkerchief at some point and said disgustedly, "So what do you suggest?"
"You need to clean the duck shed first!"
"What?"
Everyone was greatly surprised and exclaimed in unison. Even Wei Shiqi, who was hiding far away, couldn't help rushing forward. "This duck shed has been used for so long without any problems. Aren't you here to teach us how to make marinated dishes? Why are you talking about cleaning the duck shed!"
Of course, she didn't want to clean the duck shed because these dirty and tiring jobs would surely fall on her. So she wanted to nip this idea in the bud.
Ye Zhinan calmly shook her head. "Your ducks were sick before, right? You suffered quite a loss. If you don't want the same thing to happen again, you'd better clean it up."
As she spoke, she patted the dirt off her dress, stood up, arched her willow-leaf eyebrows, and lazily stared at everyone. "Come and find me after you've discussed it. I won't use such ducks. It's unfair to the customers."
After saying that, she left the Wei family without looking back, leaving a group of people gaping in astonishment.
Ye Yingfeng had been waiting at the door. Seeing Ye Zhinan return so soon, he was puzzled. "So fast?"
"Yeah. I'll teach them the basics first."
"Basics? Is there any basic skill in cooking?"
Ye Yingfeng was even more confused, but as long as his sister came back safe and sound, it was fine.
Han Xiangmei had already prepared the meal. She thought Ye Zhinan would take a long time, but just as she finished setting the dishes on the table, she saw the two of them walking in, chatting. She also had the same question.
"So fast?"
"Mom, tell brother what the basic skill in cooking is."
Han Xiangmei was caught off guard by this sudden question. She hesitated for a second and tentatively said, "The ingredients?"
"Correct answer! A master chef is truly a master chef."
"So you're going to teach them from raising ducks?"
Ye Yingfeng suddenly understood and burst out laughing the next second.
Han Xiangmei was confused by their strange conversation. She cast a pleading look at Ye Shenyan beside her.
"She came back so early not because she taught the Wei family how to make marinated dishes, but because she asked them to clean the duck shed first."
"Dad is so smart!"
"But aren't you afraid they'll cause trouble for you?"
Ye Shenyan's eyes darkened slightly.
His worry was not unfounded. At this moment, Wei Shiqi was sweeping the duck shed full of resentment.
Those concubines would never really do the work. All they could do was talk.
The angrier she got, the more she thought about it. She threw the broom on the ground, scaring the ducks around her into running in all directions.
Ye Zhinan, just you wait!
The anger in her heart spread in the dark night. When it got even darker, a dark figure appeared in Ye Zhinan's field.
"You like to start from the ingredients, don't you? Then I'll take good care of your ingredients."
As the voice faded, the dark figure reached out its evil hand towards the young seedlings in the field, but the next second, it was caught by a much bigger hand.
"It hurts!"
Wei Shiqi looked up and met a pair of deep eyes that emitted a cold glint in the dark night.
"What are you doing?"
"Inspector Qin?"
Wei Shiqi was startled. The next second, her eyebrows drooped, and a few tears welled up in her eyes, glistening in the moonlight.
"I saw this seedling falling, so I wanted to help it up. Look, I'm about to fall too. Could you..."
As she spoke, Wei Shiqi threw herself into Qin Yihuai's arms.
Qin Yihuai was shocked. While taking a step back, he pushed the person in front of him with his hand.
Wei Shiqi fell flat on her face in a very accurate and embarrassing way.
"What are you two doing?"
Before Wei Shiqi could even start crying about her misfortune, a familiar voice came from behind.
Ye Zhinan couldn't sleep at night, so she got up to work in the field. By chance, she saw Wei Shiqi throwing herself into Qin Yihuai's arms. But due to the distance, the light, or some other reason, she didn't see how Wei Shiqi ended up on the ground.
Now she was extremely annoyed. Seeing the two people in front of her, she felt as if she had swallowed an elephant, and her heart was blocked to the brim.
Qin Yihuai's face darkened even more when he saw Ye Zhinan. Just as he was about to explain, Wei Shiqi, for some unknown reason, suddenly had the strength and speed to grab Qin Yihuai's clothes corner. She wriggled her body and said in a coquettish voice, "What do you think we're doing at this dead of night!"
"Shut up!"
Qin Yihuai shook off the woman clinging to him. A killing intent flashed in his eyes. Wei Shiqi couldn't help shivering all over and instinctively let go. But the next second, she covered her face and cried, looking like a wronged young woman to others.
Ye Zhinan's mind was full of the image of the two of them about to hug each other. She stopped thinking rationally. Her cold eyes stared directly at Qin Yihuai.
"I don't care what you two are doing at this dead of night, but please don't affect my young seedlings. They're still young and can't be harmed!"
After saying that, she made a "please" gesture.
Why is this woman so blind?!
Qin Yihuai couldn't explain himself no matter how hard he tried. His face froze like frost, and he turned around and left.
Wei Shiqi immediately got up and followed behind him.
This scene in Ye Zhinan's eyes further deepened her suspicion.
A man's words are all lies. If you believe Qin Yihuai, even wild boars will climb trees!
Ye Zhinan thought as she helped up the fallen seedlings and went back home. As soon as she entered the door, she was startled.
"Wild boars really climbed trees!"
There was a pig's head hanging high on the big tree in the yard. Its big eyes stared directly at her.
"Where did you go in the middle of the night?"
Ye Yingfeng walked out from somewhere, holding a piece of pigskin in his hand.
"I should be asking you. What are you doing with this pig in the middle of the night?"
Ye Zhinan pushed the person in front of her impatiently and pointed at the pig's head on the tree. "Did you do this too?"
Ye Yingfeng nodded. "How about it? Not bad, right? Facing the south, it can guard the house."
Ye Zhinan was speechless. The anger in her eyes erupted. She grabbed the pig's head and threw it into the duck shed.
"It's supposed to guard the house, not me. What if it scares Mom? Go to sleep now. Otherwise, I'll ask Mom to find you a wife to take care of you!"
After saying that, she flung the door open and went to bed.
Ye Yingfeng was left alone outside, shivering in the cold wind. He sighed at the pig's head. "Truly, a girl changes a lot as she grows up. She's getting weirder and weirder!"
"Achoo!"
Ye Zhinan wrapped herself tightly in the quilt in bed. She didn't expect it could still be so cold at night even in this warm spring when flowers were blooming.
"It's all that damned Qin Yihuai's fault!"
She couldn't help scolding. Then, suddenly, her heart sank.
Why am I scolding Qin Yihuai? He has nothing to do with me. Even if he has something going on with Wei Shiqi, it's their business!
A grown man is hard to keep at home!
But he should at least find a decent girl. What kind of person is Wei Shiqi? Is Qin Yihuai blind?
Forget it. Maybe his leg problem has gotten worse and affected his brain. I should increase the dosage of his medicine.
Thinking about it, Ye Zhinan got into the space and added a few more doses of medicine for clearing the eyes and calming the mind to Qin Yihuai's medicine.
Just as she was about to come out of the space, she noticed a puddle of water in the corner.
"What's this?"