After marrying the hunter, he became more and more abnormal

Chapter 487 Daily Life After Returning to the Village (8)

"Ah, then I'll be able to see Brother Gong soon!" Liu Yu said, glancing at Liu Yingying again.

Liu Yingying's eyes flickered slightly, but her expression remained unchanged as she skillfully changed the subject: "Brother Gong is coming back soon, so is Young Master Ying coming back soon too? Ze'er, you don't know, Young Master Zhang goes to the village several times a month to ask if Young Master Ying has returned yet."

Xia Mo wasn't too surprised. "He'll be back soon." So there's going to be a good show to watch from now on, hmm, the silly young master's pursuit of his husband.

Madam Zhou sighed, "If only one of them were a boy. Young Master Zhang is a good person. He's not really stupid. He's like a young child. He's pure and kind. It's not tiring to be around him."

Xia Mo nodded in agreement, thinking to himself, "Auntie, you almost guessed right. One of them really is a boy."

However, even though he felt that Zhang Siyuan and the cunning Yingying were a perfect match, he didn't intend to interfere. Just like with Liu Yu and Xie Yu, he would let things take their natural course. As for Zhang Siyuan, he wished him good luck.

"Sigh, it's a pity I don't like Young Master Zhang, and Young Master Zhang doesn't like me either. Otherwise, if I had been interested in Young Master Zhang back then, there wouldn't have been so much trouble later on," Liu Yu said with emotion.

"Then you can ask your aunt to keep an eye out for you. Who knows, you might meet someone you like someday," Xia Mo said deliberately, teasing Zhou Shi.

Zhou readily agreed: "Sure! Leave it to me, Yu-ge. Don't worry, I'll definitely find you the best one. There are plenty of promising young men out there. We can't condemn everyone just because we've met one bad one."

Liu Yu immediately put on a bitter face, glanced at Xia Mo with a resentful look, regretted that she had just made a fuss about something, and said with a wrinkled face: "Auntie, don't listen to his nonsense, I don't want to go on a blind date at all, not at all. I get goosebumps just hearing about blind dates, it's really not going to work."

He didn't want to go back to jail.

Seeing his dismissive attitude, Xia Mo tilted his head and chuckled. The others laughed too. Liu Yu's face flushed red. She glared at Xia Mo angrily, took a bite of the sugarcane in her hand, and chewed it vigorously.

After they finished laughing, they let Liu Yu go and stopped joking with him. They then changed the subject to avoid scaring him into going home.

The conversation rambled on and on, eventually circling back to the maltose business they had discussed. The Zhou mother and daughter, along with Liu Yu and Xia Mo, were even angrier than the two parties involved. They cursed both the Zhou and Liu Gaosheng families, claiming that neither of them was innocent and that Ling Chuan should not let them off the hook.

As for why it wasn't Xia Mo, it can only be said that stereotypes are deeply ingrained.

Xia Mo's family spent the afternoon at Liu Yingying's house. When Liu Yuniang returned, Liu Yu immediately told her about her plan to plant sugarcane. She even cut off a piece of sugarcane, peeled it, and asked her to taste it. After tasting it, Liu Yuniang's eyes lit up, and she immediately agreed. She then asked Xia Mo about the planting details and what she needed to pay attention to.

Xia Mo explained everything in detail, and finally told them that seeing is believing, and they could wait until his family started planting before they followed suit. The four nodded repeatedly, indicating that they would listen to him.

So, on their first day back in the village, Xia Mo's family spent visiting friends. The second day was the same. They got up early, had breakfast, and then drove their horse-drawn carriage to the county to visit Grandma Dou and her husband, as well as their old customer, Manager Hong.

Grandma Dou knew that the two had gone on a long trip. Seeing that they came to visit her and her husband as soon as they returned, showing that they cared about them, Grandma Dou felt a surge of warmth in her heart. The smile in her eyes never disappeared. She asked the servants to bring sugarcane to be juiced, and she and Grandpa Xie each drank a small bowl. They dared not drink more, mainly because of their advanced age.

They knew about sugarcane; it was a rare commodity. They could also tell that the young couple had brought them top-quality goods, and their smiles deepened.

Grandma Dou put down the porcelain bowl, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and asked, "It must be very hard traveling and sleeping outdoors, with all the wind and rain."

Xia Mo glanced at Ling Chuan and replied with a smile, "It's not hard work. Brother Chuan is very organized and his itinerary is reasonable. We rarely spend the night in the carriage. We usually stay at farmers' homes or inns."

Grandma Dou didn't believe it. She had traveled far and wide before, so how could she not know the helplessness and bumpy roads when the carriage was in a deserted place? It was not a pleasant experience at all, and at night she had to beware of wild animals.

However, seeing the family of three with rosy complexions and an increasingly better life, Grandma Dou chose to agree with him.

"That's good, Chuan boy. It's Ze'er's good fortune to be with you."

"It's my good fortune too," Ling Chuan said gently, looking at Xia Mo.

Xia Mo is no longer the type to blush easily. He raised his chin and tilted his head at him, saying, "Good to know."

Grandpa Xie chuckled, while Grandma Dou's gaze settled on Xia Mo, whose eyes were smiling. In that instant, she seemed to travel through time and see a woman who resembled him and smiled just as serenely and beautifully. She couldn't help but smile with a slight curve of her lips, a smile of relief on her face.

After visiting the two elders, Xia Mo and Ling Chuan escorted Xiao Anyu to his new house before heading to Manager Hong's general store.

Inside the accounting office, Manager Hong was working on his abacus with his head down, his brows furrowed and never relaxed, indicating a pessimistic outlook.

"Sigh, it's short again. I wonder when Mr. Liu and the others will return." Manager Hong sighed and wrote the total amount in the ledger.

Merchants are never satisfied, especially those like Manager Hong who have tasted the unique sweetness of maltose. Now that maltose is no longer his specialty, he is not losing money, but he is not satisfied with anything. It's like he could have earned all this money himself, but it was divided into countless parts, and he only got a small share.

But no matter how unwilling he was, it was no use. It was an indisputable fact that the maltose recipe had been learned by others. He could only place his hopes on Liu Fulang, hoping that he would come back as soon as possible, develop a new type of sweet food, and make a fortune again.

Perhaps heaven heard his heart's desire, for just as he was thinking this, the waiter rushed in excitedly, shouting, "Manager! Manager! Mr. Liu and his husband are back! They're just outside..."

Manager Hong jumped up with a bang, overjoyed. He rushed out without even replying to the shop assistant, afraid that if he came out a moment too late, the shopkeeper would be gone.

Xia Mo and Ling Chuan waited in the shop. The gifts that had been delivered had been taken by the shop assistant on behalf of Manager Hong and placed aside.

"Oh my, Mr. Liu and Brother Ling, you're finally back! I've been waiting for you for so long!" Manager Hong's voice preceded his arrival. When he lifted the curtain and saw the two men, one with a cool demeanor and the other with a warm one, with outstanding temperaments, his pupils dilated and he froze. This... really is Mr. Liu and Brother Ling?

Xia Mo seemed oblivious to his shock, and smiled, "Manager Hong, it's been a long time. You're still as charming as ever."

Manager Hong snapped out of his daze, concealing the surprise in his eyes, and said with a wry smile, "Oh, Mr. Liu, please don't tease me. As you all probably know, several shops in the county have started selling maltose, and there are also many small vendors. Sigh."

Knowing he was anxious, it was good to get straight to the point, so Xia Mo said, "Let's go inside and talk."

Seeing his expression, Manager Hong felt inexplicably at ease and quickly gestured for him to come inside, saying, "Alright, alright, let's talk inside."