Chapter 288

Qin Yan glanced at Qin He indifferently. If she really didn't want to be questioned, she should have cultivated a plot of land herself.

Since she was meddling in land cultivated by others, why say such things? Qin He meddled in others' land and then questioned them; this concubine-born cousin was a bit self-righteous.

Qin Yan saw the Su Heir Apparent coming and went over to talk. Qin He followed as well.

Qin Yan was surprised; he hadn't called Qin He to come along. The Su Guogong Fu was a great cultivation family, and the Su Heir Apparent was a noble youth. Many concubine-born children seized every opportunity to follow and befriend nobles.

Forget it, Qin Yan didn't stop Qin He.

Qin He waited for Qin Yan to exchange pleasantries with the Su Heir Apparent and his wife, then smiled gently and specifically told the Su Heir Apparent and his wife: "Su Heir Apparent, Heir Apparent's wife, I am going to irrigate this field next."

She spoke as if she were the only one irrigating it, but in fact, more than one blessed cultivator was summoning rain. The area of this land was not small, and the rain summoned by one cultivator was not enough.

The Su Heir Apparent was surprised for a moment and nodded perfunctorily: "Oh, I hope you can summon the rain."

Qin He was smug inside; only chosen people could summon rain. She suppressed her smugness, sighed lightly, and added: "I'm just worried that after I irrigate it and crops grow in the field, someone will run over and say it was their credit."

These pointed words...

The Su Heir Apparent found it hard to respond. The Su Heir Apparent's wife didn't know who Qin He was alluding to and smiled: "The farmland planted by the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works is not casual. If you summon the rain, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works will stand up for you."

Qin He was just pointing it out in advance so that everyone would know it was her who summoned the rain for irrigation. Seeing that the Su Heir Apparent and his wife had taken it in, Qin He smiled, nodded, and left.

Seeing her leave, the Su Heir Apparent was puzzled: "So confident?"

Summoning rain in the wilderness was not easy. Even cultivators with water spiritual roots might not be able to summon much rain. Without magic treasures, it was best not to show off, as consuming spiritual energy would affect one's cultivation, and it wasn't certain that rain would be summoned.

Qin Yan didn't say anything. He could also see that Qin He was very confident; he just hoped she wouldn't get slapped in the face. He didn't know where Qin He had learned the bad habit of speaking so absolutely.

Qin He was also very confident in opening shops and doing business, and she had earned quite a bit of silver so far, so Qin Yan couldn't really manage her.

Qin He and Qin Yan chatted and laughed. Worried about getting tanned, they specifically stood under the spirit fruit trees. As for the grape trellis, there were advisors from the Rong Prince Manor there, and Qin He knew she couldn't get a word in, so she didn't crowd over.

Qin Bi gave the order: "Transplant the grape trees back."

"This..." Lin Yao hesitated: "Heir Apparent's wife, it hasn't rained, so it's not good to transplant them immediately."

Qin Bi said: "Summon it immediately."

Lin Yao couldn't advise against it. He immediately called the advisors to summon rain to moisten the soil. Once the soil had absorbed the rain, they could transplant the spirit fruit trees. With only a few grape trees, not much rain was needed.

The guards were carefree and went to the side. The advisors waited until the soil was thoroughly wet and then carefully transplanted them.

The Vice Minister of Revenue hurried over: "Why are you transplanting them under this scorching sun today?"

Lin Yao was only acting on orders; it was indeed a bit hasty. Normally, one would have to wait for a cloudy day to summon rain and transplant fruit trees. Being so hasty, the advisors consumed quite a bit of spiritual energy summoning the rain.

Qin Bi didn't answer the Vice Minister of Revenue but pointed to the few spirit peach trees: "Do you want those spirit peach trees?"

The Vice Minister of Revenue's eyes lit up: "Yes."

Qin Bi gave the word: "They're yours."

The Vice Minister of Revenue was immediately happy and had no time to worry about the grape trees. Who cared about the grape trees? Those belonged to the Rong Prince Manor. From now on, the few spirit peach trees would belong to their Ministry of Revenue.

The Vice Minister of Works hurried over, argued with the Ministry of Revenue, and split two spirit peach trees.

An advisor said: "Heir Apparent's wife, you shouldn't have given them the spirit peach trees for free."

Qin Bi looked over: "They won't survive; the leaves are already wilting."

They wouldn't survive, but the Vice Minister of Revenue and the Vice Minister of Works still valued the few spirit peach trees. Qin He volunteered, saying she had good fortune, and regardless of whether they were spirit fruit trees planted by Qin Bi, Qin He took out her summoning artifact and summoned rain to irrigate the spirit peach trees.

The grape spirit fruit trees were dug up, and Lin Yao took them away from the wilderness.

Returning to the Rong Prince Manor, the Rong Heir Apparent didn't say anything when he saw the spirit fruit trees transplanted back. Lin Yao knew in his heart that the Heir Apparent's wife could also make decisions on major matters, so he immediately had the fruit trees transplanted into the Heir Apparent's courtyard.

The Rong Prince Manor had cleared out everything in the wilderness and left the wilderness together with the Third and Fourth Branches.

Qin Yan, Rong Yan, and Jiang Xu were a bit later. Qin Yan asked Qin Yan for a handful of melon greens and even shared a handful with Qin He. When the Su Heir Apparent's wife saw this, she asked Qin Yan for some melon greens.

When the Third and Fourth Branches returned to the Qin Yan Hou Fu, Qin Han said to Jiang Shi and Lin Shi: "Two sisters-in-law, can I take a handful of melon greens?"

"Take them," Jiang Shi said generously: "It's just a handful of greens."

Unfortunately, as soon as these words left her mouth, Jiang Shi soon regretted it.

Qin Han didn't know where she had gotten a bag, but she squatted down, picked the fresh melon greens, and put them into the bag. Jiang Shi and Lin Shi looked at each other; she had already filled half the bag, and looking at her posture, she wanted to fill the whole bag.

"If you take too much, it will spoil if you can't finish it," Lin Shi said, deliberately saying to Jiang Shi: "I'll send some to my maiden family later."

"I'll also send some to my maiden family," Jiang Shi then said to Qin Han: "If you take too much, you won't be able to finish it."

Qin Han was embarrassed and had to stop, organizing the bag and tying it shut.

Lin Shi was furious; it was already more than half a bag, could you finish it?

Qin Han couldn't finish it. After having dinner at her maiden home, she left a portion of the melon greens and sent a bundle to each of her sisters-in-law: "They grew in my maiden family's own fields; sisters-in-law, please don't mind."

The sisters-in-law accepted them, asked Qin Han about the harvest in the farmland, and praised Qin Han's maiden family, saying they had become a cultivation family, and said bluntly: "We'll have to fawn over you a bit from now on."

Qin Han was smug inwardly, but said: "Our Marquis Manor has just become a cultivation family."

The next day, each family tasted the melon greens and exclaimed how delicious they were. Qin Han's sisters-in-law asked her for more. Qin Han packed up, took her two children, and went to the Qin Yan Hou Fu. In Great Yan, it was very common for married daughters to return to their maiden homes.

The premise was that the maiden family was capable, and the married daughter was willing to stay at her maiden home.

Jiang Shi and Lin Shi had both put away the melon greens, but the small watermelons hadn't been put away yet. Qin Han shifted her gaze toward them, and Jiang Shi gave the maids and matrons a look; the maids and matrons hurriedly put them away.

Jiang Shi pulled Qin Han to the He clan's courtyard and called Lin Shi to come and play together.

If she didn't call Lin Shi, Jiang Shi was worried that Qin Han would go to Lin Yao to ask for things again. Greens and small watermelons were not valuable things, but if Qin Han opened her mouth to ask, the Marquis Manor family would be embarrassed to refuse.

But Jiang Shi truly didn't want to give them to Qin Han anymore.

Qin Han was unhappy in her heart and took her nephews to the bustling market to buy things to eat, returning with large and small bags.

Jiang Shi gave Qin Han another handful of greens—a handful of greens separated by a matron. This time, Jiang Shi had learned to be smart and didn't let Qin Han take them herself.