Chapter 489

Qin Xiang smiled, recalling Qin Bi farming: "None of us have Qin Bi's good fortune."

This was praise; as elder brothers, Qin Tang and Qin Xun felt honored by it.

Qin Xun also smiled and nodded: "Indeed."

If Qin Bi had not married Rong He Shizi, with her farming ability, Qin Tang would only have advised her to keep a low profile to avoid Qin He's jealousy and hidden sabotage, for Qin He's heart is narrow.

But Qin Bi married well.

Qin Tang did not stop her; Qin Bi's talents benefit Rong Juan and Rong Juan.

"Planting vegetables?" Qin Xiang asked, looking at the farmland Qin Tang and Qin Xun had reclaimed.

"Not planting." Qin Tang held his summoning artifact, looking somewhat weary; he had been summoning snow and rain at high intensity for a while, and only hailstones fell to the ground: "Winter is cold; even if planted, vegetables won't grow."

Qin Han and Jiang Mo arrived, with Qin Yuan following along.

"Even Sister Qin He is planting vegetables," Qin Yuan said. "Once farmland is reclaimed, you must plant vegetables; otherwise, is the land idle? Plant one crop now, and another in spring."

Qin Tang and the others fell silent; only Qin Han noticed nothing, still thinking Qin Yuan made sense.

Qin Xun did not want to speak; this was truly ignorance of farming. After so many days in the wilderness, Qin Yuan simply did not understand agriculture; only someone who knew nothing about farming would say such a foolish, ignorant thing.

"This is winter," Qin Xiang said gently. "It is extremely cold; almost nothing grows."

"How can that be?" Qin Yuan cried. "Qin Bi's spirit vegetables grow."

Qin Xun lowered his eyes, staring directly at the summoned plants turning the soil, and said nothing more. See? Fortunately, he had not been the one to speak up out of kindness; otherwise, Qin Yuan, ungrateful and ungracious, would have thought he deliberately prevented her from growing spirit vegetables.

People even compared themselves to Qin Bi; since Qin Bi could grow spirit vegetables in the wilderness, many in the Hou Fu thought they could too. When kindly reminded that it was winter, they thought you had ulterior motives.

Qin Xiang's reminder caused little trouble because Qin Xiang was Qin He Shizi's right-hand man, managing many affairs in the Hou Fu. Qin Xiang favored neither the Fourth House nor the Second House; everyone in the Hou Fu knew this.

Even if Qin Xiang told her that winter was unsuitable for planting vegetables, Qin Yuan still shouted that out, refusing to accept it.

Qin Tang had wanted to rest; since everyone had come to his and Qin Xun's farmland, it was improper to continue reclaiming wasteland. It was good to chat and rest, but since Qin Yuan was so ungrateful, Qin Tang continued summoning snow and rain.

"Jiang Mo," Qin Tang asked, "how is your reclaimed farmland coming along?"

Jiang Mo sighed: "Alas, I cannot summon snow and rain."

Qin Xun interjected: "You haven't even entered the path of cultivation yet."

Qin Han took the opportunity to say, "If only we could eat more spirit food."

The conversation could not continue; everyone knew eating more spirit food was good, but the key was, did you have spirit food? Don't tell me you're just fixated on your natal family's meager spirit food, speaking here for Qin Tang and Qin Xun to hear.

Qin Tang and Qin Xun pretended not to hear. Jiang Ren pouted and came over: "Turning the soil is so tiring."

She had no summoning artifact herself, so she could only reclaim wasteland with Qin Han. What could a young girl like Jiang Ren do? She took a hoe to break up the compacted soil; using a hoe was hard work.

Qin Han took Jiang Ren's hand to look: "You've got blood blisters."

Qin Xun suspected she was saying this for him and Qin Tang to hear.

"The Red Fire Festival is coming soon," Qin Xiang said. "We must reclaim the farmland as quickly as possible."

Having said that, he greeted everyone and went back to find Qin Yan.

Seeing only the Fourth House people remained, Qin Yuan felt it improper to stay and left as well. She would return and tell Qin He that the Fourth House people were truly heartless, showing no care at all for Qin Han's family.

Jiang Ren's hands had blood blisters from holding the hoe; if you give her a few spirit vegetables to eat, why reclaim wasteland at all?!

Only then did Qin Xun say to Qin Han, "I brought water; give Jiang Ren some to drink."

Qin Han's lips turned down. Who didn't bring water? Why not say give it to a spirit duck? A legitimate son is a legitimate son, different from an illegitimate one; heartless, while only the illegitimate ones give wholeheartedly.

Though dissatisfied in her heart, Qin Han dared not show it; she took the water and gave it to Jiang Ren.

Jiang Mo stared at Qin Tang and Qin Xun reclaiming wasteland. After Qin Han put the water flask back, she asked Qin Tang, "Does Eldest Brother have a child-sized summoning artifact? I saw that Sister Qin Bi's child has such a small summoning artifact. Does our Hou Fu have any? If our Hou Fu has them, and if you two elder brothers brought any, please let Jiang Ren use one. The child came to the wilderness and hasn't even touched the edge of a summoning artifact."

Qin Han's expression darkened, feeling aggrieved for her child.

"Child-sized summoning artifact?" Qin Tang said. "No."

Qin Xun said, "I don't have one either."

"There are several children at home," Qin Han clearly did not believe them. "Not a single child-sized summoning artifact?"

Qin Xun took a deep breath; Qin Tang frowned. Anyone hearing this would feel uncomfortable.

Back then, He Shi raised Qin Han by her side; the legitimate children were closer to Qin Han, while Qin Bi generally kept her distance, so the legitimate children treated Qin Bi indifferently.

Only after Qin Bi's marriage prospects went poorly did she grow closer to the legitimate children.

They could not stay distant; the Fourth House children were of one mind and shared one fate; if one prospered, all prospered. When He He Shizi abandoned Qin Bi and chose Qin He, Qin Tang and Qin Xun naturally were displeased and inevitably stood by Qin Bi's side.

The more they interacted, the deeper their bond became.

What moved Qin Tang and Qin Xun most was when He He Shizi wanted to take a co-equal wife; Qin Bi broke down in tears and sought protection from her father and brothers. Though they had little affection since childhood, at this critical moment, the kinship deep in their bones revealed itself.

What did Qin Bi say then? "If father and brothers don't protect me, who will? Who else can I find? When wronged, I can only seek my father and brothers to stand up for me."

At that time, Qin Tang and Qin Xun truly could not bear it; in the end, throwing caution to the wind, they called their father Qin Di to seek out Qin Yan Hou and the old Qin Yan Hou to stand up for her, agreeing that they would divorce immediately after the wedding.

From then on, Qin Bi and Qin Han held equal status in their hearts.

Qin Tang and Qin Xun never expected that Qin Bi was the most fortunate, and that Qin Bi was the one who valued feelings most and protected the clan most. Compared to Qin Bi, Qin Han cared only for her husband and children.

Such excessive longing made them feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Jiang Mo still thought Qin Han and her legitimate brothers merely spoke casually, so she had not spoken out of turn. Now, seeing Qin Tang and Qin Xun's expressions were both bad, Jiang Mo sighed inwardly and had to smooth things over.

"Qin Han," Jiang Mo said. "Child-sized summoning artifacts are not cheap."

Qin Han said softly, "I thought the two elder brothers should have some."

"No," Qin Xun said. "Eldest Brother and I originally wanted to buy a child-sized summoning artifact for our eldest son, but we never found a suitable one, and the price was too high, so we didn't buy it."

"I see you don't seem short on summoning artifacts," Qin Han said, feeling slightly apologetic and forcing a smile. "I still thought the two elder brothers had child-sized summoning artifacts."

Qin Tang would not tell Qin Han that the reason they had so many summoning artifacts was because they had killed people who tried to seize a small space in the Beast Realm's small space, and Qin Lang had picked up quite a few artifacts.