Sister Han is good at farming

Chapter 278 What happened?

In the evening, after Ruan Qingqing returned to the City Lord's Mansion, Yue Linlang angrily told her all the complaints and objections she had heard during the day.

Ruan Qingqing was silent for a while. "Don't be angry. It's abnormal if there is no opposition to new things. I'll go and take a look tomorrow."

After dinner, she took out her pen and draft paper and started writing and drawing again. Although what the common people said was annoying, it was also a reality. When the common people did not have enough supplies, the vulnerable groups in the family would most likely be abandoned.

The best way to avoid this tragedy is to give the people more money and food. In this way, the development of handicraft industry must be advanced.

That night, the light in Ruan Qingqing's room remained on until midnight.

"Why aren't you sleeping yet? Aren't you tired after working in the fields all day?" Chi Jingxiao's sudden appearance scared Ruan Qingqing.

"I asked you why you didn't knock before coming in?" Ruan Qingqing rolled her eyes at him in annoyance.

"I knocked on the door for a long time, and when I saw you didn't respond, I just came in. What are you doing? So engrossed?" Chi Jingxiao pulled a chair and sat opposite her.

Ruan Qingqing continued to write, her pen moving. "I'm making a plan. A plan that will give the people of the three cities more money and food."

"Oh?" Chi Jingxiao immediately became interested. "Can you tell me when you have time? Is there anything I can do for you?"

Ruan Qingqing paused when she heard this, raised her head and looked at him expectantly, "If we really want to implement it, your help alone is not enough."

"It's okay, you talk first!" Chi Jingxiao looked at her intently.

Under the light, the eyes revealed from the mask were extremely bright, just like the way he laughed loudly in the sunshine many years ago.

"Qingqing~" Chi Jingxiao called Ruan Qingqing several times.

"Oh." Ruan Qingqing came back to her senses, "Why are you so nice to me?"

Chi Jingxiao tilted his head uncomfortably, "Didn't I say this before? Ever since you saved my life, I will live to protect you from now on..."

"You saved me once before from robbers, you saved me again when we were attacked by wolves, you saved me again when we were attacked by Moliang's spies, and later when I was stabbed you asked Master Shi to save me once more... All these times of saving me have already outweighed the favor I gave you that day."

"That's different!" Chi Jingxiao stood up anxiously.

Ruan Qingqing looked at him quietly, "There is no difference, it's all a life-saving grace. Brother Chi, I don't need your gratitude for protecting me for my whole life. This kind of gratitude is too heavy. It's so heavy that I feel breathless, I can't bear it. I hope you can be your true self and live a good life for yourself instead of becoming a puppet revolving around me."

"You!" Chi Jingxiao turned his back awkwardly and tried to walk away. "How do you know that protecting you is not a way to live a good life for myself?"

"Brother Chi, I..."

Watching Chi Jingxiao disappear out the door, Ruan Qingqing leaned back in her chair, covering her face with her hands and thinking, did she say too much? She made him angry and ran away! And what did he mean by the last sentence?

But no one gave her an answer. After struggling for a while, she decided to go to the well to get some cold water to wash her face. She needed to wake up because there was still a lot of work to do.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she approached the well, Chi Jingxiao rushed over and grabbed her, his voice full of panic. "What are you going to do?"

"I...I'll just get some cold water to wash my face." Ruan Qingqing said a little dazed.

Chi Jingxiao stared at her for a long time, and seemed to be sure that Ruan Qingqing was just fetching water to wash her face before he shifted his gaze. "I'll fetch you some water."

As he said this, he quickly walked to the windlass, threw the bucket connected to the windlass with a rope into the well with one hand, and quickly turned the windlass shaft above the well with the other hand.

It was clearly just an ordinary act of drawing water, but Ruan Qingqing felt that she sensed a murderous aura from Chi Jingxiao's movements.

"Are you angry?" Ruan Qingqing carefully pulled his sleeve and asked tentatively.

Chi Jingxiao glanced at her in a very superior manner and said, "No, I don't dare."

"You still don't dare? I can feel the murderous aura coming from you! Ahem, maybe my words were a little inappropriate just now, don't be sad. In my heart, I hope that you will be happy, have no regrets in the future, and not feel that you have come to this world in vain."

Chi Jingxiao put the bucket down heavily in front of Ruan Qingqing, "You are so young, but you have so many reasons. Who wants to listen to you?"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Ruan Qingqing blinked her eyes. "Has the murderous aura turned into resentment?"

Chi Jingxiao's feet slipped and his fists creaked. "Ruan Qingqing!"

"Here it comes, again! Such a strong murderous aura!"

Ruan Qingqing quickly scooped two handfuls of water from the bucket, poured them on her face, and then quickly fled the scene.

As she ran away, she secretly made up her mind: Chi Jingxiao has been moody lately, so it would be better for her to stay out of his presence.

Chi Jingxiao looked at the fleeing figure, his eyes as dark as ink, and then he smiled bitterly.

"If not..." He murmured softly, looking at the direction where the figure had long disappeared.

"Cuckoo..."

"Squeak..."

The sky in the distance was about to turn white, and the nearby birds seemed to have suddenly woken up from their sleep, chirping incessantly, instantly breaking the tranquility of this space.

Chi Jingxiao looked in the direction of Ruan Qingqing's room, and his heart inexplicably felt even more empty.

He shook off the coldness all over his body and walked towards his room.

After Ruan Qingqing made a plan, she stretched and went back to bed, sleeping in her clothes.

"Master..." Yue Linlang, who was about to call Ruan Qingqing to get up for dinner, could not help but lighten her steps and gently covered her with a blanket before tiptoeing out.

"Leave some breakfast for the master and keep it aside to warm so that he can have something hot to eat when he wakes up." Yue Linlang instructed Chef Ding.

Chi Jingxiao, who was getting his breakfast, paused and asked casually, "Master, is she still not awake?"

"Hey, why did she wake up? When I went over just now, she just fell on the bed without taking off her clothes. It was obvious that she hadn't slept all night." Yue Linlang looked worried and said, "If this continues, how can her body bear it?"

Chi Jingxiao was silent for a moment, and suddenly felt that his favorite buns in his hand had become tasteless. He took his own portion and sat in the pavilion where Ruan Qingqing usually sat, eating it bit by bit.

Seeing his grandson like this, Chi Jianyu kicked him and said, "You are taking poison! You are so slow!"

She put the tray down beside him and started eating. She had almost finished her breakfast, but her grandson hadn't finished the bun in his hand yet.

He touched Chi Jingxiao's forehead and asked, "You don't have a fever?"

After finishing the last half of the bun in his hand, Chi Jianyu placed his hands on the stone table and stared at Chi Jingxiao, "Tell me! What happened to you recently?"