Pampered Consort of the Fragrant Orchard c1-234

by N/A

  These jars were both very small. One jar was only able to pour about ten or so cups.

  "Speaking of which, this wine of yours sure is good. If not for the fact that your age is too small, you can even go open a winery." Ji Liu Feng said.

  "Even if I'm young, I can still earn money." Du Xiao Li said, and then told them about Li Xue Qing coming to find her.

  Ji Liu Feng finished drinking and poured himself another cup. "She hasn't come looking for you in this long, perhaps she's given up."

  "Even if she's given up, it's nothing! Then I'll just wait until I grow up and open a winery myself. It'll also be the same." Du Xiao Li unconcernedly said. But she knew, very soon, Li Xue Qing will come looking for her.

  Seeing the brightly colored chrysanthemums blooming by the cliff, Du Xiao Li got up and went to pick some, weaving them into a garland for herself. She played with it in her hands and didn't put in on either.

  "This year's chrysanthemums are blooming rather beautifully." Luo Qi looked to the garland in Du Xiao Li's hand and said.

  "Right! When there's free time, I'll go pick some back to dry and make flower tea." Du Xiao Li said, "That's right, big brother Yi, do Leng Er and the others have time in two days?"

  "What's wrong?" Han Ming Yi looked to her and asked.

  "In two days, I want to have the tangerine trees transplanted to my house's mountain. In the future, don't need to run that far out." Du Xiao Li said, "But isn't that place too far, so I wanted to ask Leng Er and the others to help me."

  "Okay, how many people do you want?" Han Ming Yi asked.

  "Eh, however many I want will be however many there are?" Du Xiao Li asked.

  Han Ming Yi couldn't help but tap her once on the head, saying: "There's only however many you saw that day."

  "Oh. Then the more the better." Du Xiao Li said. Afterwards, while Han Ming Yi was distracted, she put the garland in her hand on his head. Then thinking back to her past life where everyone all used chrysanthemum to describe a certain place, she couldn't help but burst into laughter.

  (T/N: In chinese chrysanthemums is a modern slang for butthole.)

  Who told you to hit my head!

  Han Ming Yi took down the garland and said, "Keep laughing and there won't be anyone to help you."

  Du Xiao Li immediately shut her mouth, inwardly sighing at how this guy was this small, yet this black-belly. Who knows what he'll be like when he grows up.

  "Ah, this kind of life really isn't bad!" Du Xiao Li laid on top the blanket, her two hands behind her head, as she gazed up at the azure blue sky, sighing. Seeing the three sitting perfectly upright, she said, "You all lie down too. This way, it's more satisfying!"

  Han Ming Yi, Ji Liu Feng, and Luo Qi all chuckled and lied down side by side, looking up at the vast cloudless blue sky, feeling warmth brought by the breeze brush over the mountaintop. They all couldn't help but close their eyes.

  Leng Yi and the others were at a place slightly further away, casually drinking wine. Seeing the four all lie down on the blanket at once, he couldn't help but sigh, "Ever since young master's come here, he's loosened up quite a bit."

  "Right, before coming, even thought that the village life will be boring. Yet unexpectedly met that girl, and the days gone by quite pleasantly." Leng Er said.

  "Never thought that there would be a day where we would get to be farmers too." Leng San said with a laugh.

  Thinking back to what Du Xiao Li had said just now, letting them help her transplant tangerine trees, the group all couldn't help but laugh.

  Perhaps because the weather was too beautiful, or perhaps because her mood was very good, Du Xiao Li actually ended up falling asleep. While sleeping, she even carried a satisfied smile on her lips. As for the other three, they all lied there with her until she woke up. During this time, no one said anything, only indulging in the hard to come by tranquility with their eyes closed.

  Ch. 055 – How About Setting a Kiddy Engagement?

  How About Setting a Kiddy Engagement?

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  After the Double Ninth Festival had passed, Du Xiao Li set out preparing to transplant the fruit trees. At the end of the month, she first gave Han Ming Yi a heads up, and the next day several strong men showed up, each one holding a shovel, preparing to use it to dig up tangerine trees.

  "Xiao Li, we've come." Leng Er shouted towards Du Xiao Li's courtyard.

  Du Xiao Li came out from the house. Her head of waist long hair no longer casually tied up like before, but rather turned into two small pigtails placed at either side.

  "Leng Er, how come you all came so early?" Du Xiao Li opened the bamboo gate, letting those people all come in. "Sorry, my house is rather small, and I don't have that many stools for you all to sit. Sigh, you all wait here for a moment, we're almost done."

  With that said, she ran inside again, and very soon came out holding a shovel along with Luo Qi, "Let's go."

  Leaping over the mountaintop, Luo Qi thus carried Du Xiao Li, using qinggong to bring those people to the place where the tangerine trees were located. Silver also familiarly ran into the mountains on its own to find for itself a meal.

  Everyone followed Luo Qi flying towards the mountains. Such an eye-catching farmer squad, probably can only be seen at this time. Especially since these people were all a prince's bodyguard, yet still came to help her transplant fruit trees. This can also be considered something to have neither predecessors in front, nor successors following after.

  Very soon, they arrived at the valley and came to the tangerine orchard. Du Xiao Li had the remaining scattered tangerines picked into her basket, and then shared some with the bodyguards, saying: "The tangerines right now are very sweet, everyone all try some."

  Those bodyguards didn't refuse either, each taking a tangerine and begin eating. Leng Er held the tangerine in his hand and asked, "What do we need to do?"

  "In a while, have these tangerine trees dug out along with its roots. Afterwards, carry them back and just plant them in the holes on the mountain slope." Du Xiao Li said, "In a bit, everyone watch me demonstrate first and then dig."

  "Okay." The bodyguards nodded one by one.

  That day when Han Ming Yi was attacked, they were all at the river bank and personally witness her save Han Ming Yi and also Leng San. That's why, towards her, they all had feelings of gratitude.

  "Come, you all watch me do it." Du Xiao Li took the shovel in Luo Qi's hand, and drew a circle a meter and half away from the tree's roots. Afterwards, she began to dig, slowly digging out its entire roots.

  "This simple?" A bodyguard said. Although they've never done farm work before, but watching Du Xiao Li work, it still looked very simple.

  "It is very simple, but when you dig, you need to pay attention to not damage the roots." Du Xiao Li said as she shook her arm.

  If not for her inner energy that she's trained for several months now, afraid she probably wouldn't have been able to dig up this dirt.

  "Alright, we understand." The bodyguards all picked up their own shovels one by one, found a tree and began digging.

  Du Xiao Li looked around, discovering that they all did very well. By the time the first batch was all dug up, everyone collectively picked up the fruit trees and flew back.

  Arriving at the mountaintop, the holes that Du Xiao Li had people dig at the time were still there. Just, the soil to the side have already solidified. She placed a tangerine tree into the hole and had the soil to the side shoveled back in. Using the shovel, she lightly patted on top a few times and said, "And like this, it's planted. Later, you can just sprinkle some water."

  The bodyguards successively had the tangerine trees placed into the holes and planted them, leaving behind two people to water the trees, while the others went into the mountains again to continue digging.

  When the tree planting project had progressed halfway, Han Ming Yi and Ji Liu Feng strolled over. Seeing him, the bodyguards successi
vely called out young master.

  "Big brother Yi, did you also come help me plant tangerine trees?" Du Xiao Li was propping up a tree, while Leng Er shoveled dirt into the hole. Seeing Han Ming Yi, she waved her hand at him, as she teased him.

  Han Ming Yi apparently was also rather interested in this, and came to Leng Er's side taking over the shovel. Imitating his actions just now, Han Ming Yi had the dirt piled into the hole.

  "The holes you dug that time, so it was actually for planting tangerine trees." Ji Liu Feng looked to the already half filled hole and said.

  "Hehe."" Du Xiao Li laughed, but didn't say anything.

  "Never thought that Ming Yi you would look so proper doing this." Ji Liu Feng teased as he watched Han Ming Yi finished filling the pit and even patted the dirt a few times like the others.

  "Big brother Yi did very well!" Du Xiao Li said. He'd only watched Leng Er pile in half and already knew what to do, indeed not bad.

  "Haha, then do you want to take him in to do farm work for you?" Ji Liu Feng asked with a laugh. Seeing Han Ming Yi go wash his hands, he then asked, "That's right, I heard last time, when he fell into the water, you woke him with a kiss. Also last time, you'd had his body thoroughly seen too. Want him to take responsibility?"

  "What waking with a kiss, that's called mouth-to-mouth breathing!" Du Xiao Li rolled her eyes at Ji Liu Feng, correcting his wrong wording.

  "In any case, the results are all the same." Ji Liu Feng said, "That was your first kiss right? Don't you want to let him take responsibility?"

  Du Xiao Li thought for a moment. That was indeed her two lifetime's first kiss!

  Seeing Ji Liu Feng having other intentions in his gaze, she inserted the shovel into the ground and said, "En, big brother Yi is quite good-looking, how about set a kiddy engagement then!"

  "Haha!" Ji Liu Feng heard her words and began laughing hysterically.

  "However, I've said before, to be my husband, his eyes and heart all can only have me alone, can't have concubines, can't frequent brothels, tsk tsk, I reckon big brother Yi won't agree either. That's why this responsibility talk, it's best to just let it go. Rather, can give me some money as compensation." Du Xiao Li said with a smile.

  "Really a greedy demon!" Ji Liu Feng disdainfully glanced at her, then turned his head towards Han Ming Yi, and said, "Ming Yi, this girl said you stole her first kiss and wants you to take responsibility!"

  Seeing how Han Ming Yi just stood there, not saying anything, Du Xiao Li said, "Big brother Yi, I'm just joking with big brother Liu Feng!"

  "What are you doing denying it!" Ji Liu Feng placed his hand on Du Xiao Li's shoulder and said, "Let me tell you, he's a very rich boy, yo!"

  "If he can't reach my standards, no matter how rich he is, I all don't want! Especially ones like you." Du Xiao Li slapped away Ji Liu Feng's hand and said.

  "Ming Yi, you're being disdained!" Ji Liu Feng automatically ignored Du Xiao Li's latter words and looked to Han Ming Yi.

  Han Ming Yi didn't bother with Ji Liu Feng, looking to Du Xiao Li instead and asking, "How many more tangerine trees are there still?"

  Du Xiao Li looked around the mountain slope at the already planted ones and said, "I think once they come back this time, it should be more or less all of it."

  Because those bodyguards were all very fast, in less than a day, the entire mountaintop was planted full of tangerine trees. The originally barren mountaintop, in this moment, appeared verdant.

  Those that didn't live in the village, after finish planting the tangerine trees, just left. Leng Er and the others, along with Luo Qi, were in charge of watering the remaining trees.

  Du Xiao Li stood in the middle of the tangerine orchard, staring at the mountain full of tangerine trees. Her mood was extremely cheerful.

  "From now on, I'm a fruit farmer, hahaha!" Du Xiao Li said, very pleased with herself.

  "Look at how happy you are!" Ji Liu Feng said with a smile.

  "Hehe, before, I kept feeling uneasy inside, but now that the tangerine trees have been planted, I feel much better inside!" Du Xiao said.

  After Han Ming Yi and the others left, Du Xiao Li and Luo Qi had the wheat stalks that they'd already bought brought out and placed some under every tangerine tree. This way, it can block the sun, and can also draw in dew for the tangerine tree.

  Finishing these things, they can finally be considered to have completed the transplant. Du Xiao Li stood outside the courtyard in satisfaction, looking at the mountain filled with tangerine trees. She thought to herself, starting from today, she'll have her own orchard!

  T/N: Can't tell if Jiu Liu Feng is shipping or just trolling.....I kind wanted to read into Han Ming Yi's thoughts, but the author rarely writes about what he's thinking.

  Ch. 056 – Doing Business Together

  Doing Business Together

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  The originally bare mountain all of a sudden getting planted two hundred some fruit trees, such a big disturbance, the villagers naturally all noticed on that very day. Everyone finally learned what those holes Du Xiao Li had them dig that time were for.

  "Xiao Li, what are you fiddling with here?" Li Ming Fu arrived at the bottom of Du Xiao Li's mountain and asked Du Xiao Li, who was currently examining the tangerine trees' condition.

  "Village chief." Du Xiao Li followed down the mountain path and came to the village chief's side, lifting her head to look to the tangerine trees, "This is a tangerine tree. I found them in the mountains."

  "Tangerine tree? What's that?" Li Ming Fu asked.

  "It's that yellow-orange fruit I sold a while back, that's a tangerine." Du Xiao Li explained.

  "So you already long had plans. I was wondering what you were buying the mountaintops for!" Li Ming Fu said, "Xiao Li, if you get rich, don't forget to help support the villagers."

  "En en, I won't forget about all the help everyone's given to big brother and I." Du Xiao Li said.

  If she's really able to get rich off of planting fruits, she didn't mind giving those that have helped her before some assistance, but those that have bullied her in the past, forget it.

  Although Du Xiao Li meticulously took care of them, several trees still died. However, in comparison, it was still considered very few.

  "I was just thinking if I'd walked to the wrong place."

  Du Xiao Li had finished inspecting around the orchard and was just preparing to go back, when she heard the sound of a horse carriage below the mountain, following which she saw Li Xue Qing stick her head out from the carriage window.

  "Madam." Du Xiao Li came to the bottom of the mountain.

  Li Xue Qing got down from the horse carriage, and upon seeing the tangerine trees on the mountain, she said, "It hasn't been that long since I last came, and this place already changed greatly! Made me think that I'd gone to the wrong place, if not for spotting you in the distance, I probably would have already turned around. What tree is this?"

  "This is a tangerine tree." Du Xiao Li said, "Does madam want to go up for a sit?"

  Li Xue Qing had precisely came to find Du Xiao Li; thus she followed Du Xiao Li back up the mountain.

  "Madam, please drink tea." Du Xiao Li made a cup of tangerine peel tea and placed it before Li Xue Qing.

  Li Xue Qing only took a sip before placing down the teacup, saying: "Xiao Li, I came to look for you this time, because I want to talk about the partnership with you. Let me hear your thoughts on it."

  She left last time because she wanted to go back and discuss this matter with her husband, and also to cool off Du Xiao Li for a period of time, letting her voluntarily come find herself on her own. But unexpectedly, in the end, the one that got impatient was still her, taking this first step instead. She also was aware that she was being impatient, but if she can successfully get that recipe, then in the future, in the wine brewing business, their Li family will have an unshakeable place.

  "Actually, it's very simple. Agree on
and sign a contract. I'll provide the fruit wine fermentation method, and the rest is all given to madam to handle. Afterwards, the profits, we then divide according to the agreed upon ratio." Du Xiao Li said.

  "And the ratio?" Li Xue Qing asked.

  "Fifty-fifty." Du Xiao Li bluntly replied.

  This ratio she'd already thought of beforehand. If not for Li Xue Qing coming to find her, right now, she wouldn't have been able to call out this high of a ratio either.

  Li Xue Qing smiled and said, "You're only providing the recipe. The remaining raw materials, production, sales are all taken care of by us. Don't you think this fifty-fifty divide is a bit too high?"

  "Madam, if this fruit wine can expand the market, surely the profits this brings in will be enormous. You also drank this grape wine before and know this fruit wine's taste. Once it spreads out, it'll definitely be very popular with a lot of people. Compared to the highly concentrated shaojiu, this fruit wine will have an even larger market, because it's suitable for people of all ages and gender."

  (T/N: Shaojiu is similar to baijiu; it's alcohol concentration is between 40-60%)

  "But you also said, this grape's maturing period is only a month or two. I have to prepare a separate distillery for this short period of time, and during other times, it'll just be left unused. This production cost is also huge." Li Xue Qing said.

  "Actually this fruit wine's fermentation process isn't too demanding. Moreover, if we really work together, then I definitely won't just let the production room sit idly. Madam, wait a moment." Du Xiao Li returned inside, and then brought out a jar of wine. Afterwards, she poured a bowl for Li Xue Qing.

  She had the wine bowl pushed before Li Xue Qing and said, "Madam, try this."

  Li Xue Qing saw Du Xiao Li bring out a wine jar and thought it was grape wine, but seeing the yellow color wine being poured out, she curiously lifted the bowl for a sniff, "This is tangerine wine?"

  "Yes." Du Xiao Li nodded. A while back, when the tangerines had matured, she'd already picked some to ferment into tangerine wine, because she'd long predicted that today would come.