Chapter 65: Concealing Her Brilliance
When Mrs. Mei spoke of Su Muyao, her tone was filled with warmth.
Patriarch Mei looked at her and remarked, “When she returned home with our son previously, she deliberately insulted us to make us angry. You don’t mind that anymore? You aren’t angry?”
“Before, you were very worried about our son.”
Mrs. Mei replied, “I was indeed worried before. But after drinking the medicine, I feel my body filled with strength, and my mind feels refreshed.”
“I have never felt this way in my entire life.”
“It feels as if the shackles on my body have been lifted. It is clear that Muyao’s medical skills are formidable, just as Doctor Zhao said.”
“I also looked at the handwriting on the prescription. We must have misunderstood her; she seems to be an excellent woman.”
“Our son is a proud man. I hope he can treat his Wife-master well and find his own happiness. Only sincerity can be exchanged for sincerity.”
Patriarch Mei knew his wife had always been intelligent. “You must have realized something, haven’t you?”
Mrs. Mei smiled gently. “Yes. Muyao is a person of great wisdom. perhaps when she was in the Beast Imperial City, she was concealing her brilliance all along.”
“It’s just that some people couldn’t see it clearly.”
Patriarch Mei sighed with emotion. “Indeed. Great wisdom often appears as stupidity. She hid her edge to bide her time!”
“Fortunately, when I opened the altar back then, I risked dropping two ranks in ability to ask whether I should let Mei Qingchen marry her.”
“The result of the inquiry showed that Miss Su was an extraordinary person. For the sake of the Mei family and for Mei Qingchen’s own good, he had to marry Miss Su. We could not refuse the marriage.”
“The decision back then was correct!”
Mrs. Mei urged him, “Then hurry up and write the letter. Also, have someone send more supplies to the Northern Luo Tribe for Muyao.”
“Our son has a proud temperament. I’m afraid he might hold prejudices against Muyao, so you must persuade him in the letter.”
“Also, tell him about my health condition.”
Now, even if they couldn’t find the Thousand-Year Mystic Frost Flower, her body wouldn’t suffer any major issues.
Patriarch Mei and Mrs. Mei no longer had much to worry about; their only concern was Mei Qingchen.
Northern Luo Tribe
Su Muyao had been busy at home these past few days.
She fried a gunny sack full of sunflower seeds, produced a large amount of brown sugar, and used the sugar and tomatoes to make quite a bit of ketchup.
Most importantly, she made many medicinal packets for stopping bleeding and repelling insects.
Su Muyao didn’t know the current situation at the city market. So, she prepared these items first to set up a stall at the mutual trade market and gauge the situation.
Once she had experience, she could adjust accordingly.
Furthermore, the backyard had been repaired and fenced in over the last few days. Wen Nanxi and the others helped turn over the soil in the backyard, and Su Muyao planted potatoes and leeks.
Potatoes and leeks were suited to the current climate and could grow normally outside.
Once the leeks grew out, she could use them to make many dishes.
Su Muyao arranged everything in an orderly fashion.
Because of Su Muyao’s insistence, Wen Nanxi, Hua Linye, and Xiao Jihan didn’t go hunting in the forest; they all stayed home to help.
Thanks to the last reward from the Space, they had plenty of potatoes and flour. Coupled with the beast meat they had hunted previously, no one went hungry.
And since everyone was at home, Su Muyao started cooking three meals a day.
She added lunch to their routine.
Previously, everyone only ate two meals: breakfast and dinner. They were used to it, but ever since Su Muyao started making lunch, they realized that eating a midday meal kept them from going hungry throughout the day.
In the past, by the afternoon, they would indeed feel famished.
Beastmen consumed a lot of energy. No matter how full they were in the morning, it wouldn’t last until night.
Su Muyao also had Wen Nanxi and the others help build a bread kiln in the corner of the backyard.
“With a bread kiln, we can bake bread to eat.”
“I’ll make bread for everyone tonight!”
“It will go perfectly with the ketchup.”
After the ketchup was made, it was sealed in wooden boxes she had crafted, so no one had tasted it yet.
Watching the bright smile on Su Muyao’s face, Wen Nanxi couldn’t help but reveal a warm, gentle smile in his eyes as well.
These days, Su Muyao had indeed been making delicious food in various ways. She could always turn simple ingredients into different delicacies.
Wen Nanxi stepped forward and gently wiped a speck of dust from her face with a handkerchief, his movements tender and meticulous.
He had been taking care of her like this for days, and Su Muyao had gotten somewhat used to it.
“Wife-master has been busy all day and still has to make dinner. It must be hard work.”
Recently, Wen Nanxi had learned to steam buns, make noodles, and wrap dumplings. Sometimes, he would cook personally so Su Muyao could relax a bit.
Su Muyao smiled and said, “It’s fine. Everyone helped me fix up the backyard and prepare the goods for the trade market. I’m just making some good food to reward everyone. I don’t feel it’s hard work.”
Having everything ready before the trade market made her feel much more at ease.
They helped her work, so she made them good food; it was only right. Besides, cooking for four people wasn’t that strenuous.
Mei Qingchen hadn’t returned and didn’t eat her food, which saved one portion.
He hadn’t been back for days, and she didn’t know what he was doing. But whatever he did had nothing to do with her.
She only hoped Mei Qingchen would trust that prescription. She didn’t want him to blame her if his mother died and start shouting about killing her again.
Hua Linye returned carrying a basket of river stones on his back and overheard her words.
His fox-like eyes flickered. He walked up and set the basket down. “Wife-master, look at these river stones. Are they pretty? I found them specifically in the river.”
The backyard was fenced into a large area. The sides were tilled for vegetables, leaving a path in the middle.
Su Muyao was worried the path would get muddy and slippery when it rained, so she wanted to pave a path with stones. It would be both beautiful and clean.
Knowing she liked pretty stones, Hua Linye had gone to the river specifically to find them.
Su Muyao looked at the smooth stones in the basket. “They are indeed very beautiful. Thank you.”
“As long as Wife-master likes them.”
Hua Linye looked down at Su Muyao, his fox eyes shifting slightly. His gaze was incredibly alluring, seeming to bewitch her at every moment.
His voice was lazy and husky. “Wife-master must not say thank you. You have been brewing medicine for me every day. After drinking it, I can feel that the residual fire poison is diminishing.”
His body felt lighter. The sensation of not being tortured by the fire poison was incredibly comfortable.
He could sleep peacefully at night now, sleeping until dawn. He no longer had nightmares of being surrounded by fire, nor did he wake up in a panic in the middle of the night.
Moreover, he didn’t have to use part of his ability to suppress the poison anymore.
Meeting Hua Linye’s gaze, Su Muyao felt her mind waver slightly under the hook of his charming eyes. she quickly looked away to steady herself. “That’s good.”
Hua Linye looked at Su Muyao earnestly. For some reason, he felt that the scars on the disfigured half of her face had faded a lot.
Sensing his gaze, Su Muyao touched the ruined half of her face. “Is it very scary?”
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