As Lu Gu stuffed grass into the hutches, he felt a sense of joy seeing the plump, round baby rabbits. The largest litter had four rabbits, kept in pairs. As they ate the grass, their little mouths moved up and down, chewing intently, completely focused on their meal.
Chapter 122
The scent of wheat straw filled the air in the spacious main room of the new house, where Lu Gu and Shen Xuanqing were busy making scarecrows.
After the wheat harvest, they hired laborers to plow and plant ten acres of soybeans (柴豆) and three acres of peanuts. By mid-September or October, when the peanuts ripened, they wouldn’t need to buy peanuts for cooking or entertaining guests during the New Year. Three acres was a considerable amount, equivalent to an extra portion of food.
The beastmen near Yuan Heng, who had heard his words, felt the pressure and fell silent.
Lai Yuan also didn’t dare to speak. How could he not know how absurd this was? Yuan Heng was already married to a ger, and not only were the two deeply in love, but even if they weren’t, what Yue ger was doing was completely inappropriate!
Zhang Shicheng wanted to keep playing with the children, but their attention had already shifted entirely to the baby birds. They wriggled their legs, demanding to be put down.
“This case is impossible to investigate,” Yin Ji said clearly. The forces behind it were far beyond what a mere prefect of Shengjing could handle.
“But with so many deaths, there must be an explanation. Master Yin, in a place like Shengjing, where so many people were killed in broad daylight, such an incident should surely warrant serious attention, don’t you think?”
Wei Yunzhao was sitting in a wheelchair, checking the breath of these people one by one. After checking everyone, he found that only two old soldiers were still breathing, and the breath was so weak that it was about to disappear.
The feast was prepared by the village women skilled in cooking, with helpers like Wei Lanxiang lending a hand. This gave Lu Gu a chance to sit and enjoy the meal.
On the auspicious wedding day, the wedding procession, with gongs and drums, carried the sedan chair to Chenjia village. The third branch of the Shen family was bustling with people, laughter, and festivities.
