Xiao Hei flew in the sky, and Huangfu Yue burrowed through the ground. The master and servant duo returned to where Zheng Taifei and the others were in just three to four minutes.
When Zheng Taifei and the others saw Huangfu Yue suddenly emerge from the ground, they were all stunned, their eyes wide with disbelief. Only Zheng Taifei appeared less surprised.
“Yue’er, how did you emerge from the ground?” Zhu Jiayi, who had already returned, asked her sister-in-law after recovering from her shock.
“I know the art of earth burrowing.” Huangfu Yue smiled charmingly. “Everyone is back.”
She looked around at the people present. Everyone from the manor, Feng Maoyuan’s subordinates, including several little ones, were all there.
“Little Aunt, you know the art of earth burrowing, you’re like a celestial being!” Huangfu Xuan looked at Huangfu Yue with adoring eyes.
His sisters also looked at Huangfu Yue with starry eyes, their faces filled with yearning and admiration.
“Little Aunt, are you actually a celestial being!” Huangfu Ling said cutely, making Huangfu Yue chuckle.
Reaching out to pat Huangfu Ling’s head, Huangfu Yue asked, “Did you catch any butterflies?”
“They didn’t catch butterflies, but I caught a dragonfly,” Huangfu Xuan said before Huangfu Ling could answer, his little face flashing with pride.
“Xuan’er, you’re quite amazing, managing to catch a dragonfly.” Huangfu Yue reached out to pat her nephew’s head. “Where’s the dragonfly?” She didn’t see a dragonfly in her nephew’s hand.
“After playing with my sisters for a while, I released it. Grandmother said that even though dragonflies are small, they are still living beings, and all life cherishes freedom and dislikes being confined. So, after I had my fill of playing, I released it, returning its freedom,” Huangfu Xuan replied.
“Xuan’er, you did well.” Huangfu Yue patted her nephew’s head again and glanced at Zheng Taifei, showing her a respectful expression.
What Zheng Taifei had said to her grandson commanded respect.
“Little Aunt, did you find any wild fruits?” Huangfu Ling suddenly asked. “I want to eat wild fruits.”
“Yes, I found some, and I’ll give them to you now.” Huangfu Yue immediately took out a large handful of plums from her spatial dimension, gave two to Huangfu Ling, and passed the rest to Huangfu Xuan.
“Xuan’er, share these plums with Jing’er and Ying’er.”
Huangfu Xuan nodded and immediately distributed two plums each to Huangfu Jing and Huangfu Ying.
Huangfu Yue had her spatial dimension quickly pack two baskets of wild plums she had picked earlier and sent them out with the servants for everyone to share. She took a handful herself and brought it to Zheng Taifei.
“Grandmother, Xiao Hei discovered a plum tree earlier, laden with plums. I picked all the plums from the tree and brought them back. Please try them. Although they are wild, they are very sweet and juicy, and incredibly delicious.”
“Yue’er, you are truly lucky to have found a plum tree. None of us found any wild fruits. We only found some mushrooms and wild fungus. Master Feng and his men found a few pheasants and brought them back,” Zhu Jiayi said.
“It’s not my luck, it’s Xiao Hei’s luck that found the plum tree,” Huangfu Yue said with a smile, beckoning Xiao Hei over. As it flew to her, she took out a plum to feed it.
“Xiao Hei also found a small pine forest, filled with matsutake mushrooms. There were over ten catties…
Xiao Hei also found four wild rabbits, and with its help, I captured all four of them,” Huangfu Yue deliberately praised Xiao Hei, telling everyone about its accomplishments.
“Xiao Hei, here’s a reward of two more plums for you.” Seeing that Xiao Hei loved eating plums, Huangfu Yue quickly fed it the plums she was holding and immediately took out two more.
Hearing Huangfu Yue’s words, everyone cast surprised glances at Xiao Hei, their eyes conveying a single thought: they hadn’t expected it to be so useful.
Looking at everyone’s gazes, Xiao Hei thought that it had to be more useful from now on to earn their respect and gradually gain their acceptance.
Huangfu Yue, hearing Xiao Hei’s thoughts, a glint flashed in her eyes. She gently reached out and stroked Xiao Hei’s head.
Soon, everyone received plums and praised their deliciousness. Even Xu Yuqing, who was always picky, couldn’t help but offer a compliment.
After everyone finished the plums, Huangfu Yue stood up and said, “Let’s continue climbing the mountain. We’re still some distance from the summit.”
Everyone agreed, except for Xu Yuqing, who remained silent with an unwilling expression. Although she had been sitting on a rock resting and hadn’t moved, she had rested enough. However, she didn’t want to continue climbing, but she didn’t dare to object.
Fen’er saw everyone else start climbing the mountain under Huangfu Yue’s lead, but her mistress remained seated. A flicker of something flashed in her eyes, and she reached out to help Xu Yuqing.
“Mistress, let’s hurry and catch up with the group. If Miss Yue notices you haven’t moved and asks you to go, it won’t look good,” Fen’er whispered.
Xu Yuqing glanced at Huangfu Yue, who was walking ahead. Thinking of the poison in her body, she reluctantly stood up, picked up the crutch that Jiang Shangyun had made for her, and followed.
Granny Song followed behind Xu Yuqing, Fang’er held Huangfu Ying’s hand and stayed close behind Granny Song, while Jiang Shangyun walked beside Huangfu Ying, weaving something in his hands.
“Uncle Jiang, what are you weaving? I saw you pulling out grass and weaving something earlier,” Huangfu Ying asked curiously, looking at Jiang Shangyun’s continuously moving, weaving hands.
Hearing this, Xu Yuqing, who was walking ahead, also turned her head curiously to look at Jiang Shangyun’s hands.
“I’m weaving something Miss Ying will definitely like.” Jiang Shangyun glanced at Xu Yuqing, who had turned to look at him, and then gave Huangfu Ying a kind smile.
“Weaving something I like? Are you weaving something for me?” Huangfu Ying’s big eyes sparkled, her fair, rosy face showing an expression of surprise, which quickly turned into joy.
Jiang Shangyun nodded.
“What is it? Uncle Jiang, what are you weaving for me?” Huangfu Ying asked with anticipation, chasing after him.
“Let me keep it a surprise for now. If I tell you now, there will be no surprise…
You’ll know when it’s finished, and you’ll definitely like it very much,” Jiang Shangyun said with a mysterious smile.
Both Huangfu Ying and Xu Yuqing became more curious. They wanted to ask more, but they also wanted to wait for Jiang Shangyun to finish weaving and see what the surprise would be.
For the sake of the surprise, the mother and daughter eventually abandoned the idea of continuing to question Jiang Shangyun.
Everyone behind Jiang Shangyun and Huangfu Ying heard their conversation. Huangfu Yue, with her excellent hearing, naturally heard it too.
Huangfu Yue turned her head to glance at Jiang Shangyun, her gaze flickered for a moment, and then she retracted her sight, turning her head back to look forward and continued to lead everyone up the mountain.