Chapter 355: Chapter 355 Farmer Chapter 355: Chapter 355 Farmer The next day
Early in the morning, after breakfast, Xuexue went to the new house for a visit and saw that it was essentially completed. All that was left was to build a surrounding wall, and then they could move in.
Seeing that there wasn’t much to do, she simply returned to the Li Family, picked up some farming tools, and headed to the fields to loosen up the mud, preparing to cultivate watermelon seedlings.
“Wife, wife, why didn’t you call me when you went to the fields?” From a distance, Big Bull, barefooted and with pants rolled up to his knees, approached in the full attire of a farmer, carrying farming tools over his shoulder.
Big Bull’s arrival surprised Xuexue, and when he drew close, she asked, “Weren’t you supposed to watch over the mason masters finishing their work at the house?”
“It’s all done, and since there was nothing else, I came to help you with the farming.” Big Bull grinned, his teeth shining brightly.
Xuexue looked down at Big Bull’s tender white feet, soft as those of a young maiden, and thought to herself that he must have amnesia, not knowing his own background. Looking at his fair and delicate skin, he must be a young master from a rich family.
“Wife, why are you staring at me like that?” Seeing Xuexue staring at his feet, Big Bull couldn’t help but tease her, “Wife, are you attracted by my handsome appearance?”
“Stop being conceited,”
Xuexue hurriedly averted her gaze. She wouldn’t admit that she did feel her heart flutter for Big Bull. But her painful experiences in her previous life, combined with the fact that her mortal enemies were still powerful and unavenged, made her dare not entertain such thoughts. Big Bull was innocent and she couldn’t bring harm upon him.
Seeing Xuexue digging a square pit in the field, Big Bull was puzzled, “Wife, the field was nice and flat, which is convenient for planting crops, isn’t it? Why are you digging a big pit here?”
“This is for cultivating watermelon seedlings. Of course, I have to dig like this. Otherwise, the seedlings won’t survive, and we can’t grow watermelons,” she explained.
“Oh!”
Big Bull, who seemed to understand but not quite, was an expert in marching and fighting. In Moli Country, he was second to none, and without this, he wouldn’t be called War Prince; that title wasn’t for nothing. However, when it came to farming, he admitted he was completely clueless.
“Since you’re here, you might as well help me dig.” Xuexue said and stepped aside to let Big Bull start working.
“Alright! It’s my bounden duty to work for my wife.”
Big Bull agreed and took up the tools, beginning to work hard.
By just before noon, after much fumbling, they finally finished the big pit in the field. The next day, they could just sprinkle the seeds and be done.
Xuexue breathed a sigh of relief and sat with Big Bull in the field for a while before they, carrying their farming instruments, walked slowly back through the village. As they passed The Huge Locust Tree by the village entrance, they heard a few women chatting…
“Oh my! Have you heard?”
“What’s it about?” The others seemed totally clueless.
“Erlaizi is sick.”
“So what? It’s normal for people to get sick from time to time.”
“Oh my! You don’t know the full story, so don’t interrupt.”
“You know it, so why don’t you tell us?”
The speaker, imbued with a sense of mystery, leaned in close to everyone, “I heard that Erlaizi encountered a ghost.”
“A ghost? Could Erlaizi be lying?”
“No, the Doctor who took his pulse said that he was delirious with fever at the time, speaking nonsense. It’s very likely to be true.”
“What exactly happened?” The speaker kept them on tenterhooks, and some of the women were getting impatient.