HLnovel Chapter 356 Collection
Chapter 356 Collection
"Miss, Miss, where are you?" Lan Yi's voice rang out in the forest.
Xiao Siyue snapped out of her daze and shouted, "I'm here! Lan Yi, I'm here!"
After speaking, Xiao Siyue looked at the mud stuck to her clothes, gently patted it off, picked up her basket, and picked up the peaches that had fallen to the ground one by one.
"Miss, I thought you had gone somewhere?" Lan Yi followed the sound and found Xiao Siyue, looking at her with some concern.
"It's alright, Lan Yi. I'm sorry to have worried you. I just saw that the peaches over here were growing well, so I came over. Have you picked them all?" Xiao Siyue didn't tell Lan Yi about meeting Lu Zhijin earlier, and she even deliberately hid her injured hand.
"Yes, I've already picked a basketful." Lan Yi picked up her basket and showed it to Xiao Siyue.
A basket full of peaches looks very appealing.
"Okay, I'll pick a few more, then let's go back." Her basket wasn't full yet; it could hold five or six more.
"Oh, Miss, did you just fall? Our clothes are dirty." Lan Yi, who was next to Xiao Siyue, noticed some dirt on Xiao Siyue's skirt.
"I wasn't watching where I was going and tripped over a tree branch, but it's nothing serious. Let's pick some peaches first." Xiao Siyue continued walking forward without a care in the world.
"What do you mean it's nothing, Miss? Look, your hand is injured." Upon hearing this, Lan Yi quickly examined Xiao Siyue and noticed the hand that Lan Yi had used to hold Qi Lai.
"It's nothing, I just slipped on a branch by accident, it's all bandaged up now." Xiao Siyue waved her hand in front of Lan Yi.
"Miss, your hand is injured. Why didn't you ask me to bandage it for you?" Lan Yi looked at Xiao Siyue with heartache. Her young mistress had delicate skin, and they had always taken good care of her. Now that she was injured, it was all her fault for not being there.
"Okay, okay, it's alright, it doesn't hurt at all."
Lan Yi saw that Xiao Siyue did not show any discomfort, so she was relieved.
"But Miss, where did you get this handkerchief? I've never seen it before." Lan Yi asked with some doubt. Xiao Siyue basically took care of all her things herself, and she was very familiar with every single one of her items.
Xiao Siyue quickly moved her hand to the side, then replied absentmindedly, "It's the handkerchief from before, you probably forgot about it."
"Really? Then Miss, you should rest for a while, I'll go pick some peaches." Lan Yi thought about it and agreed. Xiao Siyue had a lot of handkerchiefs, so perhaps she had misremembered.
"Okay." Xiao Siyue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Lan Yi was no longer asking questions. Looking at the handkerchief in her hand, Xiao Siyue smiled.
Lan Yi quickly filled her basket with peaches, and the two of them left the peach grove together, while Shi Qing and the others had already finished picking.
When passing by the watermelon field, seeing the ripe watermelons, Xiao Siyue even had several people pick them.
The watermelons grown this time are particularly large. Xiao Siyue measured them and estimated that each one weighed about 20 to 30 kilograms.
Back at the estate, Xiao Siyue had someone take the watermelon to the kitchen to freeze it. Iced watermelon is delicious and even more thirst-quenching.
After putting down the basket, Lan Yi immediately went to find medicine and re-bandaged Xiao Siyue's hand.
"Miss, this handkerchief is stained with blood. Let me take it and get rid of it." Xiao Siyue usually burns unwanted handkerchiefs and other personal items directly, otherwise, if someone picks them up, it might cause unnecessary trouble.
"Lan Yi, wait a minute." Xiao Siyue quickly called out to her.
"What's wrong, Miss?"
"Give me the handkerchief. It's still usable, no need to throw it away." Xiao Siyue looked at the handkerchief and suddenly felt a little reluctant to part with it.
"Then, Miss, I'll take it to wash." Lan Yi felt that her young mistress was acting strangely today. Usually, handkerchiefs like this would be burned directly. Why was she keeping it today? Her young mistress didn't need this handkerchief.
But the young lady said, "Then let's leave it here; she can clean it up after she washes it."
"Okay." Xiao Siyue nodded. Her hands were bandaged up like this, so she couldn't wash them herself.
The handkerchief was thin, and the weather outside was hot, so it dried quickly. Lan Yi handed it to her, and Xiao Siyue tidied it up and gently put it into her purse, as if it were some rare treasure.
The watermelon from the kitchen was ready, and it was brought over now; it was ice-cold and delicious.
The kitchen staff thoughtfully cut the watermelon into small pieces, which Xiao Siyue ate with great relish. She finished the whole plate in no time, and immediately felt the heat in her body dissipate.
"Lanyi, have the person in charge come over here."
The manager here is a woman in her thirties named Wan Niang. She is very capable and manages the estate in an orderly manner. Xiao Siyue is very satisfied with Wan Niang, so she entrusts the estate to her full management.
"Miss, what can I do for you?" Wan Niang asked after bowing to Xiao Siyue as she entered.
"Wan Niang, how's business lately?" Xiao Siyue asked casually.
"Miss, business is quite good. With the fruit ripening on the back hill, more people are coming to the estate, including people from the capital who want to buy in bulk," Wan Niang replied with a smile.
"Hmm, that's not bad. If someone comes to buy, we can sell, but we'll have to limit the quantity." Although the back mountain is very big, it can't handle too many people buying. Her farm's main business now is self-picking. If she sells out, how can she do business?
Wan Niang nodded, she understood all of this. Nowadays, fewer people come to soak in hot springs; most people come to eat delicious food and pick fruit, which is much more profitable than selling fruit directly.
"Oh, right, Auntie, I'm going back soon. Could you have someone pick some extra fruit for me to take back? I need all kinds."
"Okay, miss."
"Also, pick some more fruit for the people in our village. They're all our own fruit, and we can't treat our own people unfairly."
"Then I'll thank you on their behalf, Miss." Wan Niang's smile became even brighter. She had seen those fruits ripen and tasted them herself. They were much tastier than other medicines, but of course, they weren't cheap either. Ordinary people simply couldn't afford them. Even for the wealthy and young ladies, they were sold in limited quantities.
The young lady remembers them and lets them eat as much as they want; she is truly too kind to them.
"Okay, then you can go ahead and get busy."
Because the stepmother had sent many people, an hour later, all the fruit Xiao Siyue wanted had been loaded onto two large carriages.
There was no other way; she wanted to deliver to too many people, and if she wanted to deliver to too few, she wouldn't be able to.
Carrying two carts full of fruit, Xiao Siyue headed back in a grand procession.