Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 75 Yan Junyu_1

Chapter 75: Chapter 75 Yan Junyu_1

Before you knew it, it was already the middle of the twelfth lunar month, and all of Great Chu was about to celebrate the most significant festival—New Year’s Eve.

Those peasant families with means had already started slaughtering pigs and sheep, preparing to have a prosperous celebration, and to reward their family members who had worked hard for most of the year; people living in the villages near Jing City poured into the city to purchase goods for the New Year, and many shopkeepers had stored plenty of goods half a month earlier, planning to make a good profit during the festival before returning home for the New Year.

The streets and alleys were full of crowds rubbing shoulders with each other, filled with a strong festive atmosphere, with a satisfied smile on everyone’s face, and even if the naughty children cried for candied hawthorns and sugar figurines, the adults no longer scolded them as usual but happily bought the treats to sweeten the children’s mouths.

At noon, Huixian Residence, the famous inn of Jing City, was bustling with guests and there were no empty seats, the latecomers who couldn’t find even the most remote seats had to leave with family and friends in disappointment.

Unlike the noise on the first and second floors, the third floor was very quiet, in no way affected by the bustle below, this entire floor housed only six different styles of luxurious and grand private rooms, accessible only to the privileged elite.

At this moment, in one of the private rooms facing the street, the room door was closed tight, the windows wide open, a young man with eyes like bright stars and an extraordinary bearing was lazily reclining on the couch by the window, his slender and jade-like hands playing with a Jade Bone Fan, his narrow phoenix eyes smiling as he scrutinized the middle-aged man before him who was sweating coldly from his forehead, looking like a sly fox.

Under immense pressure, just when the middle-aged man’s knees were shaking and he was about to faint, the young man finally spoke with "mercy," "Xiao Qiang, how do you think your lord should punish you, hmm?"

The rising intonation made an already enchanting voice even more bewitching. The middle-aged man called "Xiao Qiang" twitched his loose facial skin, looking as gloomy as if he were going to a funeral, but he had to keep a smiling face and begged for mercy,

"Lord, as long as you let this small one continue managing Huixian Residence, you can beat or scold me or fine me silver as you please!"

"Tsk!" The young man sneered coldly, unsurprised to see "Xiao Qiang’s" face twitch again, feeling a bit of mischievous pleasure, he wickedly said, "Your lord is a gentleman, not fond of beating or scolding, and he doesn’t need those couple of silvers. I think you’d better pack up and roll off to Mangzhou early!"

Upon hearing "Mangzhou," "Xiao Qiang" shivered even more violently, his knees buckled, and he fell to the ground, unfortunately ending up against the young man’s knee. Taking advantage of his position, he hugged the man’s knee, crying and pleading,

"Lord, please no, this small one has an eighty-year-old mother to care for and a three-year-old baby at home. With these old bones, I’d be gone before even reaching the borders of Mangzhou, so please give me a few more days, this small one will definitely get the job done, I beg you to spare me this time!"

Mangzhou, a poor and chaotic region rife with bandits and troublemakers, a place no official would go to even if it meant bashing their head to death. If he, with his old bones, went there, wouldn’t he just be torn apart by those savage folks!

The young man kicked him away disdainfully, wanting him to let go, then he opened the Jade Bone Fan and swept away the non-existent dust on his knees. After sizing up "Xiao Qiang" from head to toe with expectation, he asked hopefully, "You’re at this age and you can still produce a three-year-old baby, do you have some secret method?"

Hearing his master’s nonsensical words, "Xiao Qiang’s" face twitched even more violently, "Lord, that’s my grandson, the son of my eldest son."

Upon hearing this, the young man was immediately extremely disappointed, "I was counting on you to come up with a way to squeeze out another little baby for your lord to play with, and now there’s no hope."

"Xiao Qiang’s" eyelids twitched, and he thought resentfully, Even if it were possible, that would still make him your uncle, would you dare to play with him? But knowing this person, who always acted unpredictably, maybe that’s what he actually thought.

Upon this thought, "Xiao Qiang" felt a sense of testicular pain but actually felt relieved that such a baby did not exist.

The young man lost his playful interest and waved away the Jade Bone Fan impatiently, "I’ll give you three more days. If you can’t get the Vegetable Secret Method from that family within three days, your lord will surely not allow you to spend the New Year in Jing City!"

"Xiao Qiang," upon hearing this, first felt a wave of joy, then his face turned somber again, wanting to beg for more mercy, for a longer grace period. But seeing his master already turned his back, he dared not speak again for fear of truly angering him, so he could only sullenly shoulder his way out of the room.

"Punishing Shopkeeper, what did the Young Master say?"

Outside the door, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, upon seeing "Xiao Qiang," who was Punishing Shopkeeper Xing Qiang, hurried forward and asked anxiously.

Punishing Shopkeeper, looking as if he had lost all will to live, woefully said, "Xiao Zhu, we’re done for, if we can’t get the Secret Technique within three days, we’ll both have to roll off to Mangzhou."

Mangzhou? That Mangzhou where everyone drank blood and ate raw flesh?

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhu was so frightened he almost wet himself, "Punishing Shopkeeper, what are we going to do? I have an eighty-year-old grandmother and a three-year-old brother relying on me, boo-hoo, I haven’t even taken a wife yet!"

By the end, Xiao Zhu began crying sorrowfully, and his "boo-hoo" sobs echoed down the corridor.

"Shut up!" Punishing Shopkeeper snapped in a low voice, his forehead throbbing, and seeing Xiao Zhu about to cry again, he quickly dragged the boy down to the rest room on the lower floor, fearing they would disturb the person in the room.

Behind the door, Yan Junyu listened carefully to the conversation between the two people, the corners of his mouth revealing a smirk of triumph.

With a light flick of the Jade Bone Fan in his palm, thinking of how the Vegetable Secret Method hadn’t been obtained in over half a month, Yan Junyu’s narrow eyes flashed with mischief. Perhaps it was time for him to take action personally, for it was only challenging if it was fun, right?