In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 260 - 259 Engagement Token_1

Chapter 260: Chapter 259 Engagement Token_1

At night, the bright moon hung in the sky and stars filled the heavens.

Su Pan’er stepped out of the bathroom, her damp hair wiped.

To her surprise, she saw Ke’er sleeping in a chair with a handwoven bamboo cricket in his hand.

She couldn’t help smiling and shaking her head, casually throwing her sweat towel over her shoulder, she bent down and picked him up to take him to the small house.

When she came out later, she was holding the bamboo cricket.

This bamboo cricket was woven by Zhou Ning for Ke’er. You could say Zhou Ning was rather skilled with his hands and got along well with Ke’er. If Ke’er wasn’t with her or Qin Yi, he most certainly would be by Zhou Ning’s side, becoming somewhat of a little minion.

Upon entering the bedroom, she was surprised to see Qin Yi still inside. Su Pan’er couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows.

"It’s quite late, why haven’t you gone to Master Uncle Cheng’s?"

"I’ll go later."

Qin Yi put down his manuscript, lifting his head: "Pan’er, there are some things I want to discuss with you."

"I was thinking of having a chat with you too; you go first."

Su Pan’er placed the bamboo cricket in the pen holder on the desk, before picking up her sweat towel to wipe her damp hair.

"You can talk first."

Qin Yi got up and took over the task of wiping Su Pan’er’s hair, skillfully drying the black strands.

"Alright then. I was just thinking, Aunt Zhou has been helping around our house. Even though she’s said it’s to repay a debt, I think that might not be fair. The saying goes ’When seeking help from others, seek it from a worthy gentleman. When helping others, help those who are desperate.’ We should at least pay her a wage. How about we temporarily hire Aunt Zhou to help us cook? After all, we are building a new house, which is quite normal in the village."

"Yes, you’re right."

Without hesitation, Qin Yi agreed with Su Pan’er’s opinion, "Also, Zhou Ning has been bringing us a lot of wild game recently, we should account for that too. To save the village folk from gossiping."

"Mm-hmm, I’ve been keeping track of all the wild game he’s brought."

Su Pan’er raised an eyebrow proudly, "They aren’t wealthy either, we can’t take advantage of them. Now, what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Oh! It’s actually nothing significant. It’s just something dad mentioned before leaving."

Qin Yi put down the towel, picking up a comb and casually started to comb Su Pan’er’s hair.

"Mhm, then what?"

"What do you mean what?"

"I mean, how did you take it?"

"How could I take it? Of course, I believe you!"

Qin Yi stated indifferently, causing Su Pan’er to falter, "Do you really trust me?"

Surely her own mother’s warning hadn’t been the only one, she was certain that her father must’ve mentioned it to Qin Yi too.

"Of course, I trust you!"

Qin Yi nodded solemnly, "Because I trust my own judgment. The wife of Qin Yi certainly would not be an empty-headed woman!"

The sincerity in his eyes moved Su Pan’er, so much so that she couldn’t help but laugh!

"Hmph! I’ll give you credit for that!"

She snatched the comb and quickly fastened her hair into a ponytail, "Speaking of which, there are still rumors about you and Su Yue’er! They say that when you and Su Yue’er were engaged, you exchanged tokens. Then when Su Yue’er called off the engagement, the tokens were never returned. Is there any truth to this?"

Ever since her mother mentioned it, it was like a thorn in her heart, waiting to be pulled out. It was a pain that she couldn’t hold back!

"You didn’t know about this?"

Qin Yi looked surprised.

"Don’t worry about whether I knew or not. Just tell me, is it true?"

After thinking for a bit, Qin Yi nodded his head: "Indeed! When I was severely ill and seemed unlikely to recover, the family discussed hosting a wedding to save my life. They chose the Su family. Your eldest uncle initially declined, but eventually suggested you as a replacement for Yue’er in the marriage. This brought up the issue of the betrothal tokens. He said that it was bad luck to have a widow so early on, so we transferred the tokens to you and additionally... ahem."

"Additionally, you took the old sow from our house, right?"

Su Pan’er gave him a glance, "Where is that token now?"

"The token I originally had was a jade hairpin. Once when I fell ill and unconscious, it was pawned for money to buy medicine by my second brother. As for the token on Su Yue’er’s side, it was a jade pendant! A pendant that I wore from childhood."

The thought of that beautiful jade sent Qin Yi into a spell of deep contemplation.

The jade was a wine-red color with what looked like flowing blood veins inside. The most miraculous thing about it was that the jade was shaped like a roaring tiger!

He treasured it since childhood!

He wouldn’t have offered it if there weren’t the circumstances of the engagement, the lack of a suitable token, and saying to himself that as a betrothal token, the pendant would still end up with him."

"This jade pendant, is it valuable?"

Qin Yi nodded and then shook his head: "That pendant, probably cannot be described in terms of its value."

The value of that pendant wouldn’t be something that money could measure!

Maybe because of this, old Su Sikong did everything he could to keep the pendant, never letting Pan’er have it.

Su Pan’er initially thought that Qin Yi was saying that the jade pendant was not valuable, but its significance was different. However, his words revealed that the jade pendant seemed to be of great worth.

"No way! We must get back the pendant no matter what!"

Unable to bear it, Su Pan’er got up and paced around the room twice, "How about we go and find our dear eldest uncle tomorrow?"

"This might not be a good idea."

After a thought, Qin Yi shook his head, "If you go and find him and he said there’s nothing of this sort, what will you do? Rather than that, we should go to the Su family tomorrow and see what grandpa has to say. How about it?"

"That works too."

Su Pan’er thought about it and then nodded in agreement, "You should go to Master Uncle Cheng, don’t keep him waiting."

"Alright! I’m going over now then. Remember to lock the doors and windows."

After a thorough explanation, Qin Yi went out the door.

Su Pan’er thought for a moment, returned to her room to change into her night travel clothes, and headed towards Deicide Mountain.

Her martial arts had already reached a state of Great Perfection, wanting to go further was not such an easy task. The best and fastest method was to expose herself to danger. By doing so, the body could stimulate its potential and perhaps find an opportunity to break through.

However, what she didn’t know was that just after she had left, a shadow appeared from the darkness, taking a look in the direction she had gone before turning and quickly running towards the village chief’s house.

The village chief, Zhou Ning, had suffered a big loss today at the hands of Qin Yi. Not only did he roll in mud, he became badly bruised and even lost five hundred taels of silver. He gnashed his teeth in anger, thinking of ways to recover the loss.

At this moment, he was topless, sprawled on the bed. His bruised back was quite a sight as he lay moaning in pain.

"That damn little mistress, those damn bitches! They dare to lay a finger on me, Zhou Ning, and take my money! Ahhh, it hurts! You bastards better wait! I’ll make you pay for this!"

He grumbled and groaned, completely oblivious to the shadow that had swiftly passed by his front door.