In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 475 - 473-474 Lianghuai "Skinny Horse"!_1

Chapter 475: Chapter 473-474 Lianghuai "Skinny Horse"!_1

"If you’re not feeling well, let’s call it a day."

"Wait! I’ll fetch some food. You can fill your stomach and then rest!"

With that, he stood up to get dressed.

Su Pan’er blinked weakly, considered this as a response, and closed her eyes again, sinking into the blanket.

By the time Qin Yi got dressed, the little woman behind him had already passed into the realm of dreams.

Helplessly shaking his head, he descended the stairs.

There was nobody in the parlor. He crossed the parlor, went along the corridor, and turned into the kitchen only to hear Mrs. Su-Hua talking to someone.

She was probably arranging for the people they bought during the day, right?

He did not pay much attention, went into the kitchen where the food was still warm in the pot. He packed it in a basket and then turned to head back to the room.

Unexpectedly, just as he was stepping out of the kitchen, he bumped headlong into Mrs. Su-Hua who was just about to enter!

Upon seeing him, Mrs. Su-Hua’s eyes lighted up immediately!

"Qin Yi, you’re just in time. I want to ask you, how do you plan to deal with the...those people you bought today?"

She wanted to say ’little demon fairy’ but changed her mind at the last moment.

"For now, they can be arranged to stay casually. The detailed arrangements can be made by Pan’er tomorrow."

It wasn’t that Qin Yi couldn’t make the arrangements himself; it was just that traditionally males manage the external affairs while females manage the internal affairs. Plus, since these people were originally brought back by Pan’er, it was most appropriate for her to arrange.

"Alright, let Pan’er arrange it."

Mrs. Su-Hua nodded. After a brief pause, she changed the subject, "I noticed that one of the girls you bought today speaks with a Suzhou accent."

Even by boat, it would take a month to get from here to Suzhou. How did they end up buying someone from such a distance?

"I will let Pan’er know."

Qin Yi’s eyes flashed, he nodded solemnly, "Mother-in-law, it’s getting late. You should rest early."

Mrs. Su-Hua smiled at him, "I know, I’ll rest too in a short while. Is that food for Pan’er? Hurry up, it won’t taste good if it gets cold."

"Alright."

Nodding his head in response, Qin Yi quickly headed upstairs.

Watching Qin Yi’s retreating figure, Mrs. Su-Hua felt unhappy, "Why on earth did Pan’er bring such a demon fairy into our house? What kind of family would groom such a seductive girl? It’s really..."

Qin Yi’s eyes flickered but he chose not to turn back and quickly entered his room.

"Pan’er, the food is here, get up and eat."

Qin Yi quickly took out the food from the basket, and called out to her. Seeing Su Pan’er looking lethargic and ready to cuddle with the quilt, he went forward and forcefully pulled her out of the quilt.

"Don’t sleep, eat something first, then you can sleep. Otherwise, you might starve and get a gastric disease, and fall sick. Wake up, wake up quickly..."

He gently patted her cheek, finally managing to wake Su Pan’er up.

Su Pan’er felt like her whole body had been disassembled, she was listlessly unwilling to do anything.

Thinking of the child in her womb, she still forced herself to pick up the chopsticks and eat.

"You should eat too."

She called out to Qin Yi.

Qin Yi obediently sat down and filled a big bowl for himself, and started eating hastily.

He quickly finished two large bowls of food.

On the other hand, Su Pan’er, who had been pampered with food, sleep, and rest since her pregnancy, had not done such ’hard labor’ for a long time, struggled to finish half a bowl, and then she couldn’t eat any more and put down her bowl and chopsticks.

She picked up a glass of refreshment to rinse her mouth, then crawled back into her comfy corner.

Seeing Su Pan’er about to fall asleep again after just eating, Qin Yi quickly initiated a conversation, "Just now when I went downstairs, mother-in-law stopped me and mentioned that among the servants you bought today, one of them speaks with a Suzhou accent."

"Mm..."

Su Pan’er lazily hummed in response, without a word.

"The Wu-style soft language of the Suzhou people is the most pleasant to the ear. I really didn’t expect that we would have the fortune to encounter it in such a remote place."

Qin Yi made a meaningful comment, and then bury his head to continue eating.

Su Pan’er didn’t answer for a long time, finally she rose from the bed, rubbed her eyes and looked at him.

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

Qin Yi raised his head, a twinkle of gloom in his eyes as his lips curled upward slightly.

"The rumor goes that in Lianghuai where the salt merchants of two Huais reside, each and every salt merchant is enormously wealthy and their extravagant lifestyle is comparable to that of the imperial family. They prefer to raise skinny horses, which are worth a fortune."

"And then?" asked Su Pan’er, slightly puzzled.

"What are ’skinny horses’? In fact, they are girls who have been bought from poor families by brokers and middlewomen who engage in ’raising skinny horses’. They train these girls to sing, dance, and learn music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. When they grow up, they sell them to rich households as concubines or to brothels for profit. Since poor girls are mostly thin and weak, they are called ’skinny horses’. A girl can be bought for a few ten taels, but when sold, they can earn up to one thousand five hundred taels."

"What exactly are you trying to say?"

Su Pan’er frowned tighter.

"What I am trying to say is that the girl you bought should be a high-quality ’skinny horse’!"

Qin Yi declared with certainty.