The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1560 iron mine

Chapter 1560: 1560 iron mine

It wouldn’t, after all, really be possible for the medicinal effect to make him a fool. That is to say...

Within a month, the Xiao couple must have some kind of conspiracy.

He remembered how Gongsun Qianru had directly called him Brother Chuan...

Ordinary women who have not yet left their boudoirs, even if they are bold, would not be so intimate in addressing a man.

Xiao Yuchuan frowned tightly, could it be that the Xiao couple were planning to conduct his marriage with Gongsun Qianru while he was unconscious?

And... with the potency of the medicine he had been given, it was impossible for him to wake up at this time. How had he awakened, unaided by an antidote in his pulse, what was going on?

Clearly, the Xiao couple were also surprised that he’d suddenly awakened.

Xiao Yuchuan had several doubts in his heart, but he would only be able to find answers once he regained his freedom to act.

...

In the area near the suburbs of the capital city, hundreds of workers were demolishing houses, moving construction debris by carriage, and a foreman was directing them, organized and methodical.

Su Qingyue, as before, had disguised herself as an ordinary-looking man and, along with her maid Yinzhu dressed as a servant, visited the demolition site before going to inspect the new good fields she had purchased in the suburbs.

Workers had already been hired for several large patches of the good fields, which were being plowed. The autumn harvest was over, and the fields she bought had already had their crops harvested by the previous owners, so she had only bought the land itself.

The seed of herbs in the warehouse was ready, and once some more time passed and the fields were plowed, they could be planted.

A breeze came through, Su Qingyue stood by the field ridge, her garments fluttering in the wind.

Yinzhu followed her mistress, and even though the young lady was dressed as a man and wore a human skin mask, looking quite ordinary, Yinzhu still felt her mistress had a special charisma.

"You... young master," Yinzhu hesitantly spoke, "we have been out for half a day, is it time to go back?"

"It is about time," Su Qingyue had indeed been planning to return to the Mansion, and set off with Yinzhu towards the direction of the capital city.

On a small path in the suburbs, a carriage stood still, it was Su Qingyue’s carriage.

She was pregnant and preferred to avoid walking as much as possible when traveling.

The carriage was unable to cross the field ridge, which was why she had taken to walking.

The driver, seeing Su Qingyue, respectfully announced, "Young master."

Just as she was about to board the carriage, she saw a man in his forties carrying a carrying pole with stones passing by. She glanced at the stones which were several hues of reddish-brown and couldn’t help but follow, calling out, "Uncle, please wait a moment."

Although, by the man’s age, she should have called him uncle, she still addressed him more youthfully.

The man saw she was a young master and stopped, puzzled, "What can I do for you, young brother?"

"I have some hard-shelled nuts on my carriage that I can’t break open. You have a pole full of stones, could you give me a suitable stone to crack the nuts?" Qingyue asked very politely.

"Not a big deal," the man set down his carrying pole, "but these stones I’m carrying are quite dirty, using them to smash food, I fear it might not be clean..."

Qingyue laughed, "I will wash the stone by the river later. What are you doing with so many stones?"

"Oh, I’m planning to build an earth wall at my home, and I think adding stones to mud to create an adobe wall would be more durable."

"I see," Su Qingyue pretended to look casually among the carrying pole’s stones, picked up one of the reddish-brown stones, examined it, and asked, "Where did you find these stones?"

"Quite far from here, at least five miles away," the man explained, "I’m also exercising, that’s why I conveniently picked up a load to bring back. Tomorrow I won’t go that far anymore; I’ll find a closer place to gather stones, it’s too tiring."