When He Zhiran and Fifth Brother and Sister-in-law were about to leave, He Zhiran quickly stopped them, "Fifth Brother, Sister-in-law, there is no rush for this matter. Wait for my husband to return and have him take care of it."
She could only cheat easily when she was with Mo Jiuye.
Fifth Brother and Sister-in-law thought that the vegetables and radishes at home were enough to last them for a while, so they readily accepted her proposal.
...
Shortly after noon, Mo Jiuye returned.
He threw the donkey cart aside and strode back to his own room.
He Zhiran was feeling uncomfortable and walked strangely, so she simply stayed in her room to avoid going out and being teased by her sisters-in-law.
Seeing his wife still lying on the kang, Mo Jiuye thought he had really hurt her.
"Ranran, are you uncomfortable anywhere?"
Seeing the disgraceful culprit, He Zhiran glared fiercely at him, then turned over with her head facing inward, not looking at him.
Mo Jiuye took the opportunity to take off his shoes and climbed onto the kang, taking his delicate little wife into his arms.
The foodie seemed to be used to the way the masters interacted and very tactfully climbed down to the floor to admire itself in the corner.
"Ranran..." Mo Jiuye gently called her name in a warm tone.
Feeling the familiar embrace, He Zhiran angrily flipped over and fiercely punched his chest with her little fists.
"It's all your fault, making me get teased by my sisters-in-law early in the morning."
Mo Jiuye didn't dodge her punches but frowned deeply and asked earnestly.
"Why did the sisters-in-law tease you?"
Seeing that this obtuse man didn't understand her words at all, He Zhiran felt even more stifled.
How could she explain this kind of thing?
Forget it, it was impossible to communicate with such a slow-witted man.
She was not the kind of person who would nitpick over something anyway.
He Zhiran pushed him away and sat up straight.
"Where did you go today?"
Seeing that she was not really angry, Mo Jiuye breathed a sigh of relief and also sat up straight.
He took out a stack of land deeds from his arms and placed them in front of He Zhiran.
"I went to the yamen and transferred the ownership of the land and houses."
When He Zhiran heard that he had gone to the yamen to transfer ownership, the first thing she thought of was having to pay silver to those villagers.
"Where did you get the silver?"
Mo Jiuye smiled awkwardly. "I took some from the space this morning."
He Zhiran...
This guy was quite forward-thinking, knowing to take silver himself when he needed it. He had made progress and was much better than that penniless person he used to be.
Mo Jiuye had handled the matter very clearly. The amount of land and houses matched exactly with what they had agreed with the two clan chiefs the other day.
She stuffed the land deeds back into Mo Jiuye's hands.
"Mother is the head of the household. Send these to the old lady first. If she doesn't intend to manage them, then take them back."
In fact, the couple knew very well that since being exiled, Grandma Mo had basically stopped managing anything. She had handed over all the big and small household affairs to He Zhiran to manage. It could be said that she had completely let go.
By doing this, He Zhiran was also showing respect to her elder.
Mo Jiuye smiled as he put away the land deeds, and was about to take He Zhiran to see his mother together.
But He Zhiran declined. The way she walked would still get her teased by her sisters-in-law if she went out. Even if they didn't tease her, their eyes alone were something she couldn't quite handle.
Mo Jiuye also guessed that her discomfort was probably due to him being too wild last night, injuring his wife's body, so he did not force her.
As He Zhiran had expected, Mo Jiuye soon returned with the land deeds intact.
It was just as well, keeping them in the space was safer than anything.
He Zhiran had completely given up for that day. Not only did she not leave the room, she lay on the kang thinking of nothing to do.
Finally, she endured until the evening. Mo Jiuye was eager to urge her into the space together.
Seeing his wolf-like eyes, He Zhiran's body shook involuntarily.
This man was too vigorous. Her petite body really could not withstand him.
"Um... can we...?"
Ceasefire tonight...
He Zhiran found the latter words somewhat hard to say.
Mo Jiuye naturally understood what she meant, and his face flushed red.
"Ranran, I was wrong last night. I hurt you. Don't worry today. I guarantee..."
"Even going lightly is no good. I'm still sore!" He Zhiran interrupted him.
Mo Jiuye quickly explained, "What I mean is, I guarantee I'll sleep honestly tonight."
He Zhiran...
So what he was saying was "I guarantee I'll sleep honestly tonight." She had just imagined too much extra.
Thinking of this, her old face turned a bit red.
"A gentleman stands by his word. You have to keep your promise."
Looking at his awkward little wife, Mo Jiuye walked over and gently kissed her forehead.
"Your husband has always been a gentleman."
A gentleman?
If she hadn't witnessed his ferocity last night, He Zhiran would have always thought so too.
Now... she really couldn't say.
At this time, the foodie seemed to be hungry too, whining incessantly at its owners.
He Zhiran felt bad that the little guy hadn't been able to roll around in the bamboo forest all day. So she took the big gray wolf and flashed into the space together.
It was indeed difficult for an aroused man to restrain his desires.
But Mo Jiuye was true to his word. Faced with his delicate wife, he would rather take a cold shower when consumed by fiery lust, fulfilling his gentleman's promise...
After a night of recuperation, He Zhiran was much better the next day. As usual, she took Mo Jiuye and the foodie out of the space early.
The land deeds were at hand. The whole family had not gone to check it out yet. It was a good time today with nothing special to do, so they could go take a look.
After breakfast, the family set off towards the foot of the mountain.
The two clan chiefs personally led the way, telling them about the location of those farmlands and houses.
It could be said purchasing the land and houses was rather rash of He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye. They only knew the approximate locations and had not even looked at the specifics before daring to buy.
In fact, this had a lot to do with He Zhiran's extravagance.
Besides, the seeds produced in her space were not picky about soil and climate anyway, so there was no need to care about those things. What they valued more was the location of the land.
The main thing was that it not be fragmented.
Those forty-six mu of land could only be said to barely gather together.
The reason for saying barely was that there was still some land belonging to the Cui family interspersed.
As such, they would have to buy those Cui family lands too.
Fortunately, those lands were similarly barren. The Cui family would surely be willing to sell too.
Of course, given the Cuis' character, even if they were willing to sell, the process would surely not go smoothly.
In any case, He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye were determined to obtain this piece of land.
After walking around all the land, He Zhiran and Mo Jiuye discovered that there was also a vast expanse of barren land to the north of these lands, the edges of which could not be seen with the naked eye.
The area of these barren lands was no less than, and even exceeded, that of these previously reclaimed lands.
Mo Jiuye asked Clan Chief Zhou, "Elder, is that stretch all barren land?"
