Climbing up a big tree and looking in the direction of Green Bamboo Town, it seemed that the distance was not far, but when Xu Lian actually started walking, he did not return to the town until the evening. It really proved the saying that if you look at the mountain, you will die.
However, after walking for an afternoon, he worked up a sweat and the feeling of soreness all over his body miraculously disappeared. His physical strength returned to normal and the flow of his energy became smooth.
"Could it be that this was planned by the White Fox Mining Patrol?"
He was shocked. The white fox brought him so far into the forest just to make him walk back step by step and sweat, so that the last bit of poison remaining in his body would completely dissipate.
Return to the house in Xinjie.
Open the door and go in.
Xu Lian saw the light on in the dining room and heard bursts of giggles.
Then he understood.
Wang Cuiyun has already brought more than 30 selected women into her home.
"I just happened to be hungry. I don't know what the white fox gave me to eat during the eight days I was unconscious."
Xu Lian walked towards the dining room.
When I walked in, I saw... three large banquet tables, and more than 30 women were eating, chatting and laughing, having a very happy time.
Wang Cuiyun, who sat in the main seat, had a wrinkled old face, but she was undoubtedly "the most eye-catching person in the whole audience". More than 30 women surrounded her like stars surrounding the moon, all complimenting her and fawning on her, making her smile from ear to ear. She finally had the airs of an old lady from a wealthy family.
Seeing Xu Lian walk into the dining room, Wang Cuiyun stood up as if her butt was on fire, and walked over to him with a smile, "The master is back, you little girls, why don't you come and greet the master quickly."
More than thirty women quickly put down their bowls and chopsticks.
They walked up to Xu Lian one by one and lined up.
Twelve in a row.
Exactly three rows.
Judging from the order from tall to short, Wang Cuiyun must have rehearsed it in advance.
They bowed together to Xu Lian and said, "I pay my respects to you, Master. Welcome home, Master, you have worked hard outside."
Then, they raised their delicate heads one by one, with rosy cheeks, looking at Xu Lian with pitiful and affectionate eyes.
Even the slogans were so consistent... Xu Lian concluded that Wang Cuiyun must have trained them a lot during these eight days.
This made Xu Lian's mouth twitch, and he felt like he had arrived at Lichunfang.
It would have been fine if she hadn't been trained, but after Wang Cuiyun's training, she became exactly like Wang Cuiyun when she was young.
You have to know what kind of person Wang Cuiyun was when she was young. She often invited men passing by into her home. How could she teach him to have good qualities after being trained by her for eight whole days
Fortunately, Sister Xiya is untainted by the world and has not learned Wang Cuiyun's temperament, otherwise Xu Lian would have had grass on his head long ago.
"Master, what do you think?"
Wang Cuiyun looked at Xu Lian cheerfully as if to take credit for it, "My taste is pretty good, right? Although these girls are not as pretty as Xiya and Chan'er, they are all very pretty. Most of the top-notch pretty girls in the town are here."
Xu Lian felt frustrated, because what he caught with the expanded net was not as good as what he caught one by one. It always felt a little lacking.
As if she noticed that he was not in high spirits, Wang Cuiyun walked to the far right of the first row, stood on tiptoe, raised her hand and pinched the chin of the tallest woman.
In order to cooperate with Wang Cuiyun, the tallest woman bent down a little to allow Wang Cuiyun to pinch it smoothly.
Wang Cuiyun smiled and said, "Master, look at your teeth. They are so neat and white, without even a single cavity. You ate some meat just now, but it didn't get stuck in your teeth. Your smile is so sweet."
The tallest woman gave Xu Lian a flattering smile.
From the woman's eyes, Xu Lian felt her desire for food, as if he was a bag of living food.
Wang Cuiyun walked to the short woman on the far left and said, "Master, this one is also good. She is petite and looks a bit like Chan'er."
The short woman seemed to have not fully adapted yet and was a little blushing, but she quickly gave Xu Lian a flattering smile.
Xu Lian saw the longing and yearning for a better life in her eyes.
"Since you've come in, stay."
Xu Lian walked to Wang Cuiyun's seat, sat down, and started eating dinner.
Wang Cuiyun also returned to her seat to eat. "Didn't you hear what I said? You can stay at home."
All the women were delighted. They bowed to Xu Lian and looked at him with gratitude.
"Sit down and eat."
Xu Lian said to Wang Cuiyun, "Give each of them five taels of silver, a piece of meat, a chicken, a fish, and a bag of food later, and ask their families to come and get them."
Wang Cuiyun was not happy. "Being able to live in our house and eat delicious food every day is a blessing they have earned in several lifetimes. Why do we need to give them money and food?"
"Who has the final say in this family, me or you?"
Xu Lian's eyes narrowed.
These are all virgins. According to the customs of Green Bamboo Town, they should be given equal weight of food.
Even if she was sold to a wealthy family as a maid, she still had to be given money.
What's more, he also has to consider favorability, so he should give more.
Wang Cuiyun quickly smiled and said, "Of course, it's my master who has the final say. Just give it out. Anyway, our family is not short of money and food, so it doesn't hurt to give some."
The women were surprised and thanked Xu Lian and Wang Cuiyun repeatedly.
Wang Cuiyun remembered that the flowers and plants in the backyard had withered and died overnight, so she asked about it.
Xu Lian said that the water from the well in the backyard was poisonous, and it was caused by the water he drew for irrigation.
Wang Cuiyun was puzzled. "To save trouble, I also fetched water from the backyard to irrigate the plants. Why was there nothing wrong when I irrigated them?"
Xu Lian could only say, "Maybe the toxicity is not high. It's okay if you water it less. I watered it too much."
Wang Cuiyun didn't say anything more, knowing that he had some secret.
Finished dinner.
Seeing that all the food on the three tables had been eaten up, not even a bit was left... Xu Lian fell into deep thought, "Is it because there is not enough food? Make more next time."
Wang Cuiyun explained, "You are worrying too much. There is enough food, but they are used to a hard life and they try their best to fill their stomachs, fearing that they won't be able to have such a good meal next time.
Don’t cook too much for each meal, otherwise you will die of overeating!
Thinking back to when my father first let me live this good life, it was the same thing, I almost had a stomachache."
Serves you right... Xu Lian said no more.
Wang Cuiyun instructed them to take the dishes to the kitchen, and after they were washed and arranged, she began to distribute money and food.
After distributing the letters, he took them to the front door of the house and asked some people to call their family members.
Upon hearing the news, their family members came quickly.
Everyone who received the money, food, fish and meat was delighted, their eyes filled with tears of excitement, and they expressed their gratitude to Wang Cuiyun.
After everything was done, Wang Cuiyun closed the door.
After another hour or so, I heard the sound of "da da da" and knew that the night watchman was coming.
They all rushed to draw blood, wanting to show off in front of Xu Lian.
They are not stupid, they are very smart.
You know, the night watchmen demand blood according to the number of males. Xu Lian is the only male in the family, and there are more than 30 of them. They take turns to bleed. They only need to let out a small cup of blood a month, which is very easy.
Moreover, Xu Lian was often away on business, so when there was no male child at home, there was no need for bloodletting, and there was no pressure at all.
"What are you letting go of? You little girls look like you have never seen the world."
Wang Cuiyun said proudly, "Our family has the same treatment as the three major families, the Su family, the Pei family, and the Fang family. We are exempt from blood loss."
This made them both surprised and secretly delighted. Now, they could enjoy delicious food and fish every day without having to bleed at all. This place was simply a paradise on earth.
"It's getting late, let's go back to the house and rest."
Wang Cuiyun was like a female general on the battlefield. She gave the final order and then went back to her main house. She knew men's little things too well.
After they bowed to Xu Lian one by one, they returned to their rooms, but they turned back to look at Xu Lian every three steps.
Some pretended to fall and uttered cries of surprise;
Some stopped and looked up at the moon, as if they were looking at the stars;
Some of them seemed to have chains on their feet, moving their lotus steps bit by bit, slower than a snail;
Each of them is scheming, hoping to attract Xu Lian's attention and look forward to going to their house. Only in this way can they gain a foothold in this wealthy family. As a woman from Luzhu Town, they have been influenced by everything since childhood, so of course they understand such a simple, easy-to-understand truth.
Xu Lian frowned as he watched, having a premonition that there would be a palace drama in this mansion in the future. Fortunately, Wang Cuiyun was there to suppress it, otherwise, when he returned from his business trip, there might not be many people left alive.
He returned to his main house, closed the door and went to sleep. He had been unconscious for eight whole days and the poison in his body had just dissipated, but he was in no mood.
Just after lying down for a while, I heard a woman coming quietly outside the house and knocking gently on the door.
Xu Lian pretended not to hear.
The woman didn't dare to disturb him too much and had to leave in disappointment.
After a while, another woman came, like the wind, knocking on the door intermittently.
Xu Lian still ignored it.
Then, after a while, several of them came down.
Xu Lian was annoyed and opened the door to go out. "Whoever comes here again will be kicked out of the house."
With this announcement, the women immediately quieted down.
Xu Lian was able to rest peacefully. When it was late at night, he got up and went out to the backyard to make an appointment with the White Fox Mine Patrolman.