Chapter 383: Miracle Of Nature
Translator: Henyee Translations ] Editor: Henyee Translations
Dean Lu was speechless.
He sat back down unhappily. He felt that there was really no sense of achievement in being a teacher in front of Little Ning Boy.
When someone beside him saw this, he could not help but say, “Brother Ning, you don’t have to help with these dishes and cleaning up. Let’s spend more time on learning.”
Ning Ansheng did not stop cleaning up the table. “First of all, I’m not ‘helping’ you. If I eat the meal, I have to clean up. This is what 1 should do. Secondly, doing these things is not contradictory to learning. If someone can’t take care of them at the same time, it’s because he’s not capable enough.
That person was speechless. Xiaoxiao secretly gave her brother a thumbs up and walked to the kitchen. She asked quietly, “Brother, have you really thought through the homework Dean Lu assigned?”
Ning Ansheng rolled up his sleeves. “Not at all.”
He was thinking about seeing his sister on the way. How could he be in the mood to think about anything else?
Xiaoxiao snickered. She cleared her throat and went out to ask Dean Lu, “Dean, the porridge just now wasn’t enough, right? Do you want some snacks?”
“But it’s a little strenuous to do it. Lend me my brother for a while.
Dean Lu readily agreed, so he received a sweet and soft souffle and the first draft of his disciple’s article.
How could he not see through the siblings’ tricks? They were just playing along.
However, some people did not know that. The student who came with Dean Lu bent down and whispered into Dean Lu’s ear, “Dean, Brother Ning is so engrossed in his studies. It’s obvious that he doesn’t take his studies seriously. A gentleman stays away from the kitchen. Those women will do such dirty work. He’s lowering his status and embarrassing us scholars. Dean, how can Brother Ning be worthy of his title as your last disciple?
Dean Lu’s face was wooden, and his tone was as disdainful as it could be. “If he can’t, can you?”
Before this person could speak again, Dean Lu asked, “Before you spoke in such a tone, have you ever thought that your mother, sisters, and future daughters are all women?”
“Tsk, forget it. I know from your appearance that you are not using your brain.
It’s better to go home early and not delay your studies.
This person panicked. “Dean, my grandfather and you are…”
Dean Lu put down his teacup heavily. “We’re just schoolmates for a few years.
Do you really take it seriously?”
He shouldn’t have kept such a stupid fool by his side to pass the time even if Ning Ansheng, that brat, was too quiet and he didn’t feel like a teacher. Sigh, now, with this stupid fool as a foil, he found his little disciple more and more pleasing to the eye. How could he torture him ruthlessly in the future?
When Xiaoxiao and her brother came out after they were done with their work, only Dean Lu was left at the table. They did not ask further and brought him to the thriving experimental field to take a look.
Although Dean Lu had never worked in agriculture, he knew very well how troublesome the land at the border was. Hence, even though he had already eaten the melon that Xiaoxiao had asked the Li Family to send back, he was still so shocked that he could not close his mouth.
On the other hand, Ning Ansheng was much calmer. In his words, “My sister is
so smart.”
Dean Lu glared at this sister-doting maniac. “What do you know? This can no longer be simply described with the word ‘smart’. This is a miracle!”
He ran back and forth in the field several times. His agile and strong footsteps did not look like an old man who was almost 60 years old. “This is a miracle!
Xiaoxiao did not take the credit. “Then this might be a miracle of nature.” She smiled and said, “There have been many sandstorms recently, but magically, after that, there was a lot of fertile black soil left on the ground. It’s just like the saying—God bless Great Xia.”
Dean Lu should have slept early and woken up early to conserve his energy, but he got himself drunk that night. It could be seen how happy he was.
With Xiaoxiao around, he would not harm his body or delay his sleep and rest, so she let the old man celebrate. Xiaoxiao understood that it was precisely because he was really dedicated to the country and the people that the excitement in his heart was so difficult to calm down.
From the second day onwards, Dean Lu insisted on teaching his disciples in the fields. The content of the lessons he taught Ning Ansheng expanded from the treacherous court to the local people’s livelihood. When it came to practical matters, he often consulted Ning Ansheng.
Xiaoxiao was happy to see them happy and harmonious. After the duo’s fatigue from the journey dissipated, the Xiongnu envoy finally arrived late.
To these extremely thick-skinned defeated opponents, Xiaoxiao commented, “A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.” Then, she looked timidly and wistfully at the representative of Great Xia, Rong Yan, who was “escorting” the envoy with the Xiongnu people.
Actually, she had spent a lot of points to see him recently, but it seemed to have been a long time since she met him openly. Because she was too focused, Xiaoxiao did not notice that there was a puzzled and curious gaze staring at her among the Xiongnu, especially when she passed by with a small snack box.
She saw a butterfly with red wings fly in from somewhere and circle her a few times.
This was the first head-on confrontation between the negotiators chosen by Great Xia and Xiongnu. The representatives of both sides had sharp words and unyielding attitudes, but Xiaoxiao only stuffed the snack box to Rong Yan when everyone’s attention was focused on the negotiation table.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to publicize her relationship with Rong Yan, but she was worried that it would damage his dignity as a commander if she got intimate with him in front of so many people. Rong Yan couldn’t forget the scene of the woman on the city wall of Xiongnu being held by the scimitar and didn’t want her to be in danger.
At this moment, the two of them only exchanged loving gazes when no one noticed. Xiaoxiao glanced at the backyard and blinked before leaving. Rong Yan nodded slightly and put the snack box in his sleeve, pinching one from time to time to taste it.
Xiaoxiao had long known that this quarreling negotiation would last for a long time. She cooked, looked at the fields, and took a nap for a while, but there was still no sign of it ending, so she secretly went to look for Rong Yan.
She was in the space, and he was outside the space, so he did not notice that he was being followed.
Xiaoxiao watched as Rong Yan went to look for the Yun Guards who had stayed in the border city to protect her and asked, “Did anything special happen here, such as spies, assassins, or did Xiaoxiao leave the border city?
The Yun Guards all said “no”. “Miss studies food every day and plants vegetables in the fields. Otherwise, she stays in her house to study the Clairvoyant. Your subordinates have always been on guard 24 hours a day and she has never encountered any evil people.”
Rong Yan nodded. After letting them leave, he sat in front of Xiaoxiao’s door for a while.
Then, Xiaoxiao saw him push open the door and said “excuse me” to the empty room before striding in.
He did not look through any items. Instead, he walked straight to the wardrobe he had specially made for Xiaoxiao, opened the door, stuffed the jade pendant into the bedding and clothes room, and turned to leave.
Before Xiaoxiao could recover from his actions, she saw Rong Yan, who had returned to the outer courtyard, being stopped.
This was Great Xia’s territory, so she naturally did not have to worry about Rong Yan’s safety. Moreover, Yun Er and Yun San were both guarding here. However, she vaguely felt that the person standing opposite Rong Yan looked a little familiar.
“Let me introduce myself first. I’m the First Prince of Xiongnu, Chercha..”
