PUGPF – Chapter 281

Chapter 281: A childish mind

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Lian Fang Zhou’s tone was not joking. Curious, Lian Fang Qing asked: “Why can’t we raise it there? It’s such a big place, it doesn’t matter if you raise a few more!”

Lian Fang Zhou didn’t know how to explain it so she said: “In short, it’s not possible. It’s easy to spread disease when you mix animals and its even more difficult to deal with it if a plaque occurs! So you can’t mix them, understand?”

Not just in ancient times, even in the modern era if a plague occurs on a farm, it would destroy everything and there would be no chance to stop it or save the animals. Nowadays, there was no medicine or disinfectant to prevent bacteria, so she had to pay close attention.

Lian Fang Qing and the others did not have much experience with large farms and naturally did not understand how terrible a plague outbreak could be.

Since they had started to raise chicks, Lian Fang Qing had learned a lot. Hearing this new information, she tilted her head and thought about it. After asking a few questions, she understood.

Madam Li didn’t understand but she didn’t need to, she just had to follow orders.

Madam Sun couldn’t help but glance at Lian Fang Zhou admiringly: “Miss Lian is so knowledgeable! I can’t understand this at all!”

“My sister is smart, I often don’t understand what she says!” Lian Fang Qing said quickly, making the group laugh.

Taking a rest, they set the mushroom sacks in the shade and Lian Ze tied the rabbit with rattan before setting it aside.

Zhang Liang started to put the pheasant nest down carefully before stopping and looking at Xiao Hui. He thought about it for a moment and then picked it up again, carrying it over to a bush and firmly pushing it inside the branches to rest stably off the ground.

When he turned, he saw Lian Fang Qing blinking her bright eyes at him and his face flushed. Scratching his head, he hurriedly walked over: “Fourth Miss, I put the pheasant nest higher in case Xiao Hui is naughty…”

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Suddenly realizing his thoughts, Lian Fang Qing’s limpid eyes lit up and she smiled, laughing and clapping her hands. “Ah Liang, you are so thoughtful!”

As she said that, she waved her hand and called out: “Second Brother, Second Brother!” Seeing Lian Ze turn to look at her, she said: “You put my rabbit higher, what if it gets hurt by Xiao Hui?”

Lian Ze thought about it. Though Xiao Hui had not damaged the rabbit when he brought it back to them, who knew if he would change his mind later?

So he walked over and picked the rabbit up again and placed in on a solid tree branch. He teased her, saying: “If it gets hurt, it gets hurt! Just let Xiao Hui catch another one for you!”

This stoked Lian Fang Qing’s temper.

Lian Ze laughed at her and went to help Lian Fang Zhou and the others collect firewood.

Zhang Liang was still standing there. After hearing Lian Fang Qing’s praise, his mouth was almost grinning from ear to ear and his heart was full of joy, light and fluttering.

With a sudden boast in courage, he smiled cautiously at Lian Fang Qing and said: “Fourth Miss, I heard that pheasants like to eat bugs the most. There are many grasshoppers in the weeds by the river. I will help you catch them! They’re very good and there are shrimp in the river as well…”

Lian Fang Qing liked this idea very much when she heard it and nodded: “That’s good, good! You can catch the grasshoppers and bring them to my house! You’re so good, Ah Liang!”

Zhang Liang was stunned and his face quickly turned red. He opened his mouth but couldn’t say a word. Panicking, he dropped his head and scratched the back of his hair like a cover.

Seeing his embarrassment, Lian Fang Qing couldn’t help but giggle. Seeing that he seemed to be uncomfortable, she didn’t dare to joke anymore. She said with concern: “What’s the matter with you? Is it comfortable? Why is your face so red?”

Zhang Liang’s heart thumped so hard it almost jumped out of his throat. Taken aback, he hurriedly shook his hands: “No, no! I, I, maybe the sun is a bit too hot…”

He was so guilty that he didn’t dare look at Lian Fang Qing again. He lowered his head and stared at his toes. Maybe the sun was a bit hot, he could feel sweat on his forehead, face, and neck. His brain also felt a little dizzy.

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Lian Fang Qing didn’t doubt him and smiled: “Then you rest in the shade, I’ll go first and find my sister!”

“En, en! Fourth Miss, go slowly!” Zhang Liang nodded quickly, secretly relieved.

Lian Fang Qing smiled and walked away.

Behind her, Zhang Liang slowly raised his head to watch the back of her petite figure as she left, her footsteps as light as a butterfly dancing among flowers, and he couldn’t help but have a silly expression, thinking: Fourth miss is really beautiful… all of them are really nice, I have never seen such good-looking people, so good-looking…

When Lian Fang Zhou and the others had left that morning, they had brought with them a lot of hard-boiled eggs, raw sweet potatoes, and taro. After they started a fire, they buried the vegetables in the ashes and sat a small distance away, talking and laughing as they waited for the food to cook.

This month was the warmest of the spring season and the sun was already scorching hot. However, since they were in the mountains where there was lots of shade, it didn’t feel too hot.

Thinking of the stream, Lian Ze and Lian Fang Qing took Xiao Hui and announced that they were going to catch fish. Lian Fang Zhou felt a little itchy and decided to go along, inviting Zhang Xiu’er to join them.

Zhang Xiu’er hesitated. Smiling, Lian Fang Zhou said: “If you don’t want to go, just stay and watch the fire!”

Zhang Xiu’er hurriedly smiled and promised, breathing a sigh of relief. She had a shy temperament and was not overly playful.

When Madam Li and Madam Sun saw the three siblings talking and laughing as they walked towards the water, Madam Sun couldn’t help but smile. She sighed: “Miss is so capable, but she still has a child-like mind, it makes even adults greedy for fun!”

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As a servant, Madam Li couldn’t comment on this, so she just smiled.

Madam Sun jolted and didn’t say anything else, changing the topic to some short-term family affairs of the east and west neighbors. Madam Li couldn’t help but be interested and the two quickly started gossiping fiercely. Zhang Xiu’er just sat to the side and listened quietly, passing the time by fiddling with the fire.

Zhang Liang leaned back against a large tree and looked up at the branches in a daze. His heartbeat had been very fast but now he had calmed down. After taking a few deep breaths, he was sure that he looked no different than normal. Only then did he slowly walk towards Madam Li and the others.

“Hm? What happened to Fourth Miss?” Zhang Liang blurted out when he saw that Lian Fang Qing was gone, secretly disappointed.

Madam Li had noticed something off with her son a while ago, particularly that he was a little too diligent when helping Fourth Miss and often secretly watched her. And now he couldn’t help asking about Fourth Miss as soon as he opened his mouth!

She felt annoyed but didn’t dare bring attention to him while Madam Sun was there. Not only was it not possible to address it, she was a little afraid that Madam Sun would notice that something was wrong.