GBP Chapter 183 Solution
Chapter 183 Solution
Zhao Wangchuan returned home with a gloomy face and a bad mood, then vented his anger on a wooden post in the backyard. Wei Lu summoned Zhao Fan and the others for questioning, only to learn that her son had visited Prince Jing that day.
As for why Zhao Wangchuan was so angry, Wei Lu couldn't find out, and those people didn't know either.
After keeping Zhao Wangchuan company in the backyard until midnight, Wei Lu finally returned to her room, exhausted. As soon as she sat down, the burned area on her back burned with pain. It seemed the weather was about to change.
"Aunt Lin, please boil some water for me," Wei Lu called out towards the door.
Aunt Lin noticed something was wrong with Wei Lu's voice and pushed the door open to enter. She saw Wei Lu lying on her side on the bed, her face contorted in pain and covered in sweat. Aunt Lin immediately understood the source of Wei Lu's suffering.
"Madam, please bear with it for a moment. There is hot water in the kitchen. I will go and fetch it right away." After saying this, Aunt Lin disappeared in front of the door.
Since this wasn't the first time they'd encountered such a situation, the Zhao family's servants didn't make much of a commotion. However, the kitchen, which was slightly more lively than usual, still caught Zhao Wangchuan's attention.
"What did you say? My mother's wound is hurting again?" Zhao Wangchuan punched the wall in frustration. He was such a jerk; he'd completely forgotten about it. "I'll go check on things in the backyard. You guys just do as I instructed and get things done quickly." After giving his instructions, Zhao Wangchuan ran towards the backyard.
As soon as Zhao Wangchuan entered the backyard, he was overwhelmed by a strong medicinal smell. He was very familiar with this smell. Years ago, after Wei Lu escaped with him, he had to prepare this kind of medicinal herb for her every day for a full year and a half.
"Aunt Lin, how is my mother?" Zhao Wangchuan asked Wei Lu through the door.
"Don't worry, young master, Madam is fine. Once this medicine is applied, Madam will be better by tomorrow morning." Aunt Lin's voice came from behind the door, without a trace of tension or anxiety.
"Mother, how are you?" Zhao Wangchuan was still worried and eagerly wanted to hear Wei Lu's voice.
"Mother is fine, Wang'er, go back and rest quickly." Wei Lu's voice came out as she wished, and apart from being a little weak, she was still normal.
Zhao Wangchuan was slightly relieved. But he did not turn back: "Mother, then you should apply the medicine properly. If anything happens, just send someone to call me."
Gazing at the crescent moon hanging in the sky, Zhao Wangchuan's eyes burned with intense hatred. Even after all these years, he couldn't shake the memory of that night. Over the years, countless times he had woken from nightmares, still believing he was engulfed in flames.
By the time Wei Lu's condition finally stabilized and she was able to sleep, the sky was already beginning to lighten. Only then did Zhao Wangchuan return to his courtyard, relieved. He had stood there for most of the night, but his anger still hadn't subsided.
Early in the morning, Li Xiaonuan woke up from her dream. Grandma Yu's rooster had already crowed several times. Li Xiaonuan got up and pulled back the curtains on her bed, letting a sliver of light shine in through the crack in the window.
Breathing in the fresh, free air, Li Xiaonuan unconsciously smiled. But the smile didn't last long, because she remembered something. She had to explain the matter of illegally growing chili peppers to the villagers today.
It remains to be seen whether, after this matter is resolved, the villagers will still believe in her and follow in her footsteps to create the outdoor peach orchard of her dreams.
"Xiao Nuan, are you up yet?" Su's voice sounded softly from outside the door. "Your aunts are here. If you're up, come out quickly."
Li Xiaonuan's mind wasn't quite clear yet, so it took her a while to realize that the aunts Su was referring to were actually Aunt Zhou and the others.
“Yes, I’ll be right there. Mom, please ask the aunties to wait for me a little while,” Li Xiaonuan replied crisply.
After a hasty wash, Li Xiaonuan put on her favorite floral print clothes and left the room.
"Good morning, ladies!" Li Xiaonuan entered the main room with a big smile.
"Xiao Nuan, you're finally up! Come and sit down." As soon as Aunt Zhou saw Li Xiao Nuan, she quickly waved her over to sit down.
From the slightly worried expressions on the faces of the dozen or so women present, Li Xiaonuan guessed that they must have found out that privately growing chili peppers was illegal.
"Aunties, I'm sure you've all heard those rumors. I just want to say that those rumors are true. So even if you hadn't come to me, I was going to come to your door today to talk to you about it." After sitting down, Li Xiaonuan got straight to the point.
"Xiao Nuan, since you knew about this, why didn't you tell us beforehand? What do you think we should do now? You were the one who suggested planting chili peppers in the first place." The speaker was a cousin's wife from the Zheng family in Jiuzhou Village.
“That’s right. If they had told us back then that growing those chili peppers in secret would be illegal, we definitely wouldn’t have been foolish enough to grow them.” This was a cousin’s wife of Grandma Yu, who wasn’t very popular because she spoke bluntly.
Then, the others started talking all at once. Aunt Huang and Aunt Zhou had initially shown some displeasure, but when they heard everyone criticizing Li Xiaonuan, they couldn't help but speak up in her defense.
"I'm telling you all, that's enough. You all need to let Xiaonuan explain herself, right? If you ask me, Xiaonuan probably didn't know that growing chili peppers illegally was a crime." Aunt Zhou raised her voice, trying to control the situation.
The scene fell silent instantly, because their purpose in coming here was to get an explanation and a solution from Li Xiaonuan. Therefore, they quickly quieted down.
Seeing that everyone had finally stopped, Li Xiaonuan slowly spoke: "Aunties, I know you are anxious and scared. It was my fault for not thinking things through and getting you involved in planting chili peppers without investigating the matter properly. To be honest, I only found out it was illegal the day before yesterday."
"Before I came back, I had actually come up with a solution. I just didn't know if you ladies would agree. I was thinking of gathering everyone together after breakfast to discuss it. But since you're all here, it saves me a lot of trouble."
"Xiao Nuan, do you mean you have a way to prevent us from being implicated?" It was the village head's cousin's wife.
Grandma Yu's cousin's wife gave the woman an approving look, and then, like everyone else, looked expectantly at Li Xiaonuan, wanting to hear what she had to say.
“Aunties, the land where you grow chili peppers isn’t exactly good land. Why don’t you sell it to me? If the higher-ups send people to investigate, just say that all the chili peppers were grown by us. Once this is over, the land will still belong to you. We just need to get a written agreement from the village head.”
“That’s one way. There’s another way, which is to exchange our land for yours. But we only have a little over two mu of land in the village right now, which might not be enough for the exchange. Besides exchanging land, the other way is for you to actually sell your land to us.”
"Is this feasible?" "Yes, this method is not bad." "Xiao Nuan, if we really do this, what will happen to your family?" "..."
As soon as Li Xiaonuan finished speaking, everyone started chattering, and she couldn't get a word in edgewise.