Fortunately, no one was seriously injured during this mountain excursion.
On the night they left the mountain, everyone lit torches to process the game and freeze it outside. Of course, they didn't forget to share the meat with their companions from the mountainside.
In addition to taking their own rabbits and pheasants, the accompanying villagers each received a piece of venison.
The next morning, Mother Qin and Aunt Qin Er came to the Zhao family to see Qin Junyao.
Qin Junyao had gone into the mountain without her family's knowledge, so she was naturally lectured. Little Fuzi chimed in from the side, and also took a few words for Zhao Liangcai.
Therefore, on the twenty-second day of the twelfth lunar month, the day before Xiaonian, Zhao Liangcai took Qin Junyao out without Fuzi.
"Where are we going?" Qin Junyao looked out the window of the carriage and found that the road was unfamiliar.
Zhao Liangcai used tongs to pick chestnuts from the carbon stove in the carriage.
"To buy lamb, and to show you how to slaughter it."
Qin Junyao turned back to look at Zhao Liangcai, "Is there anything different about slaughtering sheep here?"
"You'll know when we get there."
Zhao Liangcai blew on the chestnuts while peeling them, remembering he had something else to tell Qin Junyao. "Yaoyao, after the new year, I'm going to leave with Qian Duo."
"Oh," Qin Junyao replied, then asked, "You always say Qian Duo is useful, what exactly is she useful for?"
Honestly, Qin Junyao hadn't noticed anything special about Qian Duo.
Zhao Liangcai silently peeled the chestnuts and placed them in Qin Junyao's hand.
He picked up the second chestnut, his tone a little strange.
"Qian Duo, she..."
"Has the ability of foresight."
Qin Junyao's eyes widened, and she took the chestnut out of her mouth. "Is that a joke?" she asked Zhao Liangcai disbelievingly.
Zhao Liangcai moved closer to Qin Junyao. "Qian Duo is hard to explain."
"At first, I thought she had a master behind her, helping her find out some unknown information, but it's strange that her goal was to marry me."
"Hiss," Zhao Liangcai took a breath, the chestnut was a bit hot.
"And then?" Qin Junyao urged.
Zhao Liangcai blew on his fingers, turned to look at Qin Junyao, "Shouldn't you be asking me about her wanting to marry me?"
Qin Junyao waved her hand. "That's not important. Tell me about her ability to predict things."
Zhao Liangcai pouted and continued, "Then some of the information she gave me was about things that hadn't happened yet, but she didn't explain them in detail. Yet, some of those things really happened."
"After investigating, I confirmed there was no master behind her. That Doctor Mo is just a doctor who uses poppies to treat all sorts of pain."
Zhao Liangcai peeled the second chestnut and put it in his mouth, looking at Qin Junyao as if to say he was finished.
"That's it? You've only told me half of it."
Qin Junyao turned to face Zhao Liangcai, "You can't just say she can predict things just because she told you some upcoming events, can you?"
"Many fortune tellers are also very accurate. My grandmother could even divine good or bad luck with three copper coins."
Seeing that Zhao Liangcai remained silent, Qin Junyao reached out and tugged at his sleeve, acting spoiled.
"Zhao Liangcai~ Zhao Chui Zi~, tell me everything. Is there something else involved?"
There was indeed something else, but Zhao Liangcai couldn't say it now.
Qian Duo had gone out some time ago because Doctor Mo had arrived in Yan County with food.
Then Qian Duo did something foolish.
She didn't sell the food for money; instead, she wanted to negotiate with Zhao Liangcai for a formal position.
Zhao Liangcai already had that batch of food from Qin Junyao, and Qin Junyao had also told him that the wealthy family had another batch of food to sell. He wasn't very interested in the grain Qian Duo had.
Instead, he was curious why Qian Duo was so persistent about becoming his woman.