Hu Jiu smiled and thought, she had been busy all morning without a chance to chat with the young man. After lunch, there should be time to talk about romance, right?
But after a hearty meal, Jiang Yuan got up to harvest crops, sow seeds, and instruct Xiao Bai to spray water; he fed chickens, ducks, geese, cows, sheep, and pigs, and busied himself from one workshop to another.
After a full circle around the sun began to set, he focused on incense making, not raising his head as if all he saw and thought was the incense paste in his hands.
Others in the courtyard perform their duties, washing dishes and watering plants. After helping the young man with farm work, they all went to cultivate; even the Third Sister quickly found a secluded corner to sit and meditate, absorbing and refining medicine power.
