CHAPTER 335: CHAPTER 314

Before Sun could figure out how to speak to Yu Changhe, Yu Changhe pushed the door open and came in.

The weather in the twelfth lunar month was already very cold. As soon as the door opened, a gust of cold wind rushed in through the crack, and Yu Changhe quickly closed the door.

He took off the gray rabbit fur hat from his head and casually placed it on the table.

Seeing Sun and Yu Xiaolian huddled around the stove, he also squeezed over to sit down.

Since the family had a hot pot base workshop and a canned food workshop, Yu Changhe had been incredibly busy every day. Fortunately, he no longer had to do the work himself, he simply directed the family workers.

"Daughter, the oven you were pondering over a while back has been delivered. When are you planning on starting with the roasted duck and goose?"

Yu Xiaolian initially considered an ancient method of earth oven, intending to use it for baking cakes and cookies, but after several failures, she chose a different method and had a custom iron drum oven made.

Though there is no current war, the court is still very strict about controlling iron objects. Yu Xiaolian’s customized ovens were cobbled together and took several months to complete.

"Dad, for the roasted duck and goose, we need to wait until after the New Year. Just collecting ducks and geese from nearby might not be enough for the market. You should encourage people in the village to raise more ducks and geese in the spring, and say our family will be buying them long-term." This way, our family does not have to worry about raising them, and it provides additional income for other families in the village, which is a win-win.

Yu Changhe nodded while warming his hands by the fire, "I’ll talk to Qi Lizheng later and have him spread the word in the village."

Yu Xiaolian glanced at Sun and winked, while Sun quietly gestured to Yu Xiaolian, indicating now wasn’t the time to speak.

Yu Xiaolian knew Sun understood Yu Changhe very well. Since she indicated it wasn’t the right time, discussing it a few days later would be fine.

After all, she had informed her mother, and when her mother would tell her father was up to her.

After warming herself, Yu Xiaolian then ran to the warm kang bed in the west wing and lay down. Her small bamboo house did not have a kang bed and was only suitable for summer living, so in the cold winter, Yu Xiaolian chose to stay in the west wing of the main house.

After warming himself in the room for a while, Yu Changhe put on his gray rabbit fur hat and went out.

Sun pushed the door open and entered the west wing room, "I’ll speak to your father when things settle down this evening."

Yu Xiaolian sleepily responded, the kang was so warm it made her feel drowsy.

Sun sat at the edge of the kang, her tone expressing worry, "Lian’er, you are really determined about the engagement with Scholar Su? You have secrets... Is Scholar Su reliable?"

Yu Xiaolian knew what Sun was worried about, she sat up from the kang and spoke seriously, "Mother, he knows all of my secrets."

Sun sighed, "Does he know about your Witch Clan identity?"

Sun thought long and hard, the more she pondered, the more worried she became, fearing that her daughter’s Witch Clan identity, if exposed, could bring doom to the family.

Such matters, naturally, are best known to as few people as possible.

Yu Xiaolian recalled what Su Jingchen said recently, drifting into contemplation.

Su Jingchen had been leafing through many obscure books recently, he mentioned a plant in the Western Regions called the blue Himalayan poppy, which was the nemesis of Gu Worms.

However, this blue Himalayan poppy only blooms once in its lifetime, and to bloom this once, it dwells in the lifeless, frigid snow mountains for ten years.

The blue Himalayan poppy is a rare find.

When Su Jingchen spoke to Yu Xiaolian about the blue Himalayan poppy, Yu Xiaolian felt a twinge of hesitation, and even had the impulse to immediately set off for the Western Regions.

But recalling what Miao Yingyao said, that the Longevity Gu was incurable, she felt somewhat discouraged.

Would the blue Himalayan poppy actually have any effect on the Longevity Gu?

Yu Xiaolian decided to set off for the Western Regions next year after arranging matters at the Music Workshop, perhaps it could offer a chance for her to live a normal life.

But ten years, she wasn’t sure about her luck, whether she could find the blue Himalayan poppy or find it and then wait for it to bloom?

"Mother, actually, I can become a normal person, though I might need a very special plant as the antidote. This plant is difficult to find, I plan to try looking in the Western Regions next year." Yu Xiaolian ultimately couldn’t resist her yearning for the blue Himalayan poppy.