Inviting the Moon to the Farmhouse

Chapter 121 Jiang Di's Feelings

At dinner time, Jiang Di finally returned and immediately went to Xia Lanyue's room to visit her.

Jiang Di squatted down in front of Xia Lanyue's bed, looking her over. He noticed that her complexion was bad again and was worried that her condition had worsened when Xia Lanyue woke up.

"You're back. I have something I want to tell you," Xia Lanyue said, her voice slightly weak.

"Is your condition worse again? You'd better not talk, I'm going to find Doctor Zhang," Jiang Di said, standing up to leave.

"No...don't go," Xia Lanyue reached out and grabbed his clothes, but he pulled her so that half of her body was hanging off the bed. Just as she was about to fall to the ground, Jiang Di turned around, caught her, and put her back on the bed.

Jiang Di breathed a sigh of relief, "What are you doing? That's dangerous!"

Xia Lanyue shook her head, lowered her eyes, and before she could speak, tears had already fallen from her eyes.

Jiang Di was startled to see her like this, wondering why she was acting this way. She felt that her tone had been too harsh, which had upset her. She quickly comforted her, saying, "I didn't mean to be mean to you. I was just too anxious." Seeing that Xia Lanyue showed no signs of improvement, she hurriedly said, "Don't cry. Did you aggravate your wound? I'll go call your mother."

"Don't go!" Xia Lanyue cried even harder.

Jiang Di panicked completely and came back, saying, "Okay, okay, I won't go, I won't go, don't cry." Jiang Di didn't know how to comfort her and looked extremely anxious.

Finally, after Xia Lanyue calmed down, she sobbed and said, "Have you heard the rumors going around? I have nothing to do with Xia Yao!"

Jiang Di was taken aback when she heard her say that. "You mean that? I know, I believe you."

Xia Lanyue could only have heard this from her mother. Seeing her aggrieved look, she said, "Did my mother tell you this? Why is she like this? Don't pay any attention to her."

Xia Lanyue was a little agitated. "But what should I do? How can I explain this? I can't clear my name even if I jump into the Yellow River."

Jiang Di panicked a little when she heard this, "Don't do anything rash, or I'll go beat them up and get revenge for you."

Xia Lanyue shook her head, crying, her face full of grievance.

“Then how about I marry you? That way, they won’t gossip anymore,” Jiang Di said.

Xia Lanyue was stunned, and then, remembering Jiang's words, she cried even harder.

"Oh dear, don't cry! What do you want me to do to stop crying?" Jiang Di became even more anxious.

After waiting for a while, Xia Lanyue heard noises in the courtyard and realized that Jiang Shi was cooking. She hurriedly grabbed Jiang Di and said, "What you just said to me, Aunt Jiang can't hear it. I'll pretend I didn't hear it, but don't say anything like that again." Seeing that Jiang Di didn't react, Xia Lanyue shook his arm. "Did you hear me?"

Jiang Di nodded reluctantly.

By the time Jiang Di brought Xia Lanyue her food, she had calmed down considerably.

"Jiang Di, what time is it today?" Xia Lanyue asked.

"It's been five days since you were beaten," Jiang Di said.

"What? I slept for three days?!" Xia Lanyue was somewhat shocked.

"Yes, you have no idea how worried everyone was about you. What exactly happened to you that led to your beating?"

"Because... they framed me, they wanted the recipe for rice cakes."

"I knew that Li Zhuang was up to no good. He's ruined you like this. I'm going to go beat him up," Jiang Di said, standing up abruptly.

"Don't go," Xia Lanyue quickly grabbed his sleeve, "Don't go, don't drag yourself into this too."

"Are we just going to let him get away with this?"

Xia Lanyue shook her head. "Things aren't like that. It's not that simple."

"What do you mean?" Jiang Di stared into Xia Lanyue's eyes, waiting for her explanation. "Don't ask anymore. Anyway, this isn't just Li Zhuang's idea. Don't get involved in this trouble."

“I knew it,” Jiang Di said, combining what Wang Xiang had told him with his own words, realizing that this was not something a reckless man like Li Zhuang could come up with.

But when Jiang Di asked Xia Lanyue again, she refused to tell him anything more.

Jiang Di was also helpless, but she couldn't force her. Fortunately, after talking with Li Zhuang's brother during the day, she realized that he was short of money and was also planning to let them fight it out, which would be a good way to vent her anger.

"Then... is there still no news of Dai You?" Xia Lanyue asked.

Jiang Di's eyes seemed to dart away. He shook his head and didn't say anything.

Xia Lanyue didn't notice anything unusual and lowered her head in disappointment. Suddenly, she remembered something. "There's something I need you to help me figure out a way to do."

"what's up?"

"The day I was beaten, I received fifty coins from a woman, but then this happened. I don't know her, so how am I going to pay her back?" Xia Lanyue said, looking at Jiang Di.

"Oh, that's true. This is indeed difficult. Do you remember what she looks like?" Jiang Di asked.

Xia Lanyue shook her head.

"Then we'll just have to wait until you're better before we go find her again. She lost fifty coins, so she'll definitely remember you," Jiang Di said with a mischievous smile.

Xia Lanyue smiled as well, "I just hope she doesn't think I deliberately ripped her off."

“There’s something else I want to discuss with you. I’m afraid I won’t be able to sell these rice cakes for a while. Brother Wang mentioned to me before that we could cooperate. I don’t know if he’d be willing to run this business with me. We can discuss the profits,” Xia Lanyue said.

“Why didn’t you discuss it with me? Why did you have to discuss it with him? I’m also the shop owner,” Jiang Di proudly raised her head.

"Oh dear, how could I forget?"

Jiang Di pouted, "So, tell me, how do you want to cooperate with Manager Jiang?"

Xia Lanyue smiled and shared her thoughts, "You know my method of making rice cakes. If I can sell them in your shop, I won't need to go to the other end of the street anymore. After deducting rent, ingredients, and labor costs, we can split the profits equally. What do you think?"

Jiang Di lowered her head, thought for a moment, and said, "Okay, then tell me the specific method."

Xia Lanyue nodded and began to explain the method to him.

After eating, Jiang Di went to the shop to experiment. After several attempts, he actually succeeded, though he didn't know how neat it was. But he was already very proud of himself.

Wang Xiang ate the rice cakes made by Jiang Di and praised them highly, saying, "I never expected that the first thing I've ever eaten from you would be rice cakes."

"So, tell me, is it delicious or not?" Jiang Di waited for Wang Xiang's feedback.

Wang Xiang nodded. "It tastes similar to the ones Miss Dai makes. But are you really planning to sell rice cakes here? We sell candied fruit."

“What’s wrong with that? The shop is ready, the staff is ready, and this rice cake is the only one of its kind in town. Others have gone to great lengths to get the recipe, and she gave it to us for free. What more could we ask for?” Jiang Di said.

"Alright, since you've said so, come early tomorrow, prepare everything, and then leave," Wang Xiang said as she walked downstairs.

"Hey, no, I came here today to talk to you about this," Jiang Di chased after Wang Xiang downstairs. "We'll each take a day, I won't be in town tomorrow... Don't go."

Wang Xiang ran away as if she were afraid Jiang Di would catch up with her.