Li Yun had only stayed the night temporarily, yet early the next morning, he bid them farewell.
But at this point, Li Luyuan absolutely refused to let him go. He insisted that Li Yun stay for lunch before leaving, or people would say his nephew had returned and been sent away without even tasting a proper meal. He could not afford that embarrassment.
Looking at the middle-aged man who was clearly being unreasonable, yet whose words carried a measure of concern, Li Yun could only smile wryly.
What else could he do? It was only a small matter, so he let him have his way.
It was clear that the Li Family had put considerable effort into lunch for their guest. They had gone out early to buy chicken, fish, meat, and eggs, while the fresh vegetables had been picked from their own fields—
With someone cooking in the kitchen, the two men each pulled over a stool and sat by the courtyard gate to chat.
"Hey, Yun, let me tell you, I went to dig up some cabbages in the fields this morning. I left them alone for just two days, and the weeds had grown like they were on steroids."
"Then when I turned over the soil, a snake as thick as a finger shot out from underneath. Its body was crawling with red ants, dense as could be. It looked like it had been eating an ant nest. It gave even a grown man like me a fright—"
This man, who had spent all year in the towns and villages of his homeland, could not help but sigh when speaking of things in the fields.
There had long been signs of many slightly "abnormal" changes. Especially after meteorites had fallen during the two Azure Skies, city dwellers