Whatever happened in Black City had nothing to do with them.
The four of them wandered around the town market a little longer and bought a few odds and ends. Only as evening approached did they take a reluctant Ye Nannan home.
They no longer lacked money. Besides Luo Yan occasionally taking Ye Ping into the mountains to hunt, they also had the gifts of apology sent by the villagers from nearby villages who had once bullied the siblings.
With new bedding added, the whole courtyard had a charm of its own, a cozy farmhouse feel. The only things still missing were some pieces of furniture.
They did not plan to buy those things, intending to make some themselves.
Ye Ping had proposed this. Young as he was, he knew very well how to save money.
Perhaps because he had grown accustomed to hardship, even suddenly "striking it rich" had not spoiled his nature. He still held on to the same simple heart.
That night, Ye Ping finished cooking and brought the piping-hot dishes to the table, steam still rising from them.
This was their first lavish dinner since renovating the house.
"Here it comes! The big carp we just bought today! Our little glutton Nannan must have been waiting forever, huh?" Ye Ping brought a large platter of braised carp to the table. Behind him followed a peerless beauty, carrying two plates of side dishes.
The Female Emperor revered by the outside world, the peerless figure people dared admire only from afar, the most gifted woman of all time who reigned over the world, seemed at this moment like an older sister from next door. Nothing about her appeared out of the ordinary.
Here, there was only a woman who wanted to see her Older Brother, a younger sister