Shen Ningning looked at the four newly grown trees in front of her and scratched her face in confusion.

The trees were bare and glowed with a dark golden color.

But nothing grew on the tree branches.

Shen Ningning confirmed again and again that after eating three boxes of jade from her, only four golden trees grew in the fairyland.

She clasped the bark of the tree with her little hands: "Well, it turns out it's a real tree, and there's no gold in it."

Shen Ningning looked up at the branches on the tree.

After a long while, she said to herself comfortingly: "There must be fruit, but it hasn't grown yet. Just wait two days and see."

On this day, the sky was gloomy and the cold wind was howling.

Xie Mingan walked in the snow with four followers and several boxes of gifts in his hands.

After asking the villagers passing by along the way, I finally found Xu Jingxi's residence.

A dilapidated little yard with holes in the walls.

Standing outside the fence garden, Xie Mingan looked at Xu Jingxi's residence and couldn't help but frown.

I heard that Xu Jingxi was called a living literary star by many scholars in the Chinese Academy of Chinese Studies.

They say he is as talented as a child prodigy.

But such a child prodigy lives in such a harsh environment?

Xie Mingan felt a little regretful.

He asked his attendants to knock on the door.

After a while, the door opened from the inside, and Xu Jingxi was wearing a washed white robe, with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows.

There are still scars where I was burned by the oil pan.

Although Shen Ningning sent a lot of spiritual spring water over for him to take a good dip.

But Xu Jingxi knew that the water had miraculous effects and was reluctant to use it himself. He boiled it all for Grandpa Xu to drink.

On his own, there were long, thin scars on his arms that were difficult to remove.

When Xu Jingxi saw it was Xie Ming'an, she asked with a cold face, "What's the matter?"

Xie Mingan said in a deep voice: "What happened before was because I didn't understand the situation and misunderstood you and Shen Ningning, so I came here to apologize."

"Also," he took out the crescent jade pendant and handed it to him: "This is what you dropped at that time."

Xu Jingxi lowered her eyes and glanced at the jade pendant, her expression unchanged.

"It turns out you picked it up."

But he refused to take it back and just said: "Take it away, it's not important."

Xie Ming'an was secretly shocked and frowned slightly.

"Where did you get this jade pendant? Why is it not important?" The son of the Xie family was born with this piece of jade. The jade will be buried with him when he is alive and when he dies.

Xu Jingxi's expression was calmer and deeper than Feng Xue.

"In my grandfather's words, this jade should have been with me since I was a baby. Maybe it was left by my parents."

"But it's not important because I don't care who my parents are, and I'm not in the mood to find out who my bloodline comes from."

"I'm not like Shen Ningning. She is looking forward to seeing her family again, but I just want to live a good life now."

Xie Mingan's expression was complicated: "You..."

Before he could finish his words, Xu Jingxi interrupted and said, "You seem to be very interested in this jade, so I'll give it to you."

"However, I have a request."

Xie Mingan asked: "What are the requirements?"

Xu Jingxi said coldly: "Stop bullying Shen Ningning."

After saying that, he closed the fence door directly.

Looking at his thin figure, Xie Mingan frowned.

Xu Jingxi has a strong character, and this stubbornness is very much like the Xie family.

The attendant behind him asked: "Second Young Master, what should I do with these gifts?"

Xie Ming'an turned around with deep eyes: "Put it at the door for him. If he wants it, it's up to him."

After speaking, he put the crescent jade pendant away and left with the others.

Shen Ningning observed it for three consecutive days.

I discovered that the golden tree in her fairyland had grown four small fruits, the color of which were like chestnuts.

The little guy didn't know what it was or what it did, so he decided to wait.

On this day, she had just returned from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and passed by Xiangyun Village.

From a distance, I saw a crowd of people at the entrance of the village.

Wait for Shen Ningning to walk over with Chen Ye.

Only then did they realize that it was the head of Mei Village of Xitai Village who came with several villagers!

They wanted to enter the village, but were stopped by the old village chief.

Seeing Shen Ningning, Village Chief Mei seemed to have seen a savior.

"Ning Ning, my dear, I have waited for you. Tell me, we are not robbers. Your old village chief of Xiangyun Village is still blocking us from entering. It is really unreasonable."

He came forward to complain excitedly, with dissatisfaction in his eyes.

On the other hand, Shen Ningning had a calm expression on her face: "It's my order. If I see you coming, you have to rush out."

Plum Village Chief's expression froze: "This..."

The little guy blinked his big eyes, held the heater and said, "We didn't reach an agreement that time and broke up on bad terms. Why did Mayor Mei come to see me?"

Village Chief Plum rubbed his hands, shivering in the cold wind.

He said: "After you left, we also reflected on it. It is true that we lions opened our mouths and asked for too much."

"So, we discussed it and wanted to talk to you again."

Before Shen Ningning could say anything, Sister-in-law Liu over there let out an ouch and started laughing.

"Village Chief Mei, I heard that people in your village went up to the mountains to hunt secretly, but were chased down by tigers."

Plum Village Chief looked embarrassed.

Originally, they felt that Shen Ningning had no control over hunting in the mountains.

After all, this mountain is not hers.

Why do they just listen when she doesn't let them hunt?

However, several young men from Xitai Village went up the mountain. Every time they encountered wild beasts, they were either killed or injured.

Shen Ningning had indeed warned him, but he didn't listen.

Thinking of this, Village Chief Mei's smile towards Shen Ningning became even more flattering.

"Ning Ning, let's do this. We have changed our minds."

"We promise you that we will never go hunting secretly in the mountains again."

"But as compensation, you have to give each of our families three large bags of rice and flour, four large bundles of firewood, and fur coats according to the number of people in each family."

"Before, we asked you for quilts, but this time, we don't want them. As for rice, flour, firewood, and fur clothes, you can't help but agree, right?"

The villagers of Xiangyun Village first shouted angrily——

"Well, you Mei Zhijian, you really dare to speak up when you make such a big calculation."

Shen Ningning frowned.

She spoke, her tone childish but clear.

"Mei Village Chief, I think you misunderstood me. I reminded you not to hunt in the mountains out of kindness. As you said, the mountains are not mine, and I have no reason to compensate you."

"Even if I give it, I'm helping out of love. If I don't give it, it doesn't break the rules. You can buy the things you want from me. Otherwise, I have no reason to give them for free."

Sister-in-law Liu raised her voice and said, "That's right! All of us in Xiangyun Village also listened to Ning Ning and bought it ourselves."

"Who do you think you are? You just open your mouth and ask for so much."

Village Chief Mei was criticized by so many people, and he couldn't keep it off his face for a long time.

He said with a gloomy look: "Princess Princess, if you talk like that, it's unreasonable."

"We don't go hunting in the mountains, but we still have to live. If you don't give us money, what work will we do?"

Shen Ningning said calmly: "I can't stop you from going up the mountain, and I have no obligation to care about your lives."

Plum Village Chief's expression changed and became a little ferocious.

"So, you just want to die without saving me!"

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