The stunning beauty of Qing Dynasty

Chapter 306 Picking Walnuts

Chen Wang thought about it and couldn't help but become dazed.

After Qingyin and Madam Lin finished discussing the rent, they saw the young master who had stupidly followed them just now standing in the yard in a daze.

His eyebrows raised slightly, "Brother Chen?"

The boy did not respond. Qing Yin walked to his side, put his lips next to his ear, and asked:

"Brother Chen, are you unhappy because I raised the rent?"

The warm breath was against his ears, and an itchy feeling grew, but Chen Wang turned his head away in embarrassment with a panicked expression.

What did A Yin say just now? He didn't hear it clearly at all. Should he ask A Yin again? Chen Wang thought in panic.

Qingyin raised his eyebrows and chuckled. It was fun to tease the puppy when you were bored. When he smiled, there was a hint of charm in the boy's eyes, which made Chen Wang dare not look at him even more.

"So Brother Chen is angry because I raised the rent?"

His tone was a little low, as if he was sad.

"Ah, no, of course not." Chen Wang heard it clearly this time, but he was also very flustered. He explained hastily without caring about the emotions in his heart.

"I, I just saw that there are quite a lot of walnuts on the walnut tree, and I want to pick some down and try them later."

"Besides, Madam Lin is a commoner, and it's not easy for her to earn money. We should pay her as much as we should. It's good for her and for me..."

Seeing Chen Wang almost crying from explaining so much, Qingyin mercifully let him go.

"So this is ah."

Qingyin smiled and said, "There happens to be a tool for cracking walnuts in the corner of the yard. Brother Chen can try it."

"Okay." Chen Wang was mesmerized by her smile again, and walked foolishly to the long pole that looked like a tool for cracking walnuts.

The young master, who had never seen the tools used by civilians since childhood, studied the tool in his hand carefully behind Qingyin's back. How to pick walnuts with this stick? Just hit it directly?

The confused young master had an empty mind, but looking at Qingyin behind him, Chen Wang gritted his teeth and decided to give it a try.

For the first time, the young master who was hitting a walnut with a long stick swung it directly in front of Qingyin's gaze, and the target and the small walnut were perfectly missed.

Chen Wang blushed.

Qingyin didn't laugh, for fear of scalding the arrogant young master's face.

The second time, Chen Wang studied the position of the walnut and aimed at the fruit. He hit it, but his force was too great, and the walnut fell in the direction of the stick to the opposite yard.

Chen Wang was dumbfounded.

It’s just picking walnuts. Can’t the young master of the Chen family handle it?

Chen Wang became angry and studied the tools in his hand and the position of the walnut more carefully.

Qingyin looked at the young master who was seriously struggling with the walnut picking utensils, and decided not to disturb him anymore.

She planned to tidy up the bedroom in the house first and put the bedding she bought in it.

Qingyin entered the house. There was nothing to eat in the kitchen for the time being.

Today's meal is destined to be eaten outside with the young master.

Qingyin thought for a moment and walked out of the house.

Just then, he ran into Chen Wang who had just picked a dozen fruits. "Ayin, look!"

The brocade robe of the young master with rosy lips and white teeth was dirty with leaves and dirt, but the hem of his robe was filled with dozens of walnuts that he had worked so hard to pick.

Like a puppy who seeks encouragement from his owner after making progress.

"Well, that's great." Qingyin smiled. The young master was indeed hardworking.

After receiving Qingyin's praise, Chen Wang was extremely happy. He was filled with a feeling of happiness. The pain in his palms caused by the stick just now was gone, and his eyes were no longer shaking. To put it bluntly, he was like a little puppy who was blinded by the encouragement and was blinded by his pain.

"Ayin, are you hungry? I see there is still water in the jar. I'll wash it first and bring it to you."

Qing Yin nodded: "Okay."

It’s okay to eat a walnut first.

However, Qingyin didn't expect that the first thing the young master did after washing the walnuts was to open his mouth and take a bite of it. No matter how she tried to stop him, she was unable to do so.

"and many more……"

"Ah!" The young master, with a bitter mouth, covered his mouth in pain and spit it out quickly.

Qingyin also had time to finish what she had just said: "This walnut cannot be eaten yet. This walnut is actually the meat wrapped in the fruit. You need to remove the outer layer of skin before you can eat the walnut inside."

"So, Brother Chen, don't you know that this is a walnut?"

The young master looked at Qingyin in confusion and said aggrievedly: "I thought this was also a kind of fruit called walnut, which can be eaten directly."

Qingyin took out the dagger from her sleeve with amusement. It was given to her by Hongniang for self-defense. She lowered her head, and held the green walnut in her hand with her slender fingers, which made her fingers look even whiter. She lightly scratched a few times with the dagger in her hand and twisted her fingers lightly, revealing the walnut hidden inside.

Now Chen Wang could see clearly that the walnuts inside were similar to the ones at home. His face turned red because of the stupid thing he had just done, but his eyes were unconsciously fixed on Qingyin's hand.

Ayin, it’s really beautiful. The fingers are beautiful too, but they are so small. They feel half the size of his hand.

Chen Wang was distracted and thought that something was wrong, which was deflected by Qingyin's next words.

Qingyin knocked the walnut in her hand to reveal the flesh inside, and gently tore off the thin skin with her fingers, revealing the snow-white walnut meat: "Brother Chen, you have to be careful when eating walnuts. Tear off this layer of skin. These fresh walnuts have not been dried, and the skin is bitter. Brother Chen can peel this layer of skin before eating."

As he spoke, Qingyin handed the dagger in his hand to Chen Wang.

"Oh, okay." Chen Wang tried hard to move his eyes away from Ayin's fingers, and tried to open his walnut with the dagger.

But the young master who had never learned martial arts was obviously not as capable as Qingyin, and he easily released the walnut. Qingyin looked at his action which had a 90% chance of hurting his hand, sighed, and took the walnut and dagger from his hand.

"Brother Chen, let me help you open it."

His fingers accidentally touched Chen Wang's fingers, and Chen Wang answered stupidly, but the place he touched just now felt like it was burning, hot and his heart beat faster.

While Qingyin was opening walnuts, Chen Wang turned around hastily, lowered his head and sniffed. The place touched by Ayin seemed to be stained with the fragrance of its owner, a faint scent of wood and grass, as warm as the afternoon sun shining on the grass and trees, and it was charmingly fragrant.

There was a glimmer of obsession in Chen Wang's eyes.

But the next second, he returned to being the simple and innocent young master in front of Qingyin.

"Thank you, Ain."

"It's okay." Qingyin put the cracked walnut into his palm.

The small, peeled, white walnut was in Chen Wang's palm. It was so cute, but he had no desire to eat it and just wanted to hide it secretly.

This was the first time that Ain gave him something, and he was reluctant to eat it just like that.

Qing Yin looked at Chen Wang, who had not moved for a long time, in confusion: "Don't you want to eat?"

"Eat it. It's delicious." Chen Wang grinned, revealing eight big white teeth, and took the walnut into his mouth. He chewed it seven or eight times before swallowing it, licking his lips with the aftertaste.

"Ain is so nice."

Qingyin glanced at Chen Wang who was smiling happily, "Brother Chen is also very good."