Mo Yan politely declined several times before she went with him and had Lixiu and a few others bring out plenty of melons, fruits, and pastries to entertain the villagers.
Since they didn't see what they had hoped to, the villagers were inevitably a bit disappointed. However, when they tasted the delicious pastries and fruits on the table and saw that Mo Yan's demeanor towards them remained unchanged, without any airs of a County Lord, that bit of disappointment quickly vanished. They then excitedly started to inquire about the reason behind Emperor Huian's two reward-giving Imperial Edicts.
Mo Yan was bombarded with questions to the point of frustration. The high-yield rice was easy enough; she simply made up an excuse to gloss over it. As for rescuing people with five beasts—
