That very evening, a new lock was added to the gate of Sun Erhu's house.
However, no one let slip even a hint of gossip, fearing others would covet the mountain muntjac with malicious intent.
The musk was fragrant and of good quality, but people were always too impatient to kill the muntjac for its musk, hence the population of musk deer dramatically decreased in later generations, with the genuinely wild ones nearly extinct.
For the next two days, Tan Zhenghong went to work in the fields, a total of two mu of dry land which he could manage all by himself.
Meanwhile, Qiao Duo'er took Chao Lian and the two girls to pick tea seeds in the mountains and look for Star-of-Bethlehem flowers as well.
Though Qiao Duo'er claimed she wouldn't help, in reality she was more earnest than anyone.
After all... their wedding was on the schedule now.
Her wish was simple, that on the night of their nuptial chamber, they could become true husband and wife.
