God's Gift

The pack of dogs outside the wall heard the noise inside and started barking anxiously. They passed through the dog hole one after another and ran to the two people. They kept attacking them and tried to push them up.

But some dogs were so anxious that they directly pressed on Yu Youyou's back and kept pulling at Yu Youyou's clothes with their claws.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough..." Ning Jin coughed even more violently when pressed down by these dogs.

Yu Youyou quickly pushed the dog away from her back, helped Ning Jin up, patted her on the back, and looking at Ning Jin coughing violently, she quickly apologized, "Sorry, Jin, I've been eating too much again recently."

Ning Jin laughed again after hearing Yu Youyou's apology and said teasingly, "You did eat too much. I can feel it."

Yu Youyou touched her chubby hand, smiled, looked at the bumpy food box in Ning Jin's hand, and asked worriedly, "Is it okay?"

"Of course it's fine." Ning Jin looked at Yu Youyou, whose mind and eyes were full of food, shook his head, pointed at his coat covered in mud, and sighed, "It's just that I just wore this new coat once, and it became like this."

Yu Youyou looked at Ning Jin's stained clothes, her eyes rolled around, and she immediately promised: "I'll buy it for you. I'll go out and buy you new clothes today. Buy you some really nice clothes."

"Okay." Ning Jin's eyebrows softened, and Wen Wan smiled, "Please don't regret me. I'm trapped in this house all day and can't go out. My brother is always controlling me. I count on you for everything."

"I guarantee it will be completed!" Yu Youyou immediately straightened her back and answered seriously.

Ning Jin smiled, put the food box on the stone table beside him, and opened it.

"This is peach blossom pastry made from the first crop of peach blossoms this year. I brought it to you right after it was made."

Yu Youyou looked at the fragrant peach blossom cakes in the box, nodded happily, hugged Ning Jin, and thanked him, "Thank you, Jin!"

Yu Youyou's dog also came over, squatting under the stone table with eager eyes, drooling with greed.

"Don't worry, you all have them." Ning Jin tapped Xiao Huang's nose and smiled as he distributed the peach blossom pastry to the group of puppies begging for food.

"This is the benefit of following big brother. You eat whatever big brother eats." Yu Youyou raised her head proudly and emphasized her own achievements to her little brother.

As expected, the group of dogs responded and kept sticking to Yu Youyou's hand.

Ning Jin looked at this, laughed, and sat down next to Yu Youyou, holding his chin and watching Yu Youyou eat peach blossom pastry.

Yu Youyou didn't feel embarrassed at all. While eating, she asked Ning Jin, "Aren't you going to eat again?"

Ning Jin shook his head and responded in a gentle voice: "I am not in good health and cannot eat these meaty foods, so I can only cook them for you."

After saying this, she seemed to remember something and sighed, "I'm afraid the peach tree in my yard is about to die. I don't know if I can still make peach cakes for you next year."

Yu Youyou paused for a second, then raised her eyes to look at Ning Jin as if nothing had happened and asked, "I saw that the flowers were blooming beautifully, and the trees were growing well, so why are they dying?"

"I don't know either. My brother told me that he grows flowers and grass, so he knows more about these things." Ning Jin shook his head and asked, "Are you going to the city to find that person today too?"

"Yes." Yu Youyou was reminded by Ning Jin and stuffed the peach blossom pastry into her mouth in two seconds. She stood up anxiously and said goodbye to Ning Jin in a hurry: "It's noon now. I have to go out quickly."

"Okay." Ning Jin nodded with a smile, glanced at the sun in the sky, and said to Youyou: "The weather is so good today, good things should happen. Maybe we can find the person you want."

"Really?" Yu Youyou climbed up the wall along the sycamore tree in the yard and waved her hand, saying, "Since Ajin said so, I will definitely find him today."

"I'm just saying it. You don't take it as a golden rule." Ning Jin packed up the food box. Yu Youyou, who had already climbed over the wall, stepped on a stone. Her head popped out from the other side of the wall and said with a smile, "Ajin's words are more effective."

After saying that, she retracted her head and ran into the city with her group of little dogs.

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There is a row of willow trees along the canal in Suzhou City. The spring breeze blows across the willow branches that have just sprouted tender buds. The river water reflects the willow branches and is also dyed with a touch of spring.

Guests were having a banquet on a brocade-carved pleasure boat on the canal. The sounds of stringed instruments and singing mixed with the music on the boat. The guests were drinking and having fun with the beautifully dressed women. The noises reached the shore and reached the ears of the tourists.

Some people were hurrying along without looking around, some lingered outside the boat, and some walked into the pleasure boat with large amounts of money in their pockets with great interest.

A man in gray grabbed his companion who wanted to find out what was going on and warned him, "This Huachun Boat is not for common people like us to enter."

"Why not? I've finally made the trip to Gusu City. This Huachufang is so famous, I must go and take a look." The man who was stopped said dissatisfiedly.

"Do you have money?" The gray-clothed man snorted coldly, "The girls in this painted spring boat are all proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they are all born with good looks. Do you think they are the same as those in brothels?"

"You need to order some flower tea to enter Huachunfang, and this cup of flower tea costs five taels of silver. Entering a private room costs another six or seven taels of silver, not to mention the money for hiring servants and giving tips to the girls. You can only make half a string of silver a day at most, more than ten or twenty taels of silver. Calculate how much you can earn if you work day and night."

After that, he lowered his voice and said, "And if you want to touch these women, it's even more expensive."

The two were talking seriously and didn't notice Yu Youyou standing next to them the whole time. She put her arms on the edge of the bridge, tilted her head and listened carefully to the conversation between the two people beside her. She asked in confusion, "Is this a place where people are sold?"

When the two heard Yu Youyou's question, seeing that she was a woman and looked like she knew nothing, they all laughed, "Where did you get this rich girl? She doesn't even know about brothels."

"This is indeed a place where people are sold." The gray-clothed man looked at the woman singing and smiling in the boat and said with a smile, "Selling women's looks."

Yu Youyou frowned, looked at the apologetic smile of the woman on the boat, and muttered, "It turns out that humans not only sell fish, but also people."

When the two heard her words, they laughed cheerfully and said, "Little girl, you should go back to where you came from. This is not the place you should be."

Yu Youyou withdrew her hand, turned around with a pout, and walked under the bridge. As soon as she reached the bridge, a group of dogs followed her.

"Is that the dog-headed army?" The man in gray looked at the group of dogs around Yu Youyou and immediately recognized them, "This is the cousin of the general's mansion!"

Speaking of this cousin, people in Gusu City have heard about her in the past two years. She is rampant on the streets with a group of dogs. It turns out that she is from the general's mansion and has the same character as the young general.

The man in gray was still muttering when Yu Youyou turned around and looked at him. The group of dogs also looked at him, and he turned and left in fear.

When the man in gray left, a young man in a white gown walked out of the pleasure boat. He was dressed very simply, with his long ink-black hair tied up with a white jade hairpin, and a veil on his face that covered half of his features.

But those eyes were extremely beautiful, with the perfect curve at the end of the eyes, and long eyelashes that were clearly visible, covering the indigo eyes when they were drooped.