Prince! The political conspiracy is not a play, the show is real

Chapter 217 Tieniu's Farewell (Part )

Although Aunt Wang is slow, she is also a person who knows how to judge the situation.

Tao Yao's words hit the nail on the head for Aunt Wang. Aunt Wang smiled a little sheepishly and whispered, "Miss Tao Yao, you are really smart and clever."

Tao Yao smiled and shook her head, saying, "Aunt Wang, after all, in Qingshui Town, Tao Yao is at best a stranger. At best, I can only play some tricks on you. No matter how close I am, I can never be as close as you and Aunt Liu, who have lived on the same land since childhood. From now on, we still have to get along together and share our worries. We must not ruin our relationship, don't you think?"

Aunt Wang was now truly convinced by Tao Yao - she had lived to such an old age, yet she still had to be taught these principles by an eighteen-year-old girl.

Aunt Wang showed a guilty look on her face, but Tao Yao still had that amiable smile on her face, and anyone who saw her smile felt as if they were basking in the spring breeze.

...I don’t know who I learned this from.

Tao Yao was discussing how to grind the newly arrived spices with a few of the farmhands when she heard a voice calling from outside the window. She looked up and saw a head popping out of the window—wrapped in a yellowed, coarse linen turban. At first glance, she mistook it for one of her aunts. But she took a closer look and realized it was Wang Tieniu.

Tao Yao was frightened, fearing that Wang Tieniu was here to give her some country eggs and melons again, so she quickly turned her face away and pretended not to see it.

Unexpectedly, Wang Tieniu had already seen her looking over and called out to her from the window, "Miss Taoyao, Miss Taoyao, I have something to tell you."

There was no other way. Aunt Wang was still working in Huantao Pavilion. She was still the shop's right-hand man and she couldn't be offended. Tao Yao, thinking of the overall situation, had no choice but to pat her butt and get up, then walk out of the room to look for Wang Tieniu.

The weather was fine today. Wang Tieniu stood under the weeping willow tree at the entrance of Huantao Pavilion with a flushed face. It was not known whether it was because he was hot from working in the fields or because he had drunk some wine.

He wore an old, coarse linen turban wrapped around his head, which had turned yellow. Tao Yao took a closer look and realized that the yellowing wasn't due to dirt, but rather from being washed so many times that the turban had frayed edges and faded in patches.

Tao Yao looked at his empty hands, without any eggs or melons, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, a sweet smile blooming on her face: "Brother Tieniu, are you here to play in Huantao Pavilion again today? Are you looking for your mother? She's busy inside."

Seeing her smile, Wang Tieniu couldn't help but smile too. Frankly speaking, Tao Yao was the first girl Wang Tieniu had ever been attracted to. He liked her no matter how he looked at her, even if she disliked him, he still loved her very much.

Yes, he did. It wasn't because of his mother's matchmaking, nor was it because of the booming business at Huantao Pavilion.

Wang Tieniu just liked Taoyao, the quick and efficient girl with the innocent smile. Seeing her smile, the hard work of a whole day in the melon field seemed to instantly dissipate - Taoyao's smile was more effective than any panacea or bone-loosening powder.

Wang Tieniu smiled and shook his head, saying, "Miss Taoyao, I'm not here to see my mother today, I'm here to see you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tao Yao folded her arms across her chest in a vigilant manner, but she still kept her signature fake smile on her face: "Looking for me? Brother Tieniu, I haven't finished eating the melons and eggs you gave me."

Wang Tieniu touched the back of his head a little embarrassedly and laughed innocently: "Hahaha, I didn't come here to give you melons and country eggs."

Tao Yao's nervous expression relaxed slightly, and she asked, "Then what are you doing here?"

Wang Tieniu must have just returned from the melon field, sweat still dripping from his forehead. He didn't know what he wanted to say when he came to see Tao Yao today, but before he could say anything, big drops of sweat began to appear on his forehead.

In order to hide his embarrassment, he kept smiling sheepishly. He felt himself sweating, and fearing that he would lose face in front of his beloved girl, he hurriedly raised his hand to take off the headscarf wrapped around his head, took it off and rolled it in his hand as a sweat towel to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Seeing him in such agony, Tao Yao couldn't help but feel anxious too, so she quickly said, "Brother Tieniu, what do you want to say? Say it as soon as possible, I still have to go to the store to work."

Wang Tieniu stopped the unnecessary movements in his hands and stared blankly at the girl in front of him.

It was the season of glorious spring, and the sunlight seemed as soft and bright as the river water, gently shimmering on Taoyao's hair. Countless strands of green willow branches swayed in the wind, shrouding Taoyao's fair, spotless face in a green mist, like a magnolia bud still unopened, hidden in the dense shade of the green trees, waiting to be awakened.

Wang Tieniu's heart moved, and the words that had been hanging in his heart were about to come out.

He stared at his beloved girl, his eyes fixed on her, afraid that if he blinked, she would slip away from his sight without a word and disappear.

"That... uh... Miss Taoyao... what I actually want to say..." Wang Tieniu touched his head, smiled innocently, let out a breath, finally relaxed, and said those words: "I actually want to ask you, regardless of my mother, and regardless of all the right and wrong, are you willing to be with me? Let's get married and have a baby. I will definitely not let you down and take care of you for the rest of my life. You can eat as many melons as you want from the fields, and the same goes for the country eggs..."

As the saying goes, true feelings come out when drunk - Tao Yao had a sensitive nose and immediately smelled the smell of alcohol on Wang Tieniu.

It seemed Wang Tieniu's words came from the bottom of his heart. Tao Yao felt a little embarrassed. If she refused directly and walked away, she would be too cruel. After all, she had bought so many melons and eggs from him these days, so she had to keep some favors.

Tao Yao raised her hand somewhat embarrassedly and brushed a strand of hair blown by the wind behind her ear, not daring to look up to meet Wang Tieniu's gaze.

"Um...Brother Tieniu, actually...I still...uh..."

In an instant, Tao Yao racked her brains and thought of hundreds of excuses to refuse, but when those excuses came to her lips, she always felt that they were not appropriate, for fear of hurting the feelings of Wang Tieniu, a big and rough man.

After thinking it over, she finally said, "Brother Tieniu, I've already decided that I will never get married and will live my life alone."

As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Tieniu's expression froze, but soon relaxed again - he had long expected Tao Yao to reject him.