The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 100 It's painful

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"Where do you feel unwell?" Wei Qingqing asked anxiously.

"I'm going to use the restroom..." Yang Ming said, and dashed out in a flash.

"What should we do? Should we still eat it?" Sun Fangfang looked at the large bowl of steaming hot scrambled eggs, hesitant. Eating it? That would be risky; who knew if eating it would cause any problems? Not eating it? The aroma was too tempting; it would be such a shame not to have it…

At this moment, Sun Fangfang felt a sincere respect for the first person to take the plunge. What kind of person would dare to take such a step?

"If you're not going to eat... I'll eat..." Wei Qingqing didn't stand on ceremony and directly reached for the eggs with her chopsticks. After all, she had eaten dragon eggs raw before. Although she didn't know if cooking the dragon eggs would cause any changes, Yang Ming had already tested it, right? There would definitely be no problem. Otherwise, he would have just taken the scrambled eggs away.

"I want some too..." Xiao Bao was the first to respond to her godmother.

"Who said we weren't going to eat?" Sun Fangfang muttered, reaching for her chopsticks as well.

"You should have said so earlier..." Zhang Yang responded to his wife's call.

"Who cares, as long as it tastes good..." Aunt Liu also picked up her chopsticks. Since her daughter had already eaten, it didn't matter if she ate too. Even if it was poisonous, she would die if she ate it, and she still wanted to be with her daughter.

Aunt Liu was clearly becoming somewhat pessimistic.

Teacher Zhang Hong tentatively picked up a piece, gently put it in her mouth, and slowly chewed it.

"Eat, eat, eat..." Xue Hua hurriedly called to Zhang Yingning and the others, and picked up a piece with his chopsticks.

Only then did everyone pick up their chopsticks and start eating.

"Don't eat it, you absolutely can't eat it..." Yang Ming screamed loudly outside and rushed in, covering his face with one hand.

By then, everyone had swallowed the first piece of scrambled eggs before this person finally spoke up to remind them. It was really... making you want to punch him in the eye. Would it have killed you to call out a little earlier? Now, even if you wanted to vomit, you couldn't.

"What's wrong?" Wei Qingqing's face turned pale with fright. Yang Ming was fine eating this stuff because he had the space of a large landowner's farm, but they were just ordinary people. If something really happened, everyone in the room would be doomed.

"You ate it all?" Yang Ming stared blankly, watching everyone in the room grow paler and paler. He realized he couldn't scare them like that anymore. "What are we going to do? I don't know what's wrong with this stuff? It's like ginseng, too potent. I'm even getting a sore throat..."

When Yang Ming removed his hand from his mouth, he was shocked to find his face covered in blood from his nose, and his lips were white and cracked.

Upon hearing Yang Ming's words, everyone felt their bodies slowly heating up, as if a fire was burning in their hearts, livers, and lungs. It was both incredibly uncomfortable and incredibly comfortable, and it felt as if all the stubborn ailments and chronic diseases in their bodies had vanished under the burning of this fire.

Seeing that everyone was about to have nosebleeds, Yang Ming grabbed Wei Qingqing and ran away. Let's just take over the little cabin by the hot spring pool.

"Ah... what do we do now?" Wei Jianguo was burning up with fever and felt terrible all over, with a strange sensation nagging at his heart.

"Um, let's go to the west room..." Xue Hua's face turned red, and he felt as if a feather was tickling the deepest part of his body.

Without any hesitation, Wei Jianguo pulled his wife to the west room, slammed the door shut, and then bolted it from the inside.

"Where are we going?" Xia Zhongshu asked Zhang Yingning, his heart burning with excitement.

"Hmm...how would I know?" Zhang Yingning felt a burning sensation all over her body.

"What's wrong with you all?" Aunt Liu was a little flustered. She felt a burning sensation in her stomach and lower abdomen.

"Mommy, I'm hot..." Little Bao'er was almost delirious with fever, as if he had a fever, and he had no energy at all.

"Hot?" Aunt Liu panicked a little and quickly touched her daughter's forehead, which felt quite hot.

"Leave it to me..." Zhang Hong also sensed the strange commotion. Without saying a word, she grabbed Xiao Bao'er, who was feeling unwell, and Liu Nannan, whose face was flushed, and ran away together. They were going to cool off with cold water. Speaking of which, the small pond where Yang Ming's family raised fish was a good place to cool off.

"What should we do?" Zhang Yang's face was so red it was almost bleeding, and beads of sweat were dripping from his forehead. This east room was definitely going to be reserved for Zhang Yingning and Xia Zhongshu. How could a junior like him compete with his elders for the bed?

"How should I know? Should we go to the car?" Sun Fangfang was getting anxious. These people were so inconsiderate, taking up the whole house.

"Um... why don't you come to my house..." Aunt Liu, being an experienced woman, knew what was going on just by looking at them. Her face was flushed as she moved the kang table out to make room for Zhang Yingning and Xia Zhongshu.

"Is Aunt Liu alright?" Sun Fangfang was quite surprised, and the other three also looked at Aunt Liu with strange expressions.

"It's nothing, it's just that my stomach feels hot... but it feels quite comfortable..." Aunt Liu's face was flushed as she left the east room.

Zhang Yang and Sun Fangfang didn't stand on ceremony. Holding hands, they ran out quickly and went into Aunt Liu's house.

boom……

The door to the east room was closed tightly, leaving only Aunt Liu alone in the outer room, feeling a little lonely...

Aunt Liu moved a small stool, intending to sit in the middle of the room and make do for the night.

"No, don't let her hear anything she shouldn't hear..." As soon as she sat down, Aunt Liu remembered something and quickly carried a small stool to the yard.

The evening breeze was blowing gently and was cool, but Aunt Liu didn't feel cold at all. It was as if there was a small sun in her lower abdomen, warming her whole body.

"Gurgle, gurgle..." Suddenly, a loud noise came from Aunt Liu's stomach, like a cow mooing or a frog croaking. Aunt Liu felt quite embarrassed and tried to hold it in, but the noise from her stomach grew louder and louder.

"Anyway, the food is ready, but no one has eaten much... I guess no one's in the mood to eat today..." Thinking of this, Aunt Liu covered her ears with her hands, opened her mouth wide, trying her best not to let any sounds that she shouldn't hear into her ears, and ran into the house like lightning, quickly moving the kang table out.

The table was laden with dishes, emitting a rich and tempting aroma. The aroma tantalized Liu Sao, making her stomach rumble even louder. Forgetting everything else, she immediately bent down and began to devour the food.

Aunt Liu's appetite was like a bottomless pit; she devoured the entire table of food before finally feeling a little full. Keep in mind, this was enough for 12 people! Of course, that only included the dishes, not the staple foods, but it was still quite a lot…

Aunt Liu also ate the whole plate of fried dragon eggs. Apart from a burning sensation in her lower abdomen, she didn't feel anything else.

After a satisfying meal, Mrs. Liu felt refreshed and full of energy. She tilted her head back, gazing at the brilliant night sky. "The moon is full tonight," she thought, "the stars are everywhere, the wind is strong, and tonight is intoxicating..."

Aunt Liu watched the stars in the yard all night, and only when the sky turned slightly blue did she realize that the night had passed.

"So, the night isn't so long after all..." Aunt Liu stretched, feeling warm all over and stronger. She could clearly feel that if she encountered a tiger now, it was really hard to say who would eat whom.

In her lower abdomen, a warm, moist sensation accompanied by a strong heartbeat allowed her to clearly feel the healthy growth of the little life inside her.

"Hehe..." Aunt Liu chuckled and stroked her lower abdomen, her face radiating maternal happiness.

squeak...

The sound of the door being pushed open startled Liu Sao from her blissful reverie. Wei Jianguo helped the limp Xue Hua out of the west room; the two were trying to sneak away, but unexpectedly, they saw Liu Sao sitting in the courtyard as soon as they stepped outside…

"Hehe..." Wei Jianguo chuckled awkwardly, "His wife Liu got up early enough..."

When Aunt Liu looked up, she saw that the two people looked unusually young, like they were in their mid-twenties. However, the vicissitudes of life made it impossible to ignore their age.

Aunt Liu was somewhat surprised and stood up. "Uncle Wei, Aunt Xue, you both look...so young..."

"Ah... ah ah..." Xue Hua nodded awkwardly, his right thumb and forefinger transforming into a poisonous dragon drill, brutally ravaging Wei Jianguo.

She thought that Aunt Liu was teasing them, and she was a little unhappy. She felt that Aunt Liu was a bit improper. If you were just joking with your peers, it would be fine to laugh it off, but we are your elders! How could you talk like that?

Wei Jianguo was twisted so hard he was grimacing, but he forced himself to endure it, his expression was incredibly interesting.

The two nodded to Aunt Liu, walked out of the courtyard hand in hand, got into the Mercedes, started the car, and sped away.

"It's good that they left. After something like this happened, it would be really awkward for everyone to meet..." Aunt Liu muttered softly as she watched the Mercedes-Benz flee in disarray.

squeak...

There was another sound of the door being pushed open. Aunt Liu turned her head and saw Zhang Yingning and Xia Zhongshu sneaking out. The two of them looked much younger.

"Hehe, is his wife Liu here?" Zhang Yingning greeted Liu's wife somewhat awkwardly.

"Are Aunt Zhang and Uncle Xia leaving too?" Aunt Liu asked with a smile.

"Ah...yes..." Zhang Yingning's face turned red.

"Then you should hurry up and leave, Uncle Wei and Aunt Xue have already left..." said Aunt Liu.

"Ah ah..." Zhang Yingning nodded repeatedly, and the couple fled in panic, jumping into their car and speeding away.

"Should I tidy up the house for them?" Aunt Liu felt she couldn't just sit idly by, but if she went inside and saw something she shouldn't, how embarrassing would that be? Even though there was no one in the house right now.

"They... should have packed everything up, right?" Aunt Liu thought to herself, "They must have packed everything up inside, at least not leaving any obvious 'evidence' in the house, right?"

"Mom..." Just as Aunt Liu was thinking about whether to tidy up Yang Ming's house, Xiao Bao'er came running over, hopping and skipping.

"Oh! Is Bao'er alright?" Aunt Liu picked up the little one.

"Thank goodness, I'm still strong..." Little Bao rolled up his sleeves and proudly showed off his biceps to his mother.

"Aunt Liu, are you alright?" Zhang Hong came over at this moment, followed by Liu Nannan, whose face was so red it looked like it was about to bleed.

"What could possibly be wrong with me?" Aunt Liu smiled gently.

"Really? Let me see..." Zhang Hong grabbed Liu Sao's wrist without saying a word, and gently placed her fingers on Liu Sao's pulse.

"What's wrong with you? Don't I know my own body?" Aunt Liu blushed and quickly pulled her hand away.

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhang Hong's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. She smiled slightly and said nothing more.

"Auntie, I...I want to go home..." Liu Nannan said softly.

"Oh! Go back... go back and see your parents. It's okay if you don't come back. When I have money, I'll support you through college," said Aunt Liu.

"No need, I'll be back. I want to earn my own money. Can you tell Brother Yang for me..." Liu Nannan ran off in a flash.

Wei Qingqing hid under a large quilt, a worried look on her face.

"What's wrong?" Yang Ming had been staring at her for a while, and seeing that her brows were still furrowed, he finally couldn't help but ask.

"...I'm worried about Bao'er; she's still just a child," Wei Qingqing said hesitantly.

"She's just a kid, what are you so worried about?" Yang Ming said nonchalantly. "The dragon egg's effect is to strengthen the body, not to accelerate its growth. That little girl hasn't even reached puberty yet, what kind of reaction could she have? At most, she'll feel hot. From now on, this little girl definitely won't get sick anymore."

"We ate one at first, and we didn't seem to have such a big reaction, did we?" Wei Qingqing asked, somewhat puzzled.

"I asked Ya Ya, do you know why dragon eggs are eaten raw?" Yang Ming said.

"Why?" Wei Qingqing asked curiously.

"Because eating it raw is like going through water, while eating it cooked is like going through dry land. If it goes through water, 90% of the nutrients in the dragon egg will be lost directly through urine. But if it goes through dry land, the human body can absorb about 50% of the nutrients in the dragon egg," Yang Ming explained.

"Seven out of ten would cause such a big reaction?" Wei Qingqing was a little skeptical. She had only taken a small bite, which was far from the half-eaten portion she had last time.

"According to Ya Ya's speculation, didn't we also add scallions to it? It's possible that the scallions acted as a catalyst. To confirm whether the scallions played a role, we need to conduct experiments to find out," Yang Ming said.

"Speaking of what happened yesterday, people like my parents, Aunt Zhang, Uncle Xia, Zhang Yang, Fangfang, Aunt Liu, Nannan, Zhang Hong, and even Bao'er, none of them are fools. They would definitely have doubts about our dragon egg. My parents, Zhang Yang, Fangfang, Aunt Liu, Nannan, and Bao'er are all people I can absolutely trust, but Aunt Zhang..."

"Aunt Zhang can be trusted completely..." Yang Ming said with certainty.

"How can you be so sure?" Wei Qingqing asked.

"Because Aunt Zhang is a smart woman. Cooperating with us can enhance her status and allow her to enter high society. If she informs us, she won't get any benefits. Besides, Chinese people deeply hate traitors. If she informs us, she will only get a one-time reward, which may be very generous, but she will lose her reputation. You can imagine, who would do business with someone who betrays their partner?"

"I'm afraid those people wouldn't dare to use her..." Wei Qingqing said.

"That's right, so how could someone as smart as Aunt Zhang do something foolish? Even if someone tries to interrogate her, she will definitely stick her neck out and resist to the end," Yang Ming said.

"Where is Uncle Xia?" Wei Qingqing asked.

"Uncle Xia is a lot like your dad. If your dad guessed someone's secret, would he spread it around?" Yang Ming said.

"My dad is definitely not that kind of person..." Wei Qingqing said with certainty.

"Uncle Xia should be reliable too. Besides, Aunt Zhang will definitely tell him the truth. If he really betrays us, it's not just a matter of betraying a business partner. It's betraying his wife and the person closest to him. No one would dare to use someone like that who's hysterical." Yang Ming had a lot of confidence in Zhang Yingning.

"Where's Zhang Hong?" Wei Qingqing asked.

"This is a pseudonym, and we don't even know which government department it belongs to," Yang Ming said, making a startling statement.

"Huh?" Wei Qingqing was startled and quickly sat up. The blanket slipped off, revealing her perfect upper body.

Yang Ming pulled her into the blanket and held her in his arms.

"What should we do... our secret... you did this on purpose to show her, didn't you?" Wei Qingqing was getting anxious.

"Smart, because now we don't have to be afraid of anyone..." So, Yang Ming told Wei Qingqing about the twenty kinds of super farm tools he had bought yesterday.

"You mean, you bought Sky City, Space Transport Ship..." Wei Qingqing was stunned.

"Of course, if anyone dares to capture us, we'll just hide in Sky City. Sky City has a protective system against meteorite attacks, and absolutely no country on Earth can break through it by force. If that doesn't work, we'll take a spaceship for a trip in outer space. That thing is a light-speed spaceship, it's incredibly fast," Yang Ming said.

As Wei Qingqing imagined herself on a space transport ship touring the solar system, she rolled her eyes and fainted.

That was so exciting...

"Oh... Qingqing... Qingqing, are you alright?" Yang Ming was shocked and immediately tried to help, pinching her philtrum, performing chest compressions, and giving her artificial respiration...

Wei Qingqing caught her breath, leaned against Yang Ming's chest, and cried while holding him. Tears streamed down her face as if they were free.

"Alright, alright, why are you crying?" Yang Ming said tenderly, wiping away her tears.

"Honey, let's go play in outer space..." Wei Qingqing said, her voice choked with longing.

"Not now. We need to treat the spaceship as a secret weapon and absolutely cannot expose it casually..." Yang Ming refused without even thinking.

"Then...then..." Wei Qingqing was getting anxious. Exploring the universe in outer space is the dream of every Earthling.

"What? Yang Ming hugged Wei Qingqing tightly, gently rubbing his cheek against her forehead. "Anyway, we absolutely cannot let anyone know that we have a spaceship right now."

"Then...when can we go on a trip to outer space?" Wei Qingqing pouted and asked.

"Once our country's relevant departments crack the water-powered engine on the ship, we will be able to travel to outer space in a spaceship," Yang Ming said.

"Huh?" Wei Qingqing's enthusiasm was immediately extinguished. "Our country is good at cracking American technology, but... water-powered engines are several energy eras behind. How long will it take to research them?"

"It's not as scary as you say, is it?" Yang Ming was a little skeptical. Water-powered engines are environmentally friendly and pollution-free, and their technological content shouldn't be much higher than that of Earth's technology, right?

"What do you think?" Wei Qingqing rolled her eyes. "Technological breakthroughs begin with theoretical breakthroughs. Do you know how many generations of scientists need to work on a theoretical breakthrough? Turning theory into reality takes even longer."

"Uh... I really don't understand this..." Yang Ming scratched his head awkwardly.

"What you gave away wasn't water energy technology, but some finished products using this technology. Even if you gave away the technology, it would take them at least ten years to digest it. According to this calculation... Honey, I've realized that I'll never have the chance to ride a spaceship in my life. Please give me some leeway, please give me some leeway, okay?" Wei Qingqing pleaded.

"Then... three years from now, regardless of whether the relevant national departments have figured it out or not, we'll travel to outer space in a spaceship," Yang Ming said after thinking for a moment.

Actually, who wouldn't want to travel to outer space in a spaceship? Yang Ming felt like he had cat claws scratching at his heart.

"A specific time, a specific time, tell me a specific time..." Wei Qingqing said coquettishly.

"How about 8 PM on the second day of the second lunar month in 2013?" Yang Ming said.

"Okay, it's a deal, no backing out..." Wei Qingqing's eyes gleamed.

"I will never go back on my word..." Yang Ming quickly replied.

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