The young husband struggled hard. After finally breaking through the crowd, before he could run over, he fell with a thud, tumbling off the earthen bed with the quilt.

A heavy pain spread from his back. Meng Jun opened his eyes in a daze and lay on the ground for a moment before remembering where he was.

It was just a dream. He knew Sister Wei wouldn’t harm anyone.

The young husband rubbed his eyes in lingering fear, but where did Li Ruantang go?

He first looked around the room but didn’t find the person he was looking for. He quickly put on his clothes and walked out.

“Jiujiu, you’re awake?”

Hu Youning, who was sitting on a small stool picking vegetables, smiled at him and turned to enter the kitchen, “We’re having noodle soup this morning. Go wash up first, I’ll call you when it’s ready.”

The young husband nodded. His beautiful phoenix eyes glanced at the main room, puzzled, “Aning, didn’t Sanniang say she’s not going to the fields today?”

She wasn’t there, and Li Ruantang was nowhere to be seen. Meng Jun was puzzled but didn’t directly ask Hu Youning.

“My mother accompanied Madam Li out.” Hu Youning said naturally, “They said they were going to look for some medicinal herbs in the small mountain valley behind.”

“Small mountain valley?” Meng Jun’s eyes lit up, “Are there many medicinal herbs there?”

“This…” Hu Youning hesitated, “I’m not sure. No one in the family knows about medicinal herbs, but that place is lush with greenery and flowers all year round, so Madam Li said she wanted to take a look.”

“You said there are flowers there?”

The young husband was obviously interested. The flower crown Li Ruantang gave him last night had wilted quite a bit after just one night.

He hadn’t worn it enough.

“Yes, it can be called a sea of flowers there.” Hu Youning’s lips curved, “If you want to see, I’ll take you there in a bit.”

In any case, Fu Lanxian had fled in a sorry state, so it would be difficult for her to cause trouble again anytime soon.

The two young men hit it off instantly.

In the small mountain valley behind the Hu family’s house, just as Hu Youning said, flowers were in full bloom, a riot of colors. The young husband happily chased butterflies for a while and was sitting on a big rock catching his breath when he saw Aning picking quite a few flowers and coming over.

He sat beside the young husband, his fingers flying, and in no time, he wove a flower crown, “Here, for you.”

Meng Jun took it with a smile, looking at it carefully again and again, and quickly praised, “Aning, your hands are so deft. This flower crown is really beautiful!”

“It’s nothing.” Hu Youning was a little embarrassed by the praise, “Yesterday I saw you wearing a flower crown, it must have been given by Madam Li, right?”

“Mm.”

“In our area, if a man receives a flower crown from a woman, he should give one in return to receive the blessings of the Mountain Goddess, to stay together for a long, long time.”

Hu Youning smiled shyly, his eyes falling on the flower crown in Jiujiu’s hands, “If you don’t know how, you can use this—”

His unfinished words were interrupted by a surprised exclamation from the young husband.

“Eh? There’s such a saying?” Meng Jun was stunned, his ears turning slightly red. What long, long time? They weren’t real spouses.

However, learning to make flower crowns wasn’t bad either.

At least when he returned to the capital in the future and met Sister Wei, he could give her a flower crown too!

The more Meng Jun thought about it, the happier he became. His eyes curved, “Aning, teach me!”