Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 112: A Man and a Woman Alone

Jiang Xingye didn’t speak, appearing calm, but those who knew him noticed that his ears were turning red.

Xu Qinghuan felt a bit embarrassed too. She only knew Luo Jinhao, so she waved her fair little hand at them and greeted them with a smile.

Luo Jinhao lightly punched Jiang Xingye on the shoulder, "Hey, Brother Ye, you’re quick with this!"

Jiang Xingye’s eyes and brows showed a hint of pride, "These pigs, I’m taking them to the purchase station and selling them."

Luo Jinhao was surprised, "Huh?"

He desperately gave Jiang Xingye a look, unable to believe it. What was Brother Ye thinking? Didn’t he know that purchase stations offer dirt cheap prices? It’s not the season for meat pigs yet, so there’s little pork on the market. If these were sold on the black market, the price would definitely double.

What a good opportunity to make money!

Could Jiang Xingye possibly not know?

Xu Qinghuan couldn’t help but chuckle. Was he wary of her because he feared she’d report him? 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

She didn’t get angry since speculative trading was a serious crime in this era, yet she didn’t expose it either.

Wondering how long he could keep it up.

Luo Jinhao and the others made two more rafts, split one of the wild boars in half, and placed the remaining three and a half on the two rafts. The three of them pulled the rafts away.

Before leaving, Luo Jinhao asked again, "Brother Ye, really sending them to the purchase station?"

They were obviously not willing.

But in the past, it was always whatever Jiang Xingye said, went.

Jiang Xingye had a good head for things, seeing things quite accurately. They didn’t know what plan Jiang Xingye had up his sleeve, but they didn’t dare to disobey.

Xu Qinghuan nudged him with her elbow, looking at Jiang Xingye with a half-smiling, half-not expression. He rubbed his nose, "Then let’s stick to the original plan!"

If she really wanted to report him, there was nothing he could do.

"Got it!"

Luo Jinhao was overjoyed, pulling the raft with even more enthusiasm, "Brother Ye, should we send the money to your home or will you come to the county to get it?"

"Send it to my house."

There was a mountain ridge up ahead they had to cross. After helping, Jiang Xingye came back, and Xu Qinghuan snorted at him, with a face full of displeasure.

Jiang Xingye didn’t understand why, but was quite nervous, leaning towards her to level with her face, calling softly, "Huanhuan?"

His tone was extremely cautious, like a big dog who had upset his master, looking pitiful.

Even knowing he was playing cute and pitiful, Xu Qinghuan’s heart couldn’t harden. Instead, she fell for it and tousled his hair, "Humph, are you scared I’ll report you?"

He clearly didn’t want to sell them to the purchase station, yet insisted he would.

"Speculative trading indicates a problematic ideation." Jiang Xingye seized the opportunity to hold her hand, her hand soft as cotton, delicate like the goat’s milk he’d drunk as a child.

"You know your thinking is off, yet you planted so much wheat here? And medicinal herbs?" Xu Qinghuan was well aware; it must be his little stash.

"You’re not afraid I might report you here?" Xu Qinghuan pinched his nose and shook it.

Jiang Xingye let her mess around with his face, waiting until she was satisfied before grabbing her other hand, "If you want to report it, go report it!"

His gaze was open, his indulgent tone seemed to say, if you want to defy the heavens, I’ll build you a ladder to the heavens.

Xu Qinghuan thought back to the character settings in the book, "Whenever Xu Qinghuan took on a project, Jiang Xingye would eliminate any risk and present it to her; Xu Qinghuan would use her connections to pave the way for Jiang Xingye."

"It’s unclear if they have a mutually beneficial relationship, or if they’re the last warmth for each other in this cold world?"

"If it were someone else, would you bring her here?" Xu Qinghuan couldn’t help but feel sour. Is Jiang Xingye treating her well because of her character, or is it his role in the book making him act this way?

Jiang Xingye didn’t fully get it, and she explained, "If you were dating someone else or got married, would you bring her here?"

"No way!" Jiang Xingye replied without thinking, "It would never be anyone else."

Only you!

In the book, until the end, the best friend never let Jiang Xingye and Xu Qinghuan’s character get married. She was puzzled back then, but her friend’s explanation was that, even characters with set roles have their own emotional paths, especially ones like Jiang Xingye.

His feelings for Xu Qinghuan didn’t reach the point of marriage, just knowing and interacting.

The plot of the whole book had already collapsed halfway.

Ever since she broke off the engagement and moved to the countryside.

They had developed their perspectives, actions different from the book, and destinies diverged. So, could this still be considered a story swap?

On the way back, Jiang Xingye carried Xu Qinghuan on his back again, like an indefatigable Hercules, who in one day slaughtered nine wild boars, butchered four, salted half a boar and stored it in a cave, while dragging another half in his hand.

All with someone on his back, trekking effortlessly over mountain paths.

Despite being of flesh and blood, hearing Jiang Xingye panting, Xu Qinghuan insisted on getting down.

She pulled out a pill from her pocket.

"Open your mouth!" Xu Qinghuan directed the pill to his mouth.

Without asking, Jiang Xingye opened his mouth and swallowed the pill.

"You didn’t even ask what it was and just ate it straight away; what if it were poison?" Xu Qinghuan teased.

Jiang Xingye held her hand, "If you want to poison me, I won’t resist."

"Silly!" Xu Qinghuan tapped his prominent nose.

The pill slid down his throat, a cool warmth spreading through him, rejuvenating the sore muscles like sprouting wheat after a spring rain, feeling invigorated again.

The fatigue vanished, his body brimming with newfound strength.

"Afraid I’d be too exhausted to work after moving to the countryside, I couldn’t manage, so I made this, a pill to replenish blood and energy, with no side effects on people." Xu Qinghuan explained to ease his mind.

"Mm, tired? I’ll carry you." Jiang Xingye, feeling sorry for her, couldn’t bear her trekking the mountain paths.

Xu Qinghuan shook their interwoven hands, "No, I’ve been taking this myself for several days, got energy."

Her skin radiant like snow, as she spoke her expressions were rich, sometimes shy, sometimes charming, capturing his gaze, mesmerizing him, leaving no demands unfulfilled.

The way back took slightly less time, but upon entering the brigade, the twilight had already spread across the sky.

Jiang Xingye placed the dragged meat into Xu Qinghuan’s home, then went with her to the brigade station to watch people slaughter pigs.

It was unclear how long it took, four pigs, and only two were slaughtered so far, with the two pig slaughterers drenched in sweat.

Seeing Jiang Xingye come, the crowd quickly parted a way, "Quick, Xiao Wu is back, let Xiao Wu do it, at your current speed, we’d be lucky to eat stewed pork by midnight."

Jiang Baohua worriedly glanced at Jiang Xingye, not wanting his nephew to be exhausted, "Take your time, no rush."

Zhou Guizhi was delighted to see the two come back together, scolding the loudmouths, "Starving ghosts reincarnated, have you got the guts to slaughter them yourself? These wild boars were all taken down by my Xiao Wu, yet you’re asking him to slaughter them, do you want him to cook them and feed them to you too?"

Jiang Xingye remained expressionless, his eyes cold, exuding an extreme detachment, making everyone laugh awkwardly, no one daring to speak further.

"Sis, you weren’t with Comrade Jiang the whole day in the mountains, were you? You may be dating, but you’re not married. Spending so much time alone, a single man and woman, isn’t that a bit inappropriate?" Xu Manman expressed concern, loud enough for all to hear.