The wife travels through time and space to honor her husband: The heirless prince raises a child

Only Chapter 278 can bring good fortune to the Marquis's mansion.
At the Duke of Yan's residence, He Zu's crops weren't ripe yet, so there was no rush.

The next morning, Qin Yan went to find Qin Tang.

"Is Qin Bi going to the desolate lands?" Qin Yan asked.

“I didn’t hear her mention it,” Jiang Shi said as she came into the courtyard.

Jiang was quite agile and planned to go to the wild land as well. The children naturally followed. Their melon harvest was a great success, so there was no reason not to go. They were all up by now.

"Today we're harvesting melons in our manor's melon patch," Qin Yan said. "It'll be lively if Qin Bi goes too."

Qin Tang clearly sensed the importance that Qin Yan, the heir of the Marquis's mansion, placed on Qin Bi. Whether it was the Marquis's intention or Qin Yan's, it was a good thing. In this world of cultivation, it was impossible to move an inch without a family.

Qin Bi is good, and so is the fourth wife.

Qin Yan left. Time was tight in the morning, so Qin Tang sent Qin Xun to the Rong King's residence to inquire.

Instead of making a decision himself, Prince Rong went to Qin Bi's bedroom to ask her.

Qin Bi had already woken up and was surprised that her brother had come to ask. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Rong Yang goes first, and I will go to the Wilderness later. Second Brother, keep an eye on Rong Yang when we get there. Sell the ordinary watermelons if you can."

Prince Rong spoke up: "Three demon beast crystals for each."

Qin Bi and Qin Xun were taken aback, but neither of them questioned Rong Shizi. Rong Jun had seen a lot on the battlefield and had eaten many immortal things, so there was a reason for setting this price.

Rong Yang called out, "Uncle, my staff and I are heading to the wilderness first."

Qin Xun smiled and said, "We'll be there shortly."

Rong Yang and Lin Yao led their team away, and Qin Xun also hurriedly returned to the Marquis's residence.

The desolate land became lively. The young prince and the Minister of War rushed there early to join the fun. Scholars and cultivators also rushed over after hearing the news. If they couldn't get the spirit melon, they could still afford to eat an ordinary watermelon.

The Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Revenue helped set up the stalls. Good heavens, the first fruit and vegetable market in this wild and undeveloped land!

Early in the morning, the entire wilderness was bustling with activity.

The prince's guards picked a basket of ordinary melons, and Qin Tan also picked a basket. They called Rong Yang to go to the market. There was no other way; the vice ministers of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works were urging them to pick some fruits to keep the market afloat.

"What's the price?" a lady asked.

Before Qin Tan could answer, Rong Yang said, "Three demon beast crystals and one watermelon."

Qin Tan was taken aback; the price was too high.

The lady was angry: "A regular watermelon only costs a few coins."

Qin Tan smiled and said, "That's the price."

The lady was so angry she couldn't speak, but she wouldn't leave. She wanted to see if the melons would sell. What, something worth only a few coins? Growing them in this desolate place suddenly made them incredibly valuable.

"How much is this melon?" a rough-looking man asked the child.

Rong Yang said in a childish voice, "One of the six low-level demon beast crystals."

The rough-looking man: "......"

Qin Tan: "......"

Lin Yao pondered, clearly unaware of the price.

Qin Tan whispered to the child, "Isn't it three low-level demon beast crystals for one melon?"

The child whispered to Qin Tan that the ordinary watermelons from his family were delicious, cracking open at the slightest touch, sweet and crisp, and refreshingly cool, all at the price his father had set for him.

Qin Tan thought about it and realized that the ordinary watermelons Qin Bi grew were indeed tastier. Given the stage where ordinary watermelons were transforming into spirit watermelons, they were a viable alternative for cultivators who couldn't afford spirit watermelons. The young prince, dragging the Minister of War along, rushed over, shouting, "I want them all!"

The others who were watching were dumbfounded. The young prince immediately counted the melons, and the Minister of War paid the bill. It was all done in one go without any hesitation. No one knew better than the young prince what the effect of these melons was.

When the officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works saw this, they quickly bought melons. One basket was definitely not enough, so a group of them rushed to the fields to pick melons on the spot. Freshly picked melons are even fresher.

The Ministers of War all have powerful families behind them. They can't afford the rare melons, but they can certainly get as many ordinary watermelons as they want.

"Are you selling the watermelons from your Marquis's residence?" the Minister of War asked.

Qin Yan grinned and confirmed the price: "Three low-level demon beast crystals?"

The Minister of War nodded and did not haggle: "Three low-level demon beast crystals."

Qin Lang rolled up his sleeves: "Sold it."

Young Master Su is young and not as quick-witted as Minister Qin. Today, he brought his younger brothers to help pick melons, only thinking about buying spirit melons. But when he saw the situation, he realized what was going on and quickly pulled Qin Yan away.

“I’ll take them all,” said Prince Su.

Qin Yan couldn't possibly sell all the melons to his maternal grandparents; that wouldn't be appropriate. He set aside a plot of melon field for Prince Su, sold off the large swathes that could be sold, and kept a small plot for his own consumption.

There's no rush to keep the melons for our own consumption; they won't be fresh after picking them. Let others pick the melons first.

The Minister of War personally entered the melon field. With sharp eyes, he picked ripe and good melons. With Lin Yao watching over them, Rong Yang directed the guards to pick all the spirit melons and send them back to the Rong King's Mansion.

By noon, everyone had harvested the sweet melons.

The Rongwang Mansion delivered dishes, and everyone quickly ate their meal before continuing to pick melons. The children from the Qin Yanhou Mansion were overjoyed, and Qin Tan and Qin Yan also had smiles on their faces. Qin Tang remembered something and sent someone to call Jiang Mo.

Qin Yanhou and Qin Di also arrived, and picked some of the food they had kept for themselves.

Qin Han didn't just send her husband Jiang Mo and the child; Qin Han herself also came, along with Qin He, Qin Yan, Qin Cui, and several others. Qin He, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was practically the center of attention.

Qin Lang saw Qin He and asked, "Why is she here?"

As an elder, Qin Tan disliked it but said nothing, while Qin Di and Qin Tan picked melons.

Jiang, Lin, and Zhu were all very busy. The third son of the concubine glanced at Qin He and didn't like her much. Qin He had disliked the third son ever since the third son took Qin Bi away from the capital.

Qin Yan asked the same question as Qin Lang: "Qin He, what brings you here?"

"The Marquis's mansion is harvesting melons. I had to come and see such a big event." Qin He smiled, stepped closer to the melon patch and peeked out: "These melons are quite big. They couldn't have grown in the wild lands before."

Qin Yan immediately replied, "I heard that crops don't grow in the wilderness, only small plots of farmland."

Qin Yan was busy and didn't have time to chat with them. He said, "Qin He, you're not feeling well. The sun in the wilderness is too strong and won't do you any good for your Spirit Nourishing Palace. You should go back soon."

Jiang Mo looked at the melon patch with excitement, while Qin Han, holding the melons, asked what they needed to do.

Qin Yan said, "Let's move the melons."

After saying that, Qin Yan went to get busy.

Qin Han called Qin He to help move the melons. Qin Tang didn't stop her. His melon patch was far from Qin Yan's, so as long as she didn't come to his melon patch, it was fine. He couldn't afford to use Qin He.

Lady Su, who had come with Prince Su to help, said to Qin He, "A good melon patch shouldn't grow in such a desolate place."

"Yes." Madam Su nodded. Qin He was a young lady from the Qin Yan Marquis's mansion, so Madam Su gave her some face and said, "The wild land has no rain, so it's hard for crops to grow. The Marquis's mansion was lucky to be able to grow a melon patch."

Qin He smiled and said, "I have a high level of good fortune, which is why I can bring good luck to the Marquis's mansion."

(End of this chapter)