Grass and mustard reign supreme

Chapter 3 Good dough needs to be kneaded and rested three times.
As dawn broke, the wedding tent was filled with a soft glow.

On the brocade couch, Suo Chanzhi lay on her side, her disheveled hair resembling the lush wild grass of spring.

Her exquisite and beautiful face was hidden among her messy black hair, her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and there were faint tear tracks at the corners of her eyes.

A light, thin quilt was draped over her body, sliding down her shoulders to reveal her smooth, jade-like skin.

There were several fresh bruises on the jade-like skin, so the smooth shoulder turned into the color of blue and white porcelain.

It was the time when the rooster crowed at dawn. There were no roosters on the Gobi Desert, so there was no crowing. But Suo Chanzhi still opened his eyes around the same time.

Her eyelids trembled slightly before her eyes slowly opened.

Her hazy eyes gradually cleared after a while, and then she remembered everything from last night. For a moment, she couldn't quite describe her feelings.

From that moment on, she was no longer the person she used to be.

Behind her, a hot breath was spraying on her smooth back at a steady frequency, and Suo Chanzhi didn't dare to turn around.

She pursed her lips and endured for a while, gradually calming her breathing before struggling to get up.

As soon as she moved, her body ached, and Suo Chanzhi couldn't help but grit her teeth.

Last night, she summoned Yang Can in her finest attire, partly because she had no plain clothes to wear as mourning attire on the way to the wedding, but also because she had her own ulterior motives.

She knew that what happened that night could never be brought to light, but it was, after all, an important moment in her life as she transformed from a young girl into a woman.

She didn't want to have too many regrets in her life; she wanted to make this moment as memorable as possible.

But now, all that remains in my memory is the impression of brutality and barbarity.

Suo Chanzhi knew that the scoundrel was deliberately tormenting her because he was resentful.

She gritted her teeth and stubbornly tried to get up again. But with the slightest movement, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed again. However, she still endured the discomfort and struggled to get up.

After she finished dressing and checked herself over briefly, finding nothing amiss, she tiptoed out of the wedding tent.

Hearing the tent flap close softly, Yang Can, who had been pretending to be asleep, suddenly opened his eyes.

He rolled over and grabbed the candlestick from the bedside table, deftly pulled out half of the candle, placed the sharp-pointed brass candlestick within easy reach, and then quickly dressed.

After Yang Can finished dressing, and still saw no one rushing into the tent to silence him, he grabbed a candlestick and dashed towards the tent entrance...

……

Yang Can entered this timeline by accident three years ago.

This world is not a specific historical timeline of his original world, but both its historical development and geographical names are very similar to those of his original timeline before the Sui and Tang Dynasties and during the late Northern and Southern Dynasties. He must have entered a parallel timeline.

Before transmigrating, Yang Can was an IT professional, but his skills were naturally useless in this world.

Having no one and nothing to his name, he suffered greatly when he first arrived in the new place. Just when he was about to starve to death, he was fortunate enough to be taken in by a horse farm.

This horse farm belongs to the Yu family of Tianshui, one of the eight major horse breeding farms in Longshang. Yang Can worked here as a horse herder for two and a half years.

Until half a year ago, a young man rode by on horseback, then collapsed in front of him, spitting out purplish-black blood.

Yang Can hastily picked some herbs for treating livestock, boiled them into a paste, and fed it to the horse. Unexpectedly, he actually managed to revive the dead horse.

This live horse is Yu Chengye, the eldest son of the Yu family of Tianshui.

Yu Chengye was ambushed while hunting. He was hit by a poisoned arrow and was fortunately rescued by Yang Can while fleeing for his life.

Young Master Yu was impressed by Yang Can's eloquence and the fact that he had saved his life, so he recruited Yang Can as his "advisor".

Yang Can's suffering finally came to an end. He thought that by attaching himself to the eldest son of the powerful clan, he could get whatever he wanted.

Unexpectedly, the wind was too strong and the rain too heavy, and the tree fell down...

Yang Can didn't believe Suo Chanzhi's claim of being "second only to one person" at all. The Suo family would never let him live in such a grand conspiracy.

The problem is that he can no longer rely on the Yu family's support.

Even if he was completely innocent, the fact remains that he slept with the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yu family.

For Yang Can, this meant he had a way to die.

Now, if he wants to survive, he can only rely on himself.

……

Suo Chanzhi staggered out of the wedding tent. In the morning sun, Granny Tu was sitting cross-legged in front of the tent, as if she didn't need to sleep at all.

Suo Chanzhi immediately lightened her steps, trying to make her figure and pace as light and natural as they had been the night before.

However, she still walked like a mermaid coming ashore for the first time.

"Granny Tu..."

Suo Chanzhi staggered up behind Granny Tu, cleared her hoarse voice, and whispered, "You can start now!"

When she said this, the beautiful Suo remained completely unmoved. What talk of "a day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness"? Pshaw!

The thought of that beast tormenting her like an animal all night made Suo Chanzhi wish that dog of a man would die immediately.

Considering that the scoundrel will be the biological father of her child, the fact that she didn't take action herself is already the greatest act of kindness.

"Make a move? Make a move of what?" Granny Tu turned her face and looked at Suo Chanzhi blankly.

Suo Chanzhi was also bewildered by her question, and stammered, "Didn't you say, 'After it's done, you'll...'"

Granny Tu suddenly realized, and couldn't help but scoff, saying irritably, "After it's done, is it really done now? Are you sure you two only slept together once and she got pregnant?"

Who said it was only once?

Three times, four times...

Was it three or four times?

Later on, she became confused and couldn't remember clearly, but it wasn't just once.

However, she was too embarrassed to talk about such intimate details in bed. After hesitating for a moment, she stammered, "Just for one night, is that not okay?"

"It's not impossible, it might work, but who knows if it will definitely work? So, to be sure it will work, we should try it a few more times."

Despite never having had a man before, Granny Tu appeared confident: "I will try my best to delay our journey. Chanzhi, you must make full use of the time before we arrive at the Yu family. Ask him for money every day. As long as he can hold on, make him hold on as hard as he can. This way, we will have a better chance of success."

These outrageous words made Suo Chanzhi blush with embarrassment.

Granny Tu earnestly advised, "Young lady, you must seize this opportunity and have a child! Otherwise, we're finished!"

Suo Chanzhi nodded, her face flushed.

Taking the first step is the hardest part, but now that she has taken it, what else is there that she wouldn't risk?

Granny Tu is right. If she can't get pregnant, then all that bullying was for nothing.

……

Suo Chanzhi and Granny Tu were still talking outside when the door to the wedding tent was quietly closed, concealing the pair of eyes peeking out from the crack.

Yang Can held the candlestick and sat down by the tent flap.

Judging from the situation, at least for today, the Suo family won't kill him to silence him, so he has time to think about a good plan.

Early in the morning, Suo Chanzhi, despite feeling unwell, went to discuss matters with Granny Tu, indicating that Granny Tu was likely a key figure in planning all of this.

Yu Chengye had only been dead for less than an hour last night, and Suo Chanzhi was able to come up with such a way to break the deadlock?

This is very unreasonable.

How could a newlywed young woman, facing such a sudden and dramatic change, calm down so quickly and come up with such an amazing solution?

Perhaps there are many extraordinary people in this world, but Suo Chanzhi is clearly not one of them. This bride is not a woman with such a deep mind.

Last night, this noble lady from the Su family wanted to set rules for him, but what happened?

He molded them into "rules" and "squares" in a moment, yet they were powerless to resist.

He almost caused the engine to seize up in a brand new car that hadn't even been broken in yet.

Yang Can had already seen through her "fierce exterior but weak interior." Judging from Suo Chanzhi's adaptability, she was clearly not the kind of intelligent and talented young girl.

Therefore, Granny Tu was not only a participant in the sperm donation plan, but also... very likely the plan's architect...

Thinking of this, Yang Can frowned. This conjecture was logical, but it lacked a fundamental motivation to support the logic:
He was the groom's best man, and he was the Yu family member who had the most dealings with the Suo family along the way.

He remembered that this Granny Tu was not a dowry maid from Suo Chanzhi's household, but was given to Suo Chanzhi by the main branch of the Suo family.

If Granny Tu was the old woman who had taken care of Suo Chanzhi since she was a child, it could be said that she loved Suo Chanzhi as her own daughter, which is why she was willing to risk her head to make a plan for her own daughter.

But Granny Tu was a gift from the main branch of the Suo family, so how could she have such deep feelings for Suo Chanzhi?
The reason that Suo Chanzhi gave him was Suo Chanzhi's motive, but not the motive for Tu Mama's active participation.

Therefore, Granny Tu must have had ulterior motives. What could her motives be?
As a lowly employee in the IP industry, Yang Can's previous life's knowledge is naturally useless in this world.

However, the core qualities and transferable abilities he developed in the process of learning and practicing those skills are still relevant in this day and age.

For example, the ability to break down problems and deduce cause and effect; the ability to formulate plans and optimize processes; the ability to integrate information and learn quickly; and the ability to understand and adapt to cross-cultural situations...

To break this deadlock, he not only needs to know who devised the plan, but also what their true purpose is.

However, the information he currently possesses is insufficient for him to make an accurate judgment on this matter.

Since the Suo family has no intention of killing him now, he needs to use this precious time to figure everything out as soon as possible so that he can act effectively and respond accordingly!
Thinking of this, Yang Can put the candlestick back on the bedside table, put the candle back in, then turned around and walked out of the tent.

When Yang Can stepped out of the tent, Suo Chanzhi was nowhere to be found, and the withered old woman Tu stood in front of him like a ghost.

(End of this chapter)