Chapter 353: Mountain In Autumn
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Third Uncle and Ms. Ma both fell silent.
They were quite taken aback.
Ms. Ma burst into tears. “Ah, then what can we do? Poor Liulang, your paper has been wrongly judged, how terrible it is!”
Shao Liulang also looked as if that was true.
Third Uncle hesitated for a moment and asked discreetly, rubbing his hands. “Liulang, just tell me the truth, how are you doing in college? What knowledge have you obtained? Do teachers speak highly of you often?”
Shao Liulang felt quite confused, wondering what his father was talking about that he asked these questions all of a sudden.
Ms. Ma could not hold a secret but said angrily, “Shao Yunduan and Ms. Qiao say that you are just bragging about being spoken highly of by the teachers.
The teachers couldn’t have ignored you but turned to him instead, right?”
Shao Liulang’s face changed as he said coldly, “Just ignore what they told you! They just wish that we are worse than them. What good things can come out of their mouths?”
“That is true!”
“Alright, alright, I need a break, just leave me alone.”
“But…’
“Just leave me alone!”
Shao Liulang pushed his parents out of the room, and shut the door.
He let out a breath, feeling his cheeks heat up.
He managed to lie to his parents, but felt quite uncertain inwardly.
Why was Shao Yunduan saying this about him? He was plain lucky to have reached where he was, and he was not in a position to accuse him of anything!
Shao Liulang clenched his teeth angrily.
After grains went into the granary, and the last batch of lipsticks of the year were ready, the weather became much cooler. The leaves on the mountain were also gradually changing color and falling. The color-changing trees were mixed in the evergreen green mountains and forests, which was very beautiful.
Qiao Xuan did a count. They had 1,536 lipsticks in total with four different colors by now.
She decided to produce one batch of lip balms.
It was much easier to make lip balms, but the remaining beeswax was only enough for around 1 000 pieces, according to her experience.
They could not get any more beeswax in autumn because soon winter was coming and the bees were all busy preparing for the winter.
They had to wait for the spring next year to make more lipsticks.
For Qiao Xuan and those who were good at it, lip balms were much easier to make compared to lipsticks, more handy.
The four of them made 150 pieces within one day.
After three days, they slowed down the pace.
Many things started to ripen in the mountains when autumn came, and Qiao Xuan was eager to pay a visit there.
The grapes in her garden were also ripe. According to Shao Xiaoqi and Taotao, they were bigger than the original wild grapes growing on the mountain, and they were also sweeter and far more delicious.
In fact, the wild grapes in the mountains were relatively small, but the ones in her garden were all big bunches.
Qiao Xuan was glad that her superpower helped her with all such things.
Everyone didn’t think it was too strange. They just assumed that the grapes grew well because they often took good care of them and fertilized them, so that they could grow better than the wild ones.
In addition to the wild grapes, the dates, pomegranates, and lemons in the garden were also ripe. The persimmons were still a little bit sour, but they would soon ripen.
This season was the time when the wild grapes were present the most in the mountains. Qiao Xuan wanted to get some more. She was going to wash them, drain them, and mash them into large porcelain jars, to let them ferment naturally to make some wine.
It was a pity that the mountain grapes were not big enough, but the core was not small, otherwise they could have tried to convert them into raisins.
There were many mushrooms, which also grew in autumn. Those were picked to be dried, and they should be delicious when eaten..