Chapter 338 - Chapter 338: Chapter 331: Caterpillar Rampage_1 (1/2)
Chapter 338: Chapter 331: Caterpillar Rampage_1
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He had calculated that by scaling the ridge behind his own house, he could reach the location of the Ancient Banyan Tree and the Ant Nest directly.
The journey would be considerably shorter than before.
It is said that a cunning hare has three burrows.
In the future, his access to the deep mountains would also be more convenient, and he could avoid prying eyes.
In case of a powerful enemy attack, he could even escape directly into the deep mountains.
He was already considering raising some poisonous insects on the mountain behind his house, and planting some aggressive plants as well.
In time, the mountain behind his house would become a forbidden area.
Additionally, he now had a vast area of land for planting various precious medicinal herbs.
Most medicinal herbs are not suitable for planting in fields, but rather in the mountains.
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In the blink of an eye, eight days had passed.
Only two days remained until his wedding.
The Wang Family had already started purchasing supplies in preparation for the wedding banquet.
The Tang Family was probably making preparations as well.
Qin Niu, on the other hand, was saving trouble by directly enlisting Auntie Hua and Xu Zhenchang to handle the arrangements for him.
It was something that couldn’t be helped, as his family only had Xiao Qing as a servant, without a steward or slaves, nor any other relatives to handle such a grand celebration, and Qin Niu had no experience in such matters.
Auntie Hua and Xu Zhenchang were both pleased to curry favor with Qin Niu.
The opportunity to serve him was met with great pleasure from both, and they handled everything with diligence.
Recently, Qin Niu was so busy with cultivation that the two of them withdrew silver coin quite frequently.
And there was a lot of calculation needed too.
So he simply said to Xiao Qing, “Xiao Qing, please ask Sister Wanyan to come over, I need her help with something.”
It wasn’t long before the white-clad Wang Wanyan floated over.
Not having seen her for several days, she seemed even more beautiful and charming.
“Wanyan, these past few days I’ve asked Auntie Hua and the village head to organize the wedding. There are many items that need to be purchased. I would like you to take charge of the finances, keeping the silver money with you. When they need to withdraw silver money, they will come to you. Is that okay?”
Qin Niu felt that she had a talent for financial management when they went clothes shopping together that day.
After all, they will soon be family, so it would be quite appropriate for her to start playing the role of the lady of the house a bit early.
“Of course I can. But with the multiple expenses involved, aren’t you afraid that I’ll embezzle?”
“Haha, you are mine, what’s the harm in giving you all the silver money? And you are one of the people I trust most. It’s not just a mere hundred taels of silver money—if I gave you all of our entire family’s assets, I’d be completely at ease.”
Qin Niu laughed and gave her a hundred taels of silver money.
A simple wedding could be carried out with just two taels of silver money.
If one were to have a grand celebration, fifteen or sixteen taels would suffice to make it quite spectacular.
But he was not one to skimp, providing a hundred taels for the wedding feast to be used freely.
“Drum and gong troupes, suona bands, all must be complete, and there must be a bridal sedan chair carried by eight, with a banquet done properly. We’ll have a banquet with dishes served like a flowing stream, treating all the villagers of Shuangfeng Village and Daoyuan Village to a day-long feast. Also, we need to hire an opera troupe. There’s only one such occasion in life, I can’t let you or Cai Xian be wronged.”
Qin Niu gave his instructions.
Hiring an opera troupe was a major expense; without at least four taels of silver money, one could not hire anyone.
If one wanted a somewhat famous opera troupe, ten taels would be on the lower end. The appearance fees for some well-known performers started at a minimum of seven or eight taels.
“That’s so much money to spend on the event! Maybe we should skip hiring the opera troupe!”
“Don’t say that, being able to marry you and Cai Xian is a blessing I’ve cultivated over eight lifetimes. This money must be spent. Don’t worry about spending it, the right thing to do is to use up these hundred taels.”
For Qin Niu, the matter of setting up a family was of utmost importance.
“Alright, I’ll listen to you.”
She chose to follow her fiancé’s wishes.
With this settled, Qin Niu could now head into the mountains to cultivate with peace of mind.
Upon reaching the Ant Nest, the young ants he had cultivated using Worker Ants last time had already advanced to the next level.
He discovered that even after advancing, these young ants remained young ants.
He then fed them “Thousand Eyes Tree” Blood, and one by one, they all successfully evolved to have mental control or mental attack abilities.
And the “Thousand Eyes Tree” Blood consumed was very minimal.
After discovering this breeding plan was feasible, Qin Niu gradually expanded his ‘cultivation expert’ operations.
From the initial ten to now a hundred.
He no longer had to worry about breeding termites.
Providing them with enough Ancient Banyan Tree Blood was all that was required.
The Ant Queen reached a stable state around the fifth day, transforming back into an egg-laying machine. At a rate of a thousand eggs per day, she expanded the colony.