The Goddess of Autumn (3.1)

I released his collar upon hearing this. "Tell me, how do you brew it?"

"To brew osmanthus wine, you first need to collect osmanthus flowers." He spread the cloth he had been holding under the osmanthus tree. It seemed that he had planned to brew wine today.

Ye Wenqu stood in front of the osmanthus tree and shook it until the flowers fell into the cloth.

It seems too much of a hassle for him, so I summoned a gust of autumn wind to help. With the wind blowing, all the osmanthus flowers fell down.

"What do we do after this?"

Ye Wenqu brushed off the osmanthus flowers on his clothes and said, "Next, we need to clean the osmanthus flowers. But the materials needed are all at my humble home nearby. If the miss doesn't mind..."

"Let's go to your house," I replied. I wanted to learn how to brew osmanthus wine. If he simply gave it to me after it's done then I wouldn't have learnt anything.

"This scholar have just moved to the city recently. Some things in my home are still in disarray. I hope the lady can forgive me." Ye Wenqu said as he led me to his doorstep.

Right now, my mind was focused on brewing osmanthus wine; I didn't care about anything else.

Afterwards, Ye Wenqu started to make the osmanthus wine. He worked busily while constantly explaining the methods and steps to me. Though I didn't do much, I managed to learn quite a bit.

While burying the osmanthus wine under the peach tree, Ye Wenqu said, "When burying the wine, it should be buried deeper. The wine you buried last time was too shallow. I dug it out whenwas loosening the soil for the peach tree."

"Can it be drunk next year?" I didn't care about what he said, only staring at the wine in his hands.

"Yes, you can," Ye Wenqu replied while pressing the soil.

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A day passed in the heavenly realm equals to a year passed on mortal realm. Because of that, the matter of drinking the osmanthus wine was extremely fast for me.

As the sky darkened, the lanterns were hung up on the streets. Seeing from afar, they resemble the stars in the sky which are very beautiful. 

I moved my steps, ready to go out and have some fun.

"Miss, are you leaving?" Ye Wenqu asked.

"Is there anything else?" I turned my head to ask.

Under the glow of the sunset, with a red face, he said, "I... I still don't know the lady's name."

"Qiu." I usually didn't interact much with mortals, but for the sake of the osmanthus wine, telling him wasn't a big deal.

Although I didn't have any attachments to the mortal realm, I enjoyed its food. While eating meat skewers, I also stuffed a recipe book into my pocket. It contained the recipes for all my favorite mortal delicacies. I planned to give it to the Food God so that I could eat them every day.

The main street ahead was very lively as a wedding ceremony was taking place. A group of people were playing loud music instruments thus creating a festive atmosphere.

A dignified man dressed in red, riding a tall horse in front of the crowd. It was Qin Jin, full of arrogance and scorn, looking down on everyone.

"Hey, do you know? I heard Miss Li wasn't willing to marry Prince Jin at first," the onlookers whispered.

"I heard that this Miss Li already had someone in her heart when Prince Jin proposed. She didn't want to mary Prince Jin at all. She was dead set against marrying him!"

"Even if she wasn't willing, she had to. This marriage was bestowed by the Emperor. Miss Li is also a tragic character."

"What's so bad about it? She was born as the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister and has now become a princess. She will be enjoying an endless life of honor and wealth, unlike us who struggle to make ends meet."

While chewing on my delicious skewers, I listened to their gossip with relish. Suddenly, a haggard-looking man rushed out from the crowd.

"Wanning! You can't marry Prince Jin ah!" the man threw himself in front of the bridal sedan, cried out in grief.

"Yo, isn't this the son of Assistant Minister Zhang?" The onlookers started discussing the sudden appearance of the man.

"Prince Jin! Wanning and I are childhood sweethearts and our feelings are mutual! How can you forcefully snatch my love away like this?" The man spoke emotionally with face full of sorrow and indignation.

"Young Master Zhang's words are mistaken. The Emperor bestowed this marriage to Wanning and I. We love each other. Young Master Zhang's actions today are a bit excessive." Qin Jin sat on his horse, disdain and coldness filled his eyes as he looked down on the man.