Nightwatcher

# 420. Xu Qi'an My Fishpond has no Useless Fish

After Aunt Zhang left, Xu Qi’an led his little mare into the courtyard and tied her to the trunk of a young banyan tree.

It was only then that he realised that, in just a few short days, the once desolate courtyard had blossomed with a dazzling array of flowers, each exhibiting different and charming forms. Bees and butterflies fluttered among the blooms.

The air was filled with a refreshing floral fragrance.

Xu Qi’an took a rough glance around and spotted many rare and valuable species, some of which could fetch over a dozen taels of silver each.

The reason he knew the prices of these rare varieties was because his Auntie at home spent her days fussing over potted plants. After spring began, she had invested over two hundred taels of silver in this hobby.

Of course, Xu Qi’an never bothered to question how much silver his Auntie spent on these expensive plants—it wasn’t his money, after all. The real issue was that Auntie’s beloved potted plants were always getting knocked over by Xu Lingyin.

Every time it happened, Auntie would fly into a rage and scold her, repeating over and over: “Do you know how much these flowers are worth, you little brat?”

“What’s with all these flowers?” Xu Qi’an asked casually.