Fortunate Beautiful Farm Girl
Fortunate Beautiful Farm Girl Chapter 138

Chapter 138: Daddy is Back

Luo Xiao took out a purse from his pocket and handed it to Chen Feng. The purse contained ninety-six taels of silver—ninety taels for the design fee and six taels for labor. He also mentioned that Manager Luo had provided several pieces of silk, a dozen or so of fine and velvet fabrics, and some embroidery thread. These materials were not only for designing clothing and making dolls but also included fabric for the young miss Chu’s clothing. When Chen Feng returned home, the carriage would bring these materials for her.

As the days were short in winter, it was already fully dark by the time Chen Feng finished work. She took a carriage ride back home with Dabao, the two dogs, and the two birds.

First, she went to the new courtyard to stow away the materials before heading to the old courtyard.

Mrs. Wang had already set the table for dinner.

Chen Feng gave Mrs. Wang five taels of silver and instructed her to pass on one tael to Mrs. Gao.

Mrs. Wang said, “A’Gui’s wife is very good, diligent, and eager to learn. She has helped your Mother with many things. Give her two taels, and Mother will take one tael. A’Feng should also have one tael for the work you’ve done, mostly cutting the fabric.”

Chen Feng shook her head and said, “Mother, having been an embroiderer, you should know the vast difference in complexity between detailed embroidery and simpler work. In the past, you embroidered day and night, yet only earned a few hundred wen per month. Giving cousin’s wife one tael is already generous. Families should keep accounts clear to avoid discord. If you want, take her out and assign her more complex tasks for extra pay in the future. As for me, I’ll take at most one tael for labor, and the rest can be considered as the fee for the clothes you made for little Yan.”

Most of the task of making clothes for Chu Hanyan was assigned to Mrs. Wang. Last month, Mrs. Wang had even found time to help Chen Feng make two sets of outerwear, two cotton robes, and two pairs of cotton slippers for the girl.

Mrs. Wang said, “You just mentioned keeping accounts clear, but why give me so much for these clothes?”

Chen Feng smiled and said, “The rest is my filial piety to you.”

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang chuckled and accepted the five taels of silver.

Chen Ming teased, “My wife is becoming more competent. She actually earned five taels of silver in a month. Unlike me, busy every day and yet not earning a single tael.”

The whole family laughed.

The night grew even darker, and snowflakes fell larger and more abundantly.

Seven or eight horsemen arrived at the gate of Tangyuan. One of them dismounted and knocked on the gate, shouting, “Open the gate, the master has returned.”

A voice from inside responded, “Coming, coming.”

The gate opened, and the group walked in.

Chu Lingxuan, dusty from the journey, went straight to his room to take a bath, hardly paying attention to food, and then hurried to the rear courtyard. Meeting Steward Luo, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, he said, “Uncle Luo, wait a moment. I need to see my Yanyan first.”

At this hour, his daughter should have been getting ready for bed, but he was eager to see her.

He pushed open the bedroom door and was greeted by a warm atmosphere and a faint scent of greenery. He saw his daughter standing in the middle of the room, holding a large swallow doll, staring at him with eyes as dark as grapes.

Her black hair cascaded down, secured at the crown with a crimson ribbon, forming a small butterfly-shaped flower. She wore a Yang Fei-colored ankle-length cotton robe and a pair of peculiar Yang Fei-colored cotton slippers, each adorned with a cat face, strange yet charming.

After not seeing her for almost a month, he noticed that his daughter had grown taller and her eyes seemed to have gained a newfound radiance. She also seemed… even more beautiful.

Chu Lingxuan walked over and crouched down, smiling at her beautiful face. “How did my little girl know that Daddy is back and waited here?” he asked.

“Sound…” murmured Chu Hanyan softly.

This was the first time his daughter had answered him so clearly, and Chu Lingxuan was overjoyed. He lifted her up and said, “Did Yanyan hear Daddy’s footsteps and wait here for Daddy?”

This time, Chu Hanyan didn’t respond. Instead, she patted the little swallow doll in her hand and said, “Little swallow, wearing flower clothes, come here in spring… The swallow says, ‘In spring, it’s… more beautiful.'”

Although her eyes were fixed on the doll and not on him, he knew that she was intentionally reciting it for him.

He was thrilled, and it took a moment for him to react. “My daughter is so capable. She can even… um, recite verses,” he said.

“Aunt… said, recite, Daddy… happy,” Chu Hanyan said haltingly.

“Daddy heard it. Daddy is really happy,” Chu Lingxuan quickly said.

His excited voice was slightly trembling. He had once thought that he would have to keep his daughter hidden away, and that she would remain that way for the rest of her life. He never expected that she would be able to recite nursery rhymes and communicate with him.

Indeed, as the young lady had said, his daughter was intelligent. He just needed to help her step out of her own world…

Encouraged, Chu Hanyan continued, reciting haltingly, “Little rabbit… good, open… the door, not open, not open… Daddy’s back… open…”

The last word was stretched out for quite a while.

What was she reciting? Chu Lingxuan’s eyes widened in surprise.

While the nursery rhyme “Little Swallow” was somewhat normal, this “Little Rabbit” nursery rhyme was simply too… too amusing.

Chu Lingxuan burst into hearty laughter. After laughing, he even paused for a moment, realizing that this hearty laughter was probably the first since things had been well at home.

Chu Hanyan saw her father laugh like this for the first time and also grinned widely.

Proudly, Chu Lingxuan said, “My girl is so good, she won’t open the door for anyone else, only for Daddy.”

Chu Hanyan followed up with, “Big bad wolf… won’t open.”

Big bad wolf? Although Chu Lingxuan was a bit baffled, he felt extremely relaxed and content. He sat on the edge of the bed, holding his daughter and engaging in a brief conversation. Although he did most of the talking, his daughter occasionally uttered a word or two, something he had never dared to hope for before.

As Chu Hanyan’s eyes started to droop, Mama Song came over, picked her up, undressed her from her long robe, removed the ribbon from her hair, and laid her down in bed.

After seeing his daughter fall asleep hugging the swallow doll, Chu Lingxuan quietly left the room.

In the main hall, he listened as Mama Song briefed him on his daughter’s daily activities. He learned that the unique clothes and shoes were all made by Chen Feng, called Lucky Cat pajamas and Lucky Cat cotton slippers, which his daughter adored. Mama Song also mentioned that his daughter could now play with other children and was diligently reciting nursery rhymes, eager to recite them for her father…

Chu Lingxuan walked with a joyful mood, a slight smile gracing his lips.

Returning to his study, he found that the table was already set with food and drink. As he drank, he listened to Steward Luo’s report on his daughter’s recent activities and the affairs of Tangyuan.

Although he found Chen Feng’s teaching method peculiar, he couldn’t deny its practicality.

When he heard about the first time Chu Hanyan went to Chen Feng’s home, and how Steward Luo had brought so many people to serve, causing a commotion at her house all day, scaring Chen Feng to the point where she dared not rest afterward, he couldn’t help but laugh again.

1 comment
  1. Drowningsparrow has spoken 9 months ago

    if the daughter is so beautiful, I bet her mom was devastatingly beautiful that can bring a nation down, too bad she passed

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