Fortunate Beautiful Farm Girl
Fortunate Beautiful Farm Girl Chapter 199

Chapter 199: Sweet Little Burdens

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chen Feng had fully recovered from her illness. To avoid arousing suspicion, she continued to feign illness and remained indoors. After another five days, on the twentieth, she finally stepped outside and went to the main room for breakfast.

The entire family was overjoyed to see Chen Feng. Especially Chen Ming, who hadn’t seen her since she fell ill, kept urging her to eat more. Dabao, being playful as usual, insisted on sitting on Chen Feng’s lap during meals, continually crying and calling her “mother.”

Chen Lu, standing nearby, chided him, “You’re a boy, you shouldn’t act so spoiled with your mother.”

Normally, Dabao would feel embarrassed, but today, he refused to get down, pouting and saying, “She’s my mother, she’s my mother.”

Chen Lu laughed, “We know she’s your mother, we won’t compete with you.”

Even Zhui Feng, Wangcai, Qiqi, and Gray, were especially affectionate, surrounding her and barking incessantly.

Chen Feng’s mood was soaring.

She also informed Mrs. Wang about Master Wuzhi’s suggestion that Wang Cheng might still be alive, and Chu Lingxuan had agreed to inquire about it.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang was overjoyed, continuously chanting Buddha’s name.

Chen Ming also shared some uplifting news: someone had reported Zhao Lizheng from Zhaojia Village for committing severe crimes, including assaulting and abducting local women. He had already been arrested, and if proven guilty, he wouldn’t escape a ten-year prison sentence.

Hearing this, Chen Feng felt relieved. That old scoundrel deserved retribution. While the mastermind had not yet been punished, she trusted that, given the old lady’s personality, she would certainly meet her end.

She also reminded Chen Ming to send ten taels of silver and two jars of wine to Hu Laowu and ask him to take care of Mrs. Wang’s maternal family for a whole year. Considering the tragic fate of Wang Cheng, the real culprit was Mrs. Ding.

After lunch, she personally made some plum blossom cakes in the kitchen. However, Dabao constantly tugged at her skirt, following her every move, leaving her both annoyed and amused.

At a quarter to the hour of the Snake (10 a.m.), she took Dabao, Zhui Feng, Wangcai, Qiqi, and Gray to Tangyuan. Since the alert had been lifted and old Madam Chen had been noticed by Chen Shiying, and Zhao Lizheng had been arrested. Therefore, Chen Feng no longer needed bodyguards.

Before reaching Tangyuan, Chen Feng saw Chu Hanyan, Chu Lingxuan, and the old Marquis, among others, coming out of the side gate, preparing to go to Luyuan. When Chu Hanyan saw Chen Feng, she cried with excitement and ran towards her with her little legs.

As she ran and cried, she kept calling out, “Aunt, aunt, Hanyan…missed, aunt…”

Chen Feng hurried a few steps and embraced the rushing Hanyan. Hanyan hugged her neck and cried, which made Chen Feng feel both sweet and melancholic. Seeing this, Dabao also hugged her legs and sobbed.

This scene made the old Marquis and Chu Lingxuan, who were following behind, smile helplessly. This joyful occasion had turned into tears!

They then turned back and went to Luyuan. Since the old Marquis and Little Miss Chu suffered from a peculiar disease (the disease is that, they don’t like the foods made in Tangyuan, and likes to eat Cheng Feng’s home cook foods), and Chen Feng had recovered from her illness, they wanted to have a meal at Luyuan.

Upon returning to Luyuan, Chen Feng led the children and the pets to “practice martial arts.”

It had been a long time since they last practiced martial arts, and, with the lighter cotton robes, wearing only a short coat, skirt, or trousers, the children were very lively. Their laughter filled the air, entertaining the Chu family and the others.

After the exercise, the old Marquis chuckled at Chen Feng and said, “This young lady has been sick for so long that not only Dabao and Hanyan have lost weight, even I and Lingxuan have slimmed down…starving for delicious food.”

This sudden exclamation startled Chen Feng, but thankfully the old Marquis quickly made light of the situation. Chu Lingxuan, on the other hand, appeared unfazed, as if he hadn’t understood the comment.

In the kitchen, Chen Feng was joined by the two little ones, who clung to her legs and wouldn’t budge. Eventually, she had to let them sit on a small stool near the fire. The stool was a bit long, so the two little ones squeezed together and followed her movements with their eyes.

These two little ones were her sweet little burdens.

Chen Feng resumed her role as a kindergarten teacher, occasionally doubling as a chef.

As the peaceful days passed, it was already mid-February.

Fengyuan had taken shape, with the houses all built and the roof beam installed on the twelfth day. On that day, there was a bustling celebration, with many guests from Xiangluo Village and Shangshui Village invited for a meal. Even the old Marquis graced the occasion. Chen Feng didn’t attend, instead, Chen Ming and Dabao hosted the guests.

On the eighteenth day, the old Marquis was to set off for the capital. He mentioned that he would return after spending some time there. He expressed his fondness for the place and his reluctance to leave Chu Hanyan, Dabao, and even Chen Feng.

A few days earlier, he had asked Chen Feng for a lot of items: forty pounds of osmanthus glutinous red dates, twenty pounds of biscuits, twenty pounds of cakes, forty pounds of golden silk cake, ten jars of spicy cabbage, and ten jars of fermented rice. This amounted to several large carts of goods.

Chen Feng couldn’t help but smirk. Was this blatant bribery? Nonetheless, she earnestly prepared everything for him.

The day before the old Marquis departed, on February 17th, Chen Feng went to Tenli Town. There, she had been given five hundred acres of fertile land and a manor by Chen Shiying, and she wanted to see it. She didn’t want to be confined by the little girl in the future.

The family had already purchased a cart, driven by Old Zeng, with Xue Dagui and Zeng Xiaoqing accompanying her. Due to Dabao’s crying and insistence, she took him and Zhui Feng along as well.

The field was in Wangshan Village, less than ten miles southwest of Xiangluo Village, close to Daqing Mountain, hence the name Wangshan Village.

Surprisingly, Wangshan Village was adjacent to Zhaojia Village, which was quite a coincidence.

After nearly half an hour on the cart, they arrived. The manor consisted of two courtyards, and old man Lin, along with his son and daughter-in-law, lived there to manage the fields.

Lin Bo, in his fifties, led his son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren to kowtow to Chen Feng and Dabao.

Chen Feng said, “Please rise, grandpa Lin, Uncle Lin, and Aunt Lin.”

Zeng Xiaoqing then handed each of them a pouch containing two silver ingots.

This family was hired by Chen Shiying in the south, to oversee the farm on the southern side of Jiangnan.

The land here had been bought by Chen Shiying three years ago, and Lin Bo had been placed here due to his high level of trust.

Chen Feng speculated that this might be Chen Shiying’s base for monitoring Zhaojia Village. No wonder Chen Shiying was aware of the evil deeds committed by Zhao Lizheng. It turned out that he had planted people here long ago, near Zhaojia Village.

Chen Feng wasn’t afraid of the Lin family betraying her in favor of Chen Shiying, as a few days earlier, Chen Shiying had specifically asked Chu Lingxuan to bring their family’s slave contract to her.

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