Chapter 1: Bacon and Roast Chicken
Chapter 1: Bacon and Roast Chicken
The glow of the setting sun cast its light on the eaves of the Zheng family's house. Water had been splashed on the ground in front of the door, settling the evening dust and bringing a hint of coolness.
The three members of the Zheng family were eating dinner at a small table directly facing the entrance.
“Madam beat the steward Wang’s son with forty strokes; he’s barely alive and had to be carried back,” Zheng's mother said, sharing the latest gossip from the estate.
Zheng Fa, holding his chopsticks, listened to his mother’s story. His little sister, Zheng Shan, leaned half her body against him, holding a rice bowl larger than her head in both hands, her face buried in it as she ate heartily.
Hearing their mother’s tale, Zheng Shan lifted her head and asked, “Wang Gui? Wasn’t he chosen as the seventh young master’s study attendant by Madam? Why was he beaten?”
Zheng Fa glanced at his sister, seeing her bright, round eyes, a mischievous grin on her lips, and a spot of dark green vegetable juice.
That expression, full of schadenfreude—what a little rascal!
Even though Zheng Shan was only six years old, she understood that the relationship between the Wang family and theirs was not good.