Chapter 305: New Year’s Gift ( 3 )
Yao Zhi was hoping that Zhou Boming would help her promote her wine. After the plowing season, she would start building her workshop, and one of the workshops she wanted to build was a winery.
When she left Zhu’an town and arrived at the General’s mansion, it was already 11 o’clock in the morning.
The guards were already familiar with her. When they saw her coming, one of the guards quickly went to inform Steward Han, while another one helped her unload the gifts.
Less than 10 minutes later, the guard returned with Steward Han. Seeing her, he cupped his fists and bowed to her. "Greetings, Young Master Lei."
Yao Zhi and the Ling brothers returned his greetings. "Greetings, Steward Han."
"Young Master Lei, I wonder what brought you here today."
"I came to pay the General and the Madam a New Year’s visit. These are some gifts from my family."
Hearing this, Steward Han said apologetically, "Thank you for visiting, Young Master Lei. Unfortunately, the General and the Madam went to the barracks today and were unable to host you."
When she heard this, Yao Zhi smiled and replied, "It’s okay. I just came to deliver the gifts."
After a moment of pause, she added, "Steward Han, the 2 baskets are gifts for the General and the Madam. As for the rest, they are gifts for you, the guards, and the servants."
Steward Han was surprised that the servants and he also received a gift. "Young Master Lei, you are too polite."
"These are just some home-grown vegetables and homebrewed wine. It’s not expensive. I hope you won’t refuse them."
Since she had said so, Steward Han could only accept it. He bowed to her and said, "Then, I thank Young Master Lei on behalf of everyone."
"I still have some matters to attend to, so I will take my leave first," Yao Zhi nodded.
"I will inform the General and the Madam about your visit. Young Master Lei, walk slowly."
After she delivered the New Year’s gifts, Yao Zhi returned home. For the rest of the day, she spent it teaching her people how to prepare seedlings for the spring plowing.
The sweet potato seeds she used were the ones grown in her system’s farmland, so the quality of the seeds was good. They sat on low stools in the area near Ling Shi’er’s room and followed her instructions.
To plant a total of 210 hectares of land, they needed around 40,000 vines per hectare. Since the amount of vines needed was a lot, it took them 10 days to prepare the vines.
Every day, Yao Zhi would sprinkle some water mixed with the spiritual spring water to boost the quality and growth rate. They covered the seedlings with straw mats to keep the temperature warm.
While she was busy preparing for the spring plowing, the situation in the disaster area finally stabilized.
With the village having been rebuilt and the refugees returning home, the local civil officials distributed the grains and supplies under Jiang Fei’s supervision.
Fearing the might of the White Tiger Army, no one dared to embezzle the disaster relief fund. On the 13th day of the 2nd month of the 4th year of Tianwu, Fu Chen’an received the order to depart tomorrow.
The soldiers were overjoyed to receive the order. During their meal, Xiao Wei sat beside Fu Chen’an and chewed on the hard steamed cake.
He let out a long sigh and said, "I don’t know if I can enter my wife’s room when I return home this time."
Hearing this, Fu Chen’an glanced at him and asked, "Why do you say so?"
Xiao Wei looked at him and asked him back, "Didn’t your wife throw a tantrum when you didn’t go home for a long time?"
"I told my wife when I was assigned a mission. She never threw a tantrum," Fu Chen’an shook his head.
When he heard this, Xiao Wei was skeptical.
He remembered that his friend’s wife always threatened him with suicide whenever he didn’t fulfill her demands. Hearing that she never threw a tantrum made him think that the person his friend married before and his current wife were 2 different people.
After a moment of silence, he asked, "Chen’an, are you sure that your wife wasn’t swapped with another person?"
Hearing this, Fu Chen’an narrowed his eyes and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"Well, I’m just curious. Your wife’s personality has changed so much. She looks like 2 different people."
Fu Chen’an lowered his gaze and replied calmly, "Her bad personality back then was due to her illness. It wasn’t what she wanted. Now that she is cured, it’s normal for her personality to get better."
Xiao Wei had already heard this matter from his mother and didn’t continue the topic.
After the meal, Fu Chen’an returned to his tent to get some rest. During the past weeks, he was so busy that he barely had enough sleep. If not for the medicinal water prepared by his wife, he might have fallen sick from exhaustion.
Not only did he need to rescue people and build the village, but he also needed to replenish the supplies and water.
The problem was that Jiang Fei stationed more people to guard the granary for an unknown reason. It made it harder for him to secretly add the supplies.
Fortunately, the grains sent by his wife under Lei Feng’s name arrived not long after. While everyone was busy unloading the supplies, he took out all the medicine and grains stored in his spatial bag.
Now, besides the snacks and items prepared for him by his wife, the spatial bag only had some water left.
Lying on his bed, he was soon lost in thought. He wondered what his wife was doing and whether she missed him. As he thought about his wife, he soon fell asleep.
Early in the morning, Jiang Wei and all the soldiers carried their belongings and left under the people’s grateful words and praises.