Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

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?Chapter 332: 331 Chapter 332: 331 The servants who arrived earlier had already reserved a two-inlet small courtyard at the post station. The guards and some male servants stayed in the guest rooms in the front yard, while the master, a few close guards, and maidservants stayed in the inner courtyard.

Chen Afu and Chu Lingxuan stayed in the north room of the east wing, while Mrs. Wei and Li Xuan stayed in the south room. The old master and Master Chu stayed in the main room, and Wang Cheng’s family stayed in the west wing.

After settling their belongings in their rooms, they went to the main room for dinner. Seeing the master and grandson of the Chu family made Wang Cheng’s family nervous. They couldn’t eat their fill at the same meal, so Chen Afu had their food delivered to the west wing and added a pot of wine for Wang Cheng.

What Chen Afu didn’t know was that during their few days at the Marquis’ Mansion, Wang Cheng and his wife didn’t eat much. Suddenly entering an affluent household terrified them, especially when people made unpleasant remarks behind their backs. Although those few people were punished with beatings and sold off thereafter, Wang Cheng and his wife felt extremely guilty for causing trouble for Chen Afu.

Plenty of food was delivered every day, but they didn’t want to eat too much for fear of being laughed at by the servants and causing Chen Afu to lose face. Aside from their younger siblings who ate their fill, they only ate enough to stay a bit hungry. Chen Afu also gave them many nourishing supplements for Mrs. Wu to restore her health, but they didn’t dare to use the small kitchen to make them.

Now the only servant left in the room was Mrs. Tan, who Chen Afu bought for them. Without any of the Chu family’s servants, even though the food on the table wasn’t as abundant as at the Marquis’ Mansion, the family enjoyed their meal. Wang Cheng also drank heartily.

Thinking that he would finally see his sister the day after tomorrow, Wang Cheng began to tear up as he drank.

Mrs. Wu smiled as she comforted him. She then offered a suggestion, “…Our family can’t always live in my sister’s house, and we can’t always rely on Afu’s support. Although Wang Cheng earns one to two taels of silver every month, I can’t do the embroidery work now, and since our younger brother is so old, he should attend school for a couple of years to prepare for his future. Afu gave each of the children 20 taels of silver before we left, and Mrs. Chu and aunty each gave us 50 taels of Silver as parting gifts. With the money from selling our house, we have a total of 148 taels of Silver. We spent five taels of silver buying tea and candies for my sister’s family, so we still have 143 taels of Silver. We could buy 20 acres of land to lease out, and with the rent and Wang Cheng’s military salary, we’d be living quite comfortably. We could use the remaining money to build a house; we’d have everything then.”

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