Divorced woman with child travels through time

Chapter 343 Transfer Order

"Miss."

"Ok?"

"If I take you away from here, will you come?"

"Huh? Why?" Chen Wenfang was a little confused.

"Just tell me if you want to leave or not?" Wang Erniu was quite persistent.

"Of course I'm willing! Are you leaving? Are you taking me with you? Where to? Why?" Chen Wenfang asked three questions in quick succession.

“I received the transfer order last night. It’s an urgent transfer. I need to take some men to Fujian. I’m worried about leaving you alone at home. Why don’t you come with me?” Wang Erniu said somewhat heavily. “I’m afraid Zhao Qi’s side has put in some effort. Otherwise, this transfer order wouldn’t have come so quickly, and it would be so strange.”

“In that case, when are we leaving? What about the children?” Chen Wenfang asked without hesitation.

"My wife, you're so good to me." Wang Erniu hugged her tightly, moved. "There's no rush. We can postpone our departure for a few more days. We need to talk to the children first and get things arranged."

"Okay, I'll make the arrangements."

"Okay, I'm going out with Lü Xiong for a bit."

"Oh, are you coming back for dinner?"

"We might not make it in time," Wang Erniu said as he picked up his things.

"Then I'll leave the rice in the pot for you to eat when you come back," Chen Wenfang said without asking any questions.

"Ok!"

In the villa in Lijia Town, Ah Xing and Ah Yue returned and lay on the recliner that Zhong Chang usually sat on, leisurely munching on roasted peanuts.

"You know what, this stuff gets better and better the more you eat it."

"Is it really that delicious?" A-Yue wasn't a big fan of snacks, but A-Xing loved them so much, eating them in front of her every day. The aroma of the peanuts made her a little tempted. "Give me one!"

"Tch, take more! Do you think I'm that stingy?" Ah Xing reached into the bag, grabbed a handful of things, and stuffed them into her hand.

A-Yue peeled one, popped the skin into her mouth, and said, "Hmm, it smells pretty good, but it's so dry! It's not as good as beef jerky!" She then threw it back.

Do you have beef jerky?

"No, they haven't been selling them lately." Ah Xing guiltily touched his pocket, where five strips of beef jerky that he had been reluctant to eat lay quietly.

"What are you doing here?" A sudden voice rang out, and Zhong Chang appeared at the door with his servants.

"Oh, Wang Erniu brought his men and rescued those families. I came to tell you, don't blame us, there were too many of them, the two of us couldn't beat them, and they were all experts." Ah Xing replied lazily, without moving an inch.

"Go then. I guess this method won't work. I'm leaving too. This is an order from your general. You can decide what to do." Zhong Chang tossed him a letter.

He just came back to say hello. That hateful Wang Erniu always thinks ahead of him in everything. And that Chen Niangzi is too good at business. The fine wine she recently made is only five taels of silver per catty. Damn it, if it were him, this wine would definitely be so popular that it would be hard to find. A hundred taels per catty wouldn't be an exaggeration. Why doesn't she sell the recipe? It's such a pity. He really wanted to do business with her.

Fortunately, he had a backup plan. Zhong Changle leisurely rode his horse south, passing through Qingshui Town, where he met Li Feng, who was already waiting there.

"Greetings, Manager Zhong!"

"You're too kind, please sit down!" Zhong Chang waved his hand casually, took the seat of honor first, and started eating with his chopsticks.

"Yes, yes, okay!" Li Feng was completely unpretentious. His gray hair made his fleshy face look particularly obsequious, a stark contrast to his usual stern and bossy demeanor.

"Shopkeeper, try this fish. It was just caught this morning from the Qingshui River, and it tastes exceptionally fresh!"

"Hmm, not bad!" Zhong Chang picked up a little bit with his chopsticks, looking quite disgusted. "You didn't get the job done, so I can't give you the money. As for the deposit, you have to return half to me!"

"Oh dear! Manager Zhong, this won't do. Although I didn't get things done, it's not my fault. Who knew they had that indenture? It's all that old woman Liu's fault. She tricked us. I've lost all face."

“That’s your problem. Didn’t you first check if Granny Liu had burned the indenture? I gave you so much money, and this is how you do things?” Zhong Chang put down his chopsticks and looked at him with a smile.

Li Feng broke out in a cold sweat, rose from his seat and knelt on the ground. "Mr. Zhong, this matter was my fault. You are a magnanimous man and will not hold it against me. That woman, Madam Chen, is of no use to me. Wouldn't it be better if I found you a few suitable wives?"

"Get out!" Zhong Chang swept the dishes on the table onto the ground, splattering them all over Li Feng. Li Feng remained kneeling, not daring to move, his body covered in leftover food and soup.

"You know nothing!" Zhong Chang was exasperated; how could all his subordinates be such useless cowards!

"Do you know how Chen Niangzi, a woman, managed to make nearly 100,000 taels of silver a year from digging for wild vegetables? She was indeed just a concubine before, but so what? A hero's origins don't matter. Or do you look down on 100,000 taels of silver? How much do you earn in a year? Aside from deducting from your neighbors' earnings and embezzling and accepting bribes, can your salary and private property earn you even 5,000 taels a year? And you still look down on others!"

Zhong Chang didn't mention her new wine, but too many people were already interested, not just him, but sooner or later the whole Song Dynasty would find out.

"Bang!" Zhong Chang slammed the bowl down on the table. "Give me back half of the deposit, and consider the rest as your hard-earned money. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Li Feng didn't dare to utter a word in rebuttal. He knelt on the ground and obediently peeled off the fish tail from his body with his hands. He wiped his hands on his clothes, took out five thousand taels of silver notes from his pocket, and respectfully presented them with both hands.

Zhong Chang gave the groom Li Chunlai a wink, and Li Chunlai immediately stepped forward to take it. Li Feng watched longingly, but Zhong Chang didn't give him a wink, stood up and left.

Li Feng slumped to the ground and waited for a long time. When the waiter came in and took a look, he was frightened away by Li Feng's fierce eyes.

Li Feng did the math in his head. It was a total of ten thousand taels of silver. Manager Zhong really thought highly of that woman. He only spent five hundred taels to bribe the clansmen, so he still made a profit. He wasn't at a loss even after being humiliated. However, if that woman surnamed Chen was really good at making money, then that Xuan-ge'er could make good use of her.

Li Feng pondered, his expression changing repeatedly. He slowly sat up, calmly summoned the waiter, changed rooms, ate and drank by himself, paid the bill, and strode out of the restaurant with his head held high.

In the evening, Li Feng specially prepared a table of fine food and wine at home and invited Li Ming and his son to come over for dinner.

"My dear nephew is here! Come, come, sit here!" Li Feng's fleshy face beamed with an unusually warm smile.

"Second brother, why did you invite us to dinner? Where is eldest brother?" Li Ming looked around.

"Second Uncle, I brought you some tea as a small token of my appreciation."

"Good, good, Wei'er has really made something of himself. It's your treat today, there's no one else here. Come on, let's drink." Li Feng smiled as if he didn't care about the cost and poured them drinks.