The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 264 Maintaining Media
After leaving the backyard of the county government office, Shang Wan and Madam Shu both breathed a sigh of relief and then smiled at each other.

It's done.

The two got into the carriage, and Madam Shu rubbed her lower back. "I never expected that Madam Sun would know martial arts. Luckily I brought you with me. If I had to fight her, I would have admitted defeat immediately."

Shang Wan hadn't expected that the county magistrate's wife liked to make friends through martial arts; there wasn't a word of it outside.

After hearing the purpose of their visit, Madam Sun was very interested in the all-female chamber of commerce, but she was also a smart woman and knew the real reason why Shang Wan and the other woman wanted to recruit her.

She immediately made a request: she would only agree to join if he could defeat her, and she would also take care of persuading the county magistrate.

Madam Sun wielded her red-tasseled spear with considerable skill, considering herself a capable fighter among women, but she paled in comparison to Shang Wan, a visitor from the apocalypse.

To save face for Madam Sun, Shang Wan deliberately went easy on her.

In the end, they won the fight and the deal was settled.

Madam Shu leaned back and looked at Shang Wan, saying, "Once the official documents are issued, you will be the president of our Lancang Chamber of Commerce."

Shang Wan poured a cup of tea and handed it to him: "Aren't you also a vice president?"

Madam Shu took the tea, stared at Shang Wan for a moment, and snorted softly, "It's only because it's you. If it were anyone else, I would definitely fight for the position of chairman."

Shang Wan smiled and said, "I'm fine with being the vice president. I'm not picky."

Madam Shu didn't respond to that, but took a sip of tea and said, "As we agreed before, the guild hall will be temporarily located in Madam Tang's villa, and all the rules will be followed as previously agreed. If there are better developments in the future, it's not too late to move the guild hall."

She glanced at the woman sitting opposite her: "You're pregnant now and shouldn't overexert yourself. In my opinion, the bumpy road is not good for your pregnancy. Why don't you give birth first and then go?"

Shang Wan thought to herself, "This idea is exactly the same as what the three people in my family thought at the beginning."

With her physical condition, even jumping off a cliff wouldn't necessarily cause the child to fall out. She also has the protection of the spiritual spring water, so traveling is really nothing for her.

Seeing that Shang Wan was determined to go with him, Madam Shu stopped trying to persuade her. She sighed softly, "Once you have given birth, your husband's future will probably be settled. Remember to send a message back when you arrive at your new place, and my sisters and I will come to visit you and your child."

Shang Wan deliberately said, "You've all come to see me, aren't you doing business anymore?"

"Dream on, how could you possibly go?" Madam Shu raised her hand and pointed at Shang Wan from a distance, instructing her, "Remember to send a message back."

"Okay," Shang Wan agreed. "I'll definitely send a message back once I've settled in."

Only after receiving this guarantee was Madam Shu satisfied.

She then discussed the caravan's affairs with Shang Wan for a few more minutes, and only after they had finished talking did she ask, "When do you plan to set off?"

Shang Wan: "We'll set off once the Chamber of Commerce issues the documents. The capital is far away, so it's better to leave sooner rather than later."

The journey is long, so if we leave early, we might still be able to celebrate the New Year in Beijing.

Madam Shu nodded. She didn't know what the situation would be like in the capital, so it was better to set off sooner rather than later.

She said, "Tell me before you leave, and all the sisters will come to see you off. The sisters who don't live in the city know you're going on a long journey, so they've sent you some things, which are all here with me. Especially Hongmei, she sent things over early on. She even made a few little clothes for Yuanyuan herself. Remember to come to my house to pick them up before you leave."

Shang Wan was somewhat surprised, but at the same time felt a warmth in her heart.

The carriage stopped in front of the Shang residence. Madam Shu did not get out of the carriage, but simply lifted the curtain and waved to Shang Wan.

After the carriage had gone far away, Shang Wan turned around and walked back into the mansion.

Shi Tou was carrying his book box and was about to leave when he saw Shang Wan and called out with a smile, "Sister, Dean Luo sent someone to ask me to go to his house. I won't be back for lunch."

Shang Wan looked up at the sky and realized it was almost dinnertime.

She looked at Shi Tou helplessly, "Going there now, are you in such a hurry to go to the Luo family for dinner?"

Are you going to freeload a meal right at mealtime?

Stone blinked: "Then I'll eat at home before I go?"

Shang Wan: "Did the person who came say that you should go there as soon as possible?"

Shi Tou nodded. "Then go ahead." Shang Wan reached out to tidy up the straps of Shi Tou's book box. "Perhaps Dean Luo has something urgent to discuss with you."

"Okay, I'll be going now." Shi Tou changed from walking to running, so as not to keep Dean Luo waiting.

Shang Wan went back to her room to change into some casual clothes before heading to her study.

In the study, Lu Chengjing was reading history to Yuanyuan.

The little baby sat in his father's lap, listening intently as his head bobbed up and down, whether he was sleepy or understood the music or not.

Shang Wan reached out and took an orange from the wooden table, peeled it, and stuffed the orange pulp into the mouths of the two children.

The oranges were sweet and sour, and very juicy; both the large and small ones were quite satisfied.

"Madam Sun has agreed, and the official documents should be ready in about two days." Shang Wan swallowed the orange pulp in her mouth before saying to Lu Chengjing, "I've arranged everything at the Spirit Medicine Pavilion and the estate. How's it going on your end?"

Lu Chengjing: "Everything in the village has been taken care of. The people you chose are all clever and know what to do."

"That's good." Shang Wan popped another segment of orange pulp into the mouth of the little baby who was staring at her, and asked with a smile, "And you?"

With big, round eyes blinking and a round little head nodding, she mumbled while biting into an orange pulp, "Little friend, it's ready."

Yuanyuan went back to say goodbye to the animals in the mountains and took the opportunity to send Little Gray back to its pack so that it could continue to be the wolf king and protect the pack.

At the same time, she and her friends made a promise to protect the village and its medicinal herbs, and not let bad people bully the villagers.

In case there are particularly difficult bad guys, she'll send the birds to find her.

"Great job." Shang Wan leaned over and kissed her son's round face.

Lu Chengjing suddenly cleared his throat.

Shang Wan looked up at him, and Lu Chengjing turned his head slightly to the side.

Shang Wan: "..."

Is this fox only two years old?

Lu Chengjing called out softly, his eyes filled with expectation, "My wife."

Shang Wan paused for a moment, then looked up and kissed Lu Chengjing on the cheek.

Oh well, it's my own pet fox, I'll just spoil it.

"Little sister." Yuanyuan reached out her little hand to touch her mother's belly, looked up at her mother with her little face, and wanted to give her little sister a kiss too.

Shang Wan looked down at her belly, which wasn't showing yet: "..."

Concubines can't do it!

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As night fell, Xiao Huan and Shi Tou returned one after the other, just in time for dinner.

Xiao Huan was quite happy; she had finally sold Baoyuezhai at a price that satisfied her, and she would go to the county government office to transfer the ownership tomorrow.

Shi Tou looked somewhat dejected. Shang Wan placed a piece of fish in his bowl and asked, "Did Mr. Luo scold you?"

“No.” Stone shook his head. “The dean gave me many books with his annotations. He told me to read them carefully and that he had high hopes for me.”

"That's a good thing!" Xiao Huan turned to look at her. "Why do you look so unhappy?"

“It’s not about that,” Stone sighed. “The dean wants to arrange a marriage for me.”

"A matchmaker?!" Xiao Huan's eyes widened in surprise. "Which family's daughter?"

Shang Wan was equally curious, and Lu Chengjing, who was feeding Yuanyuan, also looked over.