Divorced woman with child travels through time

Wang Erniu pulled Dazhuang over, and Chen Wenfang carefully examined him. Apart from a few scratches on his hands, he seemed fine, which put her at ease.

Two dark figures in the ditch beside the road in the distance, seeing that the carriage had indeed overturned, slowly sank into the woods and disappeared.

Wang Erniu and Dazhuang unloaded the contents of the carriage. Nothing was broken, only some oil had spilled out. The two of them righted the carriage. With no village or shop in sight, Wang Erniu said, "Dazhuang, you stay here and protect Madam Chen and keep an eye on the things. I'll go to town and rent another carriage."

Da Zhuang nodded, and Chen Wenfang said, "Be careful, watch your step when it's dark."

Erniu waved goodbye and left.

Chen Wenfang stared blankly at the pile of things by the roadside, thinking, "Which bastard would do such a thing? Who could it be?" Dazhuang, on the other hand, was examining the pothole in the middle of the road. "Sister-in-law Chen, this pothole was just dug recently, it's still new! Come and take a look!"

Chen Wenfang walked over and said, "It really is. The soil is all wet. It seems like someone is targeting us on purpose."

Dazhuang pondered, "Could it be someone from that Butler Li from last time?"

"It shouldn't be, I haven't sold the recipes yet." Chen Wenfang did plan to sell all the other recipes. She definitely couldn't eat them all herself, and many people wanted them, so she might as well sell them all. As long as someone wanted them, she would sell them to them, so no one would have to covet them. They could just pay her. She had discussed it with them, and everyone thought it was feasible. It seems that this brown sugar sachima has aroused jealousy again.

Soon, Wang Erniu returned on horseback, accompanied by a carriage. The two men, along with the coachman, loaded the goods onto the carriage and tied the broken carriage to the back with ropes before transporting them home. Aunt Liu and the others were waiting at the door. When they saw Chen Wenfang return, Aunt Liu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Why are you so late?"

Turning around and seeing the carriage behind him, Uncle Liu asked, "What happened? Why did the carriage break?"

Wang Erniu recounted what had happened, and Aunt Liu finally let go of Chen Wenfang's hand, murmuring, "It's good that everything's alright, the car can be repaired." Chen Wenfang patted her hand to reassure her, while the four children beside them exchanged silent glances. Their mother had been bullied, and Chu Yi clenched his fists even tighter.

Chen Wenfang then pulled the four of them over, patting one on the head and squeezing another's hand, asking with concern, "How was school today? Did you study hard? Were you bullied?"

The four little ones answered one by one, "We studied hard." This was the well-behaved fifteenth.

"I'm already being nice by not bullying others, who dares to hit me!" Judging from these arrogant words, you can tell it's Chen Xuanyu.

"I wrote some characters today, and the teacher praised me." This is what a first-year junior high student is doing lately, especially in hopes of not having to go to school in the future.

"Nobody's bullying me anymore." This is the clever little Hao.

Chen Wenfang cuddled with the children for a while; the children were so cute, she wanted to pet them.

Aunt Liu, who was standing nearby, thought of her son again and pulled Dazhuang over to ask, "Are you alright?" She looked him up and down.

Da Zhuang looked at his mother with amusement, "I'm fine, just a little scrape on my hand."

Seeing that he was alright, Aunt Liu said, "Are you hungry? Everyone, go and eat first."

Chen Wenfang also said, "Stop thinking about it, let's go, let's go eat."

Wang Erniu silently paid the coachman, and Uncle Liu Hai helped unload the goods. The two put the things in the warehouse and returned to the room, where they found everyone already seated, waiting for them to start their meal. So they sat down and ate together.

The duck we roasted today was delivered by a farmer from the neighboring village. Under Chen Wenfang's guidance, Aunt Liu's cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and she can now cook almost as well as Chen Wenfang. However, Wang Erniu still thinks Chen Wenfang's cooking is the best.

Chen Wenfang placed a piece of duck meat on Wang Erniu's plate and said, "You've worked hard this year, Brother Erniu, eat more."

Wang Erniu felt a sweet warmth in his heart, his face slightly flushed. He ate slowly, responding softly, "Mmm!" Luckily, his dark complexion was unnoticed by others.

After eating a piece of braised pork, Uncle Liu Hai couldn't wait to discuss, "Who do you think is most likely to do this?"

After finishing his duck meat, Wang Erniu calmly said, "It must be that Manager Li. I've been keeping an eye on him. This afternoon I saw him send someone over to weigh half a jin (250 grams). I'm afraid he saw that our Sachima sells well and the price is not bad, so he's got his eye on it. He couldn't find a reason to sabotage it, so he tried to cause some trouble to vent his anger!"

Chen Wenfang took a bite of rice and said, "That makes sense. He and I have the deepest grudge."

Everyone nodded in agreement. They all remembered the incident where he tried to steal the first day of the lunar month. Chen Wenfang said, "Erniu, tomorrow you can help me send the recipe for Sachima to the Li residence. It will be 20 taels per recipe. That way, next time we go to the market, we can just put up a sign and anyone can buy it. Let's see what Boss Li is fighting over then."

"It is! It is!"

Wang Erniu asked, "Will this affect us? What if everyone knows it in the future, and we lose our advantage?"

Chen Wenfang said confidently, "Don't worry, I still have many interesting desserts to make." She thought to herself, "Our great China has so many desserts, I'm not afraid of you copying them. From now on, I'll only earn easy money."

Wang Erniu said, "Okay, I'll make the trip tomorrow." After everyone finished eating, they rested.

When Boss Li received the reply from the two men, he was quite relieved to learn that Chen Wenfang's carriage had overturned. However, he later learned that only the carriage shaft had broken and the person was unharmed, which was a pity. He blamed the two men for their incompetence; they should have dug a deeper pit. They were not professional at all. It seems that he should find better people next time.

The next day, Wang Erniu went to the Li residence and returned with forty taels of silver. Li Shanqing was very satisfied with Chen Wenfang's sensible attitude. Chen Wenfang was not idle at home either, and took the opportunity to have Wang the carpenter repair the carriage.

In mid-April, Chen Wenfang made a special trip to check on the chili peppers planted by Uncle Liu Hai. They were growing well and were being taken excellent care of. Uncle Liu Hai truly deserved to be called a farming expert. Chen Wenfang had really struck gold. However, she felt that the wages were still too low. She felt that he had worked hard on the eight acres of chili peppers. Chen Wenfang planned to give him a raise when she got back.

The sugarcane is growing quite well, with a germination rate of 90%, which is already very good. To ensure the success of these two things that Chen Wenfang values ​​so much, Uncle Liu Hai has been asking the villagers to send him manure or chicken and duck fertilizer. He even dug a large pond to ferment the fertilizer before watering the fields. Chen Wenfang admires him greatly. Although he smells terrible every day, Aunt Liu finds him rather unpleasant, but Uncle Liu Hai is very happy because Chen Wenfang has reimbursed him for the fertilizer. He loves farming and is happier seeing fertilizer than money. He is especially satisfied when his crops grow well.