Divorced woman with child travels through time

Chen Wenfang glanced at Juan'er, this little girl, she was just as mischievous as her younger sister from her previous life.

After a while, the aunties finished their work and started wrapping dumplings. This time they were much faster, and they put slabs of white flour dumplings by the stove. With the misty steam rising from the stove, the women inside chattered and laughed, creating a very pleasant atmosphere.

Aunt Liu had already boiled the water and was ready to cook the dumplings. The plump, white dumplings were dropped into the pot, and as the water heated up, they tumbled and rolled around, like a flock of white geese playing in the water. Soon, a whole pot was cooked.

"Dinner's ready!" Aunt Liu called out. Everyone gathered around, and the children eagerly lined up with their small bowls.

Chen Wenfang first served dumplings to the children. The youngest, Mao Mao, stared intently at the bowl, his mouth watering, and muttered, "I want to eat lots and lots of dumplings, like a little pig." Everyone burst into laughter.

Juan'er wasn't to be outdone, and loudly declared, "I can eat more than Maomao! I'm going to eat my belly until it's round and full, like a big watermelon!" She then patted her little belly.

The steaming dumplings were divided into bowls for each child.

"Eat slowly, be careful it's hot!" Aunt Liu reminded her as she scooped the food out of the pot.

The children blew air into the dumplings and carefully put them into their mouths, filling the room with the aroma of dumplings and a joyful atmosphere.

Chen Wenfang filled a large bowl and went to the yard to look at the stars. Just then, Chen Xuanyu followed, along with two little tails. Each of them carried a small bowl.

Chen Wenfang pulled up a chair and leaned against the wall, enjoying the slightly cool evening breeze as she ate the hot shepherd's purse dumplings. The dumplings were generously filled with meat and served with broth; each bite was bursting with flavor. "So delicious! So satisfying!" Chen Wenfang exclaimed.

"Why are you here too?" Chen Wenfang asked with a smile.

"Mom, I want to sleep with you tonight." Chen Xuanyu had already eaten eight dumplings and was a little full, but they were so delicious that he couldn't bear to put them down.

"Sweetie, boys and girls shouldn't sit together after the age of seven. You're a big kid now, so you can't sleep with Mommy anymore."

Chen Wenfang hadn't seen him for so long, and she offered him a rare, gentle word of comfort.

Chen Xuanyu pouted, looking aggrieved, and said, "Alright then!" Shiwu glanced at him secretly, thinking, "We sleep together too, so I'm not lonely." Just as they finished eating, Chen Wenfang was still drinking soup when Wang Erniu put down his horse and came in.

"My husband is back!" Chen Wenfang put down her bowl and cheered as she went to greet him.

Several children ran over together. "Father's back! Daddy's back!" They chattered like little birds, so noisy! Chen Wenfang chuckled to herself.

"Hey!" Wang Erniu responded hurriedly, feeling all the fatigue of the day disappear.

Chen Wenfang took his arm, and Wang Erniu naturally took her hand.

"Are you tired today? We dug up some wild vegetables and made dumplings, they were especially delicious, husband, eat more." Chen Wenfang raised her head and smiled at him.

"Okay!" The two entered the house together, and Wang Erniu casually picked up the bowl and chopsticks that Chen Wenfang had placed next to him. Chen Wenfang smiled sweetly and withdrew her hand from the bowl.

Everyone had almost finished eating, and only a few people remained. Wang Erniu sat down in the side room, and Chen Wenfang brought over a large bowl filled with pure meat dumplings with a little wild vegetable.

Aunt Liu took a basket of steamed buns, a large plate of wild boar meat, and a pot of chicken stew with mushrooms.

Wang Erniu picked up his chopsticks and started eating. Chen Wenfang rested her chin on her hand and watched him eat with a smile. The others tactfully left.

"Wife, have some more to eat with me!" Wang Erniu brought her a bowl and chopsticks again.

"I'm not eating, I'm full!" Chen Wenfang refused.

"Eat a little more, it's not nice for you to watch me eat alone! Be good~" When they're alone, Wang Erniu is like a different person, a bit clingy.

"Besides, you've lost weight!" he said, and without further ado, packed a few for her.

"Oh well, fine!" Chen Fang sighed helplessly, picked up her chopsticks and started eating. "Besides, where am I thin? I'm definitely not thin, look, do you see?" She pinched the fat on her stomach as she spoke.

"You've lost weight, I touch you every day, how could I not know!" Wang Erniu touched her face again, speaking meaningfully.

"Oh dear, you should eat properly!" Chen Wenfang blushed and smiled, then said nothing more.

"By the way, my wife, that Lord Qian is probably leaving soon, he's going to get promoted!" Wang Erniu ate the meat in big mouthfuls, very quickly.

"Great, is this bad guy finally leaving? How did he do that?"

"It must be because we gave him a huge credit, and he got a promotion, so naturally he'll leave."

"And then what?" Chen Wenfang poured him a glass of water.

"I've spoken with Ouyang and asked him to find a way to investigate people and bring someone from our Lijia Town to power. If we put in a little more effort, we'll have a better life." Wang Erniu ate six steamed buns, a large bowl of dumplings, and almost finished two plates of meat. He then picked up his water glass and drank it all in one gulp.

“It is indeed possible, but I see that there are more and more refugees in the town, all kinds of people. I’m afraid this won’t work.” Chen Wenfang said with some concern.

"Don't worry, it will take at most half a month for the new official to take office and manage these refugees well," Wang Erniu comforted him.

"I hope so..." Chen Wenfang sighed. It's springtime, a time of renewal and growth. So many refugees? What's the most likely scenario? She felt she had sensed something. Oh well, better to rest early.

"This is the key to your private vault that Sister-in-law Nie asked me to return to you. You can check it when you have time..." Wang Erniu handed it to her from his waist.

"Then you come with me. Let's go order something now, we're just killing time anyway," Chen Wenfang said coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Wang Erniu readily agreed, since whatever his wife said was fine.

The two of them secretly avoided the children playing in the yard and went straight to the storeroom. Although the basement of each of the dozen or so small buildings on the estate was used as a storeroom, Chen Wenfang specially reserved one. The basement was very large and made entirely of blue bricks, making it very sturdy. Combined with the upper floor, it was a huge warehouse.

Chen Wenfang counted the money. Besides the silver and banknotes she had hidden away before, there was also a small box. When she opened it, there were more than 70,000 taels of silver notes inside, which added up to nearly 200,000 taels. "Husband, how come there's so much?"

Wang Erniu pondered for a moment, "It must have been given to Brother Nie and his men in Hanyang. I heard they seized a lot of goods during the bandit suppression, and even handed over a silver mine."

“It’s too much. We’ll distribute the profits to each household later, and your brothers in the barracks will also get a share. It’s not about scarcity but about inequality. Take this; they all know this. It has to be distributed before we can get any more. We’ll just take a little bit,” Chen Wenfang said carefully.