Divorced woman with child travels through time

Zheng Xinyi blew on the tea that had long since gone cold, took a sip, and thought, "Chen's tea is really good—fragrant and cheap. I wonder who's lucky enough to get in touch with them. Wang Tuanlian is probably going to get promoted again. Maybe the person Zheng Wanyi doesn't want will be hers."

Zheng Xinyi looked down at Lü Xiong, who was grinning broadly, and revealed a confident smile.

Lu Xiong looked around and felt like he was being watched.

Wang Erniu disliked socializing. After handing over the heads of the Japanese to Magistrate Zheng and his men, he arrogantly claimed that he was tired and went back to his residence to rest.

Magistrate Lou, carrying several visiting cards, came to Magistrate Zheng with a headache.

"Bang!" Magistrate Zheng angrily slammed the post on the table, scattering it all over the floor. "This is utterly shameless! When the Japanese invaded, we begged for help, but they ignored us. Now they have the nerve to come and reap the rewards."

"Oh, don't be angry! It's not like this is your first time dealing with them. Think about how you're going to deal with those scoundrels tomorrow!" Magistrate Lou bent down to pick up the invitation and set it aside.

"How can we receive them? This isn't our achievement. Let's go find the militia leader tomorrow and see how he handles it." Magistrate Zheng stood with his hands behind his back, looking very troubled. These people, as soon as they achieve something, countless others will rush up to claim credit.

These five or six invitations, ostensibly to visit him, were actually all attempts to claim credit for Wang Erniu's achievements. When the Japanese soldiers he had killed last time were sent to the capital, the higher-ups learned that his heads had been earned through honest, hard-fought battles. There were only a few dozen of them then, so they didn't care. But now there were over three thousand four hundred heads. How could they tolerate Wang Erniu taking all the credit for such a huge achievement...

Thinking this through, Magistrate Zheng rubbed his head. His family also had a share in it. What would he do if Wang Erniu refused? Not to mention that an imperial envoy was coming tomorrow to bestow an imperial decree upon Wang Erniu. As a mere magistrate, he had to shoulder so many responsibilities. It was a real headache.

At the militia headquarters, Wang Erniu, still damp from the rain, first went to check on the children, then crawled into bed, embraced the exhausted Chen Wenfang, and fell asleep blissfully, without thinking of anything else.

Chen Wenfang slept soundly through the night, waking up early as well as falling asleep early. Looking at Wang Erniu, who was still fast asleep, she couldn't help but look at him with affection.

Wang Erniu always goes to bed early and gets up early, full of energy, and his biological clock always wakes him up on time. He rarely sleeps until dawn. Chen Wenfang loves to sleep in, and the bedroom is designed according to her preferences. No light can get in without drawing the curtains. He is still not awake, which shows that he is really exhausted this time. He has not slept for a day and a night. How could he not be tired?

Chen Wenfang stared blankly for a long time, then gently touched his face with affection, carefully lifted the quilt, got out of bed, and had to make some of his favorite dishes.

Chen Wenfang lit the fire and asked her mother-in-law to bring over the hanging old hen soup and braised pig's feet from the main kitchen. She then noticed that the delivered dishes included fresh beef and tender eggplant. Autumn eggplant is the best. She prepared the dough, picked a freshly ripened chili pepper from the garden, smashed some garlic, shredded ginger and scallions, sliced ​​the beef thinly, and marinated it with salt and soybean paste. She planned to stir-fry it later.

Thinking that he wouldn't wake up so soon, Chen Wenfang cut another piece of fresh pork shoulder, finely shredded it, then minced it slightly, added ginger, scallion water, salt, and pork, and placed it on the side of another pot to slowly cook it.

Blanch the beef in oil, then remove it from the oil. Add oil to the pan, then sauté ginger, garlic, and dried chili peppers until fragrant. Add the beef back in, season lightly, and sprinkle with chopped green onions and cilantro. A plate of stir-fried beef is ready.

Chen Wenfang quickly stir-fried the eggplant and then made a meat sauce. She washed the pot, put the lid on, and boiled water to make it easier to cook noodles later. She thought she should go and see if Wang Erniu had woken up yet.

She turned around and bumped into a tall chest, his large hand pulling her into his arms.

"You're awake? You're here so soon?" Smelling that familiar scent, Chen Wenfang naturally leaned in and took a deep breath.

"Yes, my dear wife, you've worked so hard. You were exhausted yesterday, yet you still got up so early to cook for me." Wang Erniu slumped lazily, resting his head on her shoulder.

"I go to bed early." Chen Wenfang didn't move, letting him lean against her. When she guessed the water in the pot was about to boil, she opened the lid.

"Stop being so mushy, go check on the fire."

"Okay!" Wang Erniu obediently went to the stove and skillfully added two bundles of firewood.

Chen Wenfang deftly rolled out the dough, cut it into strips, put it in the pot, scooped it out, rinsed it with cold water, poured on the meat sauce, and mixed it well.

Wang Erniu stared at her intently from beginning to end.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Chen Wenfang asked with a smile.

"Watch if you like, my wife's cooking is really beautiful." Wang Erniu spread his legs and sat casually against the wall.

Only Chen Wenfang knew that this was his most relaxed posture.

"Whose cooking looks good? You're just thinking about how you'll be happy when you have something delicious to eat later."

“Hehe, what my wife says makes sense.” Wang Erniu did not refute.

"Alright, time to eat!"

"Hey, you're here!" Wang Erniu came over happily, carrying a bowl.

"mother!"

"father!"

"Godmother!"

The three little ones came together.

"Why are you here? Don't you have to go to school today?" Wang Erniu asked, somewhat exasperated at interrupting the couple's sweet moment.

Chen Xuanyu glared at him.

Wang Erniu grinned mischievously, finding it really fun to tease children.

"The teacher said that Father won a great victory and has granted us a day of rest." Xiao Hao skillfully took a small bowl and scooped noodles from the big bowl into the small bowl. His father ate quickly, and if he didn't hurry, there wouldn't be any left.

"I'll fill it up." Chen Wenfang took the bowl and filled it for him, while Shiwu quickly handed over his own bowl. His godmother's noodles were just better than anyone else's; if you were a second too slow, they'd be gone.

"Dad, did you really kill so many Japanese? Are you a general now?" Chen Xuanyu wasn't really interested in eating and looked at Wang Erniu curiously.

"It's true, if you don't believe me, go to the county government and see for yourselves, but don't be scared." Wang Erniu quickly shoveled noodles into his mouth. Xiao Hao, that little rascal, is obviously his own son; he's the only one who would steal his noodles.

"Who's a coward! Let's go! Hey, hurry up and eat!" Chen Xuanyu nudged Xiao Hao with his elbow.

"Okay, Mom, another bowl!"

"Sigh, I should have known better than to eat that bun." Fifteen shook her head regretfully; her stomach was too small to eat any more.

Knowing they were coming here, Xiao Hao was careful and didn't eat much. Sure enough, he guessed right. He quickly snatched four bowls of noodles from his father's mouth before leisurely following the two little ones out to the county government office to watch the excitement.

Magistrate Zheng was quite a character. Since the angels were coming to visit, he deliberately left the heads of the Japanese soldiers still on the carts, displaying them around the county government office for the people to see. His purpose was to show off, since those coming to Huian now...

As soon as the eunuch surnamed Wan arrived at the county government office, before he even dismounted, he saw a long row of grinning, ferocious-looking heads. He was startled and almost made a fool of himself, and his face immediately turned black.

Magistrate Zheng, who was greeting people at the door, immediately panicked. Oh no, he had done something wrong with his good intentions.