Divorced woman with child travels through time

"Well, I don't know what state your gunpowder is in right now, so I'll start by explaining, and you can fill in the rest yourself," Chen Wenfang said, waving her hand.

Wang Erniu picked up the teapot from the low table by the bed and handed it to her.

Chen Wenfang took a sip of water to moisten her throat.

"Hmm." Wang Erniu took the teapot from her hand and put it back.

"You know gunpowder, right? Like firecrackers, they hurt a lot when they explode, right? But what if you wrapped it in sheet metal and added iron spikes, debris, and poison inside? That would be a cannonball."

“You said it should be a thunderclap bomb. The gunpowder factory in the capital used to have these things, but they couldn’t shoot that far, could they?” Wang Erniu sat up, pulled her into his arms, and his hand unconsciously went to a certain place and gently kneaded it.

Chen Wenfang was already used to it, letting him knead her as he pleased, and said without any reaction, "Anyway, the principle is the same. Once the shell is made, you just need to make a tube, ignite the firing pin at the bottom, and the gunpowder will propel it out."

"Then, my lady, can you draw?" Wang Erniu pressed his advantage and began to pull at her clothes.

"How could I do that? I can only draw a simple diagram. Don't bother. I'm exhausted these past few days. Can't you just rest?" Chen Wenfang tugged at his clothes to stop him from succeeding.

"No, I want to... Wife, let go, or you'll hurt your hand, okay?" Wang Erniu effortlessly controlled her with his hands and gently undressed her.

"Sigh, I feel sorry for you being so tired." Chen Wenfang sighed helplessly.

"I'm not tired. I deserve to be exhausted doing this..."

"Fine, let him be," Chen Wenfang said, letting go of his hand.

"Wife, I'm going to fire at you!" Wang Erniu blurted out out of nowhere, for reasons unknown.

"Pfft! Hahaha!" Chen Wenfang couldn't hold back and burst into laughter, and showed no signs of stopping.

Wang Erniu was in high spirits when her smile made him instantly feel weak.

"Wife, you're so annoying!" Wang Erniu got angry, lay down, and turned his back to her, ignoring her.

"Oh dear, my husband is angry!" Chen Wenfang hurriedly bent down to coax him.

"Husband, I'm sorry, don't be angry!" Chen Wenfang rubbed against his body, taking advantage of his softness.

"oops!"

Wang Erniu turned around and pulled her into his arms, making it impossible for her to escape. The rest of his words were swallowed up.

In a daze, Chen Wenfang remembered what she was supposed to be talking about. Wasn't it about gunpowder?

Meanwhile, Zheng San returned home in a disheveled state, only to be bombarded with questions by his daughter.

"Dad, how did it go? Did he agree? When are you going to take me there?" Zheng Wanyi looked at him eagerly and expectantly.

Although Zheng San was a bit shameless, he was indeed a good father.

He said with some shame, "It's all my fault, daughter. Why don't you find a younger, more talented man? That Commander Wang is no good match. He even beat up Father. I almost didn't make it back!"

"I don't care, I'm going to marry him! Father~ you can talk to him again!" Zheng Wanyi stomped her feet spoiledly and shook his sleeve, almost lying down to throw a tantrum.

"Oh dear, I really have no choice, please let your father go." Zheng San pulled her hand away and went into the room without looking back. A daughter is like a tree that grows up and leaves home! He's practically on his deathbed, and his daughter still wants to marry into the Wang family.

Zheng Wanyi was dumbfounded. This trick of hers was very effective, it never failed her, and her father had never refused. But now he was ignoring her. What should she do? She went into the room to look for her mother.

It must be said that, just as no one knows a son better than his father, Zheng Wanyi's mother also understood her very well.

Zheng Wanyi had mentioned it yesterday, and she readily agreed, which is why Zheng San went to the militia headquarters.

"Wan'er, don't worry. As you said, Wang Erniu is truly an excellent man in the world. The way he treats his wife now proves that he is a good person and the best choice to marry. He is worthy of you." In Zheng's mother's eyes, her daughter is one of the best in the county in terms of appearance and talent. Of course, she should marry the best.

Moreover, Wang Erniu had just won another great victory. If he were to rise further in rank, countless families would be willing to give away their daughters for free, so they needed to make plans even earlier.

"But Mother, he has already rejected Father! Father doesn't want to arrange a marriage for me anymore, what should we do?" Zheng Wanyi said, shaking her mother's sleeve with tears streaming down her face.

"Don't worry, your mother has a way."

Zheng's mother was calculating and plotting in her mind.

A few days later, early in the morning, Chen Wenfang prepared his things and took Caiyun in a carriage to the garden in the suburbs.

Upon arriving at the garden, I found the door wide open.

Chen Wenfang exclaimed in shock, "What happened? Where are they? Where did they all go?"

"I'll go take a look!"

Caiyun jumped off the carriage and ran inside first. Chen Wenfang instructed the coachman to keep an eye on the carriage, and then got off with several of his personal guards.

"What are you doing!" Caiyun shouted angrily from inside.

Chen Wenfang rushed inside.

Caiyun was seen stepping on the back of an old woman and pointing and cursing at another old woman who was carrying a bundle.

"You audacious servant, trying to run away with your clothes on!"

"Grab her!" Chen Wenfang pointed, and several of his personal guards rushed over like wolves.

The old woman had never seen anything like this before, and she didn't even dare to run away. She knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Madam, please spare me! I will never dare to do it again."

The one lying on the ground also said, "Madam, please spare me! I was confused for a moment. These women keep running away, and we can't catch them. There was really no one to watch over them, so I was bewitched and wanted to run away."

"Unattended? Where is Miss Yue? Where did she go?" Caiyun asked anxiously. How could Yue have run away? There must be something wrong.

“We don’t know either. These women’s injuries have healed well. Miss Yue even said she would teach them to farm and learn martial arts. Last night, one of the women climbed over the wall and ran away. She went after her, but she hasn’t come back.”

“We searched outside several times this morning but couldn’t find anyone. When we counted, two more had run away. We were scared, so we wanted to run away too.” The old woman’s face was pressed to the ground, covered in mud and her skin was broken. She looked very pitiful.

"Alright, get up first. Go and call everyone over here. I want to see who's trying to run away!" Chen Wenfang's face was very ugly. She realized she had done something wrong. Since these people didn't know what was good for them, there was no need for her to save them.

"Yes!" The two old women stumbled to their feet, covered in dust, and went to call for help.

This manor was originally called Qingshan Manor. It has about twenty acres of paddy fields and is close to the main road. If it were developed to raise chickens and ducks and grow some crops, it would be very good. It could also build warehouses to store some grain.

In hindsight, she was too optimistic.

The two remaining old women were very honest and were still making breakfast.

The women, seemingly ill but not quite, were driven into the courtyard by the old women like withered flowers. Their faces were lifeless, and they sat or stood up as if they were walking corpses.

"Sigh!" Chen Wenfang sighed.