Divorced woman with child travels through time

Chen Xuanyu, like a playboy, charmed this person and that person, and he thought their changes were quite good.

Zhang Ziming, in particular, admired Xiao Hao and often chatted with him.

About a month later, they finally entered the territory of Youzhou. By then, it was nearly August, and the weather was no longer so hot.

Chen Wenfang received the letter from the children a month ago, and was extremely excited. Youzhou was too chaotic, with complicated relationships. Even opening a shop in the city center was troublesome. Chen Wenfang didn't have any manpower at the moment, so he decided to go to the market. Every few days, Liao people with braids would fight with Han people. Even the market stalls would be overturned one day and smashed the next. The people were so disturbed that they only dared to come out to trade on market days when there were soldiers watching the market.

The former prefect had opened a border trade market, but for some unknown reason, he died young. He was temporarily replaced by Zhang Yuntai, the vice prefect, who disliked the Liao people and shut down the market. Countless border people lacked daily necessities, which made the unrest and conflicts even more pronounced.

The registrar Ma Ying was also a lazy administrator, which made things even more chaotic.

After Wang Erniu arrived, he reopened the market. Finding that there were too many troublemakers, he set the market to be held every five days, without charging stall fees. He also sent soldiers to guard the area, and those who caused trouble were first given twenty lashes. He also set up a market management office, which was concurrently headed by Gu Ming. This young man was very useful, and Wang Erniu intended to cultivate him.

The rest of the time, Wang Erniu was either suppressing bandits or on his way to suppress bandits. He was extremely busy. In less than two months, he had killed more than a hundred robbers and bandits. Whether they were Han or Liao people, as long as they fell into his hands, they would be imprisoned at best and beheaded at worst. Wang Erniu also earned the unpleasant title of "General of Slaughter".

This was just the public side of things. In private, Zhao Jian also entrusted Wang Erniu with the task of eliminating Liao spies through the Imperial City Guard's spies. As a result, Wang Erniu was extremely busy and would go home and fall asleep immediately. Even the daily grain tax payment was changed to once every three days.

Chen Wenfang was confined to his residence every day and was completely unaware of this. He wanted to go out and have some fun, but Lin San told him that there were now as many as two thousand Liao spies in Youzhou City, and most of them had seen Chen Wenfang's face when they entered the city. For safety's sake, it was better not to go out and wait until they dealt with the spies before leaving the residence.

What could Chen Wenfang do but nod with a smile? She then asked Sister-in-law Nie to bring back some local specialties and delicacies when she went out.

Sister-in-law Nie led the two little girls out. Chen Wenfang looked at the homemade calendar and calculated that her own child should arrive in the next day or two. She needed someone to look after the child so she could prepare some good food for the baby.

"Fangcao, did the general leave a message saying when the young master and the others will arrive?" Chen Wenfang asked her earnestly as he swung his darts in the courtyard.

Fangcao placed a pot of tea on the table and replied, "Madam, no, the general left early and left before dawn."

"Is that so? Then tell me what new news you had today?" Chen Wenfang stared at the target in front of her. Why couldn't she hit the bullseye every time after practicing for so long? It was always a little off.

"Well, I heard that we have a magistrate named Song, whose eldest daughter hanged herself. I wonder why?" Fangcao took the tablecloth and wiped away the water stains from the spilled tea on the table. Her voice grew softer and softer, becoming mysterious.

"A judge? Could it be someone in charge of criminal cases?" Chen Wenfang turned around in surprise, forgetting to throw the dart in his hand.

"Yes, you can say that." Fangcao nodded heavily.

"Then, this? His daughter even vomited? That's too strange."

"Who says otherwise? I heard they're getting married in ten days!" Fangcao continued to reveal.

"My goodness, what a tragedy!" Chen Wenfang stopped throwing the darts, paused to drink water, her almond-shaped eyes wide open. "What else?"

"I don't know about the others. I heard that her fiancé has also disappeared and they're still looking for him," Fangcao sighed. "I heard that the girl was quite pretty."

"That's such a pity!"

"Madam! A letter has arrived!" Fangmei came over with a stack of letters, taking small, quick steps.

"Great!" Chen Wenfang was overjoyed; finally, she could have something to do.

The first letter was from A-Yue. She had given birth to twins, and they were even a boy and a girl! How wonderful!

The second letter was from Aunt Liu, asking how she was doing and if she needed any money. She mentioned that supplies were scarce in the north and that she had arranged for several truckloads of goods to be on their way. She also briefly mentioned that Dazhuang had given birth to a daughter and that Shitou had gotten married and his wife was pregnant.

"Wow, that's fast!" Chen Wenfang exclaimed, turning to the letter below.

The third letter was written by Brother Li, and it contained letters from Fangfang and several other girls. They also sent greetings, gifts, and told her that the shops on Hunan Road had already started to make a profit and that they expected to give her nearly 80,000 taels of silver by the end of the year.

This is great news! Chen Wenfang was increasingly happy as she read the letters; they were all filled with good news.

The last two letters were from Lü Xiong to Caiyun. He was talking to her about work, and it seemed to be going very smoothly.

Chen Wenfang put down the letter to reply, only to find there was another, thinnest one, addressed to Shen Jianwei. Opening it, she found only four words: "A faithful mission fulfilled!"

"What does this mean? Could it be that the cannon has been made?" Chen Wenfang muttered to herself. She would have to ask Wang Erniu a good question when he came back. She hadn't seen him lately. When she got home, she was already asleep. If she weren't used to his scent, she would be scared to death if a man came in the middle of the night. He also left early in the morning and she couldn't see anyone.

Chen Wenfang could only say a few words when he woke her up in the middle of the night, and then all of them were swallowed back down her throat.

"If it really works, wouldn't the Song army's military strength double? They'd be using firearms much sooner! My God!" Chen Wenfang became more and more excited as she thought about it, pacing back and forth in the room, unable to contain her excitement.

"Madam!" Fangmei knocked on the door.

"What's wrong?" Chen Wenfang calmed down and began writing a reply.

"Uncle Fang said the guys should arrive this afternoon, and asked if you want to prepare some things to pick them up!" Fangmei's voice came from outside the door.

"Ah~ I have to go!" Chen Wenfang looked up in surprise, quickly put down her pen, folded the letters one by one, put them in the box and locked them up.

"Let's go! We'll go pick them up!" Chen Wenfang opened the door, and Lao Fang was waiting outside.

"Where is your general? Isn't he going?" Chen Wenfang asked as she put on the cloak that Fangcao had brought her.

"The general said he has something to attend to and won't be coming, but he has arranged for people to protect the lady, so you can rest assured," Old Fang chuckled.

“Okay! Let’s go!” Chen Wenfang nodded and couldn’t wait to get into the car.

Seeing this, Old Fang added, "Madam, why don't we take the crossbow too?"

“That makes sense! Fangmei, bring it to me.”

"Hey!" Fangmei picked up the small crossbow and helped her tie it up.