Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

Thanks to a sufficient supply of agarwood and a good doctor regularly checking and changing the dressing, Chen Dabao's leg recovered very well. After mid-August, I no longer feel any pain when walking without crutches, and I can actually run and jump. But Chen Afu did not allow him to walk casually, which would hurt his muscles and bones for a hundred days, but he was still allowed to move around freely after three months.

On the evening of August 22, Chu Lingxuan finally came back after not seeing him for many days. It was already late when he arrived, and the old Marquis had led Chu Hanyan and Chu Lingzhi back to Tangyuan. Dabao was writing big characters under the lamp, and Chen Afu was sitting next to him doing needlework.

Chu Lingxuan walked in wearing a purple robe and wet hair. He gave Dabao some oil-paper bags, which are special snacks in Liaocheng, including pine nut candies, pine nut cakes, and sesame sticks.

Dabao said politely, "Thank you, dad."

Chen Afu stood up and said with a smile, "Master, haven't you eaten yet?"

Chu Lingxuan nodded and said with a smile, "No, I have been holding back and want to eat the wontons you made."

Chen Afu smiled and said, "Master, sit down for a moment, I will prepare it. Today, young manager Luo just bought some live shrimps and is still raising them. I will make seafood wontons for you."

Chen Dabao quickly said, "Mom, my son also wants to eat seafood wontons."

Chen Afu said, "Okay, let's do it for Dabao too."

She asked Aunt Zeng to go to the kitchen to make wontons, while Chu Lingxuan was checking Dabao's homework in the room.

Wontons won’t taste good if they are filled with shrimps alone. They also need to be filled with pork to make them delicious. She chopped half a catty of pork, then chopped about a tael of shrimp, added soy sauce, salt, chives, and cooking wine and stirred it. Unfortunately, there was no oyster sauce in this era, otherwise it would taste more delicious. There is exactly half a pot of chicken soup left. Use the chicken soup to cook the wontons.

Not long after, the wontons were ready. I scooped out two large bowls and gave one to Chu Huai. I scooped out two wontons in a small bowl and filled half a bowl of soup.

Two bowls of wontons, one large and one small, were brought to the restaurant on a tray, and Chu Lingxuan came over with Dabao in his arms.

Both of them exclaimed "delicious and delicious". Dabao still wanted it after eating, but Chen Afu didn't agree and said, "You can't eat too much at night, it's not easy to digest."

Dabao watched Chu Lingxuan eat eagerly.

Chu Lingxuan raised his head and said, "Dad must also listen to your mother. She said you can't eat anymore, so you can't eat it."

Dabao said "Oh", and fearing that he would be driven away, he moved closer to Chu Lingxuan and said, "I haven't seen Daddy for a long time. I want to talk to Daddy more."

After eating and talking for a while, Dabao accompanied him the whole time, which made Chu Lingxuan helpless. He had thought about her for so long that it was not convenient to say what was on his mind, let alone holding hands.

After a few people talked for a while, Chu Lingxuan was leaving. Chen Afu got up and went to see him off. Dabao wanted to follow him on crutches, but Chen Afu didn't agree, saying that it was dark and he was afraid of him falling.

Dabao wanted to say, if I am afraid that I will fall, my mother can hold me. But seeing that my mother didn't mean that, and seemed a little unhappy, she didn't dare to say this, and watched them go out of the house helplessly.

Chen Afu and Chu Lingxuan walked out of the yard, followed by Chu Huai.

Chu Huai saw that his master was standing in front of the courtyard gate without moving, so he walked forward with discernment.

When Chu Lingxuan saw Chu Huai walking away, he took out a small diamond-shaped mirror as big as a palm from his arms and handed it to Chen Afu. He smiled and said, "This is the glass mirror I bought from Fan Ren for you."

There were very few glass mirrors in this era, and they were priceless and unmarketable. There was nowhere to buy them with money. Chen Afu has only seen it twice since he traveled through time, once in Miss Chu's room in the Councilor's Mansion, and once in Jiang's room.

Hearing that it was a glass mirror, Chen Afu happily took it and said with a bright smile, "Thank you, uncle."

Just as he was about to take a look, Chu Lingxuan held down the small mirror. He said, "You can't look in the mirror at night. You'll have to look at it tomorrow."

Also, many people in previous lives were taboo about looking in the mirror at night, let alone feudal ancient times. Chen Afu smiled and nodded, lowering the hand holding the mirror.

Her smile is as beautiful as a flower, more moving than the bright moon in the sky. Chu Lingxuan looked at her intently and murmured, "The moonrise is bright, and the outstanding people are here. The gentle and graceful people are here, and the laboring people are quiet..."

Although this man was like a junior high school student when he fell in love, Chen Afu was still deeply moved. She lowered her head slightly and listened to him say a few words of praise for herself before reminding him, "Uncle, it's time to go back."

Chu Lingxuan seemed to have just woken up. This was outside the gate, not the place to say such things. Moreover, if a man and a woman stay in the dark for a long time, they are easily criticized. His face was slightly hot, why did he become confused when he saw Ah Fu, talking and acting like a young boy.

He said hurriedly, "Okay, I'm going back, you can go back too. I'm going to the military camp tomorrow morning and won't be back until a few days later."

Chen Afu nodded, watched him leave, put the mirror in his arms, and turned back to the yard.

The next day, Dabao got up and saw a glass mirror on the table, and played with it curiously for a while. As if thinking of something, he put down the mirror and asked, "Mom, was this mirror given to you by dad yesterday?"

Chen Afu replied, "Yes, yes."

Dabao added, "My father is very good. He knows that women love beauty, so he bought this lovely little mirror for my mother. When my son becomes successful in the future, he will definitely buy a bigger one for his mother."

"Okay, mother, wait." Chen Afu said with a smile.

A few days later, Wangshan Village also had a bumper corn harvest. Although the taste did not change much, the output increased significantly, and Chen Shiying personally took several officials there.

It was the afternoon of the 26th, the sky was high and the clouds were clear, the autumn breeze was refreshing, and the climate was suitable. Chu Hanyan took Luo Mei and a few other girls to play in the children's playground. Qiqi, Huihui, Zhui Feng and Sasha also joined in the fun, and their giggles spread far and wide.

The sound of laughter and dog howling reached Luyuan, making Wangcai bark in anger.

Chen Afu was making cucumber facial masks for Wang and himself in the West Room of the upper room.

She used to use a watermelon rind mask with egg white and honey added to it. Golden Yanzi, who was coaxed happy by Chen Afu, would occasionally give him some agarwood leaves. Although they were as small as the size of his eyeballs, with these leaves, the quality would be improved by dozens of levels.

Now that the watermelons are gone and the cucumbers are almost gone, Chen Afu gritted his teeth and started to use the few cucumbers he had at home to make facial masks.

Maybe it’s because of the addition of agarwood leaves, or maybe the home-made watermelon and cucumber are good products in themselves, and the mask effect is very good. Chen Afu even felt that it was more effective than those high-end brand masks in his previous life.

They applied it every five days for more than two months, and now Wang's skin is much better. There are fewer wrinkles and dark spots, and it is much whiter. Although the skin is still rough, it is much stronger than before, and it actually looks like I am several years younger.

Chen Afu's skin is even better, delicate, white and tender, can be broken by blowing, and seems to be glowing.

The two of them washed their faces, and Wang said, "Ah Fu, don't use these things to make facial masks in the future. It's a waste of so much delicious food. My mother can't sleep well at night and is heartbroken."