Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty
Chapter 127 - 126: Yan Poop

Jin Yanzi was lying on the ground, covering its little head with its large wings.

Chen Afu was startled and quickly squatted down to ask, "Baby, what’s wrong? Have you been crying?"

Jin Yanzi uncovered its wings and while it wasn’t crying, its little face was flushed red, exhibiting an embarrassed expression.

At least it wasn’t crying.

Chen Afu swayed the small bowl and said, "Jin Bao, get up, see what yummy food mommy brought for you.

The aroma attracted Jin Yanzi, and its mouth was already in the bowl before it retracted. It looked like it really wanted to eat yet was trying so hard to resist.

"What’s wrong, you don’t like it?" Chen Afu asked.

Jin Yanzi lowered its head, covered its little head with one wing and said, "Mommy, don’t laugh at me, I’ll tell you my secret."

Chen Afu said, "You are mommy’s baby, mommy won’t laugh at you."

Jin Yanzi removed its wing, looked at Chen Afu, opened its little pointed mouth, its face turned even redder, and then it hid its face again with its wing and said, "Ah, I’m so embarrassed, what should I do."

Chen Afu said, "You little thing, you’re not ashamed to talk about others’ ’naughty things’, so what else could embarrass you?"

Jin Yanzi hesitated before saying, "Well, ’naughty things’ are other people’s, not mine, so there’s nothing for me to be embarrassed about. But this, this is my private matter."

Chen Afu curiously asked, "Could it be that you’ve taken a liking to a certain female swallow and want to share a room with her?"

Jin Yanzi quickly waved its wings and said, "No, no. It’s ... it’s ..." It wriggled its little body and finally mustered up the courage to raise its head and say, "If I eat something from outside the space, I’ll need to poop ... "

Chen Afu pretended to be at ease and said, "Oh, so you need to poop, that’s very normal, what’s there to be shy about? Is there something you need me to do for you? Do you want me to wipe your bottom?"

Jin Yanzi quickly said, "No, no. It’s just that I’ve been pooping there for some time now, can you help me clean it up and throw it out? It’s quite a lot and it’s bothering me." It indicated a place where the tree roots protruded, where a few leaves were covering a pile of something.

Chen Afu went over and uncovered the leaves, revealing half a fist-sized lump of golden poop. The poop didn’t smell and was quite dry, looking like small golden soil particles piled together.

Jin Yanzi’s saliva was an unattainable bird’s nest in the human world, then its poop should be the hard-to-find swallow droppings organic fertilizer.

Thinking about his own two hundred acres of field, and even more fields in the future, Chen Afu’s eyes sparkled.

He said, "How about this, I’ll bring a few covered tea bowls in here, you can poop in them, and when I need them, I’ll take them out."

"But, I don’t want to keep my poop in the house." Jin Yanzi said.

Chen Afu said,"Your poop doesn’t smell, so it doesn’t matter if you leave it for a while. I’m afraid I’ll lose them if I take them out, and that would be such a waste. This is excellent fertilizer for the fields in the future." Seeing that Jin Yanzi was still reluctant, he held it in his hand and said, "Jin Bao really is capable, not only is your body precious but even the poop you make is valuable. In the future, mommy will get rich off these poop."

Jin Yanzi felt extremely proud upon hearing this, it covered its mouth and laughed, "Mommy’s compliment makes me shy."

Chen Afu sang the song "Little Swallow, In Your Floral Dress" to it a couple more times before fetching four covered tea bowls. He dumped the swallow droppings inside and closed the lids.

This served as Yanzi’s latrine.

He told it to lift the lid when it needed to poop and close it again once it was done.

Jin Yanzi seemed somewhat disdainful as she said, "The ones my previous masters used for me were always either solid gold or inlaid with jade. They would take them out once used. Here you are, just giving me these coarse porcelain bowls, even displaying them within my home."

It seems she had experienced such embarrassment before and resembled someone going through it for the first time.

Chen Afu rolled his eyes inwardly but said out loud, "Mommy’s currently broke. We will use solid gold once we get rich."

With the toilet situation resolved, Jin Yanzi heartily ate the luwei brought in by Chen Afu.

In Chen Afu’s mind, he thought maliciously, to accumulate more fertilizer, he must bring more food here, especially fattier items, to increase the quantity of fertilizer.

The next day, Chen Dabao, representing Chen Afu, expressed gratitude to everyone who had helped. Along with Chen Ming, Alu, and a few men, he invited guests to eat at the main room. Chen Afu, with only Qi Qi, Hui Hui, and Zhui Feng, headed to Tang Garden.

Chu Hanyan failed to see Dabao, and a hint of disappointment flashed in her gaze. She whispered softly, "Dabao..."

Chen Afu fed her a pickled peanut with a smile, and said, "Dabao has something to attend to today. He will be here to play with you tomorrow."

Abbot Liao Chen watched as Chen Afu also brought her a bowl of vegetarian luwei. After expressing her thanks, she tried a bit of tofu, kelp, and peanut, they were all very delicious. She beamed as she said, "Oh, this is absolutely delicious." Then she put down her chopsticks, "Master Wu Zhi from Lingyin Temple has returned, he loves good food. I already prepared a box of glutinous rice dates made by Master Wei. I was thinking I could bring this bowl of luwei to him."

Liao Chen, fearing the luwei would go bad, changed her plans of staying another day and hurriedly left, promising to return soon to accompany Yan’er. She urgently wanted to present the food to Master Wu Zhi, hoping he’d do a fortune-telling session for her granddaughter.

Chen Afu walked Chu Hanyan out to the outer court, watched her climb into the carriage, and then watched it disappear beyond the crimson gate.

The carriage had been gone for a while when it seemed Chu Hanyan finally registered that her grandmother had left again. Tears welled up in her big, dark eyes like grapes and streamed heavily down her face as her wailing broke out.

Chen Afu lifted her into his arms. Seeing her crying so sorrowfully, he couldn’t help feel choked up. Apart from the servants, her loved ones rarely spent any time with her, be it her father, grandmother, or great grandfather. After spending time with her, they’d always rush off to their own affairs.

She was unable to leave her own world, or maybe more unwilling to watch her loved ones leave her again?

Chen Afu felt a bit sorry for the girl. In this aspect, the previous dumb Afu was much better off than her. At least her loved ones remained with her all the time. They cared for her, and loved her.

For people like her, spiritual contentment was far more important than material gratification.

Chen Afu gently rubbed her little face against his own and whispered, "Don’t be sad, your Auntie will stay with you."

The girl stopped her tears, her doll-like eyes gazing at Chen Afu.

Chen Afu smiled and secretly kissed her, whispering in her ear, "Does Yan’er like it this way?" Seeing her nod slightly, he continued, "This will be our little secret, don’t tell anyone, okay?"

The little girl, still with tear marks on her face, curved her lips into a petal-like smile and nodded again.