Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty
Chapter 440 - 433: Trusting Others Too Easily

Chapter 440: Chapter 433: Trusting Others Too Easily

The next day, Chen Afu forced herself to get up. She had told Mrs. Hua yesterday that she wanted to have noodles with mixed sauce for breakfast today.

Today, the twenty-seventh of February, was Shiyi’s real birthday. He turned seven years old today. However, Chen Dabao was found by Mrs. Wang on the second of March, so his birthday was set on that day.

In the West Side Room, two large bowls of mixed sauce noodles with minced meat, two small bowls of tremella soup, and two small bowls of pigeon soup were set on the table.

Chen Dabao came over. Upon seeing the mixed sauce noodles, he immediately laughed. After all this time, he still loved this dish.

Looking at Dabao’s joyful face, Chen Afu raised her hand, wanting to pinch his chubby cheek. But she only brought her hand up to pat his head instead. He was seven now, and in the future she should use his growing up as an excuse not to get too close with him. Although she was reluctant, there would always come a day of separation, and she didn’t want him to become overly attached to her.

However, Chen Dabao didn’t wish for the same thing as Chen Afu. After she sat down, he leaned in to give her a kiss. He said, "Mom, when I see these noodles, I think of our time in the village. We were so poor back then that eating a bowl of mixed sauce noodles, even without any meat, was a luxury. But I still miss those times, because back then, you and I would sleep on the same bed..."

Chen Afu interrupted his reminiscence. She said, "Children should talk more about the future. Only old people like to talk about the past."

With a light chuckle, Chen Dabao finished his large bowl of noodles and drank half bowls of tremella soup and pigeon soup.

After sending Dabao off, Chen Afu suddenly thought: what if Chu Lingxuan and his men want to use the Divine medicine? She couldn’t possibly say that she had let Jin Yanzi take it to Marquis Chu, could she?

She went to the West Room, which served as her study, housing many of Chu Lingxuan’s belongings. She remembered a small box that contained some pills for external injuries. As a military officer, Chu Lingxuan always kept such medicines on hand.

She opened the small box. The red brocade box contained external medicine, and the purple brocade box contained Internal Medicine. Chu Lingxuan once told her so.

Chen Afu chose a purple brocade box, seeing that the color of the pills inside resembled that of the Divine medicine. She took the box out and put it in her space. Later, she would ask Jin Yanzi for some agarwood leaves to mix into the pills, giving the pills that unique scent. Except for a sharp nose like the young girl, no one could smell the difference.

Because there were agarwood leaves in the medicine, it could indeed be called a Divine medicine as it could cure many diseases.

Jin Yanzi returned two nights later.

Chen Afu was awakened by a few bird calls. Because Chu Lingxuan was sleeping next to her, Jin Yanzi didn’t dare to fly into the net tent.

She quickly stretched her left hand out of the net tent, feeling Jin Yanzi fly into her space.

Even though Chu Lingxuan was woken by the sound, he muttered, "Strange, why do I hear a bird chirping in the room?"

Chen Afu replied, "It must have been chirping outside the window; you must have heard it wrong."

When Chu Lingxuan turned over and fell back asleep, she got up and went to the latrine, securing the door from the inside and entering her space.

Jin Yanzi was exhausted, with her small wings spread out on the ground, her little head tilted, and her small, pointed mouth panting.

Chen Afu felt a mix of distress and guilt. She picked it up and placed it in the palm of her hand, gently stroking its back and saying, "Baby, you’ve worked hard."

Even if she was anxious, she had to wait until Jin Yanzi had adjusted its breath back to normal before asking questions.

Jin Yanzi, however, was panting and said, "Mommy, I missed Fu Garden."

Chen Afu laughed and said, "Mommy missed it too. As soon as the danger is over, we’ll go back to Fu Garden for a while." In her opinion, as long as Jin Yanzi got Mr. Chu to take the pill, the danger would be over.

Jin Yanzi said, "Mommy, the danger isn’t over yet. Daddy Chu’s uncle hasn’t recovered yet."

Chen Afu was taken aback and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Alas, it’s all because I was too trusting..." Jin Yanzi said in despair.

When it returned to Liaozhou, Master Gui Ling had already been brought to treat Mr. Chu. Master Gui Ling said that Mr. Chu was a dying man after falling from a cliff, but the Divine medicine was able to save his life temporarily. But the dosage wasn’t enough, Mr. Chu could only hold onto his life for ten to fifteen days. Other than the Divine medicine, no other drug could save Mr. Chu. If he didn’t eat the lifesaving Divine medicine soon, Mr. Chu would die in less than fifteen days at most.

The people serving Mr. Chu were scared out of their wits. They immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Marquis Chu in the Capital City...

Jin Yanzi knew that Master Gui Ling was the eldest disciple of the bald monk, and he could even be entrusted with the Tri-color ball and the Green Swallow’s nest. It believed that it would be better for Gui Ling to feed Daddy Chu’s uncle, as there would be no waste at all. So it put the pill in Gui Ling’s hand while he was asleep and then deliberately made a noise outside the window.

Gui Ling was startled awake, first smelled a particular aroma, and then looked at his palm to find a pill. He had seen this pill when his master made it before.

Master Gui Ling was overjoyed and sat up immediately. After looking around the empty room, he folded his hands together and said, "Amitabha Buddha, this humble monk thanks the noble person for their help."

After some thought, he only broke a quarter of the pill and put it into the decoction, then fed the decoction to Mr. Chu. But he hid the other three-quarters of the medicine away...

Jin Yanzi said, "Mommy, why didn’t the little bald... monk feed all the medicine to Daddy Chu’s uncle? He fed so little, I saw that Daddy Chu’s uncle still didn’t wake up, only his complexion improved a bit. Should I go and steal the pill back and feed it myself?"

Chen Afu thought for a moment and said, "Master Wu Zhi entrusted such an important matter to Master Gui Ling, so he is indeed a trustworthy person. His actions must be to protect you and me from suspicion. He’s just keeping Uncle’s life firstly, and waiting for the people who fetch the ’medicine’ to return before feeding the rest of the Divine medicine to Uncle."

Jin Yanzi suddenly understood, raising the corners of her mouth and saying, "That little bald... monk... oh, I won’t call him a little bald monk again. That Gui Ling monk is a good monk, better than the old bald one."

Chen Afu laughed, then told her about Jin Bei crying. Jin Yanzi’s small pointed mouth dropped in disbelief, staying frozen momentarily. Quickly, she picked up Jin Bei and circled around the agarwood tree happily. Chen Afu then left the space.

When she went back to bed and lay down, Chu Lingxuan turned over and held her in his arms, muttering, "Why did you take so long?"

As Chen Afu was contemplating how to answer him, his snores came the next moment.

The next morning, when Dabao got up, he saw Jin Yanzi standing on the window sill chirping at him.

Dabao was overjoyed. Without even bothering to get dressed, he rushed over and grabbed Jin Yanzi, squeezing it till Jin Yanzi rolled its eyes back in discomfort.