Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty
Chapter 447 - 440: Pregnancy (4000K, Two - s in One)

Chapter 447: Chapter 440: Pregnancy (4000K, Two Chapters in One)

It has to be said, Zeng Shuang is a remarkable general manager. He’s clever, foreseeing, with a precise understanding of Chen Afu’s intentions, and he knows how to put it into practice with an eye to the features of this era.

Afterwards, Chen Afu paid another visit to the Nirvana Embroidery Workshop. It wasn’t her bridal shop, but Chu Lingxuan’s private property, and she felt she should take an interest. Sometimes when she felt inspired, she would design some accessories for the embroidery workshop.

During this time, she arranged a marriage for Qingfeng to Deputy Manager Liu’s second son. Deputy Manager Liu’s wife personally asked for this favour, as he was always worried that the lady of the house didn’t consider him as part of the family. He hoped that with his son marrying the top maid of the lady of the house, he could establish a closer relationship with her.

Chen Afu consulted Qingfeng on the matter. When she agreed, they set a date for the wedding. Qingfeng was already seventeen this year, so it was perfect timing for her to get married next year.

Hong Fei was also sixteen, but she hadn’t met a suitable match yet. Hong Fei was beautiful, capable, loyal, and also had some martial arts skills. Chen Afu favoured her greatly and had been trying to find her a sweetheart. Although many suitors had proposed, none had caught her eye.

Xia Yue and Qiu Yue were already fourteen. If they found suitable partners, it would be time to set the dates as well.

In the blink of an eye, it was April 10th, and Chen Afu had postponed her daily routine for fifteen days.

In the morning, Mrs. Li had called for a doctor to enter the mansion to study Chen Afu’s pulse and confirm her suspicion - Chen Afu was indeed pregnant.

Mrs. Li was ecstatic and insisted that Chen Afu stay on the bed and not move around, taking maximum caution for at least the first three months.

Chu Hanyan and Li Xuan were overjoyed and crowded around Chen Afu.

Especially Li Xuan, who seemed almost too thrilled - not only was he always eyeing Chen Afu’s belly, he incessantly asked questions such as "When can baby sis come out?", seemingly unable to contain his impatience.

Chen Afu laughed heartily, explaining, "It’s early yet, the baby will only be born around the end of the twelfth lunar month, during the heavy snow."

At midday, Dabao and Alu returned, got the good news, and both grinned from ear to ear.

Chen Dabao said, "Mother, you’d better give birth to a girl this time. I’d love to have a sister as pretty as Yan’er."

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan was even more elated, clinging to Chen Afu’s clothes and saying, "My father said that the daughter you bear would be my little wife, and asked me to look out for her."

Chen Afu was so dumbfounded that she couldn’t help but twitch her mouth. What on earth was this? The debauched Prince Rui was imposing his libertine ways on his son, which seemed utterly improper.

Dabao and Ms. Chu were both disgruntled, and spoke in unison: "It’s not happening! Our sister will stay with us, she won’t marry anyone else!"

On hearing this, Li Xuan burst into tears, "My father told me to look out for my little wife, and to bring her home when I grow up. He’s repeatedly reminded me not to forget..."

Chen Alu broke into laughter, saying "Shame, shame, thinking about getting a wife at such a young age."

Chen Afu drew Li Xuan to her side, wiping the tears from his eyes, "If you talk about getting a wife now, people will laugh at you. See, even Uncle Alu is laughing at you, isn’t he?"

Chen Dabao was not pleased at all. His unborn sister was already being coveted by others. If the new baby girl was as lovely as Yan’er, who knew how many more people would set their sights on her. Hearing his mother’s words, he fought his displeasure and let out a playful sarcasm, "What a little boy, crying dismissively for a wife."

Everyone in the room burst into laughter at this.

Embarrassed, Li Xuan hid his blushing face on Chen Afu’s thigh and whimpered.

Chen Afu pretended to say, "No one is allowed to laugh. Xuan Xuan is not really thinking of a wife, he’s just joking." She patted his head, asking, "Right, Xuan Xuan was just joking, weren’t you?"

Li Xuan, with teary eyes, really wanted to say "I really do want a little wife". However, fearing being laughed at, he reluctantly nodded his head saying, "Yes, I was just joking earlier, I don’t really want a wife yet."

Seeing Li Xuan in such a contradiction, still knowing to say something to his advantage, Chen Afu chuckled quietly. This little guy was getting smarter.

In the late afternoon, Chen Afu then had someone go out to buy a couple of lactating sheep and some almonds.

The quantity and nutrition of a pregnant woman’s milk would decrease. The two little ones had acquired a taste for her milk and refused to drink from any other wet nurse. Chen Afu had to come up with the idea to use almonds to cook with sheep milk to remove the strong mutton smell. Later, she would wrap up the almonds with a cloth, adding a small piece of Yan Chenxiang wood inside. The two little ones would surely drink the milk because of its distinctive flavor. Now they were already half a year old and supplemented with other foods, they only drank milk twice a day.