The Country Maiden: Fields and Leisure
Chapter 754 - 753: Too Handsome Men Are Not Worry-Free

Chapter 754: Chapter 753: Too Handsome Men Are Not Worry-Free

Because of this wild tea matter, Wang Yongzhu managed to distract herself from the sorrow of parting with Song Chongjin for a while.

Her mind preoccupied with wild tea, she returned to Qilidun before she knew it.

She drove the carriage to the backyard, unloaded it, and led the mules to the back warehouse yard, where several children had already brought back fodder and left it in the yard for the mules to eat.

Turning back to enter the yard, just as she was about to move things from the carriage, Old Granny Zhang, hearing the commotion, hurried out from the house. As she came over to lend a hand, she observed her daughter’s expression, afraid that she was upset, "Have you sent off Chongjin?"

She asked with great care.

Wang Yongzhu nodded.

"Don’t be sad! If you really miss him, I’ll go with you to the county town in a couple of days, what’s there to worry about?" Old Granny Zhang said, seeing Wang Yongzhu looking distressed, busy consoling her.

Caught off guard, Wang Yongzhu hurriedly said, "Mother, it’s not that, I’m not—"

Old Granny Zhang was all the more heartbroken; her daughter was just too sensible, so upset yet still she didn’t want her to worry, insisting there was nothing wrong.

Oh, her heart ached for her!

Wiping away a tear, she took up the things, following behind Wang Yongzhu into the house. She placed the items down, brought water for Wang Yongzhu to wash her face,

then she busied herself nonstop in the kitchen, thinking of making some delicious food to replenish her daughter’s health.

But she was still in the mourning period, what delicious food could she make? With tears, she made two sugared water eggs for Wang Yongzhu, bringing them to her, "Eat up!"

Wang Yongzhu looked at her mother, baffled, and accepted the sugared water eggs resignedly, "Mother, don’t worry! I’m really fine! I was thinking about something else, not that I couldn’t bear to part with Brother Song!"

Seeing her daughter so open and straightforward, Old Granny Zhang finally believed that her daughter truly wasn’t upset.

She first breathed a sigh of relief, but then a thought struck her as off—

This couple was in its honeymoon period, so to speak. How could it be that she wasn’t at all upset about being apart for such a long time?

"Daughter, tell me, did you have a falling out with Chongjin? Or have you taken a fancy to some other young man?" Old Granny Zhang asked anxiously.

Remembering the Ninth Young Master she had encountered in the county, oh dear, he was so handsome that even she, an old woman, was stunned; her daughter had always liked good-looking young men.

Wasn’t it because Song Chongjin was the handsomest young man in all the neighboring villages that she had insisted on him in the first place?

She may feel for and like Chongjin, her son-in-law, but she couldn’t deny that he wasn’t as handsome as Ninth Master Lee.

Could her daughter have her sights set on Ninth Master Lee?

Old Granny Zhang became anxious, wringing her hands, "Daughter, remember you are a married woman. You can’t fall in love with every man you see. Although Chongjin is a bit darker and more mature-looking, he is steady, and he observed mourning for your father too. We can’t just divorce him—"

"Daughter, we must be honest as human beings! There are endless clothes to wear, endless wives to love, err no, I mean endless husbands to love! But as human beings, we must have a conscience, and reason! Although Chongjin may not be exceptionally handsome, he is at least seven or eight points out of ten, quite an outstanding young man!"

"Let’s be content, eh! Men who are too handsome are not worry-free—they tend to be fickle! Besides, if a man is prettier than a woman, where’s the justice in that? A man should look like a man! Having the appearance of a woman as a man is not auspicious..."

Old Granny Zhang wracked her brain, trying hard to convince her own daughter not to harbor any improper thoughts.

Wang Yongzhu was initially baffled, and it took her a moment to understand, then she couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

It wasn’t easy, but once Old Granny Zhang had finally taken a breath, Wang Yongzhu said, "Mom, what are you thinking about? No man in the world is as handsome as Brother Song! I only love someone like Brother Song! I would never think of holding another guitar, so please put your heart back in your belly!"

Old Granny Zhang then sheepishly touched her nose and awkwardly swatted Wang Yongzhu’s hand, "You naughty girl, you come back with a grim face, and when I ask you, you say it’s not because you hate to leave Chongjin? How can young couples not miss each other if they suddenly separate? Aren’t you intentionally making your old mom have such crooked thoughts?"

Wang Yongzhu had no choice but to lean into Old Granny Zhang’s ear and tell her about the thing Guan Yifei had said, and only then did she continue, "I was thinking, if we really find that tea tree, isn’t there a mountain right next to us? We could take some cuttings of the tea tree branches, carefully nurture them, and maybe we could grow a whole tea garden! If the tea becomes famous in the future, with this tea garden, we won’t have to worry for our whole lives!"

"Doing business has its ups and downs, but with a tea garden, as long as it’s well managed, no matter how hard it gets, it can still ensure that the family doesn’t have to worry about food and clothing!"

This was another one of Wang Yongzhu’s plans. Although the business was doing well now, it’s easy to make money in business, and even easier to lose it.

She couldn’t guarantee that her business would always stay afloat, and what’s more, if Song Chongjin really entered the officialdom, she needed to scale back her business activities. But a tea garden, that land, was truly the most solid investment.

Therefore, she had to think of a way to leave herself a contingency plan back home.

Old Granny Zhang’s eyes lit up, even more excited.

For her, working the crops in the fields, scraping a living from the soil.

The land is the least deceiving, it gives back as much as you put in.

Having been a village woman for most of her life, in Old Granny Zhang’s heart, there was nothing more reliable than land.

No matter how much money her daughter made doing business, Old Granny Zhang never felt secure.

But hearing her daughter talk about starting a tea garden, even though she didn’t understand the wondrous tea leaves that were bitter at first and then sweet,

she believed in her daughter’s judgment.

Even if they lost money, wouldn’t they still have the land? As long as they had land, what was there to fear?

Thinking this way, Old Granny Zhang clapped her hands in agreement, "This idea isn’t bad at all. Even if that tea doesn’t take, we could grow fruit trees or medicinal herbs in the future! As long as we have the land, we won’t starve!"

Hearing Old Granny Zhang say this, Wang Yongzhu thought it made sense. With the Xiao Tiantian System, as long as she could find that tea tree, there shouldn’t be any problem growing the tea, right? If all else failed, they could plant fruit trees and medicinal herbs. Didn’t someone contract a large mountain to grow ginseng after she arrived in that era?

She was already intrigued, but after Old Granny Zhang said this, her enthusiasm burned even hotter.

The mother and daughter huddled together, chattering away for a long time before they remembered, shouldn’t they call Jinhoo to ask about the whereabouts of the kid who was selling the wild tea?

When they went to the main house to find Jinhoo, ever since Wang Yongfu had scolded him, except for the next day when he had put on a brave face to entertain Wang Yongzhu and the others, he had been sulking in his room.

On the day of the funeral ceremony, although he came out, he was also sullen and silent.

Today, even though he knew Song Chongjin was leaving and would have rushed to see him off ordinarily,

he was mindful of the words his own father had said, implying that he had ulterior motives and wanted to curry favor with his aunt and uncle to secure future benefits.