The Little Life of a Big Landlord

Chapter 140 Shock

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"Fine, fine, I'll go, I'll go, okay?" Zhao Fen was so annoyed by Sun Fangfang's nagging that she immediately raised her hands in surrender.

"That's more like it..." Sun Fangfang nodded with a smile, then looked at Zhang Yuntong, "Dad, I'll take you out to eat. Let me tell you, the food at my godfather's house is something you've never tasted before..."

"Okay, I'm a little hungry too..." Zhang Yuntong wouldn't be foolish enough to argue with his daughter-in-law. Forget about winning; the key issue is their status. How ridiculous would it be for a father-in-law to argue with his daughter-in-law?

Naturally, he wouldn't object to whatever arrangements Sun Fangfang made for him.

After arranging for her father-in-law, Zhang Yuntong, to sit at a table where the banquet had just begun, Sun Fangfang, carrying her son, led her mother-in-law into the back garden.

Upon entering the back garden, Zhao Fen was immediately struck by its beauty. Although it was late autumn, the walls and fences were covered with half-grown ivy, its dense, tender green foliage bringing a tenacious vitality to the garden. Donkeys, cattle, sheep, goats... like prisoners behind bars, peered out from behind iron bars, occasionally letting out a weak bray. Plump pigeons, some red and some mixed-colored, flew up and down constantly, perching on the protrusions of the hillside or on the fence, cooing softly. Spotted dogs strolled lazily, rubbing themselves against the hillside or lying down at the foot of the hill, some even gazing at Sun Fangfang, their ears drooping and tails wagging eagerly.

"Hehe, Mom, let me introduce you. This is my godfather's farm. They raise livestock and pigeons. There's also a fishpond at the very back. Do you see those meat pigeons? Those pigeons are for eating meat. They can't fly at all. At most, they can fly as high as the roof. My godfather's farm also has two pairs of somersault pigeons. Those are the good pigeons. They can do somersaults when they fly..." Sun Fangfang said with a smile, leading Zhao Fen onto a small path.

"Oh! Is that so?" Zhao Fen was already shocked. She had a feeling that from the moment she entered the back garden, she had left the real world and entered a fairy tale world. However, the iron fence made this fairy tale somewhat heavy.

"...There was also a pair of white doves with black tails and a black dot on their foreheads. They were called 'Dianzi' (meaning 'dot'). They looked pretty good, anyway, quite beautiful. I brought them back for my godfather when we went to the market that time..." Sun Fangfang's little mouth never stopped.

Zhao Fen listened half-heartedly, following behind her and looking around.

The further they went, the more green plants there were. Gradually, Zhao Fen became somewhat numb; autumn was long gone here.

"...The hot springs are just ahead. The temperature there is high, like in a greenhouse, and the flowers bloom all year round..." Sun Fangfang said.

Soon, a gate appeared ahead. The gate was closed, but not locked. Sun Fangfang pushed the gate open and entered, with Zhao Fen following closely behind her.

The two followed the path, winding their way through the woods, and entered a garden-like open space.

This place is more like a fairytale world, no, it should be called a paradise. The air here is so fresh that you want to take your lungs, which have been tormented by all kinds of exhaust fumes, out of your chest and let them be cleansed in the air. All kinds of flowers are vying for beauty and blooming in competition, their fragrance spreading, intertwining, and mingling in the air, flying into people's noses, making people feel relaxed and happy.

At the heart of the flowers is a small wooden cabin shrouded in mist, its rough, unadorned wood giving it a rustic, mountain-like feel.

The only drawback is the new earthen mound, half a meter wide and long, which was just laid this morning for the hot spring pipes. This mound will level itself in ten days or half a month.

Voices drifted from the mist, and Zhao Fen could vaguely make out figures moving about within it.

"Ugly girl, hide well! I brought a little man in..." Sun Fangfang shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Oh? You brought my nephew? Quickly, bring him over so I can see him..." Wei Qingqing's delighted voice came through the mist: "Mom, quickly go inside and get the milk..."

"Okay, okay..." Xue Hua's voice came.

"Hehe, you must be Fangfang's mother-in-law? I'm Fangfang's godmother..." Zhang Shufang greeted her with a smile, "Speaking of which, we're such close relatives, yet we've never met..."

Although Zhang Shufang moved into Sunshine Community, she had never met Zhao Fen. It was as if Zhao Fen and Zhang Shufang were walking on two parallel paths, always going in opposite directions. It was just a coincidence that things happened so coincidentally that today was the first time the two sides had met.

"Oh! Hello, hello, congratulations! You're going to be a grandma soon..." Zhao Fen said with a smile.

"Thank you, thank you..." Zhang Shufang said repeatedly.

"Mom, look at what you're saying. We're so close, why are you thanking my mom?" Sun Fangfang complained, looking at her godmother.

"You brat, you always try to take advantage of people's words..." Zhang Shufang glared at her goddaughter with affection.

"Hello, Auntie..." Aunt Liu, holding her daughter's little hand, followed behind Zhang Shufang to greet her.

"Oh, oh, oh! You must be this little girl's mother, right? You've really raised a wonderful daughter. We old folks always say that this little girl is incredibly clever..." Zhao Fen said with a smile.

"You silly little thing..." Aunt Liu quickly said with a modest smile, and even lightly slapped her daughter's head, making the little girl particularly unhappy, her little mouth pouting: Is this how a mother talks about her daughter?!

Kids can't tell the difference between good and bad words, can they?

"Hurry up and take off the quilt? Be careful you don't get heat rash later..." Wei Qingqing's voice came from the mist.

"Hehe, that girl is taking a bath. Soaking in hot springs regularly is good for your health..." Zhang Shufang explained with a smile.

"It's alright, now that the baby is pregnant, we have to take good care of the child..." Zhao Fen said with a smile.

So, everyone walked towards the pool together.

"Come here, let me hug you..." Wei Qingqing stretched out a pair of lotus-white jade arms from the water.

"Here you go, if you accidentally give my son water, I'll make sure you're full of water too..." Sun Fangfang rolled her eyes, took her son out of the quilt, and handed him to Wei Qingqing.

"Hehehehe..." Wei Qingqing chuckled as she held the little guy. The chubby, fair-skinned boy was instantly awakened by the rising heat in her arms, and he immediately burst into tears. The key point was that the hot spring water was fine for adults, but it was too hot for a child.

"Give it to me right now..." Sun Fangfang quickly bent down, snatched her son, hugged him in her arms, and comforted him.

"The milk is here?" Xue Hua came out of the wooden house carrying several boxes of milk, handed one box to Sun Fangfang, and then distributed them to everyone.

"Girl, try this. It tastes alright..." Zhang Shufang said, inserting the straw into the milk carton and slowly sucking.

"Hehe..." Zhao Fen chuckled, then inserted the straw into the milk carton and started drinking.

"Hiss..." This inhale sent a shiver down Zhao Fen's spine. She felt every pore on her body open up, accompanied by a warm, strange sensation. "This...it's really quite nice..."

When Yang Ming and Wei Qingqing first drank milk, they didn't feel much difference because they were both in excellent physical condition, but others were not. The hardships of life had left them exhausted, and a sip of milk felt like an injection of energy.

"Right? Our milk is good for your health, and our goat milk is good for your brain, it's good for your brain..." Zhang Shufang said with a smile.

"Hehe, our Bao'er drinks a box of goat milk every day and always gets first place in exams. Just this morning, she and another student who got first place even got into a fight over who would be class monitor, and they scratched each other's faces..." Aunt Liu said with a smile, stroking her daughter's head.

"Really???" Zhao Fen's eyes lit up. She looked at the fresh milk in her hand, then at her grandson in her daughter-in-law's arms, and made up her mind.

"Of course, our Bao'er is naturally smart, and with her regular consumption of goat milk, it's only natural that she gets first place in her studies..." Xue Hua said, drinking her milk and coming closer to Zhao Fen to keep her company.

"Hehehe..." Little Bao'er was praised by everyone in a row, and she proudly puffed out her little chest, happily accepting everyone's praise, her big eyes narrowed into little crescent moons.

"Hehe, my son will drink goat milk often in the future, and he will definitely be smarter than Bao'er..." Sun Fangfang said with a smile as she fed her child.

"Hehe..." Zhao Fen laughed. What Sun Fangfang said was exactly what she had been thinking.

"Are you hungry? I'll go get you some food from the front..." Zhang Shufang said.

"I'm hungry, I'm so hungry..." Wei Qingqing was the first to respond, "I want braised fish and braised pork..."

"Is she still pregnant? I think you don't abstain from any meat at all. I remember when I was pregnant with Bao'er, I felt nauseous just smelling meat..." Aunt Liu said.

"Me too. When I was pregnant with our baby, my mom never dared to put fatty meat in front of me..." Sun Fangfang said.

Both women looked at Wei Qingqing with disdain.

"People are different, I just want to eat meat..." Wei Qingqing said, completely unconcerned about the two women's disdain.

"You're like a cat or a donkey... how come you seem so out of place?" Xue Hua said with a smile.

"What kind of road is this? I just want to eat meat..." Wei Qingqing protested.

"Eating meat is good, so the baby will be born a big one..." Zhang Shufang was quite pleased with herself. In her opinion, the fatter the grandson, the better, and the bigger the fetus, the better, because a big fetus will grow taller in the future.

"I'll eat anything, my mom loves spicy food, anything spicy is fine..." Sun Fangfang, holding her child, gestured towards Aunt Liu with her chin, "What are you standing there for? Are you really going to let my mom bring it to you?"

"You brat..." Aunt Liu rolled her eyes, turned around and walked outside to serve the dishes.

"Xiao Fen, I'll go with you..." Zhang Shufang said, quickly following behind.

"I'll go too..." Xue Hua followed suit without hesitation.

Both of them actually had their own ideas. They wanted to test Wei Qingqing with food to see if she preferred sour or spicy food.

"Why did they all leave?" Zhao Fen wondered to herself. "Could they have some kind of opinion about me?" She couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"Hmph, Mom, find a stool to sit on, don't stand, it's tiring..." Sun Fangfang said, sitting down on the steps of the wooden house.

"Alright, alright, don't worry about it..." Zhao Fen twisted her waist, changed her standing posture, and said.

"Grandma, I'll go get you a small stool..." Xiao Bao called out in his childish voice, ran into the wooden house, brought out a small stool, and handed it to Zhao Fen.

"Oh, thank you so much, little Bao'er..." Zhao Fen smiled and took the gift, patting the little Bao'er's face.

"Grandma, don't be so polite..." Xiao Bao said as he ran into the house.

"Aunt Zhao, isn't our Bao'er good?" Wei Qingqing said.

"Hmm! This girl is really adorable..." Zhao Fen unfolded the small stool, placed it on the ground, and then sat down.

"Mommy, can I have a peach as a reward?" Little Bao'er's little head peeked out from the window of the inner room of the wooden house.

"Of course you can..." Wei Qingqing said, somewhat surprised.

"But you can't tell my mom..." Xiao Bao'er said.

"Tell your mother what happened?" Wei Qingqing asked, puzzled.

Sun Fangfang and Zhao Fen also looked at Xiao Bao'er in surprise. It's just eating a peach, why are you hiding it?

"Mom said I fought with Wang Pingping, so she's punishing me by not letting me eat peaches today..." Xiao Bao'er was quite honest, showing no intention of acting first and asking questions later.

"Since that's the case, then I won't tell your mother. But you have to promise me that you'll never fight again," Wei Qingqing said.

"Mom, I promise I'll never fight again..." Little Bao said earnestly, his little face full of seriousness.

"Alright, go eat..." Wei Qingqing waved her hand.

"Yay..." Xiao Bao jumped up happily.

"Don't be so happy, get one for Grandma..." Wei Qingqing said again.

"Oh..." Xiao Bao'er quickly responded, ran out with a big peach in her arms, and handed it to Zhao Fen.

"Wow, these peaches are huge!" Zhao Fen exclaimed in surprise as she took the peach.

"Just the youngest? Mom, didn't you think of anything else?" Sun Fangfang said with a smile.

"Anything else?" Zhao Fen's eyebrows twitched. "Well... it seems like something's not right..." But after thinking for a long time, she couldn't figure out what was wrong. It was like she had grasped something, but there was nothing there.

"Hehe, think about it again..." Sun Fangfang was quite mischievous.

"This..." Zhao Fen frowned. "It seems... it seems like the season is not right, right?" This was the only abnormality she could think of.

"This season is more than just not right. At this time of year, there are no peaches for sale in the market. We can only get peaches here..." Wei Qingqing said.

"Don't they have any in the greenhouse either?" Zhao Fen asked in surprise.

Are there no peaches in winter? That doesn't seem right. She clearly remembered buying two peaches at the supermarket last Chinese New Year. Although the taste wasn't quite right, they were still peaches.

"The peaches in the greenhouse aren't ripe yet this season..." Sun Fangfang said.

"Oh! That's right..." Zhao Fen suddenly understood. Peaches aren't something you can just have whenever you want. A season's peaches need to grow for one or two months, or even longer, before they ripen and are available on the market.

"Mom, try this peach and see how it tastes..." Sun Fangfang said.

"Taste???" Zhao Fen had no hope for the taste of out-of-season peaches. She took a small bite and found it sweet, soft, and with a strong, unique peach flavor. She was immediately drawn in by the taste and couldn't help but take a second and a third bite, praising it repeatedly: "It's unbelievable that peaches in this season taste even better than those in season..." Involuntarily, she thought of the two peaches she bought last winter. Comparing the two, she concluded that comparisons are truly odious.

"Hehe, when my dad goes back, I'll have him take some fruit with him. Ugly Sister's family has so much fruit, not just peaches, but also apples, pears, grapes, and so on. Don't be shy with them..." Sun Fangfang said with a smile.

"Fangfang, how can you talk like that? How can you be so disrespectful to your father-in-law? You didn't even keep him here..." Wei Qingqing started to cause trouble, and sure enough, Zhao Fen's face fell.

"Why leave anything behind? We didn't bring our little yellow dog. If it starves to death, my dad will be heartbroken. Zhang Yang said that my dad treats that little yellow dog better than him..." Sun Fangfang rolled her eyes and said.

Zhao Fen's face flushed red. She couldn't help but think of the first time Zhang Yuntong saw that little yellow dog. He was even more affectionate with it than when he saw his own father, and he even snatched custody from his son... Of course, if he had actually met Zhang Yang's grandfather, he would have been terrified. That old man had been dead for over thirty years.

"Hey! The food's here, hurry up and put it on the table, let's eat..." Zhang Shufang carried a large tray with two dishes on it: one of braised pork and the other of braised fish.

"Oh..." Xiao Bao responded and immediately crawled into the wooden house, carrying out a large round table that could seat ten people.

This round table was bought with the help of Zheng Dabao and the village accountant when they went to the city to purchase supplies. Although it is made of sawdust board, it is quite heavy. Even an adult would have difficulty moving it. Of course, this adult does not include Yang Ming and Zhang Yang, who have eaten dragon eggs and improved their physical fitness.

"Wow, you little girl, you're really strong..." Zhao Fen quickly went to help, she couldn't just watch a little kid do such heavy work, could she?

"Mom, don't mind her, this little girl is very strong..." Sun Fangfang said, carrying her son into the house. She wanted to put her son inside so that it wouldn't be inconvenient when they ate later.

Sure enough, when Zhao Fen stepped forward, the young girl carried it very steadily.

After setting up the table, Xiao Bao'er went to move chairs, while Zhang Shufang placed the braised fish and braised pork on the table, then picked up the tray and went to the front to serve the dishes.

"Auntie, let's eat quickly..." Wei Qingqing had already put on her bathrobe at some point, pulled up a chair and sat down, and started eating with her hands.

The aroma of fish and meat was incredibly tempting; Wei Qingqing couldn't wait to eat it even before she picked up her chopsticks.

"Qingqing, how can you be so rude? If there are no chopsticks, just use your hands to eat..." Xue Hua walked in carrying a tray and saw her daughter picking at the food with her hands. She frowned and scolded her.

Wei Qingqing stuck out her tongue and sat down properly in the chair.

The two dishes Xue Hua brought were stir-fried shredded potatoes with vinegar. When making them, he specifically instructed the cook to add more vinegar. The other dish was stir-fried pork intestines with green peppers. The bright red pork intestines were mixed with green peppers, making them look very appetizing. These two dishes were a perfect combination of sour and spicy.

In addition, Xue Hua also brought a large handful of chopsticks.

Xue Hua put down the dishes and chopsticks on the table, then sat down next to her daughter and called to Zhao Fen, "Sister, sit down quickly, let's eat first..."

"Is it appropriate?" Zhao Fen hesitated, after all, not everyone was there yet, and it wouldn't be right to start eating already.

"What's wrong with that? If you want to eat something, just go to the front and get it. Anyway, there are plenty of ingredients, so just tell the kitchen staff what you want, and everything will be made fresh..." Xue Hua said.

"Yes, Mom, there are no outsiders here, so please don't be shy..." Sun Fangfang came out of the wooden house, pulled Zhao Fen to sit down, and picked up her chopsticks to start eating.

"You guys are really not very nice, you started eating without even waiting for us?" Aunt Liu came over carrying a tray with two dishes on it: a cold tomato salad and braised shrimp. There were also six bowls, which were the tableware for everyone to eat from.

Xiao Bao'er came out of the wooden house carrying several boxes of milk, distributed the milk to everyone one by one, and then sat down in the chair next to Wei Qingqing.

"Finally, there are two bowls of soup: boiled sliced ​​pork and sauerkraut soup. Now that the dishes are all ready, everyone, stop standing around and start eating..." Zhang Shufang carried in two bowls of soup, placed them in the center of the round table, and sat down in the last empty chair.

Then, the six of them sat around the round table and began to eat.

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