Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 233: Chapter 233 If You Are Willing_1

As the lotus leaf was peeled back, the aroma intensified, causing An Jing to involuntarily swallow her saliva.

The beggar’s chicken had a lustrous, date-red color that made it look extremely appetizing. An Jing quickly washed her hands before tearing off a chicken leg and offering it to Xiao Changyi’s mouth like a treasure, ”Husband, try this quickly.”

Xiao Changyi found it sweet beyond words that An Jing insisted he taste it first, even though she had done this many times before and he had grown accustomed to it.

However, he was always reserved with his emotions, so his smile deepened only a fraction more.

He took a bite from the chicken leg; the meat was crispy and tender in his mouth, with a unique flavor and a hint of lotus leaf fragrance - it was quite delicious.

”Is it good?” An Jing’s eyes sparkled as she asked.

”Delicious,” Xiao Changyi remarked; as he said this, he brought the chicken leg from An Jing’s hand to her mouth.

An Jing certainly didn’t mind that her husband had already bitten the chicken leg. She took a big bite and, upon tasting the flavor of the beggar’s chicken - although not as authentic as those sold in specialty shops - her eyes curved with satisfaction.

As she ate, she conversed, ”Husband, next year let’s raise more chickens. I know many ways to cook them, and then I can prepare them for you one by one.”

Xiao Changyi’s smile broadened slightly, ”Hmm.”

”Why aren’t you eating? Just watching me—do you really want me to feed you like I did just now?” Seeing that Xiao Changyi was simply gazing at her tenderly without eating the beggar’s chicken, An Jing found it amusing and, of course, felt a sweetness in her heart.

After all, he was only tender with her!

”If you’re willing to feed me, I have no objections,” said Xiao Changyi lightly.

An Jing paused for a moment before raising her eyebrows and smiling, ”If I feed you, does that mean you’ll feed me too?”

Xiao Changyi immediately picked up a piece of beggar’s chicken with chopsticks and offered it to An Jing’s mouth.

An Jing’s eyes narrowed into slits with laughter, but she still opened her mouth to eat, then cheerfully said, ”Alright, I’ll feed you.”

”Hmm.”

The two of them continued feeding each other, indulging in a sweet and sticky meal, bursting with tenderness and affection, until the entire beggar’s chicken was gone.

That night, before sleeping, remembering that Wang Youbao hadn’t visited for some time, and considering that they had not heard news of Landlord Wang’s passing and they were not too busy at home, An Jing suggested, ”Husband, let’s go to town tomorrow and visit Youbao.”

”Hmm.”

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The next day, after breakfast, Xiao Changyi drove the ox cart, taking An Jing with him to TipLiu Town.

In TipLiu Town, Landlord Wang was the wealthiest. He had not always been rich but had achieved his wealth through two to three decades of hard struggle. After becoming wealthy, Landlord Wang did not display the avarice or snobbery typical of other landlords. In fact, he was exceptionally kind and reasonable.

If poor families renting Landlord Wang’s land could not afford the rent, he still allowed them to continue farming it.

The days of the Wang family had not always been easy, but they lived without worry about clothing and food largely due to Landlord Wang’s support.

And Landlord Wang’s brothers benefitted greatly from their association with him.

When An Jing stepped out of the ox cart, she looked at the vast and deep Wang family estate, with the name ”Wang Family” inscribed on the big gate, and felt no envy; she just thought that she might never be able to have such a fine house in her life.

It was only when Xiao Changyi parked the ox cart and came to her side that she went with him to the entrance of the Wang Family’s gate, where she asked the young servant guarding the door, ”Young man, we are friends of your Young Master Bao. Please, could you tell us how Youbao has been faring recently?”