The Farm Girl’s Charismatic Fortune
Chapter 155 - 151 The Demon Lord is Depressed

Chapter 155: Chapter 151 The Demon Lord is Depressed

Zhang Xiaoli and Liu Wenyao left before the sun set.

Zhang Xiaoli said cheerfully, "Sister-in-law, you really should visit the Ruo Family more often. Look at the significant changes that have occurred in your sister’s home, and you didn’t even know about it. How impolite!"

Not only did the Ruo Family get acquainted with the Zhenguo Crown Prince but also with the family of the County Magistrate, and they even received rewards from the Emperor!

Tsk tsk... It looks like the Ruo Family is on the rise again.

She had asked just now and found out that the eldest of the Ruo Family planned to return to the military camp after the New Year.

The eldest of the Ruo Family used to be a Chiliarch, who only retired because of a sudden strange illness. If he goes back to the military, with the Zhenguo Crown Prince as a backer, his prospects are unlimited!

In the future, I really should get on good terms with the Ruo Family.

Liu Wenyao pulled at the corner of her mouth and said lightly, "Everyone is quite busy."

"No matter how busy, one shouldn’t neglect family ties. Remember to visit more often since even the closest relatives need to keep in touch to maintain affection. The countryside has fresh air; sister-in-law, next time you come to the Ruo Family, remember to bring me along."

My husband will take the imperial examination next year, and the Zhenguo Crown Prince holds a high and powerful position. After my husband becomes an Imperial Scholar, he could help him find a good official position in the Capital City, right?

Liu Wenyao looked at her beaming smile, not knowing what daydreams she was having, and said lightly, "Let’s talk about it next time!"

In the future, as long as my sister-in-law is at home, I’d better visit the Ruo Family less often.

I regret bringing her along today and causing trouble for my sister’s family.

Asking for a letter of recommendation is one thing when it’s for your own child, but asking on behalf of someone else’s child after your own, time and again, can make one seem insatiable and diminish the friendship.

"Right, on the second day of the New Year, when you visit your maternal home, I’ll accompany you to see our kinsman-in-law."

The second day of the New Year is when one visits their maternal home. The Liu Wenyu family will go as well, so by that time the letter of recommendation should be ready, right?

Liu Wenyao: "..."

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In the following days, the Ruo Family busied themselves selling couplets, New Year paintings, and paper-cuttings for window decorations. They continued selling until the twenty-ninth day of the New Year, earning a total of more than thirty taels of silver.

Today, the entire family went to town, squeezing into the same horse carriage.

After counting the silver earned today, Ruo Xuan sighed, "Five taels short. All these days combined and we’ve only made a little over thirty taels. Earning silver is indeed not easy!"

After so many days and nights of hard work, they had only earned thirty-some taels.

Her fairy energy was depleted every day!

Alas, writing couplets doesn’t make much silver!

The corners of the mouths of the Ruo brothers twitched. Xuanbao was now the wealthiest among the children, yet still complained about too little silver. In previous years, from selling couplets, they could at most make ten-plus taels. They had to start early and travel to many places to earn that much.

This year, for some reason, everyone queued to buy their family’s couplets.

Granny Lei joyfully said, "Over thirty taels is quite a lot. We’ve earned over ten taels more on couplets this year than in the past."

For many peasant families, thirty-some taels was already a substantial sum, as some families earned only that much in an entire year altogether.

No sooner had their carriage left the main road and entered the village than Ruo Xuan heard many piercing pig-slaughtering sounds.

Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, so today several households in the village are slaughtering pigs for the celebration.

Shaxi County doesn’t get snow in winter. Although the weather is cold, it isn’t freezing, so many people choose to slaughter pigs on the day before New Year’s Eve, allowing them to save some pork for visiting relatives during the New Year.

Naturally, those who don’t slaughter a New Year pig can bring chickens or geese when visiting relatives.

Regardless, when visiting relatives during the New Year, one must bring meat.

Upon hearing the pig-slaughter sounds from inside the carriage, Granny Lei said, "Sixth son, later go and buy a pair of pig’s trotters and some pork from the village. Buy a bit more, half a pig perhaps. Get a few more pairs of trotters."

Ruo Chuan replied, "Okay. Mother, next year when our new house is ready, should we raise a couple of pigs too? That way, we could also have our own New Year pig to slaughter at year’s end."

Ruo Xian quickly added, "We should! Raise pigs, cattle, and also chickens, geese, and ducks, like the village chief’s family. Raise more, so we’ll have plenty of meat for the New Year."

Ruo Xuan didn’t care much about what to raise; she was more concerned about what to eat. After all, even if they didn’t raise animals, they could still buy them or she could catch some in the mountains.

Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve, and I hear that the reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve in the human world is very sumptuous, she asked, "Granny, what are we having tomorrow?"

Granny Lei asked, "What does Xuanbao want to eat? Whatever Xuanbao wants to eat, Granny will make for Xuanbao. Tomorrow is also Xuanbao’s birthday!"

"I want to eat roast whole lamb, roast rabbit meat, I also want roast chicken, braised goose, braised pig’s trotters...." Ruo Xuan listed a series of dishes, some of which were Xuanyuan Que’s favorites (or so she thought).

As a flower, Ruo Xuan had never had a birthday before, and she shared the same birthday with Divine Lord Xuanyuan. She decided that she would go up the mountain later to invite Divine Lord Xuanyuan to come to her house the next day to celebrate their birthday with roast whole lamb.

Granny Lei smiled and agreed, "Alright, we don’t have a New Year’s pig to slaughter, but we can butcher a sheep. Tomorrow’s reunion dinner will be roast whole lamb. We don’t have chickens or geese at home, Old Six, when you go to the village to buy pork, also buy a few to bring back."

Granny Lei thought to herself: Slaughter two sheep, eh? On the second day of the New Year, your second brother’s wife and your fourth brother’s wife, you both take a lamb leg back to your mother’s home, then bring back a chicken and a goose....

In previous years, there were never any good things to take back to their mother’s homes, but this year times are good, and it can’t be wrong to prepare a bit more.

The children heard this and were all extremely excited, "Yay, we get to eat roast whole lamb!"

"This is great, we get to eat roast chicken!"

...

The cheers nearly blew the roof off the carriage.

The carriage came to a steady stop outside the courtyard gate.

Ruo Shui got down from the carriage and opened the courtyard door.

A white dog charged out.

Ruo Xuan had just jumped down from the carriage when the Demon Lord, in his entire dog form, pounced on her.

"Woof woof woof....."

Little Flower Fairy, go find that pig and buy it! Then we’ll slaughter it!

Ruo Xuan exclaimed, "What’s wrong?"

Demon Lord: "Woof woof woof..."

The family wanted to find a sow for breeding, to have piglets, they’re not slaughtering it!

Ruo Xuan: Huh?

A sow? Breeding? Piglets?

After Ruo Xuan figured it out, she couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

The Demon Lord was utterly gloomy watching this flower laugh and shake, so frustrated he could die!

He had been waiting for his pig form to be slaughtered so his other soul could return to his human body.

But he had waited and waited, and by now, that pig still hadn’t been killed!

Then he heard the pig’s owner say that the pig looked good, and they wouldn’t slaughter it, deciding to keep it for after the New Year to find a sow for breeding, to have piglets!

He absolutely didn’t want to leave behind any pig descendants with his bloodline in the human world!

"Woof woof....."

Keep laughing, and I’ll bite you!

Ruo Xuan couldn’t help it!

Laughing, she patted the Demon Lord’s dog head, "Come on, I’ll take you to find Brother Xuanyuan, let him buy you back."

"Woof woof woof....."

Don’t find him; you go buy it!

The Demon Lord fervently shook his head and wagged his tail. He absolutely would not let Xuanyuan Que know he was caught by humans for breeding with a sow to have piglets!

Ruo Xuan waved her hand, "I can’t do that!"

Although she knew where the Demon Lord’s pig form was, the distance was too great. Even if she told her family she wanted to buy a pig to slaughter, they definitely wouldn’t go that far just to buy a pig!