The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 40 - 39 Visitor from the Generals Residence
Chapter 40: Chapter 39 Visitor from the General’s Residence
Chapter 40 -39 Visitor from the General’s Residence
“Mother, when I was leaving the city, I just happened to run into the butler from the General Residence, so we returned together,” Xuanbao said.
The butler of the General Residence stepped forward and paid his respects to Granny Lei, looking sorrowful as he spoke, “Elder Madam Ruo, the old General has passed away. My mistress sent me to report the death.”
Granny Lei was so shocked that she froze, “Passed away? How did this happen so suddenly? This… Butler, you must take good care of your mistress. We will tidy up at home and then come over.”
Ruo Shui was also very surprised, “I haven’t heard of any military conflicts recently!”
Shaxi County is located in the Nanzhou region of Xuanyuan Country, bordering the Nansha states. If there were military conflicts, the Governor’s Office would issue a public notice.
The butler of the General Residence said, “The old master had an accidental fall and that was the end of him. My mistress has fainted from crying. Elder Madam Ruo, if you are well, please come early to comfort my mistress. I still have to notify others, so I must take my leave now.”
After the butler reported the death, he hurried off. The General Residence was in chaos, and he had many tasks to attend to.
Xuanbao thoughtfully said, “The punishment of the Heavenly Dao is always fair, a life for a life.”
Someone from the Jiang Family has quickly paid with their life.
That must mean someone from the Jiang Family was responsible for grandfather’s death.
It means that grandfather didn’t make a mistake in his decisions, die on the battlefield, only to be posthumously disgraced!!!
That’s too wicked!
She had to restore her grandfather’s honor.
Granny Lei didn’t even care about the zizania anymore, “Second son, third son, fourth son, you brothers hurry and bring the wild pig back home, tie it up, we’re going to the funeral.”
“Okay!” The brothers hurriedly agreed.
Xuanbao stood up, her small face stern, “Don’t go, he doesn’t deserve it.”
The family looked at Xuanbao in surprise.
Ruo Shui, picking up his daughter, asked, “Xuanbao, tell daddy why you shouldn’t go?”
Granny Lei felt an odd sensation in her heart again, feeling that her precious granddaughter really didn’t like the people from the General Residence.
After thinking it over, Xuanbao said, “Grandma and I going is enough, there’s no need for the whole family to go. We need to sell the wild pig, sell the zizania, and dad hasn’t finished copying the books he borrowed from the bookstore. We can’t delay.”
She still needed to go. She wanted to see if she could meet the spellcaster. Anyone capable of setting up a formation that steals people’s fortunes must be a very bad person. She wanted to find them and tell the Heavenly Dao, to prevent more people from being harmed.
Ruo Chuan hesitated, “But the Jiang Family has been kind to us, it wouldn’t be right for only mother and Xuanbao to go, would it?”
Without a second thought, Granny Lei said, “Xuanbao is right, just she and I will go. I am of the older generation, and as long as I am there, the people from the General Residence can’t find fault. You all do what you need to do. Although the Jiang Family has shown us kindness, your father once saved Jiang Li’s life! We don’t owe them anything.”
The Jiang Family hadn’t really helped the Ruo Family much; they just bought their land for a high price.
Ruo Shui and Ruo Chuan exchanged glances, then communicated with their eyes.
Ruo Chuan: What’s the matter with mother? Why does she suddenly seem dissatisfied with the Jiang Family? Didn’t she always say that the people from the General Residence were honorable? It was the Jiang Family who helped find Master Xuan Ji for father’s funerary rites.
Ruo Shui shook his head: He didn’t know either.
Could it be because of what happened with the two children this morning?
It must be!
“Did that little girl from the Jiang Family bully Xuanbao? Then we won’t go. After all, we don’t owe the Jiang Family anything.”
Upon hearing this, Ruo Chuan couldn’t stand it, bullying Xuanbao was absolutely unacceptable!
“We won’t go! Mother, Xuanbao, you shouldn’t go either!”
Madam Liu also nodded, “Jiang Yu looks like a spoiled brat, pouting and capricious. Xuanbao, don’t go.”
In someone else’s house, she would be even more vulnerable to bullying!
Xuanbao shook her head, “No! I want to see what the General Residence really looks like. Someday I’ll build an even bigger mansion for us!”
She just needed to walk around inside and would know who the bad person was.
Granny Lei laughed, “Then grandma will take Xuanbao to have a good look at the General Residence.”
“Xuanbao actually wants to see the General Residence? Then go! Have a good look, daddy will work hard!”
“Xuanbao is really promising, your uncle will also work hard!”
The butler from the General Residence hadn’t gone far yet. He was skilled in martial arts and had better hearing than most people. Having heard all this, he was almost furious!
Did the Ruo Family look down on the General Residence? So reluctant even to pay their respects?
Did they think they were still as influential as when Elder Lord Ruo was around? Even harbouring the delusion of living in a mansion bigger than the General Residence’s?
Pah, what a rundown household, thinking they can aspire to anything!
Such daydreamers.
Not knowing why the mistress still held the Ruo Family in such high esteem?
So what if the old Ruo master once saved the Master?
The eldest Ruo son went mad in the barracks and hurt someone, but wasn’t it the Master who helped smooth things over, had him sent back home? Otherwise, he would’ve been beaten to death by the soldiers long ago!
Ungrateful he is, he’ll surely tell the Madame about this. Let’s see if the Ruo Family can still manage without the protection of the General Residence.
Next time they sell their land, he’ll definitely drive a hard bargain! Not a half tael more per mu!
The butler from the General Residence reached the side of the road, cast a sinister glance at the members of the Ruo Family, then mounted his horse and left.
Ruo Chuan asked, “Mother and Xuanbao, are you going to the General Residence tomorrow? Then I’ll take you to the city tomorrow and sell these three wild boars while I’m at it.”
Granny Lei shook her head, “No rush, there are so many things to deal with at home; it can wait a couple of days, especially since the mourning rituals and Spell ceremonies will take several days.”
Xuanbao didn’t understand these things, but someone who knows Spells is necessary for a Spell ceremony, right?
She said, “Let’s go on the day of the Spell ceremony. I want to see the master who performs it.”
Granny Lei knew Xuanbao must have her reasons, and naturally wouldn’t refuse. “Okay, then we shall go on the day of the burial.”
Xuanbao seemed to detest the people from the General Residence deeply, her mind even suspecting if the incense ash in their fields might be from the old man’s Spell use.
If that was the case… Granny Lei felt a chill run through her.
Ruo Shui hoisted the wild boars onto the cart, “These three wild boars are just stunned, should we slaughter them to sell, or sell them alive?”
Ruo Chuan said, “Slaughter one, sell the other two alive. It’s cheaper, but slaughtering all could mean not selling out.”
Xuanbao shook her head vigorously, “No, we can’t sell all three, let’s keep one for ourselves! I’ve never eaten wild boar meat before, and there’s bacon, sausages, pig trotters, claypot rice with cured meats…”
Xuanbao counted, her plump little fingers bending one by one.
She had just overheard the villagers discussing it, mentioning something about enjoying cured flavors with the autumn breeze.
Granny Lei, amused by her granddaughter’s gluttonous cuteness, put the assumptions aside for now. She would probe further when they visited the General Residence.
She lifted Xuanbao in her arms, only to realize that her granddaughter had been eating well these past days, as she had grown heavier, “All right! If Xuanbao wants to eat, then we’ll send two wild boars to the village head for slaughtering to make bacon. Don’t we have some wild ducks at home? We can slaughter two to make cured ducks, which can be stored for a while. We could use them for gifts during the New Year, or sell them for silver if we can’t finish them.”
What Granny Lei didn’t mention was that the family had been downtrodden these past few years, having little luck in hunting anything of value, and each year when her daughters-in-law returned to their parent’s home, they had nothing good to bring back. This year, they needed to prepare some nice New Year presents.
Upon hearing this, Xuanbao thought of rabbits and goats, “Can wild rabbits and goats be cured?”
Granny Lei, “Yes, they can, but we’ve already finished all the rabbit and goat meat.”
Ruo Shui, “Father will go up the mountain tomorrow to see if he can hunt anything.”
Xuanbao nodded her small head firmly, “Good, catch a lot, enough for a year. I want to alternate between fresh and cured meat.”
Ruo Shui, “….”
Xuanbao wouldn’t think that mountain rabbits and goats are as plentiful as leaves, easily caught like last time, right?
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General Residence
The butler, having informed several families of the death, returned to the General Residence to report back to Madam Zhou.
Madam Zhou didn’t hear the Ruo Family members’ salutations and asked, “Did the old Madame Ruo and the others come? Are they going to offer incense to the old man first?”
She naturally assumed the Ruo Family should have arrived immediately!
The butler relayed the things he heard while reporting the death, verbatim.
“What a Ruo Family! Tomorrow, when Granny Lei and her granddaughter come over, find a way to have them kneel in front of the Master’s coffin for days and nights to mourn!”
Enraged, Madam Zhou slammed her hand on the tea table and accidentally hit a bowl of medicine on it; the bowl cracked, and the shards pierced her palm. The scalding medicine reddened her hand instantly, yet not enough blood flowed out to match the scarlet!
“Madam!” the maid exclaimed in shock and hurriedly approached, clumsily unsure of how to assist.
“Fetch the physician quickly!” the butler commanded.
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The room plunged into chaos once again.
The consecutive misfortunes made Madam Zhou even more panic-stricken, ignoring her pain, she pushed the maid away, “Go, hurry and call the eldest son over!”
She needed to ask her eldest son if he had sent a message to Master Xuan Ji.
They must find Master Xuan Ji quickly, or life itself would be on the line.
The General Residence must not encounter any trouble; she was determined to keep the General Residence in prosperity for ten thousand years, to secure a noble title and a high official rank!
She wanted the Ruo Family to accompany the old man in the burial!
