Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 470: Reunion

Gu Fengyun was in high spirits when he had good news. After taking three days off, he had to go back to work. However, there was an endless stream of colleagues coming to congratulate him. At the end of the day, he didn't do much work and was busy greeting his colleagues.

The Marquis' Mansion was also very lively. Several familiar officials' families came to visit with gifts and praised the newborn baby whose facial features had not yet fully developed.

Su Fuqing was still in confinement, so the task of entertaining guests was handed over to Song Chunlin. Mrs. An Huaibo was worried that she couldn't find this person, so she quickly pulled him over to complain.

"You've been away for three years. Even a hands-off manager would have to take a look at the account book, right?"

Song Chunlin was not very confident and said, "I didn't want to run away. This is the emperor's fault. Who asked him to send me to fight?"

This was a bit outrageous, and everyone around changed their expressions. Mrs. An Huaibo quickly interrupted and told Song Chunlin about the business situation of Xingchengfang in the past two years. Mrs. Cui's farm has been completely converted into a farm specializing in raising dairy cows. In the past two years, they have bought cows from the grassland three times, dozens of them each time, which can barely supply these big dairy farmers in the capital.

Mrs. Cui has been very successful in recent years. Her husband has a smooth career, and her daughter has been admitted to Dajing College through her own efforts. This makes her feel very proud in front of her relatives who say that her daughter is useless.

"Our Xingchengfang has already opened four branches in the capital. I'd like to open a few more, but although the milk problem is solved, the fruit problem is really unsatisfactory. Speaking of which, Chunlin, can't you grow more fruit on the land at your house?"

Song Chunlin had just returned and didn't quite understand how many acres of land his family had. He recalled the fruits grown at home in previous years, and it seemed that there really weren't many. But it was unlikely that he would really grow more, because there were only a few kinds of fruits that could be grown in the capital. If you want to talk about the most diverse kinds of fruits, you have to go to the south and the northern border. The northern border is a place farther away than the grassland, and Song Chunlin has never been there in his previous life or this life.

Talking about the fruits of these two places would take three days and three nights to finish, but that is a story for later. Even if there are fruits now, most of them are local, undomesticated varieties, such as the sweet and sour fruit like the Pinellia, which is completely different from the sweeter fruits in later generations.

So Song Chunlin could only apologize to Madam An Huaibo: "For now, let's use the fruits from Baita City. I remember I gave them some seeds and branches last time. I calculated that it's time for them to bear fruit. I still have great trust in the Fang family's fruit tree planting skills."

This is true. The Fang family is the only family with spiritual roots he has seen since he came to this world. If they can't even grow fruit trees well, then the Fang family can switch to other careers.

After seeing off these officials' wives, the housekeeper came to tell Song Chunlin that the villa had been cleaned up and the Song family could be brought over.

In recent years, the two families have been celebrating the New Year together. In previous years, Gu Fengyun took his family to the Song family in the countryside for some quiet time. But this year, that was not the case. Su Fuqing was still in confinement after childbirth, and Gu Fengyun was reluctant to let him run around so hard.

On the Song family's side, Grandpa Song and Aunt Song had known for a long time that their family would not come, and originally planned to just send some New Year gifts to complete the formalities. Unexpectedly, Song Chunlin came back, and Gu Fengyue also set a date for his return, which happened to be three days before New Year's Eve. The old couple decided to just go to Beijing with the whole family to celebrate the New Year.

Gu Fengyun happened to think the same thing. The day after Su Fuqing gave birth, he asked the housekeeper to send someone to clean up the villa so that the whole family could live there.

In order to allow the Song family to travel light, Song Chunlin personally went back to the village to pick everyone up. The Song Dazhuang brothers quickly asked someone to slaughter the five pigs in the family, and the cut pork was stored in Song Chunlin's space. Song Qinshi and Chen Yuer took the sons to kill chickens and ducks. Song Qinshi left more than a dozen of the fat chickens raised by the farmers for Zhou Ning, and killed the rest, and also stored them in Song Chunlin's space.

The key to the house was given to Aunt Wang, who was asked to come over to help feed the chickens and take care of the vegetable garden in the backyard every day. In return, she could eat as much vegetables and fruits as she wanted in the garden.

Aunt Wang smiled so hard that her teeth were showing. She didn't know if it was because the feng shui in the Song family's backyard was good, but the vegetables grown there tasted better than those grown in other families' backyards. In the end, she was the one who made the profit.

Seeing this, Chen Yuer also handed her house keys to Aunt Wang and asked her to help feed the chickens and water the vegetable garden.

After arranging matters at home, Song Chunlin went to pick up Fu Nian and the other two. The group filled four carriages in a grand procession, which made the villagers very envious.

"It's great to have a relative who is a marquis. The New Year celebrations are different from those of other families."

"You are envious, why don't you also try to find a rich relative?"

"Hahaha, how can I be so lucky? Besides, I have my own abilities. Brother Song and his brothers also have titles."

After he reminded them, everyone remembered that, yes, the two brothers of the Song family were also nobles with titles and could receive salaries from the court!

However, Song Dazhuang and Song Dahao claimed that they were from farming families. They did not have the pomp and bad habits of those rich people. Even during the busy farming season, they still worked in the fields, which led to people often forgetting that they were of different status.

There are so many people in the Marquis' Mansion all of a sudden, especially the three little brats. The young master is the happiest one. The county school is also on vacation, and now the three little brats are jumping around and making trouble at home every day, with a little tail babbling behind them, making the Marquis' Mansion a mess for a while.

The young master showed off his sister to the other three people as if she were a treasure. Song Chunsheng's eldest son looked at the other's sister and drooled with envy.

That night, the kid went back and lay on his little daddy's belly, muttering about his sister. Zhou Ning was confused and asked him what was wrong. He said that he didn't want a younger brother anymore, but a younger sister.

"I already have two younger brothers, and I also want a sweet and soft little sister. Little daddy, is the baby in your belly a little sister? Right? Ahhh, give me a little sister."

Zhou Ning was speechless. This silly child really thought having a baby was like buying vegetables. He could pick whatever he wanted. He wanted a daughter more than a son. But having a boy or a girl was determined by heaven. How could he dare to guarantee a daughter?

But it seemed like this brat was having a fight with the one in his belly. He no longer pestered the young master and the others to go out and play. Instead, he followed Zhou Ning around like a little tail every day, and kept calling her "sister" all the time, which gave Zhou Ning a headache.

Seeing this, Song Chunsheng hurriedly took his son away. After thinking about it, he simply gave him to Song Chunlin and asked him to help take care of the baby.

Song Chunlin looked at Song Chunsheng's departing back in disbelief, thinking, is this really something his own brother could do?