The Golden Partridge of An Lingrong's Rebirth

In the summer of July, the weather was frighteningly hot, and the chirping of cicadas made people irritated. Outside Cailian Village, Jiang Caiping, dressed as a woman, stood at the entrance of the village, nervously looking forward to it. After waiting for a long time, she saw someone from a distance. A carriage was driving slowly, and he hurriedly greeted him inside, and all the servants immediately cheered up.

The carriage stopped, and the first to step out were two neatly dressed old ladies. Then one of them lifted the curtain of the carriage, and the other stretched out his hand to help the noble man out of the carriage.

Jiang Caiping's eyes suddenly filled with tears when she looked at the woman who was over fifty years old. The words rolled around her mouth several times but she couldn't say them out.

An Lingrong narrowed his eyes, waved to her lovingly, and said with a smile: "Caiping, I'm here to join you, you can't drive me away."

Jiang Caiping choked and shook her head repeatedly.

"Madam, it's too hot outside, let's go in first." Daukou opened her umbrella and whispered.

Only then did Jiang Caiping come to her senses: "Yes, Madam, please go to Zhuangzi to cool down."

An Lingrong held Dill's hand and followed Jiang Caiping into the Zhuangzi, then transferred to a small sedan and walked slowly towards the inside of the Zhuangzi.

Because there is a river in front of the village and a mountain behind it, it gets cooler and cooler as you go in. It feels a bit like a summer resort, but it is also as big as a farm. As you walk along the road, you can see many farmers taking care of their crops. After picking up Ping from Jiang, everyone was respectful and polite, but today they saw her only following outside the sedan chair, which aroused many people's curiosity about who was sitting in the sedan chair.

At this time, Jiang Caiping was talking to An Lingrong about the basic situation of Zhuangzi: "Madam, this Cailian Village covers an area of ​​180 acres, including [-] acres of fields and nearly [-] acres of hills behind. A manor has been built on the mountain, and Madam can live there." There is a place for rest and relaxation in the manor, and there is a natural lake at the foot of the mountain. Once the heat is over, Madam can take some time to visit the lake."

An Lingrong opened the corner of the sedan curtain, and there was a stretch of green fields between them, with no end as far as the eye could see. Oxen and donkeys were walking in the fields, and the waterwheels were turning round and round, constantly supplying water to the crops. The faces of the farmers were Everyone was smiling, and when they saw Jiang Caiping and his entourage approaching, they all stopped their farm work, bowed or kowtowed with a smile, and the satisfaction radiating from the inside out was undeniable.An Lingrong couldn't help but nodded. "How have you been these past few years?" An Lingrong asked in a low voice, without any sense of strangeness after not seeing each other for many years.

Jiang Caiping lowered her eyes and smiled slightly, and said: "Thanks to you, everything is fine with me." She raised her eyes and looked at the mountain road not far away, as if remembering the past, "In days like this, I was never okay before. I dare to think that although I am alone now, I am living a very happy life. I was confused at the beginning and didn’t know what I could do. Fortunately, the young master from my wife’s natal family has been secretly helping me, and I have slowly moved the cloth shop. After starting to work, I made money and bought a farm to take in some homeless people. They also repaid their kindness and took care of the crops for me. Later, Brother Lu and Sister Sun also came to help. The business of the cloth shop grew bigger and bigger, and the money earned increased, so I bought the whole land behind it." She looked at An Lingrong through the gap in the sedan curtain, and smiled and said, " Looking back now, it's a good thing I bought it back then, otherwise I wouldn't know where to find a place to put my wife when she comes today."

"It doesn't matter where you are, as long as you have somewhere to live and food to eat." An Lingrong joked.

"That's not possible." Jiang Caiping said immediately, "We have received the favor from Madam, so naturally we must give the best to repay Madam."

An Lingrong pursed her lips and smiled softly, but said no more.

The manor on the mountain is very elegant, with all the pavilions and pavilions. The mountain spring water is brought down, forming a natural waterfall in the courtyard, which immediately dissipates the heat of the summer and leaves nothing but the cool mountain breeze and gentle breeze. An Lingrong couldn't help but take a deep breath at the clear water vapor, feeling that his whole mouth was filled with the clearness of the mountain spring water.

Dill, who was following behind, couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "This place seems like a place where gods live."

An Lingrong smiled softly and walked slowly up to a pavilion. She opened the window and looked from a distance. She saw greenery everywhere, completely blocking out the world. At this moment, her body and mind completely relaxed.

After spending half her life, she could finally leave everything behind and live freely.