Chapter 28: Rules

Cheng Feng heard the commotion, but he did not go to comfort them.

This was already considered not bad.

Without comparison, there is no harm.

Cheng Feng chatted with the shop assistant, asking where the previous batch of people had gone.

The assistant spoke bluntly: some were bought by poor families to be wives,

some were bought by disabled men, or bought by villages deep in the mountains and forests,

and the most miserable ones ended up in gangs as secret prostitutes.

As for brothels, they would never want mediocre goods with poor looks.

Just these few places were enough to basically digest all the mediocre women.

Cheng Feng could only sigh that this world is truly damn difficult.

He felt fortunate that he had transmigrated here, and that Lao Cheng's family were all simple country folk.

They had some family savings, so they didn't have to sell their children.

Cheng Feng was even more fortunate that he could meet the big fish, learn about silver, and thus risk his life to obtain it.

When a person encounters happy events, their spirit is refreshed.

Cheng Feng took out the wine that the Tooth Agency had given him when he bought the house and drank it slowly.

Although the alcohol content was very low, it was still satisfying, wasn't it?

Cheng Feng had saved this jar of wine for himself.

There was another jar of wine that Cheng Feng had saved for Cheng Fu.

In this world, brewing technology is not advanced, and grain is precious, so wine is not cheap.

Cheng Feng only drank a couple of sips occasionally with Cai'er, or drank a small bowl by himself.

He drank as he pleased and never indulged in excess.

Cheng Feng ate his dinner by himself.

Cai'er had been with Cheng Feng for a long time and knew his temperament.

She came to Cheng Feng's side: "After they finish bathing, will they both sleep together, or are you looking for Cuier tonight?"

Cheng Feng was not afraid of having his thoughts seen through by Cai'er; this wasn't something that couldn't be said.

Cheng Feng arranged: "Let's skip tonight. Tidy up and let them have a good night's rest. We still need to buy more bedding and such tomorrow; it's almost winter, so we need to prepare some."

After all, he had only just learned the news of Cai'er's pregnancy today; to go find Cuier tonight would be too impatient.

At the very least, he couldn't go tonight.

It just so happened that some things weren't tidied up yet, so he would handle it all tomorrow.

One must have a stable nest before taking the next step, right?

After the two women finished eating, Cheng Feng called them over.

Cheng Feng and Cai'er sat upright on their chairs.

Cheng Feng said: "Let's get to know each other. This is my woman, Zhang Caier. You can call her Sister Cai'er. She is in charge of this household now. Today, I discovered Cai'er is pregnant, so I went to the Tooth Agency and bought you two. The purpose is so that Cai'er no longer has to suffer. In the future, keep your eyes sharp for the heavy chores. Tomorrow, I will take you out to get familiar with the street and the surroundings; get used to it."

As Cheng Feng spoke his arrangements, he emphasized the purpose of buying them: it was because Cai'er was pregnant and he needed people to serve her.

Once it was put this way, even if they weren't smart people, they would understand.

Cheng Feng pointed to the sugar water on the table and said: "By rights, you should offer tea, but since Cai'er is pregnant, we'll use sugar water. Cuier, you go first."

When Cai'er first heard about the tea ceremony, she was panicked, feeling she wasn't worthy, but Cheng Feng had been firm that this step must happen. She was his first woman, and a pregnant woman at that; how could she not be worthy?

Although his home wasn't a grand estate, once there were many people, disputes easily arose. Cheng Feng didn't want a few people pushing each other around. With clear division of labor and clear hierarchy, there had to be one person whose words everyone listened to.

He had barely managed to persuade Cai'er, so he hurried to arrange it.

Having not gotten pregnant for so long before, Cheng Feng had almost thought there was something wrong with himself.

Later, when Cai'er got pregnant, his doubts were dispelled.

Then, the next step was the time to test himself.

Only by having fun with women could Cheng Feng obtain Fortune Points, so Cheng Feng's future Fortune Points would depend on the number of women.

Xiaohua was currently too thin and weak and needed to be nourished; Cuier, on the other hand, did not.

He would take Cuier's virginity by tomorrow night at the latest.

Tomorrow during the day, he would go and prepare the two women's bedding and daily necessities.

In Cheng Feng's view, they would all be his women in the future; pampering them sooner or later was still pampering.

Sooner or later, he would have to arrange it for her.

He had spent seventeen taels and bought two sets of clothes; Cheng Feng still had over four taels in his hand. The money for food and daily expenses was with Cai'er, which was about four taels, and another ten taels were for Cai'er's pregnancy to give her peace of mind. It was earmarked for a specific purpose: these ten taels were to buy Cai'er some prenatal health medicine. Ten months of pregnancy—it was enough, and there would even be a surplus.

That was ten taels; in Liujiacun, ten taels could support a family of three for two years.

If it really wasn't enough, at worst, Cheng Feng would just take a little more from the fifty taels.

Being a father for the first time, Cheng Feng felt a bit panicked inside, but he was still full of optimism for the child.

The next day, he took the three women out to go on a shopping spree: bedding, winter necessities, firewood and winter coal, meat, vegetables, fruits, and snacks.

Seeing Cheng Feng shopping like this, Xiaohua was truly shocked.

Was the family this wealthy?

Of course, Cheng Feng wouldn't tell this big girl that he didn't have much left in his pocket.

It was just that this was also Cheng Feng's last big sweep before winter this year.

There wouldn't be another one after this.

It was mainly to arrange some food and snacks for Cai'er.

The vegetables and meat were, of course, prepared for everyone.

With his own martial arts training nearing Proficient, and having taken Cuier's first time, Cuier needed to rest; Xiaohua went without saying, she needed to be well-nourished, and Cai'er, being pregnant, would certainly not be neglected.

After finishing, the whole family went back to tidy up and arrange their belongings.

After the rules were established, the two women understood their status very well.

They scrambled to do chores; although there wasn't much to do, Cheng Feng was very satisfied with the situation where Cai'er was set aside to sit comfortably.

He walked over to Cai'er, put his arm around her shoulders, and said, "From now on, do as little work as possible. At most, do some Needlework, learn to read, and practice Calligraphy. Do you hear me?"

Listening to Cheng Feng's overbearing arrangements, Cai'er's heart melted.

She wanted to merge herself into Cheng Feng's body.

Holding Cheng Feng, she nodded silently.

Cheng Feng, meanwhile, began to ponder what he could do to earn money.

Slacking off was out of the question, and Archery would also be set aside for the time being; now was the period to focus all his efforts on the Horse-Stance Post.

So, could he only engage in invention and creation?

In this current society, what could Cheng Feng actually do?

Cheng Feng felt that he knew a little bit of everything, but was not Proficient in any of it.

The breadth of knowledge he had been exposed to in his past life was indeed quite extensive.

But when it came to practical application, he was useless.

If he couldn't think of anything, then he would just find time to show his face more at the Martial Arts Hall.

He would check on the progress of the assessment.

He would also find time to go back home, and he had to bring the liquor.

When returning to the city, he would bring the remaining fifty taels into the city.

Should he let Lao San study martial arts next year?

He would see how the situation developed.

At the very least, he had to enter the outer sect this year first.

Afterwards, he would ask his family how one should go about having a youth study martial arts.

The plan was being perfected step by step.

Cheng Feng's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

As he was now, he truly had everything ready, only lacking the east wind.

And wasn't that east wind right there?

Cheng Feng looked at Cuier, who was busy bustling about.

A flash of brilliance shone in his eyes.

In the afternoon, everyone had another big feast, with real fish and meat.

The four members of Cheng Feng's family all ate with immense happiness.

After eating, Cai'er still didn't have to move, while Xiaohua diligently cleaned up.

Passing by Cuier's side, Cheng Feng patted her bottom and said softly, "I'll go to your place tonight."

It was as if Cuier had known about Cheng Feng's instruction in advance.

She nodded without saying a word.

Only a fleeting blush and the ripple of spring water in her eyes seemed to be stirring.