Chapter 56: Entering the Home

Bringing along the dressed-up Meiniang, Cheng Feng followed step by step toward his own home, walking unusually slowly.

At this moment, while pacing, Cheng Feng was considering which room to head to.

Room One was full of pregnant women.

Room Two was not, but the First Wife, Cai'er, was not there.

Bringing along Meiniang, who might be an Equal Wife in the future, wouldn't it be setting a trap for Cai'er if she weren't there to see it?

While pondering, Cheng Feng simply decided to call everyone together.

He first led Meiniang toward Room Two.

A six or seven-year-old little girl suddenly ran out from inside the door.

She was carved from pink jade and looked very cute.

Meiniang was startled and blurted out, "You even have a child????"

Cheng Feng said awkwardly, "It's not that."

Xiaozhu, however, came up and greeted Cheng Feng, "Little Father, you're back."

Meiniang widened her eyes and said, "And this isn't it??"

Cheng Feng ignored Meiniang and said to Xiao Zhuzi, "Go call everyone in the rooms to Room One, and just say a guest has arrived."

Xiaozhu responded with a sound and then nimbly ran back.

Cheng Feng led Meiniang and headed toward Room One.

Looking at Meiniang's expression of wanting to speak but hesitating,

Cheng Feng had no choice but to make up a plan about wanting to build a family in the future; this was something he was actually doing anyway, and he couldn't exactly say he wanted Fortune Points, could he?

"Start by having children."

Cheng Feng said sternly, "I, Cheng Feng, am now an adult; how can a great man be content to live under others for long?"

He then explained, "You see me practicing martial arts; it is to have the strength to protect myself and my family, and selling wine to make money is to pave the way."

Meiniang asked suspiciously, "Pave the way?"

Cheng Feng explained the reason why the Mei Family Tavern could not continue.

It was simply because there was no power.

When gangs made threats, one could only blacken one's own name to seek self-preservation.

One dared not provoke them.

Shopkeeper Mei certainly did nothing wrong.

They were all holding onto a lack of initiative.

Cheng Feng did not want that situation, where he would entrust his life and livelihood to the charity of outsiders.

That was why he worked hard and struggled.

A bit of inspirational chicken soup made Meiniang look at Cheng Feng with new eyes.

Cheng Feng even looked at Meiniang affectionately and said, "If you agree later, I, Cheng Feng, will naturally protect your safety and not let you be harassed or threatened. You know, I now have the ability and status to do so."

Meiniang naturally knew what the consequences of agreeing would be.

Listening to Cheng Feng's grand goals,

Seeing Cheng Feng's steady actions,

Looking at Cheng Feng's affectionate gaze,

She could not help but feel a ripple in her heart.

Meiniang had indeed been a bit tired these years; it was a weariness of the heart.

Meiniang also agreed with Cheng Feng's words.

Otherwise, she would not have run out herself to see if she could meet Cheng Feng and talk about her family's situation.

She even used herself as a bargaining chip.

Even though she was already prepared,

Meiniang still felt a bit anxious in her heart; would being so proactive leave a bad impression on Cheng Feng?

Unknowingly, Meiniang was no longer repulsed by the status of an Equal Wife.

Instead, she developed curiosity about this man beside her.

He was only seventeen years old.

Being so mature, what exactly had he experienced to create such thoughts in Cheng Feng?

Meiniang felt that she hadn't even seen her own family's affairs as clearly as Cheng Feng did.

During their conversation, they had already arrived at Cheng Feng's Room One.

Cai'er at home had already prepared the tea.

After asking Xiaozhu about the conversation with Cheng Feng, Cai'er and the other women had an idea of the situation, and they felt slightly nervous.

A beautiful woman coming alone to Cheng Feng's home, with no place to stay in the house, and Cheng Feng had also said a few intimate words to Cai'er about this, that he would not buy any more women to bring home for the time being.

But looking at this scene, could she be a wife?

Although the social customs of Great Zhou were open, running to a man's house when it was almost dark was not a good reputation.

This was also the reason why Cai'er and the other women all placed a white cloth under them on their first night.

To show their own purity and innocence.

This was also the reason why Chen Min had to use all her strength to please Cheng Feng; she was not a virgin and she brought a daughter.

Having entered Cheng Feng's home, the original promise she made to buy both mother and daughter had been fulfilled.

If Cheng Feng were dissatisfied with her and sold her to someone else or gifted her to another man,

Chen Min would cry herself to death.

After knowing that Cheng Feng's pregnancy and childbirth could elevate her own status,

Chen Min began to look forward to Cheng Feng's favor every day.

As long as she hit the jackpot,

naturally, the life of the mother and daughter would be much better in Cheng Feng's household in the future.

Right now, Xiao Zhuzi's treatment was even better than that of her, the mother.

The care that the First Wife, Cai'er, gave to Xiaozhu was visible to the naked eye.

How could this not be Cheng Feng's attitude? Cheng Feng even had Chen Min teach Xiaozhu to read and write, and she didn't have to do any chores at home.

Among them, Xiao Qing was the most nervous; Sister Cai'er, Sister Cuier, and Sister Xiaohua were already pregnant.

Sister Chen Min and Sister Lian Niang were already Cheng Feng's women.

Only she herself had not been taken into the bedroom by Cheng Feng.

If the Principal Wife came, wouldn't she seize the chance to bully her relentlessly?

Sister Cai'er and Sister Xiaohua even came to tell her to take good care of her body.

It was best to cultivate it into the shape Cheng Feng liked.

She had to at least possess either a good figure or a pretty face.

Unfortunately, she just couldn't gain weight.

Her chest also lacked that heavy, full feeling that Sister Cai'er had.

Sigh, it was worrying.

The women stood in order according to when they had entered the household, their expressions and inner thoughts differing, feeling extremely anxious inside.

Among them, Cai'er was the most composed of all the women.

Cai'er was Cheng Feng's first woman and also the woman who had been with Cheng Feng the longest; Cai'er understood Cheng Feng's temperament and ambitions the best.

What's more, it was Cheng Feng who had let Cai'er manage the household.

Touching her own belly, this was Cai'er's greatest source of confidence.

It would be best if it were a son.

Hearing the sound outside the door, the women knew that Cheng Feng and the guest were about to arrive.

They stood still one after another, not wanting to be impolite.

Cai'er stepped forward with her slightly showing belly: "The Master has returned."

Cheng Feng didn't really care about the forms of address at home; Xiaozhu called him 'Little Dad', and his own women could call him 'Husband' or 'Master'.

Meiniang, however, was sizing up Cai'er, who had stepped forward, and the women behind her.

Looking at the women, none of whom lacked beauty or a good figure, Meiniang felt a little less confident in her own appearance.

Cai'er's face was more ordinary, but that explosive figure was enough to make anyone feel inferior.

Cuier had previously been a gift specially raised by a wealthy and influential family, so there was no need to even mention her appearance and posture.

Only Chen Min, who had previously been a merchant's principal wife and possessed the temperament of a mature woman, could compare to her.

The appearances of Xiaohua and Lian Niang belonged to the petite and lovely type of beauty, and their figures were also the type Cheng Feng liked.

Even Xiao Qing had a heroic spirit in her brows and eyes; although her body had not yet reached Cheng Feng's ideal form, her inherent temperament was still quite good.

It gave Cheng Feng a sense of déjà vu, as if he were playing a cultivation game.

Under Cheng Feng's lead, Meiniang met the women one by one.

He did not hide his current situation, which also coincided with the grand ambition of building a family that he had mentioned on the road just now.

Cheng Feng believed that Meiniang would not turn around and refuse just because she saw Cai'er and the other women.

As long as Meiniang still wanted to completely solve her family's problems and did not want to move away from her homeland,

perhaps the current Cheng Feng's situation was their only chance.

After all, the Chunxiao that would make money later was still in his own hands.

Money was needed everywhere, wasn't it? If there had been a chance before, Meiniang's family would have left long ago; why wait until now?

In the flickering candlelight, Cheng Feng had a feeling of having everything under control.

Meiniang, meanwhile, was chatting with Cai'er and the other women.

Leaving Cheng Feng aside.

The topic among women was very simple: chatting about men. Cai'er and the others naturally chose the good things to say.

Chatting about all sorts of things regarding Cheng Feng right in front of him.

This situation still gave Cheng Feng a novel feeling.

Watching the sky gradually turn dark.

Meiniang said to Cai'er and the other women: "Chatting with you sisters has been extremely happy. It's a pity it's too late today; I will visit again another day."

Cai'er and the other women echoed her words one after another.

Cheng Feng sent Meiniang out the door and accompanied her home.

Meiniang was a bit unaccustomed to it and said: "I can go back by myself."

Cheng Feng thought to himself, do you think I believe that? Do you take me for someone who has never dated?

But he said aloud: "It's almost dark; aren't you afraid of danger? Regardless of whether you agree to marry me or not, I'll feel more at ease if I send you home."

Meiniang smiled and said: "You are quite kind."

After that, Meiniang did not refuse again.

The figures of the two slowly disappeared into the darkness.