Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 681: Chapter 682: Her Words, Quite Bewitching..._1

Official Zhao, Official Qian, and Official Sun, these three Farmer officials also had their reservations, feeling that An Jing shouldn’t have brought Xiao Changyi along.

Although Official Li, another Farmer official, also had some reservations, he looked refined, and was extremely polite, speaking in a much more courteous manner.

Li Jifan, Official Li, greeted An Jing with a clasped-hands salute, ”Lord An, we are all serving the Emperor, and it is somewhat inappropriate for Lord An to bring family along to the workplace.”

An Jing also returned the salute, and smiled, ”Official Li, you may not be aware, but the Emperor has already granted me permission to bring my family with me to work.”

Upon hearing that An Jing had the Emperor’s permission, officials like Official Liu didn’t dare to say anything more. They held their tongues, but their dissatisfaction remained.

Especially the old conservative, Master Zhou, who was truly disgusted but could not vent his frustration, his face swelling to the color of a liver.

But none of this mattered to An Jing.

An Jing even continued to smile, ”I was actually planning to bring my four children along too. Surely you gentlemen have heard that I bore four sons in one birth. My children are still young and cannot be without their mother for too long.”

Everyone except Li Jifan had varying degrees of twitches on their faces.

Li Jifan also said with a smile, ”Lord An is truly blessed, a mother of quadruplets. Hecheng County has even been renamed to Qilin County, we are certainly aware.”

An Jing saw that Li Jifan didn’t hold any prejudice against her for being a woman and he was still very polite in speaking with her, and seeing that Li Jifan was refined, she couldn’t help but take a liking to him. Her first impression of Li Jifan was quite good.

An Jing said, ”I was pregnant when I was appointed as an official, and then I had to take maternity leave. Afterward, I had to care for my children. It wasn’t until the children grew a little that I had some time to come here and report for duty.”

Historically, there had never been a female official.

And there had never been an official who talked about ’personally’ being pregnant and giving birth. At this moment, An Jing’s words were absolutely magical to the officials present, and quite stimulating.

Official Liu, Master Zhou, Official Zhao, Official Qian, Official Sun: ”...”

Women should not be officials! They should stay at home, do laundry, cook, and care for children! Look at this topic! It is completely different from ours! When have we ever talked about this topic!

Indeed, a woman is still a woman!

Even as an official, she is still so petty, only caring about children and home!

Li Jifan was also stimulated, his smile freezing instantly, unsure of what to say to An Jing. But since An Jing was speaking to him, it was not appropriate for him to remain silent, so he forced a smile and said, ”Lord An has had it hard.”

An Jing immediately smiled, ”Being pregnant is tough for a woman, there’s no easy way about it. Ten months, especially when the belly gets big, you wouldn’t know, but I couldn’t even bend my waist; it was extremely tiring and suffering.”

Li Jifan: ”...” Can we move on from this topic? I am really not comfortable discussing this.

Official Liu and the others felt like they had been struck by lightning. Won’t the Agricultural Institute end up always talking about this?

In the end, it was the most senior official of the Agricultural Institute—Official Liu—who gave a deliberate cough to shift the topic, ”Lord An, since you’ve brought your appointment document to report for duty, your work duties... what about them?”

Official Liu deliberately didn’t finish his sentence, leaving An Jing to continue. This showed his cunning and shrewdness.

He wanted to make things difficult for An Jing without giving her anything to hold against him.

An Jing had had her fun too, and hearing Official Liu turn to the subject of work, she immediately assumed a serious tone and asked, ”Which duties belong to me?”