Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 715: Chapter 716 He’s Not Stupid!_1

As soon as they returned to the estate from the Agricultural Institute, An Jing and Xiao Changyi began packing up, planning to take their children back to their home by the mountainside.

Meng Zhuqing was still driving the horse-drawn carriage.

And just as An Jing and Xiao Changyi were returning home, Clerk Jiang from the Agricultural Institute secretly sought out Official Liu again.

Clerk Jiang first gave a routine report, and then asked, ”Official, about those seedlings... Should I secretly destroy them?”

Official Liu shook his head and said, ”No need. Just take care of them as she instructed.”

”Yes.” Even though Clerk Jiang did not quite understand Official Liu’s intentions, he did not ask further and obediently agreed.

Actually, Official Liu’s intentions were simple.

He was in charge of the Agricultural Institute of Qilin County, and if An Jing achieved success in this institute, even if he could not take all the credit, his prestige as the highest authority at the institute would be enhanced, and he would also gain merit.

Therefore, why would he possibly seek to sabotage what An Jing had planted?

He was not a fool!

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There was no place better than home.

Upon returning to their house from the county, even though the home was humble, it felt heartwarming and familiar to An Jing.

Perhaps it was because these few rooms had been built with great difficulty by her and her husband from scratch, she had grown attached to them. So even though they could now afford to build a better house, she did not tear these rooms down to rebuild anew.

And although this was not a utopian paradise, in her heart, it was better than one.

The house had been uninhabited for some time; they had not hired anyone to clean it daily, so as soon as An Jing and Xiao Changyi returned, they let the four children play in the courtyard while they began to clean the house.

Only after cleaning both inside and outside the house did An Jing and Xiao Changyi bring the children back inside.

In her past life, An Jing was a special forces soldier who had gone on many difficult missions, each filled with intense action and thrilling moments that got the blood racing.

Now reborn, An Jing truly enjoyed this peaceful, uneventful life; it was simple and made her feel incredibly happy.

Perhaps the saying was true: ”True happiness can be found in simplicity.”

Even though life was uneventful, time still flew by quickly. In the blink of an eye, An Jing and Xiao Changyi had been back from the county for half a month already.

And today was the twenty-eighth of April.

On this day, the sun shone brightly, birds sang amidst fragrant flowers, grass grew tall, orioles flitted about, and a gentle breeze blew. An Jing was washing clothes in the courtyard, while Xiao Changyi looked after the four children.

The four children were almost eleven months old now. Su Yi Jing, Su Yixing, and An Yiqing, the three little ones, could already walk with support, and An Yiyun, though frail, was very good at crawling.

Because of this, the four children were even more difficult to look after than before. You could take care of one but then not the others.

However, Xiao Changyi was still managing them quite competently.

An Jing, on the other hand, had a hard time. She would be utterly exhausted looking after four children by herself, so she chose to do the housework and let Xiao Changyi take care of the children.

Truth be told, she genuinely felt that doing housework was much easier than looking after the children.

Xiao Changyi initially didn’t let her do the housework, thinking that it was much more taxing than looking after the children. But when he saw she wasn’t just making it up, that she truly was struggling with the four children, he agreed to switch tasks, taking on child care while she handled the household chores.

Thinking this, An Jing, who was washing clothes, couldn’t help but glance over at Xiao Changyi, who was looking after the children.

As if sensing her gaze, Xiao Changyi turned his head to look at her. Their eyes met in the open air. She paused for a moment, and then she gave him a big, bright smile.