Exile after Divorce? Empty the Scumbag Husband First!-Chapter 206 - 203: Before She Left, It Was Still Barren and Overgrown with Weeds
Trying to keep oneself busy, so as not to think too much.
As soon as she arrived near Mrs. Wang’s house, she heard people gossiping about the Qi Family. Upon seeing her, they pulled her into the conversation.
"Miss Ruan, the fire at the Qi Family has been put out, but the people weren’t saved. It’s said that the mother of the Qi Family was burnt beyond recognition and was choked to death by the thick smoke."
"If you ask me, they brought this upon themselves. We all saw how they treated you back then. Now your great revenge is served, even the heavens are helping you!"
"Indeed, though Qi Nanfeng has escaped, he’s all alone on Longchang Mountain, it’s unlikely he will survive for long."
Ruan Mian didn’t care about their family, and after casually chatting a bit, she shifted the topic to the fruit trees.
Mrs. Wang immediately took her to see the plot of land behind the mountain.
Before she left, it was still a wasteland, overgrown with weeds.
But now, it was already fully developed, and even the saplings she left behind were carefully planted by Mrs. Wang.
"Miss Ruan, I promised you wouldn’t be disappointed, so rest assured."
"So quickly developed? How did Lady Wang manage it?"
The Wang family didn’t have many people left, such a large area must have required considerable effort.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "I used a little trick, buried some of the leftover gold chips on the mountain, said I discovered gold. Soon, everyone was digging without me having to say anything."
"This way, the soil was loosened, and the weeds were removed. All I needed to do was dig and plant trees."
It was surprising how Mrs. Wang’s thinking aligned with her own. Back in the Lanqiang Camp, she had used a similar method to help Lisi develop a piece of land for fruit trees.
This made her comfortable leaving the responsibility of planting the fruit trees to Mrs. Wang.
Thinking of this, she took some silver from her purse and handed it over.
"For future planting, labor costs can’t be avoided. Consider this my initial investment. Once the fruits are matured and sold, Lady Wang, you can follow the profit-sharing details in our contract and repay me what is due. Of course, your gold chips should also be accounted for."
Mrs. Wang was slightly taken aback and a bit embarrassed, but Ruan Mian gave her no chance to refuse, pushing it into her hands.
"This isn’t charity. It’s for our orchard, so Lady Wang, please accept it without any mental burden and focus on receiving it peacefully!"
Tears welled in Mrs. Wang’s eyes, deeply motivated: "Yes, I won’t let you down, Miss Ruan. I’ll do my best to manage our orchard well."
To Ruan Mian, money is now a mere external possession; what is lacking now is people’s hearts in all aspects.
She knows very well that to develop the valley, to lead everyone to a prosperous life, it involves every person here, uniting everyone’s efforts to strive together.
And her role is to be the one who unites this strength.
Seeing that the sun hadn’t set yet, she decided to go to the garrison.
The letter Jiang Zhen wrote for aunt still needed to be delivered to her.
After bidding farewell to Mrs. Wang and saying a word to her family, just as she planned to leave, the larks sent to seek Qi Nanfeng’s whereabouts returned.
Circling above her head, they showed no intention of taking her anywhere.
Ruan Mian sensed something wasn’t right. Frowning slightly, she stepped into a secluded spot and extended her palm.
The larks landed on her hand, gently pecking at her palm.
"Did you also not find him?"
Upon this query, the birds nodded their heads vigorously.
Ruan Mian was slightly surprised; she didn’t expect they couldn’t find Qi Nanfeng either. Why could this be?
Could it be because of this secondary character’s plot armor? She couldn’t kill him. Even after multiple trials, he still clung to life. Could it be... he left this time to advance the original storyline?
Unable to figure it out for now, Ruan Mian released the larks and summoned the White Tiger, rushing to the garrison as quickly as possible.
Aunt was busy as always, either negotiating business or on the way to discussions.
Asking the clerk at the medicine shop about aunt’s whereabouts yielded no answers.
Just as she was planning to use the space to search, aunt suddenly returned to the medicine shop in a carriage.
Upon seeing Ruan Mian, she was overjoyed! Without a word, she jumped off the carriage and led her to a seat in the backyard of the medicine shop.
"Mianmian, you’re back! Oh, finally back!! Without you around, my days were terribly dull!"
Especially the exhausting matters dealing with Wang the Second, she had endless complaints.
However, aunt held back, more concerned about another issue.
"Did your trip to Tunan City yield any gains? Did you meet A Zhen?"
Ruan Mian took out the letter and handed it to her aunt.
Aunt eagerly read it, her expression shifting continuously, at times red, at times pale.
By the end of it, tears flowed like a spring, uncontrollable!
She slapped the table hard and gritted her teeth, "I’ve truly given birth to an abomination!! That person is an abomination!!"
"He deserves to die, truly deserves it!!"
Saying this, she tearfully looked at Ruan Mian, eyes sharp: "Is Jiang Dao dead? Did he die?! I want to end that beast myself!"
"Aunt, he has already been punished. Please, don’t get agitated."
Ruan Mian then recounted the events of that day.
Jiang Dao and the City Lord both met their ends as a result of their own sins, and those whom they tormented personally ended their lives.
Hearing these words, aunt’s emotions finally calmed down.
Originally, Ruan Mian was worried that aunt would be reluctant due to the blood relationship.
But aunt harbored only hatred towards Jiang Dao.
"Dying serves him right, even if he came from my womb, he inherited his black-hearted father’s vile blood. Letting him live a day is ruining everything! It’s a pity I didn’t end him personally."
She should have ended him herself, like when she cut Jiang Ruohuai’s throat, bringing him into this world and then personally ending his life, that would have been truly complete.
But now that he’s gone, there’s no use in thinking about it.
Aunt wiped her tears, then spoke seriously: "It’s good that A Zhen and the others are alive, Mianmian, I’m incredibly grateful to you. If not for you, I wouldn’t have known the immense suffering and humiliation A Zhen and the others endured!"
"Had I gone any later, this couple’s lives might not have survived."
"Indeed, which is why going to Tunan City was perhaps predetermined by fate. With this matter settled, I discovered a business opportunity with tussar silk, and cousin over there will recruit workers and set up a workshop as I instructed."
"When we can mass-produce fabric, those materials will surely sell well in the towns of the Northern Territory. Cousin has been in business there for many years and has some connections. By the way, I also plan to set up a similar small workshop in the valley. Therefore, I need aunt and cousin Jinxiu’s help."
