Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 484 Wedding Gift

With Song Chunlin's words, Fang Siyi didn't argue with the two children. She just wiped away her tears quietly, probably because she remembered the days when she had no food to eat.

After staying in the vineyard for a few days, Song Chunlin entered the city. He first went to the Protectorate to meet Protector Dou, and then went to visit Madam Cheng. No, now she should be called General Cheng.

After General Cheng was promoted in the past two years, he spent half of the year in Baita and the other half in Wanshan. Since he did not live there permanently, his mansion in Baita was relatively small and not far from Song Chunlin's mansion. Song Chunlin first went home to wash up before visiting him with gifts.

The two men exchanged a few pleasantries when they met. After not seeing each other for a few years, General Cheng had become more mature and steady, with majesty in her brows. Song Chunlin was very curious when he heard that she had taken a concubine.

General Cheng smiled generously, "Isn't this because you're thinking about leaving a descendant for my Cheng family? I'm a girl, I can give birth on my own. Years ago, my father planned to find an honest man to marry into our family, but after so many things happened, it became impossible. With my status, it's hard to find a suitable match. So, I can only find a clean-born young man to be my concubine, to continue the family line."

Song Chunlin blinked her eyes and didn't realize that General Cheng had a child. General Cheng only said that it was not their destiny yet. In fact, she herself was reluctant to get close to others. Although the young master was a woman on the surface, she was also a man physically. Therefore, the concubine had been in the mansion for a long time, and the number of times they had been intimate was very few. It would be a miracle if she could get pregnant.

After discussing his personal affairs, General Cheng looked at Song Chunlin and jokingly said, "What about you? You've been married to Gu Sima for so many years, and you've even been together in the north for three years. Why haven't you given Gu Sima a child?"

Song Chunlin shrugged nonchalantly, "It's the same as you. I can't get over that hurdle in my heart, so before we got married I told Gu Fengyue that I didn't plan to have children. If he's willing, I'll be with him. If not, let him find someone else. Anyway, I won't share a man with anyone else. I can't accept it psychologically or physically."

General Cheng never expected this to be the reason. He was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.

Song Chunlin nodded at her in understanding: "It's okay, you'll understand when you see it more often. By the way, what kind of gifts do you give to newlyweds here? Tell me so I can take it into consideration."

After a brief thought, General Cheng knew that the person Song Chunlin wanted to give gifts to must be Huang Cuizhu, one of her subordinates, and a cavalry general from Dou Duhu's side. She had seen the other party before and found him. He was a quite honest and simple man. She also knew Huang Cuizhu's situation. The two had been in private contact for a while and only found him after they decided to get married, asking for his help to transfer him back to the White Pagoda for garrison.

After meeting Wu Ke, General Cheng agreed to the marriage so that the couple could stay in the same place. On the other side, Wu Ke found Dou Duhu and asked him to help approve the land of the vineyard. Originally, he planned to leave it all to Song Chunlin, but the surrounding area was sparsely populated. Dou Duhu thought it would be better to have more people, so he agreed and personally mediated with the Ministry of Agriculture to obtain the homestead for the two of them.

Song Chunlin naturally didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns here. He had never even thought about why no one had settled near the vineyard before. He just thought that this place was remote and those people were unwilling to come. He didn't know that they didn't dare to come.

After learning the truth, Song Chunlin felt speechless and could only tell Dou Duhu that he had no intention of taking all the land for himself. As long as it was not right next to the vineyard, like the place chosen by Wu Ke and Huang Cuizhu, anyone could build a house there. He welcomed everyone to build a house there. It would be more lively with more people. Moreover, if the land was developed well, Fang Chen and the others would not have to look for laborers everywhere during the busy farming season.

After coming out of General Cheng's mansion, Song Chunlin was walking slowly on the road. As he walked, he suddenly noticed an unfriendly gaze. Although his mental power was restrained, he still accurately captured the gaze that seemed to want to kill him.

Song Chunlin continued walking calmly, but in fact his mental power had already extended in that direction. After seeing the true face of the person who came, Song Chunlin raised his eyebrows slightly.

Is it her?

Song Chunlin saw that the other party's hair bun still looked like she was unmarried, which was interesting. After so many years, this Miss Lu was still not married. Could it be that she had been waiting for Gu Fengyue to come so that she could seduce her?

What a pity. When she saw that it was me who came back, she must have been so angry that she was vomiting blood in her heart.

However, Song Chunlin did not expect that three years had passed, and why Lord Lu was still serving in the local area. Aren't officials rotated every three years?

Or maybe, Lord Lu has no connections and is forced to stay here, three years after three years, and who knows when it will end.

After returning home, Song Chunlin called the housekeeper mysteriously and asked him about the Lu family.

The housekeeper thought he had something important to tell him, but when he heard it was the Lu family, he completely lost interest.

"Alas, Master Lu is unlucky. He's introduced Miss Lu to many talented young men and even quite a few outstanding young ladies, but she hasn't been interested in any of them. So, she's been kept here until now. There's been more and more gossip about their family in the city these past few years. Master Lu got so anxious last month that he fainted. You saw Miss Lu on the street. She probably took advantage of Master Lu's poor health and let him off guard. Normally, Master Lu wouldn't dare let her out on the street."

After listening to this, Song Chunlin silently lit a candle for Lord Lu. With such a daughter at home, he would probably have to worry about her all his life.

Song Chunlin didn't plan to stay here for long, nor did he want to meet Miss Lu to avoid getting into trouble. He asked the manager to make a list of gifts, and he searched through the space according to the list. If there were things in the space, he would use them, and if there were things not in the space, he would go outside to buy them. In just three or two days, he had prepared two full carts, one for Wu Ke and one for Huang Cuizhu.

The manager could almost imagine the stunned expressions on the two people's faces when they received the gifts. Which good friend would send a whole car of wedding gifts, or was this a custom in the capital?