Rebirth of a Farmhouse with Space

"The Empress Dowager did not make things difficult for her because she had served by her side for many years. She gave her many rewards and allowed her to be taken out of the palace as a dowry! Two months later, Nan Huifang found out that she was pregnant with the Emperor's child. She did not dare to hide it and told her family everything about her pregnancy. Her family was originally going to send her back to the palace, but as luck would have it, news of the Prince of Yan's rebellion spread in the palace. In order not to let the Prince of Yan find out about their daughter and her unborn child, her family sent Nan Huifang to a relative's home 300 miles away from the capital to wait for the birth of the child. After the child was born, they were transferred to the northern border!"

"Nan Huifang, is she still alive?" Shangguan Yuan knew that it was useless to ask this question. If she was still alive, she would definitely stay by Nanchen's side, and Nanchen would not be bullied by the farmers and become that adopted son in the future!

"She's gone. She died of overwork on the third day after she arrived in the North!"

Shangguan Yuan had probably anticipated what was going to happen next. Without his biological mother by his side, the child became worthless and was given away by that Mr. Nan!

In fact, he had wronged Mr. Nan. Mr. Nan thought that if the child stayed with him, he would be found by someone with ulterior motives, and then there would be endless assassinations. So he sent the child to a farmer's home to be raised. Although their life would be a little harder, he could grow up safely!

It must be said that his men were very efficient and had investigated the matter in great detail. Shangguan Yuan asked his men to go and have a rest, while he went to Shangguan Shuo's room and told his father all the information his men had found.

Shangguan Shuo stroked his beard, thinking back to the time he spent with the late emperor more than twenty years ago. They were actually teacher and student, but also better than father and son. They discussed academic matters together and talked about world affairs together. He still remembered that the young late emperor was full of hope and long-term ambitions for the people of the world. That expression was so vivid and ambitious. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned.

Just over a decade after the previous emperor registered, the Prince of Yan successfully rebelled, and the emperor, who was lively and had great ideals, became a dead soul under the sword of the Prince of Yan!

Shangguan Yuan interrupted Shangguan Shuo's thoughts and said, "There is something I really can't figure out!"

Shangguan Shuo came back to his senses and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Since Nanchen grew up in a farmer's family and never went to school, how did he know so many words? Dad, judging from his behavior, he doesn't look like a farmer who only knew how to farm since he was a child. Instead, he looks like a well-read scholar. And his cement factory. I have lived for decades and read thousands of books, but I never knew that stones dug from the mountains can be ground into powder to make cement. Don't you find it strange? And his wife and children are also different from ordinary farmers' wives and children!"

Shangguan Shuo replied, "Since you can't figure it out, then forget about it. There are many things in the world that cannot be explained. You can find out the truth about each one of them! We only need to remember one thing now. His identity is the only prince of the previous dynasty. We have to find a way to help him take back everything that belongs to him!"

Shangguan Shuo really thought too much. Nanchen didn't have such lofty ideals. His wish was to bring his wife and children to this backward ancient time, eat well, drink well, and live a stable life!

Shangguan Yuan responded respectfully, "I will follow your arrangements! By the way, father, Nanchen discussed with the village chief about setting up a school in the village in order to find a good teacher for his adopted son. Why don't I be the teacher for that child? What do you think?"

"Okay, Nanchen's daughter, isn't it time for her to be enlightened?"

"Yes, she will be six years old after the New Year! Tell Nan Chen that I am idle at home anyway, so let her little girl come to my place every day to learn a few words. Unfortunately, his twins are not at home. If they were at home, I could personally educate his grandson on behalf of the late emperor! By the way, ask him if he is willing to come to my place to study. As the ancients said, learning has no end. Let him not just think about making money and neglect his studies!"

Shangguan Yuan smiled and joked, "Father, this is wrong. Why are you treating them differently? If you want to teach them, why not teach that kid as well? I think that kid is quite intelligent. Maybe he will have a bright future!"

"You, well, fine, let him be my disciple, but you are responsible for teaching him knowledge. I'm old, you can't let an old man like me worry about so much every day, right?"

Shangguan Yuan smiled, "Okay, I'll listen to my father!"

"Hey, Xiangxiang, have you heard? The two daughters-in-law of the Song family have gone crazy!"

Ms. Dong was doing the accounts. She stopped what she was doing and started to listen to the gossip. "Who told you that?"

"Who told you that? Everyone in the village knows about it. It's crazy. They tell everyone they are the eldest and second young ladies in the Duke's Mansion in the capital. They wear gold and silver every day, have endless delicacies to eat, and have endless maids to serve. Listen, others wouldn't dare to do this even in their dreams!"

Da Wang and Chen also came over and said, "We are not in the village, so we don't have first-hand information!"

Dahua smiled and said, "Last night when I went back home, my two girls and I were lying in bed together, talking for a long time. I would say that they have done too much evil, and this is retribution for their sins."

Ms. Dong asked as if she was gossiping about someone else's family, "What was the Song family's reaction?"

The king replied, "How else can they react? Both men are disabled, and Song Dashan, as an old man, can't hit his daughter-in-law, so he can only let them go crazy! However, Mrs. Song cried and made a scene several times!"

Ms. Dong clicked her tongue twice. "Oh, how miserable!"

Chen said, "What's so miserable? Old Lady Song said that she wants to divorce these two daughters-in-law and drive them away so that they can have peace of mind!"

"The Song family is so cruel!"

"That's right. What old woman would do such a thing? As a woman, she doesn't want to find a doctor for her two daughters-in-law, but instead wants to kick them away!"

"What's even more infuriating is that their men also support their wives' decisions. Isn't that infuriating?"

Ms. Dong said, "They are not real men at all. Women can accompany men through hardships and give birth to so many children for them, but now they want to abandon them. If one day, my Nanchen becomes like them, I will...!"

When Ms. Dong said this, Nanchen just walked into the restaurant from outside. He didn't hear the previous words, but heard a sentence, "My Nanchen is the same as them." Nanchen smiled and asked, "What about you?"

Dahua, Dawang, and Chen saw Nanchen coming in and quickly scattered. They hadn’t even finished gossiping about Ms. Dong when they were scared away by Nanchen. “Hey, don’t leave! I haven’t even finished talking!”

"You said the same thing to me!" Nanchen poured himself a cup of hot tea, took a sip, then sat next to her, pretending to listen attentively!