The next day, Ziyin still slept until she woke up naturally. Lin Kangping was still holding her and saw that she was awake, so he affectionately kissed her. Suddenly, Ziyin asked: "Didn't you say that Wen San would give us a big gift? What did he send?"

  "I thought you'd forgotten, really know how to spoil the fun. A shopfront in the capital city." After finishing speaking, Lin Kangping lifted up the bedding and took out a small box from a hidden compartment on the kang, handing it over to Zi Qing, "This is all our family's assets."

  Zi Qing opened it and found the deeds to the garden and house, two shops in Anzhou, 100 mu of paddy fields, two shops in Beijing, a house, and 2600 taels of silver.

  "Here's another one," said Ziqing, taking out her own dowry box from the dresser next door. The deed to Tangerine Garden, 100 mu of paddy fields, four shops in Anzhou, two of which were bought with the 1,000 taels she made from selling mahjong, 2,000 taels in silver notes, her private savings, the remaining silver from building Sunshine Garden and the income from Tangerine Garden's previous year totaling 300 taels, as well as the 200 taels given by Zifu and Zilu as a dowry. Ziqing gathered everything together, laughing and saying: "This is all our family's assets now. I'm a small rich lady!"

  It's not bad, adding up the fixed assets, the family property has exceeded 10,000 taels. This is just a few years' time. Nowadays, even if nothing is done, the annual rent and other income can also be over 1,000 taels. The expected life of idleness is about to begin.

  "Yes, all of these are ours, Sunshine's. We started this family with the one thousand two hundred taels of silver that Sunshine had. Even I am yours now. Does my Sunshine still feel satisfied? You have become a rich lady." After saying that, Lin Kangping hugged Zi Qing tightly and kissed her deeply. The couple continued to caress each other for a long time, who knows what they said to each other. At this moment, even if they didn't do anything or say anything, their hearts were still filled with sweetness.

  When both of them were dressed, Zi Qing discovered it when she was putting away the bedding. The little book Shen Shi gave her was actually under Lin Kangping's pillow, no wonder he felt different, and she thought he was self-taught. Zi Qing secretly smiled. When they went out, Zi Qing took a look at the Western clock in the hall and found that it was eleven o'clock again.

  After lunch, Lin Kangping held Zi Qing's hand and said he wanted to take her on a good stroll around the garden. "From now on, this will be your home, and you'll be the mistress of this place. You've always been wanting to see it, right? Today I'll take you on a good tour."

  Ziying stopped and looked at Lin Kangping, saying: "Actually, for me, where you are is my home."

  Ziying's words were rewarded with a deep kiss from Lin Kangping, who murmured vaguely: "Mmm, me too, where you are is home."

  Zi Qing was worried that the servants in the house would see something improper. She hastily pushed Lin Kangping away, saying somewhat irritably: "Are you going to look at the house or not? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the maids?"

  "Look, look, aren't you trying to seduce me? You don't know, in the past, your sparkling big eyes would glance at me and I'd want to hold you and kiss you, but I was afraid of being too forward and could only force myself to endure. Finally, after we got married, you still won't let me have my way, this time I won't listen to you. Why don't we go back to the house first? When can't we look at the house? Here, we're the masters. Who dares to mock us? Don't worry, they're all hiding in their rooms right now, busy with their own things." Lin Kang said with a thick face, stroking Zi Qing's face seductively.

  Zi Qing slapped away Lin Kangping's hand, laughing and saying: "No way, you have to be more restrained, or else I'll make sure you can't get into my bed for three days." After that, Zi Qing ran off.

  Lin Kangping quickly caught up with Zi Qing, holding her hand. Accompanying her to stroll in the courtyard, the first main house has seven rooms, with a hall in the middle, about 40 square meters, with carved beams and painted rafters. On both sides, there is a row of four high-backed armchairs. Above the hall hangs a landscape painting, on the long table is placed a Western-style clock, a pair of Qinghua vases, and a small copper mirror. Under the table is a pair of half-person-high Qinghua flower pots. The first room to the east is the study, followed by the bedroom and the bathroom. The west side is also the same. The east and west wing rooms each have three rooms, the east wing has a bathroom, kitchen, and dining room, and the west wing has a guest room.

  On both sides of the inverted seat, there are three houses. On one side live two maidservants, and on the other side is a warehouse where some miscellaneous items are stored.

  Zi Qing and his family lived in the second courtyard, which was similar to the main house, with seven rooms, but slightly smaller. On both sides of the east and west wings, there were three rooms each, with a one-meter-wide corridor in front of the house. Inside the courtyard, there was a two-foot-wide path paved with pebbles, with a small pond in the middle. The surface of the pond was covered with a thin layer of ice, and the bottom was lined with small pebbles, where dozens of goldfish were raised. On the east side, there were two osmanthus trees, under which hung a rocking chair, in front of which stood a stone table and stools. On the west side, there were two orange trees, and in front of the main house, there was a long, narrow flowerbed on either side, currently empty.

  Lin Kangping pulled Zi Qing back, out of the courtyard gate, and in front of them was a large pond, surrounded by several small ponds that formed a petal shape. There were still many residual lotus flowers in the pool, with a small island in the middle, where there was a small courtyard and a pavilion among the trees.

  Lin Kongping led Zi Qing to walk onto the bamboo floating bridge, and they went up to the island. All around were plum blossoms, some of which still had buds waiting to bloom. In the pavilion was a set of stone tables and chairs, and in the courtyard there were three rooms, two bright and one dark. The inner two rooms had low beds made of wooden boards, the floor was all wooden boards, and the walls were all embedded with hidden compartments. The outer room had some books, and the inner room had jade stones and porcelain decorations on display. Zi Qing liked it very much, saying: "In the summer this place must be cool, reading books until tired then resting here, only afraid there will be too many mosquitoes."

  "Don't worry, the flowers and grasses on this island have a special fragrance that repels mosquitoes. I had a hard time finding them in the mountains. Also, this house has a heated floor, when the plum blossoms bloom, if you're willing, we can live here too. Next summer, this place will be a large lotus pond, and I'll accompany you to enjoy the lotus flowers on a summer night. So, this place is where you can smell the plum blossoms in winter and see the lotus flowers bloom in summer."

  Coming down from the small island, walking along the cobblestone path, on the north side of the pond is a peach orchard, now with dry branches. In the midst of the peach trees are several thatched cottages with fences, to the west is a vegetable garden, and to the east is a bamboo forest. There is a courtyard with the words "Bamboo Garden" written above the gate. Lin Kangping sees that Zi Qing seems tired, so he says: "Let's go back, we can come again another time, after all it's our own home. Whenever we feel like it, we can come again."

  Two people returned to the hall, Lin Kangping called two small servants and two maidservants, met Zi Qing. Xiaoqing had seen Zi Qing before, Xiaolan was about the same age as Xiaoqing, looked more stable, also wore a red cotton-padded jacket, blue vest, compared to Xiaoqing, less lively and pretty, but her eyebrows and eyes were still quite elegant, looking more reliable, Zi Qing liked her at first sight. As for the two small servants, they looked relatively quick-witted, with some cleverness in their eyes, Zi Qing rewarded them each with a five-cash Mei flower silver ingot, said a few words of courtesy and dismissed them.

  The two returned to the inner courtyard, and Ziqing continued to tidy up the bedroom, putting some unused dowry into the storage room in the west wing, re-laying a set of bedding on the kang, while Lin Kangping spread a tiger skin on the imperial bed, saying it was given to him by hunters in the mountains as a token of gratitude for saving their lives last time.

  "I didn't want it at first, but then I thought of you lying on the low couch under the window, and in winter with this pad, wouldn't it be better? Don't worry, I gave him fifty taels of silver and also bought a lot of other fur and dry goods from his family. By the way, when David learned that I was getting married, he also gave me two Persian carpets, which we can lay out in this room without outsiders coming in, so you won't catch cold."

  After finishing, Lin Kangping found a carpet from the warehouse and laid it out. It was about five or six square meters in size, occupying almost half of the room's empty space. The main colors were red and blue, with a large flower in the middle. When Zi Qing stepped on it, she felt it was very thick and soft. This was the legendary Persian carpet! Zi Qing really wanted to dance on it, so she took off her shoes and spun around several times, her skirt flying around her. With excitement, she wrapped her arms around Lin Kangping's waist and looked up at him with a serious expression, saying: "Kangping, I really feel very happy, thank you."

  At this moment, Zi Qing truly felt extremely happy and satisfied. In her past life, she had been betrayed in love, but after transmigrating to a different world, although she had suffered a bit, she was basically doted on by her parents and several brothers. Although she was forced by circumstances to quickly become engaged to Lin Kangping, this man really spoiled her to the bone, always putting her first at all times. After more than three years of being together after their engagement, she felt the sweetness of love. On their wedding day, he made his greatest effort to satisfy her fantasies and vanity as a woman. Even after they were married, he still cherished and protected her like she was in the palm of his hand. All of this would have been more difficult than ascending to heaven in her past life, but in this life, Lin Kangping had achieved it. With him by her side, that was enough.

  Lin Kangping lowered his head, gazing at Ziying's eyes that sparkled with amusement, her skin as delicate as porcelain. He couldn't help himself. With both hands cradling Ziying's face, he took a deep breath and said, "Baby, I'll make you feel even happier now."

  Lin Kangping finished speaking and carried Zi Qing horizontally to the bed, gently kissing her, lightly biting her collarbone and chest skin with his teeth, making her feel itchy and unbearable. He kissed her until she was dizzy and unknowingly cooperated with him. The two were like fish in water, fully enjoying their intimate pleasure. When Zi Qing woke up and saw the clothes scattered all over the floor, her face turned red with shame.

  Dinner was still served by Lin Kangping on the kang table, and after dinner, the two of them discussed their plans for going out. Zi Qing started packing some things to bring along, and in order to ensure safety on the road, she specially packed a few sets of ordinary cotton clothes for the two of them to wear, and all valuable jewelry was left behind, wrapped up and put away.

  Lin Kongping said, "Let's set off early and not rush. You don't have to be too tired. When we return in the spring, I'll take you on a good tour along the way. This time, there's no need to bring too much silver either. Once we arrive in Beijing, there are still profits from the shop to settle, and if all else fails, there's also the rent for another shop."

  The child asked one by one and understood, a night without words.