Eat My Childless Life: The Little Fisher Girl is Poor and Fierce

Chapter 562 I must maintain close contact with this cousin.

Although there is no blood relation, they have already recognized each other as relatives, and their contact will continue.

In addition, she and Chen Zhao had a prior relationship, and she would ask him for help when she needed it, and she didn't let him earn less money.

The Chen family should still be able to afford a meal.

Lin Chang'er did not refuse and readily agreed, "In that case, I will trouble you, elder brother."

Prefect Chen quickly waved his hand, "Little sister, you're being too polite with your elder brother. Your place is quite far from the prefectural city, so even if I wanted to invite you to our home for a meal, I wouldn't have the chance."

"It's unrealistic to expect you to abandon your village business and settle down in the city. It's rare for you to come to the city, and you're only here in a hurry. If you can't even get a hot meal at your older brother's house, how will your older brother have the face to face your younger brother?"

“Ming’er and you are old acquaintances. If you can’t do anything else, you can certainly use money, right? Some of the medicines on your prescription are indeed uncommon, but as long as the price is right, you won’t have trouble buying them. You and this young man can have a meal in the mansion. It’s getting late, so I’ll have Ming’er take two guards to personally escort you back to Linshui Village.”

Having said all that, it would be rather ungrateful of Lin Chang'er to refuse.

"I will obey your command, brother. I will follow your arrangements."

Upon hearing this, Prefect Chen laughed heartily, "Let's just pretend we're at home."

Wealthy families have many rules, so Prefect Chen summoned a maid to take Lin Chang'er to bathe and change her clothes before leading her to the flower hall for a meal.

Prefect Chen personally accompanied her, and several of his children who were at home also came out to see her.

At the previous family reunion banquet, Prefect Chen went alone with a gift, while Chen Ming went as a friend. So, apart from Chen Ming, this was the first time Lin Chang'er had met all of Chen's children.

She has a pair of twin sisters of similar age, and it is said that there is also an older brother in the legitimate line. He is currently studying hard at the academy, waiting for the imperial examination next year. It is a crucial time for him, so he is not at home.

Chen Ming was born out of wedlock. There were two boys and three girls born out of wedlock, the youngest of whom was a tiny baby with three heads.

There were quite a few people, almost lining up to call her aunt and greet her.

The older children had already learned the rules very well, but what surprised her was that the younger ones were also behaving quite well.

She had time to arrive, but she hadn't expected her cousin to be so serious; he certainly hadn't prepared a gift for their first meeting.

Fortunately, she had a lot of silver, which was stored in her spatial storage, so it was practically like carrying it with her.

He didn't bother asking for red paper; he simply folded a thousand-tael silver note in half and gave each person a thousand-tael gift, regardless of whether they were legitimate or illegitimate, male or female.

Chen Dalang, who was not at home, entrusted the belongings of Chen Ming, who had gone to do errands for her, to Prefect Chen for safekeeping.

Prefect Chen refused to accept the money. "Brother sent these children here so they could get to know each other. Otherwise, they might not recognize each other in the future. How could I let you, little sister, spend so much money?"

Lin Chang'er forcefully stuffed the silver notes into Prefect Chen's hand, saying, "Brother, if you think that way, it's because you care about me. These are gifts I give to the younger generation; they're my own token of appreciation. Girls can use them to add some jewelry, and boys can use them to buy books, paper, and pens. If you refuse, it means you think your sister didn't give enough..."

Prefect Chen: "..." A thousand taels was naturally not much to him, but this was for the children, and each child received a thousand taels.

He had achieved considerable success in having offspring, and the total amount of offspring was not small.

The main reason is that the other party is my younger sister. My uncle and cousin told me that my younger sister is quite successful in business, but a large part of her income is used for people's livelihood, especially disaster relief, where she can always be seen.

Moreover, thanks to her early warnings, the people of Ninghai Prefecture were able to safely weather the floods and plagues this year. Of course, if these events are handled properly, they can add to his political achievements.

This is the greatest help he can receive.

Prefect Chen secretly resolved to make more contact with his cousin. Suddenly, he remembered that his cousin had set up a school in the village.

Chen Zhao, that rascal, used to be there, but now he's completely transformed.

Prefect Chen glanced at his children, finally beckoning to the youngest, a three-headed toddler, "Yu-ge'er, come to your father..."