Lady Lai saw that she could not retain Feng Bailing, so she had the villagers prepare an ox cart and packed several large bags of rice, intending for Feng Bailing to take them back.
"Princess Feng, this is the rice you asked us to plant last time; it's all ripened now. We haven't even tasted it yet, but we wanted to send it to you first. And the pigs, cattle, and sheep you told us to rear have grown quickly and are now quite robust. My father says they can be butchered in three or four days, and then I'll arrange for them to be sent to you and the Drunken Immortal Inn."
Lady Lai's face glowed with delight.
The villagers of Xinqi Village all felt that their lives had gotten better by the day since they followed Feng Bailing.
With the locust infestation gone, having land and homes, and soon even cattle, sheep, and pigs, it was as if they had fallen into a honey pot of good fortune.
