61: Chapter 61 The treasure is glowing!

After strolling around twice, Luo Li and her husband left, feeling a bit sour.

The other wives took their children one by one to pick out their own rooms.

Yuan Chen called the one hundred Golden Light Carp-people before him.

"Auntie Pang, arrange their work."

"For now, assign two to each wife."

"They can help look after the children and such during the day."

"Distribute the rest to the various courtyards; you can arrange their duties as you see fit."

The fat fish-woman looked at Yuan Chen with resentment.

She and Xue Lin were both trusted confidantes of Luo Li.

One was a secret guard, and the other managed internal affairs.

They were about the same age, too.

And yet.

Just a moment ago, when he called for Xue Lin, it was 'Sister Lin' this and 'Sister Lin' that.

But when it came to her, it was just 'Auntie Pang'.

Hmph!

Men!

"Understood!"

She nodded in response.

She had better just honestly act as the head steward!

Yuan Chen avoided Auntie Pang's gaze.

It was chilling!

"After they have chosen their rooms and settled in, have them all come to the front hall."

After saying this, he closed his eyes and sat at the head of the table, waiting.

Auntie Pang acknowledged the order and sent the hundred servants to pass on the message.

Not long after, twenty-one women appeared in the main hall.

Each of them was excitedly discussing something.

It seemed they were all very satisfied with this new home.

Especially Little Strawberry, who stood among the others and only reached the shoulders of the other women. She stood out quite a bit.

Yuan Chen coughed dryly.

He asked everyone to find a seat first.

The women handed their children to the attendants who had just been assigned to them.

Then, they sat upright and looked at Yuan Chen.

Once the scene quieted down, Yuan Chen slowly rose.

"Since everyone is here."

"I have a few things to say."

"First is the promise I made to you all."

"I said before that no matter which woman follows me, Yuan Chen, I will give you all a formal wedding."

"But before this, due to some matters, I was delayed and haven't fulfilled that promise."

"Starting three days from now, within the next month, I will formally marry each of you."

As soon as Yuan Chen finished speaking, the group of women became excited.

In their hearts, most of them still held the belief that only by being formally married could they truly be considered Yuan Chen's people.

Moreover, marrying the person one likes is something women deeply yearn for.

Hearing Yuan Chen's words now, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Following that was a wave of emotion; it turned out Yuan Chen had not forgotten them.

After finishing the first matter, Yuan Chen continued immediately.

"Furthermore, from now on, this is our new home."

"Since it is a new home, there must be some symbolic representation."

"Today, I am placing a family heirloom here."

"I hope it will be passed down forever."

"For now, it will be kept in the main hall, and once your Big Sister Lingling returns, it will be handed over to her for safekeeping."

Yuan Chen had never forgotten Ye Lingling, who was still in seclusion.

The women had no complaints.

Ye Lingling was Yuan Chen's first wife, so naturally, it was only right to entrust it to her.

What they were more curious about was: what exactly was the family heirloom Yuan Chen spoke of?

Under everyone's gaze, Yuan Chen slowly walked to the center of the hall.

He then rummaged through his storage ring, and a red rectangular object appeared.

Seeing the treasure appear, the women all stretched their necks.

Yuan Chen was of the Dragon Clan.

Something that could be called a family heirloom by the Dragon Clan must surely be an extraordinary item.

But after scanning it with their Divine Sense, they were all confused.

They looked at each other, unable to see anything special about it.

"Husband, what kind of treasure is this?"

Hua Tong, who was always lively, couldn't help herself and asked directly.

Everyone immediately perked up their ears.

Yuan Chen did not even turn his head.

With his back to the crowd, his voice was very serious and low as he said, word by word:

"This item is called..."

The women held their breaths, shouting in their hearts:

Say it! Hurry up and say it!

After speaking halfway, Yuan Chen paused for two seconds before continuing:

"Xinhua... Dictionary!"

The entire scene went quiet.

A moment later, Luo Xinyi asked in a low voice:

"Husband! This... what purpose does it serve?"

Yuan Chen turned around abruptly.

"What purpose does it serve?"

"Good question!"

He stared seriously into Luo Xinyi's eyes.

"Are you still troubled because you don't know what good names to give your children after they are born?"

"Are you still agonizing over your child having the same name as someone else?"

"With this, you will never have to worry about naming problems again."

As he spoke, he gently placed the Xinhua Dictionary into Luo Xinyi's hands.

Luo Xinyi: "..."

The other women: "..."

Yuan Chen sighed up at the sky.

You all still don't understand the difficulty of naming children!

When he first received the reward, he didn't know what use the Xinhua Dictionary had.

It wasn't until his children were born one by one.

Every wife would hold her belly and come to ask him: 'What should we name our child!'

Each of them had a limited number of children, but Yuan Chen's were coming in batches.

Even with just over ten children now, he was already finding it hard to cope.

In the future, he would have thousands of kids.

How would he name them then?

While feeling dejected, he suddenly remembered the 'Divine Artifact!' lying in the corner of his storage ring.

With it, he could save himself a lot of trouble.

He would just place the dictionary in the most obvious spot in the main hall.

Whichever wife couldn't think of a name could go flip through it herself.

By the time Ye Lingling came out, the number of offspring would probably have increased.

Then it would all be handed over to Ye Lingling.

Every time a name was chosen, she could put a cross in the dictionary.

Keep track of them to avoid duplicates.

He had already figured it out.

Right now, the children all had two-character names.

When the number grew in the future and characters weren't enough.

He would start combining three characters.

He could start with the generations of 'One', 'Two', 'Three'.

Yuan Yiluo, Yuan Erluo, Yuan Sanluo...

Or he could use the 'Jia', 'Yi', 'Bing', 'Ding' generations.

Yuan Jiayun, Yuan Yiyun, Yuan Bingyun...

Wouldn't that be much more convenient?

He patted the dictionary in Luo Xinyi's hands and sighed.

"Your level is still not high enough; later on, you will know its value."

Luo Xinyi bit her lip and looked at Yuan Chen with embarrassment.

Her strength was still too low.

To think she had mistaken such a treasure for a common object.

Yuan Chen took the Xinhua Dictionary back from her hands.

Then, he walked step by step toward the shelf above the main seat.

The women behind him also looked at the Xinhua Dictionary solemnly.

It was they who were unworthy!

"Hey, the treasure is glowing!"

Just then, Little Strawberry on her seat suddenly jumped up, pointing at what was in Yuan Chen's hands and shouting.

Yuan Chen looked at his hands, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

The Xinhua Dictionary had an overall red cover, but the pinyin on it was yellow.

When Yuan Chen held it up, the sunlight happened to hit it, making the yellow pinyin light up.

He cursed silently.

That's just light reflection!

Idiot!

Hopefully, the children born from her won't have IQ problems.

Fortunately, he scanned with his Divine Sense and saw that the other women all had the same strange expressions as him, but none of them said anything.

Yuan Chen coughed dryly.

"Quiet!"

Then, acting as if nothing had happened, he stood the dictionary upright on the shelf.