Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

Chen Aju rolled her eyes and said, "It doesn't hurt to stand and talk. If you hadn't hooked up with Tangyuan, no matter how diligent you were, you wouldn't be able to live in a thatched hut and sleep on an earthen bed."

Chen Afu sneered and said, "The reason why I can be associated with Tangyuan is because I am diligent, deft, and good at using my brain when doing things..."

Just as he was talking, he heard Mrs. Chen shouting loudly in the yard, "Ah Ju, Ah Ju, where did you die again? I'm busy today, waiting for you to light the fire."

Chen Aju was so angry that she muttered in a low voice, "There are so many people in the main room who don't work, so they just keep an eye on me."

Chen Afu said, "I'm doing this for your own good. Sometimes, it's more tiring to have others work than to work yourself." After saying that, he didn't want to pay attention to her and went to the west room.

I don’t know if Chen Aju heard it or not, so she walked out with a sullen face.

After that, Hu Laowu and his family came again smelling the aroma of rice. He would not miss any opportunity to curry favor with shopkeeper Luo. Not long after, Carpenter Wu also came with Wu Changgen, Changgen's wife and Xiao Shitou.

Chen Ming welcomed the people from these two families who took the initiative to congratulate them and quickly invited them to sit in the room.

As soon as Xiao Shitou came, he was pulled to the west chamber by Dabao.

Changgen's daughter-in-law is diligent and goes into the kitchen to free Chen Aju. Chen Aju pulled Hu Cuicui and told her how beautiful Chen Afu's canopy bed was, and asked her to go and see it.

Hu Cuicui didn't move. In her opinion, this place was just a little bigger than her fourth uncle's house in the county. The furniture and furnishings were not as good as that, so how could the bed be any better?

She glanced at Chen Aju, who had never seen the world, and whispered proudly, "Sister Aju, when I go to my fourth uncle's house in the county, I will take you with me. Cousin Hong's boudoir is really exquisite and beautiful. "

Chen Aju especially couldn't stand Hu Cuicui's look of looking down on her, but there was nothing she could do about it. Apart from this cousin, she didn't have anyone who had a good handkerchief job.

During the meal, three tables were placed in the lobby, two tables for men and one table for women and children. In addition, there is another table in the east wing, where Chen Afu and several children are leading a few children.

There was good wine and good food on the table, and everyone enjoyed the meal. Only occasionally, Mrs. Hu couldn't help but say some unpleasant words. Not only Chen Ye and Mrs. Chen would glare at her, but even Hu Laowu would look at her with a sullen face. Although Hu Laowu is the youngest in the family, the four sisters above him are all afraid of him, and Hu is no exception. Seeing that the heads of her husband's and mother's families were unhappy, she could only shut her mouth angrily.

After the meal, Song's mother carried the sleepy Chu Hanyan back to Tangyuan to rest. The Luo Mei siblings were also taken back by the Wei family. At the end of the day, Chen Afu will go to work in Tangyuan. Now the two families are so close, it only takes half an hour to walk. And for convenience, the road between the two houses was not only smoothed but also paved with gravel. Of course Tangyuan hired someone to do this.

After the men in the upper room had eaten and drank, the guests also went home one after another. Hu Laowu walked at the end, and he quietly said to Chen Ming, "Brother Chen, have you heard that something happened to the Lao Wang family in Xianhu Village?"

Chen Ming was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the old Wang family should refer to the Wang family's natal family. He hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Hu Laowu smiled and said, "I heard that the family seems to have been guilty of Tai Sui recently. Mrs. Ding stepped on the ice and broke her leg when she went out. Wang Cai was beaten one night by covering his head with a sack. Suddenly, Old Man Wang was hit on the head by a stone falling from the sky. Every once in a while, feces and urine would appear inexplicably in the yard. Moreover, every once in a while, one of the chickens, ducks and geese in the house would lose..."

After hearing this, Chen Ming hurriedly bowed his hand to Hu Lao Wugong. He whispered, "I think Brother Hu likes to drink Xiao Yuanchun. I will give you two jars another day."

Hu Laowu said hurriedly, "I don't dare. In the future, when Brother Chen's family invites noble people like Mr. Luo to have dinner, he must remember to call my younger brother."

Chen Ming nodded and said hello.

Looking at Hu Laowu's retreating figure, Chen Ming felt helpless. I used to hate this kind of villain who followed people's influence and did immoral things, but now in order to punish the even worse and more immoral Ding, I had to ask for help from him...

Chen Afu and Mrs. Wang had tidied up the kitchen. When they came out, they saw Chen Ming spinning around in the yard and breathing in through his nose.

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "Master, what are you doing? Why do you act like our family's wealth?"

Chen Ming smiled and said, "Juan Niang, Ah Fu, have you smelled it? There is a vague fragrance in our house again, just like the fragrance in the old yard. Yesterday I smelled it specifically, and there was no such smell. Today This smell has come out again, our family is really blessed."

Mrs. Wang smelled it and said happily, "It's true."

Chen Afu also smiled and nodded.

When she was drawing water from the well today, she had secretly thrown in a small piece of agarwood wood that was as thick as her little finger.

Several people went to the upper room and the west room, sat on the kang, and sorted out the gifts and gifts they had received.

The third grandfather and several other relatives gave him either ten coarse porcelain bowls and twenty coins, or a chicken or duck. Chen Ye's family gave a hundred cash and ten pounds of polished rice, and the old lady also gave four small porcelain bowls. When Chen Ming saw how generous his eldest brother's family was, he felt very proud and very happy.

Hu Laowu's gift was a hundred coins, and Carpenter Wu's gift was four small carved wooden stools. What Shopkeeper Luo gave was a pair of large white porcelain blue and white vases, which was considered a heavy gift. The other people in Tangyuan gave two silver peanuts worth one cent, while Chu Hanyan gave six silver peanuts worth two cents. Chen Afu handed over all the red envelopes sent by Chu Hanyan and Song's mother to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming smiled and said, "Miss Chu is very thoughtful. She still knows how to give gifts at such a young age." Then he looked at the pair of large vases and said, "It's a pity that we can use this large vase at home. We will keep it for Ah Fu to take to Fuyuan."

Chen Afu said with an angry smile, "Dad, you really think you are a small landowner. Dad, don't forget, you are still a child and you still know elegance. Put one of the vases in the upper room and the other in Alu's study. I'll go to Tang. I picked a few plum blossoms from the garden and put them in. They are elegant and smell good." He added, "I still need some things at home. When Mr. Chu or Abbot Luochen comes back, I will go to the county town and buy some more. , I just happened to buy some New Year’s goods.”

Chen Ming said hurriedly, "Let your mother take the money for the remaining things. This home, including the land, house and furniture, has already cost you more than sixty taels of silver. I can't spend any more of your money."

Mrs. Wang also said, "Yes, your father is right. When the time comes, my mother and I will go together, and my mother will pay."

It was almost time to go to work. Chen Afu went back to the west wing to wake up Dabao and took out a basket filled with building blocks. A total of three sets of these building blocks were made, one set for my own home and one set for each of the Tangyuan and Yang families.

As soon as she, Dabao, Zhui Feng, Qiqi Huihui walked out of the gate, they saw Song's mother holding Chu Hanyan in a red cloak, and Wei holding the Luo Mei siblings and the two nurses walking towards them.