Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

Dabao nodded, then took his mother's hand and entered the door. He also said, "Mom, I saw Uncle Chu smiling."

Chen Afu laughed and said, "That's nonsense. It's so far away. Let alone being blind, you can't see him smiling even in broad daylight."

Dabao pouted and said, "Anyway, I just think he smiled at us."

After returning to the west wing, Chen Afu told a few stories to the three children, then sent Dabao and Yang Chao to the east wing to sleep with Alu, while she took little girl Yang Qian to sleep in the west wing.

Zeng Xiaoqing came in with water to help them wash up. When she saw people washing up, Zhui Feng, Qi Qi, and Hui Hui were waiting eagerly aside, which was a bit incredible.

Chen Afu smiled and said, "They are waiting to wipe their bodies and feet."

After she put Yang Qian to bed, she went back to the living room, put the special handkerchief in the basin, wetted it and wrung it out. They stretched their necks first, and after Chen Afu wiped their faces and bodies clean, they raised their left feet. After wiping their left feet, they raised their right feet. After wiping the three little things one by one, they went to their own nest in the south room, waiting for Chen Afu to cover them with quilts.

Chen Afu covered them with quilts and said, "Good night, my dear."

After closing the door to the south room, Chen Afu said to Zeng Xiaoqing, "Don't think of them as dogs or parrots, we all regard them as our own family members. It's cold now, so we usually give them a bath once every half month. But every morning we have to give them a bath." Clean their mouths and wipe their bodies and feet every night..."

Perhaps the two parrots were too excited to play today, and they could still be heard shouting in the room, "Practice, one, two, three, four, two, two, three, four..."

Chen Afu opened the south room a crack and cursed, "Besides, I won't feed you tomorrow."

The two parrots finally calmed down.

Zeng Xiaoqing covered her mouth and laughed. There was still a little bit of frustration from the capital city to the countryside, but now it's gone.

Just after Chen hour the next day, Manager Luo and Luo Yuan drove the carriage. They not only sent nine sheep, but also ten jars of wine, two of which were blue and white wine, six hams, a basket of apples, ten kilograms of refined white sugar, twenty kilograms of dates, one hundred kilograms of refined white flour, and ten kilograms of refined white flour. Rouge rice, four bolts of satin and other items filled six large carriages. He said this was a new year's gift from Tangyuan and wrote a list very formally.

Chen Ming and Wang clucked their tongues as they looked at so many things, "Oh my god, how can we afford it? How can we afford it?"

Chen Afu said with a smile, "You forgot, Mr. Chu specifically said yesterday that when his grandfather comes, let us cook hot pot a few more times. I see, his grandfather will not only come to our house to eat hot pot, but most of the food will be cooked in our house." Let’s take care of it at home. Some of the things may be the old man’s rations. We must not touch these two precious things, blue and white stuffed rice and rouge rice, and keep them for the old man.”

Chen Ming nodded and said, "Are you going to add some of these goodies to the gifts for my mother and my eldest brother?" They had already bought a lot of gifts for their eldest family in the county town, including food, drink, and clothes. have.

Chen Afu nodded and said, "Okay, let's give them another ham, two legs of lamb, a jar of wine, ten pounds of apples, and a piece of satin."

The big house was really good this time. Not only did he not betray his conscience for the fifty taels of silver, he also came to Luyuan to inform them. In doing so, they also took certain risks. Both Chen Ming and Chen Afu remembered this sentiment.

Mrs. Wang added, "Tangyuan has given us New Year gifts, do we have to give them too?"

Before, they only prepared some New Year's gifts for Steward Luo's family, and also made two sets of clothes for little girl Chu Hanyan. But they sent so many things first, and they said they were New Year gifts, so it was hard not to give them to them.

Chen Afu said, "We have to give them to them." After thinking for a while, he said, "Everyone in their family likes to eat sweets, so let's make some rare snacks and give them to them."

Then, he sent away the little brother and sister Yang Chao who cried heartbrokenly. This time, Chen Afu made a set of clothes for each of the little brothers and sisters, and gave them ten pounds of apples and a basket of home-made snacks.

Four nursing homes came to Tangyuan to pick her up, and Chen Afu took Dabao, Zhuifeng, Qiqi and Huihui to work in Tangyuan. Wangcai still wanted to drive away, but Alu wouldn't let him go and let him stay at home to look after the house.

Seeing Wangcai's eyes full of tears, Dabao promised to bring good food back from Tangyuan for it, so that it would feel better.

At noon, after having dinner in Tangyuan, Chen Afu and his bodyguards hurried back to Luyuan to make snacks. She wanted to make it earlier and give it to Tangyuan. There were few owners in Tangyuan, and the snacks she made were relatively rare. Maybe Tangyuan could give it to other families as a New Year's gift.

She planned to give Tangyuan 20 jins of glutinous rice and dates, 20 jins of gold silk cakes, 20 jins of Ququ biscuits, 20 jins of plum blossom cakes, and 20 jins of donuts. These add up to exactly one hundred kilograms, plus two sets of little girl's coats, two middle coats, two pairs of shoes, and six pairs of socks, which can be considered as a New Year's gift for the family.

Now that there are more people and more power, these snacks can be made in two days.

On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Ming led Alu and Dabao to send the New Year's gift to Tangyuan very solemnly. Manager Luo received them solemnly in the outer courtyard of Tangyuan and invited them to drink tea for a while. Chen Mingcai took Alu back to Luyuan, and Chen Dabao went directly into the inner courtyard.

Afterwards, Chen Ming led Chen Lu to give New Year's gifts to Steward Luo's family, including a set of clothes made for Steward Luo and Aunt Luo, as well as some food and snacks.

At noon, Chen Afu had dinner in Tangyuan and returned to Luyuan with his bodyguard.

She saw two carriages parked at the gate of Luyuan from a distance. Among the guests going to his house, apart from the people from Tangyuan, only Yang Mingyuan can drive a carriage. Yang Mingyuan is far away in the capital, and the little brother and sister have only been away for two days. They cannot be from home.

Who could it be? Chen Afu and others hurried home.

Before she reached the wall of Fuyuan Courtyard, she saw Zeng Xiaoqing running towards her quickly. Zeng Xiaoqing ran faster when he saw Chen Afu. Running closer, she said breathlessly, "Miss, there are a few guests at home. There is an old lady. She said she is the mother of the prefect Chen, and she wants to discuss something with you..."

It turned out that some uninvited guests came to Luyuan, including five women and two men.

Chen Afu was not afraid when he heard about this combination. He had several strong laborers in his family, and with the bodyguards around him, he would definitely not suffer a loss in a real fight.

I just don't know what the old lady wants to do with me, and whether she will bully Wang again. Chen Afu stepped up and walked towards Luyuan.

Entering Luyuan, I saw Old Man Zeng and his son, Xue Dagui, and Chu Xiaoniu standing in the yard. There were two other men, Zhao Lizheng and another unknown man.

Zhao Lizheng met Chen Afu and bowed politely. Chen Afu ignored him, turned around and said to the four nurses who were following her, "Just wait outside." Then, she walked quickly to the upper room.

In the upper room, a sullen Chen Ming sat on the left side of the Eight Immortals table, and an old lady in her fifties sat on the right side.