The children were quite engaged in the performance.

Chu Lingxuan stood in front of the window in the room, stunned, his mouth wide open for a long time.

What is this? It's so strange and so funny. That Chen Ahfu is such a strange and wonderful person!

Although Chu Lingxuan thought this thing was colloquial, childish, and somewhat inexplicable, it was undeniable that the children had a lot of fun playing with it. Especially his daughter, who even laughed out loud. When she said, "No, no, daddy will open it when he comes back," her eyes actually looked in his direction. This made him, as a father, proud.

Amidst the singing and laughter, it soon reached noon.

Not to mention that the children hadn’t played enough, even Chu Lingxuan, who was watching the fun, hadn’t watched enough.

Chu Lingxuan walked out impatiently, picked up Chu Hanyan and said, "Daddy just realized that my daughter is so capable."

Then he said to Chen Ahfu, "Master Chen's method is good. Although it is strange, it can attract the child's attention."

Aunt Luo led people to deliver lunch.

Usually, Chen Ahfu and his two children would eat at the table in the living room, while Er Gou and Er Niao would eat on the floor. Today, Chu Lingxuan was there, so Aunt Luo placed the meal for Chen Ahfu and his children in the side room.

Chu Hanyan saw that her father was sitting in front of her, and her aunt and Dabao were walking towards the side room. She was unwilling and pouted, "Aunt, Dabao."

Ergou and Erniao were also not used to it. Ergou howled at him wildly, and Qiqi and Huihui also jumped up and down and shouted, "Mom, Dabao..."

Seeing that he was so despised, Chu Lingxuan felt too embarrassed to stay here to eat. He asked the maid to go to the side room to invite Master Chen and his son to come and eat with Yan'er, and he went to the outer courtyard to eat.

After dinner, Mother Song carried the sleepy Chu Hanyan to the bedroom, while Chen Afu and Dabao took the two dogs and two birds out of Yiran Courtyard.

When she arrived at the outer courtyard, she saw Manager Luo waiting for her.

Manager Luo handed a package to Chen Afu and said, "These are some specialties that my uncle bought in the northern border town. My uncle said that he will have another day off tomorrow, so you can rest at home this afternoon and tomorrow. You have worked hard these days." He smiled and said, "My uncle likes the braised food you make very much. Please make more this afternoon and I will have someone pick it up from your house before dinner."

As he spoke, he pointed to a bucket underground filled with pork, rabbit and duck.

The carriage took Chen Afu and his mother back home.

Chen Afu carried the bucket into the kitchen and heard Chen Ming and Wang in the west room talking about Alan getting married.

Chen Alan is getting married the day after tomorrow. The groom is a young man from Guqiao Village. It is said that his family is quite well-off, with a large tiled house and more than 20 acres of land. They are one of the upper-class families in the countryside. The marriage between these two families is considered a good match.

Chen Afu and Dabao greeted them and returned to the new courtyard.

When I opened the package, I found a small bag of black fungus, a small bag of pine nuts, a small can of cheese, and a three-inch-long red agate carp ornament.

Chen Ahfu smiled as he took the cheese. He could make more delicious snacks in the future. He picked up the carp ornament and took a look at it. It was bright and moist, and it looked quite valuable.

The chairman is quite generous to the employees and is not stingy when it comes to rewards. It is a blessing for the employees to have such a generous leader.

Dabao also held the ornament and said with a smile, "Mom, this thing is very valuable, right?" He then said to himself, "It's so beautiful, it must be valuable. My son will study hard, pass the imperial examination, and buy me something better in the future."

Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "Okay, mother will wait. Son, go to the kang and have a rest. When you wake up, there will be delicious food."

After hearing this, Dabao went to the kang by himself. He took off his cotton-padded jacket and trousers and put them on the quilt, then crawled into the bed. The kang was not heated during the day, so he shivered with cold.

Chen Ahfu took the fungus and pine nuts to the old courtyard and filled two soup bottles with them. After taking them back to the house and stuffing them into the quilt, she also went to the kang to rest for a while. Then she got up and went to the kitchen of the old courtyard to make braised food. Wang Shi helped her light the fire wearing gloves.

While I was busy, Gao came and said that she had to prepare for Chen Alan's wedding tomorrow and couldn't come. She had to do more work today.

Gao left the door of the east room open and talked to Chen Afu and her daughter while doing her chores. It seemed that Chen Aju's marriage proposal had been rejected by several families. The families they liked didn't like them, and the families they liked didn't like them.

After hearing this, Chen Ahfu felt sorry for little Ahfu again and said, "Back then, my aunt and Ahju said I was a fool and adopted a son, which prevented Ahju from finding a good husband. Now that I'm well again and have my own family, I still haven't seen her find a good husband. Humph, you want to blame others for your own problems."

Gao Shi couldn't respond, so she just smiled. She continued, "I brought home one tael of silver this afternoon, and everyone in the family was very happy. They didn't expect that I could earn so much money in just one month. My mother-in-law wanted to take it all, but my grandmother wouldn't let her, saying that my two children are grown up and I should have some spare money. My father-in-law also said that this was the way it should be. Later, we split it 50-50, with me taking 500 coins and my mother-in-law taking 500 coins."

What she didn't say was that Chen Aju said that Gao was not around and she helped with the work, so she should get a share. After being glared at by Chen Ye, Fang dared not say anything more, and even shed tears of grievance. She originally wanted to give Chen Aju fifty cents, but Chen Agui refused to give it to her, saying that he couldn't spoil her anymore...

When the stew was almost done, Chen Ahfu fried pine nuts on the small stove. After the pine nuts cooled down, Chen Ahfu cracked them open with pebbles and fed them to Wang and Gao. He also cracked half a bowl and saved it for Dabao and Alu.

Around the beginning of the You hour, Luo Yuan came and took the braised food away.

After dinner, the family of five went to the main room to add makeup to Chen Alan and also brought a bag of soft snacks for the old lady.

They went directly to the upper living room, and found Hu Laowu's family of four were all there.

It was the first time that Chen Ahfu saw Hu Laowu's wife, Fu. Fu was about 30 years old, wearing a silk cotton long gown, a silver hairpin on her head, and gold earrings on her ears, looking like a landlord's wife. She smiled exaggeratedly, pulled Wang and called her sister-in-law, which made Wang extremely uncomfortable.

Even Hu Cuicui changed her expression, smiling sweetly and calling Chen Afu "Sister Afu". She shook off Chen Aju's hand and reached out to pull Chen Afu, but Chen Afu dodged. She really didn't like this little girl. She and Chen Aju had bullied little Afu a lot in the past.

However, Chen Afu was very annoyed by Hu Wei's slimy eyes. Hu Laowu coughed heavily, and Hu Wei lowered his eyelids.

Hu Laowu's family also came to add to the dowry. On the table were two rulers, one made of fine cloth and one made of silk. In addition, there were two strings of (200 coins) of large coins. This was already a large amount of dowry in the countryside.

Looking at Chen Ye’s bright smile, you can tell that he is very satisfied.

After a few pleasantries, the third branch of the Chen family presented additional gifts. Chen Ming's family presented two silk rulers bought in the prefecture and province and one tael of silver, while Chen Afu and his mother presented six beautiful flowers and a set of pinewood combs. The combs were a set of six pieces, placed in a round wooden box with red patterns, and the combs were also carved with flowers, which was very delicate and beautiful.