Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Some beg for her love
Chen Ying glanced at him, then pulled Shopkeeper Bai aside and said, "Don't be angry, that's just his temper."
Shopkeeper Bai smiled and responded, expressing his understanding:
“Miss Shen has worked hard.”
Before dark, she took him back, and Chen Jinshi chattered to her about what happened in school today.
Chen Ying didn't respond very attentively, just saying "hmm" from time to time, but she heard it all.
"By the way, did you buy the tongue biscuits specifically for me?"
After going around in circles, we still come back to this question.
Chen Ying nodded helplessly: "Yes, take it back to the room and eat it."
As autumn turned to winter, everyone was about to happily prepare for the New Year, but Chen Jichuan suddenly fell ill.
Chen Ying had originally met several ladies in Jinling City on behalf of Chen Jinxing. As long as the marriage was arranged now, he could be married off in two years when he came of age.
That day, Chen Ying came out of Chen Jichuan's room holding a bowl of medicine. The general was not in good health and her face looked bad.
Chen Jinxing came to see her.
"Amu, the Zhao family... let's just forget it."
Chen Ying asked him: "What's wrong? Don't you like it? There are a few other girls..."
"no."
Chen Jinxing interrupted her.
"I'm still young and a man, so there's no need to rush this matter. But you can't afford to delay, so let's wait until everything is settled."
Chen Jinxing spoke tactfully, but Chen Ying understood what he meant.
No one wants to face this, but they have to face it.
Even Chen Jinshi, who always loved to jump around, has been well-behaved these days. He locks himself in his room every day to study, saying that he wants to pass the exam to become a scholar to show his father.
Chen Ying also tried her best to push all the store affairs to Manager Bai and served Chen Jichuan wholeheartedly at his bedside.
"General, please try the new medicine I prepared."
Chen Jichuan said: "Dulan, don't bother. I know my own health."
However, Chen Ying never gave up. She adjusted the prescription day by day and gave him new medicine day after day.
Chen Jichuan felt sorry for her and cherished her efforts. As long as it was the medicine she made, no matter how bitter it was or how strange the smell was, he would drink it.
"Where did this folk remedy come from? Why does it taste like horse urine?" Chen Jichuan asked, smacking his lips.
Chen Ying answered him seriously, "I read in an ancient Mongolian book that horse urine can open up the meridians, remove dead tissue and regenerate new flesh, stop pus and stimulate blood circulation. Don't be put off by it, it might be useful. Don't worry, I boiled it, then carefully refined the medicinal properties and re-prepared the prescription."
Chen Jichuan had just swallowed a bowl of medicine and coughed violently twice after hearing this.
Even though he wanted to vomit, seeing Dulan's worried look, he still comforted her: "I don't know if it will really help. My stomach is burning."
Two days later, he said to her, "I seem to be more energetic these past two days. Dulan, it still has to be you."
Chen Ying stuffed a cushion behind his back and helped him sit up for a while.
"It's good to be in high spirits. Have a good New Year. Brother Shi will be taking the exam soon."
When Chen Jinshi was studying hard, Chen Ying knocked on the door and came in.
This was the first time she took the initiative to enter his room.
Chen Jinshi didn't look up, thinking it was Wang'er, and said, "Wang'er, go to sleep first. I don't need to serve you here."
But he heard the man coming over. He frowned for a moment, then relaxed.
He could tell whose footsteps they were.
Chen Ying placed a pair of shoes next to him.
Chen Jinshi was stunned: "Am."
He picked up the shoes and examined them carefully. They were the same upper pattern he had seen before, only the thin version had been changed to a thicker one, with thick cashmere inserts inside, and the size was also increased. It was obvious that they had made them in the past few days.
"Amu, I thought you really weren't going to make anything for me anymore."
Seeing him so happy, Chen Ying felt soft-hearted and couldn't help but say a few nice words to him.
"I see you study so hard, and I'm worried your feet will be cold in winter. Shi'er, how could Mom not miss you?"
Chen Jinshi had grown a little taller, his voice had become a little colder, and his facial features were not as round as before, and looked a little stiff.
When he looked directly at her, she could even feel the aggression and ferocity in his eyes.
But when he met her eyes, his ferocity and aggression would fade away, and instead he would become somewhat pitiful, as if begging for her love and mercy. She understood this as a form of coquettishness.
She couldn't resist his gaze, so she looked away and said one more thing: "The general has been in good health these days. Just focus on your studies. Jinxing and I will take care of the family affairs."
Chen Jinshi was originally fine, but when he heard her talking about her and Chen Jinxing, he became anxious.
"Amu, I can worry about you too."
She stood up and saw him looking down and saying this. She couldn't help but reach out and touch his face: "I know, but I can't trouble you for the time being. Just read your book obediently."
As soon as her warm palm covered his face, all his temper and unreasonableness disappeared instantly. He blinked and softened: "Okay." His eyelashes were very long, and his blinking action was a bit sticky and obedient.
As the New Year approaches, Chen Ying is busy in the house, discussing matters with Chen Xing's wife.
Chen Jinxing said, "Let's keep it simple this year. There's no need to make such a big fuss."
Originally, I would go back to the second house to spend the New Year with the old man and old lady of the Chen family.
But what Chen Ying meant was that they should also invite a troupe of opera singers and a gong and drum troupe to perform in the main house, and buy some firecrackers to set off.
"As for the ancestor worship and New Year's Eve dinner, you guys go back to the second room. I'm staying here by myself and want to have some fun."
Chen Jinxing smiled and said, "How can we not let you have fun, Mom? Let's book the table in advance. When we come back in the evening, we can just accompany Mom to eat."
Chen Ying nodded and began to prepare the New Year's goods to be sent everywhere.
The tributes were paid to the second wife's old lady, to Shi Ge'er and his maternal grandparents, the Jiang family, the general's former friends and superiors, the teachers in Shi Ge'er's academy, and the owners and managers of the Chen family's business partners...
Seeing how busy she was, Chen Jinshi advised her, "Why do you care about them? Just give them some gifts to get by."
Chen Ying waved her hand: "If you don't understand, don't get involved."
The old lady sent an invitation to the New Year's Eve dinner. Chen Ying took it and saw that she had been specially named and was asked to come and eat together.
Chen Ying felt that she was only a member of the eldest wife's family and not a member of the Chen family, so she never went.
This time the old lady invited her specifically and asked her to "please do me the honor", so she couldn't refuse for the time being.
As she was hesitating, Chen Jinshi couldn't bear to see her frown, so he said to her, "If you don't want to go, then don't go. I'll go talk to my grandmother."
Chen Ying looked at him: "What can you say? Say I don't want to go?"
Chen Jinshi shook his head: "I'm not that stupid. I'll just tell you that you want to go back to your own home."
Chen Ying was helpless: "My home is far away from Jinling. Do you know where my home is?"
"Aren't your maternal grandparents from the capital?"
Chen Ying was stunned for a long while, and she almost forgot about it.
Her mother married and moved far away to Loufan, and had no contact with her maternal grandparents for a long time.
Chen Jinshi added, "It's just an excuse. I'm not asking you to really go find them."
Chen Ying glanced at him twice. He crossed his arms over his chest. She didn't let him in, so he leaned against the door frame in a nonchalant manner.
She suddenly became excited and asked him, "Brother Shi, do you want to study medicine?"
Chen Jinshi immediately shook his head: "No, my dad said that my brother is a doctor and I am a writer. Don't even think about forcing me to learn that."
Chen Ying felt a little regretful. Chen Jinshi was smart and loyal. It would be great if she could have such a disciple.
She couldn't be his mother forever, and she felt reluctant to leave him in a few years.
In the end, she followed Chen Jinshi's advice and declined the old lady's invitation on the grounds of "going back to her grandparents' home", but in fact she was not going anywhere on New Year's Eve.
A few days ago, perhaps because of the effect of the horse urine, Chen Jichuan's health improved a lot, and he could even stand up and walk around a few times.
There was naturally joy in the mansion.
Chen Jinxing and Chen Jinshi discussed and planned to take Chen Jinyun to visit their maternal grandparents' home. Since their mother was no longer around, this trip was essential.
Chen Ying had prepared holiday gifts for them long ago. The Jiang family was more than half a day's distance from the Chen family, and the three of them would not be able to return until tomorrow. Chen Ying gave them many instructions, and Chen Jichuan followed behind in a wheelchair.
"Be careful on your journey and take good care of your sister."
Chen Jinxing nodded and saluted at her: "Don't worry, Mom, go back."
Chen Jinshi was wearing the new shoes she had made for him and said to her, "Chen Ying, don't go to the counter these two days. If I don't come to pick you up, you must come back early before dawn."
Chen Ying waved at him: "Got it."
Chen Jichuan pointed at his nose and cursed, "Little bastard, how can I call you Amu?"
As soon as the three of them left, the house suddenly became quiet.
Chen Ying accompanied the general to drink tea and chat every day, and the two of them felt particularly comfortable.
In the afternoon, the two of them went for a walk, set up some tea and snacks in the garden and sat down. Chen Jichuan slumped one arm on the round table, and Chen Yingan calmed down to feel his pulse.
After a full quarter of an hour, Chen Jichuan asked her, "How is it? Is it a last gasp?"
Chen Ying shook her head helplessly: "Don't worry, you can still live."
"How long can I live?"
Chen Ying was concentrating on pondering the recipe, writing and drawing with her pen. Chen Jichuan secretly watched, fearing that there would be something weird.
"Can he still live... for another ten years?"
Chen Jichuan sneered: "I don't believe it, Dulan, you can make me happy."
But Chen Jinshi and Chen Jinxing's group hired two grooms, brought a wet nurse for Chen Jinyun, and a son named Wang'er, but had no other followers.
Halfway through the journey, Chen Jinxing remained silent, and Chen Jinshi didn't look very happy either. Only Chen Jinyun was still carefree.
She didn't have much impression of her mother to begin with, and at this time, Chen Jinshi and Chen Jinxing inevitably fell into deep longing for their biological mother.
Even someone as talkative and active as Chen Jinshi remained silent all the way, staring out the window in a daze.
In the narrow carriage, sighs could be heard from time to time.
"Chen Jinshi, I thought you had forgotten our mother a long time ago."
Chen Jinshi glared at him: "What are you talking about?"
Chen Jinxing lowered his eyes slightly and looked at the shoes on his feet.
"You're being a little too intimate with her, aren't you, Chen Jinshi? Do you really need a mother that much?"
Chen Jinshi lowered his head and looked at the shoes on his feet. It was indeed a bit too much to wear these shoes and go back to his grandparents' home, but he had already figured it out. His father and Am did not have that kind of relationship, nor did they have that kind of intention. Wearing these shoes did not mean any disrespect or betrayal to his mother.
He snorted and laughed: "Chen Jinxing, I'm not a high-sounding person like you, so stop being hypocritical. You usually treat her more respectfully than anyone else. Are you upset because I have shoes and you don't?"
Chen Jinxing straightened his neck and said, "I'm just doing what I should do. Chen Jinshi, it's you who went beyond."
Chen Jinshi was really puzzled as to why his brother was so sad or happy over a pair of shoes for her.
Chen Jinshi said, "Chen Jinxing, how can a person be without emotions? Besides, didn't you tell her the secret recipe of your family's 'Nine Treasures Pills'?"
"That's because I trust her character."
In Chen Jinshi's opinion, his brother was really too cold-blooded.
In Chen Jinxing's opinion, Chen Jinshi's relationship was hopeless and unreasonable, and something bad would happen sooner or later. Most men his age would not be so dependent on their mothers. Chen Jinxing always felt that something was strange.
"Then let me ask you, Am will leave our family in the future, get married, have children, and have her own family. She won't take care of you forever. Do you think you will have to compete with her own children for her affection when the time comes?"
Chen Jinshi snorted and laughed: "Of course not, so what if I help her take care of the children? Even if she gets married, I will still beat her husband!"
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Chen Jinshi: I don't compete for favor with her biological children, I compete for favor with her husband [sunglasses]
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