Chapter 495 A Dream of Youth 27
Perhaps because the sea was flowing smoothly, they arrived in Quanzhou quickly. Xie Ning showed no signs of seasickness, nor did Xie Wangzhi and Chen Shi.
Xie Qi vomited yellow bile several times, looked pale, and stood on the shore for a while before recovering.
The setting sun melts into gold, the evening clouds merge into a wall, where are people now, amidst the thick smoke of willows.
The willows along the embankment were quite peculiar, with extremely thick trunks and extremely thin branches. The same was true where they had boarded the boat earlier. Xie Ning was a little curious, so she asked, "Father, why are the willows here different from the willows at Grandma's house?"
Xie Wangzhi was looking for someone when he heard this and laughed, "The willow trees here are used to protect the dike, and every year the old branches are cut off to encourage new branches to grow, so that the willow trees can take root deep into the ground, which is why the trunks are thick and the branches are thin."
"There it is!" Xie Qi seemed to have spotted someone and jumped up excitedly, waving his hand.
"Oh my, Qi'er has grown so much!" The muscular man was even taller than Xie Wangzhi, with long arms and legs, and lifted Xie Qi up in one go.
Xie Qi was getting old, and he was a little embarrassed to be lifted up in front of everyone, so he cried out, "Uncle, please put me down quickly, everyone is watching."
The visitor was Chen Wanniang's elder brother, Chen Yin.
"The little brat is shy." Although he said that, Chen Yin still put Xie Qi down.
Looking up, Chen Yin saw Xie Wangzhi and Chen Wanniang walking forward, but he only stared at Xie Ning in Xie Wangzhi's arms, and said with pity,
"This must be Bao'er. Look how thin her face is. She must have been sick for a while and hasn't recovered yet. Uncle will definitely make sure to give her some good nourishment during this time!"
Xie Ning subconsciously touched her chubby little face and fell silent.
At home, apart from Mrs. Chen who restricts her food intake to prevent indigestion, everyone else loves to feed her, and she can't resist the temptation of snacks, which has caused her little face to become increasingly round...
Does this cheap uncle have poor eyesight?
"Cough cough—"
Chen Yin told the people following behind to carry the luggage, then whispered, "Wangzhi, you've been carrying him for so long, your arms must be sore, right? You scholars are all thin and weak, unlike me, I'm strong. Let me carry Bao'er, I definitely won't drop the child!"
Xie Wangzhi could easily see through Chen Yin's thoughts. He found it amusing that his brother-in-law adored daughters, since he had three sons but no daughters.
Every time she writes, she asks when she will bring Bao'er to Quanzhou.
Chen Yin's house was located on the crossroads, a three-courtyard house. The place he found for the Xie family was on Mingxue Street, a courtyard house with a staggered layout, not a regular square courtyard.
Because there weren't many people, Madam Chen still wanted to refuse the servants Chen Yin offered.
“We still need someone to help run errands at home. Your sister-in-law just bought this person not long ago. She taught him for a few days and then left him there to watch over the house. If you don’t want him when you leave, you can give him back to me.”
Since you've already said that, it would be embarrassing to refuse.
Chen Yin did not provide many servants, only two teenage boys, a cook, and a maid.
The cook and the maid were a mother and daughter, who helped Chen with some of the housework. Two servants served as page and groom, following Xie Wangzhi and Xie Qi.
They haven't been named yet; they're just waiting for the owners to choose a name for them.
Xie Wangzhi named the two servants Moqi and Moshu. Chen asked the cook what their original names were, thinking it would be fine to call them back to their original names.
But the cook, who was in her thirties, knelt down and begged Chen to give her a name.
Xie Ning looked down at the mother and daughter. Although they were wearing new cotton clothes, they could not hide the sorrow emanating from their hearts. The little girl, who looked about twelve or thirteen years old, also looked at Chen Shi with a nervous expression.
Madam Chen sighed and said, "When the swallows arrive, it's the new year; when the pear blossoms fall, it's Qingming Festival. I recently thought this poem was quite nice. So, you can call her Swallow Girl, and the child can be called Qingli, okay?"
She didn't mention her surname; it's not appropriate to discuss it now.
"Good, good, thank you for bestowing this name upon me, Madam!" Yan Niang finally revealed a smile and nudged Qing Li beside her.
The little girl also bowed down and kowtowed very sincerely, until her forehead was bruised.
Madam Chen was startled. She wasn't a harsh person, so she immediately took some medicated oil to apply to the affected area and instructed her, "In our family, there aren't many rules. Just do your job well. The master and young master usually study in the study, so just don't disturb them."
"They are also gentle people, so there's nothing to be afraid of."
Ms. Chen did not ask about their past experiences. Sometimes, digging into the root of the problem is not a good thing. She herself had a painful past and did not like it to be mentioned by others.
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