As soon as she returned to the west room, Wang hugged Chen Ahfu and burst into tears, "Ahfu, my Ahfu, it's all mother's fault. I have embarrassed you and caused you to be almost beaten to death..."
Seeing Wang crying so sadly, A Lu and Da Bao hugged them and cried. Chen A Fu said with tears in his eyes, "Mother, you didn't embarrass us because you didn't do anything wrong. You shouldn't bear the blame, so I was justified in teaching those two gossipers a lesson. Don't worry, mother, before fighting with them, I asked my sister-in-law to call Gao Lizheng and Luo Guanshi, I will be fine. Oh, and Zhuifeng, it's very powerful and will protect me..."
Zhuifeng was at their feet. When he heard his mistress mention his name, he quickly stood up, hugged his mistress's feet and howled softly.
Chen Ming walked in and said, "Juan Niang, Ah Fu was right and did the right thing. You didn't embarrass us because you did nothing wrong. It was those two evil women who spread rumors and ruined people's reputation. Ah Fu beat them well, those two evil women deserved to be punished." He then said to Chen Ah Fu, "Go change your clothes quickly, don't let them get cold."
Wang seemed to have just come to her senses. She wiped her tears and urged, "Go change your wet clothes quickly and lie down in bed. I will pour water on you and give you a hot bath. If you get sick again, I will be guilty of a greater sin."
Chen Ahfu felt cold and had a stuffy nose. She was so angry and fighting that she didn't feel cold. She stopped Wang and asked Dabao to go back to the house with her to water the plants.
Wang still followed him, boiled the ginger soup in the pot, and then returned to the old courtyard.
Chen Ahfu took a hot bath and washed her hair, and drank ginger soup, and her body became refreshed. Because of Yan Chenxiang, she often ate "added" food, and her physical fitness was excellent.
She went to the old courtyard again. Just after passing the side door, she saw Gao and Chen Alan coming in. Chen Alan was holding the basin and clothes that Chen Afu had left by the stream.
When Chen Afu saw that the clothes had been washed, he hurriedly expressed his gratitude.
Gao said, "You have some nice clothes at home, check to see if they are missing."
Chen Ahfu looked through the things and found that three pieces were missing. He said, "Well, it's lost. There must be some clothes missing from my sister-in-law's house, right? Check and see how many pieces are missing. I'm sorry that you lost things and were worried because of me. Thank you, uncle, brother, and grandma. She is so old, but she still worries about us."
Chen Alan's face turned red again because her eyes were red from crying. She felt very useless.
Gao said, "We are all relatives. When something happens, we must help each other. Your brother and grandmother are the only ones who lost one piece of clothing each. It's okay. You gave them silk to make clothes yesterday." She persuaded Chen Afu again and left with Chen Alan.
Chen Afu hung the clothes up and made a pot of egg dumpling soup. Everyone ate and then went to sleep.
In the morning, Manager Luo asked Chen Ming to tell Chen Afu that he didn't need to go to Tangyuan today and should rest at home. Chen Afu was exhausted physically and mentally, and he didn't sleep well last night, so he slept until the afternoon.
When she woke up, she saw that Dabao had already woken up and was sitting on the kang holding Zhuifeng and looking at her. The mother and daughter went to the old courtyard again.
Wang was feeling better now, sitting on the kang making clothes for A-Lu. Although her eyes were red and swollen, her expression was gentle and peaceful.
What a strong woman she is! No wonder she can endure so much hardship and setbacks and support this family.
A-Lu was reading on the table on the kang, and Chen Ming was instructing him. Da-bao saw this and quickly sat over.
Chen Ming said to Chen Afu, "Your grandma was frightened today, and your uncle's arm was rubbed off. I wanted to invite them to our house for dinner, but we are in a bad state and don't feel like it. I will take some food to visit them in the evening. Afu, you can go with dad."
Chen Afu nodded. Wang didn't want to go out now, and Alu's legs were not good, so she had to accompany Chen Ming. The eldest wife helped a lot this time, and she should really thank them.
She pulled out a purse from her bosom, took out six silver ingots and said, "This is what old Marquis Chu gave to Dabao. It's something from a wealthy family. Dad gave two to grandma, uncle, and brother. They're not worth much, but they're just for fun."
Chen Ming took the silver ingot and said, "This time, Mr. Luo and the people in Tangyuan, your uncle's family, several family members, Gao Lizheng, Wu Mujiang and some other families, and Hu Laowu, all helped a lot. We have to treat them to a meal. But our house is too small and there is no room for so many people. Dad thought about using some money to hold the banquet at your uncle's house. How do you think?"
This is a good idea. With so many people, we need to sit at several tables. It's too cold to set up the table outside now, so it's just right to set it up in the main room. If you give her more money, Mrs. Hu will be willing to do it. The key is that with so many people of status, Chen Ye, who cares about his reputation, will definitely like it.
Chen Ahfu nodded and said yes, and then brought up the matter of renovating the house. She said she still had some money and would earn more in the future, so she wanted to build a bigger house and hire two servants to help with the work.
Ah Lu immediately responded, "Build a big house and build a few more rooms to serve as granaries, otherwise there will be nowhere to store all the food."
Chen Ming thought for a moment and said, "Dad knows that Ah Fu has a promising future. He can repair the house and hire someone. Alas, Dad is useless. You and your daughter are doing all the work that a man should do."
Chen Ahfu added, "Just buy two larger plots of land, and make two courtyards like we have now, separated by a wall, and build a side door for easy access."
Chen Ming shook his head and said, "Dad originally thought that we should talk about renovating our own house in two years. But now, we already have so much land, and we want your mother and A Lu to enjoy it. The house can be renovated, but Dad feels that you have set up your own family now. If we renovate the yard, it can't be connected like it is now, and it feels like the family is not divided." He quickly explained, "Afu, don't worry. Dad does this not because he dislikes you, but for the good of you and Dabao... Well, if you marry a son-in-law in the future, he may not like to live so close to his father-in-law's house."
Chen Ming didn't want to be involved with Chen Afu anymore, but he couldn't say it clearly. Yesterday, Chen Ye and Old Lady Chen wanted Chen Afu to return to the Chen family and asked Chen Ming to ask someone to go to the county government to remove her female household registration. They said that she was so capable, if she knew that Chen Ming was not her biological father, she would take the property under her name and go to her biological father, then wouldn't Chen Ming have supported her for so many years in vain? If they were combined, if she died, at least the property would still be there.
Chen Ming was unwilling to do so, saying that Chen Ahfu had always been supported by Wang's money and had given him so many gifts, so he couldn't ask for everything. Besides, Ahfu was not a heartless person and would not deny him as his father...
Chen Ye and Old Lady Chen thought that who would be so stupid as to not acknowledge his father, knowing that he had such a high-ranking official, and they were somewhat unhappy with Chen Ming's "stubbornness"...
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