After the cake was steamed, Chen Ahfu called Dabao up. The weather had dropped sharply today, so he put on his new purple silk cotton jacket and trousers, and a tiger-head hat.
Seeing that incredibly pretty little face, Chen Afu couldn't help but give her another kiss.
Dabao smiled with curved eyebrows, hugged her neck and said with his tongue rolled, "Mother likes sister Yan'er more now, so she has to compensate her son, and she wants two more kisses and two more hugs."
This made Chen Afu laugh and he said, "People say that a daughter is a sweet little cotton-padded jacket to her mother. I didn't expect that my son is also a sweet little cotton-padded jacket to his mother." After saying that, he kissed him on the face again.
Dabao kissed her twice more before getting down to put on his shoes.
Arriving at the old courtyard, I saw that A-Lu was dressed more respectably, wearing the blue satin cotton gown that he had kept in the bottom of the box, which he was going to wear to school. A distinguished guest was coming today, and little A-Lu also wanted to leave a good impression on him.
Chen A-Lu inherited the advantages of Chen Ming and Wang Shi. He is fair and handsome, a real handsome boy, but a little thin.
Perhaps because Chen Ming had been in poor health since childhood, he was short, and Wang was also not tall, barely of average height. Therefore, Chen Afu especially hoped that A Lu could grow taller and stronger, and would always persuade him to eat more during meals. He could not move for the first few months, and he had to exercise more in the future.
Chen Ahfu held his little face and said, "Oh, my brother is so handsome, a little beautiful man."
Ah Lu has become more shameless now, and said proudly, "My sister and mother are both so pretty, how can I be any worse?"
After saying this, everyone laughed.
Wang blushed a little and said angrily, "I am old, how can I still be pretty?"
Chen Afu looked at Wang, she really looked old. She was only 36 years old this year, but she looked like she was in her early 40s. Since Chen Ming didn't have to worry about her before, she ate and slept every day, and she looked younger than her actual age. Chen Ming was only two years younger than Wang, and looked much younger. He thought that when he had time in the future, he would study Yan Chenxiang and help Wang with her beauty treatment.
After breakfast, Chen Ahfu began to braise spareribs, pork liver, dried tofu, lotus root and peanuts. He also prepared another pot of braised vegetarian food to send to the old monk Wuzhi in Lingyin Temple.
In addition, he will be given some glutinous rice dates and golden silk cake. Steamed cake cannot be given because it contains eggs.
At about three quarters past the hour of Si, a horse-drawn carriage arrived at the Chen family. It was driven by Steward Luo himself, and there were five people following behind.
The carriage stopped, and Song Mama got off first, then carried Yan Jie'er down. Then Wei Mama got off, and carried Luo Mei and Luo Mingcheng down. Together with the five behind, there were eleven people in total.
Chen Ahfu's head ached. So many people, are they here to fight the tiger?
The little girl was so grand that she even had so many followers. She had thought that maybe there would be three children and two adults, but she didn't expect so many.
Manager Luo was also afraid that the Chen family didn't expect so many people to come, so he brought a lot of food.
Chen Ming and A Lu invited Manager Luo and his son, Guardians Wang and Li to their house, while the children and women went to the new courtyard. Zhuifeng, Wangcai, Qiqi and Huihui also went to the new courtyard.
Chen Afu brought the children into the east bedroom. The kang was already heated. She took off Miss Chu's cotton cloak and carried her onto the kang. Dabao climbed onto the kang by himself, while Luo Mei and her brother sat on the edge of the kang, and Miao'er served them on the ground floor.
There were several plates of snacks on the kang table. After the children ate two pieces, Chen Afu put them away, fearing that Chu Hanyan would eat too much and have trouble digesting it.
Wang asked Wei and Song to sit in the west room, but they insisted on sitting in the kitchen in the middle, and she opened a crack in the east room so that they could go in and serve at any time. After settling them in, Wang went to the kitchen of the old courtyard to work, and Wei took the initiative to help Wang.
After settling the children, Chen Afu went to the old courtyard and handed a pot of braised food and a pot of snacks to Luo Yuan. He immediately got up and drove the carriage to Lingyin Temple to deliver them to Master Wuzhi.
After Chen Ahfu returned to the room, she sat on the kang, hugged the little girl and told her the story of "Little Bunny". She told it three times, and the little girl finally responded. When she heard the big bad wolf shout "Open the door", she would pout and say, "No". Although she shouted after the other children shouted, she also shouted.
However, the little girl was interested in the story, and as soon as the story was finished, she would say "I want more".
Chen Ahfu said this at least a dozen times. He was complaining in his heart. In this way, not only did he still have to work, but his whole family also had to work. It seemed that if the little girl's relatives were not there, he had to take the initiative to ask to go to Tangyuan to work overtime.
Manager Luo felt embarrassed when he saw this situation. The village was too far away from Tangyuan, and he was afraid that something might happen to the young master, so he had to bring so many people to serve him.
Just as they were arguing, another carriage arrived at the Chen family. It was Yang Mingyuan with his two children.
When Chen Mingying came out of the yard, A Lu ran to tell Chen Afu that Uncle Yang from the county town had come with his two children and the chef Master Kang.
Chen Ahfu quickly said to the children, "Okay, the first class is over, get out of class is dismissed."
Now the little girl also understood that as long as the class was over, she could have free time and drink water and eat snacks. Mother Song brought fruit juice from home, but the little girl insisted on drinking the hawthorn water boiled by Chen Ahfu.
Chen Afu and Dabao went to the old yard. When Yang Chao and Yang Qian saw them, one of them hugged Dabao, and the other pulled Chen Afu's skirt and shouted for a hug.
Yang Chao also excitedly told Dabao, "My dad said that we can stay at your house today and have fun for one more day."
Chen Ahfu felt his scalp tingling when he heard that they were coming to cause trouble. He couldn't say no, so he just smiled and said, "Okay, welcome." He then looked up at Yang Mingyuan and smiled, "Uncle Yang is busy lately."
Yang Mingyuan smiled and said, "I'm really busy. I want to open a restaurant in Dingzhou Prefecture. I went there a few days ago and was so busy that I didn't go home until yesterday." He then kept the secret, "Mrs. Chen, guess who I met?"
"Who did you meet?" Chen Afu asked.
"He is Uncle Chen, the boss of Chen San Lu Chuan. We met by chance, and after a long chat, I learned that he is your uncle."
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "That's such a coincidence. Boss Chen, please take good care of my uncle in the future."
Yang Mingyuan waved his hand and smiled, "Mrs. Chen, you are too polite. Uncle Chen has been in the capital for many years and has done very well in business. I still have to learn from him." After a pause, he continued, "Mrs. Chen, I came here this time to discuss a big business with you..."
Big...business?
Chen Ahfu was just confused when Manager Luo came out. He also knew Yang Mingyuan and laughed loudly, "Boss Yang is here too. Come in and sit down."
Yang Mingyuan quickly bowed to Manager Luo and said with a smile, "Mr. Luo, nice to meet you." Then he went into the house.
Chen Afu and Dabao took the Yang brothers and sisters to the new courtyard.
The Yang brothers and sisters were well-educated, and there was no need to worry that they would disturb Chu Hanyan. As a result, the two brothers and sisters gave Chen Afu an unexpected surprise.
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