Luo Yuan took out a purse from his bosom and handed it to Chen Afu. The purse contained ninety-six taels of silver, ninety of which were design fees and six taels were labor fees.
It is also said that Luo Guangui also gave her several rolls of silk, a dozen rolls of fine cloth and flannel, and some embroidery threads, which were not only for designing clothes and making dolls, but also for making clothes for little girls. When Chen Ahfu returned home, the carriage would take these materials home for her.
The days are short in winter, and it was already dark at the hour of You. After get off work, Chen Afu took Dabao, Ergou and Erniao home in a horse-drawn carriage.
She first went to the new yard to put the materials away, and then went to the old yard.
Wang had already put the meal on the table.
Chen Afu gave Wang five taels of silver and asked her to pass one tael of silver to Gao.
Wang said, "Agui's wife is very good, hardworking, studious, and has helped mother with many things. Just give her two taels of silver. Mother only wants two taels. Afu should also want two taels. You also made those things, and most of them were cut by you."
Chen Ahfu shook his head and said, "Mother used to be an embroiderer, so she should know how big the difference is between doing complex embroidery and doing simple embroidery. Mother used to embroider day and night, but she only earned a few hundred coins a month. Giving one or two taels of silver to my sister-in-law is too much. Brothers should settle accounts clearly so as not to hurt each other in the future. If mother loves her, she can bring her out and let her do complex work in the future and get more money. As for me, at most I will get one or two taels of silver for the labor, and that money can be regarded as the wages for making clothes for Sister Yan."
Most of the task of making clothes for Miss Chu was assigned to Wang. Last month, Wang also took time out with Chen Afu to make two sets of outerwear, two cotton pajamas, and two pairs of cotton slippers for the little girl.
Wang said, "You just said that we should settle accounts clearly with each other. Why did you pay me so much for those clothes?"
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "The rest is my gift to my mother."
After hearing this, Wang smiled and put away the five taels of silver.
Chen Ming teased, "Juan Niang is becoming more and more capable now. She actually earns five taels of silver a month. Unlike me, I am busy every day and don't even earn a penny."
The whole family laughed.
The night became darker and the snowflakes became bigger and bigger.
Seven or eight people on horseback came to the gate of Tangyuan. One of them dismounted and knocked on the gate, shouting, "Open the door quickly, the master is back."
A voice came from the door, "Coming, coming."
The door opened and several people walked in.
Chu Lingxuan, who was exhausted from the journey, went straight to his room to take a shower, and without even bothering to eat, he quickly walked to the backyard. He ran into Manager Luo who had rushed over after hearing the news, and said, "Uncle Luo, wait a minute, I'll go see Yan'er first."
By this time his daughter was getting ready for bed, but he was still anxious to see her.
He pushed open the bedroom door, and a warm breath and a faint green fragrance hit him. He saw his daughter standing in the middle of the room holding a big swallow doll, staring at him with big eyes like black grapes.
My daughter's black hair was loose, with a scarlet ribbon tied at her hairline, tied into a small butterfly flower on one side of her head. She was wearing an ankle-length cotton coat in the color of Yang Fei, and a pair of strange cotton slippers in the color of Yang Fei. The same cat face was sewn on her chest and the upper of her shoes, which was strange but beautiful.
I haven't seen my daughter for nearly a month. She has grown taller and her eyes seem to have more spirit than before. She is also... more beautiful.
Chu Lingxuan walked over and squatted down, looking at her pretty face and smiled, "How did my daughter know that Daddy is back and waiting here?"
"Sound...sound." Chu Hanyan said in a low voice.
This was the first time his daughter answered his question so clearly, and Chu Lingxuan was overjoyed. He picked her up and said, "Yan'er heard Daddy's footsteps, so you're waiting for Daddy here?"
Chu Hanyan did not answer this time. Instead, she patted the little swallow doll in her hand and carried it on her back. "Little swallow, put on your flowery clothes and come here in spring... Swallow said that spring... is more beautiful."
Although her eyes were only on the doll and not on him, he knew that this was something his daughter recited to him specifically.
He was so surprised that he paused for a moment before reacting and said, "My daughter is so capable. She can even recite... uh, recite articles."
"Auntie...speak, recite, Daddy...will be happy to hear it." Chu Hanyan said stutteringly.
"Dad heard it. He's so happy." Chu Lingxuan said hurriedly.
His voice was trembling with excitement. He had thought that he would hide his daughter in the courtyard forever and that she would be stupid and foolish forever. Unexpectedly, his daughter could recite nursery rhymes and communicate with him.
Just as that woman said, her daughter is smart. But she needs to be allowed to step out of her world...
Chu Hanyan seemed to be encouraged, and continued to recite, stuttering, "Little Bunny...be good, open the door...open, no, no, daddy is back...open..."
The sound of the last word was dragged out.
What is this thing on his back? Chu Lingxuan's eyes widened.
The nursery rhyme about "Little Swallow" was relatively normal, but this nursery rhyme about "Little Rabbit" was so, so - funny.
Chu Lingxuan laughed loudly. He was stunned for a moment after he finished laughing. He laughed so hard, it should be before anything happened at home, right?
It was the first time that Chu Hanyan saw her father smile like that, and she also grinned.
Chu Lingxuan smiled proudly and said, "My daughter is so nice. She doesn't open the door for others, but only for Daddy."
Chu Hanyan added, "Big Bad Wolf...I won't open it."
Big Bad Wolf?
Although Chu Lingxuan was somewhat puzzled, he felt extremely relieved. He held his daughter in his arms and sat on the edge of the bed, talking to her for a few words. Although he was the one who spoke the most, his daughter would occasionally say a word or two, which was something he had not dared to think about before.
Chu Hanyan's eyes began to become sleepy. Mother Song came over and took her away, pulled off her long pajamas, untied the hairband on her hair, and put her on the bed.
Chu Lingxuan quietly walked out of the bedroom only after he saw his daughter fall asleep holding the swallow doll.
When we came to the living room, we heard Mother Song report a few words about her daughter's daily life. She knew that her daughter's strange clothes and shoes were made by Chen Afu, called Lucky Cat Pajamas and Lucky Cat Slippers, and her daughter loved them very much. She also said that her daughter could play with other children now, and she recited "children's songs" very seriously every day, and wanted to recite them for her father...
Chu Lingxuan walked on the road in a happy mood, with the corners of his lips raised.
When he returned to the outer study, wine and food were already on the table. While drinking, he listened to Manager Luo's report on his daughter's condition and Tangyuan's affairs during this period.
Although he felt that Chen Afu's teaching method was peculiar, it was undeniably very practical.
When he heard that when Chu Hanyan went to Chen Afu's house for the first time, Manager Luo brought so many people to serve her, which made a lot of noise in her family for a whole day and scared Chen Afu so much that she dared not rest anymore, he couldn't help laughing again.
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