Seeing his son's gloomy face, Liaochen smiled and said angrily, "Look at you, you are so useless, yet you are jealous of a child."
Chu Lingxuan looked at the gentle smile on his mother's face, and was filled with emotion. His mother had hardly smiled since the accident. But since yesterday, she had a smile on her face all the time, and her expression was much more relaxed.
The corners of his lips curled up again, and he deliberately said, "Why does my son feel that a girl cannot be controlled by her father when she grows up?"
Lechen laughed out loud and said, "It's really great that Yan'er can have her own ideas and can't be controlled by you as a father." He said thoughtfully, "If there is someone who can truly take care of her in the future, mother will be relieved."
Chu Lingxuan looked at the silly girl who was still staring blankly at the door, smiled slightly, and said, "It seems that I have to train that brat well."
As they were talking, a servant came with a food box, saying it was sent by Master Chen. He also said that Master Chen would make glutinous rice and sweet dates in the evening and would send it over later.
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In Lu Garden, Aunt Mu had already changed into Wang's old clothes, and Shanzi had also changed into Chen Ming's old clothes, and were waiting in the living room.
Chen Afu invited Chen Ming, Wang, A Lu and Dabao to sit down, and asked Aunt Mu and her son to kowtow and acknowledge their master.
When they called Chen Ming "Master", Wang "Madam", Afu "Big Miss", Alu "Big Young Master" and Dabao "Brother Bao", except Chen Afu and Dabao who had natural expressions, Chen Ming, Wang Ming and Alu all blushed and looked very embarrassed.
Chen Afu looked at Dabao with a bit of a sidelong glance. He could be calm because he had lived an extra life and had enough experience and confidence. But Dabao, a child less than five years old, could still be so calm. This was his innate confidence. Add to that his innate talent, intelligence, and good looks... He really found a treasure.
Chen Ming was not used to being called master, and said with a red face, "We are all peasants, why call us master or madam? It's ridiculous. Just call me Brother Chen or Uncle Chen, and call Ah Fu Niang sister-in-law or Second Aunt. Calling Ah Fu 'Big Girl' and Da Bao 'Brother Bao' are all right, and as for Ah Lu...just call him Young Master Lu."
He originally wanted to call him A-Lu, but then he remembered that his son was studying and would take the examinations for a scholar or a juren in the future, so he deserved to be called Master Lu.
Chen Afu knew that confidence was not something that could be developed overnight. Since they were not used to it, he would just have to wait until they got used to it.
She and Chen Ming gave each of the mother and son a silver peanut, and told them about their residence, division of labor, and precautions, and also talked about their salary and benefits. Aunt Mu received 200 coins per month, Shanzi received 100 coins, and each received two sets of clothes per year.
Shanzi temporarily lives in the back house, and Aunt Mu temporarily lives in the east ear room.
Shanzi is in charge of guarding the door, running errands, and some rough work, while Aunt Mu is in charge of the kitchen, laundry, feeding the pigs and other chores.
After Dabao looked at the servants, he took A-Lu to the backyard to see the piglets. The little black piglets were plump and lazily lying in the pen, occasionally humming and moving.
Aunt Mu brought cooked pig food to feed the pigs, and the piglets immediately perked up, grunting and burying their heads in the trough to eat. The two boys couldn't get enough of watching until it was dark. This was the property they had been looking forward to since they were old enough to understand, and they felt that it made them happier than buying servants.
Shanzi came to call them, "Master Lu, Brother Bao, Second Aunt invites you to dinner."
A Lu didn't react at first, and it was only when Da Bao pulled him that he realized that the Young Master Lu was referring to him. He smiled and took Da Bao to the upper room to eat.
The masters were eating in the upper landlord's room. Chen Afu and his companions were not used to someone standing and watching them eat, so they sent the mother and son to sit in the room and eat.
The mother and son ate in a hurry. When they saw that their masters had finished eating, they came in to collect the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash them. Chen Ahfu took Aunt Mu to make glutinous rice dates, and then asked Shanzi to accompany Dabao to send them to Tangyuan. He also took two pieces of cloth to Aunt Mu and asked her to make clothes for herself and Shanzi.
After spending less than a day with Aunt Mu and Shanzi, Chen Ahfu was quite satisfied with them, especially Aunt Mu, who was diligent, efficient, discerning, and not talkative.
Before going to bed, Chen Afu and Wang were about to go to the kitchen to get hot water when they saw Aunt Mu coming to the west wing with a bucket of hot water, and Shanzi coming to the upper room with a bucket.
Wang said to Shanzi, "Take him directly to the east wing to serve A-Lu."
She was not used to being served by others, and was willing to serve Chen Ming herself.
After Chen Afu and his mother washed up and wiped Zhuifeng's feet, Qiqi and Huihui flew back.
Chen Afu glared at them. These two little guys ran to other people's houses to get free food and drinks, and only came back when it was time to go to bed. They were really shameless.
The two little creatures simply ignored Chen Afu's unhappiness. There were many trees and forests in Tangyuan, and there were many dried fruits they liked. They were also welcomed and treated as guests of honor, so of course they were willing to go.
The next day, just after Chen Afu and his friends had finished breakfast, they heard a knock on the door. It was Gao.
Shanzi opened the door and was stunned to see a young woman. Gao was also stunned, not knowing who this young man was.
Wang came out from the upper room and said with a smile, "Shanzi, this is your sister-in-law."
He also told Gao that Ah Fu had bought two servants.
Gao's eyes widened and she kept clicking her tongue, saying that Ah Fu was very capable. Not only did he build two such large courtyards, he also bought servants for them.
With a little more than a quarter before the Si hour, Chen Afu took Dabao, Ergou and Erniao to Tangyuan to work.
As soon as I walked out of Lu Garden, I saw a horse-drawn carriage passing in front of the door. The old man driving the carriage was the old man Zhao Lizheng whom I saw yesterday. He was carrying a package on his back.
He parked the carriage and jumped out. When he saw Chen Ahfu, his eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost. He pointed at Chen Ahfu with a shaking finger and said incoherently, "You, you, you, you... who are you?"
His mouth kept shaking, and it was unclear whether he was cold or scared.
Chen Ahfu snorted coldly, "What a joke, why should I tell you who I am?"
Zhao Lizheng choked, looked around, and said, "This should be Wang Juanniang's home, right? You, you, you, you are... Wang Juanniang's daughter?" He thought of something else, and his eyes widened even more, "Oh, God, no way!"
Chen Afu didn't say anything, but just glared at him, blocking him in front of him and not allowing him to go home.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Chen Dabao pulled her cotton skirt, glanced at Zhao Lizheng, and asked, "Who is that grandfather?"
Chen Ahfu handed him the food box and said, "Son, take Qiqi and Huihui to Tangyuan to play first. Tell Jieer that mom has something to do and will go to accompany her later. Zhuifeng and Wangcai will stay here to look after the house." He lowered his head and said to the two dogs, "No unrelated people are allowed to go to our house. If anyone dares to break in, I will bite them to death."
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