Dabao nodded, then took his mother's hand and walked into the door. He also said, "Mom, I saw Uncle Chu smile."
Chen Ahfu said with a smile, "Nonsense. We are so far away, let alone in the dark, you can't see him smile even in broad daylight."
Dabao pouted and said, "Anyway, I just felt that he smiled at us."
After returning to the west wing, Chen Afu told the three children a few stories, and then sent Dabao and Yang Chao to the east wing to sleep with Alu, while she took the little girl Yang Qian to sleep in the west wing.
Zeng Xiaoqing came in with water to help them wash up. She was surprised to see Zhuifeng, Qiqi and Huihui waiting eagerly beside them while they washed up.
Chen Ahfu laughed and said, "They are waiting to be wiped."
After she carried Yang Qian to bed, she returned to the living room and wet the special towel in the basin and wrung it dry. They stretched their necks first, and after Chen Ahfu wiped their faces and bodies clean, they lifted their left feet, and after wiping their left feet, they lifted their right feet. After the three little things were wiped one by one, they went to their own nests in the south room, waiting for Chen Ahfu to cover them with small quilts.
Chen Ahfu helped them cover their blankets and said, "Good night, baby."
After closing the door to the south room, Chen Afu said to Zeng Xiaoqing, "Don't look down on them as dogs and parrots. We treat them as our own family. It's cold now, so we usually give them a bath once every two weeks. But we have to clean their mouths every morning, and wipe their bodies and feet every night..."
Perhaps the two parrots were too excited playing today. They could be heard calling in the house, "Practice, one, two, three, four, two, two, three, four..."
Chen Ahfu opened the door of the south room a crack and cursed, "If you keep saying that, I won't give you any food tomorrow."
The two parrots finally calmed down.
Zeng Xiaoqing covered her mouth and laughed. At first, she was a little depressed about coming from the city to the countryside, but now she feels nothing like that.
Just after the morning hour of the next day, Luo Guanshi and Luo Yuan arrived in a carriage. They not only sent nine sheep, but also ten jars of wine, two of which were tribute wine Qinghua, six hams, a basket of apples, ten catties of refined white sugar, twenty catties of jujubes, one hundred catties of refined white flour, ten catties of rouge rice, four rolls of satin, and other things, filling six large carriages. They said that these were New Year's goods sent by Tangyuan, and they even wrote a very formal list.
Chen Ming and Wang were amazed at the amount of things they received. "Oh my God, how can we deserve this? How can we deserve this?"
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "You forgot that Lord Chu specifically said yesterday that when his grandfather comes, we should make more hot pot. I think his grandfather will not only come to our house to eat hot pot, but most of his meals will be solved at our house. Some things may be the old man's rations. We must not touch the blue and white wine and rouge rice, which are two precious things, and keep them for the old man."
Chen Ming nodded and said, "Should we add some of these good things to the gifts for my mother and my eldest brother?" They had already bought a lot of New Year gifts for the eldest wife in the county, including food, drinks, and clothes.
Chen Ahfu nodded and said, "Okay, let's give them another ham, two lamb legs, a jar of wine, ten pounds of apples, and a piece of satin."
This time, the eldest wife was really good. Not only did she not betray her conscience for the fifty taels of silver, she also came to Luyuan to inform them. They also took certain risks in doing so. Chen Ming and Chen Afu both remembered this.
Wang said, "Tangyuan has sent us New Year gifts, should we also send them some?"
Before, they only prepared some New Year gifts for Manager Luo's family, and made two sets of clothes for Miss Chu Hanyan. But since they sent so many things first and said they were New Year gifts, it would be difficult not to give them some.
Chen Ahfu said, "We have to give it to them." After thinking for a while, he said, "Everyone in their family likes sweets, so let's make some rare snacks for them."
Then, he sent away the crying and heartbroken Yang Chao and his sister. This time, Chen Ahfu made a set of clothes for each of them, and gave them ten kilograms of apples and a basket of homemade snacks.
Four guards came to Tangyuan to pick her up, and Chen Afu led Dabao, Zhuifeng, Qiqi and Huihui to Tangyuan to work. Wangcai wanted to chase Lu, but Alu didn't let him go and told him to stay at home to look after the house.
Seeing Wangcai's eyes full of tears from running on the road, Dabao promised to bring him some delicious food from Tangyuan, so that he would feel better.
At noon, after having lunch at Tangyuan, Chen Ahfu led her bodyguards to rush back to Luyuan to make snacks. She wanted to make them as soon as possible and send them to Tangyuan. There were few masters in Tangyuan, and the snacks she made were relatively rare. Perhaps Tangyuan could give them to other families as New Year gifts.
She planned to send Tangyuan 20 kilograms of glutinous rice dates, 20 kilograms of golden silk cakes, 20 kilograms of Ququ biscuits, 20 kilograms of plum blossom cakes, and 20 kilograms of donuts. These added up to exactly 100 kilograms, plus two sets of little girls' outer clothes, two sets of middle clothes, two pairs of shoes, and six pairs of socks, which could be considered as her own New Year's gift.
Now that we have more people, we can make these snacks in just two days.
On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Ming led A Lu and Da Bao to deliver the New Year gifts to Tang Garden in a very solemn manner. Steward Luo received them very solemnly in the outer courtyard of Tang Garden and invited them to drink tea for a while. Only then did Chen Ming take A Lu back to Lu Garden, and Chen Da Bao went directly to the inner courtyard.
Afterwards, Chen Ming took Chen Lu to deliver New Year gifts to Manager Luo's family, including a set of clothes for Manager Luo and Aunt Luo, as well as some food and snacks.
At noon, Chen Afu had lunch in Tangyuan and then returned to Luyuan with his bodyguards.
She saw two carriages parked at the gate of Luyuan from a distance. Among the guests coming to her house, apart from the people from Tangyuan, only Yang Mingyuan could drive a carriage. Yang Mingyuan was in the capital, and the little brother and sister had only been gone for two days, so they couldn't have come from home.
Who could it be? Chen Ahfu and his companions hurried home.
Before she reached the wall of Fuyuan, she saw Zeng Xiaoqing running towards her. Zeng Xiaoqing saw Chen Afu and ran even faster. When she got close, she said breathlessly, "Miss, there are a few guests at home. There is an old lady who said she is the mother of the prefect Chen, and she wants to discuss something with you..."
It turned out that there were several uninvited guests in Luyuan, including five women and two men.
When Chen Afu heard about this combination, he was not afraid. He had several strong laborers in his family, plus bodyguards around him. If a fight really broke out, he would definitely not suffer any loss.
I just don't know why the old lady wants to see me, and whether she will bully Wang again. Chen Afu quickened his pace and walked towards Luyuan.
When I entered Lu Garden, I saw Zeng Laotou and his son, Xue Dagui, and Chu Xiaoniu all standing in the yard. There were also two men, Zhao Lizheng and another man I didn't know.
When Li Zheng Zhao saw Chen Afu, he bowed politely. Chen Afu ignored him and turned to the four guards who followed her and said, "You just wait outside." Then, she walked quickly up to the upper room.
In the upper room, Chen Ming, with a sullen face, sat on the left side of the eight-immortals table, and an old lady in her fifties sat on the right side.
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