As the mother and daughter were talking, Chen Ming came back. He was startled when he saw Wang's red and swollen eyes, and hurried forward to ask, "Juan Niang, what's wrong with you?"
Chen Afu thought that Wang should talk to Chen Ming alone, so he left the upper room.
Arriving at the south room of the west wing, the Chu family's grandparents were sitting on small chairs playing with building blocks on a low table. They were all big, and Chen Ahfu was afraid that they would knock over the small chairs.
When the old man saw Chen Afu coming, he gave her a thumbs up and said, "Little girl, you are smart. You can even think of this method. This way, we can train children's attention, patience, and observation skills."
This is a new set of building blocks. It is not the kind that you build a house with. Instead, you put the small wooden blocks together to draw a horse running on the grassland. After breaking up the small wooden blocks, you need to find a way to put them together to form the original picture. There are not only horses, but also grass and wild flowers. Children need to have enough attention and patience to complete it.
Chu Lingxuan also said, "Well, it's really a clever idea. Master Chen's painting skills are also very good. This horse is painted very vividly. But the pigment is not very good. I will ask someone to find you some better pigments some other day."
Chen Ahfu needed good paint, but the best paint was too expensive and she couldn't bear to buy it. Paint is also an educational tool and should be paid for by the chairman.
She smiled and thanked him.
Just as they were talking and laughing for a while, they heard the voices of Dabao, Alu, Luo Mingcheng and other boys coming from the yard. They got up. Old Marquis Chu got up and walked out, asking the boys to squat and practice boxing.
After the old man left, Chen Afu and Chu Lingxuan could no longer stay in the south room, so they got up and went to the living room, where they saw little girl Chu coming out of the north room.
The little girl's face was red, as if she had put on two thick rouges. There was still some mist in her eyes, as if she was not fully awake.
She did not rush towards Chu Lingxuan who stretched out his hands to her, but rushed to Chen Afu, using all four limbs to climb onto Chen Afu, and Chen Afu picked her up.
The little girl said softly, "Auntie, the pillow...smells good, the quilt...smells good, I...like it, I want more..."
The little girl's unintentional words exposed the secret of Chen Afu's "boudoir". Chen Afu felt a little embarrassed, which made Chu Lingxuan even more uncomfortable. He coughed and hurried out.
Chen Ahfu pretended to be angry and glared at the little girl, and said softly, "Sister, remember this, you can't talk about what happened in your aunt's bedroom in front of others."
The little girl said stubbornly, "It's... Daddy, not... anyone else."
He is your father, and he is my someone else. I was really mad at her, and I couldn't explain it clearly.
Chen Afu shook his head, put her on the ground, and led her outside.
After playing with the children for a while, Chen Afu went to the kitchen to cook. Mother Song and Luo Mei took Chu Hanyan into the house to play with building blocks, while the grandfather and grandson of the Chu family continued to teach the boys to squat and punch in the yard. Not only did the little boys like this sport, but Qiqi and Huihui also liked it very much and followed suit.
The Chen family entertained the three generations of the Chu family and sent them off after they had enough food and drink. Dabao still pulled Chen Afu to the door to "see off" the Chu family, and the father and daughter still stopped under the tree and looked back at them.
Dabao was so happy that he waved and called out, "Sister Yan'er, Uncle Chu." After that, he pulled Chen Afu and said, "Mom, I saw Sister Yan'er waving to us." After that, he jumped up with joy.
Chen Afu also saw a small arm waving at them.
After they turned and left, Chen Afu took Dabao to the upper room. Seeing that Alu was pestering Chen Ming to ask for advice on his homework, Chen Ming was worried and impatient to deal with him. Chen Afu took Alu and Dabao to the west wing, played until sleep, and then let Alu go back to the east wing to rest.
The next day when having breakfast, Chen Afu was relieved to see that Chen Ming looked back to normal.
People are so contradictory. Chen Ahfu didn't want to see Chen Ming too happy, because that would make him think that he loved money more than Wang. But he also didn't want him to be too entangled, because he was worried that they would have conflicts in their future lives.
Few men can be open and honest when faced with such a situation. Chen Ming is indeed a man with a broad mind and an open mind. Wang Shi is lucky to have found a treasure. Spending her life with him is much better than with Chen Shiying. At least they can live in harmony and without jealousy. No one can compete with a gentle woman like Wang Shi.
Chen Afu seems to have his own standards for finding a partner. Is this an "Oedipus complex"?
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the Chu family shamelessly came to Luyuan for lunch and dinner, and the little girl stayed in Luyuan for a nap. On the seventh day of the first lunar month, after they had lunch in Luyuan, the little girl continued to sleep on Chen Afu's bed. The two of them went back to Tangyuan to rest, and agreed to come back for dinner in the evening. They also said that they would not come here tomorrow, which was the eighth day of the first lunar month, because they had to go to Lingyin Temple to burn incense and visit Abbot Lechen at Yingxue Temple.
The Chen family breathed a sigh of relief as they could finally have a day off.
But that afternoon, Old Man Zeng and Xue Dagui returned from Xiaoli Village in Yian County and brought back some bad news.
They found the family that bought Xiao Wangcheng, but they wouldn't even let them in. They just said that Li Gousheng had gone to the border to fight more than ten years ago and died on the battlefield.
Old Man Zeng and Xue Dagui had no choice but to stay in a family's home and spend money to find out about Xiao Wangcheng.
It was said that the family that bought Xiao Wangcheng was surnamed Li. After the wife gave birth to three girls, she had no more children. They thought they would never have children again, so they spread the word that they wanted to buy a smarter boy. At that time, an old woman came to visit his family. She was He Houzi's mother-in-law.
About half a year later, the old woman brought a little boy home. Little Wang grew up to be handsome and lovable. At first, the Li family treated him well and gave him a new name, Li Gousheng.
But the next year, the nearly 30-year-old daughter-in-law became pregnant, and in the third year she gave birth to a boy. From then on, Xiao Wangcheng's hard life began.
He was not given enough food or warm clothes, and was forced to do all kinds of work. If he did not do his job well, he would be beaten, and his body was often covered with bruises. His three sisters also often bullied him and pushed their own work onto him.
Xiao Wangcheng worked hard but ate little. One time, he even fainted from hunger on the way to collect firewood.
Many families in the village said that the Li family was not kind. They bought someone else's child, and this child "brought" a boy to his family. How could they treat someone else like this?
The Li family agreed to it in person, but once the door was closed, they beat him even more fiercely. Later, the neighbors didn't dare to say anything. If they really felt sorry for him, they would secretly give him some food, but they couldn't let the old Li family find out. If they found out, they would say that he was bringing shame to the Li family and beat him again.
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