That day, Chen Afu had Chu Hanyan and the Luo family siblings brought to Lu Garden.
Now, seven-year-old Luo Mei officially became Miss Chu's second-class maid, and it seemed that she was also a candidate for training as a first-class maid or a dowry maid. This was also considered to be easy to be an official because many maids had struggled for many years but could not get a position, but she got it at such a young age.
The weather is very good today. Although there is still a little chill in the wind, the sun is shining brightly and it feels warm on people.
Chen Afu led the children to play in the yard. They were playing the game of "Eagle Catches Chicken". Chen Dabao was the eagle, Chen Afu was the hen, behind her was Yan'er, and behind Yan'er were the Luo family siblings and a few maids. Now this game is the favorite of the children.
However, because Miss Chu's body was not very flexible, it didn't take Chen Dabao long to catch the chick.
After playing for a while, Chen Ahfu stopped to wipe Yan'er's sweat. The little girl's face was flushed, and a thin layer of sweat oozed out of the tip of her nose and forehead. After wiping her sweat, he put a piece of flannel on her back.
Afterwards, he wiped Dabao's sweat. Dabao waved his arms and said, "Sons are not as delicate as girls."
Suddenly, Dabao saw several groups of swallows appearing at the end of the sky in the south, flying towards here. He pointed to the south and shouted, "Look, swallows."
Yan'er also noticed it, and the two children jumped up and down and shouted, "Jinbao, Jinbao...we are here...home is here..."
Then, Luo Mingcheng also started shouting. The clear and crisp voice of a child echoed over Lu Garden.
The flocks of swallows came above their heads but did not stop. They quickly flew across the sky to the north and disappeared into the blue sky and white clouds.
Dabao and Yan'er were extremely disappointed and sad. Dabao hugged Chen Afu's waist and said, "Mother, what if Jinbao forgets the way home?"
When Yan'er heard this, she was so scared that she burst into tears. She pulled Chen Afu's sleeve and choked up, saying, "Sister likes Jinbao, likes birds that can laugh..."
At this time, three more birds appeared in the sky, gliding through three arcs and swooping down. Along with them came a burst of "cawing" sounds and a pleasant murmur.
Why does this voice sound so familiar?
The two children looked in the direction of the sound and saw a little swallow flying down quickly. It first hung on Dabao's clothes and called to him a few times. Its black and yellow feathers shone golden in the sunlight.
Dabao said happily, "Jinbao, it's really Jinbao." He grabbed it in his hand excitedly, making Jin Yanzi roll her eyes.
Jin Yanzi finally broke free from Dabao's clutches and hung on Yan'er's jacket again, then looked up and smiled at her.
"The bird is smiling, the bird is smiling, it's Jinbao, Jinbao is smiling." Chu Han said excitedly.
Chen Ahfu deliberately leaned over to take a look at Jin Yanzi and said with a smile, "Oh, it's really Jin Bao. Jin Bao, welcome home."
After hearing this, Jinbao flew to Chen Afu's little jacket and smiled at her.
Just as they were making a noise, the sound of Zhuifeng was heard again. It was running on the ground, so it was slower than the three birds.
At noon, the children had the most lively meal. The three birds and two dogs were extremely noisy. Dabao and Yan'er were so excited that they didn't even want to take a nap. Chen Afu coaxed them for a long time before letting the two little guys take a nap.
After Jinbao came back, he released the two larks and the sparrow that he had brought back before, because if they followed the golden swallow, they would not get lost, and they only needed to be put in birdcages at night.
Jin Yanzi whispered to Chen Ahfu, "Go ask someone to make more bird cages. Many little brothers and sisters want to follow me."
This was an order, not a discussion, so Chen Afu had no choice but to send someone to Wu the carpenter's house and ask them to make twenty bird cages.
There is no 30th day in this month, so Chu Lingxuan rested on the 29th and came back on the 28th. He came back a little early today and arrived at Tang Garden at 3 pm. The gatekeeper said that my sister had been playing in Lu Garden these days and even slept there at night.
Chu Lingxuan went back to the house, took a bath, and then went to Lu Garden, with two carriages following him.
Before I entered the door, I heard a singing voice floating out. It was Yan'er's voice.
Little swallows, dressed in flowery clothes, come here every spring...
The voice was soft and sticky. Although the pitch was not accurate, the voice was loud and the words were all correct. In between, there was the murmur of a swallow and Ah Fu's encouraging voice, "Oh, very good, very good, you sing as well as Auntie."
Chu Lingxuan laughed. That girl, even if she really sang well, she should be more modest.
When Shanzi opened the door, Yan'er, who was sitting under the tree, saw her father coming back, and ran towards Chu Lingxuan like a little swallow, saying, "Daddy, daddy, Jinbao is back, Jinbao is home."
The voice is loud and the words are connected, but the speaking speed is slightly slower than that of normal children.
Seeing his cheerful and normal daughter, Chu Lingxuan's mood also brightened up, and the depression that had been suppressed in his heart drifted away with the wind. He picked up his daughter who was running towards him, laughed out loud, and said, "It's good that it's back. Yan'er has another playmate."
Wang, Chen Afu and others were sitting under a tree. When they saw Chu Lingxuan coming, they all stood up.
Jin Yanzi also shouted excitedly, "Mommy, Daddy Chu is back, Daddy Chu is back."
Chen Ahfu was startled at first, but when he saw that everyone else looked normal, he realized that he was the only one who could understand its "bird language", so he glared at it fiercely. He is Miss Chu's father, not your father.
Dabao also ran to Lin Lingxuan and called out, "Uncle Chu."
Chu Lingxuan put Yan'er down and actually picked up Dabao and threw him into the air a few times, which stimulated Dabao so much that he screamed loudly with great joy.
When Dabao came down, Yan'er said to him proudly, "My daddy...isn't he great?" Now she has also learned many of Chen Afu's colloquialisms.
Chen Dabao gave two thumbs up and said, "Well, that's great."
Their emotions also infected other people in the yard, and everyone started laughing.
Afterwards, Chu Lingxuan called Wang and Chen Afu, "Aunt, Miss Chen."
Master Chen was replaced by Miss Chen.
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "Master Chu, please eat here. I will go to the kitchen to prepare."
Chu Lingxuan nodded in agreement and said with a smile, "I bought some things for Fuyuan, specially prepared for Yan'er to go to Fuyuan to play in the future. The carriage is outside."
Wang said, "Ahfu and Lord Chu, go and get busy. I will lead the Mu family and Zeng Shuang family to cook."
Chen Afu followed Chu Lingxuan out the door, and Dabao, Yan'er and several other children followed him out.
When I drove the carriage to Fuyuan, I saw two servants carrying a lot of things down, including a large rosewood jade screen, six pairs of large, medium and small multicolored glazed vases, a gilded enamel incense burner, ten glazed palace lanterns with colorful tassels, and some fine porcelain blue and white teacups, bowls and plates.
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