After dinner, Chu Hanyan originally wanted to stay in Fuyuan and play with little girl Yang Qian, but when she thought that her father and grandmother would be leaving tomorrow, she followed them back to Tangyuan obediently.
This time, not only Chen Afu and Dabao, but also Yang Chao and Yang Qian came to see them off.
Because Chen was traveling with them, Chu Lingxuan and Chu Hanyan just looked back at them, waved, and turned around to accompany Chen back to Tangyuan.
Chen Afu asked A Lu to take Dabao and Yang Chao to sleep in the east wing, while Yang Qian followed her to sleep in the upper room.
It was not yet completely dark, and a few children were playing with two dogs and two birds in the yard.
Wang did not return to Lu Garden either. Chen Afu sat with her in the corridor of the east wing, watching the children play.
The Honglin Mountain in the distance was like a rolling black silhouette, which made the sunset glow on the top of the mountain even darker and more intense. From time to time, birds returning to their nests flew across the sky and disappeared into the brilliant clouds.
Suddenly, Chen Ahfu saw many birds flying out of the red clouds, densely packed, flying towards this side like bombers. The birds flew closer and closer, and came to the sky above Fuyuan. They circled first, and then dropped many "dung bombs" and then landed on the trees and roofs. The children playing in the yard screamed and hid under the corridor, while Qiqi and Huihui shouted "Welcome" at the top of their voices. Because when they see guests coming to their house, the host always shouts "Welcome".
A bird landed on Chen Afu's knees, and she then saw that it was a golden swallow.
The golden swallow chirped, "Mommy, wake up and shut up. What's the fuss? These are my little brothers and sisters. They want to follow me, so I'll take them home."
Chen Ahfu was so angry that he gave it a brain slam and cursed, "There are so many birds, how can I have so many cages to put them in? Moreover, they urinate and defecate everywhere, look at what they have done to my yard."
Golden Swallow looked back and saw that there were indeed a lot of white and black bird droppings in the yard.
It chirped again, "Okay, I didn't think it through and didn't remind them first. Don't worry, Mommy, I'll let them go to the watermelon field on the side of the yard when they need to poop in the future, and you can use less fertilizer. I brought back ninety-eight birds this time, and only forty of them need to live in cages, while the others can sleep in the trees. Oh, and give them some polished rice and minced meat to eat, because I boasted to them that Mommy would treat them to delicious food."
Chen Ahfu had no choice but to ask Aunt Zeng, Xia Yue and Qiu Yue to get some food. Then he said, "You won't let them live in my house forever, will you?"
Golden Swallow said, "No, most of these birds are used to being wild and don't like being restrained. They only come to play for a few days occasionally. But there are a dozen birds that will always follow me because they are really stupid and are always bullied. If they are not careful, they will be eaten by eagles or snakes. Moreover, they are really handsome and sing beautifully. I can't bear to let them die."
When Xiayue and Qiuyue spread rice on the ground and put a few bowls of minced meat on the ground, the birds all flew down to eat. There were common birds like sparrows and swallows, as well as uncommon and even unfamiliar birds, black, gray, red, green, and beautiful.
When the birds were full, they jumped and chirped at Chen Afu.
What a clever bird!
Seeing their enthusiasm, Chen Ahfu accepted them from the bottom of her heart. She asked Xia Yue and Huang Mama to help the children rest, and she and Qiu Yue sorted the birds that needed to rest in cages and put them in cages. They also took a lot of straw baskets and put them under the porch, and spread some hay in the baskets. If the birds didn't want to sleep in the trees, they would sleep in the baskets.
After finishing all this, it was already very late. Wang returned to Lu Garden, and Chen Afu went to his room to rest.
The next day, Chen Ahfu got up before dawn. She led the others to stew a pot of vegetarian dishes, and also made some plum cakes and golden silk cakes.
After it was ready, the braised vegetables and half of the snacks were sent to Tangyuan. One portion was of course for Chu Lingxuan, and the other two were for Abbot Liaochen and Old Monk Wuzhi. Although the old monk was fussy and irritating, it would not be wrong to get along well with him.
After breakfast, Yang Mingyuan said goodbye accompanied by Luo Yuan. He wanted to go home to spend more time with his mother, and then rush back to the capital.
Chen Ahfu was shocked when she saw him, not only because of his dark panda eyes, but also because he looked thinner. She wondered if it was an illusion, how could he lose weight overnight. Besides, he was a guest at her home, and she and the Luo family treated him well and did not wrong him at all.
She opened her mouth but suppressed her doubts.
Chen Afu helped Chen Ayu through a backdoor. After all, braised skewers are not considered elegant. Chen Ayu is pretty and smart, so she should be trained and grown in a wider world. Since Hongyun Restaurant is going to open a branch, it must cultivate talents. Chen Afu wants him to follow Yang Mingyuan for some experience, so that he can better carry forward the family business in the future.
Yang Mingyuan nodded, smiled and said that Chen Ayu should go to Beijing to find him.
Chen Ah Fu gave the other half of the snack to his mother.
Yang Mingyuan expressed his gratitude, touched the tops of the heads of the Yang Chao brothers and sisters who came to see him off, and told them to play for two days before going home, as their grandmother would be lonely at home. After that, he forced away the moisture in his eyes, bowed and said goodbye to Chen Afu and Luo Yuan, and got on the carriage.
Yang Mingyuan had a lot of things to say to Chen Afu. He even thought that if possible, he would ask a matchmaker to come and settle the matter between them before returning to the capital.
But when he saw what Luo Yuan and his wife did yesterday, and then saw that whenever Chen Afu appeared in Chu Lingxuan's sight, Chu Lingxuan would look at her involuntarily, and a smile would appear on his previously cold face.
He knew then that he had no chance.
Ever since the children's mother died, their mother urged him every day to find a new mother for the children, but he was unwilling to do so because he was afraid that the stepmother would treat the children badly.
When he saw Chen Ahfu, he was first surprised by her intelligence and beauty, as well as her unique charm, and then by her kindness, her genuine love for children, and the children's love for her. He felt that he had finally found a girl who pleased him and could be good to his children.
When he was in the capital, after every busy day, the person he thought about the most was Chen Afu. As long as he thought of her, all his tiredness would disappear. He thought that this trip back home would give him another wife to accompany him for the rest of his life, but who would have thought that the beautiful fate had ended before it even began...
Chen Ahfu didn't know Yang Mingyuan was sad, so he opened all the bird cages when he got back. When he saw the golden swallow flap its wings and fly into the sky, the other birds followed it and flew up, circling and chirping in the air.
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