Shanzi, who went to the big house to pick up Dahu and his sister, said that when he arrived there was a lot of commotion in the big house. Chen Agui was yelling at Hu Shi, and Hu Laowu was yelling even louder.
Chen Ahfu gossiped, "What is Hu Laowu doing in the big room?"
Shanzi said, "It seems that Uncle Chen is also sick, so the old lady wants to send Mrs. Hu back to her parents' home to recuperate, because the family cannot take care of two patients. Hu Laowu does not allow Mrs. Hu to go back to her parents' home, and says that she wants to die, why doesn't she jump into the river, why doesn't she hang herself, but has to tell shameless farts to drag others down. He will pretend that there is no sister who is dumber than a donkey, and will not allow her to go back to her parents' home. If she has no place to stay, she can jump into the river, anyway, the river has no cover... He scolded her so much that I don't remember it, and she made Mrs. Hu cry. He also talked about Uncle Chen, saying that now the power of the eldest girl is so great that even a fool can... It can be seen that things will get better and better in the future, and Uncle Chen will get better as well. Such a good relative, but he doesn’t know how to curry favor with her, and he has the guts to say those words. He also asked them to use their pig brains to think, if the prefect really knew that Mrs. Hu said such things, why would he pass the scandal to the military, and he could kill them directly or poison them to silence them. That stupid woman was arrested, she must have great power in her hands, and she must have helped the eldest girl. If Uncle Chen wants to eat swan farts every day and indulges that stupid woman to do stupid things and implicate others, he will not be soft-hearted... and, and said..." He stammered and dared not say anything.
"Tell me what else he said," Chen Afu urged.
Shanzi's voice became even quieter, and he said, "Hu Laowu also said that everyone knows what's going on with the eldest girl, and Uncle Chen knows it even better. Why should the one who eats shit hold the one who shits hostage? The eldest girl is helping the Chen family out of gratitude, and not helping is her duty. If the eldest girl is really mad and asks someone to deal with the Chen family, don't blame Hu Laowu for stepping on her. That's why I only listened to this much."
Chen Afu nodded and let him go.
Although Hu Laowu is a jerk, he can see the situation clearly. Chen Ye seems to be loyal, but he is very petty and sometimes can't tell good from bad.
Hu Laowu was right. She was helping the eldest wife out of gratitude, not her duty. She had already thought about it. The ten percent of the shares in Xinglong Restaurant and the watermelon seeds that had been agreed upon were her way of repaying the kindness of Old Lady Chen, Chen Ye, and Chen Agui for protecting her. In the future, they should not think of taking advantage of her for nothing. She had been raised by Wang's money, and she, Chen Afu, had never spent a penny of the Chen family's money.
But she was still a little puzzled. Hu Laowu cursed so harshly, but Chen Ye didn't say a word in rebuttal. Was he seriously ill?
When she thought of those people, Chen Ahfu felt a little irritated. She suppressed her emotions and went to the west wing, where she saw the children giving gifts to the little birthday boy.
The Luo family and the Wu family knew that today was Dabao's birthday, so Miss Chu, the Luo Mei siblings, and Xiao Shitou all sent birthday gifts.
Chu Hanyan gave two Wenshangzhai sheep-hair brushes and said, "I wish Brother Dabao will make progress in his studies." She also gave Chu Lingxuan a jade pen holder.
The Luo siblings gave Wei a set of satin gowns and a pair of shoes made by herself, and Xiao Shitou gave a wooden carved lamb.
Yang Chao and Yang Qian only found out that today was Dabao's birthday this morning, and they were embarrassed and said they had not prepared anything. Yang Chao still took off a purse from his body and gave it to him, saying that he had worn it the day before yesterday and it was brand new.
Yang Qian asked Huang's mother for a new handkerchief for him. Huang's mother would always have several new handkerchiefs ready when she went out to visit others. She even said nicely, "Brother Dabao, this handkerchief has a red carp embroidered on it. It is my favorite handkerchief."
No matter what the gift is, Dabao is happy to receive it and says "thank you".
As soon as he saw the children, Chen Afu's heart softened and his irritable mood dissipated.
She led the children to play games for a while, and then said, "Auntie will go to the kitchen to make delicious food for you. She will also make a very delicious and beautiful snack. You wait."
"Okay." The children answered in unison.
Chen Afu asked the maid to take the children to play in the classroom while she went to the kitchen to busy herself.
The Golden Swallow knew yesterday that it was the birthday of Chou Dabao, so it brought out a green bird's nest the size of an eye booger for Dabao in the morning. Chen Ahfu was so happy that he praised it for being generous, and he rinsed the green bird's nest in water and let Dabao drink it. The fragrance made Dabao squint his eyes.
The golden swallow heard that its owner could make the legendary birthday cake, so it stayed at home and played with Qiqi and Huihui. But those birds that couldn't stand the loneliness had already flown away.
Around noon, Chen Ming asked Aunt Mu to come over and deliver the birthday gift that he and Wang had given to Dabao, which was a silk gown made by Wang herself, and said that they would not come over.
It turned out that Hu Laowu, Chen Ye, Chen Laotai, and Chen Agui had gone to Luyuan. They wanted to come to Fuyuan to celebrate Dabao's birthday, but were persuaded by Chen Ming. He said that there was a noble person in Fuyuan and they were afraid of disturbing them. But they still asked Aunt Mu to deliver a small silver lock from the Hu family and a small long gown from the eldest wife, which was made by Gao herself.
Aunt Mu also said that half of Chen Ye's face was swollen and his voice was so hoarse that he couldn't speak. Hu Laowu and Chen Agui kept apologizing to Chen Ming, saying that they would take good care of Hu and asked Chen Ming to bear more...
She paused, and then continued, "Uncle Chen asked the eldest girl to send two dishes over to thank them for remembering Dabao's birthday."
Chen Ahfu said, "I didn't cook any food for lunch today. I don't want to cook for those people except my parents."
Aunt Mu nodded and left.
Chen Afu did not cook any dish. He made pork chop noodles, which means longevity noodles.
When the children saw that there were only noodles at first, they were very disappointed. Yang Chao asked, "Auntie, you worked so hard for so long, and you only made a bowl of noodles?"
"Of course not." Chen Ahfu smiled, "We must eat noodles today. I wish our little birthday boy Dabao good health and a long life. Let's eat noodles first, then snacks."
When the children heard this, they ate the noodles obediently.
After finishing the noodles, Chen Afu brought in something beautiful as big as a small round bowl.
Yang Qian asked curiously, "Aunt, why did you bring the white porcelain basin over here? What's in the basin? It's so strange, there are so many beautiful flowers blooming at the bottom of the basin. Oh, and there are five small candles in it."
Although Miss Chu was slow to react, she had a good nose. She said quickly, "I know, I know, the porcelain basin must contain cake, eggs, osmanthus dew, rose dew, and apples."
Chen Ahfu put the cake on the table with a smile and said, "This is not a white porcelain bowl, it is a birthday cake. Come, let us wish Dabao a happy birthday and may he be happy forever!"
When the cake was placed on the table, the aroma became stronger. The children all said with Chen Ahfu, "Happy birthday to Dabao, may he be happy forever."
Chen Dabao was so happy that he almost cried. He felt so happy and his mother was so good.
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