Chen Afu remembered the red envelope that Lord Chu had given him this morning. When he opened it, he saw that it contained one thousand and two taels of silver.
With a smile, she took out a small lacquered wooden box from the drawer of her dressing table. The box contained a thick stack of banknotes and several silver ingots. She put the banknotes in and asked Xia Yue to enter the account.
She had already had her six thousand taels of silver in the box exchanged for silver notes at the bank and put them all into this box. Yang Mingyuan also asked Chu Lingxuan to give her the four thousand taels of silver that she received as dividends from the Hongyun Hotpot Restaurant last year.
In this box, there are more than 10,000 taels of silver in silver notes alone.
Chu Lingxuan teased, "My wife is not short of money now, why is she smiling like this when she sees the banknotes?"
Chen Ahfu put the wooden box into the drawer and said with a smile, "I have never been short of money, so I will never understand the feelings of those who have been poor."
Chu Lingxuan laughed, stood up and took out a small red sandalwood box from the cabinet and said, "This is part of my private money. You can keep it and buy whatever you like. Remember, you have a husband who is not short of money, so you will not be short of money either."
Chen Ahfu took the box and saw that he had brought it from the outer courtyard before dinner. She opened the box and found some silver bills inside. She counted them and found that there were four thousand taels, five gold bars and several small gold ingots.
Originally, Chu Lingxuan wanted to buy more jewelry for Chen Afu, but thinking that his young wife seemed to prefer silver, he added some gold to the dividends from the Hongyun Restaurant and gave it directly to her.
As he wished, he saw his young wife smiling with eyes curved in happiness. After counting them, he put them back into the drawer of the dressing table.
He pretended to be hurt and said, "Why do I feel like you're smiling happily when you see me not looking at the box?"
Chen Ahfu glared at him and said, "How is that possible! The uncle is much more handsome than that box. When I saw the uncle, not only my mouth was smiling, but also my heart was smiling."
Chu Lingxuan laughed out loud, pecked her little face lightly, and said, "Well, my husband likes to hear this." He added, "Aunt San calls me by my uncle's name, and my mother used to call my father 'Chu Lang'. You should stop calling me 'Uncle', it's too distant."
Chen Afu was surprised and said, "So my mother-in-law also calls my father-in-law 'Chu Lang'. It must be a nickname full of love. It's a pity that Princess Rong Zhao imitated her and also called my father-in-law 'Chu Lang'. After she called me that, I felt that the word 'Chu Lang' was offensive."
After saying that, she wrinkled her nose in disgust.
She really didn't like to hear the word "Chu Lang". Whenever she heard Rong Zhao call Lord Chu "Chu Lang" in a delicate way, she would get goose bumps and think Rong Zhao was disgusting. She was obviously a shrew and so old, but she still pretended to be delicate.
Chu Lingxuan's eyes darkened, and he said, "That woman learned it from my mother... Forget it, don't mention that woman. It makes me sick."
Chen Afu asked again, "Then what should I call you, uncle? Lingxuan? Xuanxuan?" It seemed that characters were not popular in this dynasty, otherwise a character would be fine too.
Chu Lingxuan thought about it seriously and said, "Ahfu, just call me Lingxuan." In fact, he really wanted Ahfu to call him Xuanlang before, but after hearing her say that she was uncomfortable with the word "Chulang", he didn't want her to call him that anymore.
Chen Afu nodded.
The two of them lay down to rest, showing their affectionate affection.
The next day, Chen Afu got up before dawn. She wanted to make mango egg tarts today, so she had to go into the space to get some "ingredients".
Seeing that Chu Lingxuan was still sleeping soundly, she walked into the bathroom first, locked the door, and slipped into the space.
The space was quiet, and there was no sign of the angry Jin Yanzi. Chen Afu called out a few times, "Baby, baby..."
"I'm here, don't call me mommy." The golden swallow poked its little head out of a small golden house.
"Why didn't you..." Chen Afu quickly swallowed the words he was about to ask.
The golden swallow flew out at once, and chirped with a smile, "Mommy, are you wondering why I didn't have a nosebleed after listening to you? Let me tell you, I found a good way. Whenever you guys are about to make love, I will put my head in the water, and then I won't be able to hear any sound."
Seeing the little guy's expression of "Praise him, look at how smart he is", Chen Ahfu rolled his eyes at him and said angrily, "How can you say some things so bluntly? Do you know what it means to be embarrassed?"
Jin Yanzi also rolled her eyes with her small green eyes covered with eye mucus and said, "You can do it, why can't others speak up? It's really like the officials are allowed to set fires but the people are not allowed to light lamps."
Chen Afu was also unable to do so. The little thing knew too much about some things, but too little about human nature and affairs. The unbalanced knowledge made it a contradictory unity.
She thought that she was here to ask for help, so she calmed down and said, "Okay, okay, okay, you should say it, you are right. Baby, give Mommy some Yanchen wood residue, Mommy wants to make snacks for the Queen Mother." As she spoke, she took out a handkerchief and wiped the little guy's eye boogers.
Jin Yanzi felt her hand was a little heavy, so she pushed her hand away with her wings and said, "Mommy, you've been using Yan Chenxiang a lot these past two days. Today I gave it to you because I was making snacks for the Queen Mother. Don't come to ask for it every few days next time."
It seems that he has been asking for it quite frequently these days. Chen Ahfu thought that he would bring in a bowl of water when he was free, and ask for some Yan Chenxiang to soak in the water, and then use the bowl of water as MSG.
Chen Ahfu got a small piece of Yanchenxiang as he wished. Seeing that the building project on the ground had not made much progress, he asked again, "Baby, haven't you been working recently?"
Jin Yanzi sighed, "Ah, I've grown up. These past two days I've been busy exploring the true meaning of bird life, wondering whether the bird or the egg came first. I've racked my brains but still can't figure it out. How can I have time to do construction?"
After saying that, he crawled next to Jin Bei again, propped up his little head with one of his wings, and thought about his things.
Chen Ahfu looked at the golden swallow. It had not only matured physically, but also had become more advanced mentally. She did not disturb its exploration and left the space.
This time she did more than yesterday. She gave two pieces to each master and an extra forty pieces to Madam Chu San.
After finishing her work, Chen Afu suggested going to Hongyun Hotpot to meet Chen Ayu and Yang Mingyuan's family. But Chu Lingxuan asked her to go in two days. He had already asked for an imperial decree for her, and the imperial edict would probably come in the next two days.
Seeing that Chen Ahfu was a little disappointed, he said, "I'll send someone to invite Ah Yu to come home."
Before he could send someone to invite Chen Ayu, the maid from the outer courtyard came to report that Prince Rui, Princess Rui, and the Second Young Master had arrived at the mansion. Prince Rui was directly invited to the outer study, while Princess Rui and the Second Young Master were already sitting in a sedan chair and walking towards the Bamboo Pavilion.
After hearing this, Chu Lingxuan quickly stood up and walked towards the outer courtyard.
Chen Afu also stood up to greet the guests. The Rui Wang and his wife seemed a little humble, didn't they? Chu Lingxuan had discussed with Chen Afu about inviting the Rui Wang and his wife to the restaurant for dinner in two days, but he didn't expect them to come in person.
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