Chen Afu and his companions went directly to the main courtyard, while Wang Cheng's family was also arranged to stay in a small courtyard. Chu Lingxuan stayed in the outer courtyard to handle some affairs and also had to give gifts to General Fu's family.
The main courtyard is a two-entry house with a west side courtyard. Entering the hanging flower gate is a corridor connecting the east and west wing rooms. The upper house has five rooms with two side rooms, and the side rooms have three rooms with two side rooms.
The yard is full of flowers, and a gravel-paved cross corridor in the middle divides the large green lawn in the yard into four parts. Two pomegranate trees are planted in the two lawns near the hanging flower gate. There are many potted plants around the lawns. There are also many yellow horn orchids, bougainvilleas and other flowering trees planted in front of the main house and the wing rooms.
This courtyard originally had a three-story house with many trees planted. Because Chen Afu said that he liked spaciousness, lush green grass and colorful flowers, Chu Lingxuan had the back house and the second gate demolished and built it into its current appearance.
The backyard also has five back rooms with two side rooms, as well as east and west wing rooms. The yard is full of beautiful trees and green bamboos, and there is a small pond in the middle.
Chen Afu is very satisfied with this courtyard. Although he will not live here permanently, this is also his real home.
Standing here, she finally got a real taste of what it was like to be the master of the house. She always felt aggrieved in the Marquis's Mansion.
After dinner, Li Xuan was arranged to rest in the west wing, and the little guy fell asleep to the murmur of golden swallows.
Chen Afu met with the chief manager of the inner courtyard of the General's Mansion and sorted out the things. Half of her dowry would be placed here.
This time she brought back Nanny Li, Qingfeng, Hongfei, Xiayue, Xiaomo, Xiaohuang, and Hua Mama. Yuzhu led Xiaohong, Xiaozi and several other maids to guard the Marquis' Mansion.
She had already thought about it. Qingfeng would stay here with Xiao Huang to guard the main courtyard and pay attention to the situation in the mansion. She would only take Xia Yue, Hong Fei, Xiao Mo and Hua Mama to Tang Garden. Qingfeng was not young anymore, so she would find a younger man for her to marry in the General's Mansion and let her be the mother in charge of the main courtyard.
After making the arrangements, she sent the servants away and returned to her bedroom, because she saw that Jin Yanzi, who was climbing on the high table, was very impatient.
Jin Yanzi followed her into the bedroom and started to complain, "Xiao Xuanxuan is even more annoying than Xiao Yanyan, and even more annoying than Chou Dabao. When he has his eyes open, he can't leave me for a moment, and he howls when he leaves me. It's really annoying."
After saying that, the little pointed mouth turned even more pointed.
Chen Ahfu held it in his palm and coaxed, "Xiao Xuanxuan was frightened by the bad guys. Let's give him more love and care to help him get out of his fear, and he won't pester you like this." He kissed his little pointed mouth again and said, "Good baby, you are the most compassionate. Give him some Yan Chenxiang leaves so that Xiao Xuanxuan can recover soon."
Jin Yanzi said impatiently, "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you." She licked her little mouth again and said, "Mommy's kiss isn't that fragrant, why did Daddy Chu say it was so fragrant?"
Chen Ahfu blushed, flicked its head, and cursed, "Hateful, talking nonsense again."
The golden swallow chirped and laughed and returned to the space.
Chu Lingxuan came back in the middle of the night and woke up Chen Afu, and the two of them finished their business. Even though Chen Afu was half asleep, he could feel that Chu Lingxuan was very happy and relaxed.
The next morning, Chen Afu sent someone to Chen Shi's house to ask Chen Shi and his wife to come to the General's Mansion. He also sent someone to deliver a note to Chen's house, saying that they would go to eat at noon and return directly to Tangyuan after lunch.
The original plan was to stay at the General's Mansion for a few days, invite Chu Lingxuan's colleagues and friends to visit, and then go to Chen's Mansion to play for a day. But because they found Wang Cheng, they had to rush back to reunite the siblings.
More than an hour later, Chen Shi, Zhang, and Chen Aman arrived. Chen Afu took out Chen Ayu, Yang Mingyuan, and the gifts he had given them, and told them about Chen Ayu and Yang Mingyuan's situation in the capital.
Chen Shi and his wife were extremely happy to hear this, especially Chen A-man, whose face turned red.
Hearing that they were leaving in the afternoon, Zhang said regretfully, "You should have stayed in the city for two more days and come to our house to play for a day."
Chen Afu then told him about finding his uncle.
Chen Shi said happily, "That's a good thing. We should really let my second sister-in-law and her brother be reunited soon."
After seeing off Chen Shi's family, Chen Afu and Chu Lingxuan went to Chen's house. This time, they did not bring Xiao Lixuan and Wang Cheng's family with them. They asked them to go directly outside the city after having dinner at the General's House, where they would meet up.
Chen Shiying and Jiang received the news yesterday that Chen Afu and his wife had returned to Dingzhou Prefecture. Jiang was stunned when she received the note. She didn't expect Chen Afu to return to her parents' home today and go back to the countryside after dinner.
It was a note sent by Qingfeng, in which she told about how the great-grandmother had found the uncle.
Jiang smiled and said, "This makes us anxious to return home for a reunion."
She quickly sent someone to the yamen to tell the master, and asked someone to decorate the flower hall, prepare the wine and food, and then sent someone to the front yard to ask for leave from Chen Yulan's husband, and asked Chen Yulan to go outside the door to meet someone.
When Chen Afu and Chu Lingxuan arrived at the Chen Mansion, they saw Chen Yulan waiting at the door.
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "It's time for class with the teacher, why are you here to pick us up?"
Chen Yulan smiled and said, "Mother said that this is the first time that my brother-in-law and sister have returned to their real mother's home, and my brother-in-law should greet them at the door."
Jiang has always been this way of dealing with people.
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "My mother and brother are very thoughtful."
When we arrived at the main courtyard, Chen Shiying had already returned, Chen Yuqing and her sisters were also there, even Chen Yuhui was there, luckily Old Lady Chen was not there.
Everyone greeted each other and took their seats.
Chen Afu noticed from the corner of his eye that Chen Yuhui's face looked extremely bad. There was hatred in his eyes when he looked at him, but there was a hint of tenderness in his eyes when he looked at Chu Lingxuan.
Chen Afu was speechless. Chen Yuhui still believes that it was Chen Afu who stole her husband.
Chen Shiying and Jiang were furious when they saw Chen Yuhui like this. They had thought she was "normal" before, and they also thought she should face the reality that Chen Afu had married Chu Lingxuan. But when they saw her like this, they felt that it was really embarrassing for the Chen family.
When Chen Yuhui heard that Chen Ahfu and his wife had eaten lunch and left, she was surprised and asked in a daze, "Why are you in such a hurry? This is the first time that Big Sister and Master Chu are back home, they should have dinner at home."
Although she did not call Chu Lingxuan brother-in-law, she called Chen Afu "big sister" and invited them to have dinner. This kind gesture was truly unexpected.
Chen Ahfu didn't expect it. Although he didn't know what she meant, he felt that this was like a weasel paying a New Year's greeting to a chicken, and she had no good intentions. So he just smiled and ignored her.
There was a barely perceptible gleam of ferocity in Jiang's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.
Chen Shiying was very happy, thinking that his second daughter might have seen the reality and let go of her obsession. He smiled and said, "Fuer was in a hurry to go back home this time. Next time she goes back to her parents' home, she should spend more time with her sisters."
Chen Yuhui's face turned pale and he wrapped the handkerchief around his fingers several times.
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