Arriving at the corner gate of the General's Mansion, the lights were already on. Wang Cheng saw A Lu's reluctant look and said with a smile, "Next time you have a day off, come to your uncle's house and play."
A Lu smiled and nodded, then waved to them.
Sanquan knocked on the corner door, Chen A-lu walked in, and the donkey cart gradually went away in the twilight.
The servant who opened the corner door was still the same one from this morning. Seeing that it was Chen A-lu, he smiled and said, "It's Uncle. I've been waiting here to open the door for you. Are you having fun?"
A Lu nodded and smiled, "Not bad."
He took out a small silver coin from his purse and threw it to the doorman, who bowed and thanked him. Seeing Sanquan's eyes wide open, he gave him another silver coin. Sanquan bowed and thanked him again with a smile on his face.
Sanquan sent A-Lu to the gate of Guiyuan and then returned home. A-Lu walked along the Chaoshou corridor to the master's room, gave him the snacks he bought for the master, and then returned to the back room.
In addition to buying a bag of snacks for his husband, he also bought a wooden carved chicken doll each for Dabao, Yan'er and Li Xuan.
Lanhua was waiting anxiously in the room, and she was relieved when she saw her uncle coming back. Seeing that A-Lu was already dirty, she quickly helped him clean his face and took off his robe. She said, "Sanquan should be punished. How could he serve his uncle and make his clothes so dirty?" After a closer look, she exclaimed, "Oh, there is a small hole in this robe. This is the first time I wear it."
When Chen A-lu saw it, he felt very sad. This was one of his best clothes. He said, "It must have been scratched when I was riding the donkey cart."
Lanhua said angrily, "Didn't they send a carriage for Uncle? Why did you take a donkey cart? No, I will go and tell Grandma that those snobbish people are too bullying."
Ah Lu quickly stopped her and said, "Don't bother my sister. She is pregnant and has to manage the household. It's very hard. I don't want to cause trouble for her. Besides, I'm not the real master here. How can I expect those servants to respect me like a real master?" Seeing Lanhua's mouth raised high, he smiled and said, "I know that Sister Lanhua has always respected me as a real master."
Lanhua smiled and said, "You still have a conscience." She added, "The eldest lady sent someone to tell me that if my uncle comes back, I should report it to her so that she won't worry."
A Lu said, "It's still early, I'll go to my sister's place and give these little things to Da Bao and the others."
A Lu put on a half-new long robe and took Lan Hua to the main courtyard.
In the main courtyard, Dabao, Yan'er, Li Xuan, and the Animal House were all playing in the upper room. As soon as Chu Lingxuan came out of Liu's house, he went directly to the camp outside the city. It seemed that he had something to deal with, so he stayed there at night.
When Dabao saw his uncle coming, he ran up and said, "Uncle, I have told Uncle Fu, Brother Liu, and Brother Qin that next time they post a message to invite us, they must write my uncle's name on it."
Miss Chu also stepped forward to take credit, "Yes, yes, my sister also said so, and they all agreed."
A Lu smiled and took out the small gifts for them. He also told Chen A Fu about his time at his uncle's house and said that he would go to his uncle's house next time he had a day off.
Chen Afu didn't think much about it. He just thought that Chen Alu was shy by nature and was not willing to interact with unfamiliar children of officials, so he taught him some ways of dealing with people.
After sending the children away, Chen Afu washed up and went to bed. After sending the maid away, she entered the space and brought a chair with her.
It was rare that Chu Lingxuan was not here today, so she wanted to go to the space to rest. She had been working hard these days and was really tired.
She sat on the chair, and although there was no Golden Swallow to join her, she was still very comfortable.
Suddenly, she felt a noise in the tree. Could it be that the golden swallow had returned? How come she didn't know?
She stood up and looked up at the tree. She saw an octagonal two-story building with a teardrop-shaped ruby embedded on the top of the house and a dozen cat's eye and other gemstones inlaid on the eaves. The small golden house moved.
Chen Afu shouted, "Baby, you're back? Baby..."
No one paid any attention to her, and the house stopped moving. After a while, the house moved twice more.
She looked up again and remembered that Jin Yanzi had placed Jin Bei in this room. Her heart started beating fast. Could it be that Jin Bei had changed?
She was so excited that she didn't care about anything else. She dragged the chair to the tree trunk and stood on the chair, holding on to the tree. The small golden house was placed on the lowest branch. Because it was double-layered, it was still a bit heavy, so Chen Ahfu couldn't hold it. So she reached into the small door and took out the golden shell.
She sat down, held the golden shell in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully. The color of the golden shell had become darker, and the little pointed mouth seemed to have grown longer.
There really was another change, Chen Ahfu was overjoyed and put his hands on his belly. Suddenly, another miracle happened, it seemed that the wings on both sides of the golden shell moved, trying to open the wings attached to the body.
Chen Ahfu was afraid that she had seen it wrong, so she held the golden shell in front of her eyes again, but it didn't move again. She put her hand down in disappointment, and it seemed to move its wings again.
Chen Ahfu looked at her round belly. Did Jin Bei like the fetus in her belly? She put Jin Bei directly on her belly. Not only did Jin Bei's wings move, but even the fetal movement became more obvious.
She was so excited that she kept the little golden baby on her belly, as if she had discovered a new world. She didn't put the little golden baby down until she was very sleepy, and then she went out to sleep.
The next morning, Chen Afu went to the meeting room in the front yard to take care of household chores and returned to the main courtyard. Mother Luo, Mother Song, and Nanny Wei were watching Yan'er and Li Xuan playing with the animal house in the corridor.
Generally, if Dabao was not in the main courtyard, Mother Luo would not come. She would do needlework for him in Dabao's courtyard.
Yan'er and Li Xuan hugged Chen Afu's belly and were intimate for a while. Chen Afu went into the house and Luo's mother followed in.
Mother Luo hesitated to speak.
Chen Ahfu laughed and said, "Mrs. Luo is a straightforward person. When did she start to hesitate?"
Mother Luo smiled and bowed, saying, "Then I will tell you, please don't blame me, Grandma." She lowered her voice and said, "It's like this, my father-in-law saw my uncle on the street yesterday. He didn't take our carriage, but hired a donkey cart to go to the home of my in-laws, the third master..."
Yesterday, when Steward Luo saw Chen A-Lu paying for his own donkey cart, he went home and asked his youngest son, Luo Fang. Luo Fang then said that many servants in the mansion looked down on Chen A-Lu, thinking that he was just a poor relative, young, and rather neglectful...
Manager Luo was so angry that he slapped Luo Fang several times and cursed, "You are such a fool. To neglect your uncle is to neglect your grandmother. Why didn't you tell me about this earlier? Not to mention that your grandmother is so powerful that even your uncle has to give in to her. The old marquis also gave her enough face. It's the duty of a servant, but you shouldn't do this..."
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