The next day, while Chen Afu was still in a dream, he heard the voices of Miss Chu and Chu Lingxuan talking outside the window.
It was only the beginning of the morning hour. Chen Ahfu laughed and got out of bed.
Dabao and his friends had a day off today, but because Chu Lingxuan hadn't been home for a long time, he and Chu Lingzhi didn't sleep in and got up early to come here.
While they were eating breakfast, Dabao said, "I heard from my uncle last night that my grandmother's family is going to host a banquet today and invite an opera troupe to perform. My fifth uncle and I are going to Luyuan for the banquet."
Chu Hanyan quickly said, "Mom, I want to go too."
Dabao was used to being wild in the village, and now he was no longer in danger. Chu Lingzhi grew up in the border area, and the third wife also let him go. Chen Afu would not restrict them, but he did not let the little girl Chu go.
Said, "Yan'er, if you really want to play, go to Fu Garden. You can also hear the excitement in Lu Garden there. Let my younger sister and aunt find a few girls to play with you in the garden."
After dinner, Chu Lingxuan went to the Zen temple to continue to persuade Luchen. Dabao and Chu Lingzhi led Zhuifeng's family to Luyuan. When they passed by Fuyuan, they saw Wangcai and Yuanbao standing at the door and barking at Zhuifeng and the others. Yuanbao didn't like crowds, so Wangcai took him to Fuyuan to play. Zhuifeng's family saw it and went into Fuyuan.
Dabao and Chu Lingzhi arrived at Luyuan and saw that except for the people who helped with the cooking and Chen Ye's family, other guests had not arrived yet. Dabao told Wang that it was a pity that his mother did not let his sister come.
Wang was wearing a date-colored embroidered jacket and a long jade hairpin, as if she had suddenly become several years younger. She smiled and said, "There are many people here today, and all the men, women, and children in the village will come. Sister Yan is the daughter of the Marquis's family, and we can't let anyone bump into her. It's not convenient for your mother to come here either. Go back and tell your mother that grandma will have two tables sent to Fuyuan to invite your old in-laws, your father, mother, and sister to eat there, so that they can join us in the fun."
Dabao thought it was a good idea and asked Xiaoluzi to go home and tell his mother.
Around noon, Liaochen insisted on returning to Yingxue Temple. No matter how Chu Lingxuan tried to persuade her to stay, and later Chen Afu brought the three children to her, all kneeling down to her and saying that they were willing to stay in Tangyuan with her, she still insisted on leaving.
Chu Lingxuan regretted it very much. If he had not persuaded his mother to go home to practice, would his mother have stayed in Tangyuan for a while longer?
Chu Lingxuan, Chen Afu, Chu Hanyan and the two brothers escorted Lechen out of the Tangyuan gate.
The two little brothers played with Lechen every day, and this moment was when they were playing in Fuyuan. They felt uncomfortable at first, and saw that their grandmother hugged them and kissed them twice, and did not continue to play with them, but sat in the carriage and left, and they all burst into tears.
The car that Abbot Liaochen was in had already gone a long way, and she could still hear the howling of the two brothers. Her tears also flowed, she couldn't bear to leave them, her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter. But she couldn't go to the Chu family's nunnery, so what would she be? She couldn't let her daughter-in-law and grandson live in Tangyuan to accompany her forever, she couldn't be so selfish.
She felt useless. It turned out that she couldn't let go of worldly affairs, and only wanted her son and daughter to be safe. She thought that when her son and daughter were safe, she could put aside worldly affairs and devote herself to Buddhism. But when her son and daughter were safe, she wanted her granddaughter to be safe and her son to have descendants. Now her granddaughter is safe, her son has descendants, and her two grandchildren are so cute, but she still can't calm down.
Lechen, when she first took this Buddhist name, she hoped that she could let go of all worldly affairs, but after so many years, she still couldn't let go...
After seeing Chen off, Chen Ahfu and the others went to Fuyuan, all of them were in low spirits, especially Miss Chu and the two brothers, who were all in tears.
The old marquis sighed heavily several times, and his eyes looked into the distance, becoming deep, and he said, "Ah, it should be soon, right? Then, our whole family can be together and never be separated."
After saying that, he got up and went to tease the birds under the corridor.
There are many bird cages hanging in the main room, east wing, west wing, and every corridor. There are more than fifty bird cages in total, with nearly a hundred birds in them, all brought back by Golden Swallow. These birds seem to prefer living here. They can eat well at ordinary times, and occasionally they will follow the bird king to the mountains to relax their muscles. They live a comfortable and happy life.
Fuyuan has become a paradise for birds. With Chen Ahfu's instructions, Zeng Laotou felt lonely staying in Fuyuan alone, so he treated the birds very well. He not only took care of the birds in the cages, but also fed other birds when they came to look for food.
In addition to Qiqi and Huihui, and Jin'er at the beginning, Chen Ahfu only took a few birds to her home in the prefectural city to raise. The rest of the birds stayed in Fuyuan, and a few were in Tangyuan and Luyuan. Now almost all the people in the Dashun Dynasty knew that Rong Zhao was attacked by a group of birds, and she didn't want people to see that her family had a special relationship with the birds.
These birds can recognize people. In addition to Old Man Zeng who has been feeding them, they also know Chen Afu's family and the people in Luyuan.
Seeing the old man come to tease them, they are even happier and chirp as much as they can. The ones that can be brought into Fuyuan by golden swallows are either very handsome or have very melodious voices, so their chirping is not noisy at all, but can make people feel happy.
But today, they couldn't be happy no matter what. Seeing Chu Lingxuan's frown and pursed lips, Chen Ahfu asked quietly, "Mother-in-law doesn't agree to go home with us, and we are so far away, what should we do?"
Chu Lingxuan whispered, "We can only build a nunnery outside Dingzhou Prefecture and bring my mother there to practice."
At this time, Wang Xiaomei brought Chen Daya and several little girls from the villagers to Fuyuan. Chen Afu asked Luo Mei to take Chu Hanyan and those girls to the backyard to play, and then asked Mother Lin and Mother Jiang to take the two crying little brothers over.
At noon, Lu Yuan sent over two tables of food, one for the masters and one for Steward Luo and Old Man Zeng.
While eating, he heard that Luyuan was getting more lively, and there were cries and howling, so old man Zeng got up and went to Luyuan. Not long after, he came back and said that it was his wife's father who came with Wang Cai and his concubine Wu. He said that his son had become an official, and he wanted to follow his son to enjoy the good life. He also said that his daughter had become a lady of honor, and that the pension would also be increased.
Chen Ming was afraid that the banquet would be disrupted by Old Man Wang, so he asked Hu Laowu to take the three old men to the backyard to eat. He said that no matter what happened, they should solve it after the meal.
Chen Ahfu's scalp went numb when he heard about that damn old man. He was too shameless. He let Ding sell his son to the hell and sold his daughter twice. Now that his son is an official and his daughter is successful, he wants to enjoy the good life with them and increase his retirement money. However, no matter how shameless he is, Wang and Wang Cheng can't just ignore him. Just like Chen Shiying's mother, the clan members forced her so hard, Chen Shiying still had to find a way to prevent her from being divorced.
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