After finishing his work, Chen Afu felt like going to the village to see old lady Zhao.
She held Hong Fei's hand and led Luo Fang's wife and two guards out of Luojiazhuang. They walked westward slowly and arrived at the village in half an hour, stopping in front of the second courtyard.
This is a half-new and half-old courtyard with a blue brick wall. The wooden door is half open, and a corner of the brick wall and black tiles can be seen.
Chen Afu looked around and found that this courtyard was one of the best courtyards in the village.
Luo Fang's wife walked forward and opened the wooden door wide, revealing the scene in the yard.
There were three rooms in the upper house with side rooms, and wing rooms on the left and right. There was a willow tree in the yard, and its leaves had turned yellow. An old lady was leaning on a rattan chair with her back to the gate, basking in the sun, and a tall and strong woman was hanging clothes to dry.
The yard was so quiet that one could hear the clucking of chickens in the backyard clearly.
The old woman had worked in the Chen residence before and knew Chen Ahfu. She was a little surprised that the eldest aunt would come to visit the old lady in broad daylight, because since the old lady moved here, only the master, the mistress, and the eldest son had come a few times, and they came after dark at night. She was also told not to reveal the old lady's true identity.
She knew that the eldest aunt had a grudge against the old lady, and the old lady would curse the eldest aunt almost every day to vent her anger. The old woman was very puzzled and stood there in a daze, unable to understand.
The old lady's ears were still good enough to hear the voice behind her, but she couldn't move well and couldn't turn her head. She said, "Are they here to borrow needles and thread or rice and flour again? Let them go, our house is not a charity." She cursed to herself, "That damn dog, he didn't take good care of the house, and ran away again."
Mrs. Yu finally reacted and quickly bowed, "Old slave, I greet the eldest aunt."
Old Lady Zhao's body froze. She hadn't expected Chen Ahfu to come. She didn't want Chen Ahfu to see her in such a miserable state, so she cursed, "Let that damn girl go. I don't want to see her."
Chen Afu walked into the yard and came in front of the old lady.
The old lady wore a half-new dark green fine cloth jacket, with a thin black cotton waistcoat on the outside. Her hair was completely gray and sparse, and was tied into a small curl at the back of her head, with only a silver hairpin inserted. Her face was very thin, and her cheeks were sunken, making her cheekbones look higher. Her mouth was half open, and a trace of saliva was still hanging from the corner of her mouth.
She couldn't lift her head completely, it was half lowered, and she looked at Chen Afu with her cloudy eyes.
Chen Ahfu looked down at her and felt that she was boring. He didn't even want to say anything. He only said, "God is watching what you do. Old lady, if you have the energy to curse, you might as well recite more scriptures and chant Buddha's name, not for your descendants, but for your next life."
After saying that, he took Hong Fei's hand and walked around the old lady.
I heard a curse from behind, "You damned girl, you're the one who killed my son and me, but those old fools are taking their anger out on me. And Hui, that heartless bad girl, I loved her so much, but now I'm in trouble and she doesn't even come to see me..."
Chen Afu ignored her and walked out the door. He could still hear the old lady's muffled curses.
Mother Yu followed and said, "Thank you, Auntie, for still thinking about me. I will take good care of you."
Was she thinking about the old lady? Yes, she was thinking about her first, wondering why the old lady didn't die. But at this moment, she didn't have that thought in her mind anymore. It was easy to die, but it was not easy to live.
Chen Afu winked at Xiao Mo, and Xiao Mo handed Yu Pozi a purse filled with silver ingots.
Chen Afu and his companions walked slowly eastward. Several children from the village were standing at the entrance of the village, looking at them eagerly. Chen Afu asked Xiao Mo to give the children some candy.
In the afternoon, Chen Afu took the children and Zhuifeng's family to say goodbye and return to the city. Old Master Chu was in the mansion, so they couldn't stay outside for long.
On October 10, Chu Hua came with Heng Ge'er. On the 11th, Mr. Luo and Mrs. Luo came with their daughter Luo Ying. They did not come to the Chu Mansion in Dingzhou Prefecture, but went directly to Luojiazhuang in Jitou Village on the outskirts of the city.
These people will stay until after the brothers' first birthday party.
Liaochen must be very happy now that she has a daughter, a grandson, a nephew from her mother's side, and her childhood playmates to keep her company.
Chen Afu was not feeling well and was busy at home, so he did not go to visit them. Chu Lingxuan stayed at the manor for one night. He came back and said that Liaochen was very happy and in a much better mood.
On the 14th, all three branches of the Chen family came to the Chu Mansion to give the little girl a birthday gift, and also brought Wangcai and Yuanbao.
Chen Ming and his wife did not want to appear in public with Chen Shiying and his wife tomorrow, so they sent the gift in advance. It was a set of clothes that Wang had made for the little girl, which was very beautiful.
Chen Shi and Zhang gave the little girl a set of clothes and a pair of shoes. The fabric should have been given by Chen Aman and it was extremely gorgeous.
What Old Lady Chen and Chen Ye gave was a small silver lock and a set of cotton jacket and trousers.
Every time Chen Ahfu looked at Old Lady Zhao, he would look up to Old Lady Chen. Old Lady Chen was also a widow who raised three sons. She also had her own little thoughts and calculations, and sometimes she did things that made people angry. But she did not lose her conscience, did not think about harming people for money, and tolerated the original owner and Chen Dabao who were not related by blood...
Chen Ahfu saw that they wanted to come to the banquet tomorrow, so he smiled and said, "You can come to the mansion for the banquet tomorrow. We have specially invited a troupe to perform for the party. They are all famous actors."
Old Mrs. Chen smiled with wrinkles all over her face and said, "Ah Fu, if you don't mind us being vulgar and embarrassing you, we will come to see the birthday banquet of a wealthy family and watch the big show. Don't worry, I won't bring that bitch Hu with me, she has no control over her words."
Chen Shi also wanted to make more friends with important people, so he smiled and nodded in agreement.
Chen Afu invited the three families to have dinner. When Chen Ming and his family left, they still left Wangcai and Yuanbao here to play for two days. They had no choice but to leave them, because the two dogs had already gone to the back garden to play with the children and Zhuifeng's family.
Chen Alu also stayed in Chu's house, and he would help his brother-in-law entertain the guests tomorrow. This was Chen Afu's request, that he should not only study hard, but also learn how to treat people.
On the 15th, Chen Ahfu got up early and went to the kitchen to cook several kinds of noodles, including noodles with soybean paste, noodles with shredded chicken and mushrooms, seafood noodles, and several sweet soups. Breakfast was placed in the west side room of the upper house, and the children would come here to eat today.
At noon, except for the two little brothers, all the other children came. Dabao, Chu Lingzhi, and A Lu gave the little girl a small foreign doll, a small bamboo flower basket, and a pink porcelain flower and bird that they bought on the street. Even little Li Xuan gave her a wooden deer sculpture.
Since last night, the little girl has been accepting gifts with great enthusiasm, smiling and saying thank you.
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