Mrs. Hu choked and said, "I have brought you this message. Lao Wu asked me to ask you out of consideration for our relationship. Don't regret losing the opportunity to make a lot of money."
Then he got up and left angrily.
As soon as she left, the family's mood fell to the bottom. Wang said worriedly, "Hu Laowu is a scoundrel. He didn't accomplish what he wanted, so he won't come to our house to cause trouble, right?"
Chen Ming sighed, "After Dabao comes back, don't let him go out alone these days. Today my elder brother and Agui went to the county town to sell grain. They won't be back until the afternoon. I will go and talk to him in the evening." He then said to Chen Afu, "You should also go out less."
Wang said, "After I finish the embroidery work, I will not take any more jobs. I will do all the work such as collecting firewood, carrying water, watering the fields, and washing clothes."
Chen Ahfu said, "Don't worry, Dad and Mom. I'll go to Tang Garden this afternoon to tell Steward Luo. After all, his young master also likes Qiqi and Huihui, and now our family has a very good relationship with them. Ask them to do a favor and give Hu Laowu a lesson."
Chen Ming and Wang Shi were relieved after hearing this. No matter how rude Hu Laowu was, he didn't dare to offend Manager Luo.
Chen Ahfu stood up again and said, "I'll go get Dabao now."
Wang pulled her and said, "Don't go out. I'll go find her."
As soon as Wang went out, she saw Chen Dabao coming back with Zhuifeng, carrying a large bundle of firewood. The bundle of firewood seemed to be bigger than the little man, as if it was about to bend his waist.
Wang rushed over to take the firewood and said distressedly, "Dabao, why are you picking up so much?"
Dabao said, "I want to save more firewood for grandpa."
Chen Ahfu picked him up, wiped the sweat off his head and said, "Don't carry such heavy things in the future. It will be ugly if you don't grow taller."
Chen Ming and Chen Afu solemnly told Dabao not to collect firewood or go out casually in the next few days. If he saw someone from the Hu family or Chen Aju, he should stay away from them.
In the afternoon, seeing that Dabao was still sleeping soundly, Chen Ahfu took the small clothes she had made for Luo Mei and brought Zhuifeng to the old courtyard. Wang was waiting for her, and they went to Tangyuan together.
Although Zhuifeng is still small and may not be very strong in combat, its roar is loud and can show courage.
We walked through a large paddy field, which was now planted with rapeseed. We walked through a forest and came to the noble and mysterious Tangyuan. The vermilion gate with large copper nails and lion faces was closed. We crossed the white courtyard wall and saw the eaves and corners of the garden hidden among the lush trees. Even outside, we could faintly smell the sweet and sour aroma of the crabapple fruit.
They walked back along the courtyard wall. Dabao had told them that Manager Luo's home was behind Tang Garden, where there was a row of courtyards where the servants of Tang Garden lived, and his home was in the first courtyard.
Turning to the back of Tangyuan, there is a row of small courtyards connected together. The first courtyard is the largest, several times the size of the other courtyards.
It was Xiaoqing who came to open the door.
Xiaoqing smiled and invited them into the yard, then raised her voice and called out, "Madam, Sister Ah Fu and Aunt Chen are here."
This is a large courtyard, very bright. It has a bluestone floor, blue brick and tile house, a strange rockery in the middle of the yard, and two pomegranate trees on both sides, with many big red pomegranates on the trees. In Xiangluo Village, only Gao Lizheng's house can compare with such a decent house.
Aunt Luo came out from the upper room and said with a smile, "Hey, Chen's brother and sister, Ah Fu, what brings you here? Come in."
After they entered the house and chatted for a while, Chen Ahfu took out the small clothes and said with a smile, "It's just a small gift, don't despise it, Mrs. Luo."
This small outfit is a scarlet vest, a moon-white stand-up collar and shorts. The collar and cuffs of the vest are not edged with long strips of cloth like in modern times, but with lace cut from blue satin, with small knots twisted with red ribbons sewn in the center of the flower. There is also a yellow dog face with big ears sewn on the collar, with a red tongue sticking out of its mouth, smiling happily, which is unique and funny.
The cut of the shorts is more unique, the crotch is not that big, simple and good-looking, and there are a few small flowers and a dragonfly embroidered on the hem.
Aunt Luo looked at the clothes for a long time and was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling and kept praising them for being beautiful.
Afterwards, Chen Ahfu asked Manager Luo for help, asking if he could help her family to make peace with Hu Laowu. Because Hu Laowu wanted her family's parrot, and her family didn't give it to him, she was afraid that he would take revenge, and what she was most worried about was that he might find someone to take advantage of Dabao.
Aunt Luo didn't want anything to happen to Qiqi and Huihui, and even less to Dabao. After all, the young master liked the child and the two parrots, and the master had previously asked her family to take care of the Chen family. Moreover, her grandchildren played well with Dabao and ate a lot of food from the Chen family, so this set of clothes was even more to her liking.
Said, "Oh, what a coincidence. My head is still in the city. He will bring my young mistress back after her birthday next month. However, my eldest son is at home, so it's the same if I go to mediate. My eldest son went to the county town this morning and will be back in the evening. How about this, let him go and meet that Hu Laowu tomorrow. He's a gangster, but he's too frivolous. Don't be afraid, just don't let Dabao leave the house today."
This was the only way to go. Chen Ahfu and Wang were very grateful.
When they returned home, they found the gate of the new courtyard was wide open. Chen Dabao was not at home. Chen Ming and A Lu in the old courtyard didn't know when he went out.
The whole family was in a panic. Except for A-Lu who was sitting on the kang and couldn't move, the other three went out to look for him. Zhuifeng was very abnormal, nudging Chen A-Fu and shouting loudly outside the village.
Chen Afu said, "Maybe Dabao went out of the village. Let's follow Zhuifeng to find him."
A few people ran out of the village and headed west to a grove, but they still didn't see Dabao. Zhuifeng continued to push Chen Afu to the west.
At this time, Chen Ming was exhausted and his face was pale.
Chen Afu hurriedly supported him and said, "Dad, go home. If you get hurt again, the house will be even more chaotic. Mom and I will go find him." After saying this, he felt very embarrassed again, because Chen Ming was in such a state that he could not walk home by himself.
As they were talking, they saw the brothers Wu Changgen and Wu Changsheng driving a ox cart approaching from afar. They had just delivered furniture to the neighboring village.
When Wu Changsheng heard about it, he volunteered to go look for them.
They asked Wu Changgen to drive Chen Ming to several houses, while Wu Changsheng, Chen Afu, and Wang took Zhuifeng to look for him. Chen Afu also told Chen Ming that if they didn't come back within an hour, he should ask relatives in the clan to help him look for him.
They followed Zhuifeng all the way west, passed through Guqiao Village and then headed north, passed a large field, a small river, and a wasteland, and came to a black pine forest four or five miles away from Xiangluo Village.
Zhuifeng led them into the woods again.
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