At about 9 o'clock, Chu Hanyan, Luo Mei and Luo Mingcheng came over accompanied by adults.
Today is the first day of class at the new campus. Chen Afu and the children are very excited. With the presence of Yang Chao and Yang Qian, the atmosphere in the class is more lively.
First we listened to stories and played games in the activity room, then practiced martial arts in the front yard, and then learned counting and addition within ten in the study. Then, we had lunch and took a nap.
In the afternoon, we played games, built blocks, and learned words. Then we went to the children's playground in the backyard for free and had dinner.
After dinner, the children played wildly in the yard again, and the birds that had been wild all day came back, led by the golden swallows.
The sounds of people laughing, dogs barking and birds singing mixed together, making Fuyuan even more lively.
Today Chu Hanyan will sleep in the same bed with Yang Qian and her aunt, and her smile became even sweeter with joy.
Wang and Chen Afu were sitting in the corridor discussing Dabao's birthday tomorrow. Tomorrow was the fifth anniversary of Dabao being picked up, which was also Dabao's fifth birthday. After his birthday, he would go to private school.
When Chen Ming was still at home, he had taken Dabao to the private school in Shangshui Village to meet Mr. Jiang. Mr. Jiang liked Dabao very much and said that he was very intelligent and gifted. He also asserted, "Jiang can only teach this child for one year at most. After that, you have to find another good teacher..."
Chen Ming was so excited that he shed tears. His family would finally produce an official.
Wang felt that she could only give Dabao one egg on his birthday, but he was sensible enough to give his mother half of the egg, hoping to give him a lively birthday. The way country people liven up their birthdays is to invite more guests, set up more tables, and prepare more delicious food.
Chen Ahfu was unwilling, saying that Dabao's happiness was the most important thing. So she would only let the children accompany her tomorrow. In addition to the children at home, she would at most invite Xiao Shitou, Sixizi, and two children from Tangyuan who played well with Dabao, Dazhu and Dingzi.
While they were talking, they were both worried about Chen Ming. According to his personality, he should not miss Chen Afu's move, nor should he miss Dabao's birthday. But now he has not returned, and he may miss Dabao's birthday too.
Chen Ahfu looked at Wang, whose eyes were red, and advised, "Don't worry, mother. Steward Luo is with them. If there is any emergency, he will definitely send someone back to let us know."
Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound of a horse-drawn carriage outside the door, and the carriage stopped at the gate of Fuyuan. Then Zeng Shuang's voice came, "Open the door, Uncle Chen is back."
Old man Zeng hurried to open the door. Wang and Chen Afu both stood up and went to the door, and the children followed them.
Seeing Chen Ming and Zeng Jiang standing at the door, Chen Ming's face was not very good. The carriage was from Tangyuan, and it took them back to Tangyuan.
Zeng Shuang helped Chen Ming in, and Wang asked anxiously, "What happened to the head of the family?"
Chen Ming shook his head and walked straight into the upper room. Chen Afu and Wang followed him in quickly. A Lu and Da Bao wanted to follow in, but Chen Afu stopped them and told them to continue playing with the little guests in the yard, and asked Aunt Zeng to go and give Chen Ming and Zeng Shuang a blowjob.
Chen Ming drank a glass of water before explaining the whole story.
It turned out that Chen Ye and Hu regretted their decision as soon as they saw the luxury and business of the restaurant. Xinglong Restaurant was a three-story blue brick building with flying eaves, carved railings and painted pillars, and colorful lights hanging high, which dazzled them.
They originally thought that the restaurant was not big and might be only slightly better than the restaurants in Sanqing County. They never expected that it would be more luxurious than the best restaurant in the county.
Moreover, the business was surprisingly good, and all three floors were full. How much money did they make?
Chen Ming shook his head and said, "Business was so good in the first two days because of the connections of Manager Luo and Zeng Shuang. Many managers of the General's Mansion and people related to the General's Mansion came, and even military officers, as well as some officials that the restaurant had to hire. Normally, there would definitely not be so many people..."
But Chen Ye and Hu Shi didn't think so, they just thought they were at a disadvantage. The second and third wives each held 40% of the shares, while the first wife only held 10%. In the future, the second and third wives will definitely make more and more money, and the first wife will only become poorer and poorer...
Chen Ye's thoughts were that if he had known earlier, he should have paid more silver and taken a larger share. This restaurant was obviously a big money-maker. It was all that bitch's fault. Otherwise, if he had paid more than a hundred taels of silver, he would not have only taken a 10% share.
But Mrs. Hu thought that the second and third wives were too stingy. If they were to give out shares, they should give out 30% of them. Wouldn't it be just right for each wife to get 30%?
At that time, Chen Shi specially opened a private room in the restaurant and invited the entire Chen family to dinner.
Mrs. Hu was the first to attack, crying and accusing the second and third wives of being selfish and ungrateful, only thinking about getting rich, but letting the eldest brother who raised them suffer and become poor, and their consciences were eaten by dogs. She also scolded Chen Afu, saying that it was all her idea, that damn girl had a bad heart...
Chen Ming didn't mind being scolded, but he was not happy when Chen Ahfu was scolded. He said, "It was my sister-in-law who cried and made a scene that day and didn't want to pay the money. How can you blame my Ahfu? Ahfu was kind-hearted and wanted to let your eldest family get a share without paying the money, so he came up with this idea."
Zhang also said, "Yes, when Ah Fu came up with this idea that day, I remember that my sister-in-law was very happy." But in her heart she thought, not only was Hu happy, but the whole family of the first house was happy.
Chen Ye was already angry, and when he heard Hu swearing harshly, he was about to yell at her.
But when he heard Chen Ming's words suddenly pull apart the relatives, he became even more unhappy. He said with a sullen face, "Second brother, what did you say? Say it again! What do you mean by 'my Ah Fu' and what do you mean by 'your eldest wife'?"
Old Lady Chen also said, "Second Brother, are you stupid? You don't even know who is close to you and who is distant from you?"
Chen Ming was originally afraid of Chen Ye, and he had indeed said the wrong thing in a hurry, so he quickly said, "I said the wrong thing, don't be angry, big brother..."
Seeing her husband helping her, Mrs. Hu felt even more confident. She pouted and said, "Oh, you're giving me Ah Fu back. You have the nerve to say that... Many people in the village are now saying in private that Ah Fu is not your biological daughter, but was brought here by Mrs. Wang. She is the biological daughter of the prefect..."
These words scared the three Chen brothers and Old Lady Chen out of their wits. If someone overheard them, their whole family would be in trouble. They quickly stopped her from talking nonsense.
Chen Ye slapped her so hard that she fell on the table, with a pile of dishes and plates under her. Fortunately, the weather was still cold and Hu was wearing thick clothes. She was fine except for a few blisters on her hands. Hu burst into tears and the room was in chaos.
We couldn’t continue eating and went home.
Chen Ming was so angry that he couldn't get up in the middle of the night, so Chen Shi and Chen Ayu went to ask her husband to come back overnight.
The next morning, a group of soldiers suddenly broke into Chen Shi's house and arrested Hu, saying that she was suspected of framing an important official of the court, which was a serious crime. But because the case was related to the prefect, he transferred the case to the military to avoid suspicion.
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