After Chen Afu finished his work, he saw the little girl looking at him resentfully with her lips pouted. Mother Song and Luo Mei were accompanying her.
Mother Song winked at Chen Ahfu and said silently, "Sister is being ignored."
Chen Ahfu walked over, picked her up and said with a smile, "Sister, what's wrong? Why don't you go play with building blocks?"
Chu Hanyan pouted and said, "Auntie... doesn't like me anymore." After saying that, her eyes turned red.
Chen Ahfu couldn't bear to see the little girl being wronged, so when he saw her like this, he quickly coaxed her, "How could Auntie not like you? Auntie likes you very much. Auntie was busy just now and didn't have time to practice martial arts with you. All right, all right, let's practice quickly."
Afterwards, Yang Chao and his sister, Da Hu and his sister, and Luo Mingcheng, who were playing with building blocks in the house, were called out.
Several children lined up in the corridor, with Chu Hanyan standing in the middle. The animals also took their positions, with the two parrots standing in the front, and even Zhuifeng and Wangcai standing on both sides of the children.
Because the outer corridor of Lu Garden was relatively narrow, Chen Afu had to stand in the courtyard outside the corridor.
She clapped her hands and gave an order, "Children, come, come, follow auntie to practice martial arts."
Then, he sang and gestured:
Three circles to the left, three circles to the right, twist your neck and waist, let's practice martial arts during lunch break. Shake your hands and feet, take deep breaths, learn to sing and dance like auntie, we will be healthy... Smile, smile, be polite, smile, you will become more and more beautiful, everyone will say you are great... Remember to wash your hands before meals, remember to rinse your mouth after meals, healthy people are happier... One, two, three, four, two, two, three, four...
For this "Health Song", Chen Afu changed the lyrics and movements to make it conform to the norms of this era.
The children followed her. Luo Mei and Luo Mingcheng could even sing a few lines. Chu Hanyan could not sing out loud, but her mouth seemed to move. Yang Chao, Yang Qian and Da Hu were all smart. After watching for a while, they also started to dance like her. Daya was younger and could only follow her by twisting her neck and hips.
Several new servants at Luyuan were shocked when they saw this scene. Not only were the words strange, the people were dancing strangely, but even the parrots and dogs were twisting their necks and hips, and the parrots sang louder than people, which was really eye-opening. Zeng Xiaoqing covered her mouth and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.
When Chu Lingxuan arrived, he saw this scene and his mouth was half open in shock again.
Is this practicing martial arts?
Seeing this, Dabao quickly let go of Chu Lingxuan's hand, ran to the team, and started practicing with them. He sang the loudest and interacted best with Chen Ahfu.
Chu Lingxuan started laughing as he watched. He was a military commander, so he naturally knew that regular exercise of these parts of the body had many benefits for the body. Exercises that strengthen the body can also be considered as practicing martial arts. Moreover, it not only exercises the body, but also teaches good habits, and it is also entertaining, which is good.
No wonder my daughter used to get sick frequently, especially in the cold winter. Even if she didn't leave the house, she would often catch a cold and take medicine all the time. But this year, my daughter not only didn't get sick, but also grew taller and fatter.
He felt that besides Chen Ahfu's graceful figure, his daughter's chubby body was the prettiest and most flexible. Looking at her moving mouth, his daughter could sing too.
When the little girl saw her father looking at her and smiling, she twisted her little neck and fat butt even more vigorously, and even her voice could be heard when he shouted "one, two, three, four".
Aunt Luo, Mrs. Wang, Old Man Zeng, and Zeng Jiang came to invite Chu Lingxuan to sit upstairs, but Chu Lingxuan waved his hands, as he hadn't seen enough.
After Chen Ahfu and the other children had practiced martial arts for a quarter of an hour, they stopped. When she saw Chu Lingxuan coming, she hurried over to greet him and thanked him for sending her off.
Chu Lingxuan said a few polite words and fully affirmed Chen Afu's work with a smile, "Master Chen, you have worked hard and you have done a great job. This set of 'kung fu' is also good and will be of great benefit to the children's health."
Then, he also imitated Chen Ahfu and stood still, but leaned over and stretched out his hand to Chu Hanyan, saying, "My daughter, you see daddy coming and you don't come over to let daddy hold you?"
Chu Hanyan smiled and glanced at Yang Qian sideways before she walked out of the team proudly and threw herself into her father's arms.
Chu Lingxuan picked up his daughter who was walking towards him, and he felt indescribably happy and satisfied. He was especially happy when he heard his daughter call him "Daddy" in his ear.
Before they could get intimate enough, they heard a cry. It was little Yang Qian.
She looked at Chu Hanyan enviously as she was hugged by her father, and cried, "Sister Yan'er's father came to hug her, but where is my father? Why doesn't my father miss his daughter? Why doesn't my father come back for the New Year? Wuuwuwu..."
Chu Hanyan said to Chu Lingxuan, "Daddy, Sister Qian... is so pitiful, her daddy... doesn't want her, daddy, hug her."
Chu Lingxuan had never held another child except his own little girl. But this was his daughter's request, and he couldn't refuse, so he put Chu Hanyan down and smiled and extended his hand to Yang Qian.
Yang Qian missed her father so much that she treated Yan'er's father as her own father and walked over to Chu Lingxuan's arms. Chu Lingxuan hugged her, and the little girl felt better.
Chu Lingxuan followed the children to the south room of the west wing and sat aside watching them play.
Chen Ahfu thought to himself that Chu Lingxuan looked aloof, but he actually had a good personality, unlike the men of this era. Men of this era generally did not easily hold their children, nor did they bother to play with their children in the same room. But he was different. He liked to hold his daughter, spoil her, and was willing to watch them play next to the children.
She played with the children in the south room for a while, then went to the kitchen to busy herself.
Not long after, Manager Luo came to Lu Garden to wait on Chu Lingxuan. The father and son had just returned to Tang Garden from Zhaojia Village, and when they heard that the master had returned and visited Lu Garden, they hurried over.
Chu Lingxuan saw Manager Luo lift the door curtain, stand up and walk to the west wing. He asked, "How is it? Is it lively enough?"
Manager Luo bowed and said, "Yes, it was very lively. When Old Madam Chen decorated Zhaojia Bridge with red, there were gongs and drums, and firecrackers were set off. The people were all excited and said that Old Madam Chen was kind and that she still cared about her fellow villagers after leaving her hometown for so long. Not only did she pay for the repair of the bridge, she also treated the villagers to wine and meat..."
He paused, and continued, "Not only that, my father and I added fuel to the fire, making the Liushui Banquet even more lively."
"What do you mean?" Chu Lingxuan asked.
Manager Luo said, "This banquet not only invited the villagers of Zhaojia Village and the nearby villagers, but also the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and several yamen runners..."
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