Seeing the little guy raise his green eyes, curl his lips, and gossip so much, Chen Afu was helpless. This little thing is sometimes very naive, and sometimes very cunning. Today I found that it has a slight delusion.
She glared at it and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I've already made it clear to you, he and I are from two different worlds, we are one in heaven and one in hell, how could we be together? In my previous life, Liu Xudong and I were not this different, and I was dumped so badly. I won't be stupid enough to fall in the same place again and try to climb up the social ladder. Besides, it seems that he already has a woman he likes, and maybe he will get married soon. Alas, little Yan'er will have another stepmother, poor child."
Chen Ahfu said, shaking his head helplessly, breaking off one-fifth of the wood residue, and putting the rest into the purse in the space, and then leaving the space. When leaving the space, he heard Jin Yanzi saying stubbornly behind him, "No way, I'm an emotional psychologist, how could I have misjudged someone..."
Chen Afu went to the storeroom again, brought out two large pieces of frozen mutton, and asked Xue Dagui to plane the mutton. The slices of meat plane were not only much thinner than those cut with a knife, but also curled, which looked good and was easy to pick up.
The chicken soup was already thick, so Chen Ahfu fried the hot pot ingredients and added the chicken soup to continue boiling. Of course, when adding the chicken soup, he also added the Yanchenxiang residue.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and heavy snow was falling from the sky. The fragrance wafting from the kitchen window made people stop and breathe in deeply.
Old man Zeng smelled the increasingly delicious aroma and said, "My God, I have lived to such an age and have never smelled anything so delicious."
Chen Afu and the others were busy in the kitchen. She saw the snowflakes were getting bigger and bigger outside, and she was even more delighted. This was the best weather for hot pot.
There are not many dishes now. The meat dishes are only mutton rolls, shrimps, pork balls and fish balls. The vegetarian dishes are cabbage, bean sprouts, lotus root slices, mushrooms, vermicelli and bean curd. In order to make it convenient for him to eat hot pot at home and entertain guests, Chen Afu specially asked someone to make four homemade charcoal stoves with iron sheets and four square tables with hollow centers.
The Chen family couldn't afford the silver frost charcoal, so Aunt Luo asked someone to go back to Tangyuan to get some.
In the upper living room, a hot pot table was set up, and Chen Ming, A Lu, Da Bao, and Luo Guanshi accompanied Chu Lingxuan to eat. In the east room, two tables were set up, one for hot pot, and Wang accompanied Luo Da Niang, Wei, Song Mama, Zeng Auntie, and Mu Auntie to eat. The other table was not hot pot, but some braised dishes and braised dishes, which were eaten by the children, and Chen Afu accompanied them to eat. In the back room, a hot pot table was set up, and it was eaten by the male servants, as a welcome to Zeng Laotou and others.
There were the fewest people in the hall, but the most dishes were prepared, six large plates of mutton rolls, four plates of fish balls, four plates of pork balls, and a few vegetables, but it was still not enough. They asked someone to carve another six large plates of mutton rolls and wash two small bowls of vegetarian dishes. In the end, they had eaten all the meat and vegetables, and only then did they put down their chopsticks.
At the table, except for Dabao who ate his small belly to his heart's content, the others barely touched the mutton rolls. Of the twelve plates of mutton, except for Dabao who ate a small half, the rest went into Chu Lingxuan's stomach.
Chen Afu would occasionally come out to check on him, and his heart would ache for fear that he would suffer from gastroptosis due to overeating.
Chu Lingxuan finished eating and wiped the sweat off his forehead with a silk handkerchief with great satisfaction. Chen Ahfu, who came out, smiled and said, "Master Ah is really thoughtful. The food he prepares is always so delicious that you can't stop eating. This hot pot is much better than the one I had at the Hongyun Hot Pot Restaurant in Beijing. My grandfather will come here from Beijing to celebrate the New Year in a few days. My grandfather loves food the most. When the time comes, please ask Master Chen to make more hot pots like this for him to make him happy."
Chen Ahfu nodded in agreement. He felt a little amused, not knowing whether to do it for him or for Old Marquis Chu.
Chu Lingxuan said to Manager Luo, "I brought back ten fat sheep from outside the Great Wall this time. Send two of them here tomorrow... No, keep one at home and send the rest here."
Manager Luo bowed and responded.
Chu Lingxuan stood up to say goodbye. Mother Song took a small silk quilt and wrapped Chu Hanyan. Chu Lingxuan took Chu Hanyan from Mother Song and held her in his arms. The group of people went out. Chen Afu asked Shanzi and Xue Dagui to send Dahu and his sister home.
I don't know when the heavy snow stopped. The ground was covered with a thin layer of white snow, and the sky was dotted with twinkling cold stars, making the horizon even more desolate and bright.
After leaving Luyuan, the wind got stronger. The cold wind swept across the empty fields, across the dead branches covered with ice and snow, and whistled past my ears.
Perhaps it was because his daughter was pressed against his chest that Chu Lingxuan felt unusually warm in his heart. Over the years, even on summer nights, even with many people around him, he always felt empty in his heart, extremely lonely and desolate. But at this moment, his heart not only felt warm, but also strangely satisfied...
"Auntie, Dabao." Chu Hanyan called in his ear.
Chu Lingxuan stopped and looked back. There were two figures, one tall and one short, standing at the entrance of Lu Garden. Under the bright sunlight, the two figures were looking towards them.
Seeing them turn around, the short figure raised his arms and waved at them.
"Hehe..." Two clear laughs sounded in Chu Lingxuan's ears.
This is my daughter’s laughter! My daughter can laugh out loud now.
Chu Lingxuan was extremely excited when he heard his daughter's laughter for the first time. He looked at his daughter and saw her smiling at the two people in the distance. Then he whispered, "I like it, Auntie... Dabao."
Chu Lingxuan was happy and a little hurt at the same time, and asked, "My daughter doesn't like her father?"
Chu Hanyan hugged his neck, retracted her gaze, touched his cheek with hers, and said, "I like it... Daddy."
Chu Lingxuan laughed out loud and said, "Good girl, Daddy likes you too."
"I want you to... like... Auntie, Dabao." Chu Yan said softly, and urged, "Daddy, say..."
In the bright sunlight, the little girl looked at him with sparkling eyes, her eyes full of anticipation.
"Uh... um..." Chu Lingxuan looked back at the two figures and said to Chu Hanyan's ear, "My daughter, Daddy is a man, and there are some things that are hard to say."
Although Chu Lingxuan did not say what the little girl wanted to hear, his hot breath blew into her ears, which made her feel itchy and warm, and she giggled twice.
Chu Lingxuan saw that the little figure was still waving at them. He looked for a while before turning back and walking towards Tangyuan.
Dabao didn't put down his raised hand until Chu Lingxuan and his daughter turned around the dead trees and their figures disappeared from sight.
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "I can't see them anymore. It's time to go back."
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