Chen Afu bowed to express his gratitude and took the Guanyin statue.
Chu Lingxuan bowed again and said, "I just got home and didn't have time to congratulate you. This is a congratulatory gift, congratulations." Then he took out a red envelope from his pocket.
This chairman is really a good leader who cares about his subordinates.
Chen Ahfu took the red envelope. It was light and must be a banknote. She smiled and said, "Thank you, Master Chu."
Chu Lingxuan added, "Hongyun Hotpot Restaurant opened in Beijing a few days ago, and business is booming. If you want to eat hotpot there, you have to make a reservation in advance."
Chen Ahfu was overjoyed when he heard this, and his eyes curved with smile. Manager Luo would often get news about the Hongyun Restaurant, and Yang Mingyuan would occasionally send someone to deliver letters, sometimes to report a message, and sometimes to ask Chen Ahfu for advice.
She knew that Yang Mingyuan had rented a four-story shop on a busy street in Beijing. He had spent all his savings on renting the shop and decorating it. The hotpot restaurant would open on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month...but she didn't expect the business to be so good.
Now that she had become rich, she was worried about her dwindling money.
Chu Lingxuan found it funny to see Chen Afu smiling with a row of white teeth showing. This girl is not pretending at all. She was so happy when she heard that the business was good, which was not consistent with her beautiful appearance. Such a bright smile, in addition to giving Dabao and Yan'er, she also gave... silver. It seems that in the future, I can't give her... gifts, I should give her silver.
Chen Afu didn't know that Chu Lingxuan was laughing at her in her heart. She just felt that this man used to look cold, but now he often smiled. Although he only pursed his lips, the shallow dimples at the corners of his mouth were as beautiful as those of Miss Chu.
What she liked most about the little girl was her dimples. The bigger her smile, the deeper her dimples were, and the shallower her smile, the smaller her dimples were. She especially hoped that her dimples would become deeper and deeper, and that her smile would become brighter and brighter.
She seemed to feel that Chu Lingxuan's dimples were getting deeper and deeper...
She was frightened by her own hallucination and hurried out of the hall.
After leaving Yiran Courtyard, Wei was waiting by the roadside with two bunches of wintersweets. Seeing her holding the Buddha statue in her hands, she smiled and said, "Come on, I'll take you home."
The two of them chatted and laughed as they walked out of the corner gate of Tangyuan, and in half a minute they arrived at Luyuan.
Chen Ahfu said, "Abbot Liaochen and Lord Chu both like the braised food I make. Wait, Sister Luo, I'll make some vegetarian braised food for you to take back."
Those two great gods have given me great gifts, and I haven’t had my own food yet, so I have to make some and send it to them.
Wei smiled and said, "That's a good feeling."
Chen Afu first went to the upper room and gave the Guanyin Buddha statue to Chen Ming, asking him to enshrine it in the living room. He also gave him the red envelope and two bunches of wintersweets.
Then, Wei lit the fire, Chen Ahfu fried the ingredients, and Wang washed some dried tofu, bean curd skin, lotus root and other easy-to-cook vegetables and stewed them in a small pot. It was already late in the afternoon, and if we were any later, we would miss dinner.
While the food was being stewed, the laughter of several children including A-Lu and Da-bao, as well as the howling of Zhui-Feng and Wang-Cai were heard outside the yard. There was even the voice of Luo Ming-Cheng. The other two were also children of the servants in Tang-Yuan.
Wei smiled and said, "We are close now. Not only will Sister Yan come to your house more often, but my Cheng boy will come even more often."
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "It's better to run more frequently. I like children. We have a small family, so having more children will make things more lively."
Wei looked at her and smiled, "Ahfu will be sixteen next year, so we can't delay any longer. Tell me what kind of man you want to find, and I'll help you find one. You are so beautiful, you should be paired with a good young man."
Wang looked up happily after hearing this and said, "Then I would like to thank my nephew's wife first. You can see that my Ah Fu is pretty, kind, and clever." She sighed again, "However, Ah Fu's situation is special. She has established a female household and has a son. She is looking for a son-in-law. I'm afraid a young man with too good conditions will not be willing to come to her. We are thinking about finding her a good young man with a good heart and ability, who doesn't just want to live off her. It doesn't matter if he doesn't have money, the key is that he has to be a good person. It would be best if he is a good person and not too ugly."
When it comes to men and finding a son-in-law, Chen Afu is not shy. This is indeed a more realistic issue. Women in ancient times married early. Didn't you see that the twelve-year-old Chen Aju was already impatient?
Although she had made plans to live with Dabao alone for the rest of her life if she couldn't find a good one, this was the worst-case scenario. If there was a decent man, she would still want to find one. She would have someone to rely on, and having a few more children would make the family more lively.
Chen Afu didn't run away out of shame like the girls of that era. After listening to what Wang said, she added with a smile, "It doesn't matter if he's a little average, the key is that he has to be clean. I can't stand sloppy men who don't brush their teeth and wash their feet every day..." She insisted on this point, so she had to say it.
Before she could finish her words, Wang slapped her in the face and scolded her, "Oh, you girl, you are so embarrassing. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by your sister-in-law Luo?"
Chen Ahfu said, "It is precisely because she is Mrs. Luo that I tell the truth. There is nothing shameful about it. If there is no suitable man, the worst that can happen is that I won't marry her."
When she heard her say "marry", Wei laughed so hard that she fell backwards. She said, "Sister Ah Fu's condition is neither high nor low. Men who insist on brushing their teeth every day are from families that are more particular. If a family is particular, life must be easier, and such a person may not be willing to marry. If a young man has no money and lives an uncomfortable life, most of them will not be too particular. In fact, it's not a big deal if a young man is a little less particular. After the marriage, you can just help take care of him."
Chen Ahfu shook his head and said, "It's easy to change the country, but it's hard to change one's nature. Once you develop a habit of being careless, it's hard to correct it."
She was like this in her previous life. She particularly liked clean and neat men, but she particularly disliked unrefined men.
Wei asked again, "If there is a man with good conditions who wants to marry and is willing to take Dabao to his home, but he is unwilling to come to your house, are you willing to relocate your household registration back to your mother's home and then marry him?"
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "If I get married, what will happen to Sister Yan? I really can't bear to part with her."
Wei smiled and said, "Sister will grow up eventually. If there is a suitable man, we will arrange the marriage first. In two years, when sister is older and in better health, sister Afu can get married. You can't delay your lifelong event for sister. What do you think? If you are better in the future, are you willing to get married?"
Wang said hurriedly, "If the young man is really very good, we are willing to marry her off."
Chen Ahfu curled his lips, shook his head and said, "I don't think there is any man good enough to make me have such thoughts."
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