Chapter 281: On the desire to cover up

"What's wrong? What happened at home?"

As soon as Shen Yuan returned home, he found that the servants were in a mess, as if they were looking for something.

"Girl, the golden cake is gone."

"Missing again?!"

Huang Jingao has run away from home more than once. It feels pitiful to be confined in the house, so we have to let it out. However, the wall at home cannot hold it in. There was one time when it went out and didn't come back for several days. The family searched the nearby area but couldn't find it. Then it came back by itself three days later. A tuft of hair on its neck had fallen off. I don't know if it was hit by other cats. After that time, it was well behaved for a while.

"When the old man came back, he said the cat was missing. I asked people to look for it all over the house, but they couldn't find it."

"If it hides, no one will be able to find it. Forget it. We can't all be here looking for the cat. Find a few people to go out and look for it. There's no need to look for it at home. Ask the kitchen to stew two fish. If it's at home, it will smell it and come out naturally."

"yes."

When the family was having dinner in the evening, Mrs. Shen heard about this and said to the father and daughter, "The cat must have gone out to find a female cat. It's very smart. Just wait, it will come back in two days."

Mrs. Shen was right. Two days later, Huang Jingao returned to Shen Yun's yard again. But this time it did not come back alone. It also brought back two kittens that looked very similar to it.

"Grandma is right. Our Huang Jingao really did go out and harm someone's little female cat. This time he even brought the cat back with him."

Shen Yun asked someone to take the two kittens that Huang Jingao brought back home and take good care of them. In fact, these two kittens can be considered his grandchildren.

"It's not good for it to run around so randomly all the time. Dad has asked around and learned that when a male cat grows up, it is best to 'slaughter its masculinity' (1) so that it won't run around so randomly. I heard that this will help the cat live longer."

Huang Jingao never thought that his temporary departure from home would bring him a lifetime of...

Nowadays, there are craftsmen in the private sector who can do this, but Shen Yun was worried, so he spent money to invite someone from the palace veterinary department to come.

"The veterinary staff is very skilled. After just one day, Huang Jingao is back to full health. He no longer runs around and has gained a lot of weight."

On the Dragon Boat Festival, when Shen Yuan met Xie Hui, Shen Yuan told him about this matter. Xie Hui still did not participate in the Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat race this year, because poor Xie Shaoyin was very busy on the Dragon Boat Festival and could only meet Shen Yuan during his shift change at noon. Shen Yuan also brought two rice dumplings from his home for him.

After Shen Yuan saw him finish eating two rice dumplings, he told him a very cruel thing.

"Xie Shaoyin, I noticed that you seem to have gotten tanned."

In fact, Xie Hui himself has also discovered this. The weather has been hot recently, and people are getting restless. There have been more fights outside. As Shao Yin, Xie Hui has no time to sit down and take turns on duty. It gets dark very quickly under the sun every day.

"But it doesn't matter if it's black now. When we get married in October, you should be able to come back white again, right?" Shen Yuan said, and then he began to mutter, "Time flies so fast. We're getting married in five months! Xie Shaoyin, are you happy?"

“Happy.”

Xie Hui would not say anything particularly nice, but recently, whenever he was not particularly busy, he would go to take a look at the house where they would live in the future after he got off work. When Zhou Zhongan found out about this, he even teased him, saying that he had trampled down the doorstep even before they moved in.

Recently, his mother has started writing invitations at home and has also asked someone to take measurements for his wedding dress. His father has also started writing the makeup poem that he had promised to write. He feels that his wedding date with Manman is finally approaching.

Shen Yuan deliberately said: "You are not sincere enough, say it again."

Xie Hui bent down and kissed Shen Yuan on the cheek, "I'm very happy. Do we have to say it again this time?"

"Well, that's about it."

"But I think it's not enough. I want to say it again."

The warmth moves from the cheeks to the lips...

After a while, Shen Yuan raised his hand and touched his mouth, "Xie Shaoyin, you are getting better and better at taking advantage of others."

Before going back, Shen Yuan saw a vendor selling meat buns on the roadside, so he went over and bought a few. "Please add more chili for me."

After returning, Shen Yuan put the sandwiches on the table, "Do you want to eat sandwiches? This sandwich is too spicy. It made my mouth swollen."

As soon as she said this, the whole family, including Shunshun, stared at her. Except for Shunshun, Old Madam Shen, Shen Yun, Shen Su and He Ying all had an expression that said: Do you think we believe it?

"Sui Sui, today Dad will tell you an idiom, which means "to cover one's desire is to make one appear more prominent."

He Ying pinched her husband under the table, signaling him to stop. Now he was full of jokes. Didn't he remember what a bad person he was in the past?

Shen Yuan suddenly felt that he was being stupid. He angrily grabbed the cake and started eating it. After just two bites, he couldn't help but put the cake down and started drinking water.

"Don't eat spicy food. Stop bothering your mouth."

——Interlude small theater

Zhou Zhongan saw Xie Hui.

Zhou Zhongan: What did you eat for lunch? Why is your mouth swollen?

Xie Hui: Eat rice dumplings.

Zhou Zhongan: Whose rice dumplings are so strange? They are spicy.

When the family returned home in the afternoon, the housekeeper came forward and said that they had received a lot of things from Jinling today. "The person who came said that the things were for the young lady."

It was sent from Jinling, and was specifically given to Shen Yuan. It's not difficult to guess who sent it.

"Manman, since it's sent to you, you can do with it yourself."

After Shen Yuan left, Old Lady Shen asked her son, "Second brother, Manman is getting married, what are your plans for Jinling?"

Shen Yun had already thought about this matter a long time ago. "No matter what, it is Yanniang's family, Manman's maternal grandfather's family. It's a wedding, so naturally I still have to send an invitation."

"Since you have made up your mind, I won't say anything. But when Kang Ge'er got married, no one from Jinling came, and we did send an invitation."

"Mother, it's all in the past, why bring it up? Besides, wasn't the old lady sick when Kang Ge'er got married?"

This time the gifts were indeed sent by Shen Yuan's uncle. He learned from his daughter that Shen Yuan was going to get married, so he asked someone to send the gifts over as a gift for his niece. Although Shen Yuan's grandmother did not say anything, she also asked the nanny to send a lot of things and asked her son to send them to the capital together.

Since the things have been delivered, there is no reason to return them. After Shen Yuan received the things, he wrote a letter and asked someone to deliver it.

Note (1): "A male cat must have its masculine spirit slain, so that it becomes softer and fatter day by day." - From "Cat Garden" (by Huang Han, Qing Dynasty)

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