Chapter 126: Second Madam Lao as Matchmaker
February arrived in a few days. The weather was warm and the willow branches were golden. Xiao Ming'er walked more steadily day by day. When it was warm, he would pick flowers and chase butterflies in the yard, running around with his chubby little legs.
In the evening, Xiao Ming'er had already fallen asleep. Chen Qi was packing clothes for her daughter to wear in the spring. She discussed with Xie Yuduo that she wanted to take her daughter back to her hometown to visit.
She came to the provincial capital in September of the previous year and has never returned to Pingshan County. The last time she saw her parents was when her daughter was one month old.
Xie Yuduo was sitting cross-legged on the kang, flipping through documents, and agreed readily.
"Okay. Bring everything you need. I don't have everything back home, and I'm afraid it'll be hard to find when I need it."
Shen Qi nodded naturally.
"I know. It's mainly clothes, her various toys, and her favorite food. I'll also need a wet nurse and two maids. If there are more, the house won't be able to accommodate them."
Xie Yuduo nodded and said okay, then turned another page.
"I'll have someone pack up the things in the front study tomorrow and take away everything that needs to be taken."
Shen Qi was stunned.
"You want to go back too?"
Xie Yuduo raised his eyes and looked at her.
"Aren't you going to take me back?"
"Of course not. You're so busy every day, and a bunch of people come to you every day to discuss things. I can't take everyone back with me, right?"
Xie Yuduo chuckled.
"You don't need to bring them, just take me. Give me a few days to arrange the business at hand, and ask Xiaowu to stay and keep an eye on it. If there is anything serious that you are unsure of, send someone on horseback back to my hometown to report to me. I won't make any big mistakes."
Chen Qi still felt that it was not possible and waved her hands repeatedly.
"Forget it, don't cause me any more trouble. Just the two of us will go back and ask the old lady to see our great-granddaughter, and then we'll come back to stay at my house for a few days. And take the jade mirror with you, we'll be back soon."
Xie Yuduo closed the document and walked to the opposite side of the kang table.
"How fast?"
Chen Qi was pushed into a corner by him and pushed him away with a smile.
"Very soon, about a month. Since I'm back, I have to stay for at least that long."
Xie Yuduo sighed softly, turned over and lay down, resting his head on her legs.
"A month is almost here? If you're only going to be gone for three or five days, I won't follow you."
Chen Qi smiled and put a pile of sorted clothes on him.
"That's a scoundrel. You go out every now and then, and I never follow you. You only come back after ten days or half a month, and I don't see how you're doing."
He reached out to steady the pile of clothes on his body.
"I've always wanted you to go with me. But you can't sit in a car for long or walk long distances. Rather than seeing you feel dizzy and sick on the road, I'd rather keep you at home with our daughter."
"You scoundrel, can't you give me a month?"
"I can't bear to leave you for even a day."
Shen Qi chuckled.
"If...if one day I die, will you stop living?"
Hearing this, Xie Yuduo frowned and glanced at her sideways.
Chen Qi looked calm as she adjusted her clothes and put another pile of clothes on him.
Xie Yuduo clapped his hands, sighed, picked up the two piles of clothes on his body, put them aside, and turned over to sit up.
"Okay, okay! You can die..."
As he spoke, he stretched out his long arm and pulled Chen Qi from the pile of brocade clothes into his arms.
"…but only to die in my bed."
After saying this, he picked up his wife, who was laughing and beating him, and carried her to the bed.
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They talked about all sorts of things in bed, and finally Chen Qi gave in first and agreed to take him back with her.
Xie Yuduo felt greatly refreshed both physically and mentally, and was extremely happy.
Even though he was returning to his home, he seemed to have taken advantage of it.
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In the family of three, the husband is busy making money and the daughter is busy growing up. Chen Qi is the one who takes the least trouble. She packed her clothes and jewelry early and waited eagerly for the father and daughter to pack their luggage.
That day, Chen Qi took her daughter to the study, saying that she was helping to clean up, but in fact she was helping to make trouble.
Xiao Ming'er could run a long time ago, and the study was her favorite place to play. Sometimes, she followed her father and insisted on seeing what he was holding in his hand. Sometimes, she pulled her mother's skirt to show her the fun things she had found.
Without paying attention for a moment, the eldest daughter of the Xie family climbed along her father's chair to the desk, reached into the inkstone, and dipped her hand in ink.
Little kids, your hands are so fast!
When the maids discovered it, the documents, letters, and accounts on the desk were scattered all over the place, and every piece of paper was printed with small black handprints.
Xiao Ming'er's face was fine, there was only a large black mark that stretched from his forehead to his chin.
Seeing her mischief, Chen Qi frowned and wanted to go over and pick her up. Xie Yuduo hurriedly picked her up with a smile, not minding getting his clothes dirty. He took a handkerchief dipped in warm water and carefully wiped his daughter's face.
"It's nothing, just ask someone to send another one. We'll learn to climb the table tomorrow. We've acquired a new skill. Won't mother praise us?"
Seeing that his mother was angry, Xiao Ming rubbed his ink-stained little head hard into his father's arms.
Just as we finished dealing with the little troublemaker, Xiaowu knocked on the door and came in.
Xie Yuduo called him over and told him that he was going back to his hometown. He also arranged some business priorities. Xiaowu nodded one by one and took note of them.
Chen Qi held her daughter in her arms, preventing her from running around and causing trouble. Seeing that the two had finished talking, she spoke with a smile.
"Xiaowu was so thin when he was little, I didn't expect him to grow up to be so tall. Looking at him from behind, he looks a bit like Erye when he was young."
Xie Yuduo turned around and looked at her.
"I'm not old now."
Shen Qi smiled slightly.
"You're already old enough to have a daughter, aren't you old?"
She then said to Xiao Wu, "When he returns this time, you'll be burdened with all the work in the shops. You should think of a reward in advance and make a big profit from him."
When Xiao Wu heard this, he was touched. He took two steps forward and knelt in front of Chen Qi.
Chen Qi was startled and hurriedly asked the maid to help him up, but Xiao Wu refused.
"If Second Madam didn't mention it, I wouldn't be able to speak. Now that Second Madam has said it, I have something on my mind that I must ask you to make the decision on."
"What's the matter? Just tell me. You and I are not strangers. Don't go through all this empty formalities."
"Second Madam, I like Xiao Ling. I've kept this in my heart, but others probably don't know. If you really want to reward me, please help me get married and ask Xiao Ling to marry me."
When Chen Qi heard this, she and Xie Yuduo looked at each other from a distance and both laughed.
"This is truly a joyous occasion. Stand up and tell me. I've thought about this before, but I felt it was too early to do so, and I was afraid you wouldn't be interested, so I never mentioned it. In my opinion, you two have known each other since childhood, know each other well, and visit each other frequently. You're a better match than your master and I. How could I refuse such a good opportunity? Stand up, and I promise to be your matchmaker."
After hearing this, Xiaowu was overjoyed and kowtowed several times. In the end, Xie Yuduo kicked him from behind.
"Are you still not getting up? If you keep kowtowin', you two will outshine us!"
Everyone laughed.
Xiaowu stood up and swore a solemn oath.
"When we get married, I will remember Second Mistress's kindness and serve Second Master faithfully as a slave for the rest of my life."
Shen Qi sighed.
"Look, I took the trouble to act as a matchmaker, but I worked so hard for him. Second Master, you're really benefiting from me!"
Everyone laughed again.
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