Chapter 94
Xuanyunfu looked down at the child in front of him who had just been held in his arms. The child blinked nervously and said, "Your Highness, I am really my uncle's nephew."
The clever kid was frightened and almost stunned.
Xuanyuefu looked at Yan Huaijin in the distance and saw him digging the ground.
He was sure that the child in front of him looked about eleven or twelve years old and should be the son of Yan Huaijin's second sister Yan Huaiying, and the handsome man not far away opposite was his deskmate Yan Jinjin.
But the other person was so big, like an adult man, that Yan Jinjin felt a little strange. He stood there dumbfounded and embarrassed. The real Yan Huaijin took the initiative to step forward and said, "Your Highness and I haven't seen each other for four years. My nephew looks like me before. It is normal for Your Highness to mistake me for someone else. Please come in."
"Oh." Xuanyuefu: Yan Jinjin is such an 'adult', she even gave him face.
His Highness had just lost face, and no one in the team dared to laugh out loud. However, Liu Qiang was still talking about something else. He looked at Yan Huaijin carefully and said in shock, "I haven't seen you for a few years. You have really grown taller. Are you almost as tall as me?"
"Long time no see, Liu Qiang." Yan Huaijin called him by his name.
Liu Qiang was also happy. He and Yan Huaijin had an average relationship, but Yan Huaijin had the best relationship with Xuanyufu. Now he heard Yan Huaijin's words were not shy, and he was immediately overjoyed. He said, "Xu Xuanfu, Yan Huaijin hasn't changed. He is still quite straightforward. You should be relieved. You were nervous and tangled on the way here."
Xuanyu Fu: Liu Qiang, shut your pig mouth right now!
Upon hearing this, Yan Huaijin looked at Xuanyifu with gentle eyes. Xuanyifu met the eyes of this big version of Yan Huaijin and felt inexplicably ashamed. He couldn't understand why this happened. His ears felt hot in a short while and he knew they were red without even touching them.
Ahhhhhhh!!! Why am I so embarrassed? Xuanyunfu was puzzled as to why he was so cowardly. He had just hugged Yan Huaijin's nephew very easily.
"Xu Xuanfu, I miss you so much." Yan Huaijin said in a low voice seriously.
Stop talking, stop talking, my ears are going to explode. Xuan Duofu cursed in his heart, but in fact he was embarrassed, so he put on the airs of a prince and said, "Well, let me go in and take a look first, where is your yard?"
Yan Huaijin said: "Your Highness, please follow me. My second sister lives in the countryside, and I live in a thatched cottage. My uncle, aunt, and eldest brother have all returned to Shengdu."
I also briefly introduced my relatives to Your Highness.
Xuan Fu remembered upon hearing this that he had just forgotten "social etiquette". When visiting someone's home, one should greet the host and interact with the host. Now when he met Yan Huaiying and her husband, he said a few polite words.
"Huai Jin, please entertain His Highness well. I'll take care of the rest." Yan Huai Jin's second brother-in-law Cheng Ming said.
Cheng Ming arranged to greet the guests who came with His Highness.
Yan Huaijin took Xuanyifu to the courtyard where he lived. Naturally, they saw only two people on the narrow path, and Xu Lingguan was three meters away - Xuanyifu didn't let them get too close. In fact, Lin Zheng followed with all the good hands of the East Factory.
Wang Yuansun asked for the Yan family's map and took his personal soldiers to inspect the periphery. Liu Qiang was also not idle and followed them.
Finally, Cheng Ming looked at the hall which was soon empty. Only he and Manager Wang were left.
Wang Yuanyuan smiled and said, "Don't mind, Master Cheng. If your Highness is staying at your house, we will bother you a little."
"Of course, of course. Everyone in the mansion will listen to you." Cheng Ming said hurriedly.
…
There is a wooden door deep in the bamboo forest. That is the courtyard where Yan Huaijin lives. Yan Huaijin pushed open the gate and invited many people to come in. He said, "Fortunately, my second sister asked me to go to the front today. She said there was something important. I just heard that you might come, and then I heard the servants say that you were outside the door--"
Yan Huaijin paused at this point and looked down at Manyu Fu.
Xuanyunfu looked over and asked why it was fortunate that he didn't continue talking. Seeing Yan Huaijin's eyes full of longing, his emotion of "making conversation out of inexplicable shyness" also calmed down.
The two looked at each other for a long time. Yan Huaijin's heart was really full of emotions. He couldn't suppress the things that happened in the past four years. He couldn't be a graceful adult anymore. His eyes turned red and a tear fell. Manyu Fu felt heartbroken. The tall and unfamiliar Yan Huaijin standing in front of him, as the tear fell, overlapped with the little deskmate in his memory four years ago.
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Many delicious spicy dishes.
Many blessings, we have found the treasure.
I am so lucky. When I grow up, I can play water army competition with you.
Many blessings...
Thousands and thousands of blessings are engraved in our bones as happy memories of childhood.
Xuan Fu reached out and put his tentacles around Yan Huaijin's shoulders, only to realize that Yan Huaijin was really thin, like a bag of bones, but his robe was loose and covered him a little.
As Yan Huaijin walked along, his straight back slowly bent a little. He felt more comfortable and relaxed in front of Xuanfu. He leaned against Xuanfu, holding him carefully and cherishingly.
"I miss you so much, I have thought about you so many times, I often dream about you." Yan Huaijin's voice was a little hoarse and choked with sobs. He didn't dare to think that Xuan Fu would come to him. "I have always wanted to wait until I can see you, but by then I am afraid that you will have started a family..."
"So, am I not here to find you? We have a telepathic connection and I also dreamed of you." Xuanyu Fu didn't want to talk about the bad dream, so he let go of Yan Huaijin and smiled.
The two looked at each other with tacit understanding. Yan Huaijin also had a smile in his eyes and lowered his head slightly.
Manyufu: Hahahahahaha.
He raised his hand and pinched Yan Jinjin's hair.
"You've really grown up. I'm so embarrassed that I recognized the wrong person just now."
"Baoning looks like me, I don't blame you for admitting your mistake." Yan Huaijin protected many blessings and said, "It feels like a dream that you can come."
Xuanyu Fu chatted: "So that kid's name is Baoning. He really looks like you when you were a child. It's also Liu Qiang's fault that he told me he saw you. We haven't seen each other for four years. At first glance, I saw the one running in the front in the middle. I didn't use my brain to calculate the age, so I thought it must be yours..."
"Do you have someone you like? I know you are not married yet." Yan Huaijin asked with his head down.
After talking for a while, Duodianfu immediately became mute. The idle chatter in his mouth turned into "Xuduofu, I like you", "Can you wait for me", "Don't treat me like a child" emerging in his mind. He looked at Yan Huaijin for some reason, and at this moment he noticed that Yan Huaijin looked handsome and unfamiliar. His ears and face began to feel hot in an instant.
Yan Huaijin smiled when he saw this.
"What are you laughing at? Do you think I'm funny?" Xuanyuefu got furious when he saw it.
Yan Huaijin was as good-tempered as ever. He held Duoduofu's hand and said, "It's my fault. I made you embarrassed."
"Yan Jinjin!!!" Xuan Duofu continued angrily, "I am your boss."
Yan Huaijin nodded, "Boss Xuyunfu." Very seriously.
Manyufu: Aaaaaaaah!
Why is it getting weird again?
Just now I was back to being a little kid like I was when I was a kid.
"Are you thirsty? I'll get you some water, boss." Yan Huaijin pulled Xu Duofu inside. "My house is a little shabby. If you live here, I'll move back to the original yard. It's bigger there. Do you want to live in my house?"
Xuan Fu stared at the two people's holding hands. He didn't even say hold hands. Yan Jinjin, you are so dare to act on your own and disrespect the boss. Are you going to rebel? He wanted to take the opportunity to pull away the two people's tightly held hands, but when he heard Yan Huaijin's last tone, he seemed to have some expectations and was afraid of being disappointed. He couldn't help but look up. The words "don't bother me, I'm rough and I can live anywhere" came to his lips, but when he saw the living environment clearly, he suddenly:!
"Why do you live in a shabby thatched hut?"
This was really a shabby yard. Xuan Duofu had not paid attention to the environment along the way and only paid attention to Yan Huaijin. At this moment, he saw two people standing in the yard. The walls were all bamboo fences, and the house people lived in was a bamboo house with a thatched roof.
Xuan Fu traveled all the way south. Even when he was on a boat passing by the villages on the shore, he rarely saw thatched roofs from a distance. Now, his family and his deskmate lived in such a shabby house.
"Who bullied you? I told you to live here!"
It’s so abominable.
Xuanyi Fuqi was furious, but he had some rationality. The Yan family treated Yan Jinjin very well. In the letters Yan Jinjin sent, he was very close to his second sister's family and there was no conflict between them.
"No one has bullied me. I am very lucky. My second brother-in-law treats me very well and once asked me to move back. But my mother passed away and I was unable to build a hut to observe mourning. So I live in this thatched hut to do my best to mourn her."
Xuanyi Fu's eyebrows knitted together, "Where do you live now that Uncle Yan has passed away?"
Yan Huaijin said nothing.
Xuanyu Fu: He knew that this thatched cottage was well maintained and there were traces of life everywhere. Yan Huaijin had lived in this shabby cottage for four years.
His heart began to ache again.
Yan Jinjin is just like this. She has had her own ideas since she was young. She is filial and sincere. She also knows how to be flexible when playing with him. She is not a foolishly filial person - she does not use such external environment to be harsh on herself.
"You've lived there for four whole years, and don't tell me you've been a vegetarian for four years?" He is so blessed.
Yan Huaijin saw through it and hurriedly explained: "I've been a vegetarian for 100 days, and I won't be restricted by food after that."
"If that's the case, why do you have to live in this shabby thatched cottage?" Xuan Fu couldn't understand and pulled Yan Huaijin's hand, "You are not a pedantic person."
It's not that observing mourning for elders is pedantic, it's just that the environment here is not good. Yan Huaijin was only thirteen years old four years ago. Why is such a young child so stubborn? Is there no one in the entire Yan family who can persuade Yan Huaijin?
Yan Huaijin looked at Xuanfu, who was so worried about him that he got angry, and explained in a panic, "I, I'm afraid. When my father was alive, he said that I had few relatives and would die without children. I want to punish myself and not let you down in the future."
Manyu Fu suddenly understood.
For a moment, he felt sore and uncomfortable in his heart. Yan Huaijin, thirteen years old, had lived here for four years, four whole years, punished himself in all seasons of scorching heat and severe cold. He prayed to God that it was his fate to bring bad luck to his relatives, so the God should punish himself and not involve him.
But at that time, they were not "relatives", but just friends, and lived in two different places.
"Don't live here anymore. The environment here is too harsh. I can't get used to it. You know I'm very delicate and reserved." Xuanyu Fu tried to hold back his tears at first, but why did he become a crybaby in front of Yan Jinjin?
But he must not do this, otherwise he would lose his dignity as the boss.
Manyu Fu said nonsense, "I want to live in a big house. It's still very cold in spring. I'm afraid of the cold. I came to find you, and you have to stay with me."
"Okay, I'm fine with everything." Yan Huaijin looked at Xuanyue's silhouette and said okay.
Xu Duofu also said: "I am the crown prince. My father, the emperor, said that I have a good fate and am full of blessings. He called me Xu Duofu. You are my friend, my best friend. Yan Jinjin, you are not destined to bring bad luck to your relatives. Don't say such things anymore."
"good."
"I told you that you will have many children and grandchildren in the future, and the highest position in the East Palace will be reserved for you, waiting for you to return and take it."
Yan Huaijin didn't say yes this time.
Xuan Fu looked over angrily. Zhou Quan and Li Ang had found him and wanted to use the back door to get into the southern tour team. He just waved his hand to let off such a small matter. But for matters like the appointment of officials, especially the parachuted third-rank secretary, he would definitely not let them off. No one could do it, not even Liu Qiang, who was too stupid. If he were a civil servant, he could at most be given a seventh-rank official position. But now he was letting Yan Jinjin off.
But Yan Jinjin still didn’t agree!
It's so abominable.
Yan Huaijin lowered his head and frowned, then said softly, "I like you very much, but I won't have many children and grandchildren in this life."
The angry Crown Prince: "..."
My dear Yan Huaijin, you have really grown up now, you are amazing, you are always right, okay, my Haoduofu has become mute again, Yan Jinjin you are so hateful.
Xuan Fu's face turned red, and he pretended to be calm, turned his head back, and looked straight at the thatched hut.
After a while, Yan Huaijin looked towards the thatched roof and said in a gentle voice, "Boss Xuanfu, do you want to eat?"
"Yan Jinjin, you've passed the test, let's eat!" Xuanyifu said while gritting his teeth.
This time, I’ll let Yan Jinjin go for the sake of lunch!
In fact, it was Yan Jinjin who called him the boss, hehe, so of course the boss would be magnanimous and have a big stomach!
"I'm not eating here." Xuanyufu said with his hands behind his back.
Yan Huaijin said, "Let's go to my old yard and eat."
Xuan Fu nodded, and the two of them got along well again. He was curious after all, so he stretched his neck to look at the thatched house. Yan Huaijin said, "We still have some time, do you want to go in and take a look?"
"Let's go! I'm here now."
Yan Huaijin couldn't help but laugh.
He and Xuanyufu haven't seen each other for four years, but as always, being with Xuanyufu and chatting about even trivial things makes him happy.
The thatched cottage was really small, only about 20 square meters, with bamboo walls. Xu Duofu frowned and went to see Yan Huaijin again. Yan Huaijin explained, "My second sister said I was stubborn, so she smeared mud in the middle, and there were bamboos inside and outside. Later, it wasn't cold to live here."
"Your second sister likes to scold you." Xuanyuefu nodded, "You are so stubborn at such a young age."
Yan Huaijin wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything when he saw that Xuanfu's ears were still red. Xuanfu looked at each other, and he knew what Yan Huaijin was going to say.
Despite his stubborn temper, Yan Huaijin remembered the oath he made four years ago and kept it as a record.
Many blessings, I like you.
He couldn't think about it any further, or his ears would get hot. Xuanfu turned away and continued to visit as if nothing had happened, but he was still a little happy in his heart: he and Yan Jinjin hadn't seen each other for four years, but they still had the same tacit understanding as before.
very nice.
It was clear at a glance that the thatched hut was divided into two parts. One half was the dormitory with a small bed, a wardrobe, and a clothes hanger with a quilted cloak hanging on it, which had not been put away yet. It seemed that Yan Huaijin had been using it all this time, probably because it was cold in the mornings and evenings.
Outside is the living room, with a table and a small charcoal stove. The largest and most common piece of furniture is a row of bookshelves, as well as pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, carving knives, paints, and a familiar wooden box that takes up most of the bookshelf.
Xuanyifu went forward and touched the wooden box. He turned his head and saw a rare shyness on Yan Huaijin's face. He was immediately happy and said, "Okay, okay, it's best that you are shy. You can't always leave me feeling embarrassed."
"Can I see it?"
"Look, you can see everything here."
Xuanyi Fubata had already opened the box. There were many letters inside, neatly arranged, but the envelopes had some marks from being frequently touched and opened. This box was a bit old. They contained letters from two years ago. He picked up a letter and started reading it. His face turned redder the more he read. He couldn't continue reading halfway and glared at Yan Jinjin angrily.
"I have no impression of this letter. You didn't send it to me."
That's all nonsense. The content of the letter was so corny. Knowing that he was illiterate, the two of them always wrote in vernacular. But there was also a poem in this letter, which was written in a subtle and sincere way. The beginning said: I am so blessed. Now I wake up from my dream at midnight, and I dream of you again. I miss you many times. You are so dazzling. Do you have new friends around you?... But I don't want to be just your friend. I am already fifteen years old. I miss you so much. I want you to hug me and I will kiss you.
Xuanyuefu: If Yan Jinjin had sent him a letter like this two years ago, he would have scratched Yan Jinjin's face!
I started doing that as soon as I entered high school!
I treat you as my younger brother, and you treat me like this?
"Sometimes I miss you so much that it's hard to write you some letters, for fear that you'd be angry and ignore me, so I send you some of the things I can say, and I write down the things I can't say and keep them for myself." Yan Huaijin explained with a blush.
Xuanyu Fu: Very good, we are similar, but what I cannot send to you is completely different from what you cannot send to me!
"You look so pretty and pretty at such a young age, but I didn't expect you to write this behind my back."
Yan Huaijin's eyes lit up, "Do you like the way I look now?"
Is this the point? Xuan Duofu got angry again, put the hot letter back, and forcibly changed the subject, saying nonsense: "There is no kitchen here, how do you eat on weekdays?"
"Someone will bring me meals, and I will occasionally make tea." Yan Huaijin saw that Xuan Duofu's earlobes were red again, and he felt a little relieved. Xuan Duofu must like his appearance.
He thought of something and looked down at Xuanyuefu, "Baoning is very much like me, Xuanyuefu, don't like him too much, or I'll be jealous."
"?!" Manyu Fu was immediately furious, "I just changed the subject and you're talking about it again!" But when he saw that Yan Jinjin was really worried about this, he couldn't help but soften his heart and muttered, "I thought he was because of you, and besides, he's still a child, and I'm not a beast. Yan Jinjin, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're really mature."
Confessing to him when she was only twelve or thirteen years old doesn't look like an elementary school student at all.
"I only want to play with children. I don't have any other intentions at all."
Yan Huaijin said hurriedly: "I know, it's me who is worried about gains and losses. Back in Shengdu, you only treated me as a friend from beginning to end. You have a clear mind, but I have other thoughts about you."
...This topic cannot be avoided. Yan Jinjin, please stop talking, my face is going to explode soon. Xuanyunfu thought that the grown-up Yan Jinjin was really his nemesis. Even the green tea girl's speech was so sincere, so sincere that he couldn't continue the conversation.
"Let's go and have dinner." Yan Huaijin said nothing more and went to hold Duoxufu's hand, as naturally as he had done so many times in the past.
Xuan Duofu held Yan Huaijin's hand, and when he saw Yan Huaijin's large and thin body, he followed him and said as he walked, "Did you eat well? Why is it like in my dream? I used to feed you often when I was in school, and you finally had some flesh on your cheeks."
Yan Huaijin does not have a chubby face. Even when he was young, you could see that he had a very good bone structure. Unlike his face which is always chubby, his father loves to rub his face, and his father secretly pinches his face. Don't think he doesn't know!
"I--"
"Forget it, your blessing has come. Just eat well from now on. I'll keep an eye on you." Xuanyu Fu interrupted, knowing that Yan Jinjin must not have eaten well.
Yan Huaijin's brows suddenly showed a spring glow, as if the snow was melting and spring was blooming.
"good."
The road was very short when they turned back. Xuanyuefu remembered that he had walked for a long time when he first came, but he was so excited that he didn't notice it. Only then did he see the old house of the Yan family. It was really pastoral and simple, without so many luxurious pavilions, towers and rockery.
The courtyards are all one-story, and the entire Yan family house is built against the mountain. Yan Huaijin's courtyard is on the east side, and there is a large piece of farmland next to it. Yan Huaijin said that this is his second sister's field.
"Now there are only my second sister's family and me at home."
Xuanyuefu said, "I know your second sister. She is amazing."
Yan Huaijin nodded. He had a very good relationship with his second sister.
Manyu Fu looked at the house on the top. There was a waterfall next to the highest house. Yan Huaijin noticed it and said, "That is the Taoist temple where my father lived."
"..."Xuan Xiufu: "It's quite high."
He remembered that Master Yan said his elder brother fell down while climbing a mountain when the road was slippery due to rain - this should be the place, right?
"Yes." Yan Huaijin replied.
Xuanyu Fu looked at Yan Huaijin and asked, "Did I just say what I was thinking?"
"It's written on your face." Yan Huaijin looked carefully, "I read it. I'm so sorry."
Come on, there is no apology on your face. After Xu Xuanfu finished complaining in his heart, he quickly turned his head away, not looking at Yan Huaijin, and looked forward, "Don't look at my face!"
"good."
The two arrived at the courtyard where Yan Huaijin lived. It was a hundred times better than the thatched cottage, because the Yan family had a large place, and the courtyards for each younger generation were built in preparation for getting married and having children in the future. The courtyards were spacious and had many houses.
"Have you lived here since you were a child?" Xuanyuefu remembered that Yan Huaijin's biological parents had handed Yan Huaijin over to the care of Tutor Yan and his wife when Yan Huaijin was still a child.
Yan Huaijin knew that Xuanfu was worried about him, so he explained, "No, this yard was empty before I was six years old. I lived in my uncle and aunt's yard, and sometimes went to my eldest brother's yard. At that time, my second sister got married and lived more in Cheng's house. When I was six years old, I went to Shengdu with my uncle."
"That's good. Otherwise, it would be scary for a kid like you to live in a yard all by yourself." Xuanyu Fu breathed a sigh of relief. "So, you haven't lived here much?"
Yan Huaijin nodded, "Yes, but my uncle and aunt have kept it for me and decorated it according to my preferences. If I knew you were coming, I would have decorated it to be more lively and interesting."
"Yan Jinjin, what you said sounds like I'm a child who will never grow up. I'm mature and steady now." Xuanyu Fu snorted.
Yan Huaijin smiled and said, "I see."
Xuanyi Fu was really itching to do something. Yan Jinjin really deserved a beating. As soon as he raised his hand, Yan Jinjin lowered her head. Xuanyi Fu pinched Yan Jinjin's hair bun angrily. The two looked at each other and smiled, and then they were fine again.
"Yan Jinjin, I'll be staying at your place during the days I'm in Daxi Mountain!"
"You live in the biggest house."
"That's very nice." Xuanyu Fu was not polite. He went to choose a house and said, "I have many people with me. You may not know that Liu Qiang and Wang Yuansun are married."
Yan Huaijin was speechless and then looked envious.
Xuanyuefu turned his head and saw the envy on Yan Jinjin's face. He was silent for a moment, then turned his head back and pretended to be calm and went about doing other things - touching the vase and looking at the calligraphy and paintings or something.
"My eldest brother's yard has been empty all the time and can be used for living. There is also a slightly smaller yard next to it. That was the yard where my uncle used to enjoy the scenery, drink tea, and read books. It can also be used for living." Yan Huaijin asked Xuanyufu how many people he brought with him.
Xuanyuefu: "It is definitely enough. There are only two people from the East Palace. The local county magistrate, Lord Yan, has arranged a place for them to stay. The people next to me are Lin Zheng, Xu Lingguan, Wang Banban, and Liu Qiang and his wife."
"Oh, by the way, I still have three thousand personal soldiers, but I can borrow them to camp outside your house."
Yan Huaijin said: "I'm going to find my brother-in-law."
"Don't worry, Wang Banban will definitely find out when we have dinner. It's my first day here, should I eat with your second sister and brother-in-law's family? How about this, I'll have a quick meal with you first, and then we'll have dinner together in the evening so that your second sister and the others can get ready. Otherwise, if it's too hasty, they'll be nervous and restrained." Xuanyunfu arranged.
Yan Huaijin said, "You have grown up."
"... Yan Jinjin, you kid, take my punch!!! What are you talking about? Was I childish and young before?" Xuanyuefu rushed over to punch Yan Jinjin, but Yan Jinjin gave up after he was hit by his fist, "I'll beat you up when you get fatter."
"I've gained weight?" Yan Huaijin frowned. "How fat do you like?"
Manyu Fu: "Yan, Huai, Jin! I ask the heavens and you answer the earth. I catch chickens and you want to catch ducks!"
Seeing Xuanyi Fuqi's powerful appearance, Yan Huaijin smiled and said, "Xuyi Fu, you are lucky you haven't changed." He added, "Don't be angry, Boss Xuanyi Fu. It's all because of my stupidity that I keep asking you stupid questions."
"What you are saying now is very flattering. If you are to be the Minister of the Eastern Palace, I will become a corrupt crown prince." Xuan Fu was not angry at all. He was mainly angry out of shame, with shame playing a larger role.
The two of them exchanged a few words, and although they were a little shy at times, overall they had returned to the close intimacy they had four years ago. They could talk about anything, and it was very natural, without any strangeness or awkwardness at all.
Many people are super happy in their hearts.
Yan Huaijin actually hasn’t changed—well, he’s become more handsome.
At noon, the servants brought lunch and set a table, half meat and half vegetarian. Xuan Fu looked at it and did not persuade Yan Huaijin to eat meat. Yan's mother died on January 10th, and the 100-day mourning period would be in late April.
Yan Huaijin is still in the 100-day mourning period.
"Then eat two more bowls of rice." Xuanyufu said.
Yan Huaijin smiled and said yes obediently.
Many blessings are really good.
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