The two of them shouted, startling everyone around them.
The women looked at each other, completely baffled as to how Master Chu and Madam Gu knew the young prince so early on, and even dared to call him by his name.
Even if the young prince is usually very approachable, he is still of noble status, and they have to be very respectful when they see him. No one dares to call him by his real name directly.
Upon hearing her name called in the garden, Zhaohe paused abruptly and then quickly turned around.
After he recognized the person in front of him, his shocked eyes widened in barely suppressed joy: "Father! Mother!"
As Zhaohe brushed aside the branches and leaves of the fruit tree, she strode toward them.
He took three steps in two and rushed into the arms of the two people in the blink of an eye.
"You've had your fill of sightseeing and finally remembered me!" Although his words were reproachful, his tone didn't mean to blame them at all; instead, there was a hint of coquettishness in them.
Gu Jiangli stroked his head.
His eyes were full of tenderness.
After many years apart, Zhaohe has grown so much taller and is now a big kid.
"What do you mean we don't miss you? Weren't you all eagerly waiting for me and your father to leave? Regret it now?" Gu Jiangli teased.
Zhaohe pouted, "You and Father just want to see my brother and me cry and beg you to stay, don't you?"
"Yeah, I just wanted to see you guys with snot all over your faces, but you guys were laughing the most."
"Didn't you guys have a lot of fun too?"
"That's true."
Zhaohe stopped joking with them, picked a fruit from the tree, and proudly held it up in front of them.
"You've been to so many places and seen so many sights, but have you ever seen this before?"
Ayao smiled slightly and shook his head in perfect cooperation.
Zhao He's pride became even more evident. "Haha, these are two different kinds of seedlings. They were planted together. Nowhere else in the world can you grow them. Only here, in Dujia Village, can the villagers grow them."
"Big brother likes it a lot, how about trying one?"
Gu Jiangli and A Yao each took one, and when they ate it, it was indeed fresh, juicy, fragrant and sweet.
"Is it delicious?"
Ayao's eyes gleamed with joy: "It's really delicious. None of the tributes we've made before have been as sweet as this."
"Of course, I grew these myself."
He was slightly smug, then glanced at his mother, as if he desperately needed her approval, and asked, "Mother, is it delicious?"
"Of course the tangerines you specially grafted and cultivated are delicious!"
"Grafting?" Zhaohe was taken aback, then her eyes lit up. "What a great name! Mother, I've been thinking about what to name this method of growing a new variety by putting two kinds of fruit seedlings together. Great! Let's call it 'grafting'! There's no better name than this!"
"I want to pass this method on to all the people, Mother, thank you!"
Gu Jiangli watched him excitedly gesturing and looked at him with doting eyes, saying:
"Zhaohe, actually this grafting isn't just for growing fruit, there are other things too, you can try it too."
"Mother means...grain?"
Gu Jiangli smiled. "It seems you've already noticed."
"How did Mother know that my next move was to target the grain market?"
"Just guessing."
She knew that Zhao He was no ordinary person, and with his abilities, solving the livelihood problems of the people in the future would not be difficult for him.
As if she had found a kindred spirit, Zhao He told Gu Jiangli a lot about her plans for the future.
He talked for a long time until his mouth got a little dry before he stopped.
"Never mind, let's eat first, I'm a little hungry."
He pulled two people along and walked out of the orchard.
He opened the bamboo fence, then turned back to the women and said:
"Aunt Wang, Aunt Zhang, let's go together."
The women nodded absently, "Let's go...we're coming right away."
Zhaohe, along with her parents, talked nonstop as if she had opened a floodgate.
The women following behind them looked nervous and whispered among themselves.
"Did you hear that? The young prince called Lady Gu and Prime Minister Chu 'father and mother'..."
"I almost doubted my ears; it really sounded like they were calling 'father and mother'."
"Looking at how close they are, how could they possibly be a fake family?"
"The young prince is His Majesty's younger brother, so wouldn't his parents be...?"
"The Emperor Emeritus and the Empress Dowager..."
Aunt Zhang's legs went weak as she came to this conclusion, and the two people beside her helped her up.
"My goodness, one noble prince isn't enough, his whole family has come to us."
"We were too foolish. Lady Gu gave birth to twins here, and then His Majesty suddenly had two twin brothers. We didn't even think it was too much of a coincidence."
"The young prince himself came here to farm, and we never even thought about why. If he really wanted to farm, there are so many fields in the capital, why would he choose to farm here? Isn't it because he was born here and has an affection for this place?"
"I think the ancestral graves in our Dujia Village should be emitting auspicious smoke now..."
“From the moment Prime Minister Chu… no, the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Dowager stepped into our Du Family Village many years ago, our ancestral graves have been emitting auspicious smoke. They’ve been emitting smoke for so many years, and we’re only just now noticing it.”
The aunties muttered amongst themselves as they went back to their rooms.
Zhao He then led Gu Jiangli and A Yao to his own residence.
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