Chapter 137 Everyone Returns to Their Own Positions
Xu Shuyao looked at the old man. He was wearing a green cloth robe with mud spots on the corners. The watering can in his hand was made of half a gourd.
Everything in front of me has nothing to do with the image of the highly respected Taifu.
However, Xu Shuyao liked his comment on Taotao just now.
"Why don't you call me grandpa?" Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the old man in front of me say.
His eyes were filled with a kind smile, and he was looking at him expectantly.
Xu Shuyao readily responded: "Grandfather!"
"Yes." The old master nodded with a smile and waved to her: "Go!"
After leaving the vegetable field, I saw the newly recognized grandfather calling my father over.
No one knew what the two of them said. After a while, her father came back and said to her, "Your grandfather has agreed. I'll send someone to pick up your brother later."
Xu Shuyao: “…”
Thinking that her younger brother might have to help her grandfather grow vegetables after entering Yiyuen, she didn't know how to answer for a moment.
After a few breaths, he said, "Okay!"
Chen Xinian looked at her stunned expression, but smiled.
It has been so long since then that most of the things about Taotao's childhood have become vague.
What Chen Xinian remembers most clearly is the sweet and soft smell of her body when he held her for the first time, and the babyish words "Daddy" when she just learned to call people, which made people feel soft in their hearts.
But later... the person suddenly disappeared and could not be found anywhere.
He also slowly accepted this fact.
After that, no other children were born to him and Ruan.
After so many years, my daughter suddenly appeared in front of me without any warning. Everything seemed like an unreal dream.
Shen Xinian felt both excited and a little dazed.
That sweet and soft little baby has turned into the graceful young lady in front of me.
He did not participate in the long period of time in between.
But his daughter has grown up very well, she is humble, polite and graceful. As a father, he wants to get closer to her but is a little cautious.
But the little girl's momentary daze just now made him feel that the girl in front of him was still the Taotao of the past, the child who needed his protection.
Chen Xinian said gently, "Let's go back and talk to the brothers and sisters in the Shen Mansion first. After lunch, Mom and Dad will take you back to the Duke's Mansion. After all, you've lived there for a few years, so we should prepare some gifts to thank them properly."
After he finished speaking, he thought about it and asked, "Is your aunt good to you? How do the other people in the Duke's Mansion treat you and your sister?"
Xu Shuyao lowered her eyes and replied, "Everything is fine."
Chen Xinian stared at her, studying her for a moment before saying, "I think so! Otherwise, we wouldn't have sent you to be raised by the old lady. And I see your clothes are pretty decent, so it seems the Chengguo Mansion hasn't treated you and your sister harshly."
Ji Shuyao stopped talking.
As for her aunt, she was not very kind to her. If she had not been careful and cautious, she would have been eaten to the bone.
Fortunately, she found the old lady's way.
But it is inconvenient for my father to know all this.
Xu Shuyao nodded and replied, "Okay! I'll go there with my father then.
The father and daughter returned to the main hall of Yiyuan one after the other. As soon as Xu Shuyao entered, she clearly felt that the voices of everyone had become lower.
As soon as Shen Shaoyu saw her, he called out, “Sister!”
She walked over and sat down next to her brother. A little girl about ten years old came up to her and called out, "Second sister!"
Xu Shuyao had just followed Ruan Shi to recognize all these people. She remembered that the young lady in front of her was the fifth youngest lady in the Shen Mansion, so she smiled at her and said, "You are the fifth sister, right?"
The girl nodded, "My name is Shen Ruoning, what about the second sister? The fourth sister said that you were called Xu Shuyao before, but now that you are in our Shen family, why not call you Shen Shuyao!"
A woman with fair skin and a slim figure came over and said angrily, "You kid! You talk too much."
Then he turned around and looked at Xu Shuyao apologetically and said, "Niece, don't bother with her."
Xu Shuyao recognized the woman as the Third Madam Lu of the Shen Mansion and said with a smile, "It's okay. I think Fifth Sister's suggestion is a good one."
Her parents and brothers did not tell her what her maiden name was in the Shen family.
But now that she is back, she can't use the same surname as before, Xu. Although she feels a little regretful, she is not the kind of person who sticks to her old ways.
However, what the fifth sister said makes sense. Only the surname is changed, and the name is retained.
That way when people call her, she will still be Yaoyao.
Because of Fifth Sister's words, everyone looked towards her.
Ruan was a little hesitant for a moment, because Taotao had a maiden name when he was born.
She looked towards her husband not far away, and heard Chen Xinian say, "Chen Shuyao, it's a good name!"
But then he said to his brother, Shen Changbai, "Originally, Jingshu was registered under the name of the second branch in order to continue the marriage with the Chengguo Mansion, but now that the child has gone to the Prince's Mansion, the marriage is no longer in existence. Besides, my brother has no children left. Why not take advantage of Taotao's return and the reopening of the family tree to let the children of the two branches return to their respective families!"
The Shen family has a rule that children can only be included in the family tree when they are six years old. Xu Shuyao was only two years old when she went missing, and did not leave a single word in the family tree.
Ruan was drinking tea at the time, and after hearing what her husband said, she almost couldn't hold the cup in her hand.
She looked at Jiang quietly again and saw that she was sitting there motionless, obviously as frightened as she was.
Ruan felt that this was not a good thing. The eldest wife had sent Jingshu here because she was the legitimate daughter of her parents.
If they each returned to their respective positions, Jingshu would probably be suppressed by the wife of the Shi family because of her background and would not be able to hold her head up.
However, Ruan did not dare to contradict her husband.
Apart from those involved in the situation, even the third and fourth houses were looking at Shen Xinian and Shen Changbai silently.
Chen Changbai was originally joking and wanted to say, "Second brother, don't joke around."
But looking at Chen Xinian's face without a trace of smile, he swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
At this time, footsteps were suddenly heard at the door. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Mr. Shen in a green cloth robe.
The servant following behind the old man was holding a cabbage in his hand.
Master Shen turned around and told the servant to take the dishes to the kitchen, then said, "Just do as Xi Nian said!"
The old man's words were the final word. Shen Changbai opened and closed his lips again and again, but finally replied with a gloomy "yes".
Xu Shuyao watched the whole thing and suddenly felt that her father was a pretty good person.
I just feel sad for this nominal mother whom I just recognized yesterday.
He raised someone else's daughter and went to the Duke's Mansion to beg for her, but in the end, the daughter even harmed her own legitimate son.
This matter is unbelievable no matter how you look at it.
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