Chapter 45: Cremation Fragrance
"Ah...baby..." Lu Chaochao held the doll in her hand and kissed it again and again.
Xu's face was full of helplessness.
"Yanshu made it for you last night." After saying this, his face showed a look of disgust.
"How can you make such an ugly doll, with only one eye and a bloody mouth, so ugly..."
Lu Chaochao puffed up her cheeks: “Humph!”
Her big eyes were wide open and her cheeks were puffed up.
Dengzhi chuckled: "This was secretly drawn by the young lady, and specially made by the eldest master." Xu smiled knowingly and wanted to coax her, but the little girl was very angry.
Holding the ugly doll in his mouth, he used his hands and feet to climb out.
"Let her crawl. It's good for a nine-month-old baby to crawl more. After the New Year, she'll be able to walk after she changes into a thick cotton-padded jacket."
"Yingxue Juexia, you guys follow the young lady."
Lu Chaochao was wearing gloves and climbed up effortlessly.
The little ball crawled up like a fluffy ball, and even the dogs passing by the mansion could make a noise and a quarrel.
When he was tired of climbing, he stood up and walked a few steps with the help of the wall.
Grunt, grunt…
I crawled into Deshan Hall unknowingly.
There was a burst of Buddhist incense coming from the house, which was the smell of burning incense and candles for a long time.
She pushed open the door of the small Buddhist temple with a grunt. The doors and windows of the temple were always closed, so it looked a little dark.
There was a cushion at the door with incense burning in the middle. Fairy mist was lingering and the statue of Bodhisattva could be vaguely seen.
It was a little dark in the room and I couldn't see clearly.
"Young lady, let's go back. The old lady will be angry if she finds out." Yingxue said in a low voice.
Lu Chaochao glanced at her, quickly climbed onto the stool, and then climbed onto the altar.
After thinking for a while, he pushed the Bodhisattva to his side and placed the clown doll on it.
The height and size are just about the same as the Buddha statue.
He grinned, revealing his two baby teeth, then turned around and pulled Yingxue's sleeve.
"Ah? You want me to take the Buddha statue away?" Yingxue widened her eyes. If the old lady found out, she would probably be so angry that she would die on the spot.
She pouted slightly, frowned her eyebrows, her little face full of pleading, and clasped her hands together, saying please, please.
Big twinkling eyes and thick eyelashes like two small brushes, who can resist it?
Juexia was brave and took the Buddha statue and hid it in his arms.
Lu Chaochao opened his hands, and the master and his two servants secretly ran out.
The three of them dodged the patrolling guards and returned to Tingfeng Garden in a sneaky manner.
On the way back, Lu Chaochao saw a lone little duck in the lake, about the size of a palm. He was delighted to see it, so he picked it up in his hands and took it back.
"Where did the ducklings come from in such a cold weather?" asked Mrs. Xu.
The white fluff felt extremely comfortable to the touch, and Lu Chaochao treated it like a treasure.
[I picked it up in the lake, it’s so cute.] 】Lu Chaochao was hit on the face again and again. These two little guys were so cute that it was unfair.
"Time, time...what?" She pointed at the duckling and gave it the snacks hidden in her pocket.
The little duck took one look and walked away with its butt sticking out.
"The little duck wants to eat food, Dengzhi brings it some. The girl wants to play, clean it up."
The little duck was washed and brushed, and its whole body was filled with fragrance.
Lu Chaochao likes it to death.
Even when she goes to bed at night, she lets the little duck sleep next to her.
"Miss, ducks can't sleep on the bed. It would be so... so smelly." Yingxue looked conflicted.
The little one even prepared two pillows, she slept on one side and the duck slept on the other side.
Lu Chaochao pointed at the duck and said, "Okay...friend. Let's go together..." After that, she pressed the little duck next to her.
Hold in arms.
I fell asleep in a short while.
Yingxue tried to take it several times, but the young master woke up in a daze, so she had to give up.
Early the next morning.
Lu Chaochao opened her eyes sleepily, and burst into tears with her mouth open.
"Cold!!" Lu Chaochao cried with snot and tears all over her face.
She pointed at the stiff duck while crying: "Woo woo woo woo... crushed, crushed... to death."
"Dead..." Wuwuwuwu...
The babyish crying voice made people laugh and cry.
In fact, when she brought the duck back yesterday, Mrs. Xu found that the duck was very sick and was afraid that she could not keep it alive.
"Don't cry, you didn't mean it. Let's bury the little duck, okay?" Xu coaxed her. Lu Chaochao was crying with bubbles in her nose.
Her eyes were red, and her little hands were pointing at the ground: "It's cold..."
"Shall we cremate it?"
"After cremation, you will be reborn as a human in your next life." Seeing that she was crying so sadly, Xu couldn't help but hug her and comfort her.
Yingxue picked up the duckling and walked out. Lu Chaochao struggled and jumped out of Xu's arms.
[Wow, I'm going to see you off...] Lu Chaozhao felt helpless and couldn't control her words and actions.
Trapped in the baby's body, she gradually returned more and more to her original nature.
"Look after her. Don't let her catch a cold in this cold weather." Xu was reading a letter when Lu Zhengyue came and said he would return home in three days.
Xu's eyes were filled with joy.
The eldest son, Lu Yanshu, is seventeen years old and the second son is sixteen years old. This is the first time they have been away from home for such a long time.
After a while, Yingxue came back holding Lu Chaochao.
Lu Chaochao's face was dark, and her eyes, which had just cried, were as clear as the sky after the rain.
"Why is your face so dark?" asked Mrs. Xu.
"Has the little duck been cremated?" Mrs. Xu asked two questions in a row, but the maid didn't say a word.
"It's burning...it's burning..." Juexia looked bitter.
"Originally, the young lady was kneeling on the ground, apologizing to the little duck, and she was crying even harder."
"But as it burned, the fragrance became stronger and stronger. She stopped crying, but her mouth was watering..."
"In the end, the duck's feathers were burnt dry, its skin and flesh were browned, and oil was sizzling. In the end..." Yingxue said dryly.
Xu's eyes suddenly widened.
"She ate it?!!!" the voice rose an octave.
Yingxue shook her head: "No, no, I didn't get to eat it. She grabbed it, but only got a handful of ashes."
Xu pressed her eyebrows, and the veins on her forehead were throbbing.
"Take him to wash up quickly. Zhengyue will be back home in three days. He hasn't seen Chaochao yet." Xu touched Chaochao's head.
[Oh no, the second brother is going home with his true love...]
[My stupid love-brained second brother...]
Xu's eyelids were twitching. Lu Zhengyue was engaged, and the other party was a good girl.
"Three months ago, the second young master fell off a cliff, and I was really scared." Dengzhi covered his heart.
The Xu family is no exception.
At that time, Lu Zhengyue fell off a cliff and was missing for three days. Later, news came back that he had been rescued.
I plan to recover before returning home.
Chao Chao heard the sound coming from the sky and blinked.
"Like...like what?" Pointing at a group of small black dots flying in the sky.
Dengzhi snorted coldly.
"It's the bastard outside who did it."
Xu gave her a sidelong look, and Dengzhi lowered her head guiltily. She was careless for swearing in front of the young lady.
Pei Jiaojiao's identity as a mistress was exposed and she was criticized by outsiders. Some even speculated that she was someone's mistress and was suddenly at the center of a vortex, being ridiculed and scolded.
"Lu Jingyao is trying to save face for her mother."
"In just nine months, he can speak fluently. It is said that..." Dengzhi curled his lips.
"It is said that birds all over the world are extremely fond of her. Now that she is sitting in the square, countless birds from the capital have flown to her and are flying around her, creating a wonderful sight."
"It seems that the whole palace is concerned about this."
Lu Chaochao's eyes lit up.
When Xu saw the interested look, she shuddered.
Her family's Chao Chao is a little troublemaker.
Someone is afraid that something bad will happen.
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