Chapter 155: Coming to the Door
Liaochen looked at his son's gloomy face, smiled, and said angrily, "Look at you, you are so useless, and you are jealous of a child."
Chu Lingxuan looked at the gentle smile on his mother's face, and his heart was full of emotion. His mother had hardly smiled since the accident. But since yesterday, his mother has been smiling all the time, and her expression has relaxed a lot.
The corners of his lips curled up again, and he deliberately said, "Why does my son feel that a girl is no longer under the control of her father?"
Liaochen laughed out loud and said, "It's really great that Yan'er can have her own ideas and can't be controlled by you as a father." He said thoughtfully, "If there is someone who can truly care for her in the future, my mother will be relieved."
Chu Lingxuan looked at the silly girl who was still staring at the door, and smiled slightly, saying, "It seems that I have to train that bad boy well."
As they were talking, the servant came to deliver the meal, and brought a food box, saying that it was sent by Master Chen, and said that Master Chen said that he would make glutinous rice and sweet dates in the evening and send it later.
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In Lu Garden, Aunt Mu had already changed into Wang's old clothes, and Shanzi had also changed into Chen Ming's old clothes, waiting in the hall.
Chen Afu invited Chen Ming, Wang, A Lu, and Dabao to sit down, and asked Aunt Mu and her son to kowtow and acknowledge their master.
When they called Chen Ming "Master", Wang "Madam", Afu "Big Girl", A Lu "Big Young Master", and Dabao "Brother Bao", except for Chen Afu and Dabao who had natural expressions, Chen Ming, Wang Ming, and A Lu all blushed and were very embarrassed.
Chen Afu looked at Dabao a little sideways. He could be calm because he had lived another life and had enough experience and confidence. But Dabao, a child less than five years old, could still be so calm, which was his innate confidence. In addition to his innate talent, intelligence, and handsomeness... He really picked up a treasure.
Chen Ming was not used to being called Master, and blushed as he said, "We are all peasants, why call us Master or Madam? It's so funny. You should call me Brother Chen or Uncle Chen, and call Ah Fu's sister-in-law or Second Aunt. It's all right to call Ah Fu "Big Girl" and Da Bao "Brother Bao". As for Ah Lu...just call him Master Lu."
He wanted to call him Ah Lu, but then he thought of his son who was studying and would take the exams for the title of Scholar and Juren in the future, so he deserved to be called Master Lu.
Chen Ah Fu knew that confidence was not cultivated overnight, and since they were not used to it, they would wait until they got used to it.
She and Chen Ming each rewarded the mother and son with a silver peanut, and talked about their residence, division of labor, precautions, and their salary and benefits. Aunt Mu received 200 coins per month, Shanzi received 100 coins, and each received two sets of clothes per year.
Shanzi temporarily lived in the back house, and Aunt Mu temporarily lived in the east ear room.
Shanzi was in charge of guarding the door, running errands, and some rough work, while Aunt Mu was in charge of the kitchen, washing clothes, feeding pigs, and other work.
After Dabao looked after the servants, he took A Lu to the backyard to see the piglets. The little black piglets were round and chubby, lying lazily in the pen, occasionally humming and moving.
Aunt Mu brought the cooked pig food to feed the piglets, and the piglets immediately became energetic, humming and burying their heads in the trough to eat. The two boys couldn't get enough of watching until it was dark. This was the property they had hoped to have since they were sensible, and they felt that it made them happier than buying servants.
Shanzi came to call them, "Master Lu, Brother Bao, Second Aunt invites you to dinner."
A Lu didn't react at first, and it was only when Dabao pulled him that he realized that the Master Lu was referring to himself, and smiled and took Dabao to the upper room to eat.
The masters were eating in the upper room of the east house. Chen Afu and the others were not used to people standing and watching them eat, so they sent the mother and son to sit in the room to eat.
The mother and son ate in a hurry. When they saw that the masters had finished eating, they came in to collect the bowls and went to the kitchen to wash them. Chen Afu took Aunt Mu to make glutinous rice dates, and then asked Shanzi to accompany Dabao to send them to Tangyuan. He also took two pieces of cloth to Aunt Mu and asked her to make clothes for herself and Shanzi.
After less than a day of contact with Aunt Mu and Shanzi, Chen Afu was quite satisfied with them. Especially Aunt Mu, who was diligent, neat, discerning, and not talkative.
Before going to bed, Chen Afu and Wang were about to go to the kitchen to get hot water, when they saw Aunt Mu carrying a bucket of hot water to the west wing, and Shanzi carrying a bucket to the upper room.
Wang said to Shanzi, "Just take it to the east wing to serve A Lu."
She was not used to being served, and was willing to serve Chen Ming herself.
After Chen Afu and his mother washed up and wiped Zhuifeng's feet, Qiqi and Huihui flew back.
Chen Afu glared at them. These two little things went to other people's houses to eat and drink, and came back only when they were about to go to bed. They were really thick-skinned.
The two little things ignored Chen Afu's displeasure. There were many trees and forests in Tangyuan, and they liked many dried fruits. They were also welcomed and treated as guests of honor, so of course they were willing to go.
The next day, Chen Afu and his friends had just finished breakfast when they heard a knock on the door. It was Gao.
Shanzi opened the door and saw a young woman, and was a little stunned. Gao was also stunned, not knowing who this half-grown boy was.
Wang came out of the upper room and smiled, "Shanzi, this is your sister-in-law."
She also told Gao that Afu had bought two servants.
Gao's eyes widened and she kept clicking her tongue, saying that Afu was capable. Not only did he build two such large courtyards, but he also bought servants.
With a little more than a quarter before the Si hour, Chen Afu took Dabao, Ergou and Erniao to Tangyuan to work.
Just as he walked out of Luyuan, he saw a carriage passing in front of the door. The old man driving the carriage was the old man Zhao Lizheng who he saw yesterday. He also had a package on his back.
He parked the carriage, jumped off, and saw Chen Afu. His eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost. He pointed at Chen Afu with a shaking hand and said incoherently, "You, you, you, you... who are you?"
His mouth kept shaking, and he didn't know whether he was cold or scared.
Chen Afu snorted coldly, "What a joke, why should I tell you who I am?"
Zhao Lizheng choked, looked around again, and said, "This should be Wang Juanniang's home, right? You, you, you, you are... Wang Juanniang's daughter?" He thought of something again, and his eyes widened even more, "Oh, God, no way!"
Chen Afu didn't say anything, but just stared at him angrily, blocking him in front of him and not allowing him to go to his own home.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Chen Dabao pulled her cotton skirt, looked at Zhao Lizheng again, and asked, "Who is that grandpa?"
Chen Afu handed him the food box in his hand and said, "Son, take Qiqi and Huihui to Tangyuan to play first. Tell Jie'er that mom has something to do and will go to accompany her later. Zhuifeng and Wangcai will stay here to look after the house." He lowered his head and said to the two dogs, "No unrelated people are allowed to go to our house. Anyone who dares to break in will be bitten to death."
I added an update last night, dear friends, don't forget to read it. Recently, I have seen a lot of skipped subscriptions. Qingquan is incompetent in naming. Some chapters are obviously very exciting, but because the names are not well named, dear friends have not seen them. . .