Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

After listening to Dabao's words, Chen Afu burst out laughing, as if he was looking forward to that scene. He said, "Okay, Mom is waiting for that day. So, Mom is not the only one who likes her son, and it is not just your sister and Chu... Dad, there will be more and more relatives who love you and rely on you. Yes. no?"

Dabao nodded, pursed his lips and smiled sweeter.

Coax the naughty child and let him go to bed for a lunch break.

Chen Afu packed up his things and took some vegetarian snacks and vegetables to Luyuan to add food to them in the evening.

As soon as he went out, he saw a carriage parked at the door, and the person who got out of the car turned out to be Qing Feng.

She came over and saluted Chen Afu and said with a smile, "The master and his wife sent their slaves to congratulate the eldest daughter on her birthday."

Chen Afu smiled and invited her into the room, asked her to sit down, and served her tea.

Qingfeng did not dare to sit on a chair, but sat on an embroidered pier. She took out all the gifts given by her masters.

Chen Shiying and Jiang Shi presented a pair of golden silk bead-embedded walking shoes, Chen Yulan presented an exquisite horn comb, and Chen Yuqing and Chen Yuxia each presented a handkerchief embroidered by themselves. The embroidery skills on the handkerchiefs are all very good, and Aunt Green should have helped embroider Chen Yuxia's handkerchief.

Chen Afu smiled and thanked him, and asked Qiuyue to accompany Qingfeng to eat, and Old Man Zeng to accompany the coachman to eat, arrange accommodation for them, and send them off tomorrow.

After finishing his work, Chen Afu went to Luyuan.

There was a busy scene in Luyuan, and women from many families came to help. Sister-in-law Gao and the Wu family were helping Aunt Mu cook in the kitchen, Chen Aju was lighting the fire, and even Hu Laowu's daughter-in-law, Gao Lizheng's daughter-in-law, and Mrs. Chen were sitting in the yard picking and washing vegetables.

As soon as Chen Afu entered, everyone smiled and congratulated the birthday boy.

Chen Afu smiled again and expressed his gratitude.

The courtyard is very harmonious, except for the Hu family. She sat under the tree and looked at the roof in a daze, with a look of discomfort on her face. She was so angry that Mrs. Chen and Mr. Hu's fifth daughter-in-law glared at her from time to time.

Mrs. Wang took the teapot and filled several tea bowls on the stone table with water, and said with a smile, "Don't just work, stop and take a drink of water." Then he called Chen Afu into the room and whispered, "What the hell?" You are so irritating, who are you showing that face to? Huh, the birthday gift your grandma and uncle gave you is too heavy to handle. Don’t accept it, for fear that your grandma and uncle will be too worried. Just accept it, you see. Look at Mrs. Hu, she almost threw her face to the ground."

It turns out that Mrs. Chen had a long discussion with Chen Ye and Chen Agui yesterday, and she felt that Dafang had made a lot of money from Chen Afu, and Chen Afu had gained such a good relationship. If the relationship was good, he would help Dafang in the future. house. We unanimously decided to give them a better birthday gift this time. The old lady rushed to town and spent twenty-two-five cents on an open silver bracelet. Together with a pair of silk-covered embroidered shoes that Gao made for Chen Afu, she felt that they were a decent birthday gift.

Mrs. Hu was unhappy. She had never worn a silver bracelet in her entire life. Besides, the girl and the second room were very stingy and showed no mercy at all. The restaurant only gave him 10% of the shares, and the second room only bought them a cow after making so much money. Then he said, "That girl is very rich. Why would you want things from poor people if you have money? My head has worked hard to raise my second uncle, and they haven't even mentioned giving me a bracelet yet."

Chen Ye and Mrs. Chen scolded each other again. Mrs. Hu didn't dare to say anything, but she still felt unhappy and couldn't suppress it even if she wanted to.

Chen Ming, who followed, said, "My sister-in-law is a stupid woman who only gets in and out. Afumo is as knowledgeable as her. Just think of it for the sake of your breasts and uncle." He then blamed Wang and said, "Think about these trivial matters. Why are you bothering your daughter?"

Chen Mincai went to invite servants with good relations with Guanshi Luo's family and Tangyuan family, as well as Liu Lizheng from Shangshui Village, Landlord Yu and Yu Lizheng from Guqiao Village to drink in Luyuan.

Chen Afu said in confusion, "If you ask Manager Luo and the others, they will just invite you. If you don't invite them, they might come on their own initiative. Why invite those righteous and landlords here? We don't usually have much contact with each other."

Chen Ming smiled and said, "Dad didn't plan to invite them at first. This morning, I heard that those people sent people to the village to ask about our family's treat. Dad thought, since they want to come, we will take the initiative to invite them. Everyone is a respectable person in the neighborhood." He pinched his beard very proudly, thinking that his name, Chen Ming, was already someone that the big shots in the neighborhood were vying to make friends with.

Chen Afu nodded, talked for a while, and then returned to Fuyuan. She also asked Dahu and Daya to go to Fuyuan with her. Chu Lingzhi had already arrived and was taking Dabao, who had just gotten up, to the backyard. The children then went to play in the backyard.

At the end of the Shen Dynasty, all the men went to Luyuan one after another. The country people's voices were loud, and even Fuyuan's people could hear their laughter clearly.

Not long after, the Chu family also came to Fuyuan. When Mr. Chu heard the noise in the yard next door, Chen Afu said that those people were all giving him a life.

The old man said to Chu Lingxuan, "Afu is a girl, so it's not easy to greet these men. Let's go over and sit down and chat with them. In the future, grandpa will live in Tangyuan for a long time, and he should also have a good relationship with the local snakes here. That’s it.”

Chu Lingxuan nodded and took Chen Dabao with him. Dabao is Chen Afu's son and would have gone over to accompany the guests in the evening. When Chu Lingzhi saw it, he also followed him.

As soon as Mr. Chu and others passed by, they were so frightened that they all stood up. Except for Xia Baotou, Hu Laowu, and Liu Lizheng, no one else could even speak, including Chen Ming and Chen Ye.

Mr. Chu Laohou spoke to them in a haha ​​manner, asking them not to be nervous, and thanked them for taking care of his future grandson-in-law Chen Afu and his great-grandson Dabao in the past.

The old man took Dabao to stay for dinner. Chu Lingxuan didn't like this kind of occasion, so he took Chu Lingzhi back to Fuyuan.

Chen Afu sheepishly said to Mrs. Chu, "It's a bit noisy here. Are you not used to it, Mrs. Chu?"

Mrs. Chu San smiled heartily and said, "When Chu Lang and I were at the border, those rough guys made more noise. I have long been used to this kind of noise."

In the evening, after seeing off the Chu family, Chen Afu began to prepare a return gift.

Because she was in a hurry to go to the Chen Mansion to recognize her relatives, she did not prepare the filial piety for Chen Shiying and Jiang, nor the meeting gift for Chen Yuqing's three siblings. This time they were sent together, embroidered satin slippers for Chen Shiying and his wife, a panda doll for Chen Yuqing's sisters, and a small satin gown for Chen Yulan. The slippers and dolls were samples she had made before for the embroidery workshop, and the small gown was intended for Chen Alu. The gown was a bit long, and Chen Yulan, who was half a head tall, could just wear it. Tomorrow I will send more homemade snacks and fruits and cucumbers.

The gown Chu Lingxuan asked for last time was ready, and she made a matching purse. Mr. Chu will live in Tangyuan for a while, and then make him a set of clothes. As for Madam Chu San, a woman who grew up in the palace is not short of good things. Chen Afu thought about it for a long time and gave her a stick of green leaf agarwood. Just give Chu Lingzhi a panda doll.

It’s already midnight when things are ready.