Chapter 192 Inquiry
Xiao Wang was born in a humble life, but when he reached the age of ten, the family sent him to a blacksmith shop in the town as an apprentice.
Three years later, there was a war at the border and the men from that family fell into the draft range, so they gave Xiao Wangcheng a false report of two years old and gave him money. Since then, no news has come back from Xiao Wang’s achievements. After the war, several people in the village came back alive, and they all said that Li Gou Sheng was assigned to another battalion, and they had no contact with him. Li's family and villagers all said that he was dead.
The Wang family members burst into tears after hearing this. Especially Wang, who almost fainted from crying, saying that she was sorry for her dead mother and for not protecting her younger brother. Chen Ming tried to persuade her with tears in his eyes.
Chen Afu also burst into tears. Not to mention that Xiao Wangcheng is this body's biological uncle, even if he is a little boy with no relationship, this kind of encounter will still make people sad.
Alu and Dabao also cried with the adults, one called "uncle" and the other called "uncle and grandpa."
The ancestors and grandsons of the Chu family came. As soon as they entered the courtyard, they heard crying coming from the upper room. Old man Zeng in the yard told them what happened, and they were embarrassed to go to the bedroom and went to the west wing again.
Little Miss Chu woke up and was clamoring to go find her aunt, but Mother Song pulled her to persuade her.
Chu Lingxuan went over to pick her up and said that something happened at her aunt's house and she was sad. Don't disturb her. After hearing this, the little girl's big eyes rolled down, she buried her head in Chu Lingxuan's arms, and started to cry.
The daughter's reaction surprised Chu Lingxuan. He hugged her tightly and coaxed, "Don't be sad, Yan'er. When aunt comes out, I'll give her some good advice."
The old man was surprised and sighed at the same time. At first, this child was so stupid that nothing in the outside world could attract her attention, like a puppet that could only breathe and eat. But she didn't expect that within a few months, her dementia would be cured, she would have emotions, know her likes and dislikes, and have such a deep relationship with little girl Chen.
He sat on the chair and said, "Yan'er is a good child who remembers emotions. Don't be sad. No matter what happens to the little girl, we will help."
Not long after, Chen Afu led Dabao to the west wing. Both of their eyes were red and swollen.
Seeing the little girl crying in Chu Lingxuan's arms, Chen Afu asked in shock, "What's wrong, sister?"
Chu Hanyan raised her head and stretched out her hands, and Chen Afu took her over. The little girl touched Chen Afu's face with her two chubby paws, and said with tears in her eyes, "Auntie...is crying, and sister...is going to cry too." After saying that, she opened her mouth and started crying again.
Dabao was already sad, but when he saw Chu Hanyan crying, he also pulled Chen Afu's skirt and howled loudly. Suddenly, there was a burst of crying in the room, and Chen Afu was cried by them again until he burst into tears.
Chu Lingxuan advised, "Master Chen, please don't be sad. I heard from Mr. Zeng that there is just no news about your uncle, and he did not say that he was killed in battle. Then, it is possible that he is still alive. I have been at the border for several years, and my third uncle Even longer, a full twenty years, he participated in the whole process during the war. Please write a letter to the general at the border, and I will also write a letter to ask my good brother to help find out this matter. "
After hearing this, Chen Afu quickly thanked him. Although in ancient times, wars were fought with a narrow escape, this was always a thought. So he hugged one and dragged the other and ran to the upper room, telling Mrs. Wang not to be sad. Maybe his uncle was still alive, and Mr. Chu would write a letter to help find out the news.
With this thought, Wang was not so sad. She also said that she wanted to go to Lingyin Temple to burn incense and pray to the Bodhisattva to protect Wang Cheng from being alive.
Chen Afu looked at Wang's pale face. She was very sad when Chen Shiying came home yesterday. This happened again today, and she was even more sad and staggered when she walked. Then he advised, "Mom's health is not good, so just take a good rest at home. Tomorrow I will go to the temple to burn incense and donate more sesame oil money to bless my uncle to live safely. It happens that the Chu family is going to go tomorrow, so I will give them a ride Let’s go with the car.”
Wang nodded in agreement.
A Lu and Dabao on the side heard this and shouted to go. Chen Afu nodded in agreement.
Chen Afu went to the west wing to talk to the Chu family and his son again, and they all nodded in agreement. Chen Afu then put the little girl down and let her play with Dabao and Animal House while he went to the kitchen to make snacks.
Tomorrow, she wanted to see Master Wu Zhi, whom she had been friends with for a long time. I helped him heal the flowers and gave him so much vegetarian food. I asked him to help him do the math to see if Uncle Wang Cheng was still alive.
She was so superstitious about Master Wu Zhi, not only because the master predicted that her illness could be cured, but also because Wei and others often said that he was profound in Buddhism, and many royal relatives and noble families asked him to tell their fortunes. However, many people have no wisdom master who can't even see them, let alone tell their fortunes.
In order to "pry" his mouth open, the vegetarian food should be made more delicious this time. So, while she was going to the toilet, she went to the space again.
Golden Swallow was busy with his long tail raised. When he saw her coming in, he raised his head and glared at her.
Chen Afu was confused and asked, "Baby, has Mommy offended you?"
Jin Yanzi said resentfully, "That's right, you haven't come in to see others for several days."
Chen Afu explained, "Mommy has been too busy these days and encountered two emergencies, so I didn't come in to accompany you." He added, "Mommy is going to Lingyin Temple tomorrow, so I need to get some agarwood. Zha went out to make vegetarian snacks for the old monk Wu Zhi to eat."
Jin Yanzi said, "That old bald donkey should have some moral integrity. If he makes unreasonable demands, mommy remember not to agree. If you agree, I won't give it."
Chen Afu glared at it and said, "He is an eminent monk, how can you say that he is an old bald donkey and doesn't know how to be polite."
Jin Yanzi rolled her eyes at her and continued to work with her tail up.
Chen Ahfu took some Yan Chenxiang from her purse and flashed out of the space.
She went to the kitchen with Aunt Mu and Aunt Zeng to make snacks. She made several vegetarian snacks such as plum blossom biscuits, osmanthus glutinous rice dates, sesame peach rolls, peanut crisps, and braised some vegetarian food. Because the old marquis liked snowball glutinous rice dates, she made some of these snacks.
Since the main focus was on making vegetarian food, she only made minced meat noodles in the evening. Even if it was a bowl of noodles and a few braised dishes, the Chu family still ate it deliciously.
After eating, the old man laughed and said, "This is the fragrance of the pot, which was passed on to us by Yan'er."
Chu Hanyan thought that the great grandfather was praising her, and raised her head and giggled at him a few times.
When they left, Chen Ahfu gave them two more food boxes, which were given to Abbot Chen.
Chen Afu and his mother sent them out of the courtyard. Chu Lingxuan, who was holding Chu Hanyan, said to Chen Afu, "I'll pick you up at the end of the morning hour tomorrow. It's cold and windy on the mountain, so you should wear more clothes."
"Okay." Chen Afu smiled.
He watched their backs go away, then stood under the tree and looked back...
After returning to the upper room, Chen Afu asked about Wang Cheng's birth date.