Chapter 274: Grievances

Chen Afu smiled and handed the small glass mirror to Mrs. Wang and said, "Look at it, mother is much younger, like a little daughter-in-law who is less than thirty years old."

The Wang in the mirror is indeed much younger and more delicate. Although it is not as exaggerated as Chen Afu said, it does not look as old as before.

After hearing this, she couldn't help but blush, and said angrily, "You're talking, my mother is an old woman, she doesn't have a little wife."

While the two were talking, they heard old man Zeng shouting in the yard, "Miss, madam, Mr. Chen is here."

Ever since Chen Afu and Chu Ling announced their marriage, the servants' names for Chen Ming and his wife had changed. My name is Mr. Chen Ming, and my name is Mrs. Wang.

Why did he come suddenly?

Chen Afu looked at Wang and quickly stood up and went out to greet her.

Chen Shiying has already entered the courtyard. He came directly from Wangshan Village by carriage and was still wearing official uniform and official hat. Because he had been in the sun for most of the day, his face was as red as rouge.

He smiled and said, "Fu'er, daddy is here to bother you all night, and he will go back to Dingzhou Mansion tomorrow morning." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Wang who had followed him out.

The Wang family at this time was obviously different from the last time he saw her. She had aged terribly last time, and the hardships of life had carved a trace of wind and frost on her face, which made him heartache. And this time, he was much younger than last time. Although he was much older than a decade ago, his delicate eyebrows and gentle charm still made him flash. He seemed to see the same person who lived every day many years ago again. His sister was all waiting in front of the door to pick him up from school...

The scene appeared in front of his eyes. A boy with a comb-over hair came back to the door of his house, and called his sister who had been waiting for him at the door with a silly smile, "Sister, sister, I'm back."

My sister smiled with her eyebrows creasing, "Brother Ying is back."

She walked down the steps, took him into the kitchen, washed his face and hands, and asked him if he was hungry. Every time, without waiting for his answer, she would just smile and stuff a piece of rock sugar or fried peas or beans into his mouth. He also asked, "Is it sweet?"

The boy replied, "Sweet (scented)."

My sister would smile and pinch his little face. He still remembers that warmth and smoothness.

Chen Shiying's nose felt a little sore and she shouted, "Sister."

Mrs. Wang glanced at him twice, clenched her hands together so hard that her veins bulged, lowered her head and said softly, "Brother Ying, you're here."

"Yes." Chen Shiying replied, keeping his eyes on Wang.

Seeing them like this, Chen Afu was embarrassed for them. Said, "Dad, mother, come into the house and talk."

"Okay." Chen Shiying walked toward the room.

Mrs. Wang at the door did not enter the room, but whispered, "Afu, I'm going back first."

Chen Shiying, who had already walked into the house, turned around and said, "Sister, it's rare for my brother to come here once, why don't you even talk about it?"

Mrs. Wang lowered her head and said, "No, my boss is still at home waiting for me to go back and cook..." After she finished speaking, she remembered that Chen Ming had gone to the county grain store and had not returned yet, so she changed her words and said, "I'll cook and wait for my boss to come back. Brother Ying is having fun at his daughter's house, so you're welcome." After saying that, he hurried away.

Chen Shiying watched blankly as Wang's background disappeared outside the gate, with a lonely look on his face.

Although Chen Afu sympathized with their situation, but since they were separated and each had their own families, it was better to keep that feeling in his heart.

She pulled Chen Shiying's sleeve and said, "Dad, are you thirsty? I'll pour you a bowl of osmanthus honey. I made it myself."

Chen Shiying came back to his senses and said with a smile, "Okay." Although he preferred tea, he was still willing to try the osmanthus honey made by his daughter.

Chen Afu poured him a bowl, a thin white porcelain bowl, with light golden honey water, and a few petals of small sweet-scented osmanthus floating on it. It tasted delicious at first sight. He took a sip and his mouth was filled with fragrance.

He drank the honey water in several sips and asked with an awkward smile, "Fu'er will laugh at dad, right?"

Chen Afu shook his head and said, "No."

Chen Shiying sighed again and said, "It might be a good thing for your mother not to marry me. I'm afraid, I'm afraid that I will wrong her and make her sad..." After thinking about it, he muttered again, "Perhaps, after I marry your mother, I won't be able to bear to wrong her."

The last sentence was spoken in such a low voice that Chen Afu couldn't hear it clearly.

"What did dad say, what grievance?" Chen Afu asked.

Chen Shiying waved his hand, pushed the bowl and said, "Dad likes to drink this kind of sugar water. Fuer will pour another bowl for dad."

What he couldn't tell his daughter was that Aunt Tang "caught an epidemic" and died in Zhuangzi last month. A few days ago, the virtuous Jiang family gave him a sixteen-year-old concubine...

Chen Afu was chatting with Chen Shiying when he heard a noise in Luyuan.

Chen Afu went out and said to Old Man Zeng, "Go and see what's going on in Luyuan."

Old man Zeng agreed to go out, and after a while he ran back to report, "Back to the eldest daughter, my wife's natal stepmother and younger brother came here carrying my wife's father. They said that my wife's father was seriously ill and their family had no money, so they had to carry him here." At my daughter’s house, I asked my wife to treat Yinzi’s illness for the sake of my biological father..."

Chen Afu was afraid that the Wang family would suffer a loss, so he stood up and said to Chen Shiying, "I'll go over and take a look."

Although it is the busy farming season, there are still some people watching the excitement around the entrance of Luyuan.

Xue Dagui and Shan Zi pulled away the spectators, and Chen Afu walked in. Seeing old man Wang lying on the ground, Mrs. Ding was kneeling next to him and crying at the top of her voice. Wang Cai was complaining to Mrs. Wang. The general idea is that they have no money now and have no choice. If they delay any longer, Old Man Wang will die, so they have to push him to his daughter's house to ask for money to continue his treatment...

Wang stayed there at a loss. She didn't want to let this black-hearted mother and son enter her house. Since she knew that little Wang Cheng had suffered so much and still didn't know whether to live or die, she hated Ding even more and was angry at her father's ruthlessness. But Old Man Wang was lying in the yard and groaning, and there were some people watching outside the door. She didn't know what to do. She was afraid that her father was really sick, and she was also afraid that the three of them were acting together. She didn't want to give money to the bad-hearted Ding.

In ancient times, filial piety was the most important thing. Although Chen Afu hated Ding and Wang Cai to death, Old Man Wang had to take care of her, otherwise Wang would be drowned in saliva.

She walked up to them with a gloomy face and said, "My mother doesn't care about him, why are you crying?" She shouted to Old Man Zeng, "Go to the village and invite Doctor Lin." She also winked at him, and Old Man Zeng nodded and walked out quickly.

Xue Dagui and Shanzi carried Old Man Wang to a reclining chair under the corridor and fed him water.

Wang Cai said, "We walked such a long way, my mother and I are thirsty, pour us a glass of water."

Xue Dagui and others pretended not to hear.

Aunt Zeng went out and told the people at the door how Ding had sold Wang and how she had sold Wang's brother, causing her brother to be abused by the buyer and his life or death is still unknown...