Chapter 336 Long and Short

When Chen Dabao mentioned Jinbao, he remembered that the golden swallow he had been waiting for for a long time had not appeared yet. He pulled Chen Afu's clothes and said anxiously, "Mom, why hasn't Jinbao come home yet? I saw many wild geese and swallows flying north, why hasn't it come to find us yet? Will it forget the way home?"

Chu Hanyan has also been waiting for Jinyanzi. After hearing what Dabao said, she pursed her lips and was about to cry.

Chen Afu smiled and said, "What a coincidence, we met Jinbao on the road, and it stayed with us for two days. It's just that it missed the forest too much, so it flew to the forest to play first, maybe it can come back at night."

Dabao jumped happily at first, then pouted and said, "Jinbao should miss me and my sister more. We miss it so much that we can't sleep well and eat, but it ran to the forest first."

Miss Chu didn't think so much. When she heard that Jinbao could find the way home, she smiled with curved eyebrows.

Children are always the friendliest to other children. After Li Xuan got familiar with the two brothers and sisters, he smiled at them.

For Li Xuan's safety, he could not say that he was the emperor's grandson, but only that he was the son of Chu Lingxuan's friend. Because of some special circumstances, Lai Tangyuan was raised by Chen Afu for a period of time. Therefore, Li Xuan was asked to call Chu Lingxuan uncle and Chen Afu aunt for the time being, instead of calling them brother and sister-in-law according to the generation of Princess Zhaorong. This was discussed in the capital. Of course, he dared not let him call Dabao uncle.

Chen Afu put Li Xuan on the Luohan bed and let the two children play with him. She took out the gifts for the two children and the animal house, and also bought gifts for Mr. Liao and some respectable servants of Manager Luo. This time, Qiqi and Huihui were not left out. They bought a special silver foot ring for their family and put it on them personally.

The two little guys were very happy. Qiqi imitated Chen Ye's voice and said, "Well, big brother is grateful for your kindness." Huihui imitated Hu's voice and said, "Oh, it's just so-so." It was not as smart as Qiqi, and some of the words were not clear to it. It thought it was praising Chen Afu. Chen Afu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Whenever Chen Ming's family sent things to the big room, Chen Ye and Hu loved to say these two sentences the most. Even they learned them. In Lu Garden, Wang pulled Wang Cheng to sit on the kang, crying and telling each other some experiences. Chen Ming felt that it was about time, and smiled, "Juan Niang, it's time to let Chengzi and the others go to see the residence. They have walked such a long way, so they need to wash up." After hearing this, Wang got up and pulled Wang Cheng to the east wing. She said, "Your family will live here in the future..." She then noticed that Wu was not walking very well, and she needed Mrs. Tan to help her when she stepped over the threshold, and asked, "Is your sister-in-law not feeling well?"

Wang Cheng said, "She got sick during the confinement period."

Wang hurried to help Wu and said, "Oh, why didn't you say it earlier? You can't get tired with this disease. Come on, sit on the bed, I'll have someone make you a bowl of ginseng soup."

Wu was so moved by the anxiety and distress in Wang's eyes that tears came out. There were so many close relatives in her mother's family, but no one cared for her at all.

Wang asked Wang Cheng's family to wash up in the east wing, and she went to the kitchen to ask Aunt Mu to make ginseng soup.

Wu was tired, so she went to bed after washing up, and Wang Cheng took the two children to the upper room.

Wang Xiaodi and Wang Xiaomei just noticed that there were three big dogs and two small dogs lying on the straw mat under the eaves of the west wing. Children all like animals, but they didn't dare to go over when they saw that the three big dogs were very tall and fierce.

A Lu smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, as long as you don't touch their babies, they won't be aggressive to you." Then, he took his younger brother and sister to stand aside and watch them.

Zhuifeng and Sasa immediately became alert. They didn't allow anyone to get close to their babies except their own family. But when they saw that the two had no intention of touching the babies, they lay down leisurely again. Caiwang was lying away from the four of them and was taking a nap.

It was already dark, and the sky was full of stars. The food was ready, but Chen Ming still didn't let anyone serve the food. They had to wait for his son-in-law and his family.

Chu Lingxuan and Chen Afu came with three children, two parrots and a car of gifts. As soon as they entered Lu Garden, Zhuifeng and Sasa ran to Chen Afu with a puppy in their mouths.

Chen Afu squatted down and took the two puppies from their mouths. The little guy was just ten days old, and his eyes were not open yet. He took the advantages of his parents, with white hair and gray ears. Looking more closely, one of them had a longer nose and the other had a shorter nose. They were crawling in Chen Afu's arms and humming softly.

Chen Afu said happily, "Oh my god, these are two beautiful babies. I have never seen such lovely puppies."

Zhuifeng was so happy that he howled a few times to the sky. He wanted to pounce on his master, but he was afraid of knocking the baby to the ground, so he had to lick his master's clothes with his long tongue. Sasa's eyes were sparkling, and he looked at Chen Afu without blinking.

Chen Afu smiled at it, "Sasa is really capable. She gave birth to such lovely two children."

After talking to the family for a while, and giving it the braised pork bones he brought for Wangcai, Chen Afu went into the upper room.

Chu Lingxuan, Chen Afu, Chen Dabao, and Chu Hanyan knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Ming and Wang. Chu Lingxuan had already changed his words. Chu Hanyan started to call Chen Ming and Wang "grandfather" and "grandmother" today.

Chen Ming and Wang happily gave each of them a red envelope.

The food was already on the table. Originally, Chu Lingxuan, Chen Ming, Wang Cheng and other men sat at one table, and the women and children sat at another table. But today was a special occasion, so Wang was also invited to the main table.

Wu was still resting. At the other table, only Chen Afu, an adult, was eating with a group of children. Li Xuan was being fed by Wei Mama.

Wang pointed to a plate of pickled vegetables and fried oil residue and said, "Chengzi, you liked this dish the most when you were a child. This is specially cooked by me."

Wang Cheng took a bite and nodded, "Well, it's this taste. I've been thinking about it for many years. Later, my mother also cooked it, but it's not as delicious as this."

Wang smiled and said, "Eat more if you like it." Then, she kept putting food into his bowl.

After Wang Cheng's bowl was full, Wang noticed Chu Lingxuan and said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry to make my son-in-law laugh. When I saw Chengzi, I didn't care about anything."

Chu Lingxuan smiled, "No, mother-in-law is polite."

Wang Cheng had been immersed in the joy of reuniting with his sister just now, and Chu Lingxuan's words made him sober again. He had been in the military camp for nearly 20 years, and even a ninth-rank official ordered him around. If he made his superior unhappy, he would be kicked twice. And such a high-ranking official sitting next to him for dinner, even if he was the husband of his niece, made him tremble with fear.

His hands began to tremble again as he got scared.

Chu Lingxuan was helpless and said in a coaxing voice to Chu Hanyan, "Uncle, don't be afraid. At home, we are relatives, and you are still my elder. If you do this, Ah Fu will be angry with me when you go home."

After saying that, he smiled and raised his glass to toast Wang Cheng and Chen Ming.