Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

Time flies to July 23rd. Alu has been to Fucheng for half a month and should be back. At early noon, Chen Ming would sit under the tree and weave baskets, looking eastward from time to time. During the lunch break, I only went inside to take a nap, then came out to continue looking out. It wasn't until the sun set that I knew they wouldn't come back, and then I went back to the house disappointed.

Chen Afu's heart was also lifted, and he went out to look eastward from time to time. Even Chen Dabao, who was walking birds and collecting firewood at the west end of the village in the afternoon, would take Qiqi and Huihui for a walk to the east before returning home.

At the beginning of the 24th, Chen Afu was making a mattress on the kang, and Chen Dabao was practicing writing. Suddenly, he heard Chen Ming, who was sitting under the eaves, asking, "Who are you looking for?"

A strange man's voice asked loudly, "Where is Chen Dabao's home?"

Chen Afu looked out the window and saw a carriage parked at the door. Yang Chao was sticking his head out of the window to look out.

She thought to herself, Uncle Yang is really rude, and she doesn’t have a close relationship with him, so why did he really let his son come?

But the visitor is a customer, not to mention the child of a partner. As she got off the kang, she said to Dabao, "Son, hurry up, Yang Chao is here."

After hearing this, Chen Dabao quickly put down his pen and ran out, shouting, "Brother Yang Chao."

Yang Chao got out of the car and said with a big smile, "Dabao, I think your house is in a state of disgrace."

Chen Ming was still in a daze, wondering how his grandson could know the rich young master. Chen Afu also came out and said with a smile, "The distinguished guest is here, come in quickly." He also told Chen Ming that this child was the young owner of Xile Restaurant.

After hearing this, Chen Ming quickly stood up to greet him.

Accompanying Yang Chao were a teenage boy named Lidong, and the old Uncle Yang who drove the carriage. They carried two pieces of meat, four pig's trotters, two packages of candies, and a large load of grapes.

It seems that they are going to have lunch at home.

Chen Dabao asked, "Why didn't you see sister Qian?"

Yang Chao said, "My father was worried about my sister coming, so he asked me to come alone." He said honestly, "If I have fun this time, I will bring my sister next time."

Chen Afu asked Dabao to accompany them to play in the new yard, where Qiqi and Huihui were waiting for their little master. They were bored and jumped up and down on the shelves. Jin Yanzi was not at home and went to the mountains again.

Chen Afu cooked hawthorn soup for them, washed the grapes and took them over, and then started cooking, while Chen Ming helped light the fire.

Yang Chao liked Huihui and Qiqi very much when he saw them. Especially when she saw Qiqi's eyes gleaming, she said, "Qiqi is really beautiful and tight, as beautiful as my sister."

He wiped Qiqi's fur and said, "I asked my father to buy two parrots, but after teaching them for a long time, they couldn't speak. They are far worse than Huihui and Qiqi."

Chen Dabao became even more proud and said, "Qiqi, carry 'Dukang' on your back."

Qiqi then shook his head and shouted, "The only solution to worries is Du Kang." The voice was the same as Chen Ming's.

Not to be outdone, Hui Hui jumped on her feet and shouted, "Dabao needs to pee, Dabao needs to pee." The voice was the same as Dabao's.

Dabao blushed, and Yang Chao laughed until his stomach hurt.

While we were playing, Little Stone came. He was here to deliver milk. His scalper gave birth to a calf. When Chen Afu heard about it, he went to Wu's house and asked Changgen's daughter-in-law if she could buy some milk every day to replenish Alu's health after he returned.

Changgen's daughter-in-law said angrily, "What kind of good thing is that? Do you still need to buy it? No one in our family likes to drink milk and doesn't like the smell. From now on, I will ask Xiao Shitou to send some to you every day. That kid, but... I ate a lot of good food from your house."

In the past two days, Xiao Shitou would come every morning to deliver a small gourd of milk.

Afterwards, Chen Dabao led Yang Chao, Xiao Shitou and Lidong to the east of the village to "walk" the birds. Two birds are flying in the sky, and three people are chasing them underground.

For a while, they were running in the woods, and for a while, they were running on the ridges of the fields. The field ridge is a bit narrow, so I would take Yang Chao for a jog at the beginning of winter.

Under the blue sky, two birds sometimes hovered at low altitude and sometimes flew at high altitude. When they were approaching Tangyuan, Chen Dabao shouted, "Don't go there, come back."

Qiqi and Huihui made a detour and flew back.

When several people returned home, they were all sweating profusely.

Chen Afu had prepared hot water, bathed Yang Chao and Dabao, and changed their clothes again. He wiped Xiao Shitou's sweat again and left him at home for lunch.

For lunch, I made braised pork, sliced ​​pork, braised cabbage, eggplant mixed with pickled water, and pig's trotter soup. I also made a snack, fried milk-flavored pumpkin cake.

A table was set up under the tree in the new yard. Chen Afu led Dabao, Yang Chao, and Xiao Shitou to eat here. Chen Ming accompanied old Uncle Yang and Lidong to eat and drink in the old yard.

Yang Chao exclaimed that the food here was more delicious than the food in his restaurant, and his mouth was full of oil when he ate it, especially pumpkin pie.

Chen Afu smiled and said, "If you like it, come to my house to play more often, and Aunt Chen will make it for you."

Yang Chao nodded politely and said, "Okay, I'll bring my sister with me next time." He then said, "Aunt Chen, my sister likes delicious snacks the most. Can you bring some pumpkin cakes back for her? "

Chen Afu nodded and smiled, "Okay."

Chen Dabao ate a lot of braised pork, while Xiao Shitou kept chewing on the pig's trotters. These two boys are quite addicted to meat.

After eating, Yang Chao didn't want to leave yet and said he would play some more. He couldn't let go of Dabao, let alone Huihui and Qiqi.

Old Uncle Yang advised, "The uncle asked the young master to finish his lunch and leave. If the young master is disobedient, he will not be able to come back in the future. If the young master is obedient, he can come again next time."

Then, Lidong carried the crying Yang Chao onto the carriage.

Chen Afu took a basket of freshly picked vegetables and a buttery pumpkin cake wrapped in oil paper onto the carriage and said, "Eat the freshly picked vegetables."

When Little Shitou left, Chen Afu packed him a small bag of candies and a bag of pumpkin cakes to take back.

After a whole morning of commotion, Chen Ming and Dabao were both a little tired, so they got on the kang to rest. Chen Afu cleaned up the kitchen, salted the remaining piece of meat, and let it cool under the eaves.

As soon as she finished doing this, she saw an ox cart approaching her door. Wang was sitting on it and Alu was lying on it.

Ah Chen Fu shouted excitedly, "Dad, my mother and Ah Lu are back." Then he ran towards the door.

She helped Alu out of the car and took down a few bags of things from the car. Mrs. Wang gave the coachman two hundred coins and asked Dabao to bring a bowl of water to the coachman before sending him away.

Alu can already walk with a crutch. Chen Afu held his face and looked at it. He was thinner, his eyes were bigger, his dimples were deeper, and his face was a little pale, but he was in good spirits.

If he were Chen Dabao, Chen Afu would definitely kiss him twice. But the child was already ten years old. Afraid of scaring him, Chen Afu just rubbed his face gently and said distressedly, "Alu is finally back. My sister misses you so much these days."

Alu's little face turned red with embarrassment, and he whispered, "Sister, I miss you too, my father and Dabao."

Thank you Hera @Qianlin for your wallet, thank you skyblue08 for your peach blossom fan. The revision of "Peasant Girl Splendid" was finally completed yesterday, and I hope it can pass the publishing house's requirements in one go. After some discussion with the editor, this article will be on the shelves on May 1st, inverted V. Dear friends, please rest assured that most of the time it will be updated twice before it is put on the shelves.