Chapter 208 No Chance
After dinner, Chu Hanyan originally wanted to stay in Fuyuan to play with little girl Yang Qian, but thinking that her father and grandma would be leaving tomorrow, she still followed her back to Tangyuan obediently.
This time, it was not only Chen Afu and Dabao who sent them out, but also Yang Chao and Yang Qian.
Because Chen was on the same road, Chu Lingxuan and Chu Hanyan only looked back at them, waved, and turned around to accompany Chen back to Tangyuan.
Chen Afu asked Alu to lead Dabao and Yang Chao to sleep in the east chamber, while Yang Qian followed her to the upper room.
It was not dark yet, and several children were playing in the yard with two dogs and two birds.
Wang didn't return to Luyuan either. Chen Afu sat with her on the corridor of the east wing, watching the children playing.
The Honglin Mountain in the distance is like an undulating black silhouette, which makes the sunset on the top of the mountain darker and more intense. From time to time, birds returning to their nests flew across the sky and disappeared into the brilliant clouds.
Suddenly, Chen Afu saw many birds flying out of the red clouds, densely packed, flying towards here like bombers. These birds flew closer and closer, reaching the sky above Fuyuan. They circled in a circle first, then dropped many "dung bombs", and then landed on trees and roofs. The children playing in the yard screamed and hid under the corridor, while Qiqi and Huihui shouted "Welcome" at the top of their voices. Because when they see guests coming to their home, their owners always shout "welcome".
A bird landed on Chen Afu's lap, and then she saw clearly that it was a golden swallow.
Jin Yanzi chirped and said, "Mommy, wake up and shut your mouth. What's all the fuss about? These are my little brothers and sisters. They wanted to hang out with me, so they took them home."
Chen Afu was out of breath for a while, giving it a brain-shattering, and cursed, "There are so many birds, how can I have so many cages for them in my house? Moreover, they urinate and defecate everywhere, look what they have done to my yard." "
Golden Swallow looked back and saw that there were indeed a lot of white and black bird droppings in the yard.
It chirped again, "Okay, I didn't think carefully enough and didn't remind them first. Don't worry, mommy, I'll let them go to the watermelon patch on the side of the yard if they have to poop in the future, and I can help you less fertilize. I There were ninety-eight birds brought back this time. Only forty birds had to live in cages, while the others slept in trees. Also, I gave them some polished rice and minced meat to eat. They boasted that mommy would treat them to delicious food.”
Chen Afu had no choice but to ask Aunt Zeng, Xia Yue and Qiu Yue to get food. Then he said, "You won't let them live in my house forever, will you?"
Golden Swallow said, "No, most of these birds are used to being wild and don't like to be restrained. They only come here to play for a few days occasionally. But there are more than a dozen birds that will follow me all the time because they are really stupid. They are always bullied, and they will be eaten by eagles or snakes if they are not careful. Moreover, they are so handsome and sing so beautifully that people cannot bear to let them die."
When Xia Yue and Qiu Yue scattered the rice on the ground and put several bowls of minced meat on the ground, the birds all flew down to eat. These birds include common birds such as sparrows and swallows, as well as uncommon or even unknown birds. They are black, gray, red, and green, and they are really beautiful.
When the birds were full, they all jumped up and down and chirped at Chen Afu.
What a smart bird!
Seeing their enthusiasm, Chen Afu accepted them from the bottom of his heart. She asked Xia Yue and Huang's mother to wait for the children to rest. She and Qiu Yue sorted the birds that had to go into the cages to rest, and put them into the cages. They also brought many straw baskets and placed them on the porch, and spread some hay in the baskets. If the birds don't want to sleep in the trees, they sleep in baskets.
After doing this, it was already very late. After Wang returned to Luyuan, Chen Afu also went to his room to rest.
Chen Afu got up before dawn the next day. She led others to stew a pot of vegetarian dishes and made some plum blossom cakes and golden silk cakes.
After it was done, someone sent the braised vegetables and half of the dim sum to Tangyuan. Of course, one copy belonged to Chu Lingxuan, and the other two belonged to Abbot Liaochen and Old Monk Wuzhi. Although the old monk is naughty and annoying, you can never go wrong if you have a good relationship with him.
After breakfast, Yang Mingyuan, accompanied by Luo Yuan, came to say goodbye. He wanted to go home to spend more time with his mother, and then rushed back to the capital.
Chen Afu was shocked when he saw him, not only because of his dark panda eyes, but also because he felt that he had lost weight. She wondered if she was delusional, as it was possible for people to lose weight overnight. Besides, when he came to his home as a guest, he and the Luo family all treated him well and did not wrong him at all.
She opened her mouth, but suppressed her doubts.
Chen Afu helped Chen Ayu find a back door. After all, Lu Chuan can't live in the elegant hall. Chen Ayu is beautiful and smart, and should be trained and grown in a broader world. Since Hongyun Restaurant wants to open a branch, it must cultivate talents. Chen Afu wanted him to practice with Yang Mingyuan so that he could better develop the family business in the future.
Yang Mingyuan nodded, smiled and said that Chen Ayu would just go to the capital to find him.
Chen Afu gave the other half of the snack to his mother.
Yang Mingyuan expressed his gratitude, touched the heads of Yang Chao's little brother and sister who came to give him a gift, and let them play for two days before going home. His grandmother was very lonely at home alone. After that, he pushed back the moisture in his eyes, said goodbye to Chen Afu and Luo Yuan, and got into the carriage.
Yang Mingyuan originally had something to say to Chen Afu. He even thought that, if possible, he would hire a matchmaker to settle the matter between the two of them before returning to the capital.
But when he saw what Luo Yuan and his wife did yesterday, and saw that whenever Chen Afu appeared in Chu Lingxuan's sight, Chu Lingxuan would look at her involuntarily, and a smile would appear on his previously cold face.
He knew that he had no chance.
Since the children's mother died, his mother urged him to find another mother for the children every day, but he was unwilling to do so because he was afraid that the stepmother would not treat the children well.
When he saw Chen Afu, he was first surprised by her intelligence and beauty, as well as her unique charm, and then her kindness, her heartfelt love for the children, and the children's love for her. He felt that he had finally found a girl who pleased him and could treat his children well.
When he was in the capital, whenever he was busy, the person he thought about the most was Chen Afu. As long as he thought of her, no matter how tired he was, he would disappear. He thought that this trip back to his hometown would give him another wife to accompany him for life, but he didn't expect that the beautiful fate had not even begun, and it had ended...
Chen Afu didn't know Yang Mingyuan was sad, and opened all the bird cages after returning. Seeing the golden swallow flap its wings and fly into the sky, the other birds followed it and flew up, circling and chirping in the air.