Chapter 292 Imbalance

Chen Afu led Xia Yue and Qiu Yue to the kitchen to work, leaving only the Chu family's grandparents and Chen Dabao in the room.

Seeing Chu Lingxuan's excitement, the old Marquis Chu had already guessed it. Seeing that there were no outsiders, he whispered, "Is it..."

Chu Lingxuan nodded, sat down and whispered in his ear, "I can stand up."

The old master's eyes were red when he heard it, and he murmured, "Being able to stand up means it's not far from being able to walk. After so many years, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it..."

"Yeah." Chu Lingxuan agreed, and said to Dabao who was staring at him blankly at another table, "Grandpa and Daddy are happy today, Dabao is a little man, and he also wants to drink with us to cheer us up."

Dabao was very happy when he heard that he could drink like a man. He first made a scissors hand gesture, and then reminded him, "Dad, you ignored your sister. My sister greeted you for so long, but you ignored her."

Chu Hanyan was pouting and looking at Chu Lingxuan with tears in her eyes. After hearing what Dabao said, she felt even more wronged and opened her mouth to cry.

Chu Lingxuan quickly got up and picked up her daughter, smiling, "Daddy is happy today and only cares about talking to Grandpa. Daddy apologizes for neglecting her."

Chu Lingzhi was so anxious that he shouted, "Dabao is a little man and can drink, but what about me?"

The old marquis laughed and said, "Of course you are also a little man and can drink."

But when Chu Lingxuan asked Chu Huai to go to the kitchen to get rice wine, Chu Lingzhi's mouth turned up to the back of his ears. After a long time, it was rice wine!

Chen Afu was busy in the kitchen. She guessed that it might be related to the Ninth Prince. Because the old monk took the green bird's nest in March, it has been seven months, and the Ninth Prince's condition should have improved.

She was also happy. If the Ninth Prince's leg is healed, the Chu family can plan for great things without waiting for Dabao to grow up, and Dabao will not be on the front line.

She fried, stewed, and deep-fried, and made eight dishes. There were eight dishes before, a total of sixteen dishes, which means "to be smooth".

Chen Afu took off her apron, put the last dish "Hongyun Dangtou" on the tray, and personally took it to the restaurant.

Dabao shouted loudly, "Mom, Dad said I am a man now, and let me drink." As he said that, he also raised the half bowl of rice wine in his hand, very proud.

Chen Afu smiled and nodded, and said that this dish was called "Hongyun Dangtou". In fact, the method is very similar to the lion's head, but she added more peppers in the sauce at the end, and the color looked red, so she took this auspicious name. She was afraid that the children would be spicy, so she only let them eat the middle of the big meatball. Thinking that it would be better if there were tomatoes, it would be more colorful and not spicy.

Chu Lingxuan asked Chen Afu to drink rice wine to cheer him up. In fact, Chen Afu really wanted to drink the kind of blue and white wine they drank. In his previous life, he could drink eight taels of white wine. But it was just a thought. It is not good for women to drink a lot in this era.

The old marquis and Chu Lingxuan drank for nearly an hour and finished the whole jar of wine. Chu Lingxuan supported the staggering old man, and Mother Song led Chu Hanyan back to Tangyuan.

When they reached the bare willow tree, Chu Lingxuan stood down, turned back and waved to Chen Afu and Dabao standing at the gate of Fuyuan, and at the urging of the old man, turned around and walked towards Tangyuan.

Chen Afu had been separated from Chu Lingxuan for many days, and he had not seen him at the end of the winter month. Only occasionally would he receive a letter from him, telling him about his longing for him.

During this period, Chen Afu also received a letter from Chen Shi, saying that Yang Mingyuan had personally gone to Dingzhou Prefecture to propose marriage to the Chen family, and Chen Shi agreed, and the marriage was scheduled to take place in August next year. At the same time, Yang Mingyuan also sent someone to write a letter to Chen Afu, saying that he had asked to marry her cousin Chen Aman.

Chen Afu was very happy and sent people to send letters to congratulate them.

Chen Shi wrote letters to the first wife and Chen Ming to tell them the good news.

Hu Shi was psychologically unbalanced again. Not to mention Hu Shi, even Chen Ye was jealous. The daughters of the second and third wives found good families. One was a high-ranking official from aristocratic families, and the other was a businessman with a lot of money. But his daughter Chen Aju still hasn't found a family.

Others like their family, but they don't like them. The people they like don't like them.

Chen Aju likes Hu Wei, the son of Hu Laowu, because he looks good, his family has money and land, and he is now a minor official in the county government.

Chen Ye and Hu Shi both think that it's good to be close relatives and know each other well. If it were before, they would not have the confidence to become relatives with Hu Laowu, but now the situation is different. Not only are they rich, but Hu Laowu also wants to use them to build relationships with Chen Ming and Tangyuan.

What they never expected was that Hu Laowu found an excuse to postpone it...

It was the twenty-ninth day of the winter month, and Luyuan was slaughtering the New Year pig. The reason for choosing today was because A Lu and Dabao were on holiday.

Early in the morning, not only Dabao went to Luyuan to be the host, but also Chu Lingzhi, Mr. Chu, and the Animal House went to Luyuan early to watch the excitement.

This was the first time that Chen Ming's family slaughtered the New Year pig, and even Chen Ming was very excited. Now he is very famous in the nearby area, and many villagers have invited him to slaughter the New Year pig, so his family also invited many families, not only from Xiangluo Village, but also from Shangshui Village and Gujing Village. Fortunately, his house is big enough to accommodate so many people.

Hu Laowu and several landlords and village heads all came in a hurry. They not only wanted to make friends with Chen Ming, but also knew that the old marquis and Luo Guanshi would definitely go to Luyuan for dinner today.

Although Chen Afu also wanted to join in the fun at Luyuan, Chu Hanyan was afraid of the crowds, so neither of them went. She asked Xia Yue to call Chen Daya and Wu Xiaoqing over there, and together with Luo Mei, several little girls were playing in the west wing.

Chen Afu closed the doors and windows of the west wing tightly. Because the backyard of Luyuan was too lively, the screams of pigs and the excited roars of men were afraid that the little girls would be scared.

At noon, Qiuyue came from Luyuan with a lunch box, which contained a large pot of pig-killing dishes. Aunt Zeng had already prepared rice and fried a few side dishes. Chen Afu led a few children to eat with the pig-killing dishes.

Qiuyue and Chen Afu laughed and said, "Both pigs are over 200 kilograms. The butcher said they are the fattest pigs in this area."

Chu Hanyan ate a piece of blood sausage, wrinkled her nose, and said in wonder, "Auntie, my brother said that the pig-killing dish is very delicious and is the most delicious delicacy. Why don't you think so?"

This is the first time that little girl Chu questioned Chen Dabao's words.

Chen Daya had already eaten several pieces of meat. After listening to Chu Hanyan's words, she wiped her little greasy mouth and said, "The pig-killing dish is very delicious."

Wu Xiaoqing also nodded and said, "Well, the pig-killing dish is delicious, and my brother likes it the most. My grandpa's family killed a pig that day, and my brother couldn't go to school, and he cried."

Chen Afu went to the kitchen to make a dipping sauce, dipped the meat and vegetables in the pig-killing dish in the sauce, and gave it to the little girl, and the little girl nodded with satisfaction.