After the second master of Chu was disabled, his temperament changed greatly and he was moody. The old marquis and the old lady who had passed away cherished him, and his brother and younger brother let him develop the bad habit of eating, drinking, and sleeping in the willows.

The men of the Chu family did not accept concubines, but in order to make the second master of Chu feel good, the old lady had to carry him two girls who had a room. A girl poured the soup very schemingly, gave birth to the eldest son for the second master, and was raised to be Aunt Fang.

is already disabled, and has the eldest son, and it is even more difficult for the second master Chu to find a daughter-in-law.

When he was nineteen years old, the family finally found him a daughter-in-law, who was Second Mrs. Chu. Second Mrs. Chu's father was originally an eight-rank petty official, but Marquis Chu found a relationship to promote him by two levels, and found a more oily position, so he gave up his daughter.

Second Mrs. Chu is good-looking, fair and delicate, and comes from an official family. At first, the second master of Chu still liked it more, and agreed to donate a petty official to him at home, wanting the prodigal son to turn back, take care of the family's affairs, and support his wife and children. But after a long time, I saw that Second Mrs. Chu had small eyes, spoke and acted in an undisciplined manner, and was greedy for money.

Second Master Chu was sad again, and the old problem was committed again.

Although he can't do anything else, he can give birth to children, Master Chu and Master Chu San both have only two children, and he has five, two sons and three daughters.

They are, the second master Chu Lingqi, nineteen years old, the eldest son. The third master, Chu Ling'an, is seventeen years old and has a son-in-law. The second girl, Chu Zhen, is 14 years old and has a daughter-in-law. The third girl, Chu Lin, and the fourth girl, Chu Bi, are both nine years old and are both concubines.

Chen Afu pressed his mind and came to the second master of Chu. Lowering his gaze, he could still see that the eyebrows and eyes of Second Master Chu were somewhat similar to Chu Lingxuan, but his temperament was completely different, he was gloomy, weak, and his left sleeve was empty.

Chen Afu gave him a blessing on his knees and said, "I've seen the second uncle." ”

Second Master Chu nodded, didn't bother to say anything, took a red envelope and handed it to her.

Then I saw the third master of Chu, the second lady of Chu, and the third lady of Chu, and the three of them Chen Afu had already met. Master Chu San and Mrs. Chu San both smiled and said a few auspicious words about the early opening of the branches, and the second Mrs. Chu only said "um", and each took a red envelope to her.

She is the eldest sister-in-law, in addition to the elders, other uncles, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, and nephews will come to her to see her. The meeting gift she prepared for them was a jade pendant for men and a hosta for women.

The last person who came to see her was the son of the second master Chu Ling'an, one-year-old Chu Siwen. He was held and kowtowed by the nurse, a very cute little boy.

After seeing the ceremony, I went to the ancestral hall to worship the tablet.

It was already noon when he returned to Zhuxuan, and Chen Afu saw that Mama Li, Qingfeng and several other girls had come to the room to wait.

After the two went to the clean room to wash up and had dinner, Chu Lingxuan went to the front yard, and he said that he had something to discuss with Master Chu San.

Chen Afu sat down at the Eight Immortals table in the hall and asked the people in the courtyard to kowtow to her.

Zhu Xuan had six girls and four mothers-in-law before, and Xia Yue gave each of them a purse with silver bills. Because Jade Bracelet and Hongfei are big girls, the two of them are packed with six silver bills.

Chen Afu determined that Mama Li was her housekeeper's mother, and Xia Yue, Qingfeng, Jade Bracelet, and Hongfei were big girls. Xiaohong, Xiaolu, and Zhu Xuan's two girls, she changed her name to Xiao Huang and Xiao Mo, for the second-class girl, Xiao Zi and the other little girls for the third class, the four mothers-in-law still perform their duties, Hua Mother is in charge of the small kitchen, responsible for cooking or boiling water, and the other three mothers-in-law are rough mothers-in-law.

Jade Bracelet was married when she was in Dingzhou Mansion, and this time she brought her fiancé Yu Yongshun with her. Two months later, they got married, and Jade Bracelet is Zhu Xuan's housekeeper mother, who will take care of Zhu Xuan here for a long time. And Yu Yongshun was in charge of Chen Afu's shop in the capital, directly under the leadership of Zeng Shuang, selling the crops provided by Fuyun.

After the distribution, Chen Ah Fu instructed Hua Pozi to prepare some flour, eggs, milk and other ingredients, and she would make some snacks later to honor her elders.

When only Mama Li and Xia Yue were left in the house, Xia Yue took out the red envelope.

The red envelopes are filled with silver tickets. The old marquis gave eight hundred taels of silver, the third master of Chu and the third lady of Chu each sent four hundred taels of silver, the second master of Chu also sent four hundred taels of silver, and the second lady of Chu gave twenty taels of silver.

Xia Yue said disdainfully, "The second lady is really, an elder, it's embarrassing to give twenty taels of silver." ”

Chen Afu pulled the corners of her mouth and didn't squeak, not only was her eyelids shallow, but she didn't even do a little face.

She was resting on the kang with her eyes closed. The next person came to report, and the fourth and fifth masters came.

Of course, the fifth master is Chu Lingzhi, and the fourth master is Chu Lingwei, the eldest son of the third lady of Chu. Chen Afu didn't see it too clearly in the morning, he only felt that Chu Lingwei was very tall, he was just eleven years old this year, but he was half a head taller than twelve-year-old Ah Lu and Chen Yulan.

Chen Afu got up and smiled, "Please." ”

Chu Lingzhi ran in and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you finally married into my family." After leaving Tangyuan for so long, I want my sister-in-law to make dim sum the most. ”

Chen Afu sneered, "Just want snacks?"

Chu Lingzhi hurriedly said, "Oh, I still want to be sister-in-law, Yan'er, Dabao, chasing the wind, Sasa, Wangcai, Qiqi, and Ash." Why didn't my sister-in-law bring them all?"

Chen Afu smiled and asked Chu Lingwei to sit down on the chair. Chu Lingwei inherited the good looks of the Chu family, a little shy, blushing, or embarrassed to come to the door to ask for food.

She knew that the Chu family was headed by the old marquis, and the men were all sweet and especially liked to eat dim sum. The two boys must have been hungry for snacks.

She laughs, "I've already asked the kitchen to prepare the ingredients, and I'll make them right away." You sit down and have a cup of tea, and you'll be fine for a while. ”

She took Xia Yue to the kitchen in the backyard, and the flower woman had already woken up.

There was no oven here, and many snacks could not be made, so she made golden cakes and secretly put a little crushed agarwood powder into the flour.

It was done in half an hour, eight yuan for each of the elders, four yuan for each of the other masters, and two yuan for each of the few decent subordinates. Let the girls send them separately.

Of course, the people in Zhuxuan have a share.

She brought a plate of golden cakes to the main courtyard, Chu Lingwei and Chu Lingzhi were feeding the fish in the courtyard, and when they saw Chen Afu coming with a snack, they quickly wiped their hands with a handkerchief to greet them.

Chu Lingwei said, "Sister-in-law, my chef will also make this golden cake, but what is made is not as delicious as that made by my sister-in-law." ”

Chen Afu said with a smile, "If you like to eat, you often come to play, and my sister-in-law will do something else." ”

She likes the three masters of Chu and the two children, and she also likes these two children.

The brothers ate all the golden cakes on the plate, and Chen Afu also gave them the four pieces they had prepared for them to take back.