A few days later, Chen Afu was sitting on the kang wearing a half-new and old cotton gown, she was teaching the little brothers to build blocks, and the little girl Chu was learning to tie with Mama Li on the side.

Perhaps her development was affected when she was a child, and the little girl's finger joints were always not very flexible, so Chen Afu asked her to practice her knuckles more.

Now the weather is already a little warm, and only a pot of charcoal is burned in the house, not even the kang. The kang is covered with a thick mattress, and I don't feel cold at all when I sit on it.

Chen Afu and the little girl were amused by the little brothers from time to time.

At this time, the mother-in-law in the outer courtyard presented a post from the Hou Mansion in the south of the town, saying that Mrs. Ma Da, the wife in charge of the Hou Mansion, would come to visit the eldest sister of the Chu family tomorrow morning, and the eldest aunt of the eldest sister of the Chu family, Ma San, and her cousin, Miss Ma Si.

Zhennan Hou Mansion is Ma Shufei's maiden home.

Chen Afu frowned, they still came. She said to the little girl, "The Ma family is going to come to see you tomorrow morning, so you don't have to go to class." ”

The Hou Mansion invited an old gentleman who specialized in teaching Miss Chu.

The little girl nodded, and continued to play.

The next day, Chen Afu dressed up the little girl, wearing a rain-soaked azure soft satin jacket and a long skirt, pomegranate red jacquard brocade hairy shoulders, sleeves and skirts embroidered with plum blossoms, and two jade rabbit hairpins on the head of the bag. Despite not wearing makeup, the little girl was still undeceptively beautiful.

At about the end of the day, Mrs. Ma and her party were brought to Zhuxuan.

Chen Afu took the little girl and waited at the door of the upper room.

Mrs. Martha is about forty, with exquisite makeup, fat and thin, and can be regarded as a beautiful middle-aged woman. She was followed by a woman in her thirties, and a girl of twelve or thirteen.

Mrs. Ma is the nephew and daughter-in-law of Concubine Ma Shu, Rong Zhao's cousin-in-law, and Chen Afu's elder. Chen Afu bent his knees and smiled, "Mrs. Martha." ”

Mrs. Ma looked at Chu Hanyan first, then took Chen Afu's hand and said with a smile, "Young Mrs. Chu, thank you for taking such good care of Yan'er." ”

Chen Afu said with a smile, "Yan'er is my daughter, our mother and daughter have a deep relationship, of course I have to be good to her." ”

Mrs. Martha choked for a moment, and said with a smile on her face, "Yes, with a mother like you, Yan'er is so blessed......"

Before she finished her words, Grandma Ma San pulled Chu Hanyan into tears. said, "Sister, it's great that you have grown so big, and my sister-in-law can rest in peace in the spirit of heaven." ”

Miss Ma Si also pulled Chu Hanyan and said, "My cousin looks like an aunt, and she is very handsome." After speaking, he also wiped away tears.

Chu Hanyan was so frightened that she shrank back, pulling Chen Afu's hand tighter.

Chen Afu's eyebrows furrowed.

Madame Ma also frowned. Xindao, this family is still all mud and can't be on the wall, so I told them several times at home, to slowly coax the little girl's heart over, and then improve the relationship with the Chu family...... No wonder it was useless for the Ma family to marry Chu Lingxuan, the Hou Mansion accompanied so many dowries, hoping that she could give Princess Rongzhao a help. As a result, I didn't help at all, and I died of illness at a young age. It's a pity that the thousands of taels of silver are all gone before I hear the sound.

She said angrily, "Although you are my sister's aunt and cousin, don't scare my sister when you meet for the first time." ”

Grandma Ma San hurriedly laughed and said, "Ouch, blame me." I saw that my niece and daughter were so happy, so I took care of it so much. He added, "Sister, your grandfather, grandmother, and uncle all want to think about it." ”

A few people entered the hall and sat down for tea. The little girl Chu went to kowtow to Mrs. Ma and Grandma Ma San, Mrs. Ma erased a pair of jade bracelets from her wrist and gave them to the little girl as a greeting gift, and Grandma Ma San took off a peacock hairpin with a red gold inlaid with emeralds and several rubies from her head and gave it to the little girl as a greeting gift.

Chen Afu guessed that the peacock golden hairpin must have been given to Ma San's grandmother by Ma Fu and asked her to give it to the little girl as a greeting gift. When Grandma Ma San took it off, her hands were a little trembling, and Miss Ma San's eyes were also very reluctant.

Also, all the ornaments on Grandma Ma San's body add up, and the hairpin is not worth much.

Chen Afu smiled and took off a gorse hairpin from her head as a greeting gift to Miss Ma Si, which made her feel a little happy.

Chen Afu said secretly, so he can't go to the grandfather's house with a face and shallow eyes, and he can't let the little girl have more contact with them.

Several people talked around the little girl. Mrs. Ma and Grandma Ma San talked about how they and their families thought of the little girl and how they hoped that she would return to Beijing soon.

Chen Afu was not polite, and said that the first time he saw the little girl, she was so thin and pitiful, how timid and introverted she was. How to rack her brains to make food for her, how to make her personality extroverted.

Chen Afu can't say that the little girl is stupid, so he has to say that she is thin.

Mrs. Martha's face turned red and white when she heard this, and she couldn't help but think darkly. If it had been before, she would definitely not be polite to Chen. This Chen is just the daughter of a fourth-grade petty official, and his man is not only the Hou Ye, but also the uncle of the country. But now it's not good, Concubine Shu Niangniang and Princess Rongzhao are too busy to take care of themselves, and the Hou Ye is with the wrong person, and they are engaged in the second prince and a party, and they are not treated by the emperor, let alone the prince.

Hou Ye just wanted her to pass through Chu Hanyan's line and restart the relationship with the Chu Mansion.

Mrs. Ma wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "Don't hide it from Young Lady Chu, it's all that evil slave who deceived Her Royal Highness the Princess, and we only heard about these things later." Ouch, after I heard about it, I felt distressed for a long time......"

Grandma Ma San proposed, "We adults are not interested in talking, so Sister Yan will take your cousin out to breathe." ”

Little Miss Chu looked at Chen Afu, Chen Afu nodded at her, and she got up and took Miss Ma Si out. Mama Huang and Miao Er followed the little girl step by step.

The Ma family came to the door for the first time, but Chen Afu still left a lunch.

After the meal, Grandma Ma San proposed to let Chu Hanyan go home to live for a few days, saying that the little girl's grandmother was sick because she thought about the little girl.

Chen Afu said with a smile, "Yan'er was frightened by wicked people when she was a child, and she was very timid. Except to follow me, he never goes out of the house alone. Don't even play. So, from childhood to adulthood, the elders in the family didn't allow me to let her go out alone. ”

Mrs. Martha squeezed out a smile and said, "That's my sister's grandfather's house, and it's not someone else's family, will it hurt her?" ”

Chen Afu was puzzled, "Why don't I send someone to the outer courtyard to ask the old marquis?" Only when his old man agreed, I dared to release him. ”

Mrs. Martha couldn't, so she had to wait for someone to go to the outer courtyard for instructions.