Chapter 33: Birth

Since Ah Niu had the precedent of finishing work on the first day, he was able to finish work every day after that, only late and not early, than when he was doing chores in Xiuzhuang before, I don't know how much hard work! But because Ah Niu himself was tired, he was also happy and satisfied, so Wanliang and the eldest mother didn't say anything.

The days went by like this, and nothing changed much. There are no major changes in Dujiabao, if there are any recent changes, that is, all the subordinates in the castle have greatly changed their impression and opinion of Du Hongyu, and even look at him a little impressed. This former "ridiculous young master" in their eyes has never brought back a woman who has brought flowers and branches back to the castle, nor has he gone to spend all night drinking, and he has also taken care of most of the Du family's family business in an orderly and prosperous manner.

Du Hongyu's changes that surprised the people in the castle made Du Yizhen feel very gratified! Immensely proud! sighed: "My Yu'er has grown up!" is worthy of my Du Yi's son, a natural business wizard! ”

Unconsciously, it was the Dragon Boat Festival in a blink of an eye. Wanliang clearly remembers her birthday, which happens to be the fifth day of the fifth month of the Dragon Boat Festival, which means that today is not only the Dragon Boat Festival, but also the day of her and her concubine.

Pinching her fingers, she has been living in a foreign land for six years, and the taste of the ups and downs is probably only known to herself! She thought that if the "Mu Wangfu" had not fallen, the Mu Wangfu would be full of friends and lively at this time, and her father and mother would definitely hold the most solemn ceremony for her, the former "pearl in the palm...... She thought again that now, she and her father and brothers have long been separated from heaven and earth, and Eniang's whereabouts are still unknown, and there is no news...... Wan Liang instantly mourned and burst into tears.

This scene happened to be seen by Du Hongyu, who came to the account room to find her again. Du Hongyu thought that today was the Dragon Boat Festival, and he had to eat with Wanliang no matter what, so he came to the account room to see her early in the morning. However, as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Wanliang sitting at the table, his hands resting on the abacus in front of him, looking at the wall with distracted eyes, and silently shedding tears. "Wanliang, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying? Who bullied you? Tell me! I'm angry for you and teach him a lesson! Seeing this, Du Hongyu quickly ran to Wanliang's side, held her hands on the abacus, stared at her, looked distressed, and asked with concern.

"Hongyu...... You...... When did you come? Not...... Not...... I'm fine. Wan Liang was so surprised by Du Hongyu, and also came back to her senses from her thoughts, and said a little helplessly while trying to retract the hand that was grabbed by him. In fact, she just misses her relatives and doesn't know how to talk to him.

"And said it's okay, look, you're crying." Du Hongyu let go of one of her hands and wiped her tears for her, while looking at her distressedly.

"I'm fine, I'm just missing my family." Wan Liang brushed away Du Hongyu's other hand holding her with the hand that had been freed, and explained. Bow your eyelashes and stop looking at him.

"Wanliang, I will be your family in the future. If you have anything to tell me, I'll help you! If anyone bullies you, you tell me, I want him to walk around without eating! Du Hongyu held Wanliang's hands again, his dark eyes were shining, staring at her tightly, without blinking, and said very seriously.

"I'm fine, and no one is bullying me." Wan Liang said honestly.

"Wanliang, I really treat you as a family, you don't want to see me like that in everything, if you need help, just tell me." Du Hongyu said solemnly.

"Okay, I got it." Wan Liang could. Maybe because Du Hongyu's first impression on her was not good, she intuitively rejected him, and she didn't want to get too close to him.

"Okay, okay, you just say yes. Wanliang, today is the Dragon Boat Festival, you have to accompany me to eat, you can't refuse me today. The other day, you always found all kinds of reasons not to eat with me. If you don't agree today, I'll go to 'Lulan Garden' in the afternoon and stay without leaving." Du Hongyu said trickly.

"Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, you should have dinner with Uncle Du? How good it is for the family to celebrate the holiday together and be reunited! How happy! Wan Liang couldn't help but be envious when she said it.

"I'd rather go to the 'Meditation Temple' to spend the holiday with my mother than with him!" Du Hongyu said angrily.

"Hongyu, don't do this. We can all see that Uncle Du loves you very much, and you will be very sad for Uncle Du like this. Wan Liang had been in the castle for a few months, and he had already heard about some conflicts between him and Uncle Du's father and son, so he gently persuaded him.

"Wanliang, do you want to see me reconcile with my father and get along in harmony?" Du Hongyu's dark eyes stared at Wan Liang and asked seriously. In fact, his father has always doted on and tolerated him, and he knows it in his heart. It's just that when I thought that my mother became a monk because of his concubine, I felt resentful of him in my heart and couldn't let go of it. Half a year later, his half-brother was born, and he was even more suspicious of his father, as if the three of them were the real family! In particular, since five years ago, his father has never been to the "Jingxin Nunnery" to pick up his mother, and he completely let his mother live alone in the "Jingxin Nunnery", and he is even more dissatisfied with his father! So much so that now there is a deep gulf between their father and son that cannot be crossed! He has not eaten at the same table with his father for ten years.

"Of course! You don't know how much I envy you, you can also dine with your parents, chat together, and ...... together" Wan Liang's voice became choked as she spoke, and she didn't realize that her eyes were full of tears, and she tried her best not to let the tears fall.

"Wanliang, then I promise you that I will go back and have dinner with my father in the afternoon. However, you have to promise me to accompany me to lunch at noon. Let's go to 'Yimanlou' to eat the signature dishes there. Du Hongyu looked at Wanliang and said with joy on his face. He didn't know why, he just didn't want to see Wanliang disappointed, so as long as it was what she wanted, he was willing to do it for her.

"Okay." This time Wan agreed to him coolly. If that would ease the father-son relationship between him and Uncle Du, she was willing to do so. In addition, a few days ago, he did find a reason to refuse his plan to come to "Lu Lan Yuan" to have dinner with her. Because, she thought that if Du Hongyu came to "Lulan Garden" to have dinner with her, although there were more and more sumptuous dishes, she couldn't leave food for Brother A Niu under Du Hongyu's nose, so she found various reasons to refuse him every time.

"Good! Wanliang, then it's decided, I'll pick you up at noon. Wanliang, you must be waiting for me! Du Hongyu saw that Wanliang agreed so readily today, he was really in a good mood, and even his voice became happy. After speaking, he proudly hummed a brisk tune and walked out of the account room happily.

Wanliang also completely retracted her mind, and then began to do her own thing.

After a lot of busyness, it was soon noon. Du Hongyu also came to the account room very punctually, and then took Wanliang to a spacious and bright private room in "Yimanlou" with joy.

It is worthy of being the largest restaurant in Yuan Road, at this moment, the upstairs and downstairs are already full, which shows that the business is booming. And the speed of serving the food is also quite impressive. Seeing that they had only sat down for a pillar of incense, dishes with all colors and aromas were served on the table one after another. In fact, this is the shopkeeper's special treatment for Du Hongyu, a bold and bold regular. As long as Du Hongyu comes here to eat, the dishes he orders will be served first.

"Wanliang, try this, it's the signature dish here." Du Hongyu sandwiched a piece of squirrel mandarin fish and put it in Wanliang's bowl, and said happily.

"Okay, thank you." After Wan Liang finished speaking, he began to taste the squirrel mandarin fish.

"How's Wanliang? Delicious, right? If you try this again, it is also the signature dish of this restaurant. Du Hongyu saw that Wanliang had eaten and hurriedly asked happily, without waiting for Wanliang to answer, and then picked up a piece of Cordyceps Fuli Duck and put it in her bowl.

"Hongyu, I'll just come by myself, and you can eat it yourself!" Wan Liang looked at Du Hongyu and said politely. She wasn't used to Du Hongyu treating her like this.

"Okay." So Du Hongyu also sandwiched a piece of squirrel mandarin fish for himself, and began to smile and eat it with relish. Why is the dish of "Yimanlou" today better than the one he came to eat! The more I eat, the more delicious I feel!

At the end of the meal, both of them ate very well. Especially Du Hongyu, this meal is even more pleasant and satisfying, and his heart is called a comfort!

Recently, Du Hongyu has been working hard and helping Uncle Du take care of the Du family's business with all his heart, which has changed Wanliang's impression of him a lot. In all fairness, Du Hongyu treats her well. Without prejudice against him, eating with him is not as boring as before, so this meal, Wanliang is also very happy.

In this way, Wanliang's fifteen-year-old birthday can be regarded as being spent with Du Hongyu, although no one knows. Originally, Wanliang didn't tell anyone about her birthday. When she was at the eldest mother's house, because she said "I don't remember", the eldest mother took the day she was taken in as her birthday, and did not forget to make a bowl of longevity noodles for her on that day every year. In fact, her real birthday happened to be the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

In the afternoon, just after the unitary hour, Ah Niu came to the cool "Lulan Garden" in high spirits. "Sister Xiaowan, I'm back!" As soon as Ah Niu walked to the door, he shouted happily. Today's Dragon Boat Festival, the rice shop is not as busy as usual, so today can be regarded as the earliest day since Aniu finished work during this time.

"Brother Niu, you're back. Today's Dragon Boat Festival, I'm waiting for you to come back and have dinner together. Wanliang heard Ah Niu's voice, so he walked out of the bedroom and said briskly.

"Thank you! Sister Xiaowan. Ah Niu walked quickly to Wanliang's side, looked at her affectionately, and said movingly. Today's Dragon Boat Festival, Xiaowan's sister deliberately waited for him to have dinner together, and he was really moved.

"Brother Niu, sit down and eat!" Wan Liang said and pulled Ah Niu to sit at the table together. Immediately afterwards, Xi'er put the meals she brought on the table one by one. Today's Dragon Boat Festival not only has more zongzi, but also two more dishes. Soon there were six dishes and one soup on the table, and there were also two hanging zongzi. Naturally, there are two pairs of chopsticks, and Xi'er remembers to receive two pairs of chopsticks during this time.