Chapter 161: First Return
The two children ate happily, and their little faces were covered with soup, but they had no intention of wiping it.
Xie Yin couldn't stand it anymore, so he took out his handkerchief and wiped it for them.
"Ahem, ahem!" Ruxue was suddenly choked and coughed several times in a row.
Cheng Shuiyao hurriedly patted her on the back and gave her a smooth breath.
Ruxue's little face was flushed, and it took a long time for her strength to ease up.
"Eat slowly." Xie Yin instructed again, and then handed her the chopsticks again.
Now Ruxue and Zijie's eating methods are much quieter, and they no longer dare to gobble up like before.
After eating, Cheng Shuiyao went back to her house early, Xiao Ji didn't have anything to do at the moment, and followed her back to the house.
Cheng Shuiyao sat at the table, slowly arranging her hair ornament, and couldn't help yawning.
"Sleepy?" Xiao Ji glanced at her and saw that she couldn't open her eyes anymore, so she spoke softly.
Cheng Shuiyao didn't hide it, and nodded directly.
"Let's wait for Madame to rest," Xiao Ji snorted and turned his head to look at Xiao Yun.
Xiaoyun nodded again and again, and waited for Cheng Shuiyao to rest.
This night, Cheng Shuiyao slept very comfortably.
The dream is not the short days in Chengfu before, but the days when I married Xiao Ji.
Time passed quietly in sleep, and when Cheng Shuiyao opened her eyes again, the sky was already a little bright.
"Madame, are you going to get up now?" Xiaoyun leaned against the door, and when he saw Cheng Shuiyao open his eyes, he walked over with a smile.
"Why didn't you call me?" Cheng Shuiyao frowned and climbed up directly.
"Childe has instructed, let me not disturb your rest," Xiaoyun was slightly blessed, and seeing that Cheng Shuiyao had no intention of sleeping again, he pulled her out of bed to freshen up.
"What about the princess?" Cheng Shuiyao sat lazily on the chair, still thinking about Xiao Ji in her heart.
Xiao Ji said before that she would accompany her home, but now there is no one.
"The master said that he has something important today and needs to go to the barracks, but when he is done, he will definitely go to the Cheng Mansion to find you," Xiao Yun's hand holding the comb paused slightly, and then said with a smile.
When Cheng Shuiyao heard this, she subconsciously pinched the armrest of the chair, and her eyes were terrified for a moment.
But she soon adjusted, and she didn't let Xiaoyun see the slightest clue.
After dressing up, Cheng Shuiyao had breakfast again, and then went to Cheng's mansion unhurriedly.
Cheng Shuiyao had greeted her in advance when she returned to the door, so Cheng Yutang and all the masters in the mansion greeted her at the door.
Helping Xiaoyun's men get out of the carriage, Cheng Shuiyao raised his head and walked a few steps, as if he suddenly found them, and smiled, "There is Lao's father and mother waiting, it's cold outside, let's go in and talk." ”
When she said this, Cheng Shuiyao had a decent smile on her face, and her etiquette was not wrong at all, and others couldn't see how much she hated today's meeting in her heart.
Cheng Yutang was very satisfied with Cheng Shuiyao's approach, and immediately nodded, "Yao'er has a heart, come on." ”
Cheng Shuiyao nodded yes, and went up two steps, as if he remembered something, he turned his head to look at the people behind him.
Xiao Yun saw her eyes, so he beckoned the people behind him.
The subordinates with the gifts immediately walked into the Cheng Mansion and placed all the gifts not far from the door.
"Why do you have to bring so many things with you?" Cheng Yutang opened his mouth pretendically, but there was no reluctance in his eyes when he looked at those gifts.
"Although it is nominally a return to the door, after all, the days have passed, and my daughter will have to honor her parents and mother a little when she comes back today." Cheng Shuiyao's answer was fluent, and she couldn't find the slightest mistake in her words, but if you look closely, you can find that the smile in her eyes can't reach the bottom of her eyes.
Cheng Yutang naturally wouldn't pay attention to his expression so carefully, so he didn't doubt it at all, the smile on his face was even more open, and he hurriedly beckoned Cheng Shuiyao to enter the door.
Cheng Shuiyao nodded, and then followed them into the front hall.
After sitting down, a maid brought hot tea to Cheng Shuiyao.
Cheng Shuiyao glanced at it casually and found that this was the same variety of tea that the owner of Fuding Teahouse had given him before.
One or two teas of this variety are worth a thousand gold, and Cheng Yutang is willing to entertain her with this thing, which also gives her enough face.
But......
Cheng Shuiyao smiled quietly and snorted coldly in her heart.
This is nothing more than to show outsiders the image of a good father.
After sitting for a while, several people did not speak, and there was a little embarrassment in the air.
This is not surprising, after all, Cheng Shuiyao's previous status was not even as good as a subordinate, and he didn't have the opportunity to talk to them on weekdays, so he was completely unfamiliar with them.
Cheng Yutang was obviously aware of this, and tried to speak several times, but he didn't find a suitable entry point.
Cheng Shuiyao couldn't wait any longer, so she took the initiative to speak, "How are you doing these days?" ”
"Your mother and I are worried about you." Cheng Yutang climbed up directly with the help of the pole, and what he said was called a sincerity, and he almost deceived himself.
"Really?" Cheng Shuiyao raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and there was a bit of inquiry in her tone.
Cheng Yutang was stunned, but he didn't expect this girl to play cards without following the routine at all.
"Thank you Father and Mother for taking care of me." Cheng Shuiyao didn't say anything sarcastic, but just blessed herself slightly, and was grateful.
The topic came to an impasse again, Cheng Shuiyao glanced up, and the two women sitting opposite her were very unexpectedly surprised to see that her stepmother and second sister were now completely irrelevant, and they had no intention of opening their mouths at all.
Cheng Yutang couldn't save face, he really didn't want to participate in these embarrassing topics, so he found an excuse to slip away.
The three people in the hall each thought about their own things, and the stepmother Wen Yazhi didn't have the slightest sense of being a housewife, so she didn't plan to speak at all.
"Since it's a return door, then I should go to my previous yard for a walk, I think my mother and sister have something to do, so don't worry about me, I'll just go alone." Cheng Shuiyao looked at the mother and daughter too lazy, said a casual word, turned around and left the front hall.
"Madam, they just don't take you to heart at all, isn't this obviously a threat to you? That's it. Xiaoyun opened his mouth indignantly, he really didn't expect to be so embarrassed from the time they met.
"Their mother and daughter have done a lot of things, what is it for me to get off the horse? They have even more vicious tricks to deal with me," Cheng Shuiyao snorted coldly, but he didn't take this matter to heart, but just casually pushed open the broken wooden door in front of him.
The wooden door that had fallen into disrepair made a heavy creak, and the whole door crumbled.