Chapter 247: Differing Views
Chen Muqing was unable to calm down. He muttered at home for a few days, wishing to walk with Xiao Sa on the streets of Huding and serve Xiao Sa on the side of Xiao Sa, making Xiao Sa tremble his majesty and let people know who is afraid of whom.
Xiao Sa looked at this not the solution and reminded her: "We are going to give the Dragon Boat Festival gift to the master!"
Chen Muqing was shocked to realize his incompetence and hurriedly cheered up to prepare for the Dragon Boat Festival ceremony. He also thought that May 28th was Dai Bao's first birthday. I was afraid that he would have to prepare, so he had to open a warehouse to find some suitable things.
Just here, Mother Li came back and said that Xiao Yunniang gave birth to a fat boy on February 12th.
Chen Muqing was also happy for her.
"... One yard is covered with a yard, and the things inside are very expensive, comparable to our home in Mingshifang. I heard from Zhou's mother that the decorations in this yard were all built by my aunt after she went there." Mother Li said happily about Qingyuan's experience, "The two girls in Zhuang are so smart that I am. I know that I am a person around you. My aunt doesn't know how polite they are. Not only did they ask the two girls to come out to salute me, but they also gave me ten pieces of makeup, ten pieces of fine knots, ten pieces of Lu silk, two pairs of red gold bracelets, and two red gold-shou-shaped golden hairpins." As she said that, she took out the jewelry to Chen Muqing, "When she left, she loaded half a truck of dry goods. She also said that if she thought something was delicious, just let someone take a letter to tell me, it would be shipped early."
Chen Muqing didn't expect Xiao Yunniang to treat Li's mother like this, especially asking her daughter to come out to salute Li's mother... She was a little worried that Li's mother would be dependent on her seniority outside: "Have you received the gift from two girls Zhuang?"
"How could that be!" Li's mother hurriedly said, "I knelt down and kowtowed to the two girls in Zhuang. I also presented the meeting gift you gave me."
Chen Muqing nodded slightly: "Everyone is a relative. If we respect me, we must respect others one foot. We must not destroy the superiority and inferiority."
This is the first time she said the word "higher and inferior" to the people around her... It's because she can't tell who Xiao Yunniang is. She took the initiative to send someone to pay her respects, and she can't offend Qiao's sister-in-law!
Chen Muqing asked Mom Li to take over the things: "Since it is my aunt who is rewarding you, you can accept it. You just need to remember that my aunt is good. In the future, when I meet my aunt and Miss Zhuang, I must be respectful." As he said that, he looked at the serving in the room again.
Everyone in the room bowed their knees and replied loudly.
Chen Muqing and Mom Li went to see the real stuff.
It was indeed prepared with care. From silverfish, scallops, cuttlefish to abalone, everything that can be named is delivered.
Chen Muqing felt a little apology in his heart.
Compared to Yunniang, her attitude was still a little casual.
Since Mingxia and Ningbi both returned to Kyoto, Chen Muqing asked Li's mother to help manage the newly bought few little maids.
As the two were talking, a servant came in and reported, "There is a beggar man who said he was Changhui and wanted to see you."
Chen Muqing was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Hurry, invite people in." He also told the people around him: "Cook a few good dishes, bring out a jar of Erbai Dried at home. Call the master back, and then said that Master Chang is here!" After that, thinking that Chang Hui was not particular about the details, he smiled and greeted him.
As soon as she reached the gate of the yard, she saw Chang Hui walking in with a bedding roll on her back.
"Master Chang!" Chen Muqing shouted happily, "Didn't you say you went to Changbai Mountain to catch deer? Why did you come to me? General Dai's place, have you gone?"
When Master Chang heard Chen Muqing call him, he grinned happily and said, "When I came, Dai Gui asked me to bring you a box of Dongzhu for your children. I heard that you have children, so I came to see them. Where is the children?"
Chen Muqing asked the servant to roll up the bedding on Chang Hui's back: "You'd better go and wash and see the child again... She is young and can't stand the dust."
Chang Hui looked at her body covered in dust and went to take a shower with the servant with a smile.
Chen Muqing changed into a big red dress for Ji Niang and took it to Chang Hui to show it.
Chang Hui looked at the pink child and smiled, "Look like Xiao Sa!"
When I was a child, I didn’t feel that the more I looked like Xiao Sa as I looked, especially with my facial features.
"But it looks good." Chang Hui smiled and took out a bird whistle made of pottery from her arms, "This is for the children to play with."
Before Chen Muqing could thank him, Ji Niang raised her hand and grabbed the bird whistle in her hand.
Chang Hui was startled: "This child is so quick to do things!"
"No!" Chen Muqing pulled out the bird whistle from Ji Niang's hand. Ji Niang cried in dissatisfaction, "You can't even blink your eyes - this bird whistle is too small, I'm afraid she will stuff it into her mouth again."
Chang Hui hurriedly patted Ji Niang's back clumsyly: "Don't cry, don't cry, I'll make you a big shot!"
Maybe someone from a stranger photographed her and she cried even louder.
"Don't worry about her!" Chen Muqing held the child in front of him, "I don't know how bad the temper is. She would cry if she didn't follow anything. Now you say she doesn't understand her, so she has to wait a little bit to change her bad temper."
"No need to change, no need to change," Chang Hui smiled, "do whatever you want. This is not a blessing for ordinary people."
"Look at what you said." Chen Muqing smiled, "I just want to do whatever she wants when she grows up. Think about it, how can you do everything in this life be successful? If you don't twist her temper, you're afraid you will suffer in the future."
It’s not because I’m afraid that the child will suffer a bad temper, but because I’m afraid that the child will suffer a loss in the future...
Chang Hui smiled and asked Xiao Sa: "...I have heard of Xiao Sa's name all the way. Why did the court make such a great contribution, and there was no expression for the court!"
Chen Muqing patted the child and coaxed her not to cry, saying, "Just not to count the old accounts, I want to ask for me!"
"That's the same!" Chang Hui smiled and touched Ji Niang's head, "He should be content with you two by his side."
The two entered the main hall, and Huang Ying had made a bowl of big leaf tea with a sea bowl.
Chang Hui took the sea bowl and drank it all: "Another bowl!"
The yellow oriole left with a smile.
"How is Changbai Mountain?" Ji Niang cried endlessly, and Chen Muqing had to hold her and walk, "Have you ever encountered a century-old ginseng?"
Chang Hui jumped up and shouted to Huang Ying: "There is a box of Dongzhu in my bed roll and two ginseng. Take it." He turned his head and laughed at Chen Muqing, "It's not been a hundred years, two thirty years old, which is pretty good."
Chen Muqing nodded: "If you give it to me, don't take it out. If you show it to me, I want to take a look!"
Chang Hui smiled and said, "I won't give it to you. I'll just show it to you!"
Chen Muqing laughed.
While the two of them were talking, Ji Niang kept crying.
"Let's give her the bird whistle!" Chang Hui couldn't help but speak, "Let's just look at her and don't let her swallow it."
Chen Muqing smiled bitterly: "She is so fast that the maids can't bear to see her."
"I'll come and see!" Chang Hui smiled, "You can trust me!"
Chen Muqing thought about it and gave the bird whistle to Ji Niang.
Ji Niang took it into her hand and burst into tears to make a smile, which further strengthened Chen Muqing's determination to discipline Ji Niang well.
At this moment, Huang Ying took over the ginseng wrapped in blue coarse cloth and the Dongzhu in black painted gold box.
Dongzhu is round and smooth, and everyone is as big as a lotus seed and rice. You can tell at a glance that this gift was thoughtful. The ginseng picked by Chang Hui himself has been saying that it has been more than thirty years, but it is only about the same thickness as the fingers.
Chen Muqing asked Huang Ying to collect the box and told her to grab a handful and pack it with lotus: "Take it back for Master Chang as a gift."
"No, no." Chang Hui shook his hand, "Dai Gui also gave me a box."
Chen Muqing didn't believe it.
Such a box is rare, so Dai Gui can take out two boxes.
Chang Hui whispered, "He is rich. You can accept it with confidence. I originally wanted to bring two hundred-year-old ginseng, but I think his wife is now hanging on ginseng and will help you decide, but she didn't want it."
Chen Muqing nodded: "What's wrong with her wife's illness?"
"What else can you do!" Chang Hui sighed, "You're heart-wrenching!"
Chen Muqing fell silent.
"Forget it, don't talk about these disappointing things." Chang Hui began to talk about how he picked these two ginsengs, "...It was cold and snowy, so cold that I was trembling. It was not like the northwest. It was cold in the morning and evening, and it was warm at noon. It was cold from opening your eyes to sleep..." As he was speaking, he suddenly raised his arms and grabbed Ji Niang's hand, but the bird whistle was already in her mouth, but Chang Hui stopped him, and immediately burst into tears with dissatisfaction.
"Mu Qing, your daughter is really interesting!" Chang Hui looked at Ji Niang's eyes with strange brilliance, "Give her to me as an apprentice!"
"No, no." Chen Muqing immediately refused, "She has a bad temper. If she learns martial arts, I wonder how many people will suffer?"
Chang Hui looked at Ji Niang crying without saying a word.
Chen Muqing looked at her uneasy and slowed down her voice: "Master Chang, if she is a gentle child, I will not be happy to learn martial arts and self-defense with you, but she is like this, she is afraid that she will hurt people at any time. Even if she has this talent, it is better to be an ordinary person peacefully."
"What ordinary people!" Xiao Sa smiled and strode in, "Master Chang, you are such a rare guest!" As he said that, he clasped his fists to Chang Hui and ordered Chen Muqing, "Go and make some food and drinks quickly. Today I want to have a good drink with Master Chang." He asked again, "How about Dai Gui? Have you seen it!"
"I saw it, I saw it." Chang Hui smiled, "I brought you something."
When Ji Niang saw her father, she stopped crying, stretched out her little hand and said to Xiao Sa "Hey, hey, ah."
Chang Hui is not an outsider, so Xiao Sa reached out and hugged Ji Niang over.
Niang Ji stopped crying immediately and quietly leaned on Xiao Sa's shoulder.
"This child is destined to be with you!" Chang Hui looked at him and said, "I cried so hard just now."
"She just wants me to play with her." Xiao Sa smiled and threw Ji Niang into the air.
Ji Niang giggled, very happy.
Chang Hui looked at her eyes flashed.
Chen Muqing secretly shouted that he couldn't do it and carried Ji Niang out: "I'll go and make a drink for you, sit down and talk."
"Let Ji Niang play here!" Chang Hui smiled, "I'll take her to play." As he said that, he hugged the child in his hand and threw it gently like Xiao Sa.
Ji Niang smiled even happier.
"You go and do your business!" Xiao Sa also laughed, "Thank you for a hard day, let's take Ji Niang."
Chen Muqing wanted to tell the two that Ji Niang would not learn martial arts, but she didn't say that she wanted to accept Ji Niang as her apprentice. She really couldn't say anything. After thinking for a while, she went to the kitchen.
Chapter completed!