Chapter 137 Extra 10

Chen Hui and Li Youde spent a pretty shameless Spring Festival in the hot spring villa. Chen Hui even felt that she was suffering from kidney deficiency.

On the day when he returned to the capital, it was snowing. Chen Hui sat in the carriage with Li Youde's arm in her arms and headed to the city drowsy.

"I really don't want to leave." Chen Hui complained in a low voice.

Li Youde said: "You can stay for a while."

"What's the point of not being alone in me?" Chen Hui said, "It seems like I'm locked up in a cold palace."

Li Youde smiled: "The cold palace is really cold, it's not as comfortable as the other courtyard."

Chen Hui said curiously: "Are you still locked up in the cold palace now?"

Li Youde thought for a while before saying, "It seems that two concubines who have not been favored for several years have been involved in low positions."

"Isn't that very pitiful? I can only stay in such a small place for the rest of my life." Chen Hui sighed, "Just like I was."

Li Youde didn't dare to answer the conversation.

Chen Hui just sighed casually, and did not mean to settle the old accounts with Li Youde, so after that, she lifted up the curtain and looked outside. She saw white snowflakes falling down, and she reached out to pick them up. After falling on her warm palm, the snowflakes instantly turned into snow water.

She looked up for a while and was about to retract her hand, but her eyes fell not far away by chance. The carriage was not moving fast. After a few seconds, she finally saw clearly what attracted her sight and said, "Stop quickly!"

Li Youde didn't know what was wrong with Chen Hui, but he also shouted that Ada would stop. As soon as the car stopped, Chen Hui jumped out of the car and walked quickly towards the alley behind.

What attracted her attention before was a petite figure. She walked to the other party and squatted down. She saw that it was only a five or six-year-old child. She could not see the man and woman. Her body was dirty and her clothes were not covered. Her cheeks were cold and her eyes were closed, and she did not know life or death.

Chen Hui reached out to pat the child's cheek. Perhaps the warmth in her hand awakened the other person. The child opened his eyes and looked over in confusion.

Chen Hui breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately she had not frozen to death.

Li Youde followed, spread the umbrella above Chen Hui's head, frowned slightly and looked at her and said, "What's wrong?"

Chen Hui signaled Xiaowu and Xiaoliu to carry the child to another carriage, and looked at Li Youde with a smile: "Pick up a child for you to go back."

Li Youde glanced at the thin and dirty child with some disgust: "If I want to adopt a child, some are willing to send it to him."

Having said that, he did not let Xiaowu and Xiaoli throw the child back.

Chen Hui pulled Li Youde back to the carriage with a pleasing grin and said, "Those who came for voluntary conspiracy are ill-intentioned. It's better to pick one up cleanly. Besides, when I opened the curtain sooner or later, I just saw him, which means I have a fate with him." She paused and said, "But father-in-law, if you are not happy, then don't accept it for the time being, keep it for now."

Li Youde responded. For the adopted children, the first thing he wanted was his or Hui Niang’s relatives’ children, followed by those scholars’ children... Dragon gives birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes. How capable can this beggar picked up casually? He wanted his adopted son to take the top scorer in the future!

Chen Hui looked outside, and the snow was still falling. Thinking of the miserable appearance of the child just now, she said again: "Dadfather-in-law, will the court still rescue disasters this year?"

Li Youde nodded: "That's natural."

Chen Hui said: "We can't control it when we are far away, just in the capital... can we find a place to take all the hungry and cold children back and take good care of them?"

Chen Hui knew that it would be bad to make too big a fan, such as serving porridge in his personal name, especially at the feet of the emperor, which was robbing the emperor of the emperor's merit and reputation. However, it should not have much impact on secretly saving the little beggar who had poor resistance.

"Are you trying to make someone praise me for being a good man?" Li Youde's expression was not very happy.

"No. We'll come quietly without making a big fuss..." Chen Hui said, "These children we picked up teach them to study, practice martial arts and do business. They focus on cultivating the conveniences that suit. If they become successful in the future, who will not remember the kindness of their father-in-law? Maybe they can really get into some Jinshi."

Chen Hui said something that made Li Youde a little moved. He used to want to win over those who had already become talented, but since the other party became talented, it would be difficult to be attracted. It would be a good idea to train a group of people by himself. He just waited for them to become talented for too long, and he didn't have the patience, and he might not be able to train them. How many people can get into the third grade every three years? But seeing Hui Niang's enthusiasm, he would just forget it. Anyway, he couldn't spend a lot of money, so why not to do it?

"Okay, just do what you said." Li Youde responded.

Chen Hui immediately held Li Youde's face and kissed her, smiling as sweet as honey: "Brother-in-law, you are so nice."

Li Youde was also happy.

The Li family has a great fortune, and Chen Hui doesn't need to wash and organize the children they picked up. When she saw the child in the Meiyuan, he was sitting at the table and feasting.

When Chen Hui came, the nanny who was bathing the child immediately patted the child's back: "Madam is here, why don't you give him a salute!"

The child hurriedly put down the food in his hand, and before he could swallow the things in his mouth, he climbed down from the stool in panic and knelt down with a thud: "Hello, madam!" He also kowtowed.

Chen Hui felt that she hurt a little when she heard the bang, and hurriedly said, "Get up, you eat first."

"Little man...Little man is full." The child did not get up, and his tender voice trembled slightly.

Chen Hui felt that it must be that the person who took care of him had "intimidated" him before he would be so trembling.

"That's fine. If you're hungry for a long time, you can't eat too much at once." Chen Hui said and sat down, asking the nanny to carry the child to a stool and sit down, then she looked at the other person.

This is a little boy, skinny and not much flesh on his face, so his eyes are big. In such a strange environment, he sat there in panic and stood stiffly, not daring to move.

Chen Hui waved her hand and asked the rest of the people to go out, leaving only her and the child. She poured herself a cup of tea casually and asked him with a smile: "Do you still remember me?"

The child hesitated and nodded.

Chen Hui smiled and asked again: "What's your name?"

This time he shook his head.

"When did you go out on the street?"

"The villain...the villain has been begging for food on the street." The child responded with his head down.

Chen Hui rubbed his head and comforted her softly: "You are here in the future, don't worry about anything. There is only one thing, be more determined."

The child looked up in surprise, with hope and confusion in his eyes.

"Take it slowly, don't worry. I'll give you a nickname first. Daming has to ask my father-in-law. Um... Is it good to call you Chuxue?" Chen Hui said with a smile.

The child didn't know whether the name was good or not. He nodded immediately after someone gave him a name. He was obviously very happy that he had a name.

Then Chen Hui asked Chuxue a few more questions, mainly based on his expression and response speed when he spoke. After a few questions and answers, she was very satisfied. Chuxue was naturally uneasy when she first arrived in a strange environment. She was also cautious when talking to her and did not dare to say anything that made her unhappy. Basically, he answered whatever she asked. Even if Chen Hui deliberately guided him to ask questions, he kept it in his mind. She made up her mind to adopt him from the beginning, but now seeing him clever, it would be easier for Li Youde to pass the test. Raising children requires energy, so it is natural that both parties agree.

Chuxue was raised in Li's Mansion for two months, and finally got a lot of weight, not like a refugee like she used to be.

Chen Hui would go to see him from time to time, and Li Youde took a look at him at the beginning, but then he didn't mention it again. Chen Hui didn't say anything good to Chuxue. In front of Li Youde, she also thought that Chuxue was not the same person, and she still showed her love with Li Youde.

Gradually, Li Youde also started to see Chuxue, and gave him a big name half a year after bringing the person back, Li Fu, and officially accepted him as his adopted son three months later.

This autumn is clear and cool. Chen Hui sat in the chrysanthemum yard and was eating melon seeds. Next to her was a little girl telling her gossip.

"The Huang family has been in trouble recently." Xiao Zuo exclaimed, "It's for the title of wives and concubines."

Chen Hui had two plates in front of her, one plate was filled with melon seeds and the other plate was filled with peeled melon seeds. She prefers to eat a large mouthful of melon seeds in one go. When she heard Xiao Hu's words, she asked curiously: "Oh? What do you say?"

When Ma Xiaolian volunteered to be a concubine for Huang Renhou, she didn't care. Now that she heard that she had started to make trouble again about this matter, she naturally couldn't help but be curious.

"Some time ago, Ma Xiaolian gave birth to a son. Mr. Huang wanted to carry her into his wife, but Ma Xiaolian refused." Xiao Zu said in a tone of telling a legendary story.

"...Ha? There is such a strange thing?" Chen Hui looked strange, "I remember you were very close to Ma Xiaolian at that time. Have you ever asked her why?"

"I asked, and she said that she felt that she could not be a good wife in her own identity." Xiao Zu said.

"Can you still do this?" Chen Hui couldn't help but exclaim.

Xiao Zu said, "I can understand Ma Xiaolian."

"Oh?" Chen Hui smiled, "Who do you like? Xiaowu or Xiaoliu? Do you want me to make the decision for you?"

Xiao Zuo blushed because of Chen Hui's words, and hurriedly covered his face and said, "I want to serve my wife all my life!"

"Xiaowu and Xiaoliu are all from the Li family. If you marry them, you can continue to serve me. Tell me, who do you like? I'll help you see it together." Chen Hui said with a smile.

Xiao Xiao blushed and shook her head, refusing to say anything.

"If you don't say it, then I'll just point it out?" Chen Hui said, "It's not easy for a little five or six. It's really not easy to choose one... It's better to let your father-in-law decide."

"Madam, how can you bother your father-in-law like this kind of trivial matter?" Xiao Zu hurriedly advised.

"Then, who do you think?" Chen Hui came over and whispered, "I won't tell anyone. Don't worry, tell me. Or, you don't like any one? That's fine. I'll help you pay attention to whom you want to marry when you like, and I will have everything."

"Madam, don't ask..." Xiao Xi was embarrassed to tell who she liked. After all, compared with Chen Hui, her face was very thin.

Chen Hui was about to ask again, but suddenly he saw two people coming in at the gate of the chrysanthemum courtyard. Li Fu was shorter, and the taller one was Xiaoliu who was sent to take care of Li Fu. After picking up Li Fu, Chen Hui invited a seat to teach Li Fu. Li Fu was not slow to learn things. Three months ago, Chen Hui sent him to the academy to study. First, the teacher in the academy is very famous, and second, he should also learn how to get along with his peers.

Usually Li Fu lives in Meiyuan, and his family is taken care of by his servants. Chen Hui occasionally checks to make sure there are no major problems. However, just like parents in later generations, she is very careful about his studies. Every day when she comes back from the academy, he will be called to the Apricot to tell her about the affairs in the academy.

Li Fu's face was injured when he came in. Chen Hui went up in surprise and said, "Chuxue, what happened?"

She glanced at Xiaoliu.

Xiaoliu said with a bitter face: "The young master is fighting with the children in the academy."

Chen Hui squatted down and was parallel to Li Fu's gaze, but Li Fu turned his head and did not dare to look at Chen Hui.

"Why are you fighting with someone?" Chen Hui did not mean to scold her, but just asked simply.

Li Fu glanced at Chen Hui, then quickly moved away, biting his lower lip without saying a word.

Chen Hui sighed in her heart, led Li Fu to the main house, and asked Xiao Hu to bring hot water and ointment.

The hot water came soon. Chen Hui sat at the table and asked Li Fu to stand in front of her. She slowly wiped the wound on his face, but said nothing.

"Mom... Chuxue is wrong, don't be angry with Chuxue." After all, Li Fu was young and couldn't withstand the pressure, and there was a crying voice in his voice.

"You didn't even say why you were wrong?" Chen Hui said, "Mom is not angry, but if you don't say it, how do you know what happened? How can you know what to do? Don't always learn from your father. When he gets angry, he doesn't tell her clearly what it is for. Always ask her to guess, look, how old is Mom, and she's so worried about white hair."

Li Fu was amused by Chen Hui's exaggerated expression of winking. He touched Chen Hui's temples with his little hand and said, "Without white hair, my mother is still as beautiful as she does."

"Boy, who did you learn from?" Chen Hui poked Li Fu's forehead and cursed with a smile. At first, Li Fu was cautious like a pitiful little person who could be abandoned at any time. It was Chen Hui who used her friendly attitude to let him take off the hard shell outside his heart bit by bit, and his heart gradually filled with a sense of security.

Li Fu blinked and said nothing. Why did he say that he learned it from his mother when he was watching his parents get along?

"Okay, if you don't want to say why you fight, then forget it. Will you hurt someone? If you should apologize, go and apologize. This is indispensable." Chen Hui said.
To be continued...