Chapter 185 He's Here

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When Chen Afu returned to Luyuan with Dabao, Alu and the Animal House, Chen Ming and Wang had already returned.

Wang's eyes were red and swollen, and the makeup on her face had been washed away. She must have cried and washed her face again. However, she seems to be in a good mood.

Several people sat on the Kang and listened to Chen Ming and Wang talk about their trip to Xianhu Village.

When Ms. Wang led Chen Ming to show up at her uncle Wang's house in such an appearance, everyone was shocked. Unexpectedly, Wang Juanniang, who was married to Bingyangzi for the second time, really became rich!

Although Mr. Wang is already over sixty years old, he is still in good health, and his family received the Wangs and his wife very warmly. They were very happy to see that Wang had brought so many gifts. They invited a group of relatives to have a drink and distributed all the gifts.

When Mrs. Wang asked where Wang Cheng was sold, her relatives started talking about it. At the beginning, Ms. Ding was so beaten by the Wang family that she didn't even say where the child was sold. She was afraid that these people would ask her to spit out the money and go get the child back.

It was only a few years later that there were some rumors about where the children were sold. Some said it was sold directly to Fan's Yaxing in the county town, while others said it was sold to He Houhou's mother-in-law in the village. The latter theory was the most common.

He Houhou's mother-in-law lives in a neighboring village. She is the most eloquent and will do anything unscrupulous as long as she can make money. It is said that when He Houhou's mother-in-law came to the village to see her daughter, Ding secretly found her and deceived Xiao Wangcheng to go outside the village and sold her to the woman.

More than twenty years have passed, and the woman is already dead.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang couldn't help crying again.

Chen Ming asked Xue Dagui to take two taels of silver and take a young man from the Wang family to He Houhou's house. Seeing the one tael of silver, He Houshou told the truth. Wang Cheng was indeed sold by Ding to his mother-in-law for four guans and two hundred fen, and his mother-in-law sold the child to a distant relative of her family for five guan and two hundred fen. That relative never gave birth to a son.

After that, He Houhou took Xue Dagui and two others to his mother-in-law's house. Although his mother-in-law died, his brother-in-law was still there. His brother-in-law said he didn't know at first, but when he saw Xue Dagui handing over a tael of silver, he told the specific address, saying it was in a village called Xiaoli Village in Yi'an County. Yi'an County is nearly a hundred miles away from Sanqing County and is also under the jurisdiction of Northern Hebei Province.

Everyone did not expect to get Wang Cheng's whereabouts so easily, and they were all very happy. Mrs. Wang thought that since there was no son in that family, she would definitely be kind to her younger brother. This is much better than being sold to a rich family, or being sold to a theater troupe or something like that.

However, Wang's father and Ding knew that Chen Ming and Wang had returned to Xianhu Village, so they came to find them. Ding made a big fuss, saying that Wang was unfilial. She didn't go back to her parents' home to visit her elderly father when she returned to the village. She only gave money to relatives when she was rich, but she didn't know how to honor her parents...

Both Chen Ming and Wang are not good at words, and they can't even speak when they are angry. Aunt Zeng had a sharp tongue. Together with Mr. Wang's granddaughter-in-law, she listed all the evil things Ding had done. Speaking of annoying things, the two elder women of the Wang family couldn't help but hit Ms. Ding with walking sticks, and they scared Ms. Ding away.

But Mr. Wang's father, Mr. Wang, did not leave. He stayed there to have dinner, wiping his tears and calling her "daughter" and saying that his life was difficult. Wang had no choice but to ask Chen Ming to give him a tael of silver...

Chen Afu was also very happy when he heard that he had found out about Uncle Wang Cheng. He called Old Man Zeng over again and asked him if he knew where Xiaoli Village in Yi'an County was.

Old man Zeng really knew that Yi'an County was in the northwest of Sanqing County, and Xiaoli Village was a remote village, close to Dayan Mountain. He had been there once when he was young.

Chen Ming and others were very happy and asked him to take Xue Dagui there tomorrow to inquire about Wang Cheng's whereabouts, and brought him another ten taels of silver.

The next day, Chen Afu went to Manager Luo to borrow a carriage. This time he would borrow it for two to three days.

Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and Hu Laowu is treating me to a guest. After sending Old Man Zeng and the two away, Chen Ming invited Manager Luo to have a drink with him at Hu's house.

There were no adult men in Luyuan during the day, so the Chu family's ancestors and grandsons could not come here for lunch, so they agreed to come back in the evening. Miss Chu and her brother and sister Luo Mei came here in the morning and said they would take a lunch break here.

Chen Afu led them to practice martial arts, tell stories, and play games, and then let them play with building blocks in the south room of the west wing while she went to the kitchen to get busy. Not only must we prepare lunch, but we must also prepare dinner. The two gentlemen became more and more naughty, especially the old Marquis. He said that Yan'er also gave him the problem of the smell of food in the pot. He just felt that the food in Luyuan was more fragrant than that in Tangyuan.

Thinking of the old Marquis pulling his beard and saying this, Chen Afu found it very funny. The old man was old but still young, a bit like an old playboy, a very cute old man, not like a superior at all.

After lunch, Miss Chu and Luo Mei were allowed to sleep on the bed. As soon as Chen Afu came out of the west wing and was about to go to the upper room to do needlework with Mrs. Wang, he heard someone knocking on the door.

Shanzi opened the door, but did not invite anyone in. He asked blankly, "Master, who are you looking for?"

I heard a clear male voice outside the door, "Excuse me, is this Wang's wife's home?"

Which man dared to call Wang's maiden name? It's so rude.

Chen Afu cursed and walked to the door. When she saw the tall man standing outside the door, she froze.

That man was exactly the beautiful man she had seen at the Jade Qilin Silver Tower. He was wearing a lake blue embroidered satin cotton robe with a jade belt around his waist, a black gold brocade cape, and a black futou on his head. Her posture is elegant and her eyes are warm. Due to the cold weather, her cheeks and lips turned red, making her skin even more rosy.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw Chen Afu coming over, his face lit up, and he called out, "Fuer."

This name gave Chen Afu goose bumps, and it also woke her up. She came to the door and said to Shanzi, "Go and do your thing."

Shanzi heard it and left quickly.

Chen Afu blocked the door and said, "Who are you and what are you doing in my house?"

Chen Shiying did not answer Chen Afu's question. With a smile on his face, he looked Chen Afu up and down for several times, his eyes becoming more and more gentle, and said, "Fuer, I am you... I am Chen Shiying, I am looking for... you... and your mother..."

Chen Afu said expressionlessly, "I don't know you, nor do I know anyone named Chen Shiying. My family is full of women and children, and it is not convenient for strange men to come in." As he said that, he wanted to close the door.

Chen Shiying stretched out a hand to hold the door, and said, "Fuer, let me see your mother, I have something important to do."

Chen Afu said, "My mother is a good woman and will not see outside men." As he said that, he wanted to close the door again.

Chen Shiying blocked the door and begged, "Fuer, be obedient and let me see..."

Suddenly, he stared blankly at the back of Chen Afu, tears welled up in his eyes, and he said softly, "Sister..."

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