Chapter 224 - 223: Found the Origin
Mr. Zeng came from the backyard to report, "Miss, Uncle Chen and I returned late this afternoon. The rapeseed is growing well, we should be able to harvest it in about half a month. It seems that our hundred acres of fields should earn about sixty taels of silver after deducting the rent for the tenant farmers and taxes."
Chen Afu laughed, "Good, you’ve worked hard, go back to your room and rest well." He quickly made arrangements for someone to call Mrs. Wang and Chen Ming for dinner.
Chen Afu had the rooms tidied up. Yang Chao was injured and had to sleep with the wet nurse, Mrs. Li, in the east wing guest room. The two little girls would sleep in their own bedroom upstairs, and Chen Dabao would sleep on the Luohan Bed in the main room.
Once everything was in place, he took the three children, three birds, and two dogs to the east side of Fu Garden to meet Dabao and Alu.
All the servants’ children from Tang Garden knew that this was the time when Aunt Chen from Fu Garden would come to pick up Dabao. They would also time their arrival to come here and play. Even Luo Mingcheng had come over. It was the busiest moment of the day here.
Chen Afu liked children and hoped that Chu Hanyan could have more interaction with them. Every time they came over, he would take out some candies from his wallet and give them to the children.
When Dabao and Alu returned and saw that Yang Chao and Yang Qian had arrived, and Animal House was back, they were very excited. They also expressed sympathy for the injured Yang Chao.
Chen Afu held Dabao and Alu and provided some on-the-spot education, they should not play too wildly with their peers. If they got injured like Yang Chao, they wouldn’t be able to go to school. Especially, he told Alu, who’s older, to keep a close eye on Dabao.