The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 149 A Family of Three

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the night is like water, and the air he inhales is cold.

Zhao Chen's heart was hot. When he stepped into the Wangzhu Pavilion, where he had been away for many months, he couldn't help laughing and quickened his pace when he saw the light in the front room. If it wasn't for the fact that there were two The maid looked at him, and he wanted to stride into the yard.

"Lord Hou." The four servant girls of Brocade Book, Brocade, Dark Green Cloud and Cuiyu saluted together, and changed their new titles.Today, it has been passed down in the manor, and Zhao Yuntingning's family is called Mrs. Master and Mrs. Zhao, different from Zhao Chen and his wife.

Zhao Chen ignored them and went straight to the inner room. His steps were so fast that he almost bumped into Madam Jiang who came out to greet him.

Zhao Chen looked on the couch outside, but there was no one there, Mammy Jiang apologized and said with a smile: "Madam originally wanted to wait for Lord Hou outside, Madam said it was cold outside, so Madam was called in, and now she is coaxing the Eldest Miss on the kang."

It turned out that the mother was also here.

Zhao Chen paused, trying to calm himself down, not wanting his mother to laugh at him for missing his wife too much.

His daughter's cheerful laughter came from inside, Zhao Chen's heart softened, and he couldn't help it anymore, he walked in through the curtain.

Cancan was sitting in Ning's arms playing ball, so Aju paid full attention to the movement outside, Zhao Chen's every step seemed to be stepping on her heart, as soon as Zhao Chen came in, her eyes seemed to grow on him Looking at his dark and thin face, seeing his gentle eyes staring at her.At that moment, Ah Ju forgot everything, forgot that her mother-in-law and daughter were still by her side, and only her husband returned in her eyes.

Zhao Chen also stared at his wife intently.When he left, his wife hadn't fully recovered her prenatal figure, and her face was a bit fat, but now she has lost weight, and seems to be thinner than before she was pregnant. Fortunately, her rosy complexion didn't make him feel distressed.She was crying again, the corners of her mouth were still curled up, Zhao Chen couldn't help but took a step towards the edge of the kang, wanting to hug his wife first, when suddenly there was a slightly defensive call from the side.

Zhao Chen's thoughts immediately flew to his daughter.

During the day, the daughter he had seen from afar, the girl doll wrapped in a red fox fur cloak and a red hat with only a small fair face, but now, because the room was warm, the daughter was only wearing a cotton coat and trousers, pregnant Holding the hydrangea in his arms, he looked at him nervously and curiously with his big eyes open.

Zhao Chen raised his eyes to look at the mother behind his daughter, and was watched tenderly and lovingly by his mother. He hurriedly turned and walked out, "I'll go to the front and change clothes first." He was still wearing armor.

Cancan stared at the door curtain curiously.

Ah Ju was a little puzzled, Ning smiled at her, and raised her hand to compare her eyes.

Only then did Ah Ju understand that Zhao Chen would also cry because of missing him.

"Okay, I'm relieved after I've seen people. You three should reunite and see me together tomorrow." Ning knew that her son would not be embarrassed by her here, so she asked her granddaughter to find her mother. He smiled and got off the ground.Ah Ju wanted to go down to see her off, but Ning waved her hand, "You play with Cancan first, and I'll go ahead and talk to Chengyuan." The husband and wife have their own ways of getting along, and their wives also have different ways .

Ah Ju didn't insist.

The room became quiet again, Ah Ju had a contented smile on her face, she lowered her head and said to her daughter: "That was Daddy just now, he came in later, can Cancan call Daddy, okay?"

Cancan hugged the ball and leaned against her mother's arms. She didn't speak, but her eyes were looking at the door, as if she was distinguishing the strange voice.The two little feet touch each other, and the two little foxes on the socks are lifelike.

In the front yard, after bathing and changing clothes, Zhao Chen had already calmed down. When he went out and saw his mother coming, he walked over and hugged her, "Mother, you have worked hard for half a year. You know the imperial decree. Wait until the mansion over there is repaired. Let's move in." This was his mother, and for so many years, only mother and son stayed together every day, and he never felt that there was anything wrong with acting coquettishly close to his mother in private.

"Okay, show me, is there any injury on your body?" Ning pushed her son away and asked while holding his arm.

Zhao Chen shook his head with a smile, Ning didn't believe it, but her son was grown up, she couldn't have stripped his clothes for inspection like he did when he was a child.The daughter-in-law over there was still looking forward to it, but Ning didn't delay her son for too long, she took another look at her son who seemed to be taller in relief, and said softly: "Go quickly, and accompany the two of them well."

"It's getting dark, I'll take my mother back." Of course Zhao Chen missed his mother, anyway, he still had a whole night to reunite with his wife and daughter, so he sent Ning to the gate of Xinlanyuan, watched his mother go in, and finally turned around go back.

This time he entered the inner room without any hesitation.

Ah Ju was only left with Huanxi, pointing at her husband to coax her daughter: "Cancan calls you Daddy, and calling you Daddy makes me like you even more."

Zhao Chen stood in front of the Kang, looking at his daughter expectantly.

He was tall, Cancan looked up at him, rolled his big eyes, looked him up and down, finally grinned, patted the ball and called: "Grandfather!"

Ah Ju was dumbfounded.

Zhao Chen is even more stupid than her.

When his daughter smiled at him, he thought that her daughter remembered him. Although he knew it was impossible, he never thought that his daughter would call him inferior.After standing still for a while, Zhao Chen rubbed his hands, took off his boots and climbed onto the kang, knelt down in front of his daughter and asked her: "Cancan, take a closer look, am I a father or a grandfather?" He looks like an old man, but the old man has already Forty years old, no matter how you look, there is a difference, right?

Cancan soon realized that this man was not her grandfather. After all, the voice was different, but because of the familiar face, she didn't feel afraid, so she looked up at this man.

Zhao Chen tentatively held his daughter's chubby hand, kissed her, and skillfully coaxed her: "Cancan calls Daddy, Daddy misses you."

Cancan blinked her eyes and turned to look at her mother.

Ah Ju coaxed her encouragingly, "Cancan calls Daddy, and Daddy will ride a big horse with you on his back."

Hearing Da Ma, Cancan was overjoyed, Jiaojiao yelled "Daddy" crisply and clearly.

"Good daughter!" Zhao Chen was so heartbroken by this sweet voice, he turned around happily, and said to his wife, "You carry Cancan up, and I'll carry you two on my back." He wanted to carry both his daughter-in-law and his daughter.

Ah Ju was too embarrassed to play with him, so she put Cancan on his back, and she supported her.Knowing that his wife was feeling ashamed again, Zhao Chen turned his head to stare at her, the phoenix eyes were suave and suave, he couldn't see anger but only strong affection.Ah Ju stared at her husband unconsciously, his soft face was like the most beautiful flower under the light, Zhao Chen was fascinated by it, and in the end, Cancan was dissatisfied with his motionlessness and patted him hard twice, then he apologized with a loud smile, like a child Move like that.

Her grandfather and uncle had all played this game with her, and Cancan was so excited, she patted her daddy's back with her little hands, rubbed her little feet against his waist, and laughed non-stop.The family of three circled around twice, Ah Ju was the first to give up, hugged her daughter down and stuffed it into Zhao Chen's arms, panting: "You father and daughter, let's play something else, I can't do it anymore." Zhao Chen crawled simply, She had to stand on one side with her arms slanted to support her daughter, her waist was so sore.

"Why are you not promising at all." Zhao Chen hugged his daughter and teased her with a smile.

Sitting opposite him, Ah Ju also smiled and replied: "You have a bright future, you should have coaxed Cancan tonight."

Zhao Chen looked at the night outside, his eyes became meaningful, "What do you want to do to coax Cancan so early?"

He started to be unruly again, Ah Ju thought he couldn't beat him in this matter, turned around, and put down the two quilts first, of course he didn't really want to sleep, but just put down the quilts for a while before he could be warmed by the kang of.

Zhao Chen looked at his wife's slender figure, and his body that had been plain for nine months was a little distracted. Fortunately, he hadn't been dazzled by that incident, so he quickly lowered his head, trying to get acquainted with his daughter quickly, and become a father she didn't need to guard against. .

Cancan was not very serious about life, and Zhao Chen really loved his daughter, wishing that he would agree to whatever her daughter wanted, and the father and daughter soon became indistinguishable from each other.Cancan is even more happy, she likes to let her father lift her up to play with, she is light and light, Zhao Chen lifts it without any effort, first put her daughter down, let her call her father, Cancan lifts her up as she wishes.

Aju leaned on the top of the kang and looked at it greedily, and when her daughter was lifted above her head by Zhao Chen again, Aju encouraged her: "Cancan kiss Daddy's forehead, do you know where the forehead is?"

Of course Cancan knew, she touched her father's forehead with her little hand, then pursed her mouth and moved down.Zhao Chen's heart fluttered. When his daughter really took the initiative to kiss him, thinking of the sleepless sleepless days he had spent in southern Xinjiang, he hugged his daughter tightly in his arms and murmured over and over again: "Cancan, Daddy misses you so much, I'm afraid you won't know Daddy when you come back."

The man's embrace is harder than mother's, but equally warm, and much wider. Cancan clings obediently to daddy's embrace. Under daddy's gentle words, her eyelids are a little heavy. She rubbed her eyes and turned to look for mother. , "Mom, eat..."

Zhao Chen raised his head, not quite understanding what his daughter meant.

Ah Ju had already got into the bed to help her daughter warm up, and explained softly after hearing the words: "Cancan is going to sleep, please carry it to me."

Zhao Chenwen picked up his daughter and walked towards his wife, his eyes were dark, Ah Ju was embarrassed by him, thought that he was going to feed his daughter, and after taking her daughter, he turned towards the kang.Returning to her familiar embrace, Cancan closed her eyes, and instinctively touched her mother's skirt with her little hand.

Noticing that the man was watching from behind, Ah Ju did not untie her clothes like before, but whispered: "You should blow up the lights first." Afraid that Zhao Chen would not like it, he added, "The lights are on. Cancan can't sleep well."

"Okay." How could Zhao Chen not know his wife's thoughtfulness, but he didn't want to delay his daughter from eating because of the couple, so he quickly jumped off the ground, leaving only a lantern above his head to light it up, and turned off all the lights on the table.When walking to the kang, he found that his daughter had already ate in his mother's arms, so Zhao Chen immediately took off his clothes and got into his wife's bed, propped his arms against her, and looked at his daughter.

I was looking at my daughter, but I couldn't help seeing the other side.

Ah Ju blushed extremely.

Ah Ju didn't dare to struggle, so she could only endure it, but Cancan felt that something was wrong today, and slowly opened her big eyes.Zhao Chen still remembered his daughter's domineering, not only quickly withdrew his hand, but also lay down behind his wife like a thief, for fear of making his daughter cry.

Aju couldn't help laughing, and patted her daughter's little shoulder lightly: "Cancan, good boy, go to sleep with mother after eating."

Ah Ju didn't dare to look at him, turned her head and said: "You go first, I'll pat Cancan again, and I'll go after she falls asleep."

"Okay, then hurry up." Zhao Chen kissed her on the shoulder, then on her cheek, hugged and hugged her before going to his bed.There was nothing on him, and the blanket was still very cold, Zhao Chen shivered, but the coolness of the blanket didn't make him calm down, on the contrary, he quickly warmed him up.

"Aju..." His wife didn't come over for a long time, Zhao Chen called her in a low voice, after a few months, is it easy for him?

Ah Ju didn't refuse to give it to him on purpose, in fact Zhao Chen had only been there so long and he had urged him three times.Reluctantly covering up the quilt for her daughter, Ah Ju quickly got to the man's side, still telling him: "Cancan just fell asleep and was still lightly asleep, you..."

Ah Ju hugged him and curled up in his arms, as long as he came back, she would do whatever he wanted.

"Is it bitter over there?" After a brief silence, Ah Ju asked softly.

Zhao Chen smiled: "It's not particularly bitter, but there is a lot of rain in summer, and there is hot flashes over there, the mosquitoes are bigger than the two on our side, and the medicine on the neck was bitten several times, it was so red It's like being sucked out by you, when the itching was uncomfortable, I thought that the mosquito was changed by you, and I felt a lot better."

"You are the mosquito." Ah Ju whispered angrily, but her hands couldn't help touching his neck, touching every place, wanting to see if there were any scars left.After touching this side, Zhao Chen hugged her and turned over, letting his wife lie on top of him, so that Ah Ju could touch both sides.There was no scar, Ah Ju heaved a sigh of relief, but before she could ask anything else, when her hand brushed the back of Zhao Chen's right arm, she felt something strange.Ah Ju's heart tightened, and she wanted to confirm, but Zhao Chen grabbed her hand.

"Let go!" Ah Ju said anxiously.

Zhao Chen knew that he couldn't hide it any longer, so he let her touch it and explained: "In June, someone cut me with a knife, but luckily it was just the tip of the knife, leaving only a scar, and now nothing has happened, Ah Ju, you don’t worry."

How could Ah Ju not be worried about the long scar?
"Turn around and show me." She was so distressed that she choked up and climbed off him.

Zhao Chen had no choice but to obediently turn around to show her.

It's not clear from the dim light, but it can be seen that it's an old injury.Only at this moment did Ah Ju understand that Zhao Chen's achievement was not as easy as she imagined, he paid for it with his life, and it was because of his life that he was able to come back properly.

"Are there any other injuries?" Seeing a wound, Ah Ju was completely worried.

"It's gone." Zhao Chen told the truth, some of them were minor injuries, some had healed up long ago, and some left scars that were not obvious.

Ah Ju didn't believe it, and asked while touching him, "Is it really gone?"

Zhao Chen's heart was itchy again after being touched by her, he was silent for a while and said: "Yes, but it's not easy for you to see."

Ah Ju paused, and immediately became anxious, "What's so ugly, where is the injury?" He refused to show her, could it be that he was seriously injured?

"Sleep, come back tomorrow morning." Zhao Chen pitifully kissed his wife and hugged her into his arms.

Petite wife, he wanted to hug her to sleep like this every night for nine months.

Xinlan Court.

When Ning returned from Wangzhuxuan, Zhao Yunting had already gone to Rongshou Hall to pay his respects to Mrs. Tai. She learned from the little maid that Zhao Yunting came here as soon as she returned to the mansion. Room side hot water.

Zhao Chen and his son were having a banquet in the palace, and she had dinner with her daughter-in-law. It was a cold winter, and she didn't want to go for a walk to digest food after dinner.After walking around the outside room and looking at every pot of orchids, Ning went into the inner room.

Halfway through washing the feet, Zhao Yunting came.

Ning didn't want to wash it anymore, she wiped her feet and asked the little maid to bring the water out, and then gave Zhao Yunting a new one.Seeing Zhao Yunting staring at her eagerly, Ning asked casually: "Have you seen Cheng Yuan in the palace?"

Zhao Yunting nodded, sat next to his wife, grabbed the hydrangea that his granddaughter liked and rolled it twice, and said with a smile: "Chengyuan is back, Cancan should be happy, her mother is tired of coaxing her, and Daddy coaxes her."

He was looking for something to say, and Ning simply agreed with him.

The room gradually fell silent. Hearing the maid's footsteps, Zhao Yunting threw the granddaughter's ball to the other side of the kang, and washed the feet first.

After washing, the maid took the water and left, Zhao Yunting leaned over to his wife, hesitantly said: "Chengyuan will open another house..."

"You are his father, Cheng Yuan has always recognized you, in the future you want to be bright, you can go there." Ning took his words and said.Zhao Yunting is the grandfather of his granddaughter. Zhao Yunting really loves his granddaughter, and his granddaughter also likes this grandfather. Ning doesn't want to affect their relationship because of himself.

The implication is that she will follow.

Zhao Yunting looked at his wife with bitter eyes.

What is he expecting?On the one hand, there are her son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, all of whom she puts on top of her heart, and on the other hand, the mother-in-law, who regards her as her enemy, is sorry for her husband. How could she stay?

But he couldn't bear it, he had only been reunited with her for two years, if he had to sleep alone again, trapped in this empty and desolate Hou's mansion, he didn't know if he could make it through.

"Lan Rong..."

Ning raised her head to look at him, her gaze was as calm as water.

Zhao Yunting couldn't continue, and quickly took a sip on his wife's lips, "I'm going to spread the quilt, go to bed early."

Saying it out won't change anything, so it's better to cherish this half a year first, those reluctant words, those questions you want to ask, you can save them until the night before she moves out.

(End of this chapter)