The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 170

The first birthday of the child is going to be celebrated, and the next birthday is only celebrated by the family. This year is the first year that the family moved to the new house. Cancan is young, and Zhao Chen is happy, so he sent a post to several relatives, inviting them to come Lively and lively.

All the female relatives were invited. After all, the men were on errands, so it was impossible to ask for leave for Cancan's birthday. Even Zhao Chen only agreed to come back early.

At Yunyanghou's Mansion, Zeng Xuerou had just given birth to her son and was in confinement, so someone brought him a gift.

Guo Baozhu's month is about the same as Ah Ju's, and she can still go out. In addition, she likes to be lively by nature, so she came early. Mrs. Ji was worried about her grandson, so of course she followed.Mrs. Guo also came very early, only a quarter of an hour later than Liu's mother and daughter. Lin Chongjiu also wanted to come, but now he is studying in the Imperial College, so he can't easily ask for leave, and Lin Xian and his wife are not allowed to invite him.

There are not many people, and they are all familiar relatives, sitting together in the warm pavilion, plus Cancan, not to mention how lively it is.

After lunch, Ah Ju ordered people to move the kang table to the kang, Mrs. Guo, Mrs. Ning, Mrs. Ji, and Mrs. Liu gathered around to play leaf cards.Mrs. Liu is not very good at playing, so Lin Zhu sat on the side and taught her. Sometimes she had to feed Mrs. Guo, and Mrs. Ji would make fun of her: "Look, she's not married yet, her elbows are all turned out."

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Guo looked at Lin Zhu and smiled.

Lin Zhu was not shy at all, so he picked up the cards played by the old lady Ji, and said sweetly: "The old lady is the best. She knows what my mother wants, so she will send it to her."

Sitting in the arms of her aunt, Cancan saw that her aunt pushed all the cards of her grandma down, knowing that her grandma was going to win silver, she also pushed with a giggle.Ning put a silver pruner on the table in front of her granddaughter, pretending to be angry and said, "Cancan doesn't like grandma after having a grandmother, does she? Look, grandma lost again. If Cancan sits with grandma While looking at the cards, grandma will definitely win!"

"I want grandma!" Cancan hurriedly said, leaving her aunt's arms and turning to grandma.

Ning hugged the little girl and kissed her, then asked her to play with Lin Zhu.She was going to play cards, and if her granddaughter sat in her arms, she would cause trouble.

Cancan obediently returned to her aunt's arms, continued to stare at her grandmother's card, and then tilted her head towards Mrs. Guo, as if she really understood it.Mrs. Guo deliberately stretched out her hand to block the card from showing her, making the little girl smile and bend her eyes, always looking for opportunities to peep.

There was laughter and laughter at the card table, and Guo Baozhu sat on the kang and whispered to Ah Ju, "Sister-in-law, why is your belly bigger than mine? Are you pregnant with two?"

The sun shone in through the window screen, and her body was warm, Ah Ju smiled at her: "How can it be such a coincidence, when I was pregnant with Cancan, my stomach was not as big as yours, you see, I am only a little bigger than you now, see Size doesn't matter."

Guo Baozhu was pregnant with a child for the first time, and she didn't understand these things, so she took this opportunity to ask Mrs. Ji all the things that she was usually embarrassed to ask her.The two were muttering to each other, Lin Zhu couldn't help but glanced at her twice, Guo Baozhu chased her away with a smile: "Don't eavesdrop on what the adults are talking about, children, come over after you get married."

Lin Zhu glared at her: "I'll settle the score with you after you give birth."

Mrs. Ji just finished playing a card. After hearing what they said, she looked at Mrs. Guo Liu and laughed: "Baozhu, don't pretend to be an adult in front of Azhu. When Azhu gets married next year, you and Aju Everyone has to call Sister-in-law Azhu!"

Everyone was silent for a moment.

Lin Zhu lowered his head, and played with his niece's chubby hand.

Ning rescued the little girl: "Okay, okay, their seniority is completely messed up, they can call them whatever they like in private, they are all a family anyway." If they weren't relatives, Lin Zhu and her mother-in-law were not on good terms either. Sitting together and playing cards is not.

The old lady Ji was just amused, and soon changed the topic to the cards.

Lin Zhu didn't help his mother read the cards any more, and just played with Cancan.

Ah Ju took a second look at her younger sister, and saw that her face was delicate and fair, but she was not as shy as a married woman, her heart sank.

It seems that my sister is still not tempted by Guo Zijing.

Ah Ju was worried about her younger sister, but she could teach her how to get along with husband and wife, but she couldn't persuade her younger sister to like Guo Zijing.When it comes to feelings, I'm afraid I can't decide who I like and who I don't.Zhao Chen has always been that Zhao Chen, but she just didn't like him at first, and then she didn't know when and when, she couldn't help being moved.

She only hoped that her younger sister would be touched by Guo Zijing sooner and treat him with heart, and she also hoped that Guo Zijing would be willing to give her younger sister this kind of patience, apart from her elder brother's care, she also had some genuine affection.

Playing cards, talking, the servant girl came in to spread the word, Zhao Chen and Ji Zhao came back.

Guo Baozhu wondered, "Why didn't my brother come?"

Mrs. Guo gave her daughter a reproachful look.

Guo Baozhu curled her lips, and secretly scolded her brother for being so stupid. He knew that Lin Zhu would come today, so why didn't he come to see it?Even if you can't talk, at least you can see each other when you go out. Could it be that my brother really proposed to marry her only because he saved Lin Zhu, and there is no love between him and Lin Zhu?

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, Ning went down to the ground and urged: "Okay, it's getting late, Baozhu is heavy, go back with your grandmother, don't make Ah Zhao wait."

Mrs. Guo also got off the ground, ready to go with her daughter.

Liu's mother and daughter are Ah Ju's natal family, so of course they had to stay a little longer, so they followed Ah Ju Ning to send them out.

After sending them back, Ning called Zhao Chen aside and asked Ah Ju to talk to her natal family.

Ah Ju asked how her sister's wedding dress embroidery was going, and Lin Zhu casually said while playing with her niece: "We're only getting married in August next year, what's the rush?"

Seeing the eldest daughter frowning, Mrs. Liu sighed and said, "Leave her alone, she has been lazy since she was a child, and naturally she will be anxious when the day is near."

Lin Zhu was impatient to hear her mother and elder sister talking about her marriage, so she stood in front of the kang and asked Cancan if she wanted to play in the garden. Dress her up.Holding the things, Lin Zhu felt guilty, and asked her elder sister in a low voice, "Can I take Cancan out?" It was still quite cold outside.

Liu Shi glared at her, Ah Ju couldn't bear her sister being bored in the room, and nodded in response: "Come back after playing for a while, don't let Cancan run away, sweating all over can easily catch cold."

The eldest sister has always been kind to her, Lin Zhu regretted his perfunctory just now, and quickly said after dressing Cancan: "Eldest sister, don't worry about me, I will embroider when the spring warms up, and the elder sister will go to bed after giving birth to her little nephew." Go home for a few days and help me take a look." After saying that, she carried Cancan and went out.

Ah Ju hurriedly ordered Cuiyu Ruyi to follow, turned her head and smiled at Liu Shi, "Mother, look, Ah Zhu is quite sensible."

"You are far away." The second daughter stayed in front of him every day, and Liu was more concerned about the body of the eldest daughter, and the mother and daughter began to talk softly.

Outside, Lin Zhu wanted to take Cancan to the garden. Coincidentally, there was a seller selling candied haws on the street. Cancan listened attentively, looking very curious.Lin Zhu kissed his niece, and asked her with a smile: "Does Cancan want to eat candied haws? Auntie will take you to buy them. The red bunches of candied haws are delicious."

Hearing that it was edible, or red, even though she didn't know the taste, Cancan swallowed her saliva and pointed to go outside.

How can such a trivial matter be done by the master, Cuiyu smiled and said: "The second girl and the eldest lady are just waiting here, I will ask someone to buy it back."

"I'll go!" The yelling was getting closer, and Cancan became anxious, urging her aunt to carry her quickly.

Lin Zhu also wanted to go by himself.She still remembers that when she was a child, every time a seller of candied haws came over, her mother would give her eldest sister five copper coins and let her take her to buy with her younger brother. I took an extra three Wen in my small purse, and bought a string for my mother, and then my mother gave me more money directly.Candied haws are delicious, and it’s also fun to pick out candied haws when buying them. She wanted her niece to experience that kind of fun.

Both the big and the small were happy, Cuiyu couldn't stop her anymore, anyway, she was at the door of the house, so she asked the little girl to go outside to stop people first, and she and Ruyi stood by.

The two-year-old Cancan was still very heavy. Lin Zhu let the little girl go by herself after holding her for a while. When she reached the gate, Cancan wanted to go by herself, but she refused to let her go. Chan can pick the biggest one."

Cancan was dubious, and when she saw the bunches of candied haws with her own eyes, the little girl's eyes widened. She was not as shocked and happy when she saw the ruby ​​at the beginning.

Lin Zhu watched in disbelief as Guo Zijing rode over from one side. She wanted to turn around and go back, but Cancan couldn't help but stretched out her hand towards the candied haws.After such a delay, Lin Zhu was relieved again, she was out to buy candied haws, so what if she happened to meet her?Guo Zijing was so polite, so he must have gone first.

Holding Cancan in his arms and walking to the stall, Lin Zhu devoted himself to teaching his niece how to pick candied haws.

Candied haws can be divided into those with seeds and those without seeds. Lin Zhu felt that the ones with seeds were troublesome to eat, so he signaled Cancan to choose from the ones without seeds.But the seedless ones were all crushed, and Cancan obviously liked the round ones, and was not interested in what her aunt suggested.When she shook her head, she saw Guo Zijing approaching. The little girl stared at Guo Zijing for a while, recognized him, and stretched out her hand to her uncle to hug him.

The man didn't know how to dodge and got closer, Lin Zhu was not very happy, seeing his niece wanting to go over, she wanted to let Guo Zijing hug her, so she could go in first.

Guo Zijing glanced at his fiancée who was not looking sideways, and did not pick up the little girl, and said to a pole of candied haws: "Cancan, wait, uncle will pick the biggest one for you." After speaking, he really picked it up seriously.

Cancan stared at his uncle's hand expectantly, and when the uncle pulled out a string, the little girl rushed to pick it up.Guo Zijing looked at the rock candy on the candied haws, asked the master chef for a bamboo skewer and knocked off all the rock sugar before handing it to Cancan, and told her to spit out the seeds inside.

Cancan couldn't wait to open her mouth to bite, but the candied haws were too big for her to swallow, so she had to lick them first after trying a few times.

Lin Zhu was amused by the little girl.

Guo Zijing asked her, "How many strings do you want to buy?"

Lin Zhu stopped laughing, "I bought it for Cancan, my aunt and Baozhu have already gone back." After speaking, he carried Cancan and left.

Guo Zijing did leave the palace early to pick up his mother, but looking at his fiancée who was about to enter, he turned his head and pulled out another seedless one, followed after a few steps, "I remember you also like to eat this, today Why didn't you buy it?"

Lin Zhu was surprised that he would follow, turned his head and said, "I don't want to eat."

Cancan looked at the flat string of candied haws in his uncle's hand, and shook his head like a little adult: "It's not good-looking, this one looks good, my aunt will eat it." She handed the candied haws that she had licked bright red to her aunt's mouth.

Lin Zhu was stunned.

She likes her niece, and she doesn't want to reject her kindness, it's just the niece's saliva...

Zhao Chen's voice came from behind the screen wall in front, Guo Zijing smiled, and said to Cancan: "Auntie likes to eat this kind of food, so Cancan can keep it for himself." As he spoke, he handed the candied haws in his hand to Lin Zhu again. Shen Shen: "Take it, I won't go in."

There is a faint threat.

Lin Zhu also heard her brother-in-law's voice, bit her lip, and took it angrily.

Guo Zijing didn't leave, but still followed her, Lin Zhu was startled, and was about to urge him, Guo Zijing finally looked away from her face, raised his head, and asked calmly under Zhao Chen's surprised eyes: "Did my mother leave?"

Zhao Chen raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Zhu whose face was flushed red: "You didn't tell him?" Then suddenly, his eyes wandered back and forth between the two of them, and he smiled meaningfully.It seems that my sister-in-law also has some feelings for Guo Zijing, so she deliberately concealed the fact that Mrs. Guo had left, just to take a few more steps with Guo Zijing.

Lin Zhu couldn't see that his brother-in-law had misunderstood, and wanted to explain in a hurry, but turned his head to meet Guo Zijing's indifferent face, and hated his sanctimonious appearance, so angry that he hugged his niece and left first.

Cancan leaned on her aunt's shoulder and looked back, seeing that her father and uncle were all looking at her, she smiled and shook the candied haws in her hand flamboyantly.

(End of this chapter)