The wife of a woman collecting herbs cannot be bullied

Chapter 358

Shi Chuying hasn't come to the old house for a while, since she came, of course she should go to the 'Ning Shoutang' first to say hello.

However, the old lady has been eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha, but she has never been released. Those who came to pay her respects also sent someone to deliver a symbolic message.And the old lady also sent word early, so there is no need to see her.

Shi Chuying took the two children to meet the old general directly.

The old general has been recuperating well these days, and he is considered strong for an old man of his age.It is rare to be able to get up every morning to fight boxing and practice two strokes.This is also inseparable from Shi Chuying's filial piety, so as soon as she heard that Brother Xu's wife was coming, she invited her in to talk.

The old general had heard from the person who gave the gift earlier that his brother-in-law and his daughter-in-law had rescued two children outside, and they brought them back when they couldn't find their family members, but...

"Cough, cough, cough... this is... you picked it up?"

The old general suddenly choked on the tea, and while coughing violently, he still didn't forget to point to the little boy and ask a question.

Originally, when he heard about this matter, he just glanced at it casually, which meant something, but after seeing it, he was not calm anymore.

Shi Chuying gave a nonchalant 'hmm', saluted the old general, and shouted: "Bai Xiao, Bai Yao, this is the old general in the 'Ning Shoutang' Zhenguo General's residence."

Although the old general is not qualified to be the prince's grandfather, since she wants to be ignorant, she should act like it. Anyway, she has never inquired about her identity with the two children, and the two children have not said anything about it. Makes sense.

The two children were not ambiguous when they heard the words, and immediately arched their little hands and bowed their little buttocks, and shouted: "Grandpa Chu!"

The old general had never seen the Twelve Princes, but he had seen the young Holy Majesty. This child was six to seven times as imaginable as the current Holy Majesty was when he was young. Therefore, he was absolutely as surprised as the head of the Zongxue. It's a small matter.

"What's your name?" The old general asked suddenly.

"...Bai Yao!" The little boy has now learned to answer slowly. This is taught by Aunt Daxia, because he may make mistakes in a hurry, so he would rather be slower. At most, others will say that he is stupid, but he will not make a big mistake.

"Bai Yao?!" The old general looked at Brother Xu's wife in disbelief.How could such an obvious Chu family have the surname Bai?Isn't this nonsense?
Under the old general's scorching gaze, Shi Chuying repeated the words that even the two children could recite backwards.Finally, she asked curiously: "Why? Grandfather knows them? It would be great if this is the case. I'm worried that I won't be able to find their family members."

The old general quickly waved his hands, denying repeatedly: "I don't know, I don't know, I just look at Mianshan." But let's put it down, he old man Chu never liked to take risks all his life, and he didn't have time to hide when things happen, so how could he go up to him!
However, looking at the fading look and the deep disappointment in the eyes of the two children, I couldn't bear it. Finally, the old general stroked his beard and sighed: "Well, let's have tea with Mr. Zuo Zongzheng some other day, and take them with you." Let's go together, and call An Geer and Yan Geer by the way."

It was rare for the old man to show compassion. Shi Chuying and the two children solemnly thanked the old general for "not treating them as outsiders".

The old general twitched the corners of his mouth, and said to himself, brother Xu's daughter-in-law's face should still be given, otherwise all the good things from the filial piety would go into the dog's belly?His body is getting stronger day by day, and his spirit has improved a lot. Who wouldn't be envious that he can still have such a body at such a seventy-year-old age?

Why does Lord Zongzheng invite him, a man with no future, to have tea and drinks every now and then, in order to get closer to Brother Xu and his wife without putting down too much pride and turning back to himself?Although he is old, he is neither deaf nor stupid, and he understands everything.

After thinking about this, the old general asked Beidou to fetch two pieces of high-quality jade to play with as a meeting gift for the two children, and then said to Shi Chuying: "There is nothing wrong with me here, but it is yours this year's jade." The good tea is here, just remember to leave an extra two catties for your grandfather. Your grandmother is used to eating vegetarian food and reciting Buddha’s name now, so you don’t have to bother her.”

Shi Chuying respectfully complied, and took the children to bid farewell to the 'Chengxinyuan'.

On the way to Chengxinyuan, Shi Chuying also praised the two children full of praise: "We are really grateful to the old general. He has never been nosy in his life, and he doesn't like to curry favor with others. Now he is willing to go out for us. It's not easy. We must remember his kindness."

The two boys don't know who knows the clan mansion and Zuo Zongzheng.

You know, the highest leader of the clan mansion, Zongren Ling, is now just an old prince who is concurrently in charge, and basically doesn't care about things. Zongzheng is not great! ?
The little boy raised his face, and wanted to ask something, but he blinked his eyes and didn't say anything. He only looked at Shi Chuying with black grape-like eyes full of hope.

"Don't think too much... everything has a process, not so fast." Without quantitative accumulation, how can there be a qualitative explosion?The attention of one or two people can't change anything, at most it adds a few more expectations.Shi Chuying didn't want them to fall between hope and disappointment, so she could only cruelly dispel their illusions early, so as not to make it even more uncomfortable.

Looking at the little heads of the two children slowly lowering, Shi Chuying sighed softly. Although home is close at hand, the road home is long and long...

"However, you don't have to be disappointed. It's like eating grapes. If you are too impatient and pick and eat the grapes before they are ripe, what will happen?" Shi Chuying always had to enlighten.

"……sour!"

"Delicious!"

"That's it. If the fruit is not ripe and we rush to eat it, we will naturally not be able to eat good fruit, and we will feel uncomfortable. Therefore, even if there is a large bunch of grapes in front of us, we must slowly wait for it to be ripe before we can eat it." I picked it and ate it, isn’t that the truth?”

The two children nodded and said, "Auntie, we understand!"

Regardless of whether they really understood or half understood, anyway, the two boys smiled immediately after seeing An Geer and Yan Geer.

"Auntie, can we go play with Brother Le and the others in the back alley?" Brother Yan was on Shi Chuying's lap, begging Shi Chuying with his big black eyes flashing.His mother is strict, wouldn't it be a waste not to take this opportunity to play?
Shi Chuying touched Brother Yan's head, and said with a smile: "You have to ask your mother, she agrees. However, you can't take risks wherever you play, especially not near the water. You have to listen to your brother."

"Mother~" Brother Yan looked at Mrs. Liu pitifully, but Mrs. Liu agreed because there was a guest, and ordered the servants to keep an eye on her.

(End of this chapter)