Chapter Eighty-four: Time to Acknowledge the Dry Mother

  Just after Xi Mei went in, a fifteen or sixteen year old young man stuck his head out of the Chen family's shop to take a look inside, but soon after, he was dragged back by a big tall man who followed behind.

  "Ah yo, ah yo, Master Gu, Master Gu be gentle." Hurriedly escaping from the devil's palm, the young one begged for mercy nonstop.

  Dahan only let go of the earlobe after entering the ironwork shop opposite Chen's store, saying "You little scoundrel, I turn my back for a moment and you try to slip away? You're ruining Master's business, see how many lives you have!"

  Rubbing his sore ear, the young man defended himself, "I didn't do anything wrong, the people above only told us to protect that family's daughter at all times, but they didn't say we couldn't show our faces."

  If Xi Mei were here, she would recognize him at a glance. That big fellow was none other than Gu Zhi, with whom she had once crossed paths!

  Since they parted ways at her stall, he had a premonition that the two would meet again, but he didn't expect fate to bring them together so quickly, and in less than half a year, the two met again.

  And he even changed his identity and came to her side.

  The little guy beside Gu Zhi looked at him as if he was thinking of something, and opened his mouth to complain, "Brother Gu, you said we followed the master to the battlefield, how come we were unlucky enough to be selected to protect this little girl? It's really annoying!"

  The "Gu Ge" in his mouth, after regaining consciousness, heard him say this, and the palm of his hand, as big as a peony leaf, slapped him on the forehead without hesitation.

  "You little scamp, just tell me what you've done and be done with it, why so much nonsense?" Gu Zhi scolded.

  Seeing his face was not gloomy, Xu Peifeng reluctantly closed his mouth.

  They were all brought up by Xuan Yuan General, although they are not of the same age, but each and every one of them is an orphan without father or mother, just like their own brothers.

  Seeing him not speaking, Gu Zhi let out a sigh and his tone became slightly gentler. "It's not that I'm scolding you as an elder brother, but you also know what it means when the young master left you and me behind specifically. If something happens to this girl, how will we have the face to see the young master?"

  Looking at the person in front of him, his tone softened, and the young man said with some discontent: "Just protecting a four-year-old little girl, what's the big deal? Brother, you're being too cautious."

  Gu Zhi shook his head and patiently said, "It's not that I'm too careful, since the young master has already said not to disturb her life, then we can't let her know of our existence."

  "Then I didn't either..." Xu Peifeng was about to speak up in his defense, but Gu Zhi cut him off. "You want to say, is it that she also didn't discover us?"

  The young man nodded, and Gu Zhi patted his forehead. "How dare you say you weren't discovered? What about the little girl who looked around for half a day just now? Even a little girl can notice you, what do you mean, are you an idiot?"

  Since things have been said to this extent, Xu Peifeng had no choice but to nod in agreement and say: "I know. I'll be more careful in the future."

  Gu Zhi saw that he had a good attitude, and said with relief, "It's good to know, this little girl is quite clever, if you encounter her, you must be smart for me!"

  At this moment, the clever and cunning girl he mentioned was playing the role of a well-behaved girl beside her mother.

  Zheng saw her coming in and went forward to hug her. Looking left and right, she didn't say a word, but muttered to herself: "Oh, let me take a look, whose daughter is this? Why is she so likable?"

  Give her a push forward. To his own brother, "Brother, how's that? This little girl is quite annoying, right?"

  The county magistrate was Zheng Zhi Gao, who stroked his beard and praised, "Well done. The little girl is quite good."

  As soon as he spoke, Zheng's face lit up with joy and laughter. "That can't be wrong, I've seen it before!"

  The brother and sister were talking enthusiastically, but Mr. and Mrs. Chen were shocked and delighted. It wasn't until half a day later that Chen Tianfa came to his senses from the shock, rubbed his eyes, and realized that this was none other than the prefect's own lifesaver!

  Their bodies reacted before their minds did, and they almost fell to their knees, luckily Zheng Zhi Gao was quick-witted and helped them up.

  Chen Tianfa said excitedly, "The last time I was fortunate enough to be rescued by the great Lord Qingtian, but I haven't had a chance to come and thank him in person. It's already been a source of shame for me, so this time I beg of you, Lord, please accept my gratitude no matter what."

  Zhao nodded in agreement on one side.

  Seeing this, Zheng Zhi Gao turned to his sister for help, "You didn't tell me about this when you came either, what are you still stunned for?"

  Zheng stepped forward, helped the two up and said discontentedly: "Isn't this matter already settled? He should have been serving the people as an official in the first place. Besides, those mountain goods you sent to my house didn't go into his belly for nothing."

  Even so, Chen Tianfa still felt a little ashamed. What's the value of these mountain goods? How can they compare to the kindness of saving someone's life?

  Noticing the unnatural look on Chen's couple face, Zheng Zhi Gao proposed, "Since you both insist on repaying, how about this? I have a proposal. Would you like to listen and see if it's feasible or not?"

  The husband and wife of the Chen family said one after another: "Sir, please speak, as long as it is something that we can do, we will definitely do it."

  Zheng was surprised at his brother's unusual behavior and nudged him with her arm, calling out in dissatisfaction: "Ge!"

  Zheng Zhi Gao just comfortingly patted his sister's arm lightly and continued: "Since everyone is here today, I'll put aside my old face. I think Xi Mei is so well-behaved that I really like her in my heart. If you don't object, then let Xi Mei recognize me as an uncle?"

  What? Zheng was petrified after hearing this. If that's what he meant to say, wouldn't that be equivalent to making Xi Mei his own goddaughter?

  In an instant, both siblings looked at Mr. and Mrs. Chen with eager eyes.

  Chen Tianfa and Zhao looked at each other for a moment before Chen Tianfa said, "Since the Magistrate thinks highly of it, then let's do as you say."

  Chen Tianfa is no fool either. All these days, he has also seen the kindness of Zheng's couple towards Xi Mei.

  Besides, our family has made no small contribution to the Wang and Zhang families. The humble pickled eggs have slowly brought the three families together, and it can be said that they are now like ants on a rope.

  In the end, he thought that everyone's heart is made of flesh and blood, if others like Xi Mei so much, how could he refuse them again? Ah, it's also good to have more people care about Xi Mei.

  So this time he nodded so readily.

  After listening to Chen Tianfa's answer, Zheng's face was incredulous, pinching Zhang Zhongquan's arm and saying, "I, I didn't mishear just now, did he? Did he agree, agree that we recognize Mei as our adopted daughter?"

  Zhang Zhongquan took a deep breath and said repeatedly, "Wife, you didn't hear wrong, the Chen brothers really agreed."

  Zhang Zishang also excitedly went forward, hugged Xi Mei's small body, and happily cheered, "Oh oh, I have a sister too, I have a sister too."

  Then hugged Xi Mei and introduced one by one, "This is my cousin Wang Zihang, this is my cousin Wang Wanying, you must all know each other, this is..."

  Walking up to a young boy, he continued: "This is my uncle's son, Zheng Wenyu, 10 years old, just a bit older than you, if you're willing, call him Brother Yu."

  Xi Mei finally looked up at the person in front of her, probably because her own father was a scholar, so he also had an air of book fragrance on him, wearing a white shirt that made him even more refined and elegant.

  Seeing Xi Mei's undisguised scrutiny, Zheng Wenyu just smiled slightly and said softly, "You're Xi Mei, right? I'm Zheng Wenyu. In the future, if you have nothing to do, you can come find me to play."

  Then he smiled lightly and was about to dazzle Xi Mei's eyes, this is the real sunny beautiful boy?

  It's probably because she stared at him for too long, Xiao Bao Wang became unhappy and said: "Xi Mei, what's so good about looking at him? Come look at me, I'm better-looking than him."

  The sarcasm in his words was so obvious that even a fool could hear it, and several adults couldn't help but burst out laughing when they heard what he said.

  Just after the adults had just discussed Xi Mei's lifelong event, Rui Hao rushed in from outside, panting and saying, "Dad, Mom is not good, not good."

  Chen Tianfa heard this and hastily asked, "Speak slowly, speak slowly, what's wrong? Has something happened?"

  Ruihao hastily said: "There are too many people buying outside, our pickled eggs at home are almost sold out. The people behind are worried that they can't buy them and are anxious. Just now, two people even fought."

  "So that's what it was." Chen Tian chuckled and patted his son on the head, "Silly boy, can we run out of stock on our first day of opening? Dad had already prepared for this, the workshop people will deliver more to us soon."

  He turned around apologetically and looked at several people, saying, "Everyone sit here first, I'll be right back."

  Several people said it was nothing, let him go and busy himself first. After the father and son left, Wang Ziheng pretended to be unintentional and stood up, saying, "Since there's nothing wrong, I'll go ahead and walk around."

  After finishing speaking, he hastily walked away.

  Sister Xi thought to herself, "Hmph, easy for you to say. You're just trying to find an excuse to sneak a peek at my older sister whenever possible."

  However, after observing him for a few days, it seems that this Prince Han is not a playboy either. Considering how infatuated he is with Big Sister, I'll just turn a blind eye to this matter.

  As the noise of the crowd outside grew louder, Zheng looked at Zhao's restless appearance and said with a understanding tone: "Now the lion dance is about to arrive, let's go together to join in the excitement?"

  Zhao's family heard that and how could they not agree. Zheng's family carried Xi Mei, the two of them accompanied each other and went out together.

  And Little Overlord saw that his mother and sister had left, he also shouted behind them, "Mother, wait for me."

  As I walked into the shop, I saw Chen's family members busy at work, plus Wang Zihang who had no experience.

  At this time, he was seen standing beside Chiku, his arms stretched out, pretending to be nonchalant as he blocked the crowded crowd for her.

  But he himself was squeezed for a lot of money by the young daughter-in-law and the middle-aged aunt, although he is a proud young master, but facing the powerful flower-crazy crowd, Wang Zihan could only grit his teeth and swallow.

  The sound of gongs and drums at the door, the sound of people coming and going in the shop, the sound of children watching the lion dance and exclaiming in surprise...

  This scene became a scenario that every member of the Chen family could never forget in their hearts.