Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Shop

  When she opened her eyes again, it was a pair of gentle little hands that woke her up. Xi Ju lightly shook her and shouted: "Xi Mei, Xi Mei wake up, get up for dinner."

  "Huh?" Rubbing her eyes, Xi Mei responded drowsily.

  With a helpless expression, Jikuu softly explained, "You haven't eaten yet, have you? After eating, if you want to sleep, we can continue sleeping."

  She helped her up and said with a good temper.

  "En." Probably recalling what happened in the morning, Xi Mei felt a bit wronged again, and her voice was also trembling slightly.

  Xī Jú stroked her little braids, helped her put on her shoes, and then held her small hand to go out.

  In the courtyard, Zhao and his family had already set out the bowls and chopsticks. Seeing Xi Mei come out, Chen Tianfa called out, "Look who's here! Oh, our little girl has finally stopped crying!"

  Looking at her old father's mocking expression staring at herself, the little girl felt a bit ashamed and said "Oh dear, Dad, why are you so bad, deliberately teasing people, I won't talk to you anymore."

  After finishing speaking, she really bypassed him and ran to Rui Xuan's side.

  Seeing her fully recovered, Chen Tianfa and Zhao Shi looked at each other and smiled with relief.

  Zhao's wife placed a small bowl of her own in front of Xi Mei and said casually, "Xi Mei, your father is going to the town to check on the workshop and take a look at the house we're moving into. Are you going or not?"

  Zhao thought that his daughter was in a bad mood, so taking her out for a walk would be good to lift her spirits. Besides, wasn't she just shouting about wanting to go see Young Master Zhang?

  This can also satisfy her wish. Indeed, after hearing this, Xi Mei's eyes lit up and she called out in a clear and bright voice: "Thank you, Mother, you're the best."

  The Chen family members, who had long been immune to her sweet words, heard her flattering tone and continued to eat their meal with a very calm attitude.

  After dinner, Chen Tian went out to borrow a car. Zhao's wife watched him leave and muttered to herself: "This old man is always borrowing from others, it seems..."

  "It seems our family should also buy a cow." Ruihao took over her mother's words.

  "It's time to buy." Zhao nodded in agreement, and only then realized it was her son speaking beside her. She scolded him, tapping his forehead, "You little rascal, you walk without making a sound, don't you fear startling me?"

  As soon as Zhao saw him raise an eyebrow, Ruihao quickly ran far away. Leaving only Zhao standing in the original place, watching him run with a burst of laughter and anger.

  When Deng Tianfa drove back to pick up Xi Mei, Zhao had already handed over the prepared things to Xi Mei. Before leaving, she was still somewhat worried and instructed, "Xi Mei, do you remember what mother told you?"

  Xī jiě xiào yíng yíng de diǎn tóu, "niáng, nǐ jiù fàng xīn ba. Yào gěi zhāng gēgē hé zhāng bó bó de dōngxi dōu yǐjīng jiāo dài hǎo le, yào shuō de huà wǒ dōu yǐjīng jì zhe le."

  Because of this, there were only three people in the car, namely Chen Tianfa, Ruihao and Xi Mei.

  Through the lush forest. Chen Tianfa drove his cart leisurely towards the town, the old ox pulling the cart was gentle and seemed to be out for a spring outing rather than on a serious errand.

  At last. The ox cart stopped in front of the Wang family's gate, Chen Tianfa tied the ox cart to the stone lion and carried down Xi Mei.

  Meanwhile, a young servant who had seen their silhouettes had already run into the mansion to inform his master.

  "Master, master." The servant panted and ran to the main hall. Wanting to quickly report the situation to his master, he didn't expect that not only was Wang Ziheng present, but also Old Lady Wang, who was sitting there chatting with him about something.

  Seeing the servant rushing in, Old Lady Wang's face was full of displeasure. "The servants in this mansion really need to be taught a lesson," she said. "How can they be so careless?"

  The little servant knelt down with a 'pa' sound and kept kowtowing, "It's the fault of this humble person, it's the fault of this humble person."

  The old lady Wang said calmly and quietly: "Get up, what's wrong with you?"

  The little servant slightly raised his head and glanced at Wang Ziheng before saying, "In response to the old madam's words, it was Chen family's father and daughter who came."

  The young master of the Wang family, who was drinking tea, hastily put down his teacup and asked with a surprised face, "Have they arrived? When did they arrive? Where are they?"

  Seeing Sunzi so flustered, the old lady's face was full of displeasure, and she scolded, "Han'er, have you forgotten what Grandma told you? They're just a few country folk, don't lose the dignity of the Wang family."

  The prince bowed his head and said respectfully, "Yes, grandma, I understand."

  After finishing speaking, he straightened up and walked slowly out of the house, but the sharp-eared old lady still heard that her own grandson's footsteps became hurried again after leaving the house.

  Her sharp eyes shot towards the kneeling housekeeper, and Old Lady Wang calmly picked up her cup and asked, "Tell me, what's the story with this Chen father and daughter? How dare they treat my grandson like that?"

  "Go back and tell your mistress that all the pickled eggs we're selling now are from his house." The young servant had already broken out in a sweat after saying this.

  The old lady thought for a moment before saying, "Alright, you can go down now."

  The little servant hastily knocked his head and retreated from the house.

  At this time, Wang Zihan hurried to the gate and saw Chen's father and daughter under a big tree in the distance. He first greeted them warmly, then scolded his servants with a cold face.

  "Is this how you treat your honored guests? Don't you know to welcome them in and treat them well?" The aura emanating from his young body was not to be underestimated.

  Seeing him like this, Chen Tianfa hastily stepped forward to mediate, "Young Master Wang, don't blame them, it's our own insistence on waiting outside, nothing to do with them."

  Wang Zihan's face slightly improved, but his tone was still somewhat stiff as he said to them: "In the future, keep your eyes open and greet me properly when you see a noble person, got it?"

  The people below all nodded in agreement.

  Wang Zihan turned back and continued to chat with them, asking curiously "What brings you here this time?"

  "That, last time you mentioned that matter we discussed it. Chen Tianfa paused for a moment, somewhat embarrassed, "We agree with what you said, but the cost of the shop we must pay ourselves."

  Wang Zihan refused, "How can this be? You said it was what you deserved. If it wasn't for the prescription provided by your family, how would my Wang family have achieved our current success?"

  In the end, Chen Tianfa still refused and said, "If you don't agree with what I say, then let's just stay in the village."

  Upon hearing this, Wang Zihan was unwilling to give up. He had gone through so much trouble just to get them to the town, and if things went awry, he would have to endure those anxious days again.

  He sighed deeply and compromised, saying: "If that's the case, then I'll listen to you."

  Chen Tianfa heard him say that, and a smile finally spread across his face. "Alright then, let's just put it that way. Now, I don't know if you have the time to take us to see the workshop and the shop?"

  "What's wrong with that? You guys wait, I'll be right back." Wang Zihan turned around and instructed the servant a few words before continuing to chat with them.

  Just then, a little girl walked out from the gate. Xi Mei, who was bored, suddenly heard someone calling her and turned around to see that it wasn't Wang Wan Ying, so who could it be?

  She came running over with a flush on her cheeks and asked shyly: "Xi Mei, why did you only come to find me now?"

  Xi Mei scratched her head in embarrassment, wanting to say a sentence, "Big sister, I'm not here to find you this time either", but she didn't dare say it. She could guarantee that as soon as the words left her mouth, the little girl would burst into tears and perform a crying stunt on the spot.

  Xī jiě liǎn sè dài yǒu yī sī kuì jiù, yě shì, zì jǐ shuō hǎo le yào lái zhǎo rén jiā wán, kě shì què bǎ zhè shì wàng dào le shí wàn bā qiān lǐ.

  Translation:

  Sister Xi's face showed a hint of guilt, and indeed, she had promised to come visit but ended up forgetting all about it.

  "Hey, I'm here to find you, don't say so much, aren't we going to see the house?" Xi Mei was anxious to take a look at what her future home would be like.

  The horse was already harnessed to the carriage. Erzi stepped forward respectfully and said, "Young master, the carriage is ready. Shall we leave now or..."

  Chen Tianfa laughed and said, "Let's go now. You go first, Young Master Wang, I'll follow behind you."

  Ruihao's younger sister also shouted, "I'm going with Dad too."

  Wang Wanying looked at Xi Mei and then at her own horse-drawn carriage, but ultimately didn't have the courage to follow Xi Mei and sit in a rickshaw.

  After hesitating for a long time, I still followed behind my own brother and got on my horse carriage.

  When everyone was ready, the horse-drawn carriage in front moved forward. Chen Tianfa then picked up the reins and drove the ox cart to follow closely behind the Wang family's horse-drawn carriage.

  Like this, the car in front walked slowly, and the cow cart behind also followed closely. Xi Mei happily picked up a wreath made of wild flowers and put it on her head, and proudly showed off to Rui Hao, "Second brother, don't I look good?"

  As a sister control, Ruihao is not only good-looking but also says other answers? Just as the two siblings were praising each other, Xi Mei suddenly felt a sharp gaze staring at herself.

  With a flower garland on her little head, she turned around everywhere, wanting to find out what was going on. Ruihao saw her suddenly looking east and west, asking what's wrong.

  Xi Mei told him the truth, and Ruihao teased her unceremoniously: "Little sister, you really are thinking too much. I reckon if someone is looking at you, it's probably because of the flower on your head. Don't be narcissistic, okay?"

  Xī jiě xiǎng xiǎng yě shì, suí bù zài sì chù zhuàn nǎo dài zhāng wàng le.

  Translation:

  Sister Xi thought so too and stopped looking around everywhere.

  On the second floor, by a window, a young man's thin lips were pursed tightly as he watched Chen and his daughter walk past beneath the window, the little girl's innocent laughter still echoing in his ears.

  The big Han took a step forward, trembling with fear and said: "Young master, we should set off." Seeing the young man in front of him still not making a sound, he plucked up his courage and called out "Young master?"

  Xuanyuan Lie slowly came back to his senses, looking at the figure that had already disappeared before him, and said in a cold voice, "Let's go."

  Dahan respectfully replied, "Yes", and turned around to leave.

  At this time, Xi Mei was completely unaware of this matter. The little girl is now looking forward to a beautiful future for her own family...