A Dian followed him into the general's mansion. As soon as he saw Chang Kuo, he rushed over and hugged him, almost hanging on Chang Kuo's body.
He was slightly taller than Chang Kuo, and because he was younger than Chang Kuo and in his prime, he was like a big bear wrapping around him at this moment.
"Okay, okay." Chang Kuo smiled, helped the man upright, and patted his shoulder: "We've grown taller again!"
Looking at the middle-aged A Dian in front of him, Chang Suining couldn't help but sigh - Lao Chang's opening remarks did not change at all with the passage of time, and one sentence could last forever.
The point was very useful, and I was very happy when I heard this: "Uncle Chang, why did you go out for so long this time?"
"When it comes to fighting, you have to win before you can come back." Chang Kuo said with a smile, "We haven't seen each other for a long time. You have to stay a few more days this time!"
"Of course, I'm going to stay for a long time!" A Dian agreed.
Chang Kuo laughed "haha", but he didn't believe a word of it in his heart.
The child A Dian has one thing in common with ordinary children - he was very happy before going to his relatives' house and threatened to stay for a few more days. However, when he actually went to stay, he curled up his lips the night before, cried and wanted to go home, and died.
You can only carry it until the next day.
In A Dian's heart, Xuance Mansion, where he lived with His Highness, is his real home.
Chang Kuo was ready to send the person back the next day, and now he ordered Guan Bai to take the person there to rest.
"Little Ah Li, remember to come and play with me!" A Dian did not forget to say before following Guanshi Bai away, "We were hooked on the carriage!"
Chang Suining nodded in agreement.
"Suining and A Dian are so in love now?" Chang Kuo was a little surprised.
"He is very nice and sincere." Chang Suining responded perfunctorily - it is always right to praise a good person when you are in trouble.
Hearing this sentence, Chang Kuo sighed with relief in his eyes: "We Suining have really grown up now."
As he said that, he sat down in the armchair and said, "Come, sit down and talk to daddy. Did you gain anything from going out today?"
The door to the side hall has been closed, and the servants have retreated to guard the outside.
"The biggest gain today...should be buying a donkey." Chang Sui'an scratched the back of his head and said.
Chang Kuo frowned and looked at his son: "Take your sister out, why don't you buy a donkey?"
He thinks his son is more like a donkey!
No need for a second head in the house!
Chang Sui'an explained: "Dad, this is exactly what Ning Ning wants to buy."
Chang Kuo's expression froze, and then he looked at his daughter with a smile: "...Donkeys are better and more docile than horses. Just buy them. It's just a matter of having more pairs of chopsticks in the stable!"
Chang Sui'an didn't feel there was anything wrong with her father's two faces at all. When she was about to say something more enthusiastically, she was interrupted by Chang Sui Ning warily——
"There are still gains." She quickly cut off Chang Sui'an's words.
She really didn't want to hear any more talk about her and Donkey's two-way redemption today.
Both father and son looked at her.
"It's just that it's inconvenient to talk to my brother in detail on the way." Chang Sui Ning said: "Today at the flower party, I met Mrs. Pei of the Yao family——"
"Mrs. Yao?" Chang Kuo frowned and asked, "The wife of Yao Yi, the young minister of Dali Temple...the eldest daughter married by Pei Min?"
It's not that he knows the in-law relationships among various officials and families in Beijing. It's just that he has been investigating the Pei family's affairs recently, so he naturally knows it by heart, and he knows which one it is as soon as he mentions it.
"Yes." Facing Chang Kuo, Chang Suining spoke quite straightforwardly: "Although I don't know the reason yet, my intuition tells me that this person is somewhat suspicious."
Every time he said these two words, my father wanted to give him a slap in the face and give him a heart-breaking comment - you don't have the brain to have a shitty intuition!
At this time, he subconsciously looked at his father's reaction.
"Okay." Chang Kuo nodded sternly: "My father will let someone go and check out Mrs. Yao's family alone!"
Chang Sui'an didn't have time to feel the bitterness, so he subconsciously said: "Let the sword boy check it out?"
The sword boy standing by was a little hesitant - since he was checking the female family members, he hoped that when the husband explained the specific matters to him this time, he would pay attention to the degree of propriety.
"It's one thing that the sword boy brings people to investigate." Chang Kuo thought for a moment and said, "But there is a better way..."
Seeing a pair of children looking towards him, Chang Kuo said: "Write a letter to Yu Zeng."
Chang Suining: "..."
This feels like someone asking, how many steps does it take to steam a steamed bun?
A normal person would answer, four steps - knead the dough first, then adjust the stuffing, put it in the steamer and start the fire.
He stretched out his hand to answer, and took one step - call Aniang!
And if she was asked to choose, of course she would choose the second option.
She absolutely couldn't understand that she was born to avoid taking shortcuts.
Therefore, she looked at Chang Kuo with approval, but hesitated: "The previous list was given by Yu Gong, and he owed Wei Shilang a favor because of it. Isn't it inappropriate to trouble him again and again now?"
After all, from what she has heard these days, A Zeng is really difficult to get along with, and she has not been able to meet him so far. Taking this shortcut will inevitably make her feel a little unsure.
Chang Kuo thought for a while: "There's nothing inappropriate, it's just... maybe it's time to express my gratitude."
"Then what should I give him?" Chang Sui'an suggested, "But Mr. Yu doesn't lack anything, and he's not rare for valuable things. There must be many people who want to give him gifts in various ways... That's not as good as that.
Would you rather make a basket of snacks with your own hands? You don’t have to be the same as others, but you can also express your feelings!”
"This is good." Chang Suining nodded in approval: "But I completely forgot how to make snacks."
She simply doesn't know how.
Otherwise, why would she choose to "do it all in one step and call her Aniang".
"Then we can only think of other ways..." Chang Sui'an continued to think hard.
"I remember that Mr. Yu liked to play the piano?" Chang Suining suddenly asked.
"Ah...right." Chang Kuo thought for a while: "But he rarely plays the piano in front of others, so not many people know about his hobby."
Chang Suining nodded: "It's so good, and no one knows about it. Ordinary people won't be able to send gifts to this person. Why don't we send a rare piano score?"
"Well... this method is very wonderful!" Chang Kuo smiled brightly and stroked his beard: "Very good, let's give this as a gift."
Chang Sui'an also thought it was very good, but he rarely asked out of caution: "Dad, do we have any piano music scores that we can use at home?"
Chang Kuo stroked his beard for a moment, frowned and thought for a while, but said nothing.
Chang Suining was silent for a moment and decided to give up the idea of giving gifts: "... Dad, please write a letter first."
After everyone unanimously decided, the final way to express gratitude was to add three words at the end of the letter - Thank you very much.
Unpretentious and free.
…
Fortunately, although the letter was simple and unpretentious, the friendship was solid. Within two days, Yu Zeng received a reply.
On the same day, there was also progress on the sword boy's side.