Chen Qingshan suddenly thought of another thing: "If that's the case, are you the daughter of Marquis Changping? The daughter of the Marquis of Marquis?"
Qiao Chu nodded indifferently: "I don't care. Don't care either. Live your life how you want."
Qiao Chu used to be an immortal, and even the leaders of all countries would kneel down and worship her when they saw her. In her eyes, the daughter of a marquis was no different from a village girl.
What's more, judging from what I've heard so far, Marquis Changping is not a good person. He lives a happy life, so what's the point of hanging around in the quagmire of the Marquis' mansion?!
"That's true." Chen Qingshan recalled the stories in the Changping Hou Mansion and nodded with deep understanding.
Things seem to have been clarified, but life has not changed much.
Qiao Chu and Qiao Xiaofu seemed not to know about this, they were doing their own things, and no one mentioned it again.
The other two little ones didn't know anything about it, and they didn't need to say anything. They just studied and took classes with Mr. Dongfang every day. From time to time, Mr. Dongfang would come to the palace to teach His Highness the Crown Prince.
Qiao Xiaofu was busy with things in the shop, while Qiao Chu was busy with the renovation of the house he just bought.
After giving enough wages, the dilapidated house was quickly renovated and all kinds of furniture were added. They simply moved in a hurry before Chen Qingshan left.
The neighbors were also suspicious at first, thinking that the Qiao Chu family must have wanted to take advantage of the elders by accepting them as foster parents.
However, the house Qiao Chu bought was larger and more expensive than the Dongfang couple's house, so it was not because he was poor and wanted to take advantage. Everyone also looked at Chen Qingshan and his wife with admiration.
As a result, the banquet of the Chen Mansion's new home became lively and lively.
"Ms. Chen, if you want to serve a banquet, just ask us neighbors to help. Why do you ask a cook to help?"
The speaker was the next-door neighbor, a woman in her twenties. Her husband's surname was Gui, and she was known as Mrs. Gui.
Mrs. Gui is a very warm-hearted and down-to-earth person. The couple came from a small county last year. Her husband passed the imperial examination last year, so he came to Beijing and bought a small house to live there and take the imperial examination.
Qiao Chu was helpless: "A friend of my husband-in-law insisted on asking me to help. I originally said there was no need to bother..."
When Xu Jingye heard that Chen Qingshan was moving, he immediately brought two of the chefs over, saying that he would go back after the banquet.
Chen Qingshan was afraid that Qiao Xiaofu and Dongfang Shuyuan would be tired, and that Qiao Chu would be too busy, so he agreed with a simple (shameless) look.
I have to work for you, Xu Jiajun, so it’s okay to use two cooks.
"Then we need to help with these cleaning things! Otherwise, we will dislike our neighbors for being so clumsy!"
Lady Gui directly took over the work and even took the initiative to assign the work to several other neighbor ladies.
Seeing that everyone was busy working, Qiao Chu felt embarrassed and said, "I can help people take care of themselves. After everyone is done with their work, I will help a few of them take care of themselves."
When the little ladies heard this, their eyes lit up: "Really? This is great!"
No one thought that Qiao Chu could cure diseases. After all, female doctors were so rare these days, but even if it could make the body a little more comfortable, that would be a good thing!
In the morning, everyone helped move and place things, and then the neighbors were busy helping the cook, washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, handing out plates, etc. Neighbor ladies can do everything.
The men from the neighbors all helped to move tables, chairs, benches, dishes, cups and saucers from their respective homes.
These days, unless you go to a restaurant, a small family usually doesn't have enough tables, chairs, benches, bowls, cups and saucers to entertain guests, so they have to borrow them from the neighbors.
Near noon, Xu Guogong came with Xu Jingye and Xu Jiye.
"Brother Chen, I'm here!" Xu Guogong laughed and came in.
Although the old man dresses like an ordinary rich man, he has a booming voice, a rosy complexion, and moves like a dragon and a tiger. At first glance, he is not an ordinary person.
"Why are you here in person?" Chen Qingshan smiled and went over to catch the person and invite him inside.
The neighbors were a little dumbfounded. They did not know Xu Guogong, but this did not prevent them from guessing Xu Guogong's noble status.
They knew that Mr. Dongfang's family often had noble people coming and going, but how could Chen Qingshan have such a great reputation? There were actually noble people interacting with him?
Just as they were guessing, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also came in a hurry. As soon as he entered the door, he looked around. When he saw Qiao Xiaofu busy, he smiled: "There are many things today, and some of them are too busy. Zhao Jiu came late, sir. Don't blame me."
Mr. Dongfang, who came over to help greet the guests, happily stroked his beard and said, "It's okay, it's okay. It's not too late. Please take a seat."
The neighbors looked at the guards brought by His Highness the Crown Prince and stood silently by the wall, with their own aura, and they understood in their hearts: This is another noble man.
Not long after the prince sat down in this room, a young and handsome man in brocade robes came in. His highness the prince spoke first: "Fifth brother, are you back?"
It was actually His Highness Prince Xiang, Zhao Xiang, whom he had not seen for a long time.
"Well, I came back after finishing my work. I didn't expect that they would just catch up with their move, and they would always come to ask for a drink." His Highness Prince Xiang responded.
Dark Horse Liuliang was staying quietly in the stable. When he saw Zhao Xiang, he was instantly excited. He snorted, kicked his feet, and almost rushed over to talk to Zhao Xiang.
Zhao Xiang heard the commotion and rolled his eyes at Liuliang unceremoniously: You want to see my family bullying Shuang, but I won't show it to you!
Mrs. Dongfang looked amused: "Fifth Master, where is your white horse?"
Facing the old man, Zhao Xiang couldn't be arrogant, so he could only answer with a sigh of relief: "Qishang is pregnant with a baby. We can't travel long distances. We can only take a boat back to the capital. It may take two days to get there."
It took everyone a few seconds to digest this information. Qiao Xiaofu pointed at Liuliang in disbelief: "Is it my Liuliang's baby?"
Facing the child, Zhao Xiang felt that it was pointless to argue with him, so he could only hold his nose and admit: "Yeah." He is the shameless one.
"Yeah! Liuliang is a father!" Qiao Xiaofu cheered.
"咴咴咴..." Liuliang also shouted excitedly, causing Zhao Xiang to roll his eyes angrily again.
"The little white horse is white, and Liuliang is black, so when the little horse is born, will it be white or black?" Qiao Erlu asked Zhao Xiang with some confusion.
"..." Zhao Xiang: How do I know? You are not my son!
"Fashionable! Like a little flower dog!" Qiao Sanshou pointed to the little flower dog next door that came to walk and eat.
The little spotted dog was white with black hair, and had clumps of black hair on its body like little black coals. Feeling everyone's gaze, it would raise its head from time to time and say fawningly to everyone, then lower its head to eat the chickens they killed.
The debris that came out...
Just... so servile!
Zhao Xiang thought for a while and thought that if Qishuang gave birth to such a thing, she would still be angrily snorting at herself for food...