The old gentleman woke up just as it was getting dark. When he opened his eyes, he saw Xu Yan sitting on a low stool, clutching his hand tightly, and the pathos in his heart was a little less.
“Grandfather, you are awake.”
Xu Yan looked happy and got up to help him up, took a cushion and put it behind him, went to the table and poured a glass of water over.
The old man took it and took a few sips.
“How is your mother?”
“Mother is fine, he came to see you just now and went back when he saw you were still asleep.”
The old man nodded, “You will have to look after her a little more.”
“Grandchildren know.”
Song Wangyue pushed the door in and saw the old gentleman sitting on the bed and said, “I reckon Grandpa is also waking up, let’s have dinner after a short rest. Today’s dinner was cooked by me and Gu Yi and a few cousins, so Grandpa Gaijin will try our cooking.”
The old gentleman smiled, from the bottom of his heart, he understood that the children were trying to comfort him, “Then I will have to taste it, and there will be a reward for anyone who does well.”
“That must be me.”
Song Wan Yue moved a small stool and sat down by the bed, “You don’t know, these cousins of mine are really spoiled, they don’t know how to do anything, from carrying firewood it was Gu Yi and I who taught them by hand, not to mention cooking.”
“So did they do it or not?”
“Yes, the first cousin made scrambled eggs, the second cousin tripped over a cold dish, and the third cousin cooked peanut rice, I tasted it, it’s not poisonous, it goes down well. ”
The old gentleman laughed out loud at her words, “Then bring it up quickly and I’ll try it.”
“Okay ta, Grand Great Grandfather wait a moment.”
Song Wangyue went out.
Looking at her back, the smile on the old man’s face deepened.
Handing the cup to Xu Yan, he got out of bed, put on his shoes and was just about to let Xu Yan help him to the dining room when there was a loud noise in the courtyard, followed by the door to the house being opened.
Xu Cotoneaster and Xu Hui came in carrying a large table, and when they saw the old gentleman looking at them, they hurriedly put the table down and bowed in a disciplined manner, “Great-grandfather.”
“Two cousins, you guys put the table down quickly, I’m going to get hot.”
Before the old gentleman could say anything, Song Wangyue came in quickly with a plate, yelling as she walked.
“Put it away quickly.”
The two hurriedly put the table away, Song Wangyue put the plates on top and turned to walk out, not forgetting to greet them, “There are still a few dishes, cousin, go and help bring them over, otherwise they should get cold later.”
The two men went out quickly.
Xu Yan looked dumbfounded and laughed as he assisted the old man to sit at the table, smiling, “I guess Cotoneaster has gone silly, he’s never done anything like this before.”
The old gentleman laughed too, “It’s time to let them exercise a little.”
Soon, several people came over together, Xu Cotoneaster, Xu Hui, Xu Rui, Gu Yi each carried two plates of dishes, Song Wan Yue walked at the end, carrying bowls with chopsticks, followed by a few servants carrying stools.
After setting them down, the servants withdrew and Song Wan Yue pulled Gu Yi to sit down, while Xu Cotoneaster looked at each other and followed suit.
“This is made by the first cousin ……”
Song Wan Yue pointed at a plate of somewhat blackened scrambled eggs and spat, “Great grandfather, you don’t know, first cousin is so stupid, there are thirty to forty eggs in the kitchen, he gave all of them to the woes before he scrambled such a plate.”
“It doesn’t look good.”
As he spoke, the old man picked up his chopsticks and put a large piece into his mouth, slowly chewing it and swallowing it, “It tastes very good, it deserves a reward.”
Song Wangyue slapped her forehead, “Great-grandfather, what kind of hunger have you become, to think that even such a dish is delicious.”
“You girl ……”
The old gentleman couldn’t help himself, “Cotoneaster made it like this the first time is already very good.”
Hearing that he did not blame, Xu Cotoneaster secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Today, when Song Wan Yue went to him and said that she wanted them to cook a meal together to make her great-grandfather happy, he had been apprehensive, lest he might not be pleased.
He said, “Yes, I’m already very good at making this for the first time, unlike Gu Yi, who only knows how to cook a fire.”
If it wasn’t for Gu Yi burning the fire, none of us would be able to eat tonight.
“Good, great-grandfather will give more, more than all of them combined.”
“Thank you, grandfather.”
Laughter came out of the house, and Xu Liang’s mouth unconsciously showed a smile, he knew that Miss Sun had a way to make the old man happy.
……
It was getting dark.
An unprecedented silence fell over the Wen House.
“Father, you should eat a little more or less.”
Wen Zhong advised with his bowl.
After putting Huo into the coffin with his own hands, Mr. Big couldn’t hold on any longer and passed out. When he woke up, he didn’t say a word and just lay straight.
“I’m not hungry, serve it away.”
“Father, my mother has already gone, if anything happens to you again, how will Zhong’er live?”
Mr. Big closed his eyes.
“You go out, I will be alone.”
Wen Zhong moved with a slight pause, his lowered eyelashes obscuring the look in his eyes.
“Then father rest well, and if you need anything, call out to the men outside.”
……
Wen Zhong came out of the courtyard and walked towards the spirit hall, instructing as he went, “Go and tell Madam that I am keeping the spirit tonight and will not go back.”
There are only a few people who came to offer condolences today, I don’t know if it’s to avoid suspicion or if they heard something, if it’s to avoid suspicion it’s fine, if they heard something ……
The actual fact is that you will need to take advantage of the wake to think about what you missed back then.
The steward hurriedly came from afar, “Master, the Duke of Qi is here.
Wen Zhong’s eyebrows knitted up, obviously not here to offer condolences at this time of year, could it be that he was here to withdraw his marriage?
“Go and welcome the man in, tell him that I am too sad to go out to greet him.”
The butler answered and went to the door to welcome the Duke of Qi in.
Wen Zhong, dressed in mourning clothes and covered in grief, stood shakily at the entrance to the flower hall, and when he saw the Duke of Qi enter, he bowed, “Wen Zhong cannot go out to greet him, so please forgive me, Your Highness.”
The Duke of Qi held him with both hands, “Squire Wen is in mourning, a person has passed away, one must always think of the living.”
“Thank you, Your Imperial Highness for your compassion, please come in. ”
After welcoming the man into the flower hall, ordering tea to be served, and waving all the waiters away, Wen Zhong did not beat about the bush and asked, “Your Highness is here so late, is there something wrong?”
“Yes, there is one.”
Wen Zhong’s heart sank slightly, “Your Highness, please speak.”
“We are also considered family, so I will be straightforward, now that the Xu family is biting at you, does Squire Wen have any ideas on how to deal with it?”
“It is true that I was at fault for what happened back then, and the Xu family should sue me, but I didn’t do anything else, so they can’t falsely blame me.”
The Duke of Qi shook his head, “You’re wrong, the Xu family has even thrown out Mr. Big, so you can imagine how determined they are to punish everyone involved back then.
Wen Zhong paused and asked tentatively, “Does Your Highness have any good ideas?”
The Duke of Qi got up, pulled out a portrait and placed it in front of him.