Chapter 89

Dongdong didn't know what was wrong. He neither approached Chu Xiuming, but did not let Chu Xiuming leave. Chu Xiuming and Shen Jin had to stay where Dongdong could see it, otherwise Dongdong would keep calling and even lose golden beans. Dongdong was very well-behaved on weekdays. Even if Chen Jin left, as long as Anping and the others watched it, who would have thought that he was so troubled today, but neither Chen Jin nor Chu Xiuming was at all impatient. Instead, he followed Dongdong's intentions and accompanied him, which made Dongdong lie in Shen Jin's arms and laugh continuously.

After finally coaxing Dongdong to sleep, Chu Xiuming quietly left and went to the conference hall. Chen Jin stayed in the room to accompany Dongdong. Dongdong was sleeping soundly. Chen Jin lay next to him, looking at Dongdong's belly bulging with his breathing, and gently touched his face with his fingers. Who said that the child didn't know anything? It was just because he couldn't express it, and it was easy to be ignored.

Chu Xiuming met Zhao Duan first in the conference hall, and then listened to Chu Xiuyuan telling him about the incident during this period. General Manager Wang and Zhao and others added on the side that when they heard Xue Qiao's name, even Chu Xiuming, who had always been calm, had a deep expression. After all, he looked at Zhao Duan and said, "Uncle, I'm afraid I'm going to ask you to write a letter to Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Duan responded. Since Chu Xiuming had not met Chen Xi and Zhao Jun, he had to find a way to find the two people and let them return to the border town. If they really couldn't find them, they had to wait for them to come back themselves, which would probably be a waste of time.

Chu Xiu was far away in front of Chu Xiuming, and no longer had the usual steadiness, and asked, "Brother, is that child from the third brother?"

Chu Xiuming lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Eight out of ten, nine out of ten are."

"Then you must be saved." Chu Xiuyuan was afraid that Chu Xiuming would be embarrassed, so he said first. Even if something happened, no one else would blame Chu Xiuming.

Chu Xiuming didn't say anything, and calculated the gains and losses in his mind, "Get the map."

"Yes." After Manager Zhao responded, he went to pick up the map himself. Chu Xiuyuan and Zhao Duan spread the map out.

Chu Xiuming looked at Jiangshu and Fengqu, then gently tapped his fingers, and his eyes moved around these two places, and his fingers passed along the line, and finally landed near a mountain range closer to Jiangshu, saying, "Send someone to check here, don't get close, safety is the priority."

There are spies specially raised in the border town, but such spies are extremely difficult to say, and they must be trustworthy and loyal people. It is difficult to cultivate such people and the things they do are also dangerous. The vicinity of the mountain range is just an estimate of him, and it is not worth losing manpower for this.

Chu Xiuming drew a circle on the map, but it wasn't big, but it would probably take several months to send someone to investigate, "Ten people, three groups."

"Yes." Manager Zhao responded.

Chu Xiuyuan asked, "Brother, do you suspect they are here?"

Chu Xiuming said, "The flood that year was strange, I'm afraid it was not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster."

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Duan's face changed and said, "If this is true, the prince of Ying would be too crazy, but why did he let Xue Qiao say this place?"

"Too confident." Chu Xiuming said in a deep voice. After all, it was because of the victory of so long that the prince of the British would inevitably have some carelessness. And after all, he really planned to make plans for Chu Xiuming this time, and I'm afraid Emperor Cheng would also get news.

After everyone discussed it, Manager Zhao asked, "Do you want to see Xue Qiao?"

Chu Xiuming's face darkened and said, "No, just do what the wife said."

"Yes." Everyone stopped asking. He sent hot noodle soup in the kitchen, so he took it to eat it. At first, Zhao Duan knew about the habit of the conference hall and was a little uncomfortable, but later he found that using a bowl of hot food with soup at night would make him feel much more comfortable, which made him sometimes not eat at night and feel that something was missing.

In fact, what Zhao Duan didn't know was that before Shen Jin came, they didn't have this habit. Even if they were hungry at night, they would find some pastries left over during the day. Later, Chen Jin asked the kitchen to stew the soup in a large casserole every day, and stew it one pot after another. The noodles were prepared, and they could eat it after serving the soup and putting noodles.

Because everyone thought it was good, it continued.

Chu Xiuyuan then took out the newly-made border defense map and told Chu Xiuming carefully that this was the first time he did such a thing alone, and he was inevitably a little nervous. Although he had roughly discussed the location before departure, these had to be re-arranged according to the specific situation.

So Chu Xiuming said those places more carefully, and he had his own thoughts. Chu Xiuming nodded from time to time as he listened. After Chu Xiuyuan finished speaking, Chu Xiuming smiled and said, "It's very good."

Chu Xiuyuan blushed and said, "There are also veterans over there who are giving me some advice."

"Everyone has something good at, it is impossible to specialize in everything, and what you have to do is to know people and make good use of it." Chu Xiuming said.

"Yes." Chu Xiuyuan's face turned solemn, and he understood that this was not only a way for generals, but also a way for kings.

Chu Xiuming didn't say anything else. After all, Chu Xiuming just came back today and couldn't hold on anymore. When he went back, he saw Mingming yawning so sleepy that he kept yawning, but he forced Chen Jin to wait for him. His face slowed down and passed away the night of the night. Then he walked over and lowered his head and kissed Shen Jin on the forehead, saying, "Go to sleep, I'll come here later."

Chen Jin nodded, yawned again, and then said in a low voice, "Hurry up."

"Well." Chu Xiuming went to wash aside and took off his clothes. After just a cup of tea, Chen Jin was already asleep. Dongdong was in the middle of the bed, and he slept soundly. He also wriggled his mouth from time to time. Thanks to the big bed, the bed was originally made, Chu Xiuming turned off the light and turned over the bed, and gently hugged Dongdong into his arms. Although Chen Jin was asleep, he still naturally rolled into Chu Xiuming's arms. However, because there was a son in the middle, it could not be like before, but it was not bad. After all, Chen Jin was used to something in his arms. He saw that she had not woken up. After a few moves, he adjusted a comfortable position, held the thing in his arms, and found a place in Chu Xiuming's arms, and moved his lips comfortably.

Chu Xiuming's eyes had adapted to the darkness. Looking at Chen Jin's appearance, his fingers gently touched her face, "Five years with me, I will accompany you to travel all over the mountains and rivers in this world." Thinking of his little lady's preference, Chu Xiuming chuckled and added, "Take all the food in this world."

He gently touched the corner of Chen Jin's eyes, and Chu Xiuming then closed his eyes. In five years, he made it for himself and made a promise to Chen Jin.

The next day when Chen Jin woke up, it was already noon. Not only Chu Xiuming was not around, but Dongdong was no longer there. Chen Jin supported himself and felt lazy. Madam Zhao was always staying outside. When she heard Chen Jin's voice, she asked the maids to bring hot water, and took clothes to Chen Jin to put on Chen Jin. She poured a bowl of warm sheep milk on the small stove next to her. The sheep milk was slightly hot, but it didn't make people feel hot. She felt comfortable when drinking it. After drinking the sheep milk, the maids also brought the hot water and served Chen Jin to wash.

Chen Jin then asked, "Where is my husband and Dongdong?"

Madam Zhao was also happy at this time. When the general came back, her wife would not need to be so tired. Seeing that her wife had slept until this time today, she was much more relaxed. "The general is taking the young master and Xiaobudian to play."

Chen Jin nodded, sat in front of the dressing table, asked Madam Zhao to take her hair away, and said, "Today Dongdong is willing to get close to her husband."

Madam Zhao dressed up Chen Jin quickly, and Chen Jin smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll go and have a look."

"Yes." Madam Zhao accompanied Chen Jin to another room. The room was specially tidied up for Xiaobudian to live in. It was too big now and could not live in the rabbit nest. Moreover, the snow rabbits gave birth to many little rabbits, and there was no place for it. Although she knew that Xiaobudian was not afraid of the cold, Chen Jin couldn't bear it when she lived in her original place in such a cold weather. At that time, there was no way to be in the capital. After returning, Chen Jin asked someone to clean up a small room, and there was no such thing as beds, tables and chairs in the room. Madam Zhao also used fabric to make a big cushion for it to lie on it.

When Chen Jin arrived, he saw Dongdong sitting excitedly on Xiaobudian's body. Chu Xiuming bent down and supported Dongdong so that he would not fall down honestly, and Xiaobudian was spinning around the room.

When he saw Chen Jin, Dongdong grinned, "Mother! Mother!"

Chen Jin had also played with Dongdong like this before, but unfortunately he was too tired to bend down and walk like this. The little one would not let others get close to it so much, so he only played with Dongdong for a short time at most. Today, when he saw Dongdong's excited look, he thought Chu Xiuming had been playing with him for a long time.

"Dongdong, are you good today?" Chen Jin walked over and reached out and hugged Dongdong from Xiaobudian to let Chu Xiuming and Xiaobudian rest for a while.

Chu Xiuming had a smile in his eyes, Dongdong hugged Chen Jin's neck tightly with both hands, and his little face was blushing, "Ah!"

Chen Jin kissed Dongdong's face and said, "So good."

Chu Xiuming had actually been with Dongdong for more than half an hour. At this time, he stood up straight and felt a little sour, but it was not unbearable. Dongdong threw himself into his mother's arms and looked at Chu Xiuming. Chu Xiuming's eyes flashed, and he also went over to kiss his cheek and said, "Be good."

Sure enough, Dongdong was happy. Chu Xiuming knew Dongdong's weight. Seeing Chen Jin hugging him for a while, he took the initiative to take it. Dongdong looked at Chen Jin, "Yaah!"

Chu Xiuming didn't wait for Dongdong to scream again, and directly carried Dongdong on his shoulder. Dongdong exclaimed, widened his eyes and watched his little hands grab Chu Xiuming's hair lightly and severely. He was so happy that he no longer wanted to hold Chen Jin. He sat on Chu Xiuming's shoulder, while Chu Xiuming held Dongdong's legs with one hand and supported Dongdong's back with the other, making him sit very safely.

Xiao Budian also followed Chu Xiuming, and from time to time whimpered, Chen Jin smiled, "I'm a little hungry."

Chu Xiuming nodded when he heard this, because he wanted to protect Dongdong with both hands, so he couldn't hold Chen Jin anymore. Chen Jin didn't care about this, but just walked beside Chu Xiuming. Dongdong could accept Chu Xiuming so quickly. I think he had spent a lot of time this morning. When the family of three arrived at the dining room, he saw that Chu Xiuyuan had arrived. Chu Xiuyuan looked at Chu Xiuming and laughed, "Brother, sister-in-law, Dongdong came to hug uncle."

Dongdong knew Chu Xiuyuan and grinned when he heard this, but he did not stretch his hand to Chu Xiuyuan like before. Although it was interesting to throw it high, he now felt that sitting at such a high place was more interesting.

Chu Xiuyuan looked at Dongdong and smiled, "It turns out that it's a father and son who are in love with each other."

Chu Xiuming nodded, and when he entered the room, he put the door down and hugged it in his arms. Not long after, Concubine Chen also came over. Chen Hao was still following her, and she smiled a little apologetically and said, "It's me that's late."

Chen Hao followed Chen Fangfei closely. Chen Fangfei held his hand, and Chen Jin smiled and said, "Mother, brother, what kind of dumplings do you like to eat?"

Chen Jin naturally saw Chen Hao's hostility towards her, and there was still a little alert in this hostility, as if she was afraid that Chen Jin would snatch Chen's concubine away. Chen Jin was not a calculating person, and Chen Hao was also able to see that Chen Hao was really close to Chen Fangwei, and Chen Fangwei was not rejected, so he would not make things difficult for Chen Hao. In fact, she understood that Chen Hao would do this because of uneasiness.

So Chen Jin took the initiative to speak at this time. Chen Hao looked at Chen Jin and lowered his head and did not speak. Concubine Chen also understood that Chen Hao was not a bad person by nature, but he was a little disrespectful when he was spoiled. However, the successive blows in recent years have made him much more sensible and abandoned by his sister Chen Rong. Concubine Chen believed that Concubine Chen was the best person after being locked up. Chen Hao knew that there was nothing worth Concubine Chen's conspiracy. Such goodness is naturally really good, so he was even more afraid of losing.

Chen Hao also knew that this was not good now. After all, Chen Jin was the biological daughter of Concubine Chen, but... Chen Hao bit his lip and approached Concubine Chen.

Concubine Chen sighed slightly in her heart, but she didn't say anything. Chu Xiuyuan actually doesn't like Chen Hao very much. In his opinion, boys should look like boys, but they have nothing to do with him, so she didn't interrupt and say anything. Chu Xiuming smiled gently and said, "Mother-in-law, sit down first."

"Yeah." After the way, Concubine Chen got closer to Chu Xiuming. Although she sat down with Chen Hao, her eyes kept looking at the thing in Chu Xiuming's arms. The cotton jacket that Dongdong wore was wearing a red background and a tiger-headed hat on her head. Her eyes were black and moist, and she looked particularly cute.

When Chen Jin saw Chen Hao's appearance, he didn't deliberately pull him to speak, but just smiled, "Mother, do you think Dongdong is cute?"

"What a beautiful child, very strong." Chen Fangxian exclaimed, "It's so good to raise a good child."

Chen Jin nodded proudly and said, "It's natural."

Concubine Chen angrily glanced at Chen Jin and laughed. Chen Jin asked someone to put the dumplings and put all the stuffings together. Then he put them in a basin. In addition, each of them made a bowl of hot and sour soup. Madam Zhao did not follow him, but went to the kitchen to prepare food for Dongdong. Since Madam Zhao could eat complementary food, Madam Zhao personally prepared it. For this pastry of Chen Jin was handed over to the cook.

Several people sat together and started chatting. Most of the time it was Concubine Chen and Shen Jin talking. Chu Xiuming and the others listened. Chen Hao had only relaxed a lot now. Although he didn't speak, he looked up and listened to Concubine Chen chatting. When Concubine Chen heard Chen Jin talking, he touched the teacup and felt that the temperature was just right, so he pushed Concubine Chen to the hand.

Although Concubine Chen was listening to his daughter's grandson's affairs, she did not completely ignore Chen Hao. At this time, she turned her head slightly and looked at him. She happened to feel thirsty, so she took a few sips of tea, then took a piece of walnut crisp and put it on Chen Hao's hand. Chen Hao smiled and started eating.

Chen Jin naturally noticed these things, and his eyes looked at Chen Hao softer.

Dongdong sat in Chu Xiuming's arms, watching Chen Hao eat, his white and tender little hand slapped Chu Xiuming's hand hard, pointing at Chen Hao, "Eat!"

Chu Xiuming looked down at Dongdong and said, "You can't eat it."

Dongdong understood the word "Don't" and stared at Chu Xiuming with wide eyes and couldn't believe it. After thinking about it, he shouted, "Father, eat."

Now, not only Concubine Chen, but also Chu Xiuyuan and others looked at Dongdong. Chu Xiuming still shook his head and Dongdong blinked. Where did he agree to everything he said in the morning? Where did he go?

Chen Jin laughed, and when Dongdong saw it, he also took a piece of snack and ate it happily. Dongdong's little mouth opened and closed, looking at Chen Jin, but Chen Jin didn't let him taste it after eating it. Suddenly, Dongdong's eyes turned red, "Woo..."

Concubine Chen was amused and cried, and looked at Chen Jin with some reproach, "How could you make fun of your child like that?"

Chu Xiuming hugged Dongdong and gently slammed it a few times. Dongdong did not cry at all, but just hid his head in Chu Xiuming's arms angrily.

Several people were joking, and Madam Zhao brought the things with her. In addition to the dumplings and hot and sour soup Chen Jin asked for, there were also several dishes and egg custard, fish paste and other dishes. After all, the few people sat down. Zhao Duan did not come here today, but took his son Zhao Che back to the yard specially prepared for them in the mansion. After all, they really counted, their relationship was still a bit far away. During the winter solstice, their family was still more comfortable together.

Moreover, Zhao Duan and others are used to eating dumplings during the winter solstice, and they don’t like to eat dumplings very much.

Seeing that Chen Jin did not mean to carry Dongdong out of Chu Xiuming's arms, Concubine Chen didn't say anything, Chu Xiuming brought the egg custard to feed Dongdong first. Chen Jin called Concubine Chen and Shen Hao to move the chopsticks first, and she herself picked up one for Concubine Chen and another for Chu Xiuyuan and Shen Hao respectively. Their meal was not a big table, but a round table that was not big or small. Several people could sit down and were not too far away. Chu Xiuyuan and Shen Hao were next to each other, and Chu Xiuyuan took care of Chen Hao.

There are all kinds of sanks in this pot of dumplings, but it is not really impossible to tell them out, because they are all made of sanks, which makes the colors of the dumplings different, but even Chen Jin can't tell them out out which sanks there are.

Dongdong watched everyone eat dumplings, and he also ate his own egg custard. Chu Xiuming was a little unfamiliar with feeding Dongdong. He saw how Madam Zhao and the others fed the food in the morning, so although he was a little unfamiliar, he didn't know anything. For the sake of two bites of egg custard, he scooped some fish paste for Dongdong to eat. Dongdong especially liked the fish paste. Before the spoon could reach his mouth, he reached out to hold Chu Xiuming's wrist and pulled it to him. He was really strong.

Although they were all close to each other, they were always so unfamiliar. Chen Jin looked at Chu Xiuyuan and took a bite of the dumplings and asked, "What's the stuffing?"

"Leek meat." Chu Xiuyuan disliked leeks the least, so he looked at the remaining half of the dumplings, dipped them in his sour soup before putting them in his mouth. Then he looked at Chen Jin with some doubts. He felt that his sister-in-law might have guessed it, so he deliberately picked it up for him. He noticed that before, Chen Jin carefully looked at the color of the dumpling skin.

After Chen Jin knew about it, he looked at Concubine Chen. Concubine Chen had no choice but to take a bite, taste it before saying, "It's the cabbage egg."

"Oh!" Chen Jin looked at Chen Hao again.

After tasting it, Chen Hao said, "It's meat, there are radishes in it."

Chen Jin knew about it, and then he happily started eating it himself. He took a bite of it. She didn't like eating it, just like Chu Xiuyuan. She swallowed it and said, "The leek and eggs are not delicious."

Chu Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows and waited for Chen Jin to eat most of the remaining ones. Then he saw Chen Jin put the dumplings he didn't like on the plate in front of Chu Xiuming. She changed to other dumplings and ate them by herself when she ate them, and put them on Chu Xiuming's plate.

Seeing that Chu Xiuming was not angry, Concubine Chen even gave the dumplings calmly. Even Chu Xiuyuan was used to it and his expression became much more relaxed. Chu Xiuyuan carefully avoided all the green-skinned dumplings, but this was the case, and occasionally they would eat them that they didn't like. Chen Hao was the same. There were many dumplings in a pot, but they were finished soon. This time, it was no longer like that, but there were no such large pots of sinking, but each type of sinking was placed on a plate. The maid who served the dishes also explained the filling of dumplings clearly and ate whatever taste they like.

Dongdong was already full, and sat in Chu Xiuming's arms and watched everyone eat dumplings, without making trouble. Chu Xiuming was also skilled in using chopsticks with one hand. Chu Xiuyuan was talking about the customs here with Concubine Chen and the others. Chen Jin was already full and was drinking hot and sour soup and said, "When it's warmer, I'll take you out for a walk. In fact, there are many fun places and delicious places in the border town, but the taste is a bit heavy. My mother is afraid that she can't get used to it. The third brother should like it."

Chen Hao's eyes were bright when he heard this. He was still very interested in hearing what he had played. Chen Jin continued, "But my second brother has gone out for a while, so it would be nice if he would take his third brother out for fun."

"Can I go out to play?" Chen Hao asked.

Chen Jin nodded and said, "Of course, you can go out by yourself when you become familiar with the border town, but you have to say hello to the concierge."

Chen Hao looked at Concubine Chen, Concubine Chen smiled and said, "It's OK."

Hearing Concubine Chen speak, Chen Hao said, "I understand!"
Chapter completed!