Chapter 264
264 Tree God Card
Wang Chuanman resigned himself to his fate and got up from bed to go to Nanhe Third Street to buy pancakes.
Liu Shi went out and brought Little Ah Yu to wash up. Tang Yuan heard the commotion and followed her at a loss.
“Madam, I…”
Liu Shi said, “Ah Yu woke up early. It’s not your fault. I’ll bring her to wash up. See if there’s a fire in the stove.”
The sky was not completely bright yet, and most of the people in the house were not awake yet, so the water was naturally not boiled for them to wash up.
Tang Yuan walked over. When she saw that there was indeed no fire in the kitchen, she hurriedly started a fire to boil water.
During this period of time in the Wang Family, Tang Yuan’s originally thin and weak body slowly grew. Although she was still a servant now, it was much better than when she was in the circus.
The Wang family was not used to ordering others around. Most of the time, they did things themselves.
In name, she was a maidservant who specially took care of Little Ah Yu, but the Wang family basically took care of Ah Yu. Her role was limited.
Wang Aibao lived not far from the kitchen and soon heard the commotion.
Speaking of which, Wang Aibao and Tang Yuan’s mentality were a little similar. They had suddenly joined this family.
Although Wang Aibao was Old Madam Wang’s biological daughter, they had been separated for 17 years. When she arrived, the Wang Family had already risen.
She felt a lot of nervousness when she suddenly enjoyed a better life.
She was afraid that this was just a dream.
Therefore, Wang Aibao usually did not reveal herself, but she would do things silently.
“Fifth Madam, the smoke in the kitchen is heavy. I’ll do it.” When Tang Yuan saw that Wang Aibao was also going to start the fire, she hurriedly pushed her out in fear. “I’ll be done in a while.”
Wang Aibao: “I’ll just help mix some water.”
“I’ll do it. Go to the hall and wait. It’ll be quick.”
Wang Aibao was helpless and could only leave the kitchen again. She happened to see Liu Shi bringing Little Ah Yu to braid her hair in the courtyard.
Little Ah Yu saw Wang Aibao from afar and waved at her happily.
“Little Aunt!”
“Ah Yu, what flowers are you wearing today?” Wang Aibao smiled and walked over.
Little Ah Yu had obtained many flower hairpins. Not only did Old man Wang make a few wooden boxes for her, but he also made a large wooden board with frames. Inside were Little Ah Yu’s flower hairpins, small jade hairpin rings, and other things.
The lighting in the house was not good. Liu Shi helped her bring them out and placed it on the table in the courtyard pavilion. Little Ah Yu was choosing.
Hearing Wang Aibao’s words, Little Ah Yu’s expression became even more conflicted. “I don’t know how to choose either. This is from Third Aunt, this is from Grandma, and this is from Madam Teacher… I like them all!”
Not only that, but Chen Yuan, who had signed a contract with them, had even gotten the news from somewhere and asked someone to bring a gift.
They were all styles that had become more popular recently. Little Ah Yu could not bear to part with them and her eyes were blurry.
Wang Aibao walked over and suggested to Little Ah Yu, “Do you want Little Aunt to help you choose? You can use different hairpins every day, or use one in the morning and one in the afternoon. There are so many hairpins. Even if you use them for two months, they won’t be the same.”
“Wow, Little Aunt, it’s so good to ask you. No wonder Grandma said that you’re the smartest person in the family. Why didn’t I think of that!” Little Ah Yu praised Wang Aibao without hesitation.
Indeed, before Wang Aibao was kidnapped, she was the smartest person in the entire Wang Family and had received Old Madam Wang’s teachings.
However, after that, her life was not good, and no one was willing to teach her carefully. Now that she had returned to the Wang Family, Old Madam Wang did not relax her requirements for her and let Wang Aibao cut the queue to go to the Yang Family Private School.
Because Liu Shi was also a female teacher in the Yang Family Private School, Teacher Yang was willing to accept an old female student in her twenties.
Of course, this was under the premise that Old Madam Wang had given him five more taels of silver.
Wang Aibao learned very quickly. It had been more than three months since she returned home, and she had already finished memorizing a lot. She could recognize hundreds of words in two introductory books.
Her learning speed was miles ahead of the boys in the family. Wang Chuangui was the first to bear the brunt of it. He was scolded by Old Madam Wang every day that he was not as good as his sister.
Wang Aibao chatted with Little Ah Yu for a while more before Tang Yuan finished boiling the hot water. The family got up one after another and gathered together to wash up.
After breakfast, those who should go to school and those who should work went to work. The lively home quickly became deserted again.
However, before Little Ah Yu went to school, she still leaned over and whispered something in Liu Shi’s ear. She instantly looked at Little Ah Yu and then at Old Madam Wang, who was sitting at the head of the table without saying a word.
Liu Shi: “Mother, after school today, I have something to tell you.”
Old Madam Wang’s eyelids twitched. “Not to mention that you had so much time before, you only said this when you were about to go out. Are you deliberately making me wait for you?”
Liu Shi was immediately embarrassed. What choice did she have? It was all Ah Yu’s fault for speaking slowly.
When Little Ah Yu went to the Yang Family Private School, she received the unanimous blessings of her friends.
“Ah Yu, from now on, you’re a three-year-old child. My mother said that you’re not a baby anymore. You have to be sensible and obedient!” a chubby boy said.
“Ah Yu is such a person to begin with. Aren’t you talking nonsense?” Another little girl placed her hands on her hips and was very unhappy. “You make it sound like Ah Yu is disobedient.”
Among them, Little Ah Yu was the most obedient.
Otherwise, they would not have played with Ah Yu.
She was a good child!
Some children even thought that when they grew up and became married in the future, they would let their child be like Ah Yu.
Little Ah Yu did not know what these little friends were thinking and only thanked everyone who came to wish her well. Coupled with the fact that Meatball was back, Little Ah Yu was obviously excited. It was obvious that she was even happier than usual.
“Elf, can I share the malt sugar with my friends?” After Little Ah Yu arrived at the private school, she remembered that she had originally wanted to share the mal sugar candy with her family, but she had forgotten about it as she chatted with her aunt.
Now that she was in school and saw her classmates, she immediately remembered.
[Sure, but you can’t let them discover where you took it from, so give it to them when you come tomorrow.]
After school that day, Liu Shi brought Little Ah Yu and Wang Liulang back to the Wang family and let the two children play in the courtyard by themselves. She went to look for Old Madam Wang.
“Mother, this morning, Ah Yu told me that her Guardian God has returned.” Liu Shi’s eyes were filled with obvious joy. “I didn’t think so before, but after the Guardian God left, I felt uneasy. Just like the last time Ah Yu vomited blood. If she had the Guardian God by her side, she might not have suffered that calamity.”
Old Madam Wang raised her eyebrows. “Go buy some incense and paper candles.”
“What are we buying those things for, Mother?”
Old Madam Wang said, “The reason why Ah Yu’s Guardian God wanted to leave back then might be because there’s not enough incense. Let’s give him a divine tablet at home. Perhaps it’ll be better.”