Chapter 12 Wild Geese
It rains continuously.

It wasn't until the morning of the third day that the sun came out.

Ye Hongwei had just returned home dragging his tired body, and a moment later, Ye Chenxi sneaked in from the back door.

As soon as Ye Chenxi saw Ye Hongwei, he immediately showed a look of fear, tiptoed, turned around and was about to run away.

"Where are you hiding!" Ye Hongwei shouted angrily.

Ye Chenxi had no choice but to come back with a droopy face: "Dad, Mom, sister. You are all here!"

Ye Hongwei snorted coldly, stared at Ye Chenxi and said, "It's early now, but it's not time to eat yet. You bastard, you dare to skip class and sneak out? You've been idle all day and not doing your job. Let me show you how I'm going to deal with you!"

As he said this, he pretended to look for a stick.

Ye Chenxi was so scared that he immediately hid behind Chu Yanrong, only sticking out half of his head, and said confidently: "Dad, don't be angry first, listen to my explanation! I came back with An Lan, and I have already asked for leave from the teacher!"

"What's the matter?" Chu Yanrong looked back at Ye Chenxi and asked.

"Hehe!" Ye Chenxi suddenly became happy, his eyes shining: "Prince Dun's Mansion will come over to ask for an engagement with my sister soon, and I, as her brother-in-law, must go home to take a look. Hehe!"

So fast!
Ye Wanqing was slightly stunned.

Chu Anlan, you really can’t wait!

Ye Hongwei and Chu Yanrong were also surprised and looked at each other.

After a while, the butler Fu Bo came running over to announce, "Master, Madam, the visiting card from Prince Dun's mansion has arrived."

Ye Hongwei was furious: "I just came home from flood control, I'm dirty and smelly, and they suddenly came to my house, don't I have any face?"

"It's not too sudden." Chu Yanrong said, "Today is a good day. If you miss it, you will have to wait another three months."

Ye Hongwei stamped his feet.

Chu Yanrong smiled and said, "Come here, help the master wash and change his clothes."

Ye Hongwei didn't even finish his porridge and went back to his room to change clothes in a huff.

Ye Chenxi patted his chest with lingering fear: "Father is so fierce."

"He's just pretending."

Chu Yanrong looked outside the door, a smile on her lips and tenderness in her eyes almost overflowing.

Ye Chenxi: “…”

Ye Chenxi turned around and whispered to Ye Wanqing: "The romantic storybook based on my father and mother said that love can make people blind. It's really true."

Ye Wanqing didn't hear clearly: "What?"

"A romantic storybook, 'The Mighty Scholar and the Pretty Princess.'" Ye Chenxi whispered, "There are many such stories in An Lan's study."

Ye Wanqing choked up: "Mighty scholar...pretty princess?"

Ye Chenxi continued whispering in her ear: "An Lan said that the book about father and mother has been secretly popular in Jindu for twenty years, and many of them have become orphans. In the past, I didn't dare to let you know that I was reading this. You have become more lively recently, so I dare to tell you."

Ye Wanqing was dumbfounded.

Ye Chenxi talked to himself: "It's been more than ten years, and the protagonists in the storybooks haven't changed. Don't they get tired of it?"

"What are you talking about?" Chu Yanrong turned her head and looked over.

Ye Chenxi was frightened out of his wits.

Ye Wanqing helped him up and stood up, saying, "Mother, the people from Prince Dun's residence are about to arrive, so I'll leave first."

"Your lover is here to propose marriage, doesn't Wanqing want to see it with your own eyes?" Chu Yanrong joked with a smile.

sweetheart?
Ye Wanqing hesitated.

As a young girl, when her lover came to propose marriage, she should have been aroused and showed curiosity and shyness. But at the moment, her reaction was too calm, which was strange.

Chu Yanrong smiled and said, "Someone, move the fan and screen over here."

Chu Anlan stepped into the flower hall of the Ye Mansion and saw the flower and bird screen placed by the window.

He smiled brightly over there.

Although no one could see inside due to the screen, Ye Wanqing still sat upright and smiled at him.

Since ancient times, marriage has required a formal matchmaker, three books and six ceremonies.

Prince Dun's palace attached great importance to this marriage and asked Prince Duan, the Minister of Rites and the Imperial College to act as matchmakers. All the people in the palace stayed up all night, preparing expensive gifts and going to the palace to propose marriage in a lively manner.

The whole Ye family was filled with joy.

Except Ye Hongwei.

Ever since Chu Anlan in a fluttering red dress and his flamboyant father stepped into the flower hall, Ye Hongwei felt that the once elegant flower hall was now dazzling with all the bright colors of flowers and willows.

Ye Hongwei greeted people with a sullen face.

After the greetings, under the suggestion of Prince Duan and the Imperial College, the nearly fifty-year-old Minister of Rites secretly wiped his sweat and shamelessly praised Chu Anlan, such as -

Handsome, skilled in both civil and military affairs, and full of talent...

"Puchi!" Ye Chenxi couldn't help but laughed out loud on the spot.

Chu Anlan also laughed it off and didn't mind at all.

……

night.

After seeing off the last carriage from Prince Dun's palace, the butler rubbed his face, which had become stiff with a smile, and ordered people to lock the gate. He also directed the servants in the palace to sweep and house, creating a busy scene.

Jinghong Garden was filled with boxes of all sizes, leaving no place to step.

The two wild geese in the red lacquered wooden cage have smooth and soft feathers and are extremely plump. It is obvious that they were carefully cared for.

Ye Hongwei didn't like anything else, but he was attracted by the two wild geese.

Ye Wanqing took advantage of the situation and had the wild geese sent to Ye Hongwei's yard.

Ye Hongwei shook his sleeves and acted as if he was reluctant: "In this case, your father will help you raise him first."

"What are you raising them for?" Ye Chenxi squatted beside the cage. "These geese are fat and have a lot of meat. If you roast them, they will sizzle and be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. They must taste great."

Before he could finish his words, he was slapped hard on the back of his head.

"Eat, eat, eat! All you do is eat!" Ye Hongwei sternly warned: "If you dare to take advantage of this pair of wild geese, I will break your legs!"

Ye Chenxi stuck out his tongue.

Ye Hongwei was very disappointed: "Your sister has already chosen a date for her engagement. Look at you, you only know how to eat, drink and have fun, like a fool!"

"I can't do anything about it." Ye Chenxi said in embarrassment: "Who told you and mother not to give birth to a daughter for me? Otherwise, you can ask who wants a son-in-law and marry me off."

Ye Hongwei was furious: "You bastard!"

On the jade steps under the eaves, Ye Wanqing stood there quietly.

Palace lanterns were hung all over Jinghong Garden. The originally elegant courtyard was illuminated by the red-painted boxes and cabinets tied with red silk, turning it into a festive red.

My mother was gently instructing the butler to register the gifts sent by Prince Dun's mansion today, while my father was scolding my eldest brother...

This is exactly what a home should look like!

(End of this chapter)