Chapter 400: Being a Father Is Not Easy
Xia Chunyu rushed to the place where stinky tofu was sold and found that the old man was packing up his stall. Xia Chunyu didn't care about the stench. He rushed over and grabbed the old man without covering his nose, and said anxiously: "Uncle, I want to buy stinky tofu."

The old man chuckled and said, "Sir, you came at an unfortunate time. All the stinky tofu is sold out today."

Xia Chunyu was dumbfounded. Sold out? What about Yaoyao? He finally thought of something to eat, but it was sold out?
Xia Chunyu was filled with grief and indignation. He grabbed the old man and shook him vigorously: "How could you sell out? How could you sell out? This is the first time I've bought stinky tofu in my life, how could you sell out?"

What should I do with Yaoyao? What should I do with my son? My poor son has been hungry for several days...

The old man looked at the excited customer in horror and said, "Oh my god! I was so happy about today's business. I can finally close the stall early and go home for dinner. It's your bad luck!"

"Look again to see if there is anything missed." Xia Chunyu did not give up. He let the old man go and went to search the old man's stall.

"Sir, it's really gone. Why don't you look for it somewhere else?" the old man said sympathetically.

Xia Chunyu opened the pot lid and the basket, only to find the stench lingering, without even the stinky tofu dregs. He was very upset and asked, "Where can I buy it?"

The old man said, "There seems to be another stall in the north of the city, but if we rush over now, I'm afraid it will be closed."

Xia Chunyu stared at him depressedly: "You are just talking in vain, right? Anyway, I want stinky tofu, you figure out a way for me, otherwise, I won't leave."

The old man was dumbfounded, he had seen scoundrels, but he had never seen someone who acted like a scoundrel because he couldn't eat stinky tofu. Nowadays, there are really all kinds of people!
De'er, if you don't want to leave, just stay here. I, an old man, have to go.

The old man smiled bitterly: "Sir, they are all sold out. Where can I get them for you? Otherwise, come back tomorrow to buy them. I will keep them for you."

"No, I want it today." Xia Chunyu said domineeringly. Without stinky tofu, he couldn't go back to report.

As he said that, Xia Chunyu sat down on the basket, not caring whether it smelled or not.

The old man was helpless. He couldn't afford to offend this young man, so he said, "How about you come home with me to get it? I have it at home, but it's a long way to go."

Xia Chunyu stood up in a flash: "What are you waiting for? Hurry up!"

"Let me clean up the mess."

"Forget about this shabby mess. No one wants it if you leave it here." Xia Chunyu took out a silver ingot and stuffed it in. "I'll buy all your stinky tofu. If it's not enough, I'll give you more."

The old man was dumbfounded, looking at the heavy silver in his hand. Oh my god, he had never seen such a heavy silver in his life. It must be at least five taels...

One copper coin for one piece of stinky tofu, and it would be great if you could buy three or four hundred pieces of tofu a day. One tael of silver equals one thousand copper coins, which is equivalent to five thousand copper coins...

"Hurry up, hurry up, I need it urgently." Xia Chunyu pulled the old man and walked away very quickly.

The old man was still immersed in the great joy of the pie falling from the ceiling. He walked a few steps with him in a daze before he remembered: "Uh... sir, my home is over there."

Going the other way.

In the distance, Helian Jing and Princess Naya came over on horseback. They saw Xia Chunyu dragging an old man with great speed from afar.

"What is Brother Chunyu doing? Who is that old man?" Helian Jing was puzzled.

Naya is a straightforward person: "Let's go up and take a look."

The two men rode their horses to catch up.

"Brother Chunyu, where are you going? My sister-in-law and I are just about to go to your house." Helian Jing said.

When Xia Chunyu saw Helian Jing's horse, he was delighted: "Get down quickly."

He thought that Xiao Jing arrived at the perfect time. Just when he wanted to eat, someone would hand him chopsticks, and when he wanted to sleep, someone would hand him a pillow. He thought he could buy stinky tofu when he came out. It wasn't far anyway, so he didn't ride the big black bike.

Helian Jing didn't understand what was going on and jumped off his horse.

Xia Chunyu pulled the old man aside and said, "Xiao Jing, I'll use your horse first. You can walk to my house. It's not far anyway."

As he said this, he jumped on the horse, picked up the old man, squeezed his legs together, waved the whip, and galloped away.

The poor old man had never ridden a horse in his life. He was so scared.
Helian Jing and Naya looked at each other, confused. Could it be that Chunyu was on official business? And it was something very important?
The two couldn't figure it out, so Naya simply got off the horse, led the horse and walked towards the Jing'an Marquis Mansion with Helian Jing.

Naya insisted on coming here today because of the western restaurant. Chunyu said Ye Jinxuan went to Yangzhou. How could she go to Yangzhou at this critical moment? She didn't say when she would be back. It was really worrying. She was bored these days and almost moldy. So she came to ask, when will Ye Jinxuan return to Jinling?

Unexpectedly, after they met, before they could even say a few words, the other person took away Xiaojing's horse.

When the two arrived at the marquis's residence, someone immediately came to take them to see the lady.

Ask the servant where the second young lady is? The servant replied that she was not in the house. Yushi and Chunfeng had just finished talking, and Chunfeng was about to leave when he heard that Xiaojing and Naya had arrived.

Youshi hurriedly said, "Don't let it slip."

Chunfeng nodded, thinking that it was indeed not appropriate to disturb his second sister-in-law in her current situation.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, everyone sat down to drink tea. Naya got straight to the point and said, "I'm sorry to bother you today. I just wanted to ask when Jinxuan will be back?"

Yu Shi smiled and said, "Jinxuan's father is going to remarry in a few days, and she went back to help, but she didn't say when she would be back."

Xiao Jing always felt that something was wrong. Chunyu was the most worried about Yaoyao, so how could he let Yaoyao go to Yangzhou alone? Moreover, it was a big deal for his father-in-law to remarry. As the eldest son-in-law, how could Chunyu not go and help in person? Did Chunyu and Yaoyao have a quarrel? Did Yaoyao go back to her parents' home in anger?

"When will her father have his wedding? Xiaojing, how about we go to Yangzhou too! I heard that the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou has a pleasant scenery!" Naya is not a woman who never leaves the house. She is a fierce female general who gallops across the grassland. Yangzhou is not far away. It is not a matter of just going there. Anyway, she is too bored.

Yu was stunned. If Naya went there, wouldn't she be exposed?

Just as Xiao Jing was about to say yes, Chun Feng said, "Why don't you ask my brother? My second brother seems to be going there too, so why don't we go together?"

You glared at him and complained that Chunfeng didn't know how to speak. What should your second brother do if you say this? Will he really accompany them to Yangzhou? The problem is that he won't be able to see anyone in Yangzhou.
Chunfeng gave his mother a reassuring smile. Anyway, his second brother was going to Yangzhou to congratulate his father-in-law, and he could find a reason to say that his second sister-in-law had returned and they missed him on the way. When they returned to Jinling, they could say that his second sister-in-law heard that they went to Yangzhou and rushed back, and they missed him again. Anyway, it had been almost three months since they missed each other along the way, and there was no need to hide the news of his second sister-in-law's pregnancy by then.

Xiao Jing frowned and said, "When I came here, I saw Brother Chunyu. He was so anxious that he didn't know where to go. He even rode my horse away."

Uh... Youshi and Chunfeng were both stunned. Why did Chunyu run out when he was not at home to accompany Jinxuan?

Originally, Youshi wanted to send them away as soon as possible, but now she had no choice but to stay and talk with them and wait for Chunyu to come back.

Ye Jiayao was getting impatient waiting. Ever since she became pregnant, she had become easily agitated.

Isn't it just two streets away? I crawled back, so why did it take so long?

Qiao Xi said: "How about letting Song Qi go and take a look?"

"What are you looking at? You're just going to buy some stinky tofu. Are you going to get lost?" Ye Jiayao was unhappy. Damn it, she finally wanted to eat something, but when she couldn't eat it, she felt so uncomfortable that she couldn't wait any longer.

Xia Chunyu hurried home with the hot stinky tofu in his hands. When he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he left his horse there and walked towards the second courtyard in two steps.

Just as I was about to turn into the hall, I saw Chunfeng walking over with Xiaojing and Naya.

Xia Chunyu paused for a moment. Ugh! He had forgotten about these two people.

Chunfeng was smart and said with a smile: "Second brother, you came back just in time. Xiaojing and the others couldn't wait any longer and were about to leave."

"Ah, you are leaving? Then go ahead. I have something else to do. I won't see you off. Chunfeng, you see you off." Xia Chunyu laughed, wishing they would leave quickly.

Xiao Jing rolled his eyes. How could anyone talk like that? It seemed as if he was eager for him to leave.

"I was about to leave, but now that you're back, I won't leave for now. It's rare to see you recently, and this is the first time that Naya comes to visit your home." Xiao Jing walked over leisurely.

Xia Chunyu’s smile froze. He wasn’t leaving again?
Chunfeng hurriedly said, "Why don't you come over to my place? I have a jar of the best plum wine."

Xia Chunyu readily agreed: "Then you go first, I'll change my clothes and come later."

I thought to myself, luckily my third brother is smart, otherwise if Xiaojing insisted on going to his place, I wouldn’t be able to keep it a secret.

If Xiao Jing knew, it would mean that Princess Yi De and the old ancestor knew. Once they knew, the Queen would know, and then everyone would know, and there would be no peace in life.

Naya sniffed, made a painful expression, covered her nose and said, "What stinks so bad?"

Xiao Jing also sniffed, like a puppy, and kept sniffing until he came to Chunyu. He looked at Chunyu in surprise: "Brother Chunyu, did you fall into the pit? It stinks."

Xia Chunyu had a gloomy face and said, "You are the only one who fell into the manure pit. This is Yaoyao's food!"
"Huh? No, why does it smell like stinky tofu?" Xiao Jing said to himself.

Xia Chunyu hugged the stinky tofu in his arms tightly, feeling annoyed. If he delayed any longer, the tofu would get cold.

Seeing him subconsciously protecting the paper bag in front of his chest, Xiao Jing said, "Is this stinky tofu? Brother Chunyu, I remember that you hate this thing!"

Xia Chunyu sighed silently. Yes, it is indeed disgusting. Is it easy for a father? Being a father is not easy!

Chunfeng's mouth twitched. That... Could it be that this is what the second sister-in-law wants to eat? The second sister-in-law can't stand the smell of fragrance, but wants to eat stinky tofu. His unborn nephew has an unusual taste!

(End of this chapter)