Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1803: Chapter 1804: Some Things, Once Changed, Are Changed Forever

”You’d better stand.”

Sitting like this, it’s truly better to stand.

Shi Xiaolan immediately breathed a big sigh of relief upon hearing this, and quickly stood up, standing there respectfully, not daring to say a word more, not even a single word.

Xiao Changyi sat on the long bench opposite An Jing, while Qin Yi and Meng Lanqing had already placed the gifts on the table.

An Jing glanced at the gifts on the table, then smiled at Shi Xiaolan and asked, ”Where are Yu Yu, Niuniu, and Zhuangzhuang? Why haven’t I seen them come in? Just now in the courtyard, they were there, weren’t they?”

Yu Yu and Niuniu are Shi Xiaolan and An Fu’s daughters, one almost fifteen and the other almost twelve. And Zhuangzhuang is Shi Xiaolan and Wu Xiaoshan’s son, almost ten years old.

Since giving birth to Zhuangzhuang, Shi Xiaolan hadn’t conceived again.

As soon as Shi Xiaolan heard An Jing wanted to see her three children, she hurriedly shouted out for Yu Yu, Niuniu, and Zhuangzhuang to come in.

Yu Yu, Niuniu, and Zhuangzhuang came in, and as soon as they entered, they wanted to salute An Jing and Xiao Changyi, but An Jing didn’t let them, instead telling them to come to the table.

”You’re Yu Yu, right?” An Jing asked, looking at the girl in a light green dress. This girl was much taller than the other girl in a blue dress.

Yu Yu nodded particularly respectfully, ”In response to the Queen, this humble girl is Yu Yu.”

An Jing sighed helplessly, ”Yu Yu has also become distant from me, thinking back, you used to call me Aunt.”

Yu Yu immediately said, ”Yu Yu wouldn’t dare.”

An Jing didn’t press the matter further with Yu Yu, instead looking at the girl in the blue dress, ”She’s Yu Yu, so you must be Niuniu, right?”

Niuniu was even more timid, only nodding, not daring to speak at all.

Seeing this, An Jing didn’t say anything more to Niuniu, instead looking at Zhuangzhuang, ”Zhuangzhuang, you’ve grown so much. When Aunt left here, you were just a newborn.”

Zhuangzhuang was also scared because just now outside, his father had told him to be careful with his words, lest he lose his head, and since he didn’t know what to say, he simply said nothing.

An Jing felt somewhat disappointed inside. She didn’t want them to be like this, she had originally wanted to come back and have a good chat with Shi Xiaolan. However, she could also understand why Shi Xiaolan and Yu Yu were like this.

After another sigh, An Jing smiled and asked Shi Xiaolan, ”Xiao Lan, Yu Yu is almost fifteen, have you arranged a marriage for her?”

Shi Xiaolan quickly replied, ”Yes, in two months, she will be married.”

”Time really flies, Yu Yu is already getting married.”

”Indeed.” Shi Xiaolan rarely chimed in with a response, her heart filled with mixed emotions. She too wanted to have a good conversation with her old friend, to reminisce, but the problem was that her friend’s status had risen so high that she didn’t dare to even look up, for fear of losing her head with the slightest misstep.

Seeing Shi Xiaolan still particularly fearful and reserved, An Jing didn’t insist, instead giving the gifts on the table one by one to every member of Xiaolan’s house.

Items from the Royal Palace, each one a fine piece, even the boxes containing the gifts were exquisitely carved, and if taken to sell, they’d fetch a good price.

An Jing, being the Queen, gave these things, and Shi Xiaolan didn’t dare refuse, so she, with her family, accepted the gifts given by An Jing, and after receiving them, Shi Xiaolan and her family still bowed to thank An Jing.

Shi Xiaolan’s etiquette was considered quite comprehensive, but An Jing very much wished Shi Xiaolan wouldn’t be like this.