Chapter 561: A... Chicken No, It's a Bird
This little guy had a high emotional quotient and counted all the elders he knew in the room.
"A-Yao is so well-behaved. Auntie will give you a little toy to play with." As she said, Yue Fuguang waved her hand, and a pair of 'golden bracelets' appeared in her hand.
She put one on Feng Yao and handed the other to Yu Ningxuan. "Fourth sister, keep this one for my unborn niece."
"No need. Give them both to Young Master Yao," Yu Ningxin declined. "You can give her a gift when she is born." As Yu Ningxin said this, her heart ached with a twinge of bitterness. She still couldn't accept the fact that her younger sister was leaving and was still trying to test her with words.
Yue Fuguang stuffed the bracelet into her hand. "A-Yao only needs one. Remember to put this on the child after she is born. And here is this peace amulet. I'll give it to you now too."
Yue Fuguang took out a fine little jade plaque and gave it to Yu Ningxin as well. She also joked, "The things I give to the children, you adults mustn't embezzle them. Remember to put them on the children and don't take them off without good reason. Otherwise, I won't give them any more in the future."
Old Madam Yu and Mrs. Zhang exchanged glances and also sensed that there was something special about the 'golden' bracelets. Given Fuguang's generosity, she wouldn't be stingy with a pair of gold bracelets. It could only be that these bracelets, like the peace amulet, were not ordinary items.
Everyone in the Yu family had a peace amulet. They heard from Fuguang that it was a magical item to protect people's safety. As for these bracelets...
[Master, after you leave, you won't be able to give them anything anymore! But with the jade plaque and the bracelets, one for attack and the other for defense, these little kids will be safe. You should feel at ease.]
Yue Fuguang had never felt this way before, but now that she was about to leave, she actually felt a sense of reluctance.
The Yu family members also thought as expected. Yu Ningxin, who had originally wanted to decline, didn't refuse anymore. "Then I'll thank the child's Seventh Auntie on her behalf first."
Yue Fuguang said to Old Madam Yu with a smile, "Grandmother, it's rare for our family to gather so completely. How about we go to my manor and have a good time there for a few days tomorrow?"
Old Madam Yu smiled. She never refused her granddaughter's requests. "Okay. We'll all listen to Fuguang. Let's go to Fuguang's manor and relax for a few days."
"Madam, are you going to abandon your husband and go to enjoy yourself with the granddaughters alone?"
Just as the old madam finished speaking, they heard Yu Chongshan's voice coming from outside the door. Truly, his voice arrived before he did.
All the younger generations stood up to greet him. Old Madam Yu blamed him affectionately, "Isn't Master supposed to be on duty? No one is saying we won't take you. But we can't all stay at home just because of you."
Yu Chongshan poured himself a glass of water on his own. "Who said I'm going to be on duty? I've already asked for leave from the emperor. I'll be staying at home these days."
His granddaughter was about to leave. Even if he was extremely busy, the emperor wouldn't deny their family the last time to spend with their granddaughter. If there weren't any precedents, the emperor himself would have wanted to stay in the Yu Mansion for a few days.
"Grandfather, have you remembered everything I said?"
Yu Chongshan had imagined for many years the time he could spend alone with his granddaughter, but he never expected it to be like this.
The whole family followed Fuguang's suggestion. The next day, including the married daughters, they all came to Fuguang's manor without exception to stay for a short time.
During the day, the family went up the mountain to pick fruits and dig wild vegetables, trying their best to look happy in front of Fuguang.
At night... at night, he was taken by his granddaughter to a secret chamber under a remote courtyard at the left rear of the manor.
This secret chamber was close to the mountain foot. It was specially and secretly built by his subordinate when the courtyard was being constructed. There were not only several secret chambers here but also a secret passage leading to the mountain.
Apart from himself, the only people who knew about this secret chamber were his eldest son and his granddaughter. As for that subordinate of his, according to his granddaughter, the memory about this place had been erased by her using a secret method.
He looked up at this secret chamber, which was a little smaller than his small study in the Yu Mansion, and slowly nodded. "Fuguang, don't worry. I've remembered everything you just said in my heart."
Yue Fuguang looked at this little old man who was raising his head and trying hard not to let the tears flow down. She thought of her grandfather in her previous life. After her parents got remarried respectively, all her care came from her grandparents.
So in the past few years in the Yu Mansion, she had always treated Yu Chongshan and Old Madam Yu differently.
"You can also rest assured. As long as there are descendants of the Yu family, this manor will surely be protected." Besides setting up a defensive formation in the Yu family's ancestral hall, Fuguang also left a way out for them in this manor.
These were all the legacies left by Fuguang for the descendants of the Yu family, the trump cards for survival. Naturally, the descendants of the Yu family would do their best to protect them.
"Grandfather, I'll spread the news that I haven't left any items for the Yu family later." She pointed to an ordinary plain-colored purse on the table. If there was any difference, there was a... chicken? No, it was a bird embroidered on each side of the purse!
On the other side, there were two lotus flowers embroidered. There was no doubt about this. Even if the person who embroidered them was very unskilled, no one would mistake a highly recognizable flower like a lotus.
"Grandfather, there are life-saving pills and other things I've left for the Yu family in here. You must hide it well. Don't use it unless it's absolutely necessary." Using it would leave traces, and it was hard to guarantee that smart people wouldn't notice something fishy.
This seemingly ordinary purse was actually a storage pouch customized by Yue Fuguang. It had similar functions to a storage bag, but it didn't need to recognize the owner by dripping blood to be used. In this way, it was also convenient for the Yu family to pass it down from generation to generation.
The only drawback was that its space was small, only twenty cubic meters. But its advantage was obvious: it was cheap!
Inside, there were not only pills but also two semi-spiritual artifacts, one for attack and the other for defense. In addition, there were several boxes of gold and several boxes of precious jewels and jade, which were some of the better collections in Yue Fuguang's warehouse.
She stroked the storage ring on her hand, which was filled with all kinds of treasures and things bought from the system mall.
The things in the storage pouch and in this secret chamber, as well as the things she left for each branch of the Yu family, were all the leftovers from her warehouse that she couldn't take away.