Shen Rong bought the stinking durian.

As soon as Changsheng Fang came out of the shop carrying a sack of durian, passers-by on the road asked about the smell and looked around. When they found that the stench came from the things in the sack in Changsheng's hand, they covered their noses, hid far away immediately, and pointed at the sack in Changsheng's hand.

Seeing this, Shen Rong thought that they had been shopping for so long and had bought most of their things, so she suggested going back.

Upon hearing that he could go back, Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief while holding the smelly sack.

The group returned to the Pingyang Marquis Mansion with bags of all sizes.

After Shen Rong and the others returned to the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion, they did not return to Guiyuan immediately, but went to Minghuiyuan first to pay their respects to the old lady and let the old lady know that they were back, so that the elders could rest assured.

As soon as Shen Rong stepped into the courtyard, she heard two maids sweeping the yard and talking about something with brooms in hand.

Shen Rong was far away and couldn't hear clearly, what about Fugui's family... begging not to leave... and they sold everything... what pitiful...

The two old women were talking excitedly, but when they looked up and saw Shen Rong and her family standing outside the door, they immediately shut their mouths and swept the floor in a panic with the brooms in their hands.

When Shen Rong saw that the two old women had shut up, she took the two children and walked into the house.

When Aunt Hua saw Shen Rong and her family coming, she hurried over to greet them.

"Young Madam, the old lady is still taking a break..."

Before Nanny Hua could finish her words, the old lady came out from the inner room.

"Did you have fun?" When the old lady saw Changsheng's family, a loving smile appeared on her sad face.

"Hello, old lady. Thanks to you, your granddaughter-in-law has broadened her horizons today." Shen Rong said with a smile as she and her children saluted.

Seeing this, the old lady did not wait for the children to finish their greetings. She immediately hugged the two children and said lovingly:

"Are you cold, Sister An? You didn't go home at noon, but you ate outside? What did you eat? Did you enjoy it? Can you tell Grandpa and Grandma about it?"

The old lady touched the two children's hands and felt relieved when she felt that they were very warm.

An An nodded the little candy man's head in her hand, counting on her fingers and said, "Grandma, I'm not cold anymore. I ate chicken legs, fish, and..."

"You are so good. Good children need to eat more to grow taller." The old lady smiled and looked at Pingping again, "Brother Ping, what did you eat? Did you eat well?"

Pingping is a very talkative child. "Grandma, I ate a lot of delicious food, including snacks, skewers, and... and my mother bought a very stinky fruit." When talking about this thing, Pingping made a disgusted expression.

The old lady looked at Shen Rong in surprise and said with a smile, "Ming's wife, what did you buy? Look how disgusted our Ping is."

Shen Rong took out the snacks she had brought for the old lady. "I just bought some seeds. The stinky thing that Brother Ping mentioned is durian. I've only seen it in medical books before. Since it was the first time I saw it in person, I was a little curious and bought it. These are the snacks the two children bought for the old lady."

They arrived late, and the dim sum at Baiweizhai had already been sold out. Shen Rong bought the signature dim sum, lotus cake, at Qianweilou.

"You are so thoughtful. The hibiscus cake from Qianweilou is a rare delicacy. I haven't had it for some time." The old lady sighed.

Aunt Hua took the snack with a smile.

After this interruption, the old lady's curiosity about the thing called durian did not diminish at all.

After all, she had never read a medical book and had never heard of what durian was, but she didn't feel comfortable asking the child. However, Pingping still had lingering fears when she talked about that stinky fruit.

"Grandma, let me tell you, that fruit is really stinky. We were almost suffocated to death while riding in the carriage just now." Pingping said with his nose twisted.

They had just come back in a carriage and put all the things they bought in the carriage. You can imagine the smell.

Pingping wanted her mother to put the things in that magical place. After putting them in, the carriage would not smell bad.

But just as he was about to open his mouth, he saw the maid Juxiang in the carriage, so he could only shut his mouth in disappointment.

But his mother and father told him and his sister that they must never mention that magical place when there were outsiders around, otherwise they would never be able to enter it again and would not be able to eat the fruit inside.

When he thought about not having any fruit to eat in the future, he felt so sad that he wanted to cry, and naturally he strictly abided by the rule of not telling anyone else.

As soon as Ping Ping finished speaking, An An suddenly retorted loudly, "It's not stinky, brother is lying."

An An's rebuttal surprised the old lady a little, "Your brother said it stinks, how can you say it doesn't stink?"

An An said in a baby voice, "Grandma, I don't think it smells bad. It smells good." As she spoke she sniffed, trying to smell some lingering fragrance.

Shen Rong sat aside, recalling the smell just now, and turned to look at Changsheng, "Do you think the fruit stinks?"

Changsheng nodded and shook his head, "It smelled really bad at first, but then it didn't smell bad anymore, it even smelled a bit good."

The old lady originally thought that the child was too young to distinguish between fragrance and stench, but when she heard Changsheng say that, she became curious about this fruit she had never seen before.

"Is there such a magical fruit?" the old lady exclaimed.

The old lady, who had lived in the house for most of her life, had never seen such a fruit that was both fragrant and smelly.

Aunt Hua also agreed with a smile, "There are so many wonders in this world. There are so many things we haven't seen."

Because the fruit had a strong taste, after Shen Rong and the others entered the mansion, they asked Juxiang and Wang Qing to move the fruit and the things they had bought back to Guiyuan.

Seeing that the old lady was also interested in durian, Shen Rong said, "The shop assistant said the fruit smelled bad, maybe it's gone bad. I don't want to disturb the old lady, so I asked Juxiang to take it back to Guiyuan. Please ask Madam Hua to ask the servants to run it."

Like the old lady, Aunt Hua was very curious about what the fruit looked like. Upon hearing this, she immediately called for a servant to go to Guiyuan and bring the stinky fruit to the old lady for her to have a look.

Soon, Juxiang entered Minghui Courtyard carrying a sack.

The intoxicating smell immediately enveloped the entire Minghui Courtyard.

Juxiang opened the sack and showed it to the two old ladies. The smell in the room suddenly became stronger.

The old lady's face changed slightly, and she covered her mouth with a handkerchief, unable to speak.

Nanny Hua is not much better than the old lady.

Seeing that the two old people looked unhappy, Shen Rong quickly asked Juxiang to take the things out.

Juxiang knew the lethality of this smell. After hearing Shen Rong's instructions, she left the main hall with the sack in her hand without even tying it up.

Not until the smell in the room dissipated did the old lady and Nanny Hua's complexions gradually return to normal.

Aunt Hua said, "This fruit must be rotten, that's why it smells so bad."

The old lady slowed down and said, "Did you go to the south of the city? Fruits like these are not only found in Dayong, but also brought back by merchants from the south of the city who went out to sea. It's a pity that such a big fruit went bad."

Shen Rong: "My granddaughter-in-law heard that the south of the city is more lively than ours, so she took the children there for a stroll."

The old lady agreed, "Although the people living in the west of the city are all nobles, it has always been deserted. The south of the city is really lively, with food and entertainment. It will be even more lively during the Lantern Festival. You can have fun then."

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