Extra: A House Full of Children and Grandchildren

"It's been more than half a month, why haven't you come back yet?"

Complaints came from the father-in-law's house.

Pei's mother, Lu Rongxue, paced back and forth in the room, stopping from time to time to look at the man, Pei Shu, who was sitting and drinking tea leisurely.

She took a deep breath and seemed about to curse.

"What's the point of being anxious?" Father Pei spoke first. He smelled the fragrance of tea and said, "It's not like they won't come back. They finally have a good time. Let them be."

Mother Pei stomped her feet and strode towards Father Pei.

"It's up to them to come back or not, but my two grandchildren are so delicate. What good can there be in the mountains? There are many snakes and insects. It would be so uncomfortable if they were bitten. Pei Zhouwu is also a tactless person. He sent people to urge them to come back several times, but he still refused to send them back to me."

Father Pei glanced at her, smiled and shook his head without answering.

"The city is so prosperous, and there are so many things to eat and play that the children have never experienced. I want to take them to play to their heart's content. Last time, the two children said they liked the cakes from Yu Shi Ju, so I bought them every day. But by the time I sent them to the mountains, they were already cold and not tasty. It really... pissed me off."

Mother Pei waved her sleeves and sat opposite Father Pei. Seeing that he was still lukewarm, she became even angrier and snatched the teacup from his hand and spilled the tea on the ground.

"What are you doing?"

Father Pei just felt aggrieved. It was Pei Zhouwu who made her angry, not him. Why should she take it out on him? But his wife was a person who would respond to soft words but not hard ones. If he followed suit to refute her, she would definitely make a big fuss.

"You still have the nerve to sit here and drink tea!"

Pei's mother slammed the empty teacup heavily on the table, as if she wanted to shatter it.

"Hurry up and send someone to pick up my two beloved grandchildren, or else get out of here and never come back. Do you hear me?"

Father Pei let out a long sigh helplessly.

"It's not easy for Ah Zhou to recognize the child. What's wrong with asking them to spend more time alone together? The relationship between father and son and daughter also needs to be well managed."

With a bang, Pei's mother slammed the table and stood up.

"I have it easy?" Her loud voice seemed to tear the roof off the house.

"Everyone hasn't seen each other for many years. Am I the one who watched Meimei and Ah Yun grow up day by day? He needs to cultivate the relationship between father and son and father and daughter, but I don't need to cultivate the relationship between grandfather and grandson?"

"You, you are not..."

"What do you mean, Pei Shu, let me tell you, if you..."

"Madam, Madam, you're back." Pei's mother's personal nanny shouted at the door, and her joy was reflected in her words. Pei's mother's eyes lit up, "The children are finally back."

Immediately afterwards, the joyful voices of young children rang out.

Pei's mother grinned immediately, and the speed of her expression changed so quickly that Pei's father was shocked.

"Finally I'm back."

Mother Pei walked out the door with a smile, her steps brisk and she was completely different from before. She raised her hands to tidy up her hair and straighten her clothes. The corners of her mouth that were about to smile to the sky suddenly retracted when she was about to reach the door. She cleared her throat and tried to act dignified.

But when he saw two laughing children running towards him in the yard, his pretended dignity couldn't help but show a few cracks, and he was almost unable to hold it back.

"grandmother!"

"grandmother!"

The two children ran very fast with their short legs.

Worried that they would fall if they ran too fast, Pei's mother quickened her pace unconsciously and hurried over to greet them. No matter how dignified she pretended to be, she instinctively squatted down and hugged the running children in her arms.

"Grandma, I miss you."

Pei Xi'an hugged Pei's mother's neck, put his cheek against hers, and expressed his affection with the greatest enthusiasm. After gently letting go, he gave Pei's mother a big kiss on the face.

At this moment, Pei's mother lost all her disguise and could no longer hide her smile.

"Grandma, do you want to be with me?"

Mother Pei smiled and gently pinched her cheek, and replied with an unusual tenderness: "I do. Meimei is the most obedient and beloved child. How could grandma not miss you?"

Pei Xi clapped his hands happily and kissed Pei's mother on the other cheek again.

As for Pei Xiyun, he was more reserved.

He stood nearby, not too far away, waiting patiently for the two to finish talking.

Although Pei's mother was holding Xi Xi, she did not forget him. However, she always loved girls more, even her own sons and daughters. For example, she was always more strict with Pei Zhou Wu. Men always have to bear more in this world, and over-indulgence might make him lose his responsibility.

However, educating children is always the responsibility of the parents. There are many things that cannot be interfered with due to the generation gap, so there is no need for her to be too strict with A Yun.

Moreover, judging from the time they spent together after returning to the capital, A'yun's words and deeds were excellent in every way, which must be due to Liu Fuying's good teaching.

"Ah Yun, come here."

Seeing her waving, Xiyun slowly approached and bowed to her, saying politely, "Grandson greets grandmother."

"Be good, let grandma see it."

She just noticed that the two children were sweating profusely from running.

"Grandma, my parents said they would stay in Xiangshan for a while longer. They seemed to want to build a bamboo house and dig a fish pond. My father asked me to tell grandpa and grandma not to worry."

"Okay, Grandma knows."

Mother Pei had a smile in her eyes, but she was thinking in her heart, there was nothing to worry about that brat Pei Zhouwu, and she should be thankful that the two children were sent back.

"grandmother."

As Xiyun spoke, she took out a bamboo dragonfly from her arms and handed it to Pei's mother with both hands.

"This is the bamboo dragonfly my father taught me to make. My grandson brought back the best one and wanted to give it to my grandmother."

Mother Pei took it with surprise, but she didn't dare to use force for fear of breaking it.

She glanced at the door behind her with the corner of her eye, feeling somewhat proud in her heart, thinking that the old man didn't care about his child. Now, her good grandson only gave her the bamboo helicopter and there was no share for the old man.

"This is the best gift Grandma has received this year. Ah Yun is such a good child. Grandma will frame this bamboo dragonfly and hang it in the bedroom. This will not disappoint Ah Yun's kindness."

She sighed and took the bamboo dragonfly into her arms.

He then stood up and told his subordinates to boil hot water for the two children to bathe. It was already autumn, and they were wearing many clothes. The sweat would stick to their bodies, which would definitely make them uncomfortable. If they were blown by the cold wind, the children would definitely get sick.

"Grandma is in a good mood today. Can I cook your favorite dishes for you personally?"

"Good, great, grandma, you are so nice."

Xi Xi clapped her hands and smiled sweetly.

Xiyun remained calm and thanked Pei's mother solemnly.

Pei's father saw this scene when he came out. He didn't know whether to be angry or jealous. After decades of marriage, his wife had only cooked for him a few times.

But when he saw the child being taken to take a bath, his face was full of smiles.

When he turned around again, he saw his wife glaring at him fiercely, which made him smile even wider, and his smile was mixed with the doting that had not changed over the years.

Later, when Pei's mother was halfway through cooking in the kitchen, she heard that Xiyun had actually brought back a bamboo item for Pei's father, but it was not a bamboo dragonfly, but a bamboo grasshopper.

She suddenly felt dissatisfied and didn't care that she was still wearing the bib around her waist. She rushed back to the house and had a fight with Pei's father, and snatched the bamboo grasshopper away from him.

"You spend all day drinking tea and playing with birds, are you worthy?"

Mother Pei looked at the bamboo grasshopper in her hand with great love and couldn't get enough of it.

But it wasn't like Pei's father couldn't beat her. He didn't get angry even when his things were stolen. Instead, he looked smiling.

"Grandpa and grandpa!"

The voices of children were heard again outside the door. The two children had just returned from bathing.

Pei's mother stepped out of the door and squatted down to greet him.

Father Pei in the room picked up the teacup and took a sip again. It was not because he was not eager enough, but because everything was stable now, he dared to relax. This indifference was his happiest expression.

How nice.

Such happiness of having many children and grandchildren is priceless.

I hope it will be like this every year for the rest of my life.