Chapter 318: Swallows Bring the Warm Spring Breeze (Extra 2)

The Swallows Arrive

Yan Lai is the eldest granddaughter of the Duke of Weiguo, and she is also the only girl in the three generations of the Yan family.

After Yan Lai was born, none of the fearless men in the Yan family, including her father and grandfather, dared to speak loudly in front of her. Whenever Yan Lai was around, everyone would raise their voices at the same time.

Among all people, Yanlai likes her grandparents the most, followed by her aunt, and her father and mother are tied for third.

There's nothing I can do about it, since her father and mother are always busy.

Her father, Yan Xia, has always been a busy man, busy investigating cases, busy catching bad guys, always in a hurry, rain or shine.

As for her mother, she is even busier than her father.

Her mother was the only female general in the Dayong Dynasty. She led an army of 100,000 and defeated the Dalu army, bringing at least twenty years of peace to the Dayong border.

After returning to the capital, her mother was not idle either. She was appointed as the Minister of War and became the only female official in the six ministries.

It is conceivable how busy her mother was. She often left the yamen very late, and Yanlai had already fallen asleep. When she got up in the morning, her mother had already gone to court. The longest time was that Yanlai had not seen her parents for a whole month. Her grandmother, Madam Yu, had no choice but to carry Yanlai and go to the Ministry of Justice to find her father, and then to the Ministry of War to find her mother.

Yan Lai has loved riding horses since she was a child. When she was little, she rode on her grandfather's neck and played all over the capital. She also rode her grandfather to the palace. She often went to the palace. The emperor liked her very much and wanted to adopt her as his goddaughter, but her father did not agree!

Apart from his grandparents, Yanlai's favorite person is his aunt.

She likes to go to her aunt's house to play. Her aunt's house has cats, dogs, birds, donkeys, and a little cousin Xiao Tong.

When Yanlai was five years old, her aunt gave her a pony. With the pony, Yanlai no longer had to ride on her grandfather's neck to play around. She could ride the pony wherever she wanted. Her grandfather was very disappointed. He complained to her grandmother that her granddaughter didn't want him anymore now that she had a pony.

Once, Yanlai hadn't seen her parents for a long time, so she rode her pony to her aunt's house. Her aunt and uncle were not at home. When Yanlai arrived, Xiao Tong was meeting a guest.

Xiao Tong's guest was a crow. Xiao Tong didn't know what the crow said, but it made him laugh non-stop.

After sending the crow away, Xiao Tong excitedly told Yan Lai: "Cousin, it turns out that humans can fly in the sky! As long as we put on wingsuits, we can fly around in the sky! Cousin, let's fly too, fly to the sky!"

Yan Lai: "Who told you that? Was it that crow?"

Xiao Tong's eyes sparkled: "Yes, yes, that's not an ordinary crow, it's the Crow King, my good friend. It used to be a great god, a time-travel god, a wingsuit god, it's awesome!"

Yan Lai suspected that his little cousin must have been deceived by the crow.

"I don't believe it's a god, it's just a crow!"

Xiao Tong frowned. The Crow King would never lie.

"It is the Great God, the flying Great God!"

Yan Lai was even more unconvinced: "I don't believe it. Humans are not birds. Humans cannot fly."

Xiao Tong: "But the Crow King can fly, it's true, it won't lie to me."

Yan Lai: "It's so awesome, how come it turned into a crow?"

Xiao Tong: "It fell to its death while flying in the sky, and then became the Crow King."

Yan Lai: "So it fell to its death. I was saying that humans can't fly, and now look at it, it fell to its death."

Xiao Tong blinked her eyes. The three-year-old girl still didn't quite understand, but her five-year-old cousin had already climbed up the rockery and was standing at the highest point jumping down. She wanted to jump herself to see if she could turn into a crow!

Yanlai did not turn into a crow, but she lay in bed for a whole month. During that month, her father and mother were both at home with her. Her mother sang to her, and her father brought her uncles to do somersaults for her to see.

When the Crow King heard that she was injured, he felt very guilty and asked his little cousin to bring her a hat made of various feathers.

Yan Lai felt that although she felt a little regretful that she didn't turn into a crow, she was still very happy that her parents were with her.

Xiao Tong

Xiao Tong has many friends. The birds in the sky are her friends, the fish in the water are her friends, and the puppies on the street are also her friends.

When Xiao Tong was seven years old, the Imperial College was restructured and two classes were set up to recruit noble ladies under the age of fourteen.

Xiao Tong carried her small schoolbag and went to school happily.

On the first day of class, Xiao Tong took out a frog from his schoolbag, which scared several classmates to tears. Xiao Tong was punished by standing for an hour.

The next day in class, Xiao Tong was lying on the windowsill listening to the birds gossip. The teacher saw him and punished him to stand for two hours.

On the third day of class, a new teacher came. Xiao Tong was sharp-eyed and saw that the teacher had a wound on his face. The teacher said that it was scratched by a cat. Xiao Tong loudly corrected him: This was not scratched by a cat, teacher, you are not honest!

Xiao Tong was punished to stand for three hours.

On the fourth day, Xiao Tong admitted that she had asked Monkey to do her homework for her... and was punished by standing in the corner.

Day five...standing in the corner.

Day six...standing in the corner.

On the seventh day, the principal asked her to go back and call her parents. Xiao Tong thought about it, put on her schoolbag and turned to leave the Imperial College.

An hour later, Xiao Tong brought a donkey.

"His name is Shi Congcong, and he's my uncle."

Supervisor... "What uncle, where are your parents?"

Xiao Tong: "Under all the heavens and earth, my uncle is the greatest! He is my father!"

Supervisor...

After finally making it to the end of the school day, Xiao Tong put on his schoolbag and was the first one to rush out of the classroom. School is over, and it’s time to be free!

But he was stopped by the warden, who wanted to visit the family!

Xiao Tong had no choice but to take the Supervisor home. The Supervisor rode in a sedan chair, Xiao Tong rode Shi Congcong, and a group of guards ran behind.

The Supervisor sat in the sedan chair, thinking about how to file a complaint when he met the Duke of Huguo and the Princess of Nanyang. He had even prepared a draft in his mind.

The sedan chair stopped and the warden stepped out.

What was in front of him was just an ordinary house, not a Duke's Mansion at all.

Xiao Tong: "Aren't you going to visit my home? This is my home."

“Nonsense!”

Just as the prisoner was about to lose his temper, the door opened and a fat old man came out: "Oh, my precious great-granddaughter is back. She must be exhausted. Look how tired she is."

"Master, the Supervisor is here for a home visit!"

Home visit?

The old man suddenly became excited. He had never been visited at home in his life.

"Come here, go to Zhuangyuanlou and order a table for a banquet. Supervisor, do you have any dietary restrictions?"

Supervisor... "You're welcome. I came here just to talk about Xiao Tong's performance in the Imperial College."

Grandfather: "My precious great-great-granddaughter must be the smartest and most adorable student in the Imperial College. Supervisor, do you like mutton? How about we have a roasted whole lamb? We just happened to have one ordered at Zhuangyuanlou."

Supervisor... "Xiao Tong's performance..."

Grandfather: "Don't worry, I will definitely criticize her. If you don't like mutton, let's eat roast duck. Come on..."

That day, the warden was so full that he could not walk. He touched his round belly and suddenly remembered that he had not used a single word of the speech he had prepared in his mind.

After sending the warden away, Xiao Tong approached the grandfather with a sly look on his face: "Grandpa, can you please not tell my mother about what happened today?"

The old master snorted coldly: "Tomorrow I will tell your mother and let her punish you!"

Xiao Tong hugged Grandpa's arm and shook it: "Grandpa, we are the best, the best in the world. Please don't tell my mother about what happened today, okay?"

There is always a nemesis for every thing. Xiao Tong is most afraid of her mother. Her mother always smiles, but she will never show mercy when dealing with her.

Her father, on the other hand, looked cold, but he would never kill her.

Although the grandfather promised to keep it a secret for her, the fact that she was punished by standing in the Imperial College still reached her mother's ears, and it was the emperor who told her mother.

Xiao Tong was scolded by her mother.

And in a very novel way.

She was punished to dig a thousand earthworms...

Xiao Tong was in so much pain that he wished he could turn into an earthworm so that he could just lie there and wait for someone to dig him up.

After digging for earthworms, Xiao Tong put on her schoolbag and went to school again. She sang as she walked, singing the song that the Crow King had taught her:

"The sun is shining in the sky, the flowers are smiling at me, the birds are saying good morning, good morning. Why are you carrying a bag of dynamite? I'm going to blow up the school. The teacher doesn't know. As soon as the string is pulled, I run away. With a bang, the school blows up."

Completed

postscript

My dear children, this book ends here. Thank you for your company over the past year. See you in the next book!

Remember me, don't forget me~