Chapter 55

On the way back, Huo An held Luo Chaoyan's hand and jumped forward like a happy fat squirrel.

His eyes were attracted by a small thing under a tree. He let go of Luo Chaoyan's hand, walked under the tree, pointed at the white thing curiously, and asked, "Chicken?"

"Mother! Chicken!"

Upon hearing this, everyone hurried over and saw that it was a baby bird that had just shed its shell.

Huo Rui said: "Silly An An, this is a bird."

Huo An looked confused, "Bird?"

Huo Shun looked at the chick and saw that the feathers on its wings were sparse, but its eyes were quite bright. "I wonder what kind of bird this is?"

Huo Ze frowned and asked, "Sparrow?"

"This bird's feathers are white. Have you ever seen a sparrow with white feathers?" Huo Yu rolled his eyes at him.

Yin Miaoshan looked at Luo Chaoyan and said, "Bai Xuanou? That doesn't look like it either. Cousin, what do you think it is?"

Luo Chaoyan took a look and said, "Pigeon?" Forgive her for being ignorant, she had only seen sparrows and pigeons.

Huo An pointed at the chick and said, "Mother, raise it!"

Luo Chaoyan's lips twitched when she heard this. This little fat boy might want to raise him up and then kill him for food.

Huo An looked at her and said, "Raise it! Play with it!" He saw that his grandfather also raised a bird, which he treasured very much and would not let him play with it.

"Okay!" Luo Chaoyan said, "Since you want to raise it, you have to take good care of it." No one knew where this baby bird fell from, and there seemed to be some slight scratches on its wings. If it was not taken back, it would have no chance of survival as a baby bird.

"Yeah!" Huo An nodded seriously. He carefully picked up the chick and said to it with interest, "I...An An!"

"Mother, its...name!"

Luo Chaoyan thought for a moment and said, "Then let's call him Yingwu."

Huo Rui sneered, "Woman, are you blind? You actually named this half-dead chick Yingwu?"

Huo An realized that he had heard his brother say bad things about Yingwu, so he glared at him and said angrily, "It's Yingwu!"

Luo Chaoyan rubbed his little head, looked at Huo Rui and said, "What's wrong with calling him Yingwu? What if he really becomes a mighty bird in the future? As the saying goes, don't despise the poor young man, one day you will have to pay him back..."

"Women, it is better to bully an old man with an old beard than to bully a poor young man." Huo Rui said.

Luo Chaoyan waved her hand and said, "Almost the same idea."

Huo Rui rolled his eyes at her. How could this woman have so many twisted ideas?

…

On the Liang Family's Farm

Liang Qianyi paced back and forth in the yard. She had been there for two hours, but her two nephews still hadn't come back. She couldn't help but feel a little worried. Could something have happened?

“Someone come!”

The steward came in, "Girl!"

"Send some people to look for them. Ah Mo and Ah Xun haven't come back yet. I'm worried that something happened to them in the mountains."

The steward nodded and said, "I will go right away."

A girl outside the door shouted, "You're back!"

"The two young masters are back."

Liang Qianyi hurried out upon hearing this, and only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that both nephews were safe.

"Why are you back so late?" She glared at them with some anger.

She looked at Shi Mengdie and said in a somewhat dissatisfied tone, "Cousin, Ah Mo and Ah Xun are still young, how could you let them play outside for so long? What if something happens? Can you afford it?"

Shi Mengdie's expression remained unchanged, her face still cold, and she said calmly, "My cousin is right."

Liang Qianyi snorted coldly. What she hated most was her face that never changed in expression. What bad luck.

"Aunt, we met Huo Rui and the others on the road." Liang Chumo said happily.

"What?" Liang Qianyi was surprised. Is that woman also living in a farm nearby?

Liang Chumo said: "We met Huo Rui and Mrs. Huo who were out for fun in the nearby mountains. Then we competed with Huo Rui in catching fish, and Mrs. Huo later made grilled fish for us, which was so delicious." He is still savoring the aroma.

Seeing that his two nephews seemed to be quite satisfied with the woman, he suddenly became unhappy and said, "You two boys, were you bribed by someone with a grilled fish?"

"What if they have bad intentions and give you some drugs to mess with you on purpose?"

Liang Chuxun frowned and said, "Aunt, are you thinking too much? They are actually quite nice." Mrs. Huo has always been kind to them.

"That's right, aunt. Mrs. Huo also brought us some pears. They are big and sweet." Liang Chumo agreed.

Liang Qianyi gritted his teeth and said, "You must be on guard against others. Anyway, you are not allowed to get too close to them in the future."

Liang Chumo curled his lips. He still wanted to go play with them tomorrow.

Shi Mengdie pursed her lips, feeling a little sarcastic in her heart. God was indeed fair. Her cousin was born into a good family, but she didn't have a good brain. The Huo family holds important positions in the court and are loyal ministers, so even if we don't want to be on good terms with them, we cannot make enemies with them. Her cousin, however, only listened to Gu Xinyu's picky eating and did stupid things all day long.

And what about her? She didn't seem to be much better. Even if she was talented and beautiful, her family background was not prominent. She was just a poor person living under someone else's roof.

In the evening, the weather changed slightly. The wind outside suddenly picked up, and soon a drizzle began to fall.

Huo Rui looked at the rain outside the window and frowned, "Why is it raining?"

"Yeah, if it keeps raining, can we still go out and play tomorrow?" Huo Shun said.

Huo Ze pouted and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Maybe the rain will stop tomorrow."

Seeing that Huo Yu didn't look worried at all and was reading a book in his hand, Huo Shun sighed in his heart, this guy never forgets to study hard wherever he goes, what a nerd.

"Huo Yu, why aren't you worried at all?"

Huo Yu said without even looking up, "When it's time to stop, it will stop naturally."

Huo Shun was speechless. His question was in vain.

"Do you guys want to play a game?"

Luo Chaoyan and Yin Miaoshan walked in and said to them.

The few people who were originally a little depressed suddenly became energetic.

Huo Rui asked: "What are you playing?"

Huo Shun and Huo Ze also looked expectant.

Luo Chaoyan took out a deck of wooden cards, spread them on the table, and said, "This is the Three Kingdoms wooden card game." In modern times, their toy company had this kind of card game, and she used to be addicted to it for a while. In ancient times, there was no thick cardboard, so she could only ask someone to make it with wood. When she was in Jeju, she often took her cousins ​​out to play.

Knowing that they didn't understand, he and Yin Miaoshan explained it to them in detail.

Not only Huo Rui and the others, even Huo Yu became interested.

Seeing that they were interested, Luo Chaoyan asked Fengli to bring over the prepared punishment "prize".

"What is this?" Huo Rui always felt that this woman had bad intentions.

Luo Chaoyan chuckled and said, "We will divide into two groups, loyal ministers and female ministers, and fight against each other. The losing group will be punished."

"It contains bitter melon juice and carrot juice. The losing team has to drink one. If they don't drink, we will write big words on their faces with a pen."

"Bitter melon juice?" Huo Ze frowned: "That's so bitter!"

Huo Shun also said, "I don't like eating carrots."

"So do you guys still want to play?" Luo Chaoyan asked with a smile.

Huo Yu said: "I will participate."

"Let's play. Who's afraid of losing?" Huo Rui said with a look of unwillingness to admit defeat.