The yard began to get lively. All the children in the family got up. Sun Bailian brought Jingbao over, and the children played together. He stood there, not knowing what to say to his husband, staring at him but not looking angry.
Qi Wanfeng woke up when he heard the noise outside. The baby in his belly was kicking. He reached out and touched his belly, then slowly prepared to get up. Hearing the door ring, he looked up and saw his husband pushing the door open. The corners of his mouth curved up, and a happy smile appeared on his face after waking up.
"Are you awake? It's time to get up and have breakfast. A few friends are coming to our house today. I'll introduce them to you later." Cao Xiangnan walked over, bent over and kissed the person who had just woken up. He liked to express his love for this person in this way.
Qi Wanfeng was also shy at first, but now she is gradually getting used to her husband's kiss. She hummed a little "hmm" and looked a little lazy, which was all caused by her husband's pampering.
When Cao Xiangnan saw the person on the bed was about to get up, he naturally reached out to help him up, opened the closet, took out clothes from inside, helped Qi Wanfeng put them on, squatted down to put his shoes on his feet, and said, "They are all Brother Cao Gang's friends in the army. You can just treat them as ordinary people. They all have two eyes and a nose, nothing special."
Qi Wanfeng laughed when he heard it.
"The one with the big beard is Wang Dahu, the one dressed elegantly in white is Liu Baishu, the one dressed in black and not talkative is Gan Weiqi, and the one who doesn't look like him at all is his twin brother Gan Weilin. Gan Weilin is the one who loves to smile." He now knows that Gan Weiqi and Gan Weilin are twins. If you tell him that these two people are not brothers, but just have similar names and there is no connection between them, he will not doubt anything. Qi Wanfeng sees his husband squatting at his feet to put on his shoes, and he can't imagine what he would do if his husband is not by his side one day. Life was so good now that it felt unreal to him. He suddenly called out, "Husband."
"Huh? What's wrong?" Cao Xiangnan put shoes on him and saw that Qi Wanfeng's instep was a little swollen. He stood up and said, "Your shoes are a little small. I'm going to Meijia Village and bring you a pair of shoes from the town."
The bottle they had ordered was to be picked up today, and they were going to Meijia Village.
"There's no need to buy shoes. I can make them myself. This pair can still fit." Now that the family is not short of money, Qi Wanfeng is still used to saving money. In this regard, his husband is the opposite of his Yiyi. He won't let him make anything that can be bought with money.
"No, I'll buy you the shoes. You can make clothes for the baby when you have time." Cao Xiangnan smiled and went over to kiss the man. He didn't want him to work so hard and spend a few coins. He didn't want Qi Wanfeng to get his fingers swollen from sewing the soles.
Sure enough, after being coaxed by his husband, Qi Wanfeng had no choice but to surrender.
He didn't wear his old clothes anymore. His current clothes were all made by someone else hired by his husband. He didn't even make clothes for the children at home.
The restaurant had already started to serve breakfast, boiled soy milk, hot big buns and steamed buns, and today there were also rice noodles and rice cooked in a winnowing basket, crispy fried dough sticks, porridge, and side dishes for the porridge. They were all served one by one, and they all looked exquisite.
Everyone was sitting here at the moment, and no one would start eating before everyone was together.
It was good to have something to eat outside the Great Wall. When had he ever eaten such good food? Wang Dahu's eyes sparkled when he saw the food, Gan Weilin kept swallowing his saliva, and the other two didn't see anything.
Cao Xiangnan brought Wanfeng out and solemnly introduced them to everyone, and also introduced Liu Baishu and others to Wanfeng one by one. He treated Liu Baishu and others with great respect and attention. In this regard, he always believed that respect for others is a good start for each other.
Wang Dahu, who had joked with Cao Xiangnan yesterday, saw that Cao Xiangnan's wife's belly was so big, and there were still several children at home. He touched his nose when he was looked at by Cao Xiangnan. Liu Baishu wanted to laugh when he saw Wang Dahu's expression, and he also remembered what he said when he first met Cao Xiangnan yesterday.
When Cao Xiangnan mentioned his name, Liu Baishu clasped his fists to Qi Wanfeng, and the others did the same.
Qi Wanfeng smiled and nodded to the others, and asked everyone to sit down and eat, saying, "Everyone, please sit down and eat. There is no need to be so polite." Seeing Bailian coming in with a group of children, he shouted, "Come and eat."
"Okay." Sun Bailian went out to chase the group of children back. He was unwilling to come back just now, but now he came back and saw that there was food on the table and ran over. He was helpless about this.
When An An saw Am running over with her short legs, she hugged Am's legs and shouted happily, "Am, Am..."
"Hey, you're sweating all over your head." Qi Wanfeng reached out and touched the child's head. Seeing the child next to him staring at him with big eyes, he reached out and touched the child with pity in his eyes, "It's time to eat."
"Am." Xingxing called softly, and Xiangzi called "Wanfeng mua".
Qi Wanfeng smiled and responded to the children, reached out and hugged An An to the seat, Xingxing and Xiangzi sat down by themselves.
"Am, An An wants to eat that." An An pointed at the fragrant one, he wanted to eat it.
Qi Wanfeng first scooped half a bowl of soy milk for the child, took a fried dough stick, and said, "Drink some soy milk first before you eat." Xiangzi asked A-di what he wanted to eat and he had already taken it for him. He also took what he wanted to eat by himself. There was no need for adults to take care of them.
From the children calling Wanfeng, Liu Baishu and Gan Weiqi heard the difference.
Everyone sat down to have breakfast together. The adults and children were all sitting at the table. Now that people come and go at home, Qi Wanfeng is used to having many people at home, so he doesn't think it's a big deal.
The delicious sauce was poured on the white pieces of dustpan-cooked food. Wang Dahu ate fiercely. He didn't stop after the first bite. He drank the porridge and ate the big white steamed buns. Liu Baishu and Gan Weiqi were very polite when eating, while Gan Weilin was eating hard.
Fortunately, they knew that there would be many people today, so they prepared enough food. Cao Gang was a big eater, but they didn't expect that there would be several more big eaters. Cao Xiangnan didn't worry that they would starve him. He smiled and said, "Everyone, please eat as much as you want. There is nothing good at home, but you can still eat as much as you want."
"Brother, I like what you said. I won't be polite, brother." Wang Dahu was not a polite person either.
Back then, his family was poor, and his brothers were all teenagers. It was difficult for them to even have a meal at home. That year, the imperial court recruited soldiers. The eldest brother was the eldest son, but his grandfather did not let him go. His mother originally wanted the second son to go, but his second brother refused to go. He was the third son in the family, and it was not his turn to go. He himself proposed to join the army in place of his second brother, and he has been away for more than ten years.
Others went to join the army crying, but he went alone with a smile, thinking that he could have a bite of food in the army. But who knew that there was no full meal in the army. When he was a soldier, he could only get a little food for each meal. For a bite of food, he ran to the front when he went to the battle to kill the enemy, just to have a meal of meat when the merits were awarded. Fortunately, he was not killed by the enemy and survived until now. Later, when he had food, he had to consider the people around him. He didn't dare to eat it all by himself and had to save some food for others. So in this way, he had never had a full meal. It was only now that he came to the boss's place that he had a full meal.
Just for a meal, Wang Dahu was willing to work for Cao Xiangnan in the future.
This man didn't even notice when he was eating, he would subconsciously take care of the people around him. Cao Xiangnan noticed Wang Dahu's little action. At first, he just thought he was taking care of his good brother. Not long after, he slowly discovered other things. He didn't think it was a big deal.
The sun rose slowly in the east. After they had breakfast, people came to the house one after another.
Wu Yue and Li Mei also sent their children over. Now the dishes were not sent to Cao Xiangnan, but directly sent to other places. However, the bill was finally settled with him. Chen Hong sent the children and hurried to work somewhere else.
Seeing so many people come to Cao Xiangnan's place, Liu Baishu was a little surprised.
A group of children came every day. Cao Xiangnan directed a group of children to study. He turned around and found Liu Baishu standing behind him looking at him. He asked, "Have you studied?"
"I learned a few characters when I was a child." Liu Baishu's words were humble. He was born in a scholarly family and started to study and learn to read at the age of three. However, due to some family matters, he later joined the army and cut off ties with his family.
"Will you teach the children to read from tomorrow?" Cao Xiangnan's eyes lit up when he heard it and asked.
"...Okay." Liu Baishu paused and nodded without hesitation.
"Great!" Cao Xiangnan was very happy. He had studied in his previous life, but the books he read were very different from the books here. He couldn't teach the children these literary things. He was now teaching the children arithmetic, letting them memorize the formulas and learn arithmetic well. He wanted to go to
the town to find a teacher to teach the children. He didn't even have a formal place here. Most of the scholars were aloof. Good families might not be willing to come, and he didn't dare to invite bad ones, so this matter was delayed. But he thought that when the school was built next year, it would be much easier to invite a teacher.
So now this matter fell on Liu Baishu's head.
After discussing with Cao Gang, they decided to take Liu Baishu and Wang Dahu to Meijia Village, and then go to other places. The two brothers Gan Weiqi and Gan Weilin stayed here to pick fruits with Sun Bailian. Someone would deliver fruits to their family later, and the work here also needed people to do. With his wife Wanfeng and Sun Bailian leading the way, Cao Xiangnan gave instructions.
"Well, husband, you go. Bailian and I will take care of the family." Qi Wanfeng said.
The carriage was pulled out, and Cao Xiangnan was still talking to Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian.
Wang Dahu stood at the door and put two fingers into his mouth, blew a long whistle, and soon several horses ran over together.
"..." Cao Xiangnan looked back.
"Brother, ride your own horse." Wang Dahu grinned.
Cao Gang's big brown-red horse came over and rubbed its head against its owner.
When they set out, Cao Xiangnan was the only one driving the carriage, while the others were riding horses.
You guys, why are you so high-profile? Cao Xiangnan was roaring in his heart. The horses in front had already run away, leaving him at the back. Hei Lao didn't know if he was stimulated, but he ran without him whipping him.