Cao Xiangnan, who just came in from outside, heard what Fang Ziye said. Seeing that his complexion was not very good, he thought that he had caught a cold. He really believed it. "It's cold today. It's easy to catch a cold when the wind blows. You have to take care of yourself."
Ah Wu, who came in with him, took the box in his hand and put it on the table in front of the master, and then stepped aside. "Well, I will pay attention." Fang Ziye nodded, with a smile on his lips. He looked down and found that the little guy in his arms was looking at him. His eyes were like black grapes, which made people feel happy.
He was not in good health a few days ago, but he has gotten better these days. Even if he doesn't think about himself, he should think about the child in his belly.
"This is a little gift for everyone. I think the baby in Wanfeng's belly is about to be born." Fang Ziye looked at the boxes that Ah Wu brought in. These were prepared by Fang Zhanggui when he was in Nanyang.
"Why should you be so polite? We are all family. We are very happy that you are here. Why do you bring so many things? We have everything to eat and use at home. You asked Fang Zhanggui to send things to us several times before." Cao Xiangnan heard that Fang Ziye brought gifts to them again. There were a pile of boxes of different sizes. Fang
Zhanggui had sent them ginseng or bird's nest and ganoderma lucidum before. They were all expensive things. He made some for Wanfeng to eat before, and now there are still some left.
"Yes, it's a rare trip here, how can I come empty-handed? Don't you ask Manager Fang to send me things from time to time?" During those days in Fengdu, the happiest thing was to receive the food and toys sent to him by Xiangnan. Fang Ziye signaled Ershun to give everyone the things he brought.
Knowing that there are many children in Xiangnan, he prepared things for each child, both adults and children, and no one was left out.
He found that Wanfeng's eyes were also looking at him, one big and one small, and the eyes were very similar, so he really laughed and said, "Wanfeng, the child looks like you. This pair of eyes looks very much like yours."
"Yes, the child looks more and more like Wanfeng. He will definitely be a handsome boy when he grows up." Aning laughed after hearing this.
Fang Ziye nodded with a smile, and looked at Qi Wanfeng with smiling eyes.
"Come on, Wanfeng, I'll give the little guy back to you." He held the child in his arms for a while. He was nervous holding such a small thing, so Fang Ziye motioned Wanfeng to come over and take the child in his arms.
Such a small child is very fragile, and it will be gone if you are not careful, so you have to protect it well.
"Oh, okay." Qi Wanfeng was stunned for a moment, and then he came back to his senses from the shock and reached out to hold the child.
After confirming that Wanfeng took the child, Fang Ziye let go of his hand. The look in his eyes when he looked at the child seemed to be reluctant to return the child to his mother. When he thought that he would have to leave the child here soon, his heart felt like it was being cut by a knife, and he was reluctant to let go.
The two people approached, Qi Wanfeng caught a flash of expression in Fang Ziye's eyes, and carefully held the child in his arms.
The child returned to Amu's arms, and was comfortable in the arms. The whole little body relaxed, and sleepiness came at this moment.
Awu, standing in the corner, remembered the words that the master said to him the day before leaving Nanyang, asking him whether to choose to follow the previous master or to regard him as the current master. If he still wanted to follow the old master, let him go back to Fengdu now. If he regarded him as the master, he would continue to stay with him.
He was originally a person around the fourth master. The young master knew this and acquiesced to his identity. These days, the master did not let him get close to him and deliberately distanced himself from him. He vaguely guessed in his heart that the master was hiding something from him and from their Fourth Master. His intuition told him that this matter was still related to the Fourth Master.
And now the master's meaning is very clear. He can only choose one between the old master and him.
Cao Xiangnan sat down next to Wanfeng. Seeing the child yawning with his mouth open and his eyes narrowed, he knew that the child would go to sleep after playing for so long. He said to the person holding the child, "The little guy is going to sleep. Put him in the house to sleep." In case
it is too noisy outside, the little guy will be woken up in a while. He can sleep longer in the house.
"Okay, you sit down, I'll carry the child into the house first." Qi Wanfeng got up with the child and carried the child into the house. I coaxed the child inside the house, and put him to bed after he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Outside, Ershun handed boxes to the children. Inside were small jade carvings, lively little monkeys, cute little piglets, each one was unique and small, and the children liked them.
"Thank you, uncle." The children received the gifts and said thank you one after another.
It was almost noon now, and adults and children had to eat lunch. It was not good to have simple food for guests at home, but fortunately, the family had prepared fresh pork recently. Cao Xiangnan went to prepare lunch. He heated up the porridge and buns left over from the morning, mixed flour to make ramen noodles, cut meat and made sauce, boiled noodles and mixed them with sauce, and fried some shredded pork with mushrooms. Lunch
was ready quickly, and Cao Xiangnan came over to call everyone to eat.
There was a fireplace in the house, so it was warm inside. Fang Ziye had taken off the cloak he was wearing at this time, and the heavy winter clothes covered his belly. Qi Wanfeng, who once thought about it, was now certain that Fang Ziye was really pregnant as he thought, and seeing that the baby was obvious, it was probably not a small month.
After coming to his senses from the shock just now, he was now more puzzled. He didn't understand how Fang Ziye had become a boy, and came to him pregnant. He had a lot of doubts that he couldn't solve. But this person didn't seem to intend to explain anything to him, and the smile on his lips made him feel a little annoyed.
Fang Ziye didn't miss the anger in the eyes of the people who were looking at him, and he smiled even more happily, feeling inexplicably good.
After coming here, he found that his decision to come to Cao Xiangnan's place was indeed correct.
"Zi Yu, please sit down." Cao Xiangnan saw Fang Ziye coming and said to him, "There are porridge and buns, mixed sauce noodles, and fried mushrooms and pork shreds. Just some simple food, don't be dissatisfied. Third uncle, you guys should sit together, there are many children in the family, and we all eat together." In
their family, there is no distinction between the old and the young, and everyone sits down to eat when the meal is ready.
"No, no." Doctor Huang shook his hands hurriedly. Is he going to eat at the same table with his master? He was a little hesitant and didn't know how to sit down.
Seeing An An climbing up the chair, Cao Xiangnan reached out to help the child sit up. Xiangzi helped A Di sit up, Xuan Xuan also sat up by himself, and An Ning followed the child.
When the master was about to sit down, Er Shun reached out and helped his master sit down carefully.
Fang Ziye glanced at the people who followed him and motioned them to sit down, and everyone sat down together.
"I just fried the sauce for this mixed sauce noodle. Try it and see how it tastes." Bowls of mixed sauce noodles were passed one by one. The last two portions were given to Wanfeng, and the last portion was kept for himself. Cao Xiangnan sat down at the seat behind him.
"Yeah, very good." Fang Ziye nodded and said after taking the first bite.
"I'm glad you like it. I was afraid you didn't like it." Seeing that the other party really liked it, Cao Xiangnan was relieved.
The children each had a bowl of mixed sauce noodles. The noodles suited their tastes. They ate them up noisily, as if they were afraid that someone would fall behind. The adults sitting next to them put the food into the children's bowls when they saw the children wanted to order something. Doctor
Huang looked up and saw the lively and noisy family sitting together. He also smiled.
The food on the table was much better than what most people eat. He had eaten all kinds of delicacies in Fengdu, but after eating this bowl of noodles, he felt that none of them were as good as this bowl of noodles.
He found that their master seemed to be in a good mood since coming here, and he ate a lot, which was a good thing.
After lunch, the sky outside darkened, the wind got stronger, and the snowflakes got bigger.
"Zi Yu, if you are not in a hurry to leave, you can stay here for a few days and wait until the weather is better before leaving." After coming all the way here for thousands of miles, the weather was not too good, so Cao Xiangnan asked the other party to stay.
"Okay, I'm afraid I'll have to nag you for a while, but don't get annoyed by my living here for free." Fang Ziye smiled, and he didn't expect that the other party would keep him without him asking. He said half jokingly and half seriously.
"Welcome, you can stay as long as you want." Cao Xiangnan thought Fang Ziye just happened to come to Nanyang and stopped by his house. He didn't think Fang Ziye came to his house to find him on purpose and planned to stay for a while. There are still
two empty rooms in the house, and they can live in the basement if they squeeze in.
The last time Fang Ziye came, they let him live in the master bedroom. Now he, Wanfeng and the children all live in the master bedroom, and it would be troublesome to move out. Just then, An An and his friends went to sleep with An Ning, and An An's room became empty. So they cleaned up this room and let Fang Ziye move in. Fortunately, he was not unhappy at all.
Now that there are often guests at home, Cao Xiangnan found that there seemed to be not enough rooms in his house. Previously, he built a room for each child according to the standard of one room. Sometimes, several children liked to live together, so there were many spare rooms in the house. But when there were more guests at home, they found that there were not enough rooms.
After arranging the rooms one by one, Ah Wu, the big man, had to sleep with Xiangzi and Xuanxuan, and the two children had no objection. Doctor Huang and the little medicine boy he brought with him lived in the same room. There was a simple bed in the house, so they could put another small bed in the room.
At this time, after the children had lunch and played for a while, they would go back to their rooms for a nap. Cao Xiangnan was also afraid that Fang Ziye and the others would be tired after coming from afar, so he arranged a room for everyone to rest for a while. He led Doctor Huang into the room and said, "Third uncle, Xiao Su, you can rest in this room. If you need anything, just tell me."
"Okay, okay." As soon as Doctor Huang walked into the room, he found that the room was as warm as the main room with a fire burning outside, so he asked curiously and said, "This room is really warm."
"When the fireplace outside is lit, these rooms will also be warm, so there is no need to light a brazier in this room at night. If you still feel cold, just add another quilt." Cao Xiangnan smiled and briefly explained the heating problem to Dr. Huang. When building the house, Cao Xiangnan considered the problem of too cold winter here. It will snow for several months, and it will be cold for another month after the snow melts. If the heating problem is not solved during the long winter, they will feel like living in a refrigerator.
"Great, great." After listening to it, Dr. Huang said twice.