It was already the end of June and almost July, and the academy would start in July. Considering that if An An and the others were to go to Fengdu together, it would take a long time to go back and forth, and the children would miss their studies in the next semester, Cao Xiangnan asked the children what they thought.

"So Daddy is asking you what you think now. Do you want to go to Fengdu with Daddy, or do you want Daddy to send you back home to study?" Cao Xiangnan would not ignore the children's wishes just because they were young, but told them the pros and cons and the impact of this matter clearly, and let them make their own judgment, whether to go to Fengdu or go home.

In fact, he personally preferred to send the children back home and let them go to the academy. The children were still young, and following them everywhere was not conducive to their learning and growth.

Moreover, he himself did not know what kind of world was outside Nanyang. There were too many unstable factors in this world. He wanted to send the children back home. Liu Guizhong and Liu Shi could take care of the children at home. Cao Gang and Sun Bailian were also there, so he felt relieved to send the children back.

For a while, the children were silent. An An even hugged his mother directly, holding back her little mouth and looking like she was about to cry. Xiangzi was a little dazed, and Xingxing looked like she was seeing her brother, grabbing the sleeve of her brother anxiously.

"Xiangzi, what about you?" Cao Xiangnan saw that Xiangzi's little face was full of entanglements, wanting to go and wanting to go back to study. If they went this time, the second half of the school term would be over by the time they came back.

"I, uncle, I want to go back to study." Xiangzi made up his mind and looked at his uncle firmly.

He and his brother were lucky to be able to go to his uncle's house. He gave them a good house to live in and beautiful clothes to wear. He never deprived them of three meals a day. He and his brother had everything that An An had, and he also sent him and his brother to study.

In his heart, he also longed to go to Fengdu, a place he had only heard of but never been to. But this time, his uncle brought them to Nanyang City, and he should be content. He should go back and study hard, so that he could repay his uncle for his upbringing.

When Cao Ruixing heard that his elder brother was going back, he looked at Momo, then at his elder brother, and said, "Brother, I will go back with you." As if he was afraid that his elder brother would abandon him, he reached out and grabbed his elder brother's hand.

Deep in his heart, if he had to choose someone, that person would definitely be his elder brother.

"Okay, Xiangzi and Xingxing are going back, then what about you, An'an? Do you want to go to Fengdu with Dad or go home? If you go to Fengdu, you can't go to the academy to study, which will delay your studies. If you go back, you will continue to study hard in the academy. When there is a chance in the future, Dad will still take you to Fengdu together." Cao Xiangnan saw his little An'an clinging to his wife's waist, and asked with a sly smile on his face.

Qi Wanfeng did not say anything, and let An An bury his head in his arms. To be honest, he was reluctant to let the children go back. An An had never left him since she was a child. Now she had to leave him suddenly, and they had to be separated for such a long time before they could see each other. He was reluctant in his heart.

However, his husband had told him a long time ago that he was interested in sending the children back home. Now he let the children choose for themselves, whether to go to Fengdu with them or go home to study.

Seeing that the child did not speak, Qi Wanfeng smiled and stretched out his hands to hold the child's shoulders, holding his An An in his arms. For him, this was his first child, even though two children came to the family later, and Lele was born, and there was another little treasure left.

There are more children in the family, and sometimes he doesn't care about An An. The child has grown taller and more obedient and sensible in a place he can't see. Seeing the child holding him tightly at this moment, Qi Wanfeng felt like he was back to when An An was little, with only him, his mother, following him all the time.

My husband said that when the children grow up, they will slowly have their own world, and what they, as fathers and mothers, have to do is to guide them on a path and let them walk on their own, but they can't walk their path for them. Qi Wanfeng also thinks what my husband said makes sense and I should listen to him.

At night, An An came to their room with a small pillow in his arms, got on their bed, and slept with his wife, looking aggrieved. Cao Xiangnan gritted his teeth and couldn't get rid of this bad boy. After the child fell asleep, he still clung to his wife like an octopus.

He stretched out his hand to open the sleeping octopus, but saw the night breeze shaking his head, so he had to give up and leave the small electric light in the room to sleep. At

dawn the next day, they had to take the boat to Fenshui to send the child home. In the end, An An also chose to go back home with Xiangzi to study. Cao Xiangnan wanted to send the child back home in person. After all, it was just a round trip by boat, so he felt more at ease sending the child back himself. "Wanfeng, I'll send the kids home first."

"Okay."

Gan Weiqi, who was standing next to the carriage, reached out and picked up a few kids. Finally, Cao Xiangnan also got on the carriage. The kids in the carriage lifted the window curtains. When the carriage left, the kids were still waving to the people behind.

"Ah ah..." Xiao Baoer tried to chase the carriage, pointing his finger in the direction the carriage was going, babbling.

Qi Wanfeng watched the carriage leave, and her husband and the kids left together. She still felt a little sad. Seeing Xiao Baoer babbling anxiously, he understood what Xiao Baoer was saying, and smiled, saying to the child, "You'll be able to see your brothers later."

Hearing what he said, the child turned around and looked at him, with a puzzled look on his face, and pointed in the direction of the carriage, babbling.

Qi Wanfeng coaxed the child in his arms and carried the child into the backyard. Lele was still sleeping in the upstairs room. He didn't know why this child loved to sleep so much. He was worried that the child was not in good health. His husband told him not to worry. It was a blessing for the child to be able to eat and sleep. Moreover, compared with Xiaobao, Lele's health was much better than Xiaobao's. He was less likely to get sick. It might be because Fang Ziye's body was not well taken care of when she was pregnant. Xiaobao was also born prematurely. He was not in good health since he was born. He had to be carefully taken care of.

The boat left early and docked at sunset.

"Master." Seeing the master returning with several young masters, but not the mistress and the other two young masters, Liu Guizhong and Liu were a little confused and puzzled.

Cao Xiangnan simply said that he was going on a long trip, "So bring the children home, Uncle Liu and Auntie, you just look after the children here and take care of their three meals a day."

"Okay, okay, okay, don't worry, we will take good care of the young masters." After hearing what the master said, Liu Guizhong was relieved. Otherwise, if he didn't see the mistress and the other two young masters when he came back from a trip, he would have suspected that something had happened outside. He

knew that nothing had happened. The master just sent the young masters back home, waiting for the academy to open in a few days, and the young masters would go to the academy to study. With him came back his two sons. His youngest son did not come back. The master said he stayed in Nanyang City with the mistress to take care of the two young masters. He felt relieved.

"Is everything okay at home?" Cao Xiangnan had already given up correcting Liu Guizhong's way of addressing him.

I have been away from here for such a long time. When I came back and saw the familiar environment, I felt a sense of intimacy. The outside world is so wonderful, but it is far from being as nostalgic as this peaceful land. As

soon as the children came home, they ran around the yard like crazy. Two big dogs followed them. An An shouted, "Dad, let's go to Brother Kang Kang's place to play." Then the children ran away like a gust of wind.

"Go." Seeing the two dogs following them out, Cao Xiangnan took a look and responded.

An An and the others ran out in the direction of the yard door and met Kang Kang Jingbao who came with his father. Seeing Cao Gang coming, Cao Xiangnan turned around and greeted him. Seeing Liu Guizhong seemed to be hesitant to speak, he motioned Cao Gang to go into the house first. He nodded his chin and said to Liu Guizhong, "Go ahead." "

This..." Everything is not so good. Liu Guizhong paused, and then told the host that the third brother of the host family wanted to live in this courtyard. He blocked the people at that time and refused them outside the door on the grounds that the host family was not at home, and did not even let them in.

The third brother of the host family was not such a brother who was so easy to deal with. He made a fuss at the door, and thought that he had concealed the fact that the host family was at home and did not let him in. If it were not for the two big dogs raised in the house, who saw strangers and looked like they were going to jump up and grab people, the other party would not dare to come violently.

The master's family went on a long trip and gave him the yard to look after. If the master came back from his trip, the owner of the yard had changed. How would he explain to the master when he came back?

"If the people from the compound dare to make trouble here in the future, you just report them to the officials, no matter who they are!" He really couldn't imagine letting Cao Chunqing live in his house. Then his house would really belong to the people from the compound. He wasn't so generous that he could give away his own house.

"Yes!" With the master's words, Liu Guizhong felt relieved.

After the crops were harvested, the yamen runners came to collect taxes. Liu Guizhong told the master about this. When the master left, he left him some copper coins, saying that if someone came to collect taxes in the future, they should just give him the copper coins instead of grain. If there were families in the village with abundant grain, he would go to the village to buy some grain, and he actually bought quite a lot.

Liu Guizhong told the master everything that happened during his absence, big or small.

"Well, Uncle Liu, you have done a great job on these things." After listening to Liu Guizhong's words, Cao Xiangnan had to affirm Liu Guizhong's affirmation and praise from the master's family. This man felt a little embarrassed, and said, "This is what I should do, this is what I should do." What he feared most was that the master's family was not at home, and he did not do the things assigned to him well, and he would not be able to explain to the master's family when he came back. He

hurried back home, sent a few children back and settled them, and handed over all the household affairs to Liu Guizhong to deal with, and An'an and the others also stayed at home. The next morning, Cao Xiangnan hurriedly boarded the boat to Nanyang again and went to Nanyang.