Three days later, a team of people got on the official road to Fengdu. The two carriages in front were filled with people, and the carriages behind were loaded with goods. Horseback guards followed in front and behind, protecting the carriages in the middle.
Fengchao had been peaceful for nearly ten years, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. There were many horse caravans traveling on the official road. The caravans carrying goods would stop to rest when they encountered teahouses and small stalls on the way. Therefore, the teahouses and small stalls on the roadside had good business, and the families who made a living by selling tea and snacks could also make a living from it, and the whole family could have enough food and clothing.
The caravans on the road would sit down to rest at the teahouses and small stalls on the way, and would greet each other warmly when they met someone they knew.
"Pa!"
The fat little palm went straight to the handsome face of Master Shen. The annoyed little fat boy finally couldn't bear it anymore and stretched out his little claws to hit him. His eyes were wide open, showing that he was really angry.
The crisp sound made everyone stunned. Shen Zhengyang, who was hit, didn't react. Cao Xiangnan, the father, reacted first. "Cao Ruile!" He shouted, and said with a tiger face, "Why did you hit someone!"
When his father called his full name, he must have made his father angry.
The little white fox sleeping in the corner was awakened by this sound. He sat up with a pair of fox eyes showing innocence. He looked left and right. Seeing that there was no danger, he squinted his fox eyes again and fell down. His triangular eyes drooped and occasionally stole a glance.
"Haha, it's nothing, Lele is still young, we are just playing around." Shen Zhengyang laughed, not taking the slap on the face from the child seriously, just thinking that the child hit him accidentally.
He got out of his own carriage and came to Cao Xiangnan's carriage. He was bored there alone, so he came here to play with the child. There was no way that Xiaobao was afraid of people. He would cry if he was teased, and he didn't dare to provoke Xiaobao.
Cao Ruile, this fat boy, loves to sleep all day long. He eats when there is a place to eat and sleeps when there is a place to sleep. No matter how people torment him, he will not cry or make a fuss. His little face is expressionless, just like a little adult, but it is this little look that makes him more adorable, and people have to tease him.
Humph! Cao Ruile turned his little butt to his father and turned his head away.
"..."Cao Xiangnan.
Qi Wanfeng blinked his eyes. The little treasure sitting in his arms had a pair of curious eyes. The big and small had similar expressions.
"Come here, let's talk about life." Cao Xiangnan stretched out his hands and picked up his little fat boy. He moved his little butt to face him. The father and son stared at each other.
Cao Xiangnan always felt that his kid knew everything and was smarter than other children. Since he was a child, except for howling when he was hungry or needed help with pooping or peeing, he almost never cried. He was just a
little cold and lazy. He didn't like adults to play with him like other children did. What he liked most was to sleep without being disturbed. Besides being very patient with Xiao Baoer, he would also look at his father with a cold face.
At least a normal child should be like Xiao Baoer, crying, making trouble, clinging and wetting the bed? He himself was a time traveler, and he did not rule out the possibility that this kid also had this problem. But no matter what, his kid was born from his wife's belly, and he was the father of this bad boy!
How dare you point your little butt at him, your lunch will be reduced by half! Cao Xiangnan, the biological father, thought viciously in his heart.
In the end, the little fat boy Cao Ruile fell into the hands of his father and received a good education.
If you ask why Cao Ruile disliked Shen Zhengyang, it was because this weird uncle liked to disturb his sleep since he was a child.
The sun was at the center of the sky, at the highest point of the day. The roadside teahouses were the most crowded at this time. The teams passing by would stop to rest and drink a cup of tea, and then continue on their way after the sun rose a little.
"Let's stop here to rest." Seeing that everyone was tired after rushing for half a day, and there was a small teahouse on the roadside, Cao Xiangnan asked the team to stop here. Zhengyang said that the distance to the next town was not far, and they could get there before dark, so they didn't mind delaying here for a while.
The carriage in front stopped, and the driver behind also pulled the horse.
"Come on, be careful when you get off." Cao Xiangnan got off the car first, and reached out to catch Wanfeng and the child who got off from the back. Qi Wanfeng took her husband's hand and got out of the carriage holding Xiao Baoer. He was surprised to see so many people in such a place, and he was stunned for a moment.
Lele fell into Gan Weiqi's arms, and the two, one big and one small, had paralyzed faces.
Seeing Uncle Shen coming down from behind, Cao Ruile hugged the person holding him with both hands, and it was obvious that he didn't want to fall into the hands of this strange uncle at all.
Seeing someone coming, the men who had already sat down to drink tea also looked up at the group of people who stopped. Seeing that they were a group of people with two half-grown children, there was a little curiosity in their eyes, while some people continued to drink their tea.
There were not many tables in the small teahouse, and all the seats were occupied at this time. There were no empty tables when they arrived.
"Shopkeeper." The manager who came with them called out.
"Hey, you're here." The shopkeeper who was called over was a middle-aged man. Seeing so many people coming, he looked back and said apologetically, "This small place is full of people..."
"It's okay, we can just sit under the tree over there. Can you bring us some tea or buns?" Cao Xiangnan saw that the seats were really full. They came late and there was no seat. Fortunately, there was still room under the tree over there. They could go over there and sit on the ground.
"Yes, yes, yes." The shopkeeper responded repeatedly.
The world is good, and there are many convoys on this official road. He opened a small teahouse here, and his family came to help with the business. He sold some tea and buns every day, and he had a little surplus at the end of the month.
"Then send some to us, and bring some water and fodder to feed our horses." Cao Xiangnan was a casual person, and he would not be so particular when he was out. He turned around and asked the people he was with, and seeing that they had no objection, the group turned around and planned to go over there. "
Yes, yes, yes, I'll send it to you right away." The shopkeeper picked up the coarse cloth hanging around his neck and wiped his face, smiling and replied.
A tall, dark-skinned man sitting at the side said, "If you don't mind, come and sit with us." There
were four burly men sitting at the table. He nodded to the man opposite him, and the man understood and stood up to greet the table next to him. The men sitting at that table all stood up, meaning to make room for them.
"No, no, you guys just sit down. This is so embarrassing. Thank you for your kindness, big brother. We..." Cao Xiangnan hurriedly refused when he saw this, but the next words he hadn't spoken were interrupted.
The other party raised his hand, and the tables over there were vacant, meaning that they should go over and sit there. Several big men who had given up their tables next door came here, and some walked under the tree and sat down, so a table was vacant.
"Thank you, Xiangnan." Seeing this, Cao Xiangnan didn't want to refuse other people's kindness.
The other party nodded to him.
Shen Zhengyang bowed to the other party and followed Xiangnan.
In a place where no one noticed, the man who had just asked his man to give up his seat looked at the beautiful child with some confusion in his eyes. Gan Weiqi sensitively noticed the eyes falling on them, turned his head and glanced, but didn't find anything.
There were quite a few people in their group, and one table couldn't accommodate so many people. They sat down with their children, and the rest of the men took care of themselves and found a place to sit down and rest.
The store brought water over, and the horse feeder was responsible for feeding the horses. It was sunny that day, and the horses were thirsty and hungry after running for such a long time. The horses lowered their heads and snorted, drinking the water without even raising their heads.
The teahouse served them all coarse grain steamed buns, and the meat buns in the buns were all vegetarian, and the taste was not good. It was okay for adults to eat the coarse grain outside, but the two children had been carefully raised since they were young, and the food outside was not suitable for children. Fortunately, they prepared food for the children in advance.
Qi Wanfeng soaked the soft steamed buns with tea and fed them to the little Baoer in his arms. The little Baoer ate two bites and refused to eat. He turned his head away when he wanted to feed the child again. Lele sat in the arms of his uncle Gan, eating the steamed buns his uncle fed him, staring at the little Baoer who refused to eat again. The look in his eyes seemed to be blaming: You don’t want to eat again!
The weather is hot and the goat milk will not last long. They didn’t prepare any goat milk for the little Baoer.
Qi Wanfeng looked at his husband and asked with his eyes, "What should we do?"
"It’s okay if he doesn’t eat. Let this little guy cry when he gets hungry." Cao Xiangnan thought maliciously, and he wouldn’t give him food even if he cried.
"..." Qi Wanfeng.
What he got was naturally a roll of the eyes from his wife, and Cao Xiangnan said he was innocent.
Shen Zhengyang, who witnessed everything, looked like he was enjoying the show. Now he found out that Cao Xiangnan was a man who was afraid of his wife. In his heart, he envied Cao Xiangnan for marrying Qi Wanfeng, while his own wife was nowhere to be found.
Lele had a good appetite since he was young, and he was not picky about food. He would eat anything that was fed to him. He ate a steamed bun by himself. Xiaobaoer ate two bites, and then he closed his eyes and fell asleep. Qi Wanfeng held the child and patted the child's back gently to make the child sleep more peacefully.
After his stomach was full, Cao Ruile also nestled in the broad arms of the person holding him, and fell asleep in a short while.