Chapter 146: Don’t you ancient academies have winter vacation homework?
After finishing the general cleaning of the house, Pei Yanli and Cheng Shuyi began to put up couplets and hang lanterns.
The couplet was written by Pei Yanli himself.
His handwriting is very powerful.
The righteous can bring out the evil.
It gives people the illusion that they can achieve enlightenment by posting his calligraphy at home.
In the evening, the temperature dropped significantly.
The sky darkened, the clouds became thick and low, and the wind started to blow.
Pei Yanli took his cloak and prepared to go out, "Shuyi, it's going to snow. I'm going out to find the children and go home for dinner."
As he spoke, he exhaled clouds of mist.
Cheng Shuyi shouted from inside the house, "Xu Xu is probably in Changle Street. Don't buy her candied haws secretly."
They are father and daughter. Don't think that she really doesn't know that Pei Yanli often secretly buys snacks for the little girl behind her back.
Pei Yanli burst out laughing.
Turn around and go out.
When passing by the entrance of Baima Academy, Pei Yanli took a look inside.
My son no longer plays Cuju.
A group of boys were sitting or lying on the withered grass in the academy, chattering around something.
My daughter's pink clothes stand out among the others.
Pei Yanli walked over.
His tall stature and the black cloak on his body made him look very oppressive in front of the group of children.
Several little boys were so frightened by him that they rolled and crawled back a few steps.
"What are you doing?"
The children who had their backs to him turned around when they heard the sound.
"father--"
Qiqixuxu called people at the same time.
The little girl got up from the ground and, regardless of the grass debris on her body, hugged Pei Yanli's legs.
She looked up and giggled, "My kite is broken, and my brother is helping me fix it."
Shen Huaichang and the others who were helping to repair the kite stood up and saluted respectfully: "Hello, Your Majesty."
Pei Yanli tried his best to look less aggressive and said, "No need to be polite."
He has lived in Pingxi Lane for so long, why are these children still so afraid of him?
"My mother called me, I went home first..."
"I'm going back too!"
"Wait for me—"
Except for Shen Huaichang and Lin Yanzhi who were relatively calm, the other children all ran away in fear.
"My ball..."
Yuan Jing went back and wanted to pick up the Cuju ball that was no longer used on the grass.
He looked at Pei Yanli hesitantly and decided not to take the ball.
His father was afraid of the Regent, and so was he.
Pei Yanli: "..."
The little girl didn't know what was going on. She let go of Pei Yanli to pick up the ball, then shouted at Yuan Jing's back: "Brother Yuan Jing, your ball..."
Yuan Jing ran faster.
Xu Xu held the ball with an innocent look on his face.
Pei Yanli reached out and took away his daughter's broken kite. "Let's go home. It's going to snow."
Shen Huaichang and Lin Yanzhi saluted again.
One ran towards the academy gate, and the other directly climbed over the stone railings on the river bank of the academy and left on the ice.
The two children were dirty, with grass clippings and mud on their clothes and shoes.
No one knew where Qiqi had thrown the gloves he had worn. The father and his two sons searched everywhere but couldn't find them.
"Forget it, that's all." Pei Yanli said, "Let's go home."
He had just been out for a while when it was getting dark.
The two kids played outside all day and got themselves dirty every time.
When Cheng Shuyi was bathing the two children, as soon as he took off his clothes, everything went dark before his eyes.
The clothes inside and outside are dirty!
This means they took off their clothes while playing outside today!
It’s so cold today. When you’re warm from playing, you take off your clothes, and put them back on when you’re cold.
It's easy to get sick with so much cold and hot weather.
Cheng Shuyi was worried that the children would get sick, but he couldn't stop them from going out to play during the holidays, so he could only complain to Pei Yanli.
"Your Highness, don't your academies in Shengjing City have any homework during winter break? Your sons and daughters haven't touched their study supplies in days."
Pei Yanli was helping his daughter repair a kite at the table in front of the window, looking out the window from time to time.
See when the snow falls.
"You can't say that if a child is naughty, he is my son or daughter, and if a child is sensible, he is your biological child."
Pei Yanli put down the bamboo bones in his hand, got up and went outside.
In the inky black sky, fingernail-sized snowflakes slowly fell under the dim candlelight.
He stretched out his hand.
The snow fell on his palm and melted after a while.
Pei Yanli turned around and said to Cheng Shuyi in the house: "Shuyi, it's snowing."
"Has it rained yet?"
Cheng Shuyi ran out of the house and saw the obvious snowflakes. She was so excited that she ran back into the room.
After a while, she brought out the bedding from her bed.
After hearing Pei Yanli say during the day that it would snow tonight, Cheng Shuyi moved the sofa in the main hall under the eaves.
She has been waiting for this snow.
A blanket was spread on the wooden sofa. "Prince, go and fill a hot water bottle for me."
Cheng Shuyi went back and got another quilt.
This quilt is used to cover the body.
The two cubs played all day and just went to bed after taking a bath.
The noise outside couldn't wake up the two exhausted children.
Pei Yanli went to the kitchen, poured hot water into the hot water bottle that could be used after filling it with hot water, screwed on the mouth, put a cloth bag on it and hugged it to keep warm.
This hot water bottle is also used in the quilts of the two children.
Cheng Shuyi had already crawled into the quilt he had prepared to watch the snow, and wrapped the quilt around his neck to prevent any wind from leaking in.
Pei Yanli took off his coat, lifted the quilt and got in.
"Why did you come in? Go back to sleep."
Cheng Shuyi urged him to go back to his room and sleep, but her body leaned against him honestly.
She even gave him her own quilt.
Men's body temperature is high.
Pei Yanli was warm, and with the hot water bottle, Cheng Shuyi no longer felt cold.
Even though the snow was slowly falling, a thin layer of snow could be seen covering the yard.
Under the eaves, the lanterns are still lit.
The two of them huddled on the sofa, Cheng Shuyi leaned her head on Pei Yanli's shoulder and looked at the snow.
In the east and west side rooms, two children were sleeping soundly.
"Pei Yanli, prepare some things related to music, chess, calligraphy and painting for the child to cultivate his interest." Her voice was very soft.
As if afraid of waking up the child, but also as if wanting to hear the sound of snow falling.
Pei Yanli hugged her, his big hands caressing her shoulders intentionally or unintentionally, "Okay."
Cheng Shuyi was still thinking about the children's interests. "I don't want them to learn all of them. I can put a few zithers, zhengs, pipa, etc. in Xuxu's room and let her play with them. See if she's interested."
"If Xu Xu likes it, then we can hire a musician to teach her. If not, forget it."
Pei Yanli simply responded, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Cheng Shuyi looked at his son's room again, "I'll prepare a chessboard, an easel, or a willow-leaf sword or something in his room."
After saying that, she thought for a moment and changed her tone, "Forget it, let's prepare the same thing for both children. Maybe Xuxu also likes handicrafts, calligraphy and painting, while Qiqi likes the zither and the flute."
"I didn't even catch their birthday party when Qiqi and Xuxu turned one, so I don't know what they like."
"Put them all in their house. They have enough space anyway."
"If you like it, learn it. If you don't like it, just treat it as their toy."
"Yeah, okay."
Pei Yanli's reaction was too cold, which made Cheng Shuyi a little unhappy.
She looked up and questioned him, "Why can't you just say 'hmm', Pei Yanli? You're just trying to fool me!"
She was so angry that she started to pinch him.
Pei Yanli grabbed her hand and led her to a place where he was not cold.
"I've never been perfunctory with you." He breathed into her ear and beckoned, "Shuyi, such a beautiful scene, come sit up..."
Her palm was beating violently.
Pei Yanli's swallowing sound continued to grow louder in her ears, carrying with it his temptation.
"It's very hot, please Shuyi... pour some water on me."
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