Chapter 182 Reconciliation
A Shui looked at the cub, and then she ran out to chase Sui Liang.
As another one left, the little cub cried even more sadly.
Sui Yu wanted to laugh but didn't dare. She picked up the baby and patted him to comfort him, and no longer mentioned the word "uncle".
Song Xian watched with amusement and said, "Children under one year old are so interesting. They have their own personalities and can read adults' expressions. Unlike when they are very young, they only cry and laugh and can't understand what people say."
Sui Yu also felt that the cub would be more interesting when it grew up. It would be shy, angry, and vengeful. Oh, it would also be protective of its food and stingy.
The child played for half the afternoon, cried for a while, and fell asleep with tears still on his face. Sui Yu said goodbye to Song Xian, and she took the child back to the house, put the child to bed, and sat in the yard with Song Xian to talk.
It was getting dark and another caravan arrived. Sui Yu waited for a while but didn't hear Sui Liang's voice. She asked Song Xian to look after the children in the house while she went to receive the merchants.
After settling the merchants, Sui Yu looked around and didn't see Sui Liang and A Shui. There was only a big black dog lying on the haystack gnawing on a sheep's head.
"My dear," said Aunt Yin, holding the glass bead, "I picked it up after you left. Please take it. I'm afraid I'll lose it again if I keep it with me."
Sui Yu took the blue glass bead and held it before her eyes, watching the sunset. The sunset turned blue, the clouds were blue, and everything she saw changed color. She examined the glass bead carefully. It turned out to be something that had existed since the Han Dynasty. She had always thought it was a product of modern industry.
When Song Xian saw Sui Yu come in, she stood up and said, "It's getting late, I'm going home too."
"Is there something urgent you need to go back to?" Sui Yu said, shaking the glass beads. "Have dinner with me tonight. It's not a big deal. You can eat and go back later."
"It will be dark soon." Song Xian was worried that the road would be difficult to walk at night.
"I'll have someone take you back. Xiao Chunhong and Liu Ya have finished their training, so they can walk at night without worrying about thieves." Sui Yu said, "More than half a month ago, Zhao Xiping sent them into the desert for training. When he came back, he found a herd of wild camels for me. I'd like to take you to see them."
Song Xian was very interested in this and agreed immediately.
Sui Yu took her out and met Xiao Xi. She asked someone to go into the house and watch over her. "If the kid wakes up, you should help him pee so that he won't wet the bed."
Song Xian looked at the girl carefully for a few times and said, "She looks like someone who has practiced martial arts. Her body is straighter and more pleasing to the eye."
Xiaoxi smiled shyly and ran away in a hurry.
Sui Yu took Song Xian to see camels. Song Xian took a fancy to a big male camel and wanted to exchange it for a stud.
"Give me this camel, and I will send you a castrated male camel and give you another hundred coins," said Song Xian.
Sui Yu waved his hand, "No need to pay more. This is why I asked you to come and see this. This male camel is of good quality. You can take it back and add it to your herd to improve its breed."
It was so thoughtful. Song Xian held Sui Yu's hand and patted it, without saying many polite words. She would always remember Sui Yu's kindness in her heart.
"Now that you have forty camels, won't you need to hire my camels when you go out for business next year?" Song Xian asked.
Sui Yuxi nodded with a smile.
"You have everything ready, just waiting for the right time." Song Xian sighed. "You've been doing so well. I have a feeling your business career will also be smooth and successful."
"Thank you for your good wishes." Sui Yu smiled.
"I'll teach you. When you hang bells on camels, paint the bells of camels with the same father with the same color, so that you won't get confused when the herd becomes large."
Sui Yu nodded, she also had this plan.
It was getting dark, and the vendors selling chickens, ducks, fish and eggs left. Sui Liang and A Shui, who had run into the city, also came back chewing malt candy.
The food was ready in the kitchen, and merchants came out of the guesthouse in groups of three or five.
The little cub also woke up. Xiao Chunhong held him and watched people picking eggs. He was having fun, but when he heard Sui Liang's voice, his eyes immediately changed.
"Let's go, we're going to eat too." Sui Yu came over to hold the child and said, "Wave to your sister."
The kid waved his hand perfunctorily, and he lay on the crook of Sui Yu's neck, secretly glancing at Sui Liang.
Sui Liang ignored him, stretched his neck and looked at the cats, dogs, sky and earth, but not at him.
"Have you bought some candy?" Sui Yu asked, "Did you bring any for me?"
Sui Liang handed over the pocket and noticed that the kid was looking at him, so he rolled his eyes.
Sui Yu ate the candy and said in a smooth talk, "Would you like to hold your nephew?"
"I don't have a nephew like him." Sui Liang said loudly, "I would rather buy candy for the dog than give it to him."
Sui Yu: ...
The little boy didn't seem to feel disgusted. He let out an "ah" and opened his mouth for his uncle to check his teeth.
Sui Liang closed his eyes and walked gropingly like a blind man.
The kid giggled, and Sui Liang became even angrier.
Sui Yu was laughing to death, and Song Xian was also very happy.
Sui Liang's face was tense and his neck turned red with anger.
"Okay, okay, I won't laugh anymore." Sui Yu laughed until her stomach hurt. She rubbed her stomach and said, "Brother Liang, come into the house with me. Tell me who gave me the glass beads so I can thank them."
Sui Liang was the first to enter and walked into the kitchen. He stood outside the dining hall looking for someone. When he saw someone, he pointed to Sui Yu.
"Okay, I'll wait here, you go eat." Sui Yu picked up a chair and sat down.
A merchant named Ma came out after dinner and saw a kid learning to walk on a chair. He walked over and watched. The more he watched, the more he liked the child.
"Brother, I'm sorry for making you spend money today. The child is ignorant and likes to join in the fun, so he asked for a glass bead as big as yours." Sui Yu spoke.
"It's just a cheap toy. If the child likes it, he can play with it." The merchant waved his hand, pinched the child's chubby cheeks, and said, "This kid is good-looking and smart. He is a lucky child."
The cub didn't want to be touched by strangers, so he made a loud "Awooo" sound to scare people.
The merchant liked him more and more. After returning to his house, he brought the remaining three pieces of broken glass and said, "This was originally in the shape of an auspicious cloud. Although the material is not good, the shape is good. Unfortunately, it broke on the road. I can't bear to throw it away. It takes up space on my body. Fortunately, I can use it to fool the children. I can even grind it into some beads to play with."
Having said that, Sui Yu had no choice but to accept it.
During dinner, she asked Cui Sao to cut a row of chives from the vegetable garden and bake two baskets of chives and egg cartons to give to the caravan the next morning.
After dinner, Xiao Chunhong and Liu Yaer carried their martial arts sticks and led the camel to send Song Xian back to the city. Sui Yu and Zhao Xiping carried the cub back to the master's yard. There were many people bathing in the river at night, so it was not convenient for her to go out.
Sui Liang came in after taking a shower. He strode across the yard without looking around, completely ignoring the little cub's attempts to be held.
"What's going on?" Zhao Xiping wondered, "Son, why is your uncle ignoring you?"
"He's partial and hurts his uncle's heart." Sui Yu crossed her legs and rocked the chair leisurely. She deliberately said, "Brother Liang doesn't want a partial nephew like him anymore. Zhao Mingguang doesn't have an uncle anymore. People buy candy for dogs instead of giving it to a partial nephew like him."
"Did you make your uncle angry?" Zhao Xiping straightened the child's face and asked, "What did you do to make him mad?"
Sui Yu smiled as she recounted what happened that afternoon. She told Zhao Xiping, "He's not very old, but he's quite cunning. There are only a few of us in the family, and he can still tell the difference."
"Is Sui Liangzhen crying?" Zhao Xiping asked in a low voice.
Sui Yu smiled and nodded. She hadn't seen Sui Liang cry for several years.
Zhao Xiping poked Zhao Mingguang and reprimanded him, "Little Zhao, you've committed a grave sin."
The couple kept whispering to each other, and the little boy looked at his parents' expressions again and again, and finally he was sure that they were blaming him. With old sorrows and new grievances added to them, he shed tears of grievance.
Sui Yu saw it, she winked at Zhao Xiping, and pointed to the room where Sui Liang slept.
Zhao Xiping understood. He touched his son's little head and asked softly, "Why are you crying?"
It would have been fine if he wasn't coaxed, but once he was coaxed he felt even more aggrieved, and the little cub cried loudly, the sound comparable to a rooster crowing, and his tears were bigger than the raindrops in Dunhuang.
Sui Liang couldn't sit still any longer. He got out of bed and walked around the bed twice. Hearing no one outside to comfort him, he couldn't help but open the door and said in a rough voice, "It's so noisy."
The cub turned his head to look at him, made a vague "chirp" sound with his mouth, and stretched out his arms for him to hold.
Sui Liang stamped his feet anxiously, but he couldn't bring himself to hug her. He kept urging her, "Sister, comfort him."
"No need to coax me, I'm letting you vent your anger."
Sui Liang stiffened his neck, he was angry and anxious, and looking at the pitiful appearance of the little cub, he felt distressed.
Zhao Xiping put the kid on the ground, and the kid proudly crawled towards where his uncle was standing.
Sui Liang couldn't help it, he wiped his tears and ran to hug the cub.
The kid cried even more aggrievedly in his uncle's arms, who hugged him tightly. When he was slapped on the butt, he cried even louder.
Sui Liang reached out his hand and rubbed him again, sniffling and saying, "Are you still mad at me? Look, I love you the most, but you are so partial to me that you can't even bear to give me a broken glass bead."
As he spoke, Sui Liang wiped away his tears again.
The uncle and nephew sat on the ground, hugging each other and crying, performing a tragic drama with all their heart. Sui Yu and Zhao Xiping sat beside them like two villains, and their hands were pinched so hard that they hurt in order to hold back their laughter.
Sui Yu accidentally laughed out loud, and Sui Liang heard it. He picked up the cubs angrily, glared at them, and said, "You sleep with your uncle tonight and ignore them. How cruel!"
"Didn't you say you didn't want to be his uncle anymore?" Sui Yu couldn't help but tease.
Sui Liang blushed and pretended not to hear.
The door blocked out the crying sounds, and Sui Yu and Zhao Xiping both breathed a sigh of relief, finally having some peace and quiet.
"I'll go get some water." Zhao Xiping stood up. "Go back to the house and wait for me."
Sui Yu understood, and she floated into the house.
Zhao Xiping came over with two buckets of hot water. He knocked on Sui Liang's door and said, "Remember to wash his face, feet, and butt. Give him less water before bed, and remember to let him pee at night."
Sui Liang didn't say anything. He waited until the footsteps outside the door disappeared before he opened the door to fetch water.
Alas, it's a bit embarrassing. It's all this naughty kid's fault. But he can't bear to beat or scold him, and he still has to help him wash his face, feet and butt.
"call out--"
"Hey." Sui Liang wrung out the handkerchief and said, "It's Uncle, not Xiu. Come here, let Uncle wipe your face."
The kid smiled at him, and Sui Liang kissed him happily.
The cub returned the kiss affectionately.
The uncle and nephew put aside their grudges and reconciled.
While pouring water, Sui Liang found four pieces of glass placed outside the door, and he didn't know when his brother-in-law came over.
"Here, little one, this is for you." Sui Liang stuffed the glass bead he had received that afternoon into the little one's hand, then immediately reached out to ask for more: "Give it to your uncle."
Zhao Xiaozai learned his lesson and happily gave away the glass beads.
The uncle and nephew played with the four petals of glass until midnight, and finally fell asleep due to exhaustion. They no longer cared about the glass beads and threw them all over the ground.
When Zhao Xiping came to cover the two of them with a blanket, he picked up the thing and didn't want it anymore.
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