Chapter 74 Daddy Hasn’t Thanked Tuan’er Yet
"Daddy, Mommy, are you going to give Tuan'er a brother?"
Tuaner asked, tilting his little head.
"Is it because Tuan'er is not a boy that Daddy and Mommy are bullied?"
Meng Mingshu was stunned, and then her heart felt like it was stung by something.
She quickly squatted down and held Tuan'er's face in Xiao Yan's arms:
"Tuan'er, why do you think so?"
Tuan'er scratched his face and said, "That's what my great-grandmother said. She said it would be good if Tuan'er was a boy."
"Grandpa Huang also said so, saying Tuan'er is cute."
Tuan'er pressed the ahoge on his head and said, "After that, he looked at Tuan'er and sighed, saying it's a pity that he's not a grandson."
Tuan'er said this and imitated it, sighing several times in succession.
Meng Mingshu and Xiao Yan looked at each other, both of them looked a little ugly.
Xiao Yan held Tuan'er tightly in his arms:
"Forget all these words."
"It has nothing to do with Tuan'er. What's going to happen will still happen."
"You are your parents' first child. No one can surpass you."
Meng Mingshu also nodded: "Your father is right.
If it weren't for our group, your father would have been driven away by your mother long ago."
"Without you, there would be no daddy."
Tuan'er blinked her big eyes, "Really?"
Old Madam Jiang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. This was the first time she had heard such words that went against the will of Heaven.
In this world, there is no daughter without a father, but there is no father without a daughter.
But Xiao Yan agreed with her expression and said to Tuan'er seriously, "Thanks to us Tuan'er, otherwise Daddy would be living on the streets, begging for a living."
Tuan'er's eyes instantly sparkled, revealing two small canine teeth: "Wow, it turns out it's all because of Tuan'er."
Tuan'er hugged Xiao Yan's neck: "Then Daddy hasn't thanked Tuan'er yet."
Xiao Yan laughed and kissed Tuan'er's hair lovingly: "Thank you, Tuan'er."
Xiao Yan stood up holding Tuan'er and looked back at Madam Jiang: "Grandma, we are leaving."
Madam Jiang sighed: "Go."
Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. She could see that Xiao Yan really liked Meng Mingshu.
That's enough.
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"Come up, I'll carry you."
Xiao Yan stopped in front of Meng Mingshu.
Meng Mingshu shook her head: "How can you carry me if you want to hold Tuan'er?"
"I can walk on my own."
Xiao Yan insisted on squatting down: "I'll tie the ball in front."
Meng Mingshu still shook her head, "No, this is too hard."
She couldn't bear to do that.
"No problem. I carried it this way before. It wasn't hard at all."
Meng Mingshu still shook her head: "I was stupid before, I didn't know how to feel sorry for you, but now I can't bear to let you go."
"I can walk by myself. I have my own legs."
Xiao Yan was stunned.
My whole heart seemed to be filled and my limbs were wrapped in warmth.
"Yes."
After Xiao Yan finished speaking, he tied Tuan'er to his chest, and then forcefully carried Meng Mingshu on his back.
Meng Mingshu subconsciously hugged Xiao Yan's neck, "Xiao Yan!"
Tuan'er was very excited.
"Wow, mom, our family of three is stuck together, hehe."
Tuan'er looked up at Meng Mingshu, his eyes sparkling.
Xiao Yan's arms were like iron clamps, and Meng Mingshu couldn't move at all.
"Then carry me for a while and then put me down. You can't carry me all the time..."
Xiao Yan smiled and stretched out an arm for Meng Mingshu to see.
"look."
Xiao Yan's arms were strong and powerful.
It was hard and looked full of power, as if it could slap her away with one palm.
"Carrying you is no problem."
It was still early when Xiao Yan and Meng Mingshu left the palace, and it was already evening when they arrived in the suburbs of Beijing.
Xiao Yan carried her on his back for the entire day.
After finally arriving at the destination and putting Meng Mingshu and Tuan'er down, Xiao Yan stood up again.
"Xiao Yan, take a break."
Meng Mingshu reached out and held Xiao Yan's hand, then took out a handkerchief to wipe Xiao Yan's sweat.
Although it was already autumn and the weather was getting colder, Xiao Yan was so hot that his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
"Not tired."
Xiao Yan held Meng Mingshu's hand: "You two take a rest first."
As he spoke, Xiao Yan took off his outer robe and spread it on the stone slab at the door.
"Sit on the clothes."
"The yard where my mother lives is better than I expected. At least it hasn't collapsed. After some cleaning, it's barely habitable."
Xiao Yan took off his outer robe and said, "You and Tuan'er, sit for a while. I'll clean up the house later."
Meng Mingshu glanced around the house.
I thought it might have collapsed after so many years, but the situation was better than Meng Mingshu expected. At least the roof was still there.
The wooden door is crumbling.
Meng Mingshu stood up and wanted to help: "Xiao Yan, I can't just do nothing..."
But before she could stand up, Xiao Yan held her shoulders and said in a tone that did not allow for argument: "I'll do it."
"I told you when we got married that I wouldn't ask you to do these trivial things."
"I'm used to doing these things, and I can clean up quickly. If you come to help, I'll be distracted and worry about your safety."
"Besides, Tuan'er also needs your care. She's so young and needs to be alone."
Xiao Yan moved quickly.
Fortunately, it is autumn now and the grass has turned yellow.
Xiao Yan took out a tinderbox and slowly set the weeds around the house on fire.
Then he fetched some water and wiped the bed board and the bed clean.
"Wait a moment. Stay where you are. I'm going to borrow something from the temple in front."
Meng Mingshu nodded.
As soon as Xiao Yan left, she tried to take out a handkerchief to wipe the dust, but she and Tuan'er choked and kept coughing.
Meng Mingshu was very lucky. She had never suffered much hardship since she was a child. Even though she was abandoned by the old lady of the Meng family, she still met a kind-hearted family who raised her.
Her adoptive parents had no children, and as the only daughter, Meng Mingshu had never suffered any hardship.
Later, when her adoptive parents passed away, she met Xiao Yan again.
So I hardly suffered any hardship.
When Xiao Yan came back, he saw Meng Mingshu and Tuan'er looking dusty and dirty.
Xiao Yan sighed, put the borrowed bedding on the clean bed board, and went to get water to wipe Meng Mingshu and Tuan'er's faces.
"I'll just do these things. Don't do them next time."
Meng Mingshu lowered her head, feeling a little ashamed: "I want to help you."
Xiao Yan held her face and wiped it carefully and seriously: "I'll do it, I do these things willingly and I enjoy it.
If you and Tuan'er do it, I won't feel good."
After saying that, Xiao Yan extended his hand again, and Tuan'er, who was waiting obediently, wiped his hands and face.
"Can we have our group take a bath tomorrow? Let's go to bed first."
Tuan'er nodded obediently: "Okay."
Tuan'er was indeed sleepy. She usually went to bed at this time, but today she had been running around again, and her eyelids were already drooping.
Xiao Yan bent down and kissed the top of Tuan'er's head, then carried her to the bed: "Go to sleep."
Then he carried Meng Mingshu to bed.
Meng Mingshu held him back and said, "Xiao Yan, you should come up too. We can clean up tomorrow."
Xiao Yan lowered his head and kissed the top of her head, then stroked her thin back:
"Okay, you sleep with Tuan'er first, I'll come later."
Meng Mingshu felt relieved: "Okay, I'll wait for you."
Just waiting, Meng Mingshu fell asleep.
When she woke up, she realized it was already the next day.
Tuan'er was still sleeping. Meng Mingshu walked out of the room and found that the whole yard had changed.
The abandoned and dilapidated hut yesterday has become clean and tidy today.
Not only the weeds inside the yard, but also the weeds outside the yard were cleaned up.
Not to mention the house, all the wooden doors have been repaired.
There are tables, chairs and benches, and the kitchen has been cleaned up.
There was even a little firewood piled up in the kitchen, and an extra water tank.
"Xiao Yan?"
Meng Mingshu's eyes felt a little sore.
"I'm on top."
When Meng Mingshu looked up, she saw Xiao Yan repairing the roof.
Xiao Yan climbed down the ladder from the roof.
"Are you hungry?"
He took out some buns from his arms and said, "Eat some first to fill your stomach. I'll go exchange them for rice, flour, grain, and oil to cook in the afternoon."
Meng Mingshu did not take the bun.
"Did you not sleep all night?"
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I have something to do today, so I don’t have time to write X﹏X, but I will stay up late to make up for the update, and my dears can read it tomorrow.
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