Chapter 172 Reunion
Sun Jiaxing thought for a moment and asked, "Your mother is still looking forward to your return. What can you give her in return?"
Niuniu said confidently: "I can make her happy!"
When Sun Jiaxing heard this, he couldn't help but smile, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but feel sad.
Be it my younger brothers or my mother, it seems that no matter how much I give, they can't make me happy.
Li was different from Sun Jiaxing. When she heard that her mother-in-law was not going to the capital, she was as happy as if double happiness had arrived.
Now that Niu Niu has almost convinced her husband, she now has a son and a daughter, her husband is an official, and her mother-in-law stays in her hometown. For her, these are almost the most comfortable days in the first half of her life!
"Our sweet baby is really smart and understands more than us adults!" Li praised with a smile.
Niuniu's face was filled with pride as she said, "From now on, I will pass on all the principles to my brother Changshou!"
Li quickly said, "You are so lucky to have such a great sister."
Niuniu was a little embarrassed by the compliment and said, "I just understand more principles. In fact, my knowledge is just like that. There are still many things I don't understand."
Sun Jiaxing immediately said: "Our good boy knows how to be modest, he is really sensible."
Anyway, whatever Niuniu does is good in their eyes.
But Niu Niu didn't laugh with them, and her little face suddenly drooped.
"What's going on? Why is Guaibao suddenly unhappy?" Li and Sun Jiaxing were very worried.
"I...I don't think I did my homework..." Niu Niu cried.
These days she was either taken out to play by Sun Jiaxing, or stayed at home with Li and Changshou. A room full of maids and old women were trying to make her happy. She only needed to eat, drink and have fun, and had long forgotten about studying.
When Sun Jiaxing heard this, he slapped his forehead and said, "Your father seemed to have mentioned a lot about homework in the letter he wrote to me. Blame me, but I didn't take it to heart."
Niuniu didn't dare to play anymore, so Sun Jiaxing picked her up and took her to the study room, saying, "It seems like your father will be here in the next two days, so let's catch up on our studies."
Sun Jiaxing was flipping through Niu Niu's homework, looking at the little girl sitting behind a big desk, with a bitter face, writing big words one after another.
She was clearly rushing to finish her homework, but she didn't seem to be doing it half-heartedly at all.
Sun Jiaxing lowered his voice and said, "My dear, how about I help you write a few? I will imitate your handwriting, and your father shouldn't be able to tell."
Niu Niu was moved for a moment, but when she thought of Gu Mingda and Zhang Yuniang's expectations of her, she slowly shook her head.
"I study not to pass my parents' inspections, but because they hope that I can really find a way out in books. I have already made a mistake by neglecting my studies because of playing around. If I ask Uncle Sun to help me with my homework, that would be compounding the mistake." Niu Niu said seriously.
Sun Jiaxing felt a little ashamed when he heard this. He had just been thinking about helping Niu Niu finish writing the big characters before taking the child out to watch the acrobatics.
After Niu Niu finished writing the big characters carefully, she took out the book again.
Sun Jiaxing was there to accompany her so that Niu Niu could ask questions directly if she had any questions.
Niu Niu studied so hard for two days, spending almost all of her daytime time on studying. Even so, she was unable to make up for the lessons she had missed.
The Gu family has already arrived in Nanlin County.
Even though Gu Mingda worked as hard as he could, it still took him seven or eight days to sort out the affairs of Guang'an County.
There are many houses in the Sun family's mansion, so they directly cleaned up a yard to entertain the Gu family.
"Dad, Mom, Grandpa and Grandma, Aunt Liu, big brother and third brother, Niu Niu misses you so much!" As soon as Niu Niu saw them, she immediately flew over to them like a little swallow.
Old Mrs. Gu hugged the little girl and called her “my darling.”
"You've lost weight..." As soon as Mrs. Gu said this, her eyes immediately focused. She weighed the little girl and said, "You haven't lost weight. You seem to have gained some weight. It shows that you are living well in the Sun family."
Niu Niu smiled and said, "My godfather and godmother are so nice to me! My brother Changshou also likes me the most! My godfather took me to eat the specialties of Nanlin, and also took me to the temple fair..."
Niu Niu kept talking about the good things about the Sun couple, and the Gu family members felt a little jealous.
"You're having so much fun at the Sun family, don't you miss us?" Old Mrs. Gu asked deliberately.
Niuniu shook her head and said, "I had a lot of fun at the Sun family, but I missed you guys too. I missed the gingerbread that grandma made. The ones made by the Sun family kitchen always seemed to be missing something. I missed the little grasshoppers that grandpa made for me, and I missed the songs that mom sang to me to sleep..."
Listening to Niu Niu listing the advantages of her family one after another, the Gu family members were all smiling from ear to ear.
They hadn't seen each other for a long time, and no one was in the mood to check homework, but Niu Niu jumped out of Grandma Gu's arms and walked up to Gu Mingda.
"Dad, I have been playing too much these days and have not finished my homework. Please punish me." Niu Niu took the initiative to admit her mistake.
Gu Mingda's heart melted when he saw the well-behaved and obedient little girl, so he couldn't bear to punish her.
Grandma Gu immediately took her granddaughter into her arms and said, "Guaibao has such a heavy workload in school, it's rare for her to have a few days off. She's also working hard to make up for it. Don't scare her with a sullen face!"
Gu Mingda felt at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Mom, where did you see me scare her? I haven't said anything yet, but you're already protecting her. You never stopped me from dealing with the big guys before."
Old Lady Gu glanced at Gu Yan and Gu Zhao, then at the snowball-like Niuniu, and immediately said, "Niuniu is still young, this is different."
Niuniu took the initiative to say, "Grandma, I should be punished for being lazy in my homework. Daddy is doing this for my own good."
Seeing how well behaved she was, Old Lady Gu was even more reluctant to let her be punished, so she just said to Gu Mingda, "Second Brother, your skin is so delicate that it will leave marks if you touch it. If you want to hit someone, then hit me."
Not only did Mrs. Gu not understand the situation, but Father Gu also said vaguely, "Grandpa... took the beating for Guaibao..."
Before Gu Mingda could even make a move, he saw his parents wishing to take his place. He immediately didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Am I such an unreasonable person in your eyes?"
Old Mrs. Gu curled her lips: "It's hard to say."
Gu Mingda: ...
Before Gu Mingda punished Niuniu, he felt like he had become the sinner of this family. He didn't have the heart to punish the child, but said, "When we get to the capital, you have to write five more big characters every day for three consecutive months. Do you understand?"
Old Mrs. Gu wanted to bargain, but Niuniu said crisply, "Okay, Daddy is so good to me!"
Seeing that the little girl gladly accepted the punishment, Gu Mingda swallowed his words of explanation.
In the old lady's yard in the backyard, Sun Jiaxing is still reminding his mother.
"I have adopted Niuniu as my goddaughter. This is a done deal and cannot be changed. Brother Gu is now a juren. With his talent, he will be admitted to the imperial examination sooner or later. Even for the sake of my second and third brothers and the Sun family, don't do anything to mess up tomorrow."
Sun Jiaxing was afraid that the incident in which his mother blamed Niu Niu would happen again.
Old Madam Sun narrowed her eyes and said, "Since this is all for the Sun family, then don't forget to greet the county lord."
The "greeting" that Old Lady Sun mentioned was naturally to seek benefits for her other two sons. These two were always causing trouble, and if they didn't greet the county government in advance, they might be locked up one day.
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