Chapter 59 Walnuts
A sudden hiccup startled everyone. Looking down, they saw Xiao Bao covering his mouth and hiccuping uncontrollably.
Aunt Wang quickly patted his back to help him catch his breath: "Oh dear, what's wrong?"
Fan Xiaoxiao glanced at Steward Ji, then at Xiao Bao, who was hiccuping. Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she squatted down and squinted at Xiao Bao: "Xiao Bao, do you know something?"
"belch!"
Fan Xiaoxiao was answered by Xiao Bao's hiccup and his somewhat unfocused gaze.
At this moment, Madam Fan also sensed something was wrong. She squatted down, looked at her son's somewhat guilty expression, frowned slightly, and then asked sternly, "Is there something you're hiding from your mother?"
"belch!"
Another hiccup sounded, and Xiao Bao lowered his head, looking at his mother and aunt with a somewhat aggrieved expression. After a long while, he hesitantly took out a walnut from his pocket that Fan Xiaoxiao and the others were very familiar with.
"!"
Ji Yushu stared at the walnut in astonishment, his mouth agape as he stammered, "A...walnut!?"
Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Xiao Bao dared not lift his head. He pouted, tears welling in his eyes, and his hiccups made his speech fragmented: "I...I saw it fall in the corner, so...so I went to pick it up...Auntie...Xiao Bao, did Xiao Bao get into trouble...Xiao Bao isn't a good boy..."
Fan Xiaoxiao stared at the walnut, seemingly lost in thought, and thus didn't hear what Xiaobao said. Meanwhile, Madam Fan, both distressed and exasperated, said sternly to Xiaobao, "Don't cry! You're a man! Crying all the time! What kind of behavior is that!"
The scolded Xiao Bao suddenly held back his tears, his little hand, which wasn't holding the walnut, automatically covered his mouth, but the tears welling up in his eyes continued to fall. Coupled with his hiccups, the child was also twitching, looking especially pitiful.
Aunt Wang couldn't stand it anymore and tugged at Fan Xiaoxiao, saying, "Girl, you should quickly persuade your sister not to spoil the child!"
"Huh? Oh, oh, oh!"
Pulled by Aunt Wang, Fan Xiaoxiao came back to her senses and noticed Xiaobao's pitiful appearance. She was both annoyed and amused. After thinking for a moment, she said softly to Xiaobao, "You deserve to be punished. This walnut is an inanimate object. How can it be more important than you? You almost got lost because of the walnut. Your mother is angry because of you!"
Hearing Fan Xiaoxiao's words, Xiaobao realized he was really wrong this time, and his tears fell even harder. He sobbed and apologized to Fan Shi: "Waaah, I'm sorry! Hiccup, Mother, Xiaobao knows he did something wrong, Mother, please don't be angry."
Madam Fan sighed, and just as she was about to say something more, Fan Xiaoxiao turned to her and changed the subject: "But sister, don't be too harsh on Xiaobao. The fact that he picked up the walnuts has actually helped us a lot. Who knows, our plans with the Ji family might even be brought forward."
Ji Yushu scratched his head, then suddenly remembered something, clasped his hands together, and exclaimed to Fan Xiaoxiao with delight, "That's right! How come I didn't think of that! Oh my! Xiao Bao, you've really helped me out this time!"
Aunt Wang and Madam Fan were both puzzled by the cryptic conversation between the two, looking at them with some confusion. Fan Xiaoxiao smiled and took the walnut from Xiaobao's hand. Then she handed it to Ji Yushu, saying, "In that case, this will be kept by you, sir. We'll head back to make the wine first!"
"Rest assured, my wife, I will certainly not let you down."
(End of this chapter)
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