Zhuangzhuang did as he was told and slowly closed his other eye. As Xiaoyi rotated the kaleidoscope, Zhuangzhuang's face gradually turned red with excitement.

"So beautiful! So beautiful!"

Xiao Yi handed the kaleidoscope to Zhuangzhuang and let him spin it by himself. As it spun, the colorful patterns inside the kaleidoscope also kept rotating. Zhuangzhuang felt dizzy and happy and was reluctant to take it down.

"That's great! Xiao Yi, thank you!"

"You're welcome, hehe."

Xiao Yi touched his head and thought that it was really worth the gift he had prepared for several days. As long as Zhuangzhuang liked it, that was good.

Zhuangzhuang had not forgotten Jiang Shanhe's gift, so he reluctantly put down the kaleidoscope and opened the equally exquisite gift box, revealing a black strip of something inside, "Wow~ This is... Mei Mo!"

Xiao Yi didn't know what plum ink was, so Zhuang Zhuang explained to him considerately, "Plum ink is a very rare ink block. Not only is the ink bright in color, it also has a faint scent of medicinal herbs and flowers. You can smell it."

Hearing the excitement in Zhuangzhuang's tone, Xiaoyi tentatively moved closer to smell it, and then his eyes lit up, "Hmm! It really has the scent of medicinal herbs, and also the scent of plum blossoms!"

"That's great! That's really great!"

Zhuangzhuang carefully put away the plum ink. He must preserve it well and would never grind it unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Zhuangzhuang, you are so amazing, you know everything." Xiao Yi simply admired Zhuangzhuang so much. He actually knew Mei Mo, unlike himself who knew nothing except playing.

"If you read more books you will know."

"Huh~" Xiao Yi lay beside him dissatisfiedly, "How can everything be related to studying?"

Zhuangzhuang smiled and announced that today was the happiest day of his life. Not only did he eat cake, but he also received many gifts that he liked. It was truly the best day!

In the darkness, Xiaoguo turned over, listened to the laughter coming from the other room, and smiled.

The next day, as soon as Zhuangzhuang opened his eyes, he saw Xiaoyi still sleeping soundly, so he got out of bed quietly, put on his shoes and went to find Xiaoguo, not forgetting to take the kaleidoscope that Xiaoyi gave him.

As soon as he received the message yesterday, he wanted to go find her, but it was a little late at that time and he estimated that she had already fallen asleep, so he waited until dawn and couldn't wait to share it with her as soon as he opened his eyes.

"mother?"

Zhuangzhuang first ran into her room, looked around the bed but didn't see her, so he ran to the kitchen and saw Xiaoguo busy in front of the stove.

"Mom, I knew you were here!"

Zhuangzhuang ran to her happily and was about to show her the kaleidoscope, but before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Xiaoguo.

"Why did you come out without clothes on?"

"Mom, I'm not cold. I'll go back to the house and put on some clothes in a little while." Zhuangzhuang took out the kaleidoscope in his hand and handed it to her, "Look at this!"

"What is it?" Xiaoguo put down the knife in his hand, wiped his hands on his apron, took it, looked at it carefully, and found it looked very familiar. A telescope?

"I'll teach you, squint your eyes..."

Xiaoguo followed Zhuangzhuang's instructions and looked inside. "Oh~" It turned out to be a kaleidoscope, not a telescope.

"How about it?"

Zhuangzhuang couldn't wait to hear Xiaoguo's feelings.

Seeing Zhuangzhuang's expression, Xiaoguo also showed a surprised expression, as if he didn't know what it was, "How magical! What is this?"

"Hey, this is a gift Xiao Yi gave me, a kaleidoscope."

“Wow~~”

Xiaoguo's slightly exaggerated acting skills are very useful to Zhuangzhuang.

"Okay, let's go back to the house and freeze it later."

Xiaoguo pretended to be curious and played for a while, then quickly asked Zhuangzhuang to go back to the house.

Zhuangzhuang saw that the effect had been achieved, so he obediently went back to the house. Xiaoguo then went back to cutting vegetables and cooking. Looking at Zhuangzhuang jumping away, he laughed to himself.

"It's time to eat!"

After Xiaoguo finished cooking, she went back to the room and called the two children who were still lying in bed.

"Mom, I'm up, but Xiaoyi isn't."

As soon as Zhuangzhuang saw Xiaoguo enter the room, he immediately complained. He had called Xiaoyi several times just now, but he didn't get up. There was nothing he could do.

"Really..." Xiaoguo has a secret weapon for dealing with bed-suckers. She snorted at Zhuangzhuang, then rubbed her cold hands and walked towards the little man with his eyes closed.

When his hands were no longer too cold, he reached out to Xiao Yi's exposed neck. The warm neck was instantly surrounded by coldness, which woke him up immediately.

Xiao Yi sat up, covered his neck with both hands, rubbed it vigorously, and kept saying that it was so cold.

This scene made Zhuangzhuang laugh out loud, and he said smugly, "Did you feel my mother's ultimate move? Haha!"

"Get up and have dinner." Xiao Guo put Xiao Yi's clothes beside him and pinched Zhuang Zhuang who was laughing. "You too."

Zhuangzhuang was only concerned with laughing at others, while he was still sitting in the quilt.

After hearing this, Xiao Yi stopped rubbing and turned around and said to Zhuang Zhuang with his teeth bared, "You too~"

Zhuangzhuang's smile disappeared instantly, and he wailed at Xiaoguo, "Right away~"

After dinner, Xiaoguo looked at Zhuangzhuang, who was excitedly talking about making a snowman, and Xiaoyi, who had a longing look on his face. To be honest, she really wanted to ask Xiaoyi about Jiang Shanhe, such as how Jiang Shanhe gave him the letter and asked him to bring it over.

Pretending to be casual in chatting, they slowly turned to the main topic. Xiao Yi answered her questions and laughed.

"Speaking of this, I have to thank the general. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have been able to leave the palace so easily, let alone stay out for so many days." Xiao Yi's face was full of gratitude. If he hadn't gone to his father to plead for mercy, he would never have been able to get out.

"Tell me in detail?" Xiaoguo became interested as soon as he heard it. It turned out that Jiang Shanhe was an important person here.

Zhuangzhuang also became interested. The two of them looked at Xiaoyi, who was almost embarrassed. He said shyly, "It's not that complicated, it's just..."

“Oh~”

Xiaoguo nodded. So that's how it was. She brought Xiaoyi along when she was delivering a letter.

The reason was that Xiao Yi would go to Li Shouji to play whenever he was bored. One day, he accidentally heard Jiang Shanhe say that Zhuangzhuang's birthday was coming soon, so as Zhuangzhuang's best brother, how could he not do something?

So he ran back to beg the emperor to leave the palace to find Zhuangzhuang. At first the emperor disagreed. No matter how much he cried, made a fuss, and went on a hunger strike, he almost fainted and could not resist a word from Jiang Shanhe.

No one knew what the two of them talked about in secret, but the next day, the emperor sent someone to pack his bags and send him out of the palace. By the time he came to his senses, he was already on the carriage.

"Xiao Yi, you are so kind to me. Just to see me, you actually suffered so much..."

While Xiaoguo was stunned, Zhuangzhuang hugged Xiaoyi, his eyes red with emotion, and Xiaoyi felt the same.

The inexplicable tears of these two people made Xiao Guo confused. What on earth was this? She couldn't bear to look at it and turned to look outside. This is the generation gap, the generation gap, there might be a chasm between them...

"Okay, you two young masters, just stay here and enjoy the show. I'm going to leave now."

Xiaoguo shook her head, stood up and was about to go out. Zhuangzhuang immediately calmed down after hearing this and happily pulled Xiaoyi up, "Mom, are you going to look for Auntie Yang?"

"Yes." Xiaoguo nodded, waiting for Zhuangzhuang's next words.

"Let's go together!" Then he pulled Xiao Yi, wiped his eyes, and said to him softly, "I'll introduce you to Brother Xiaohu and Sister Xiaohua."

"good!"

Seeing that the two children had left her behind, Xiao Guo followed them depressedly and closed and locked the door.