Niu Da softened his tone and said:
"It's nothing. When we went to the prefectural capital today, Ji Duo's father examined Xiao Heng and thought his literary talent was exceptional, predicting he would definitely become the top scholar in the imperial examination. My elder brother was thinking that our Niushan County, this poor and remote place, hasn't produced a top scholar in a hundred years, so he couldn't help but try to curry favor with him."
If these words had come from someone else, he certainly wouldn't have believed them, but coming from his elder brother, Niu Yong immediately believed them.
So I didn't ask any further questions.
He only said:
"Even someone with the talent of a top scholar shouldn't act like this; it's terrifying!"
Xiao Heng said, "Yes, godfather and godmother, we can't do this."
Niu Yong suddenly remembered something else and said:
Who is that child?
He pointed at Xie Jinyan, who was throwing a tantrum, refusing to eat, drink, or speak.
“Oh, him? He’s a distant relative of mine. It’s his first time away from home, and he’s reluctant to leave his parents, so he’s a bit temperamental. Don’t you think so, little brother?” Ji Ying said.
Ji Duo quickly said:
"Yes, they are distant relatives of mine."
Niu Yong still felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was strange.
"It tastes awful, I'm not eating it!" Xie Jinyan said the Niu family's food was bad without even tasting it.
Little Fu Bao said:
"Fine, don't eat then! Nobody's forcing you to eat!"
Xie Jinyan was even angrier. He was already unwilling to be sent to this place by his mother, and these people actually didn't coax him to eat.
Niu Baozhu continued:
"If he doesn't eat, let him go hungry for a few meals, and then he'll know to eat!"
Xiao Fubao took the bowl that was placed in front of Xie Jinyan and said, "If you don't eat, I'll eat it. You don't need to eat tonight either!"
Xie Jinyan burst into tears:
"How dare you treat me like this?"
Little Fu Bao finished Xie Jinyan's meal in one go, and Xie Jinyan cried even harder. He was the second son of the Princess and Marquis Xie, and he also had the Emperor as his uncle. Whenever he went out, he was always the one bullying others. How could he be bullied by a little girl who was even younger than him?
Woohoo!
"Don't cry, or I'll hit you!" Little Fu Bao was fierce in a cute way. Xie Jinyan had never seen anyone dare to be so fierce to him before, and he was stunned.
“Anyway, you don’t eat, so you’ll never be able to beat me,” Xiao Fubao said. This moment marked the beginning of her glorious history.
Shen Yu wouldn't actually let Xie Jinyan go hungry.
At dinner, Xie Jinyan still ate two large bowls of rice. "Aunt Chen, your cooking is so delicious! It's even better than the cooking of the chef from the imperial kitchen in my family!"
Little Fu Bao stuck out her tongue and said:
"Didn't you say it tasted bad?"
"Nonsense! When did I ever say your food was bad?" That brat! How dare she yell at him at lunchtime! That's too much!
Let's see if he doesn't learn martial arts properly, then I'll beat him up!
Xie Jinyan became Gu Yu's tenth disciple.
After Xiao Fubao stopped worrying about the gold leaf, her interests broadened considerably. In addition to dancing, she and Niu Baolan also learned to cook from the cooks in the mansion and Chen Yu.
Everyone thought she was too young and should just play around with her, but she studied very seriously. As for her talent, she was a bit lacking compared to Niu Baolan, but it was enough to satisfy her little brother's appetite and make that arrogant "brat" drool.
Two little girls, barely tall enough to reach the stove, were earnestly learning to cook, which drew both teasing and praise from the house's female workers.
The weather is getting hotter.
As in previous years, an ice chest was placed in the house again.
Xie Jinyan said with a sharp tongue, "I didn't realize that there were ice chests in this remote and impoverished place!"
Compared to Beijing, Niushan County is indeed a poor and remote area, but in the past two years, the conditions in Niushan Village have improved a lot.
Many families have begun to demolish their old dilapidated houses and build new prefabricated houses. Families like Niu Xiaocao and Xiao Tanshi, who were already well-off, have even built courtyard houses.
How could they be so poor that they wouldn't even sell ice chests?
But in Xie Jinyan's eyes, they were indeed very poor. The Niu family was not only inferior to the Princess's Mansion, but not even half as good as the Marquis's Mansion.
"Are you going to cook or not? If you're not going to cook, then get out!" Little Fu Bao said angrily. She hated it most when people looked down on her hometown.
"Why are you so angry? This whole village isn't even as big as my father's mansion! I've been practicing a lot of kung fu lately, so let me tell you, you're not allowed to yell at me again."
Little Fu Bao finally understood why his mother called him the Mischievous Demon King.
Xie Jinyan had been complaining about the Niu family's small size for more than half a month, but then he suddenly realized that the Niu family was much larger than other families, and they weren't actually that poor.
However, he insisted on saying that the Niu family was poor, that they were just country bumpkins from a remote and impoverished area, and that was just a bit too much for him.
He wanted to punish that country bumpkin properly.
While Xiao Fubao was learning to dance, Xie Jinyan secretly climbed into Xiao Fubao's room, placed two mice under Xiao Fubao's blanket, and laid down several vines that looked like snakes.
Then they secretly slipped away.
After Xiao Fubao and Niu Baolan finished dancing, they liked to run back to their room and lie down comfortably. Sure enough, they lay down and then found some uncomfortable spots on the bed.
Then, there are two other areas that keep moving.
Niu Baolan screamed in fright, "What is that?"
She's just a child, so it's normal for her to be scared.
When Xiao Fubao lifted the blanket, she initially mistook it for several snakes, which startled her and gave the mouse the opportunity to jump onto her.
"Snake, there's a snake!" Niu Baolan genuinely thought it was a snake.
Little Fu Bao expressionlessly picked up the little mouse that jumped onto her, and then she got very angry. The consequences of Little Fu Bao's anger were severe.
"It's not a snake, it's a tree branch."
Little Lucky Baby said.
Niu Baolan rubbed her eyes and said, "It really is a tree branch! Ah, a rat! How scary!"
Little Fu Bao dragged the mouse to confront Xie Jinyan. Xie Jinyan, all high and mighty, said:
"I did it, so what?"
At the same time, Xiao Heng and Niu Baozhu's faces also darkened. Xiao Heng said, "Jinyan, why are you scaring Xiao Fubao with a rat?"
Xiao Fubao nudged Xiao Heng and said:
"Brother, sister, I want to get revenge myself, one-on-one!"
I'm so annoyed, I can't beat them!
They said the harshest things, but got the most cowardly result.
However, Xie Jinyan was punished by Gu Yu to stand in the corner for an entire afternoon, while Xiao Fubao and Niu Baolan watched Xie Jinyan being punished by standing through the back window.
"You stinky Fu Bao, what are you looking at? What's so interesting? Even if you keep looking, you're still my defeated opponent! Humph!"
Xie Jinyan mumbled something.
I'm so annoyed, I can't beat him.
"Hmph, don't think you're the only one who knows kung fu. I'm going to learn kung fu from Gu Yu too, and then I'll beat you up. Then my little brother and sister will beat you up too! You stinky Xie Jinyan!"
Little Fu Bao said angrily.
“My master would never teach you; you’re lazy and stupid,” Xie Jinyan said.
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