Chapter 169 A few years later
Time flies and passes in the blink of an eye.
In the blink of an eye, four years have passed, and the baby is now five years old.
On an early summer evening, a little boy of five or six years old came running back from outside, carrying a school bag on his back: "Mom, I'm back. Where's my little brother? Was he good today?"
"Xuanxuan is back? Come on, are you hungry? Drink some water and have a snack first.
Your brother went to the farm with your father and should be back soon. Li Wanqing saw her son coming back and quickly pulled him over to ask with concern.
"Mom, I want to eat date paste pastry and drink milk." Xuanxuan washed his hands with the help of the maid, and came over to snuggle in Li Wanqing's arms.
"Okay." Li Wanqing agreed, and then ordered the maid next to her, "Go and bring the milk that was prepared, and also get a plate of snacks that the young master likes."
In the past few years, my family has bought a lot of land. Although they are not farms, they are all lands in nearby villages, but they still account for several hundred acres.
Not only land, but also several shops were bought.
There are now five shops in the county town alone and three in the provincial capital, all of which were purchased in recent years.
In recent years, they have been watching the farm tenants grow crops in spring and summer, and after the autumn harvest, they go to the mountains to live for a while to hunt and collect herbs.
They really made a lot of money, and Li Wanqing also found an opportunity to sell two more ginsengs.
Li Wanqing also had a plan in mind. Now that she had a lot of money, she would use it to buy land and shops.
She didn't do business. She rented out the shop she bought and also rented the land to tenant farmers.
In recent years, they have lived a comfortable life by hunting, collecting herbs, and renting out their belongings.
Moreover, Li Wanqing also bought a few more servants to serve her.
Most importantly, Li Wanqing gave birth to another son last year, who is now one year and three months old.
"Mom, Fat Zhang invited me to visit his house tomorrow." Xuanxuan asked after taking a sip of milk.
"What's the matter? Xiaopang invited you to his house? Do you want to go?" Li Wanqing asked.
"Yeah, I want to go. Xiaopang said his sister is so fun, and I want to go and see her too." Xuanxuan said.
"Okay, go if you want to. Since you are going to see your little sister, you have to prepare a gift for her." Li Wanqing patiently taught her son.
“I know, just like when Xiaopang came to visit his brother, he brought a rattle for him.
But mother, what gift should I prepare for my sister?" Xuanxuan said like a little adult.
"Any gift will do. It doesn't have to be new. Your toys or something will do," said Li Wanqing.
"Then I'll give my favorite spinning top to my sister. I didn't even give it to Xiaopang when he asked for it." Xuanxuan said after thinking for a while.
Li Wanqing knew that Xuanxuan had a favorite spinning top that was made for him by Gu Yan.
In fact, Gu Yan made several spinning tops for Xuanxuan, but Xuanxuan only liked one of them the most, and he didn’t know why.
"Okay, you make your own decision." Li Wanqing consciously trained himself to make decisions on his own affairs.
"Madam, the food is ready. Shall we eat now?" the maid came in and asked.
"Master and the second young master haven't come back yet?" Li Wanqing asked, looking at the sky outside.
The maid was about to answer when Gu Yan's voice came from outside: "Madam, we are back."
"The master is back, prepare dinner." Li Wanqing ordered.
Since there were more servants in the house, Li Wanqing also established some rules.
The first thing was to address him in a way that the servants all addressed him as Master Gu Yan and her as Madam.
Xuanxuan is the eldest young master, Hengheng is the second young master. Hengheng is the nickname of Li Wanqing’s second son, and his real name is Gu Zhiheng.
As he was speaking, Gu Yan walked in holding Hengheng.
Hengheng hadn't seen his mother for a long time. When he saw Li Wanqing, he started whining and asking Li Wanqing to hold him.
"Mommy, hold me, mommy, hold me." Hengheng opened his little hands and asked Li Wanqing to hold him.
"Juzi, fetch a basin of water so the Second Young Master can wash his hands.
"Also, what did you do? Why is this kid so dirty?" Li Wanqing said, looking at her son's black little paws.
"This kid insisted on chasing geese today, and he wouldn't listen no matter how I tried to coax him.
Look, it's all over my body." Gu Yan sat down, picked up Li Wanqing's water cup and took a sip.
"Juzi, bring the stove in and help the second young master wash and change his clothes." Li Wanqing said.
"Mom, I'm hungry, hungry." Hengheng couldn't speak a complete sentence yet, but he could express it word by word.
“I know you’re hungry, but I have to wait until you’re clean before I can eat.
Look at yourself. Where did you get into the firewood pile? There are grass clippings all over your hair.
"Wait, mommy will wash you. Forget it, just take a shower, otherwise you really won't be able to wash it clean." Li Wanqing muttered to herself, her hands moving without stopping, quickly taking off Hengheng's clothes.
Fortunately, the house has been warm and the stove has been burning all the time. I just asked Orange to bring the iron stove into the house.
Although the temperature in the house now is not as high as in summer, it is still around 22 or 23 degrees Celsius.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with bathing your child.
Li Wanqing quickly gave Hengheng a bath and put on a set of clean clothes.
After everything was cleaned up, we sat down at the table to eat.
"Hengheng, these are your wontons, with your favorite three-fresh filling.
Xuanxuan, these are your favorite beef buns. You should eat more." Li Wanqing prepared their favorite meals for both of them.
Gu Yan saw that Li Wanqing was only paying attention to her sons and didn't even look at him. He immediately became unhappy.
"Cough, cough, cough." Gu Yan coughed a few times, looked at Li Wanqing a few times, then lowered his head and took a bite of his least favorite fried celery.
Li Wanqing looked up in confusion. It was impossible to have a cold in this weather.
But she knew it as soon as she saw Gu Yan's expression. He was jealous because she was only caring about her two sons.
Li Wanqing chuckled, "Don't you dislike celery? Here, these leek dumplings are specially made for you.
These are leeks and eggs, and these are leeks and meat. Which one do you want to eat?"
"Hmph, you also know that I don't like celery? I thought you only remembered your two sons." Gu Yan looked at Li Wanqing awkwardly.
"How can I? They are still young, right? I have to take care of them first.
I haven't forgotten you, have I? I made your favorite food for you.
You're already grown up, yet you're still fighting with kids for something. "Li Wanqing muttered to herself, but she still picked up a piece of chive box for him.
Gu Yan was stroked by Li Wanqing and felt smoothed down, so he didn't get annoyed even when being nagged.
Although he tried his best to keep a straight face because he was afraid that the children would notice, Li Wanqing could still tell that he was in a very good mood.
"Wife, don't just focus on us father and son, you should eat too." Gu Yan also picked up a bun for Li Wanqing.
The buns are filled with eggplant meat, which is also Li Wanqing’s favorite.
I have to say, having more servants at home does have its advantages.
At least everyone can eat their favorite food at every meal.
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