Chapter 128: Candied Haws for Dad
This trip back to Pingshan County was much more comfortable than the trip to Guangling City.
The two cities are several hundred miles apart. If you ride a good horse, you can reach them in half a day. If you take a car, with a night's rest, a day and a half is enough.
But Xie Yuduo was concerned about his beloved wife and daughter, so he was not willing to hurry on his journey. Not only did he drive slowly all the way, but if he came across a cleaner field or riverside, he would stop the team so that Xiao Ming'er, who was in the car, could get out and have fun.
This was Xiao Ming'er's first time traveling far away. Along the way, there were all new things he had never seen at home. He was unwilling to stay still. He kept pulling on the car window with his little hands. On his pink peach-like face, a pair of big, clear, round eyes kept looking out.
When you see flowers blooming by the roadside, you should pick them.
When he saw a green cow walking slowly with its tail wagging, he wanted to chase it.
When she saw a street vendor selling candied haws, she lay in her mother's arms, like a red carp that had just been caught ashore, rolling and tumbling, insisting on having a string.
If her mother pretended not to see and ignored her, she would pout and start crying, looking for her own help while crying.
"Wuwu...Daddy...Daddy!"
Xie Yuduo, who was riding a horse, got off for the eight hundredth time, walked forward, lifted the curtain and asked her.
"Dear, what do you want?"
It was okay for Xiao Ming'er not to see his father, but when he saw the rescuers coming, he stretched out his little hands and fell into his father's arms, tears streaming down his rosy face.
The little guy couldn't speak clearly to begin with, and he sobbed even more when he cried. He just raised his chubby little hands and pointed at the candied haws on the roadside.
Xie Yuduo had seen it a long time ago, how could he not know what she was thinking?
However, the vendor was walking back and forth on the roadside, carrying a candied gourd stand filled with candied gourds. It looked bright red and lovely, but in fact, no one knew how much dust had fallen on it.
No wonder her mother refused to buy it for her.
Daddy won’t give it to me either.
Xie Yuduo stepped into the car, held his adorable daughter in his arms, and wiped her snot and tears from her little face with his sleeves without any disgust.
"Be good Ming'er. We have a lot of candied hawthorns in the candied fruit box. How about that? They all taste the same."
The delicate girl cried and shook her head.
"Then... walk a few more steps forward and you'll reach the city. There are a lot of delicious food there. Daddy will pick out the cleanest candied haws and buy them for you, okay?"
The little guy closed his eyes tightly and cried even louder.
Listening to the girl in his arms crying loudly, Xie Yuduo gently covered her mouth with one of his big hands, opening and closing his hands, and the "wooooooo..." crying sound turned into "wooo...ah...wooo...ah".
Chen Qi had closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, but when she saw him playing while her daughter was crying, she couldn't stand it anymore and came over to pat her husband.
"Don't tease her. Just ignore her. She'll forget about it in a while."
Xie Yuduo smiled.
"Yue'er, were you also this difficult when you were a child?"
Shen Qi snorted.
"Bah, just look at this scoundrel, and you know who he resembles!"
"They say daughters resemble their fathers, and there's some truth to that. Well, Xiao Ling, go buy her a bunch."
Xiao Ling had heard the eldest lady's crying and the second master's call a long time ago, so she got out of another car and really went to buy a string of candied haws.
Chen Qi couldn't help but hit him again.
"If she eats it, she'll get a stomachache."
Xie Yuduo was very confident.
"That's fine. Ask Xiao Ling to wash the candy outside, put it back on and give it to her. She's never eaten it before, so she doesn't know if it tastes right."
Only then did Shen Qi smile.
"You scoundrel, you really have some tricks for dealing with little scoundrels."
During the journey, Xiao Ming'er brought all her food, clothing and other supplies from home, and also brought her wet nurse, but she still had diarrhea, and the couple refused to let her eat anything on the road.
There were seven or eight large blue silk brocade carriages in a row, but there were actually only a few people sitting in them. They were all carrying the things that the eldest lady needed to eat, play and use on a daily basis.
Together with the escort teams in front and behind, the line of carriages and horses stretched for more than a hundred meters, and it was quite grand.
Seeing that Xiao Ling really brought a string of washed candied haws, Xiao Ming'er immediately stopped talking and Zhenzhu'er stopped crying and burst into laughter.
Chen Qi took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the tears of her daughter in Xie Yuduo's arms.
"Look at this scoundrel, he's been spoiled by you."
Xie Yuduo disagrees.
"It's okay for our daughter to be spoiled a little. Daddy can spoil her for the rest of her life."
Shen Qi glanced at him and thought, That’s not what you said to the jade mirror.
Xiao Ming'er was holding the candied haws without sugar, smiling happily, and even remembered to ask his mother to have a bite first.
Shen Qi refused with a smile.
"No, no, no, eat it tomorrow. Mom has a toothache and can't eat this."
When Xiao Minger saw that his mother refused to eat, he lifted it up and fed it to his father.
Xie Yuduo hated sweet and sour things the most, but when he saw his filial daughter feeding it to his mouth, he still ate it.
In order to prevent Xiao Ming from eating too much, he ate two in one bite.
It's so sour that my teeth are about to fall out.
Seeing her husband grimacing with jealousy, Chen Qi leaned back on the brocade cushion and admired him carefully.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ming only scratched the skin a little with his front teeth, and then he thought it was not tasty, so he handed the rest to his father's mouth.
Xie Yuduo was forced to eat the entire string of candied haws without sugar, one bite at a time.
Chen Qi fell on the brocade cushion, laughing uncontrollably.
Xiao Ming'er didn't understand what was going on. When he saw his mother smile, he giggled and showed a few white little teeth.
Seeing his wife shaking with joy, Xie Yuduo just took the last bite and turned his daughter over in his arms, covered her eyes again, then leaned over, hugged Chen Qi and kissed her.
“Hmm… Hmm… So sour…”
Xie Yuduo pulled her into his arms with one hand, and put his arm around her shoulders, leaving her with no way to retreat. After she had a good taste, he let go of her hand with satisfaction.
"Being a parent means sharing both the good and the bad."
Chen Qi was so jealous that her mouth was drooling.
"No wonder... that vendor's gourd shelf is so full. Turns out... they're so sour they can't be sold!"
Both parents were so jealous that their teeth were gnashing, but the culprit lay in his father's arms and laughed even more happily.
The group walked and rested, saying they were in a hurry, but it was only slightly faster than taking a bus to visit relatives during the New Year.
A one-day journey turned into three days, and we finally arrived at the gate of the Xie family on Yinshi Street in Pingshan County.
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