Chapter 141 Children Six Years Later
Time flies, and six years have passed in a blink of an eye.
The crape myrtle flowers in the courtyard bloomed and fell, fell and bloomed again. By the time the branches were full of flowers again, Xie Huaiming, the eldest daughter of the Xie family, had grown into a girl of seven or eight years old.
In the Xie family mansion, there were little kids running around following her, and her younger brother Xie Huailang.
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The Mid-Autumn Festival passed in a blink of an eye, and it was also Chen Qi's 28th birthday. Various branches of the Xie family and business friends from all over the world sent valuable birthday gifts.
Xiao Ling led people to count them one by one, sort them and put them into storage, and then compiled a list of gifts into a book before taking it to the main hall of the back house for the lady to review.
Chen Qi was sitting on the couch, and before she had turned two pages, five-year-old Qiu Wenqing walked in angrily.
He is the child of the Yujing family. He is just five years old this year. He is chubby and looks a bit like Xie Yuduo.
After Yu Jing got married, Xie Yuduo took special care of his sister and bought her her own house in Guangling City.
The Qiu family originally wanted to take advantage of the Xie family's prosperity. They also had some properties in Guangling City. Seeing that his brother-in-law was so powerful, the young couple lived in Guangling City for half a year every year.
Recently, Yu Jing's husband has been in Beijing taking care of business, so she has been living in the Xie family with her children, watching them grow up and play together.
"Jin-Jin, my sister is bullying us again!"
Seeing that there was sweat on his head, Chen Qi took out a handkerchief and wiped it for his nephew.
"Qing'er, tell me, how did you bully me today?"
"We were learning archery from Uncle Shen, and she came over on her pony, making fun of us for not being able to shoot far, and even crushed the arrow I just shot!"
As he spoke, he raised the silver arrow in his hand, and there were indeed some horseshoe prints on the arrow.
Chen Qi looked at the golden bow in the child's other hand again.
"This thing is so heavy, can it shoot far? Did Uncle Du collect it for you?"
She glanced at Xiao Ling, who nodded silently. Chen Qi smiled and sighed.
"My dear, this arrow is made of silver. It's okay if you step on it and break it. Just leave it here for now. I'll ask our gold shop to melt it down and make a new one for you tomorrow. Now go and play with something else."
After hearing what his aunt said, Qiu Wenqing really left the silver arrow behind and walked out in a bad mood.
Halfway through the journey, he saw Xie Yuduo reading a book in the sunlight on a recliner, and his greeting was weak.
"uncle."
Xie Yuduo didn't raise his eyes, nodded slightly, and turned another page of the book.
"Um."
As soon as Qiu Wenqing went out, the maid came in holding the hand of the young master Xie Huailang. He walked straight to the couch and climbed onto Chen Qi's knees.
"Mother~"
Chen Qi's biological son Xie Huailang just turned four years old. He still has a baby voice and looks a lot like Xie Yuduo, but he has Chen Qi's temperament. He never gets angry when playing with anyone and always has a smile on his face.
When Chen Qi saw Lang'er coming over, she put down the booklet and held him up straighter so that he could sit steadily.
"Lang'er, just now my brother said that my sister bullied you again?"
Xie Huailang nodded, then shook his head.
"Well, sister was just angry, she didn't bully us."
"Oh? Then why is she angry?"
"My brother and I were shooting arrows, and... well... we missed. My sister was mad and thought we were so stupid."
Shen Qi smiled and kissed him.
"Oh. I've checked it out. This bow isn't good. It's too heavy. You can only hold it to play with it, but you can't shoot it. Can you ask Uncle Du to get you something else next time?"
"Okay~"
"Well, go play."
Xie Huailang slid down from his mother's lap and skipped out. When he passed by Xie Yuduo's recliner, he came closer and spoke in a baby voice.
"Daddy~"
Xie Yuduo took his eyes off the book, glanced at him briefly, and casually touched his son's little head.
"Be good, go out and play."
Before Xie Huailang stepped out of the door, Xie Huaiming ran in like the wind.
"Mother! They're being unreasonable this time! I'd already agreed with my uncle that I'd go horseback riding on the lawn in the garden after lunch, but they insisted on following me to shoot arrows. My horse hadn't even gotten away yet, and their arrows were so poorly shot that they were scattered everywhere! The grass was so deep, how could I even see their silver arrows? My little Pearl even got hurt in the foot, and now she can't walk properly..."
She said a lot of things in a row, and because she was very hot from riding, she raised her hand to take Chen Qi's teacup, tilted her head back and drank it all in one gulp.
Chen Qi quickly picked up the handkerchief and used it to catch the tea that was flowing down her chin.
"Drink slowly. The two brothers said yesterday that they wanted to learn archery. Didn't you say this morning that you wanted to learn calligraphy from your uncle? Why are you going horseback riding again? It sounds like you're a scoundrel—just like your father."
When Xie Yuduo heard someone saying bad things about him, he looked over here.
When the eldest daughter of the Xie family heard her mother scolding her, she clung to her like a piece of candy.
"I was originally going to practice calligraphy with my uncle, but, but..."
She thought about it for a long time but didn't say it out loud, but Chen Qi already knew what she was thinking.
"But is it better to have sore hands from practicing calligraphy than sore legs from riding a horse?"
Xie Huaiming chuckled, put his arms around his mother's neck and told her not to blame him anymore.
Shen Qi tore her off her body and shook her head.
"From now on, you can't ride horses at home. Look at that area in the garden, it's covered with little Pearl's horse hoof prints. The camellia I planted last year had just opened four or five flowers, and she ate half of them!"
Little Pearl was a gift her father gave her in the spring when she was seven years old. She was only half a year old and it was very hot. As soon as she heard the news, she started twisting her body and acting like a spoiled child.
"But Daddy just taught me how to ride... If I don't practice, I'll forget it again..."
Seeing that she was acting like a rogue again, Shen Qi smiled and took a step back.
"Okay, okay, I'll ask my uncle to take you out for a run tomorrow. We'll go to the racecourse east of our house. Your dad just had it renovated. You can go and try it first."
Xie Huaiming's eyes lit up.
"Okay! Thank you, mother!"
She leaned over and kissed her mother, then ran out like the wind.
Halfway through, Xie Yuduo stretched out his long legs and stopped her.
"Ming'er, have you forgotten something?"
Xie Huaiming greeted him perfunctorily.
"father."
After saying that, she tried to go out again, but Xie Yuduo was not going to let her go.
"Dad built the horse farm for you, and you only thanked Mom?"
Xie Huaiming chuckled.
"Thanks, Dad! I'm going to play!"
After saying that, she was about to crawl out from under her father's legs, but Xie Yuduo lowered his legs again, making it impossible for her to crawl out.
The eldest daughter of the Xie family couldn't help but lose her temper.
"Dad! What on earth are you going to do? Who in our family is as shameless as you?"
Chen Qi, who was flipping through the booklet, couldn't help but laugh.
"Who else could it be? It's you. You're just as scoundrel as your father."
Xie Huaiming twisted his body again and started to act like a spoiled brat.
"Mom, don't talk about me. Look at Dad. Talk about him!"
Xie Yuduo closed the book, smiled slightly, and picked up a small box from his hand.
Xie Huaiming's eyes lit up.
"What good stuff is this?"
She reached out to take it, but Xie Yuduo dodged and took it back.
"Who was it just now who wanted your mother to talk about me?"
Xie Huaiming pulled his big hand and shook it left and right.
"No, no, you heard me wrong. I actually wanted Mom to praise you. Who else can have such a good father who gives his daughter nice things all day long? I love it. I am the daughter who loves Daddy the most in the world!"
Xie Yuduo smiled with satisfaction and handed the box to her. She immediately opened it and saw that it was a small deerskin whip decorated with golden bells.
"Thank you, Daddy! You're so kind! I'll go try it now!"
This sentence is sincere.
Seeing that the children had all gone out, Xie Yuduo continued to lie back and read, sighing as he turned the pages.
"What's going on? All the kids in our family are coming to you to complain, but no one is coming to me to complain?"
In recent years, his business has grown, and he has brought in many capable people. Instead, his life has become more and more leisurely, and he can spend most of the day in the backyard.
But the children were still only close to the always gentle Chen Qi. No matter how many good things he used to win people's hearts, he gradually fell out of favor.
Chen Qi quickly finished reading the booklet, handed it to Xiao Ling, asked her to put it away, and then looked at the person on the recliner.
"My dear husband, can I come to you to complain?"
Xie Yuduo perked up, straightened up, and took things seriously.
"Speaking."
Shen Qi smiled slightly.
"If you want to read, we have two large study rooms in front of our house. Can you please let me use the corridor in this room?"
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