"Mom, Uncle, I want to go to Grandpa's place." Little Xie Min ran in, hugged Xie Jian's waist, looked up at him and said in a childish voice: "Uncle, please let me go."
"Do you want to go?" Xie Jian stroked his nephew's head gently.
Little Xie Min nodded: "The closer I am to grandpa, the more he will help uncle." Although he didn't understand what was going on, mother said last time that with Eunuch Wang, no one else would dare to bully our family.
My mother also said that my uncle is the pillar of the family, so as long as my uncle gets better and better, the family will get better and better.
Is this the kind of talk a six-year-old child should be talking to? Chen Heng looked at Min'er distressedly.
Children of this age are still playing and fighting, but Min'er has said such words several times.
Seeing that his uncle didn't say anything, little Xie Min said, "I also want to learn painting from Grandpa. Uncle, there are many famous scholars in the imperial capital, and they are all very good at both reading and painting. If Min'er becomes such a great person one day, he will not let others bully my mother, uncle and aunt."
Xia stopped cutting vegetables. These words made her, as a mother, feel very sad.
"Min'er, you're still young." Xie Jian said softly, "Don't worry about these things, your uncle will take care of them."
"That would be too hard for Uncle." Although Xie Min's voice was childish, his tone was mature: "Min'er is also the son of the family, he should do his part."
Looking at her upset sister-in-law, Chen Heng could understand the feelings of a mother. Even she, the aunt, could not stand hearing such words.
Xiao Min'er gently shook Xie Jian's hand: "Uncle, I can protect myself and won't be bullied anymore." He would never trust anyone again, not even his grandfather, so that no one could deceive him.
Xie Jian squatted down and looked at his nephew: "Min'er, if you go to the imperial capital, your family will be gone and you will have to rely on yourself for everything. It will be very hard. You can't even cry. If you feel pain, you can only endure it. Do you still want to go?"
"I want to go. I want to become very powerful, but I haven't even been to a very hard place, so how can I become very powerful? Auntie once told me a story that said only those who endure the most hardships can become the best. I remembered it."
Xie Jian looked at Chen Heng with cold eyes. Where did she get so many stories?
Chen Heng knew that Xie Jian's look didn't mean anything else, but she still felt a little apologetic. Stories can indeed inspire and encourage people, but she didn't ask Min'er to follow suit: "Min'er, those are just stories."
"But Auntie, those are real people. Master Qi told us about them when we were in class. And Auntie," Xiao Xie Min said seriously, "when I become someone as powerful as that, many years later, I too will become part of the story."
Chen Heng: “…” That makes sense.
Although Xia was sad to hear this, she was also happy that her son had such an ambition.
"Uncle, please let me go to the Imperial Capital." Xie Min put his arms around his uncle's neck and said, "Please let me go."
"Let your uncle think about it carefully." Xie Jian saw his own personality change in his nephew. After encountering so many things at home, he became a person who didn't even recognize himself. Min'er was still young at that time, but the things Min'er encountered now also had a profound impact on him.
He wanted to take on all the burdens himself so that his sister-in-law and nephew could live their lives well.
The Autumn Examination will be held in August, and the Imperial Examination will be held in March of the following year. That means he will go to the imperial capital in that month and will run into Min'er then. Besides, Eunuch Wang will definitely let him work in the capital.
Sometimes the whole family would go to the imperial capital.
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