After Xu Zi had finished his antics, he sat down to eat breakfast and then took Lin Zheng out to work.
Lin Rong didn't get up until eight o'clock. He rubbed his eyes and obediently got out of bed.
"Your brother and cousin Xu Zijiang have already gone to work, so it's just the two of us at home. Come on, I want to take you to wash up and have breakfast. Then we'll study, and when everyone comes out to play, I'll take you to make friends with the other children, okay?"
Yu Jiu pinched his little face and asked cutely.
Lin Rong still refused to speak, only nodding.
However, this level of understanding is not bad. At least you don't resist other people getting close, so it's still possible to make good friends.
Lin Rong can't speak yet, so it's unclear whether he can count from 1 to 100. Therefore, Yu Jiu simply taught him to write from 1 to 100. However, teaching him all of this in one day is a bit challenging, so she taught him to write from 1 to 10 first.
After discovering that he could write all of these, Yu Jiu began to teach him to write 11, 12 to 20.
Lin Rong wrote very carefully, stroke by stroke, until he had memorized them and written all the numbers beautifully. It was almost 10 o'clock by then. Yu Jiu checked the time and decided to take him out to play.
"Let's go out and find some friends. We can continue writing the rest this afternoon."
Yu Jiu took his hand and led him out of the house, heading towards a crowded area. At this time, the elderly were resting under the big trees, and the children were playing under the trees, all gathered in groups.
Yu Jiu spotted the youngest group of kids and then led Lin Rong over.
What are you doing?
She asked curiously.
These little kids seem to be assigning roles, but it's unclear what they're supposed to do. The oldest of these kids is no more than seven years old, and the youngest is only two or three years old, barely able to walk steadily.
"Yu Zhiqing, we're going to play a story about chivalrous thieves catching bandits. Do you want to come? How about I let you be my bride? You're so beautiful."
The oldest one, Er Mazi, said with a grin.
He was born with a few pockmarks on his face, which were quite noticeable because his face was small. So his parents simply gave him the derogatory nickname "Second Pockmark." As he grew up and his face matured, the pockmarks became smaller and less noticeable; they were almost invisible unless you looked closely.
However, the name Er Mazi stuck, as he was the second oldest in his family.
"Oh, I can participate too! You've even assigned me a role. Okay, am I the bride kidnapped by bandits? And what about this little kid? He's your captain's distant cousin. His name is Lin Rong, you can call him Xiao Rong. He's a little over three years old. Let's assign him a role too, so we can all play together."
Yu Jiu said magnanimously.
Lin Rong didn't speak, but she listened to Yu Jiu and obediently raised her hand to wave and greet everyone, just like a shy little boy.
"No problem, as long as Yu Zhiqing is willing to be our bride, everything is fine. We're just missing a bride. The other roles are all arranged. How about we let him be a bandit too? What do you think, Yu Zhiqing?"
Er Mazi is very loyal and knows to ask for the opinions of the two people first.
Yu Jiu looked at Lin Rong and asked him softly.
"Xiao Rong, how about you become a little bandit with everyone? You just need to hold a tree branch and wave it around, and then do whatever everyone else does."
Lin Rong nodded silently.
Seeing this, Yu Jiu went and found him a small branch of medium length, and then had him join the bandit camp.
"Everyone's here, let's get started. Yu Zhiqing, you're too tall, you need to sit down so we bandits can catch you."
Er Mazi gave a clear, crisp command.
"Okay, then I'll sit down."
Yu Jiu was quite childlike and cooperated with their actions. She sat down on the ground, making her almost the same height as the little kids.
Seeing this, the bandits quickly brought over tree branches and placed them around Yu Jiu's neck, then began to loudly recite their lines.
"I've taken your bride, this road is mine, these trees are mine, if you want to pass, leave money to ransom your bride. Otherwise, you won't be able to pass, and you won't be able to take her with you!"
These kids must have read countless stories like this; they recited the lines quite fluently. Yu Jiu suppressed a laugh, seriously playing the role of a kidnapped bride.
"Bah! You bandits dare to rob our Qingyun Gang, and you even dare to steal our leader's bride? Are you out of your mind? Brothers, get him!"
"Charge! Rat-a-tat-tat! Ouch!"
At Er Mazi's command, everyone charged into battle. Lin Rong was initially confused, clumsily grabbing a branch and struggling to keep up with the pace.
He gradually got into it, first joining the bandits in attacking the Qingyun Gang members, and then, after being defeated, they scattered and fled, and he ran with them. As he ran, he couldn't help but reveal a few big white teeth and let out a giggle.
They were laughing heartily.
The victorious Qingyun Gang members raised their hands and cheered even louder, snatching the remaining wine back from the gang.
"Wow, the bride's back! The bandits are defeated! The Qingyun Gang is awesome! The leader is awesome!!!"
The underlings shouted spontaneously, almost as if they were about to unleash their "majesty!" voices. Er Mazi flicked his non-existent cloak, puffed out his chest majestically, and gestured for Yu Jiu to come over and take his hand.
Yu Jiu smiled and obediently came over, taking his hand. The Qingyun Gang leader, having reclaimed his bride, began negotiating with the bandits.
"I ask you, do you want to hand over your mountain strongholds, the money you've stolen, and acknowledge me as your leader, or do you want me to wipe you all out and beat you until you're trembling in fear!"
Wow, Er Mazi knows quite a few idioms. Yu Jiu felt like laughing again.
The bandits huddled together and whispered for a long time before finally deciding to hand over the goods and acknowledge them as their leaders.
"It's settled then. From now on, we're brothers. You can't come looking for us anymore. We'll share the mountain."
"No problem, I, the leader of the Qingyun Gang, keep my word and never lie. Liars have no assholes!"
"Alright, we'll trust you this once. Third brother, bring the things up."
With a thud, several men carried over some large stones for the bandits. The bandits also handed over tree branches, which were their weapons and a token of their sincerity in surrendering.
Then Er Mazi directed them to kneel down, and they all became sworn brothers. These little brats were incredibly obedient, and immediately they all knelt down in a row.
Even Lin Rong was so moved that she knelt down.
Later, these sworn brothers from the Peach Garden Oath began to wage war everywhere, provoking older children, only to be utterly defeated and forced to flee in disarray, thus ending the Qingyun Gang.
They agreed that they would be heroes again in eighteen years and would be brothers again in the next life. Then they pretended to vomit blood and fell to the ground pretending to be dead.
Lin Rong quickly lay down as well, playing dead very smoothly.
"Pfft, hahaha, what are these kids doing? They've died again? They die eight times a day, hahaha."
Everyone's tired of this big show they put on, but every time we see the ending where all the kids pretend to be dead, it's still hilarious.
This was Yu Jiu's first time participating in a big play put on by children. She found it funny and fun, and she fell in love with it. It seemed to make up for the regrets of her childhood. Then she took Lin Rong to play other things with the children.
After playing for several hours, until the children dispersed and it was time to go back for dinner, Yu Jiu finally took the reluctant Lin Rong back home.
"Was it fun? If Xiaorong likes everyone, next time you can introduce yourself again and play with them~~~~"
"Um."
Lin Rong finally uttered his first word since arriving here: "Mmm." Even so, Yu Jiu was very happy. At least he had started speaking, which was progress.
When Lin Zheng and Xu Zijiang returned at noon, they told them the good news, and Xu Zijiang clapped his hands.
"My wife is the best!"
Yu Jiu thought Xu Zi was going to praise Xiao Rong, but she didn't expect him to praise her instead, and she felt a little shy.
"What are you doing? You're praising the child, not me."
"I love praising you. If you weren't so great, how could you get Xiao Rong to talk? Even her brother couldn't do anything about it."
Xu Zijiang said confidently, "My wife is the most amazing!"
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