Having witnessed the terrifying behavior of his sixth uncle, Hongxi did not dare to neglect Yinzuo's order at all. He obediently went to the side and helped Yinzuo bring two small stools. Yinzuo walked over with the two monkeys in his hands and put the people on them. Well, not bad, they could barely stand on them.
"Hongxi, Uncle Six will hand them over to you from now on. The task is very simple. Watch them stand on this stool for half an hour. When the time is up, take them to the study to write a 300-word self-criticism. I must see it before lunch, otherwise this lunch..."
A letter of apology in exchange for lunch, right? I understand. Hongxi sighed in his heart, but nodded to Yinzuo seriously.
"Uncle Six, take care. Leave the younger brothers to me. When the time comes, I'll take them to the study in the side hall. However... Uncle Six, the younger brothers are just starting out, and their vocabulary is limited. I don't think they can write the 300-word apology you requested..."
Yinzuo was planning to go back to the couch to continue catching up on his sleep, but he couldn't help but pause when he heard what Hongxi said. He was indeed worthy of being his second brother's son. His personality was just like his father's, full of black sesame fillings. He knew clearly that Hongyu and Hongqing were two illiterate guys, so why did you agree so seriously before?
"Hongxi is reminding you that Sixth Uncle was careless. He was used to having you, Ninth Uncle, Tenth Uncle, Thirteenth Uncle, and Fourteenth Uncle write self-criticisms. He forgot that these two guys are still illiterate. It doesn't matter if they can't read. As their elder brother, Hongxi can help them. They can dictate and you can write. Brothers working together can achieve great things."
Brothers working together can achieve great things. With just one sentence from you, I've written two more 300-word articles. It's easy for my brothers to dictate, but it's hard for me to write for them. Do you know what the hardest part of writing is? It's polishing.
Yinzuo didn't care what Hongxi was feeling at the moment. He walked to the bed where Hongxi was lying before and lay down. He pulled the blanket beside him to cover himself, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
After Yinzuo fell asleep, only Hongxi and the other two, along with the palace servants waiting inside and outside, remained in the vast Qingxi Study's flower hall. What about Kangxi? They'd already slipped away when Yinzuo had tried to abduct Hongqing and Hongyu. He had no choice but to. It would have been so awkward for him to stay. Would he intervene if his grandson pleaded with him? If he did, his son would surely be furious. If he ignored his grandson... well, his grandson was still young, at the age where he could endure hardships. It was good to endure hardships. This hardship...
To be honest, until they stood on the stool, Hongyu and Hongqing didn't think they would really be punished. After all, the impression that Yinzuo left on them in the past two days could be described in four words - amiable. When they saw with their own eyes that their sixth uncle lay down and fell asleep so soundly, they were dumbfounded. No, uncle, we can't fall asleep like this. Can't you see that you have two nephews standing on the stool?
"six……"
"Shut up, Hongqing, Hongyu. If you two don't make a sound, you'll only stand here for half an hour today. If you wake up Sixth Uncle, then this half hour will be the starting point. I don't know about others, but Fourteenth Uncle has only stood for an hour and a half at most."
Just as Hongqing was about to call Yinzuo, Hongxi stopped him in a low voice. Seeing that his words had frightened the two men, Hongxi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, these two men knew the principle of listening to advice and eating a full meal. As long as they kept quiet, his suffering today would be over.
Yinzuo slept until Liang Jiugong came to call him before lunch. He opened his eyes and glanced at the flower hall but didn't see Hongxi and the other two. He got up and changed his clothes with the help of Liang Jiugong before asking.
"Eunuch Liang, are Hongxi and the other two still in the study?"
Are Hongxi and the others still in the study? No, they're all in the dining hall. Compared to Hongyu and Hongqing, who seem relaxed after completing their tasks, Hongxi, holding the two apologies, is feeling anxious. After his sixth uncle reads these two apologies, which have surprisingly similar contents, will they still have lunch?
It is said that Cao Cao is the fastest person and he will show up as soon as he says something. Now Yinzuo couldn't help but think about it. Hongxi just thought about him in his heart, and he came.
"Hey, you guys are here early. Look at Hongyu and Hongqing. They should have done a pretty good job writing their apologies. In that case, Hongxi, why don't you bring over the apology you wrote for them?"
Hong Xi was really in a dilemma at this moment. He felt that his reputation as a scholar was completely disgraced by these two unruly brothers, although he was just a scholar who could write neatly!
Yinzuo took the letter of apology from Hongxi, who was frowning. After opening it, he nodded when he saw Hongxi's neat handwriting. Although the child's handwriting was still very immature, it was obvious that he had practiced hard. If the handwriting of the letter of apology satisfied Yinzuo, then the content of the letter made him grit his teeth.
"Hongxi, Sixth Uncle knows this isn't your fault. You did your best. Good boy, go eat. Hongyu, Hongqing, you two did this on purpose. Your family's apology letter only has the word 'I'm sorry' in it, and you keep repeating it?"
Hongyu and Hongqing wanted to run out in the morning and didn't eat breakfast properly. In the morning, they were punished to stand on a stool, which was a physical job. They were so hungry that their chests were sticking to their backs. When they saw that Yinzuo didn't let them go to eat together, they looked at each other and suddenly ran to Yinzuo in tacit understanding. One on the left and one on the right hung on Yinzuo's thighs like two pendants.
"Sixth Uncle, isn't it time to say sorry when you make a mistake? We were wrong to deliberately quarrel with you before, but we've said sorry a hundred times. Please forgive us, okay?"
Yinzuo was just trying to tease them. He was not a fascist, so how could he not give them food? Upon hearing this, he bent his fingers and tapped the two little guys lightly on the forehead!
"Alright, since you've realized your mistakes and apologized a hundred times, I'll forgive you this time. But you also have to promise me that you'll stay in your own room tonight and not come and squeeze in with me. And you're not allowed to wake me up early tomorrow morning, okay?"
The two little guys didn't know there were tigers in the mountains before, but now they have seen how terrible tigers are, so naturally they will not go to the tiger mountain again. They hugged Yinzuo's thighs and nodded obediently, and then were pulled up by Yinzuo on the left and right and brought to the dining table.
"Wow, Uncle Six, today's dishes are all my favorites: pork elbow, braised beef in soy sauce, braised pork in red sauce, sweet and sour fish..."
I have to say that these uncles and nephews are definitely carnivores. Although vegetables are scarce in winter, it is rare to see a table without a single vegetable. Just look at the name of the dish Hongyu announced, and you will know how hardcore this dish is.
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