186, chili pepper
186, chili pepper
Lu Mingfei nodded after hearing this. He also knew that his family wanted to buy a house. They had discussed this issue at least three times. If they could buy this house, it would naturally be the best. They had lived here for many years and had invested a lot of money in repairing the house. If they moved to another place, they would have to spend all the money all over again.
The main reason is that the family has lived here for nearly ten years and is quite familiar with the place, so moving is a very troublesome thing.
Furthermore, the house next door was bought by Zhao Lang. If their family moved, he was afraid that Zhao Lang would buy another house next door. Being neighbors once was a coincidence, but if it was a second time, he was afraid his parents would notice something.
"Then let's wait for their reply. They don't keep this house for living. If the price is right, they may not be unwilling to sell it to us." Lu Mingfei felt that since there was no reply from the other side for so many days, they wanted to raise the price.
"Well, we think so too. At worst, we can just add a little money. As long as it's not too much, we can accept it." Liu Sanniang said.
Lu Mingfei nodded, looked at the three boys sitting next to him eating, and asked the two mothers who were in charge of the family, "If we move over there, won't it be too far for Mingrui and Mingcong to go to private school?"
In fact, the private school is relatively close from where they live now. If they move to South Street, it will be a bit far for the children to go to the private school in the future.
"We've discussed this matter." Liu Sanniang glanced at Xu Yueniang and said to her eldest son, "If we leave the three of them here, I'm afraid no one will be able to look after them if we live outside."
"Yes, if we take them to live on South Street, I can also keep an eye on them." Xu Yue Niang said.
Liu Sanniang and Xu Yuenniang were actually quite conflicted about this matter. They wanted to take the children to the store, but they were worried that the noisy environment there would affect the children's studies. But if they left the children here, they were too young, and without an adult to accompany them, they were also worried that something might happen to the three boys.
"Have you asked the three of them? Do they want to live with you in the hotel, or stay here?" Lu Mingfei felt that it would be better to ask the people themselves for their opinion on such matters.
However, Liu Sanniang felt that the children were still young and could not make decisions, so the adults made the decisions for the children.
As soon as he saw his mother's expression, Lu Mingfei knew what she was thinking. He told the children that they had rented a shop and that their parents were planning to move into the shop. He asked them what they thought: "Do you want to live in the shop with the adults? Or do you want to stay here?"
"I want to follow my mother." Lu Mingrui chose to follow my mother without thinking.
Lu Mingcong chose to follow his younger brother, going wherever his younger brother went.
Zhang Xiaobao looked at his two younger brothers, then at his own brother, his face full of confusion.
Zhang Qi gave his brother a reassuring look.
Finally, regarding the arrangements for the three children at home, Lu Mingfei made a suggestion: if it is sunny, everyone can stay in the hotel. If it is rainy or windy and snowy, the three children can stay here so that it is convenient for them to go to and from school. At noon, the three children can also come back to the house for a nap.
However, in this case, another adult will have to be arranged to accompany these three children.
But now Zhang Qi was in charge of the stall at the gate of the Imperial College and had no time to take care of these three boys. Lu Mingfei discussed it with his mother and decided that his family would let Ruxia take care of the three children. His adoptive parents also arranged for a maid to come and take care of the three children together.
The two families decided on the arrangements for the three children.
That night, after the two families had dinner, it was already dark outside.
After Lu Mingfei sent his adoptive parents away, he took the three well-fed boys to his study to check their homework. He wanted to see if the three boys had studied well while he was away.
During this inspection, he found that the academic performance of the three boys declined after he lost their supervision, and then he punished the three boys to reflect on their mistakes by making them face the wall for two quarters of an hour.
Lu Youtian glanced at the children in the room from outside the door, said nothing, and left as if he had never been there. He then went to find his wife and told her about what happened in the study, "Only Ming Fei can come back to deal with these three."
"Let Mingfei punish them!" Liu Sanniang also knew that her youngest son looked obedient on the surface, but he was actually the troublemaker among the three children.
Compared to the eldest son, who was always well-behaved and sensible, the youngest son was a clever and mischievous child. Since the couple were busy, the eldest son had been in charge of the youngest son since he was born. The youngest son listened to his older brother and was also the most afraid of him, completely unafraid of his parents.
Ever since her eldest son went to the Imperial College, and her husband was busy at the workshop, Liu Sanniang had to juggle business and look after the children. Although she no longer had to work at the pancake shop in the afternoons, she felt that her life was far from relaxing without her eldest son. To a large extent, she had to divide her attention between herself and the three children at home.
After all, Zhang Xiaobao wasn't their child, so after coming to their house, he was relatively sensible and obedient. The more mischievous ones were their youngest son and the boy from the Lu family. These two boys grew up together, so if one did something bad, the other would definitely be caught.
So when she heard that her eldest son was punishing the three boys in the study, Liu Sanniang couldn't help but go over and take a peek.
Lu Mingfei, who was working as a supervisor in the study, saw his mother passing by outside and knew that his mother must have come to watch the fun.
Glancing at the hourglass on the table, Lu Mingfei saw that two quarters of an hour had passed before he said to the three boys standing against the wall, "Okay, the punishment is over. Go take a shower and go to bed today. I'll review what you've learned recently with you tomorrow morning."
Lu Mingrui turned around and looked at his brother with resentment.
Both Lu Mingcong and Zhang Xiaobao were a little afraid of this big brother. They stood together with Lu Mingrui and did not dare to speak.
"Still pouting! If you keep pouting, you'll lose three pounds of weight." Lu Mingfei touched his brother's head and asked the three boys to go out and take a bath. He sat alone in the room.
Seeing Zhang Qi standing at the door, he called Zhang Qi in and asked Zhang Qi if he had finished reading the book he gave him.
"I've finished reading it." Zhang Qi answered a little nervously.
Lu Mingfei still remembered the contents of the book. After hearing Zhang Qi say he had finished reading it, he pulled out a passage from his memory to test Zhang Qi. Fortunately, compared to the three guys who had just left, Zhang Qi was obviously studying harder.
He took another book from the bookshelf and gave it to Zhang Qi. "Take this book and read it. If you have any questions, wait until I come back from my next ten-day break and then you can ask me."
"Okay, thank you, big brother." A slight smile appeared on Zhang Qi's face.
Lu Mingfei waved his hand and told Zhang Qi to go do what he was doing and not to stand at the door of his study.
He was still sitting alone in the study until everyone in the family had washed up and gone back to bed.
Lu Mingfei wasn't too surprised to see Zhao Lang appear before him. He knew the Imperial College would be closed tomorrow. However, Zhao Lang didn't look like someone who would spend all day in the academy attending classes.
It was inconvenient to talk in their house, so he followed Zhao Lang to the yard next door.
Seeing a basket on the table, Lu Mingfei initially thought it contained fruit. But when he took a closer look and saw what was inside, his eyes widened. He picked up a chili pepper and asked Zhao Lang, "Where did you get this?"
"Isn't this what you asked me to find? Is this what you want?" Zhao Lang asked.
"Yes, that's what I want." Lu Mingfei smelled it, put it in his mouth and took a bite. It was so spicy that he quickly spit out the chili in his mouth, "It's so spicy that I'm dying!!!" Seeing the tea poured on the table, he picked up the teacup and poured the water into his mouth.
Such a small amount of water was not enough to relieve the spiciness, so he picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it.
"You..." Zhao Lang looked at the person drinking water in Mengdi and didn't know what to say.
Seeing the boy's face suddenly turn red, Zhao Lang finally found his voice and asked Lu Mingfei: "Why do you put everything in your mouth? What if this thing is poisonous?"
"It's not poisonous. It's a spice and can be eaten." After drinking a few glasses of water and finally not feeling so spicy anymore, Lu Mingfei looked at the basket of peppers and felt very happy.
"I thought I had lost this thing, but I didn't expect you to find it!"
"I'll take the seeds out of these and grind the skins into powder. We can throw some in with our barbecue next time."
"No need to wait until next time, we can do it now." Zhao Lang said, looking at the young man with a happy face.
"If you add this to the meat and grill it, it'll give off a spicy smell. There's so much housing around here, and it's late at night, I'm afraid it'll suffocate other people." Lu Mingfei looked at the basket of chilies and couldn't help swallowing. He had been here for so many years, but he couldn't find any chilies. He couldn't even eat anything spicy when he wanted.
Hearing this, Zhao Lang picked up the small basket on the table and put it into Lu Mingfei's hand, then took Lu Mingfei's other hand.
"Hey? Where are you taking me?" Lu Mingfei looked at the person holding his hand with some surprise. Author's words: Thanks to Bole 9492239 (9492239) for supporting me, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading.
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