Time flies, and it is May again. Zhou Niao's new work was submitted from Huai County through the hands of Teacher Mao, and was selected for the preliminary review in May from among numerous oil paintings across the country.
Zhou Niao became busy because he wanted to take advantage of the aftermath of this exhibition to promote his own painting exhibition. Over the years, after his painting skills had improved, he looked back at the paintings he had exhibited and felt that they were a bit rough and naive in expression. He wanted to change to a new batch of works, so he asked Teacher Mao for some advice and suggestions. Then the teacher and student chose to live in the health park.
Zhao Jingya was taking care of her grandchildren and had no time to go and take care of Teacher Mao, so Zhou Xiang sent Xu Tong to go, and the kitchen of Zhou's house was handed over to Xu Dasao and Guo Jia.
When Xia Cuilan came to see her grandson, she found that the seven-month-old grandson was crawling on the ground. She immediately picked up the grandson and cried.
"My dear, just go back with grandma. No one cares about you here, and you're crawling on the ground. It hurts grandma to see you like that!" She said while kissing her grandson's face and wiping away tears.
Zhou Ming took his grandson from her arms and turned to walk out. "Why are you talking nonsense? Just take him away."
Zhou Xiang in the living room and Guo Jia in the kitchen rolled their eyes helplessly. This couple came to snatch the child away.
"Lü Jing!"
"exist."
Lu Jing, who had just sent her daughter into the playroom, heard her sister-in-law calling for help. She quickly came over and saw her sister-in-law pointing outside. She immediately understood what was going on.
After snatching Lailai back and placing him on the foam mat, Lu Jingxu nodded at him and said, "Practice crawling well, kid. It won't be long before you can chase your sister and play with her."
"Ahhhhh." Lailai likes this aunt the most. This aunt can hold him and run very fast. He likes it.
"No, practice crawling on your own."
"Ah ah!" Lailai slapped her legs with her little hands unhappily.
"No, if you don't listen, I won't take you flying next time."
"Ah." This time, Lailai spoke in a gentle tone and stopped making a fuss. He fell to the side and tried hard to toss his chubby little body around so that he could turn over and crawl.
After dealing with this little guy, whose temper seemed not much different from his father's, Lu Jing looked at Xia Cuilan and her husband, who were still in a daze in the rest area outside the door. "Today is the first time. If it happens again, don't blame me for being merciless."
Zhou Ming was frightened. The grandson in his arms was blown away by a gust of wind in the blink of an eye, and was taught a lesson by someone else in the blink of an eye. He wanted to scold this androgynous bodyguard, but when he thought of the gust of wind just now, his heart skipped a beat. He was afraid that he would be thrown away in the blink of an eye.
Xia Cuilan rolled her eyes a few times, then put on a proper smile and walked back to the living room. "Lv Jing, were those two moves you just made the flying and wall-walking skills that Zhou Kai has always longed for but couldn't achieve?"
Lu Jing looked at her sister-in-law and only replied when she saw her sister-in-law nod, "Yes! Zhou Kai is too stupid."
"You just said that to me. Do you think my Lailai is talented?" Xia Cuilan didn't care how Lu Jing criticized her son. Anyway, the son was not hers anymore.
"I don't know yet! We have to wait until he is three years old to see if he has talent." Lu Jing really admires Zhou Kai's mother. No matter when or where, as long as there is benefit, she will not be embarrassed.
"Is that so?" Xia Cuilan hesitated for a moment and continued, "If he has talent, do you plan to take him in as your disciple?"
"This still requires the consent of my sister-in-law and Lailai's mother. I can't just accept it if I want to. If my sister-in-law doesn't agree, it's useless for Zhou Kai to cheat."
Lü Jing spoke the truth, leaving Xia Cuilan bewildered. "Why do you need Zhou Xiang's consent to take you in as a disciple?"
Lu Jing glanced at her and said, "Don't think I can't hear your subtle provocation. Because my kung fu was taught to me by my sister-in-law."
Zhou Xiang looked at Xia Cuilan with a smile on his face. What was she trying to do?
Xia Cuilan didn't look embarrassed at all. She immediately smiled and sat down next to Zhou Xiang. "Will you agree?"
"Does it have anything to do with you? Come on, he has his own parents, and I also have to see if I'm in a good mood. Training a master is very expensive. If Zhou Kai and Guo Jia can't afford it, I don't have the spare money to take care of other people's grandchildren."
"Hehe," Xia Cuilan was finally embarrassed by what Zhou Xiang said, "regardless of whether Lai Lai's surname is Zhou or Guo, isn't he related to you? You won't leave him alone, right?"
"Moral kidnapping is useless. I told you I don't have the money to take care of someone else's grandchild. I don't know who felt sorry for leaving him with me and wanted to take him back. No, they've already tried to snatch him back. What's the matter? You brought him back and forth with the intention of raising him properly. Are you trying to turn him into another Zhou Kai?"
"It was a misunderstanding," Xia Cuilan explained quickly. "It was my misunderstanding just now, but your Third Uncle's misunderstanding was even greater. From now on, we will only come to watch and not get involved in Lailai's education and teaching."
Zhou Xiang didn't intend to continue arguing with this thick-skinned man. "There's no rush for this matter. I'll ask Zhou Kai's opinion next time he comes back. This is his son."
"That's right."
After going around in circles without getting a definite answer, Xia Cuilan knew she couldn't continue this topic, so she pulled her husband in and asked him to play with his grandson while she went into the kitchen to help.
But Guo Jia pushed her out. "Mother-in-law, we don't need any help here. Aunt Xu and I are both hired by my cousin. How can we let a guest like you do this? Go sit down and rest, or play with Lailai for a while."
After a series of sarcastic remarks, Xia Cuilan dared not say anything and could only be pushed out of the kitchen.
Guo Jia winked at Zhou Xiang in the living room, then turned and went into the kitchen to do some work.
Xia Cuilan and her husband had lunch at Zhou's house and waited until their grandson took a nap before they got up and said goodbye.
After the two left, Zhou wanted to give a thumbs up to Guo Jia who was returning from seeing them off. Guo Jia knew Xia Cuilan's temperament well and had a way to deal with her. As for Zhou Ming, that person had an unpredictable temper, so it was better not to confront him head-on and use Xia Cuilan to restrain him.
Guo Jia listened to Zhou Xiang's analysis and nodded continuously, "Cousin, you're right. I know how to avoid risks now."
In early June, the atmosphere in the Zhou family became slightly tense because all five children in the family had to take the entrance exam from primary school to junior high school.
Ling Quan and Dong Yunrong simply moved into Zhou's house so that their three precious grandsons wouldn't have to waste time visiting them.
Zhou Yu and Zhu Hang did not go out to play. Although they did not take their daughter back home, they did not come to Zhou's house to disturb her. They just waited at home for their daughter to finish the exam.
Zhou Niao didn't have time, so he could only call back to encourage his son. Zhou Yan comforted his father, "Don't worry, Dad! If I can't even handle the transition from primary school to junior high school, how can I face the difficulties in the future?"
What Zhou Yan wanted to talk about was how to take over the Kong family, but thinking that his father had been focusing all his attention on the new paintings recently, he didn't plan to bring it up at this time.
After comforting his father, he found his aunt and told her clearly that he wanted to take over the Kong family.
Looking at his nephew who was staring at him without blinking, Zhou Xiang sighed, "Have you really decided?"
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