Chapter 270: Following suit, everyone is like this...

Xie Jing knows his wife too well. She has no resistance to delicious food, especially roasted game.

He is also worried that his wife's vitality was greatly damaged by giving birth, and she will recover more after a long period of confinement.

Jiang Youning couldn't help but waver after hearing this.

Xie Jing would grab whatever she wanted to eat. There were so many things she wanted to eat.

Roasted rabbit, roasted deer, roasted wild roe deer, roasted pheasant, etc.

But thinking about the confinement period, you can't eat this or that, fifteen days, it's too hard to endure.

Seeing that she was still hesitating, Xie Jing said, "Aning, if you extend it for half a month, you can still eat some things, which is different from before."

Jiang Youning climbed up from the bed, put her arms around his neck, and rested her chin on his shoulders. His shoulders were also muscles, but it was more comfortable than resting on bones.

"Husband, you are not going to trick me this time, are you? Look back, how many times have you tricked me? Huh?"

Xie Jing knew there was a chance when she said that.

He stretched out his arms and hugged her, and then held her in his arms without any effort.

Jiang Youning looked at herself being held in Xie Jing's arms with envy, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, what a strong arm.

No wonder he likes it, using that posture.

Xie Jing looked at the petite figure in his arms, soft and comfortable.

He lowered his eyes to look at her and said seriously, "I promise I won't say anything to you."

Xie Jing's face was originally expressionless, but he gave people the feeling that he was very serious.

He pretended to be serious again, and it can be said that he was serious to the point where he couldn't be more serious.

Jiang Youning calculated for a while and felt that he had made a plan.

"Then I'll trust you again."

Xie Jing then showed a satisfied look, "Don't worry, Aning, I'll take you hunting in half a month."

Jiang Youning then smiled, holding his handsome face with both hands, and kissed him twice on the lips.

Just as she was about to move away, a big hand grabbed the back of her head, pushing her back again.

Xie Jing never hesitates when it comes to being close to his daughter-in-law. After

Jiang Youning started to extend her confinement, Nan Mianmian didn't come to play with Jiang Youning in her arms. She had been sitting in bed for more than 20 days and couldn't hold it anymore. She was about to suffocate.

"Isn't Madam out of confinement? Why don't you come to play?"

Leng Xiao walked in at this time, holding a bowl of soup in his hand. Hearing his daughter-in-law's nagging, he explained, "The general asked Madam to stay in confinement for another half a month."

"Why?"

"In order to better nourish the body, Doctor Wen said that giving birth will cause serious loss of vitality and blood, so it is better to nourish yourself more."

Leng Xiao placed the chicken soup in front of her and sat down.

"I want you to take care of yourself more."

Nan Mianmian frowned when she heard this. "I'm almost through it, and you still want me to do nothing?"

Leng Xiao hugged her shoulders and said softly, "Mianmian, this is to better recover your body. Women lose too much when giving birth, so taking care of yourself is always good."

Nan Mianmian looked at the chicken soup in her hand, and it suddenly lost its fragrance.

She looked at Leng Xiao aggrievedly, "My husband, why is it so difficult for women?"

Leng Xiao sighed and kissed her on the forehead.

"I heard from the general that you don't have to be so particular about food."

"Really?"

"How could I lie to you?"

Nan Mianmian finally smiled, "Okay, I'll listen to you and take care of you."

Leng Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Yeah." As

soon as Leng Xiao left, Nan Mianmian immediately wrote a letter to Jiang Youning and asked Xiuhe to deliver it.

Jiang Youning enjoyed the first day of her extended confinement. The food was indeed different from before. It was no longer chicken soup and bone soup. She could eat some common dishes.

Xie Jingfu did not lie to her by chance.

However, Xie Jing still did not allow her to eat too fast.

After a full meal, Jiang Youning lay on the bed, crossing her legs.

Before, Xie Jing did not allow her to cross her legs.

Now, Xie Jing doesn't care about her.

When Chuntao came in with the letter, Jiang Youning was drowsy.

"Miss, Madam Leng has written a letter."

Jiang Youning opened her eyes when she heard the voice, and after she was more awake, she took the letter from her hand and opened it. There were only a few sentences on it, but it was clear how depressed, bored, and helpless Nan Mianmian was.

She was an experienced confinement woman and knew it very well.

He knew her better and prolonged the pain of confinement.

Leng Xiao learned this from Xie Jing, right?

"Chuntao, bring me paper and pen."

"Okay." Chuntao took out paper and pen and placed them in front of Jiang Youning. As they were used to writing letters under the same roof, she didn't think it was strange.

After Jiang Youning finished writing, she folded it and handed it to Chuntao, "Send it."

Chuntao responded and walked out quickly.

After Chuntao left, Jiang Youning yawned and went back to sleep.

Nan Mianmian soon received a reply from Jiang Youning. She was bored and couldn't wait to open the letter when she got it.

After reading the letter, her brows wrinkled.

What is it? In the morning, it walks on four legs.

At noon, it walks on two legs.

At night, it walks on three legs.

Guess the animal.

Nan Mianmian read this sentence over and over again, and then read and left it several times, but she couldn't guess what animal it was.

"What on earth is this?"

When Leng Xiao came back, he saw Nan Mianmian holding a piece of paper with a frown on her face.

"Mianmian, what's wrong?"

Nan Mianmian saw Leng Xiao coming back, as if she had seen a savior, "Husband, can you help me see what the answer to this mystery is?"

"Let me see." Leng Xiao came over, took the letter from her hand, and looked at the riddle on the letter.

After just reading it twice, his brows wrinkled.

"What kind of animal is this?"

Nan Mianmian said, "I'm asking you."

Leng Xiao thought about it first, and stared at the riddle on the letter for a long time, but he couldn't guess the answer.

Nan Mianmian looked at Leng Xiao expectantly, "Husband, have you guessed it?"

Leng Xiao's mind was almost tangled, a mess, how could he guess the answer?

He couldn't let Nan Mianmian down.

After thinking about it, he thought of a way.

"I have a solution."

Nan Mianmian asked, "What solution?"

Leng Xiao said, "I'll ask the general and Xue Yi. They are very knowledgeable and will definitely know."

Nan Mianmian thought that this was a solution.

"Okay then."

Xie Jing had returned to his post a long time ago, but he stayed in the mansion longer than before.

Today, Xie Jing went to the military camp as usual.

Leng Xiaoju followed behind, looking at the general and Xue Yi walking in front, hesitated for a while, and quickened his pace to catch up with Xue Yi.

"Xue Yi, I have something to ask you."

Xue Yi looked over with a faint smile on his face, "What do you mean by asking? Just say it directly. There's no need to be so polite between us."

Leng Xiao has been with Xie Jing longer than Xue Yi, and they are brothers who have lived and died together.

Xue Yi said so, so Leng Xiao was naturally no longer polite.

He took out a piece of letter from his sleeve, opened it, and handed it to Xue Yi.

"Xue Yi, do you know

the answer to this riddle?" Xue Yi became interested when he heard it was a riddle. After taking the letter, he looked at it carefully for a while, frowned, and looked at Leng Xiao with doubt.

"Are you sure this is a riddle?"

Leng Xiao said, "I don't know either. Madam wrote it to Mian Mian. Neither she nor I could guess it."

Xue Yi thought this riddle was unusual when he heard it was written by Madam. He looked up at Xie Jing.

Xie Jing heard about Aning and turned around to look at him. "What are you talking about?"

"Madam gave a riddle." Xue Yi came over with the letter and showed Xie Jing the riddle.

Xie Jing looked at the riddle on the letter curiously. After reading it, his thick eyebrows wrinkled. "Is this a riddle?"

Xue Yi chuckled. "Since Madam said it is, then it must be. However, this riddle is a bit strange."

Xie Jing nodded in agreement. "It is indeed strange, but Aning must have a reasonable explanation."

Xue Yi nodded in agreement. "It's a pity that I have to go to the barracks now, otherwise I can ask Madam to solve the riddle. I am still very curious about the riddle."

Leng Xiao was not curious about these things at first, but was very curious about this. What is the riddle?

Xie Jing was naturally curious, but he had to wait until the evening to go back and ask his wife.

When Jiang Youning woke up, she saw Xie Susu sitting on the edge of the small wooden bed, staring at Tangdou without blinking, with a friendly face.

Gu Zeting walked around the room with his two short legs, and finally came to the bed, looking at Jiang Youning with a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes.

When Jiang Youning saw her brother-in-law, she would think of whether Xie Jing was as sensible and well-behaved as her brother-in-law when he was a child.

"Brother-in-law, good afternoon."

Gu Zeting listened, opened his mouth for a long time and spit out one, "Ah!"

Jiang Youning couldn't help laughing.

Xie Susu heard the voice, turned around, saw her son and Jiang Youning looking at each other, and laughed too.

"You're awake. Are you hungry? I'll ask Chuntao to bring you something to eat."

Jiang Youning touched her stomach and found that she was really hungry.

Xie Susu knew she was hungry and got up and walked out.

Not long after, Chuntao came in with three dishes, a soup and a bowl of rice.

Jiang Youning was quite satisfied with the food.

Just as Jiang Youning was eating, Tangdou woke up.

Xie Susu had been waiting for Tangdou to wake up so that she could hug him.

Seeing Tangdou wake up, she happily bent over and picked him up.

Tangdou's little appearance was exactly the same as Xie Jing's when he was a child, and she found it very novel.

When Gu Zeting saw Xie Susu hugging someone else, he immediately came over with his short legs, wrapped his arms around Xie Susu's thighs, looked up at her, and said in a baby voice: "Hold, hold..."

He had just learned to speak, so his pronunciation was not clear.

But this hug was very clear.

Xie Susu had just hugged her grandson, and he was not yet warm, so naturally she was reluctant to let go.

She looked down at her son and coaxed him softly: "Zeting, be good, wait for mother to hug Tangdou, and then hug you, okay?"

Gu Zeting was only one year old, how could he understand what Xie Susu said?

In his eyes, it was not okay for his mother to hug others.

"Hug, hug..."

Xie Susu looked at Jiang Youning helplessly and smiled, "I've never seen him like this. I didn't expect that he is also a protective person. I can only hug him and not others."

Jiang Youning was a little surprised, "It turns out that children know so much?"

Xie Susu said, "Children look young, but they actually know a lot, but they just don't know how to say it."

Gu Zeting was still shouting, and called Gu Changyu outside the door in, and what he saw was this scene.

"Zeting, what are you doing?"

Gu Zeting glanced at Gu Changyu, then retracted his gaze to look at Xie Susu, and continued to shout in a baby voice: "Mom, hug, hug..."

Gu Changyu strode over, bent down and picked up his son.

After being picked up, Gu Zeting twisted his body, grabbed Xie Susu's clothes, and burrowed into her arms.

"Mom, hug me, hug me..."

A babyish voice with a crying tone.

Xie Susu felt distressed and had no choice but to put Tangdou back on the wooden bed and turned to hug her crying son.

When he was in Xie Susu's arms, Gu Zeting hugged her neck, looking very aggrieved.

Xie Susu felt helpless, "Zeting, mother won't be able to see Tangdou in a few days, why don't you let mother hug Tangdou more."

Gu Zeting didn't understand what Xie Susu said, he only knew that mother's arms could only belong to him. When

Xie Jing came back at night, the first thing he did was to ask Jiang Youning about the answer to the riddle.

"Aning, what's the answer to the riddle?"

Jiang Youning looked at the letter in front of him, then looked at Xie Jing, with a vague thirst for knowledge on his handsome face.

"This is the letter I wrote to Mianmian to relieve her boredom. How did it end up at your place?"

Xie Jing briefly explained the origin of the letter paper.

"Can I tell you now?"

Seeing that Xie Jing wanted to know so much, Jiang Youning smiled and said, "Humans."

Xie Jing was stunned when he heard this and retorted, "Humans are not animals and they have always walked on two legs."

Jiang Youning knew Xie Jing would say this, and she said, "Humans are also animals, but they are smarter than other animals."

Then she pointed to the riddle on the letter and explained, "Walking on four legs in the morning refers to when a person is an infant and cannot stand, so he crawls on his hands and feet. At noon, it means that a person has grown up and can walk independently on two legs. In the evening, it means that a person is old and can no longer walk, and needs to walk with a cane, which is equivalent to walking on three legs. Do you understand?"

Xie Jing found that his wife's explanation really made sense.

"I see."

The next day, Xue Yi and Leng Xiao were a little surprised after listening to Xie Jing's retelling.

"No wonder I couldn't guess it, but it's indeed very reasonable." Xue Yi said.

Leng Xiao still thought this puzzle was difficult.

A few days after Gu Changyu brought Xie Susu back to Luoyang, Jiang Youning was out of confinement.

These fifteen days were a little easier to endure than the previous month.

Xie Jing would naturally do what he promised Jiang Youning.

However, it was not only Xie Jing and Jiang Youning who went to the enclosure to hunt, but also Xue Yi, Jiang Qibai, Leng Xiao and Nan Mianmian.

When Nan Mianmian learned that Jiang Youning was out of confinement and was going to the royal enclosure to hunt, she couldn't sit still. She acted coquettishly for a long time and finally persuaded him to take her with him.

However, neither of them brought their children, because it was inconvenient and they were afraid that the baby would be bitten by insects.

Together with the attendants and maids, a group of thirty people took a carriage to the royal enclosure.

Before going to the royal enclosure, Xie Jing went to see Xiao Yun on purpose. Xiao Yun had been doting on

Xie Jing for a long time, and he agreed to go to the royal enclosure without saying a word.

After Xie Jing left, Xiao Yun couldn't sit still, as he hadn't gone hunting with Xie Jing on horseback for a long time.

He looked at the mountain of memorials in front of him and couldn't help but have a headache.

The next morning after he stayed up late to work overtime, Xiao Yun, with dark circles under his eyes, rushed to the royal enclosure with his guards.

Xiao Yu brought her son to the palace to play with Xiao Yinzhao, and learned that Xiao Yun went to the royal enclosure, and Xie Jing and the others also went there.

Good night, babies!

(End of this chapter)

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