"Father, please eat slowly." Cheng'an saw that Kangxi almost choked and thought that he loved eating Yuanxiao as much as he did. After a caring word, he said, "Father, I'll give you another one~"
While speaking, the little guy was looking up at his brothers, as if telling them with his expression that there was still food in the bowl and enough for them to share.
When Kangxi heard his words, he didn't know whether to be angry that he thought he was as greedy as he was, or to be relieved that he was willing to give him another one.
"What if I want to eat all of it?" Kangxi said.
The little fellow's eyes slightly widened, and he subconsciously glanced at his brothers beside him, and said in a baby voice: "Didn't my father say that we can't eat too much Yuanxiao?"
"You are young and can't eat too much. It's okay for me to eat this bowl."
While the father and son were talking, sumptuous dishes were served to the table.
After seeing this, Cheng An pushed the Yuan Xiao in front of him towards Kangxi, and his soft voice seemed to reveal a bit of helplessness: "Then father, eat it, and let brother have his meal."
When the brothers heard his words, they all found it a little funny.
"Then what do you want to eat?" Kangxi said as he unceremoniously picked up the Yuanxiao that he pushed over to him.
"I want to eat too." The little guy looked at the Yuanxiao in his hand and asked, "Are the Yuanxiao delicious?"
"Didn't you eat this morning?"
Today is the Lantern Festival, and the imperial kitchen has prepared Yuanxiao for breakfast. Although Kangxi was afraid that he would have trouble digesting it and did not give him much, he still let him taste it.
"I haven't eaten what's in your hand." The little guy said in a baby voice.
“Yuanxiao all taste pretty much the same.”
After Kangxi finished speaking, he saw that the little guy still wanted to eat, so he stopped teasing him and said, "Okay, if you want to eat, ask your ninth brother to ask someone to send some up."
The little fellow's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately got off the table and ran to Yinzhen: "Ninth brother, Ninth brother, Father asked you to ask someone to send some Yuanxiao up~"
Yinzhen was sitting at the table next to him, so he could naturally hear what Kangxi said. Seeing that he was still running over to pass on the message, he reached out and touched his head and said, "Ninth brother knows."
As soon as he finished speaking, he gave a signal and someone went downstairs to get the Yuanxiao.
The Yuanxiao dumplings in the restaurant had been prepared in advance and were served in a moment.
When the steaming hot Yuanxiao were served, the unique sweet fragrance of Yuanxiao was everywhere.
"Wow~"
When the little guy saw that everyone had a bowl of Yuanxiao, he shouted with joy and couldn't wait to sit back in his seat, grabbed the spoon and scooped out a Yuanxiao.
"Be careful of the heat." Kangxi reminded him when he saw how anxious he was.
The little guy immediately puffed up his cheeks and blew gently at the spoon. After blowing for a while, he raised the spoon and said, "Ah, Ama..."
Kangxi was a little surprised, but seeing his son was so filial, he lowered his head and ate the Yuanxiao that was brought to his mouth.
The little guy held the spoon patiently, and when he finished eating, he reached the spoon into his bowl and scooped one away.
When Kangxi found out that he was still thinking about the bowl of Yuanxiao, he immediately felt that he was not a filial son at all, but just a greedy cat.
"So sweet~" The little guy had no idea what he was thinking, and finally put the Yuanxiao into his mouth. It was so sweet that his eyes curved into crescents.
The outer skin of Yuanxiao is white and soft, and the filling inside is so sweet that it goes straight to your heart when you bite it.
The brothers didn't have much feeling for Yuanxiao at first, but when they saw the little one eating it so happily, they all picked up their bowls and started eating with him.
"Brother, do you want to try my Yuanxiao?"
Yinreng saw that he clearly wanted to taste the Yuanxiao in his bowl, so he fed one to his mouth.
The little guy ate it without hesitation and said with a smile: "Second brother's Yuanxiao is also very sweet~"
Yuanxiao (Chinese rice dumplings) take up quite a lot of space in the stomach. Even though Kangxi didn't let the little guy eat too much, he still couldn't eat any rice after finishing the Yuanxiao (Chinese rice dumplings).
As soon as the little guy is full, the brothers will be in trouble again because he will feed him everywhere.
This time, Yinzhi didn't dare to say that the wine didn't fill his stomach. After all, he really didn't like drinking soup that much, especially the soup served by the little guy, which always contained a lot of meat and was not pure soup at all.
When the little fellow came to Yinzhen, he immediately realized, "Brother, why is there only one Yuanxiao left?"
The Yuanxiao was a little too sweet for Yinzhen. He only ate a little more just now because he followed the little guy, otherwise there would not be just one left.
"Fourth brother can't eat anymore." Yinzhen really didn't want to eat, so he could only say to him.
Upon hearing this, Cheng An did not force him to eat it, but said, "It cannot be wasted. I will help Fourth Brother to eat it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Kangxi coughed lightly.
"Let me help my fourth brother eat it." Yinxiang said and immediately scooped the Yuanxiao away with a spoon.
The little guy was a little disappointed, but he quickly got busy again: "Then fourth brother, do you want to drink some more soup?"
When Yinzhen heard his words, he looked somewhat helpless and simply pulled his little hand over and placed it on his abdomen.
The little guy laughed immediately, and then he took his hand and said, "Fourth brother, touch my belly~"
"Cheng'an can't eat anymore." Yinzhen felt his slightly bulging belly and didn't dare to exert any force.
The little guy nodded obediently and ran to Yinsi and the others.
"Myna has finished eating." Yinsi said immediately when he saw him coming.
"Eighth brother, you should eat more. Look at tenth brother, he has fat on his face." The little guy said as he stretched out his little hand to touch Yin'e's face.
Yin'e was not annoyed, but said: "Thank you for the compliment. Who can compare to you in terms of fatness?"
After saying that, he put down his chopsticks, held the little guy's face with both hands and kneaded it gently.
"Tenth brother." Yinsi saw his action and quickly pulled his hand down.
Fortunately, we were outside tonight, and the little guy was quickly attracted by the colorful lights on the street, and didn't keep staring at the brothers to feed him.
The location of Yinlang's restaurant is very good. From the upstairs you can clearly see the night view of the street.
It was already dark at this time, but the colorful lights on the street made the street bright.
According to Kangxi's idea, they should just watch the lights and enjoy the night view upstairs and feel the excitement of the Lantern Festival, but the little guy obviously wouldn't agree.
At first he was lying on the windowsill and looking down obediently, but when he saw dragon and lion dances and stilt-walking teams on the street, his heart had already flown to the street.
Kangxi didn't want him to go down, but the little guy had a reason: "Didn't my father ask me to win a lantern for you?"
"You didn't say you couldn't guess riddles."
"I can learn if I don't know how to do it!"
Kangxi had seen how persistent he was, and seeing that his face showed a desire to go to the streets, he finally agreed.
But when he went downstairs, he said, "If you don't win a lamp, you don't have to go back tonight."
"Then I will go home with Brother Da~" The little guy became more and more courageous. Not only was he not afraid, he also said with a smile.
When Kangxi heard this, he looked directly at Yinzhi.
Yinzhi didn't dare to look him in the eye. He could only look at the little ancestor in his arms, signaling him to speak properly.
"Dad, I was just kidding you. Don't worry, I will definitely win you a headlight~" the little guy said immediately after receiving his gaze.
As they were talking, they had already arrived at the entrance of the restaurant. As soon as they stepped out, they felt the lively atmosphere of the street.
Except for Cheng'an, Yinqi and the others are not very old either. Although there are many people following them openly or secretly, the older brothers like Yinlu and Yinli still take the initiative to lead these younger brothers.
"Look, they are so tall!"
When the little fellow saw that the stilt-walking team had not gone far, he immediately pointed them out to Kangxi.
The little guy didn’t realize it when he was upstairs, but now that he has come down, he truly feels why stilt walking is called stilt walking.
The stilt-walking team was followed by many men, women, old and young who came to watch the fun, so there were a lot of people in front of the restaurant at that time.
Kangxi and his companions simply waited there for a while, and only continued walking down the street after the group of people left.
"There are so many lights, so beautiful~" After walking into the street, the little guy looked up at the various lights around him, and his eyes were a little overwhelmed.
Seeing that he only knew how to say it was beautiful, Kangxi tapped his head gently and said, "Recite a poem that suits the occasion."
The little guy was enjoying watching the fun so much that he couldn't think of any poem for a moment. Upon hearing this, he immediately looked at his second brother.
"There is a light..." Yinreng reminded silently.
The little fellow then shook his head and recited: "There is no entertainment without the moon and no joy with the lights, and it is not spring without the moon. When spring comes to the world, people are like jade, and under the lights the moon is like silver..."
When he finished reciting, Yinzhi pointed to the front and said, "There is a stall for guessing lantern riddles over there."
"Where, where?" The little guy looked in the direction of his hand and immediately wanted to go over.
For a little kid who has just started to learn to read, guessing riddles is really difficult for him.
So, when they arrived at the lantern riddles stall, the brothers had tried their best to pick simple ones for him to guess, but the little guy still found it difficult to guess. On the contrary, the brothers guessed quite a few of them off the cuff and won him quite a few lanterns.
The little guy was very happy when he first got the lantern that his brother won for him, but when he found out that he couldn't guess any of them, his expression suddenly became lost.
"Ah, am I stupid..."
When Kangxi saw him saying this with his head down, he regretted asking him to guess riddles.
"Don't talk nonsense."
After Kangxi finished speaking, Yinreng gestured to Yinzhi next to him, and Yinzhi immediately took the pen and ink on the stall and started writing.
As for the stall owner, after the people around Yinzhi stuffed silver into his pockets, he smiled like a flower and naturally didn't care.
After Yinzhi quietly wrote a few riddles and stuffed them into the lantern, Yinzhi immediately said, "Cheng'an, guess another one. It will definitely be right this time."
He thought to himself that if there was any more problem, it would be Yinzhi's problem.
After being coaxed by Kangxi and Yinreng, the little guy regained some of his mood. He nodded when he heard Yinzhi's words: "Okay."
Seeing that they were ready, the stall owner cooperated and took down a riddle written by Yinzhi, opened it and read: "Previous mouth, next mouth, guess a word."
After hearing this, Cheng An immediately tilted his head and started thinking.
"Cheng'an can try writing it." Yinreng spread his palms in front of him and guided him.
The little guy already knew how to write the character "口". Upon hearing this, he held his hand and started to imitate it.
"Is it the word 'Lu'?" The little guy's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Yes, young master is really smart, it's the word Lu."
After the stall owner finished speaking, he congratulated him and handed him the corresponding lamp.
"Look, Ama, look, brother, I guessed it right!"
The little guy took the lantern and held it up, and was so excited that Yinzhi almost couldn't hold him.
"Cheng'an is really amazing. You guessed it before Tenth Brother even figured it out." Yin'e praised.
Yinsi also praised: "Cheng'an is really smart."
When the little guy heard the praise from his brothers, he immediately smiled.
"Here, Ama~" After being happy, he did not forget to hand the lantern in his hand to Kangxi.
Kangxi reached out to take it and praised him as well.
The little fellow who was so depressed just now that he needed to be comforted, became extremely confident after winning the lantern by guessing the riddle correctly. He puffed out his little chest and said, "I want to win a lantern for my brothers too~"
Upon hearing this, Yinreng felt that the riddles that Yinzhi had just written might not be enough for him to guess, so he put his hand behind his back and touched Yinzhi.
While the little guy was guessing the next riddle, Yinzhi quickly pulled Yinzhen to the side to continue writing riddles.
"One horizontal and one vertical, write one word."
"It's ten, brother ten's ten!"
"Congratulations, you got it right again."
Yin'e thought that the riddle was well-chosen, and he stepped forward to take the lantern that the little guy had won.
"One tree after another, one word."
"Is it the 'mu' in '木'?" The little fellow muttered while pinching his fingers in Yinreng's palm.
Yinzhi, who was holding him, nodded and said, "Yes, it is this wood."
Cheng An then started writing, and immediately recognized it after he finished: "I know, the two woods are the word for forest!"
The stall owner congratulated him again and handed him a lamp.
"This is for you, second brother." The little guy said happily.
Before Yinreng could speak after taking the lamp, Yinzhi asked first, "Where's mine?"
"Don't worry, brother. I'll win you another one."
The little guy was not partial to Yinreng, but because he saw that it was difficult for him to hold it, he gave it to Yinreng first.
After he guessed another lantern riddle correctly, he held the lantern and said to Yinzhi: "Brother Da, this is yours, please put me down~"
"No need, just hold it for me first." Yinzhi didn't put him down, but said.
"Are you tired then?"
"How could you possibly tire me out with your weight?" Yinzhi said indifferently.
Even though he said that, the little guy still lowered his head and kissed him on the face before continuing to guess the riddles.
It was difficult for Yinzhi and Yinzhen to come up with so many riddles that were simple enough for him to guess.
The little guy became addicted to guessing riddles. In the end, not only did the princes each have a lantern, but even Liang Jiugong and Liu Cai got one.
When the little guy saw that there was only one lamp left on the stall, he still felt a little unsatisfied.
"Isn't there another little master who you want to guess?" asked the stall owner.
"I'll leave that lamp for you." The little guy lay on Yinzhi's shoulder and shook the rabbit lamp in his hand at him.
The stall owner was already very happy tonight. After all, he didn't make much money by setting up the stall for a whole night. However, the silver ingot he just got was enough for him to eat for several months. Now, seeing the little guy's innocent smile, he was even happier.
If I had such a child at home, I would also be willing to spend time and effort to make him happy.
The stall owner thought to himself and watched them leave with a smile.
On the night of the Lantern Festival, there are many food stalls in the streets besides lights.
The little guy has just eaten Yuanxiao and other snacks, and now he has his eyes on the candied haws.
It was a rare opportunity for them to get out and play, and it was a holiday, so Yinzhi saw that he wanted to eat some, so he carried him over and bought him a string of food.
The little guy didn't eat the candied haws himself, but put it to Yinzhi's mouth first.
The man selling candied haws saw this and couldn't help but praise him, "Sir, you really have a good son."
After Yinzhi finished a candied haws in two bites, he was about to carry the little one away when he heard these words. He staggered and almost fell.
"Brother, be careful. It's okay if you fall, but what if you fall on Cheng'an?" Yin'e may not have heard what the stall owner said, so he said after lending a hand.
If it were any other time, Yinzhi would definitely teach him a lesson after hearing this, but he didn't have time to do that now.
The little guy blinked and asked uncertainly: "Brother Da, is he talking to you?"
"No, no." Yinzhi quickly denied it and glanced at Kangxi out of the corner of his eye, worried that he would be angry.
Kangxi was not so easily angry. After all, considering Yinzhi's age, it was normal for him to be misunderstood while holding Cheng'an.
Of course, it is impossible to say that Kangxi did not care at all. While he was still close to the man selling candied haws, he directly stretched out his hand and said, "Father, hold you."
The little guy jumped into his arms, holding up the candied haws that he hadn't had time to bite, and said, "Father, you eat it~"
When the man selling candied haws heard the conversation between the father and son, he immediately realized that he had misunderstood and quickly apologized.
Kangxi naturally wouldn't bother with him and continued walking forward holding the little guy.
As for the candied haws that the little guy brought to his mouth, Kangxi was really not interested and shook his head slightly to indicate that he should eat it himself.
There were quite a few stalls selling lantern riddles on the street tonight. Not long after they walked forward, they came across another one.
"Dad, I still want to guess riddles!" The little guy said, probably because he was feeling more confident, while biting the candied haws in his hand.
It would have been fine if they had just booked the stall when no one was there, but now there are people in front of this lantern riddle guessing stall, and we can't just chase them away.
"Haven't you guessed it just now?" Kangxi tried to dispel his idea.
The little guy bit the last candied haws and said, "Then let's go take a look, okay?"
Seeing that he wanted to join in the fun, Kangxi nodded and took him over.
"Father, let me hold you." Yinreng stepped forward and said.
Kangxi did not refuse and reached out to hand the little guy in his arms over.
"There are mouths bleating, there are words speaking carefully, there is water bigger than the sea..."
As the group approached the riddle-guessing stall, they heard the stall owner reading a riddle.
"sheep!"
The stall owner heard the answer before he finished reading the riddle. He looked up and found that it was a child of a few years old. He couldn't help but laugh: "This young master is really quick-witted."
This stall was set up by the bookstore at the back. As long as you guess the riddle correctly, you will get a lantern. After saying this, he took a lantern from the stall and handed it over.
"Look, Dad, look, brother, I won another lantern~" the little guy said happily after taking the lantern.
This was something he had guessed based on his own ability. The brothers looked at each other and started laughing.
"Cheng'an is so amazing, how did you guess it?" Yinzhen asked.
"Because the sheep are bleating~"
Obviously, the little guy didn't think about the answer at all, but just thought of sheep when he heard the "bleating".
When the people around heard the little guy's baby voice, they couldn't help but laugh and praised him to Kangxi and the princes.
Hearing these people praising the little guy, Kangxi and the princes were happier than if they were being praised themselves, and they all had smiles on their faces.
In fact, even the royal family and the civil and military officials in the court might not be able to get the favor of Kangxi and so many princes at the same time. The people at this stall are quite lucky tonight.
Next, the little guy continued to listen to the stall owner reading out the riddles, but the riddles became more and more difficult and he couldn't understand them at all.
Yinreng couldn't bear to see him unhappy, so he immediately diverted his attention and said, "Second brother, how about I help you guess a lantern?"
"Okay." The little guy nodded happily when he heard his brother wanted to help him win the lantern.
Yinreng: "Do you have a lamp you want?"
"I want the lamp that moves." The little guy immediately pointed to the most eye-catching lamp on the stall.
It was a revolving lantern, both the workmanship and the paintings on it were very exquisite.
The stall owner had already been paying attention to this cute little guy, and when he heard what he said, he immediately said, "If you want this lantern, you have to guess ten riddles in a row correctly."
"Second brother, can you do it?" Yinzhi asked deliberately.
Yinreng ignored him, handed the little guy in his arms to Yinzhen, and directly signaled the stall owner to start.
The revolving lantern was the stall's treasure, so it was not easy to get it. The riddles given by the stall owner were more difficult than the last.
Not to mention the onlookers, the little guy leaning in Yinzhen's arms was completely confused by what he heard. He blinked and looked at his second brother. He had a feeling that although he didn't understand, he just felt that his second brother was amazing.
Yinzhen noticed his little expression, a smile appeared in his eyes, he lowered his head and tried to explain the riddle and the answer guessed by Yinreng to him in simple words.
The ten riddles were indeed more difficult than the last, but this was not a problem for Yinreng, as he quickly guessed all of them correctly.
Many people had tried to take the revolving lantern away before, but all failed. When the stall owner saw that he had guessed ten riddles correctly without even showing any embarrassment, he congratulated him with admiration and handed him the revolving lantern with both hands.
"Here." Yinreng had a dull expression when he was guessing the riddles just now, but he showed a little smile when he handed the revolving lantern to the little guy.
The little guy exclaimed "Wow", and praised in a baby voice: "Second brother, you are awesome! You are worthy of being my brother~"
There are many kinds of lanterns on the street, but the revolving lantern is relatively rare. Therefore, when the little guy continued to walk around holding the revolving lantern, he was already eye-catching and attracted passers-by to turn their heads.
After all, Kangxi was old, and he felt a little tired after accompanying him for a while. Seeing that he was still in high spirits, he signaled Yinzhi and others to take good care of him, and he prepared to go back to the restaurant to rest.
The little guy wanted to continue shopping, but also wanted to be with him, so he just followed Kangxi back to the restaurant and played downstairs.
Fortunately, Yinlang's restaurant is in a good location, and it is quite lively downstairs, which is enough for him to have fun.
"Father, call me when you miss me~" the little guy said as he sent Kangxi to the stairs.
Kangxi thought to himself, what's there to think about just upstairs and downstairs, but he waved at him with a smile in his eyes that he didn't even notice: "If you want to play, go quickly."
The little guy watched him go upstairs before taking his brother's hand and going out again, his target heading straight for a clay figurine stall diagonally opposite the restaurant.
Everyone's attention is on the lights tonight, and the stall selling clay figurines seems a little deserted. However, the stall owner who makes the clay figurines feels the bustle around him and is quite happy.
When the stall owner saw the little customer Cheng'an coming in, he first praised the revolving lantern in his hand before asking him what he wanted to make.
"Can I pinch it myself?" The little guy's eyes showed some anticipation.
When Yinzhi heard that the little guy wanted to play with this, he was about to book the stall, but he didn't expect the stall owner to agree to it directly: "Sure."
"Thank you~" Cheng'an seemed very happy. He didn't even take the revolving lantern that he had treasured so much just now, but turned around and stuffed it into Yinreng's hands.
"You're too polite, young master." The stall owner said, and took out a small stool from behind him for him to sit on.
As soon as the little guy sat down, he couldn't wait to grab a piece of mud and knead it in his hands.
"Finally he found some mud to play with." Yin'e said to Yin'er and the others with a smile.
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