Lu Yuan turned his head and saw a row of Calabash Brothers sitting under the eaves, and refused to admit that he was not good at fighting.
"I've only used 30% of my strength today. If we were to really fight, I could take you down in three moves."
That was obviously just bragging. Although I didn't use my full strength today, I still used about 60-70% of my power.
But he knew that Sanbao was also holding back.
The two are probably evenly matched now, a draw, but he's much older than Sanbao, who's only a few years old, so he's lost.
As the father, he couldn't lose face in front of his sons, so he naturally wouldn't admit defeat and could only stubbornly refuse to admit it.
Sanbao knew the truth, but he wouldn't expose him; he still had to give his father face.
The other seven, seeing that Sanbao didn't refute, assumed that Lu Yuan had really only used 30% of his power, and their faces showed admiration.
But her little mouth still praised the three treasures.
"Big brother is amazing! Big brother is the best in the world!"
The sounds were uniform and resounded throughout the entire Lu family courtyard.
Lu Yuan's lips twitched. Fortunately, this was the new society. If this were ancient times, his third son would probably have been pushed to become the leader of the martial arts alliance or made a bandit leader by his younger brothers.
"Alright, your eldest brother is amazing, but what about you bunch of kids? If the eldest brother is so powerful, the younger brothers can't all be weaklings, right? From now on, you all need to increase your training and go to the training ground at the sanatorium to train with your Uncle Su and the others."
The little ones immediately shut their mouths and scattered like birds, pretending they hadn't heard him.
Lu Yuan laughed and cursed, "A bunch of little brats!"
After scolding them, he looked at Sanbao and said, "From now on, the younger brothers will all be in your care. You'd better take good care of them."
Stop focusing on his father all day long.
Of course, he didn't say the second half of that sentence.
Sanbao rolled his eyes, as if he wasn't in charge of his younger brothers before.
He was the one who first introduced his younger brothers to education. He taught them martial arts.
Since Aunt Xiaoqin got married, many household chores, such as washing clothes, cleaning the house, washing dishes, and mopping the floor, have been taken care of by her brothers.
How could he, as a father, have the nerve to say what he just said?
However, he doesn't mind doing these things; educating his younger siblings is also his responsibility.
His mother is simple and kind. Although his father usually acts like he's afraid of his mother, in reality, most of the time, his mother listens to his father's arrangements.
His father makes the decisions about many things, both inside and outside the home.
However, when it comes to his child's education, his father is completely unreliable and irresponsible.
If his younger brothers were to be influenced by him, they would probably be playing with cats and dogs in the village every day without repeating the same thing, and they would definitely all go astray.
Even if they don't go astray, they're all probably little rascals.
Therefore, the responsibility of educating his younger siblings still has to be handed over to him.
"I understand. Little Eight and Little Nine are half a year old now. From now on, they can sleep with me at night, and I will recite ancient poems to them before bed."
"No, Xiao Ba and Xiao Jiu are girls, they can't sleep with you."
Sanbao frowned slightly, thought for a moment and didn't insist, only saying, "Alright, you can recite two stories to them every day, repeating them 20 times."
Lu Yuan: "..."
20 times?
Let him take the two children away then.
"Okay, I got it. It's just 20 recitations of the ancient poem. I'll memorize it."
Sanbao corrected, "It's not 20 times, it's 20 times for each ancient poem."
So strictly speaking, it's 40 times!
Lu Yuan: "..."
"knew!"
At worst, he can just recite it a couple of times. Anyway, they're not in the same room, so who knows how many times he'll recite it?
only…
"Dad, don't even think about slacking off. If your little sisters can't recite the ancient poems when they can talk, then it will definitely be because you've been slacking off."
Lu Yuan: "……………."
This is absolutely outrageous!
"You should sleep with Xiao Ba and Xiao Jiu tonight."
He'd rather be told off for days after being discovered that the two little ones are a brother and not a sister than be subjected to a stern reprimand.
Sanbao looked at Lu Yuan and whispered a suggestion, "Dad, I remember there's a baby store in that space with diapers. We can use them for Xiao Ba and Xiao Jiu at night, and we won't have to worry about them all night."
Lu Yuan looked around. There was no one beside him. He lowered his voice and said, "No, it won't do. If someone sees us, we won't be able to explain ourselves."
"I only use it at night. With my pants covering it, no one will notice."
Lu Yuan thought about it and felt it was feasible, so he agreed.
That way, they won't have to take care of the kids at night, and he and his wife can focus on having a little sister for their sons.
"Okay, I'll do it your way."
So from that day on, Sanbao moved into another empty room with the twins, a room that used to belong to Lu Xiaoqin.
They now live together as a family of eight, in the house that Gao Weishan and Xiao Biyun used to live in.
Four years after the birth of the quadruplets, Gao Weishan and Xiao Biyun moved out of their home with their aunt Mingzhu and into a two-story building in a sanatorium.
That was the house that the sanatorium arranged for Gao Weishan.
After they moved out, the triplets and Xiaohui moved into that house.
Later, when the quadruplets got older, they also moved into that house.
Two years ago, Lu Xiaoqin and Xu Dong got married, and the room she lived in became empty. Lu Yuan arranged for the eight brothers to no longer have to squeeze into one room.
However, the eight brothers were willing to squeeze together, so we had no choice but to let them be.
Now that Sanbao can move into that empty room with Xiaoba and Xiaojiu, Lu Yuan suddenly felt that this was a good thing.
The seven gourd brothers should gradually learn to leave their eldest brother.
After the father and son reached an agreement, Lu Yuan returned to the house.
Wen Moxue covered her mouth and chuckled, "Brother Yuan, it seems you've lost."
"Nonsense, it was clearly a draw."
Wen Moxue giggled, "Yes, it's a tie, I won't expose you."
Lu Yuan remained calm and composed, saying, "I already told you I didn't use my full strength."
"Yes, yes, you didn't use your full strength."
Wen Moxue continued to go along with him.
Lu Yuan changed the subject, bringing up the topic of Sanbao taking care of the twins.
Wen Moxue sighed, "I feel like Sanbao is more like the parents."
Lu Yuan touched his nose, feeling somewhat inadequate as a father.
Just then, someone came to call Lu Yuan.
"The captain wants Brother Yuan to go to the cowshed."
Presumably, the Wei family has all come back from down the mountain.
Without delay, he rode his bicycle with the person who had come to fetch him. He first took the person to the threshing ground before heading to the cowshed.
Not only the Wei family members have returned, but the Jia family members have also returned.
When he arrived, several leaders were having a lively conversation with the Wei brothers.
Lu Yuan pricked up his ears. Several leaders were talking about the reinstatement of Wei Fangxing and Wei Fanghui, a married couple.
Chen Xinying burst into tears of joy, and Wei Wenshu also cried and laughed along with her. The others were also pleasantly surprised.
Lu Yuan was naturally happy for the Wei family.
Thinking about how he had taken care of the Wei family over the years, tsk, the little rascals in the family now have another powerful backer.
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