Jiaming said that it can be done this way, and it can also be done that way. "By the way, you don't know how to read the account book or how to do the accounting yet, right? Come here, your mother will teach you right away. Then, the sooner you learn, the sooner you can help your mother with the accounting, the sooner your mother will be able to relax."
Xiao Hongxuan looked at Jiaming: "..."
"Alright, stop looking," Jiaming continued with a grin, "This isn't just for my own good, it's for yours too. You'll get your wages sooner, right?"
After being choked by Jiaming's words many times, Xiao Hongxuan stopped being led by the nose. He retorted from another angle: "What's wrong with getting paid early? Even if Mother gives you a high wage, so what? Can you exchange it for gold or buy a valuable jade pendant?"
Unfortunately, experience matters.
"You don't necessarily have to use gold or jade to tease your brother. Just make him understand the meaning of copper coins and silver, since your brother is a money-grubber."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongxuan's eyes lit up. "Great idea!"
"In that case, the task of teaching your younger brother about copper coins, silver, and other common sense will fall to you. Once your younger brother takes a liking to copper coins and silver, you won't have to spend so much money to tease him with more valuable things every time."
I got scammed again!
This was Xiao Hongxuan's first reaction. However, after thinking about it, he felt that the task his mother asked him to do was not too difficult, and he would benefit in the end. Besides, he also liked spending time with his younger brother. So, after glancing at Jiaming without saying a word, he silently nodded in agreement.
"Oh, by the way, why don't you also guide your brother to acquire wealth in a proper way?" Jiaming said with a grin.
Xiao Hongxuan couldn't hold back any longer. His face suddenly changed, his brows furrowed, and his expression became tense. He wasn't angry because his mother had tricked him into guiding his younger brother again; he was angry at his mother. After all, the education and guidance of children is a big deal. Although he was young, it was obvious from comparing himself with his brothers and cousins who had been guided and educated by his mother. It wasn't narcissism; it was that he was better.
He had keen senses and overheard people praising him from afar. These people referred to his father, grandfather, uncles, and even people who didn't like him, such as his third brother Hongshi's mother, Madam Li.
So the little guy said with a serious face, "Mother, how can you just leave the important task of teaching my little brother to Xuan'er? Xuan'er thinks he also needs your guidance and teaching."
Amidst the little one's childish voice, Jiaming lowered her eyes and head, looking as if she knew she had done something wrong.
Although Xiao Hongxuan was satisfied with his mother's attitude of admitting her mistake, he felt that his mother still needed to be nagged, "You are also your younger brother's mother, you can't be lazy in teaching him, you should teach him the same way you taught Xuan'er..."
It stopped abruptly. The little guy's eyes widened, and his face, no longer serious, became round, with his cheeks puffed up in anger.
"You caught me," Jiaming said, raising her head with a broad smile and tears welling in her eyes. "I was just kidding, I didn't expect you to take it seriously."
After laughing for a while, seeing that Hongxuan was still sulking but turned his head away from her, Jiaming knew she should stop now, otherwise the little guy would get angry if she kept going.
So she suppressed the smile on her face, leaving only a hint of amusement in her eyes, and then patted the little guy's head, comforting him, "Of course, your mother will guide and teach your brother properly, just like she did with you. However, your mother also really feels that you, Xuan'er, should also guide and teach him."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongxuan turned his head, no longer puffing out his cheeks in anger, but looking at Jiaming with a puzzled expression.
Jiaming put down her hand that was stroking Xiao Hongxuan's head, sat down next to Xiao Hongxuan, and faced the little guy.
"Xuan'er, you must know that you are a member of the royal family." As she spoke, the smile in Jiaming's eyes disappeared, leaving only a serious expression. "You must have heard many stories of power struggles and fratricide among members of the royal family!"
Xiao Hongxuan recalled the history books he had read and the stories he had heard, and nodded, "Indeed, quite a lot."
He seemed to understand something, and he looked at Jiaming intently, waiting for her to say something next.
"Although your father is only a prince, and you brothers are still born out of wedlock, and the heir apparent is your elder brother's, it seems that you have nothing to fight over, but that's not necessarily true. I don't care about fighting with others, but between you and your brother, what I hope to see is brothers working together, their strength can break metal."
"Don't worry, Mother, Xuan'er promises that she and her brother will be fine." Little Hongxuan made the promise with a serious expression.
Jiaming shook her head. "I don't believe in guarantees. I always think we should plan ahead."
"Prepare for a rainy day?"
"Yes, when you have time, take good care of your younger brother for your mother. You brothers should cultivate a good relationship. As long as your relationship is sincere, your mother will not worry."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongxuan looked into Jiaming's eyes and said earnestly, "Xuan'er will definitely get along well with her younger brother."
"Mmm!" Jiaming responded softly, then reached out and gently patted Xiao Hongxuan's little head, continuing gently, "Don't worry, Mother will also teach him carefully, so that he knows that his older brother looked forward to him before he arrived, often reading to him and telling him stories, and also liked him very much after he was born!"
"Mother!" Little Hongxuan called out to Jiaming in a small voice, his eyelashes fluttering and the tips of his little ears turning a little red.
"Silly girl, what are you shy about? Let me tell you, don't think that being kind to others means you have to keep it all hidden. You have to be out there, otherwise, most people won't notice, like your father!"
"Father?" The little guy seemed to understand but not quite.
Jiaming asked, "Is your father good to you brothers?"
"Okay!" the little guy answered without hesitation.
"But your third brother, Hongshi, is afraid of your father."
The little guy suddenly understood, "That's right, Third Brother is afraid of Father, and even envies how good Father is to Xuan'er. He seems to think that Father is not good to him, but Father isn't. Father's strictness towards him is..."
"Good that you understand. So if you're ever kind to someone, make sure they know it. And this 'knowing' shouldn't be done by simply and bluntly telling them. You need to understand that some people won't believe what the person in question says; they'll only believe what they hear from others."
Xiao Hongxuan seemed to be deep in thought. After a while, he said earnestly, "Mother, I understand some of it. As for the parts I don't understand, I've also remembered them. I'll figure them out in the future."
"Hmm!" Jiaming responded approvingly, then patted Xiao Hongxuan's head. Then, she changed the subject, "We've gone off on a tangent. Come on, it's time to teach you how to read an account book and do the math!" With that, she picked up an account book and waved it at Xiao Hongxuan.
Xiao Hongxuan was stunned!
Xiao Hongxuan is depressed!
Xiao Hongxuan finally had no choice but to take the account book from Jiaming's hand. With his little head down, he began his learning journey of how to be an "accountant".
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