Duan Maoming curled his lips and snorted, "He's in school, but how dare he come to Auntie's place? He lied to the old lady and framed Auntie, and Auntie didn't kick them out of the house, which was considered kind and righteous. He still dares to come? Humph! I told my mother not to take care of them in the future."
"Nonsense, you are so young, what do you know? Don't say such things again, and don't bully Chuan Ge'er in school. If I find out, I will never forgive you." Su Nuannuan said sternly, but she sighed in her heart: It seems that Duan Maochuan will never come to her again. Yes, Aunt Jiang is still convinced that Chuan Ge'er almost died and it was her fault on purpose. How dare she let Duan Maochuan contact her?
"Auntie is just too kind." Duan Maoming curled his lips, twisted his body under Su Nuannuan's gaze, and whispered: "Okay, okay, I get it, I won't bully him anymore."
"Brother Chuan suffered an unexpected disaster and almost lost his life. You two as his brothers must take care of him." Su Nuannuan sighed and instructed Duan Maofan. Duan Maofan, who is five years old this year, is the most stable one among the children, and has the style and character of a young marquis when it comes to serious matters.
"I understand, Auntie." Duan Maofan nodded. Then the maids brought snacks. As they ate, Su Nuannuan asked if it was cold in school, when the holidays would be, and so on. Finally, she sighed, "How old are you? You have to study so hard. Your father is too strict. At your age, you should be free to play and have fun."
Duan Maoming laughed and said, "Don't worry, Auntie. Actually, Daddy said the same thing. So the schoolwork is not too tight and it doesn't interfere with our playing. Besides, we can come to your place to eat after finishing school. Both the school and Auntie's room are warm. I just want to eat ice cream..."
"Ahem..." Duan Maofan coughed heavily, and Duan Maoming finally came to his senses. He quickly stuck out his tongue and lowered his head to continue eating snacks: Just because of the ice cream, there was a big uproar, and the old lady was almost framed. He was still talking about something else.
"Although there is no ice cream. But I will make some snacks for you to try during the New Year." Su Nuannuan smiled, then hugged Duan Maosen and held his two chubby hands and said, "Okay. You have eaten half a piece of flower cake, which is enough. You can't eat snacks as meals, otherwise I will have a hard time explaining to your father and mother."
Several people were talking in the room. Suddenly, they heard outside that Aunt Jing was coming. A moment later, Aunt Jing came in through the curtain. When she saw the children, she was startled at first, then smiled and said, "Why are you all here in such a large group today? You must have sneaked out from school again, right?"
"No, it's almost the end of the year. The teachers all leave school early, and I think they go back to buy New Year's goods, after all, it takes more than one or two days to buy them." Duan Maofan greeted Aunt Jing with his brothers, smiling.
"Fan Ge'er looks calm and composed, but he's just as good at making jokes as me." Aunt Jing said with a smile. Then she sat down next to Su Nuannuan, picked up something on the kang, looked at it, and said with a smile, "Sister, did you make this again? Who is this for?"
"It's for Ming'er. It gets colder as the New Year approaches, but they are the wildest at this time. They play snowball fights when it snows, and go ice skating when it doesn't. They are too impatient to wear gloves. I made this, and it doesn't interfere with my playtime, and I can also..." Before Su Nuannuan could finish, she saw Duan Maoming crawling over, picking up the half glove and laughing, then holding it up and saying, "Auntie, when I wear this, I become a bear paw."
"You wish. If you want to become a bear paw, you have to wear the one-finger slap from the sewing room." The one-finger slap that Aunt Jing mentioned is what we call mittens, with only one thumb left open. Su Nuannuan made half-finger gloves for the little ones.
"Speaking of which, I've already made the one for Chuan'er. Since he didn't go to school before, I didn't give it to him. Since Ming'er is here today, you can take it back to him." Su Nuannuan remembered the half-finger gloves she made for Duan Maochuan, and was about to ask the maids to get them, but she saw Duan Maoming got off the kang after a few steps, and said loudly: "Auntie, I suddenly remembered that my mother asked me to do something, I'm leaving first."
After saying that, he ran out quickly, and then Duan Maofan and Duan Maosen also said goodbye, which made Su Nuannuan stunned. Then she heard Aunt Jing beside her laughing and said, "Sister finally did not love these young masters in vain. They are obviously unwilling to help Chuan Ge'er take you over because he lied in public and framed you. I think Chuan Ge'er is having a hard time now."
Su Nuannuan frowned and said, "What is this for? Everyone knows that Chuan Ge'er was ordered by Aunt Jiang. What can he, a four-year-old child, understand? Once he is frightened by his mother, he will say whatever she tells him to do."
Aunt Jing said leisurely, "That's true, but the children won't think about it too deeply. They only know that Chuan Ge'er repays kindness with enmity and frames you, their aunt, so they are united in hatred of the enemy." At this point, she paused slightly and said softly, "But I'm also surprised. These young masters are not good people. Why are they so close to grandma? Even their biological mother is not so close to them."
Su Nuannuan smiled and said, "Grandma Lan and Grandma Yun are both from wealthy families, so they naturally value rules. The little ones have to follow the rules in their every move. They are scolded from time to time, and urged to study and not to play. They are a little close to me, but I think it is limited. There are no taboos here. They can lie down or sit freely as they like, so naturally they like to come to me."
"Sister, you sound as if you didn't come from a big family. How noble was the Duke of Ping's Mansion back then? It's a pity that later..." Realizing that this was Su Nuannuan's "sad story", Aunt Jing stopped talking and said solemnly: "Sister, forgive me for saying a few more words. The children may be innocent, but none of the master's wives and concubines are easy to get along with. Haven't you learned your lesson from what happened with Chuan Ge'er before? According to my thoughts, I'd better think of a reason to make the young masters stop coming to you."
Su Nuannuan said helplessly, "I know how to protect myself. Brother Chuan didn't come today. Although I felt sorry for him, I didn't say a word. But the children just like to come to my place. The prince is not a decent person. Now he likes to gather the children here to ask about their homework or teach them some calligraphy. Shouldn't I allow him to call the children over? Do you think I'm afraid of being framed by your wives and concubines? I do want to say this, but I'm afraid that this gentleman will get angry and send all the children to me to raise them. Wouldn't I be shooting myself in the foot?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
