Chapter 336 I am the woman my father-in-law likes
"Okay, okay." As soon as Xiaobao saw Qin Run, he immediately felt that Xu Yunfan was not attractive anymore. He rushed over and hugged Qin Run's calf, rubbing it affectionately. Then he raised his little face in satisfaction and replied obediently: "I will listen to Daddy. Daddy, Xiaobao will make big dumplings tonight for the two dads, great-grandparents, grandma, and a few uncles to eat."
Oh no, I mentioned so many people, but not one father.
Xu Yunfan rolled his eyes at Xiaobao and kicked him directly with his toes, "Did you miss someone?"
The kicked Xiaobao rubbed his butt, pouted, and stamped his feet angrily, "Ah, Father, you kicked Xiaobao, Xiaobao is angry."
Xu Yunfan said coldly, "If you want to be angry, then be angry. Everyone has a share, so why doesn't your father have one? Don't you have a guilty conscience? I'm your father who raised you with all my hard work. So now that you're blessed, you've forgotten about your father?"
"No way," Xiaobao sighed and shook his head. "How could Father be so stupid? You already have the dumplings Daddy makes for you, and that's not enough for you. You eat so much, Xiaobao only has two hands, he can't make them all."
Xiaobao's words "You eat so much" left Xu Yunfan speechless.
"You." Fang Zixi gently stroked Xiaobao's head. "Why are you talking to your uncle like that? He's not eating much."
Qin Run, who was standing aside, pursed his lips, trying not to smile. Seeing this, Xu Yunfan fell silent and walked awkwardly to the side to fetch water to wash the meat.
He seemed to eat a bit too much, starting with three bowls of rice for every meal. If Qin Run cooked something that suited his taste, he would eat even more.
When I went to the countryside to visit my cousin in the past, he couldn't stand it and asked him to go back to the city, saying that he was going to empty his wallet, which was not full to begin with, and asked him to go back to the city to take care of his father, as he could not afford to support him.
As soon as Xiaobao and his friends came back, the house became lively. Xu Yunfan was watching the fire when Qin An came over.
He lay on Xu Yunfan's knees, very dependent, "Brother, we have finished making dumplings tonight, can you make us a sugar painting? I saw it written in the sketchbook that this sugar painting is sweet, Brother, can you make it?"
There are no craftsmen in Dayan who can make sugar paintings. After all, white sugar is a rare commodity here, let alone making sugar paintings.
Xu Yunfan stuffed a few half-burned firewood in, then picked up Qin An and placed him on his knees. "Sugar painting? Brother Fu can make it. Brother An wants it?"
"Yes." Qin An looked up at Xu Yunfan and smiled sweetly, "Brother, we all want it. Can you make it for us? We can help you."
Help?
Just don't cause more trouble.
Even though he thought so, Xu Yunfan certainly couldn't say it out loud. "Okay, after dinner and making dumplings, Gefu will make sugar paintings for you."
Xiao Hengzhi and the others probably won’t be back so soon tonight, so the dumplings should be cooked after they come back. With so many children around, we can’t just sit and wait.
During dinner, although most of the men in the house were not there, there were still a lot of noise because of the many children.
Qin Feiyu, Grandma Xiao and several elders glanced at Xu Yunfan and felt that they were more and more satisfied with this son-in-law and grandson-in-law.
Neither her husband nor her son were around to have the reunion dinner with them, but Xu Yunfan was there the whole time.
The dishes tonight were very rich, with everything flying in the sky, swimming in the water, and running on the ground. Before the meal, Xu Yunfan prepared juice for the two pregnant men and several children, while the others drank wine.
It was the second time for Fu Muyang and his brother to have dinner at Xiao Qin's house. Besides being shy, they couldn't help feeling a little restrained. They sat next to Fu Shaoping and didn't dare to stand up to take dishes that were farther away.
"Brother Muyang, don't be polite. Eat whatever you want. Just treat it as your own home. I'll pick up some duck legs for you. The duck legs stewed by my brother-in-law are delicious." After saying that, Fu Shaoping stood up and picked up the duck legs from the plate of duck meat a little further away with a chopstick.
Fu Muyang hurriedly shook his head, "Brother, give the duck legs to Xiaobao, they have more meat."
"Ah?" Fu Shaoping obviously didn't expect Fu Muyang to refuse. He had been eating here for so long, and Gefu never told them who should eat the chicken leg or the duck leg. He just wanted to take care of his two cousins, and because they liked it, he wanted to give them the duck leg.
Qin Run: "Other meat is also meat. Xiaobao doesn't have to eat legs. There's no need to let Xiaobao eat them."
"That's right," Xiaobao took a mouthful of rice, "other meat is also meat, it smells just as good. The dishes Daddy cooks are all delicious, the duck legs are delicious, the duck meat is delicious too. Uncle Muyang doesn't need to let Xiaobao down."
"Yeah, right," Fang Zixi patted Xiaobao's back with great satisfaction, "Just eat. Xiaobao is still young, and you guys aren't much older either. You shouldn't give in to Xiaobao in everything."
They are all children, why should the older one give all the good things to the younger one?
Xu Yunfan didn't say anything. Fang Zixi was right. They had been hungry for a whole day. After pouring some wine and fruit juice for the elders, he started eating immediately.
Smelling the unique aroma of wine, Grandpa Xiao was extremely happy. He had been craving Xu Yunfan's wine for a long time. He took a sip immediately and sighed with satisfaction: "Oh, there is still wine to drink. Fortunately, I didn't go to the palace today. If I had gone, I wouldn't have had this pleasure."
"That's right." Xu Yunfan nodded. "They can't drink Qiongyao Yulu in the palace. What we eat and drink at home is no worse than theirs. Grandpa, if you like, we can have a few more drinks."
"Okay, let's drink it and not leave any for them." Grandpa Xiao was happy, thinking that if they couldn't finish it later, he could take it back.
"Drink less, we have to go back later." Grandma Xiao was worried about letting Grandpa Xiao drink too much. She has been afraid since Xiao Hengzhi was assassinated.
Xu Yunfan waved his hand. "Grandma, look at what you said. It's Chinese New Year, and we have rooms at home. Why go back when it's so cold? Just stay here tonight. We'll have dinner together tomorrow night."
"Grandma, since Brother-in-law said so, please stay. Brother-in-law will make some sugar paintings later. Brother-in-law, can you make two for Grandma and Grandpa as well?"
Qin An held the rice bowl in both hands, his mouth greasy as he ate. Xu Yunfan couldn't bear to watch and wiped it clean for him with a piece of paper. "Okay, Brother Fu will make it for you tonight. This thing is very simple. Brother Fu will make more, and you can give some to some of your good friends when the time comes."
Qin An and his children became familiar with the children on this street. Perhaps the adults at their families felt embarrassed to let their children play and eat with Qin An and his two children, so they asked the children to bring some things over every now and then. Xu Yunfan accepted a few toys, and his little heart was pounding.
It was simple, these things were expensive. Xu Yunfan didn't want them at first, fearing that they were gifts from adults trying to make friends with him by taking advantage of the children, so he refused. Several children almost cried, and after explaining for a long time, they finally accepted them after learning that it was a simple return gift.
Xiaobao, who was happily chewing a chicken leg, dangled his feet in the air and praised Xu Yunfan, "Father, you're the best."
Xiaobao was extremely proud. All the kids outside were jealous and envious of him for having such a good father like Xu Yunfan.
After the meal, Qin Run said that the dumpling wrappers had not been made yet, so they would not make dumplings for the time being.
Xu Yunfan arranged the tools neatly one by one. There was melted syrup in a small pot next to him. He asked the children to line up and said, "Regarding the patterns you want, you can start signing up now."
"Father, Xiaobao wants a little tiger."
"Brother, I want a little rabbit."
"Goff, I want a kitten."
…
After the children had told him what sugar paintings they wanted, Xu Yunfan looked at the adults again and asked, "Grandma, Grandpa, what about you?"
Grandma Xiao and the other adults didn't know what sugar painting was, but they could guess it was probably a painting made with sugar. But how do you eat such a sugar painting? Do you lick the paper?
Grandma Qin: "Yunfan, I want a little bird."
Because it was too cold to work while making sugar paintings, Xu Yunfan lit two pots of charcoal nearby, and Fang Zixi and the others gathered around.
"Sure, no problem," Xu Yunfan nodded, glancing at the children sitting obediently beside the charcoal brazier. "Yours will wait a minute. We have to do it in order, from oldest to youngest. So, Gefu has to paint grandpa and grandma first, and you guys will finish last. Any objections?"
Several children responded in unison: "No."
Lord Qin was extremely pleased, as his own child was just so well behaved.
Xu Yunfan's hands had already started moving, and in less than a quarter of an hour, a little peacock with its tail spread was ready.
"Oh," Grandma Xiao took the sugar painting, turned it twice, and exclaimed in amazement, "This is a sugar painting, it's so beautiful."
Xu Yunfan smiled, not sure if it was out of modesty or what, "It's just so-so. I've never done it before, and today was my first time, so it's still not very good."
Qin Run: “…”
If my father were here, he would probably accuse Xu Yunfan of pretending.
After all, they were elders, so when they got the sugar painting, Grandma Xiao and the others naturally didn't just lick it like children. But if they wanted to bite it, they couldn't bear to let it go, so they just held it in their hands and looked at it left and right.
After making more than a dozen sugar paintings, Xu Yunfan glanced at the syrup in the basin and asked, "Anger, is this enough?"
Qin An counted and raised two fingers, "Brother, can you do two more?"
"Isn't that enough?" Xu Yunfan remembered that there were only a dozen little kids who often played with Qin An and the others. He had done everything according to the number, so it couldn't be enough. Where did these two little kids come from?
Qin Mu: "Not enough, brother, Madam Feng's sister-in-law's sister-in-law's sister-in-law came to work at the Feng Mansion and brought two children with her. They have been playing with us recently."
Xu Yunfan: “…”
He was completely confused by all the talk and noise. "Oh, two more kids are here? Are they also young masters?"
"They are not young masters, but servants. They are the servants and servants of the young master of the Feng family."
Feng Jinxi had just been stabbed in the stomach by Xu Yunfan some time ago. Madam Feng was heartbroken and had kept him in bed for recuperation. Naturally, the task of taking care of Feng Jinxi could not be left to the servant boy and the servant who was younger than Feng Jinxi. Recently, it was the nanny and other maids who were taking care of Feng Jinxi, so the two children were naturally idle.
Mrs. Feng saw that the child was young and from the village, and was thin and small, so she felt uncomfortable ordering him around, so she simply let Feng Ting take care of him and raise him for a while.
"Where did they come from?" Xu Yunfan had a vague guess.
"Father, I know. Xiaobao knows. My two brothers came from Beijin Prefecture. They said it snowed so heavily there that the houses were all trampled and the chickens and ducks were frozen to death. Their mother had no choice but to use her connections to come to the capital."
The disaster in Beijin Prefecture has been brought under control, but post-disaster reconstruction is another problem.
In ancient times, people mostly used wood and adobe to build houses. If they wanted to build a house, they would have to wait until the snow melted.
But by that time, the work in the fields would have to start. If houses were built, spring planting would inevitably be delayed. Once spring planting was delayed, the people of Beijin Prefecture would have nothing to eat and would go hungry.
I don’t know whether Beijin Prefecture has made any response to this matter?
In ancient times, it was very difficult to allocate grain across regions. Even if there was surplus grain in a certain place, it was often difficult to transport it to the disaster area in time. Therefore, once a famine occurred, people would die.
Xu Yunfan had been traveling back and forth between several departments recently, and he had rarely inquired about the affairs of Beijin Prefecture. When he suddenly heard about the Beijin Prefecture, he couldn't help but ask a few more questions, "Did they tell you anything else?"
"Anything else?" Qin An tilted his head and thought, "Brother, they said the snow over there was so heavy and thick that it would reach above their waists if they stepped on it."
"So big?" Xu Yunfan asked, "How tall are they?"
"It's taller than Anger's," Fu Shaoping said, already impatiently licking the candy. "Gefu, why are you asking this?"
There were some things Xu Yunfan didn't want to tell the children. "It's nothing. Wait a little longer. It will be ready soon. When you go out to play later, remember to come back on time. We still have dumplings to make at home."
"I know, Brother, we won't play around. We'll be back in an hour."
The sugar painting was done, and the tools needed to be cleaned. Xu Yunfan didn't let Qin Run do it. "Go sit by the fire and chat with Grandpa and the others. I can handle it by myself."
"Well, there's hot water in the pot. Don't use cold water. It'll freeze your hands."
"Well," Xu Yunfan secretly found Qin Run's instructions funny. "I'm not a child anymore. You don't need to tell me about this kind of thing. You really treat me like a baby, don't you?"
Seeing that Xu Yunfan was about to become serious, Qin Run hurried out.
As soon as Qin Run left the kitchen, Xu Yunfan breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the man on the eaves and said, "Brother, this is the kitchen. It's all dusty, and you don't mind the dirt. Anyway, why are you following me instead of the two kids?"
"The master ordered it." A muffled voice came.
Xu Yunfan: "Your master sent you to protect me? Are you kidding?"
"Of course, the master doesn't joke."
"Why?" Xu Yunfan couldn't help but feel a little numb. Fu Qingyu could send his bedmate to protect a small follower of his, which was definitely not without purpose.
Even though he knew Xu Yunfan couldn't see, Xiao Liu still shook his head subconsciously, "I don't know. I do whatever the master tells me to do. A qualified secret guard won't ask why."
Xu Yunfan: "...idiot."
He didn't ask why and gave birth to two sons without knowing why. Isn't that stupid?
"Is it that the bastard prince of the Shang Dynasty who dislikes me and wants to kill me?"
“I don’t know!”
"Don't know? Isn't it because of this reason? I know now. Is your master afraid that I have something shameful to do with Princess Demonno?"
"have no idea!"
Xu Yunfan was speechless. "How come you don't know anything?"
"I just don't know, and the master won't tell me." Xiao Liu was speechless when questioned. He did whatever Fu Qingyu asked him to do, and only Xu Yunfan would ask him why.
After Xu Yunfan cleaned the tools, he shook his hands and said, "You can go back. I don't need anyone to watch over me here."
Just thinking about herself and her husband being intimate while someone was watching them in the dark, she lost interest in sex.
"No, I cannot disobey the master's orders."
"Are you going to follow me if you don't go back?"
"Yes, the master asked me to protect you. How can I protect you if I don't follow you?" If he was asked to guard outside like Xiao Ba, what if the other party made a feint to the east and attacked in the west?
Xu Yunfan rested his hands on the clean stove, lowered his head, and couldn't help feeling a headache. "Have you considered whether I need it or not? Big brother, I'm a grown man, and a married man. Do you think it's appropriate for you to do this to me late at night?"
Well……
It is indeed inappropriate.
"Then I'll just stay outside the room and not go in."
"No," Xu Yunfan still refused, "Go back and tell your master, I have other secret guards here, nothing will happen for the time being."
Xiao Liu didn't say anything for a long time, and Xu Yunfan knew that he was hesitating.
Finally, Xiao Liu went back.
Fu Qingyu sent him to protect Xu Yunfan, but Xiao Liu was actually unwilling to do so. He wanted to stay with Fu Qingyu more than with Xu Yunfan.
As soon as Xiao Liu left, Xu Yunfan immediately called Xiao Ba out, "Take the other secret guards with you to protect the children. Especially during this period, you have to work harder. Nothing must happen to the children."
Xu Yunfan knew that Guo Minglei was probably targeting him.
Damn it.
He hated being in a passive position the most.
As the saying goes, there is no such thing as a thief on guard against thieves for a thousand days.
But if something happens to Guo Minglei on the territory of the Great Yan Dynasty, the Great Shang will never let it go.
Xu Yunfan was getting annoyed when Qin Run came in. "Are you not done washing yet?"
He waited in the main room for a long time, but Xu Yunfan still didn't come out. Worried, he came over to check in person.
"I've already washed it, why are you here?"
"Grandpa and grandma are chatting, and I thought, since I have nothing to do now, I want to ask you, what are we going to do about the Blue Fairy tomorrow?"
Xu Yunfan: “…”
My good mood was completely ruined.
"What's there to worry about? At worst, I can just go into the water again."
Qin Run's heartbeat quickened inexplicably when he thought of Xu Yunfan wearing women's clothing. "Have you ever thought about what would happen if Guo Minglei took a fancy to you and asked the emperor for you?"
On one side is an insignificant dancer, and on the other side is the prince of the Shang Dynasty. Even if the fairy in blue is Xu Yunfan's person, Fu Qingyu can't tear his face with Guo Minglei in front of the Dongwu Kingdom.
Xu Yunfan thought for a moment and said, "Why not ask my father-in-law for help?"
"How can I help?"
"Tomorrow I'll let everyone know that I'm my father-in-law's woman, the prince's concubine. How can a prince like him have the nerve to ask for her? That's too inappropriate. Oh, my father-in-law is so lucky to have such a beautiful woman like me. I wonder how many people envy him. It's really a good deal for him." He said this as if Xiao Hengzhi had taken advantage of him.
Qin Run: “…”
In the Great Yan Dynasty, it was not too unbelievable or embarrassing for a prince's beautiful concubine to work as a dancer in a music troupe.
Throughout the dynasties, the emperor's concubines and the ministers' daughters also danced for entertainment in front of the civil and military officials.
There were also some masters and young masters who fell in love with the courtesans or beauties from brothels and took them home as concubines.
How could it be wrong for Xiao Hengzhi, a king of the opposite sex, to fall in love with a beauty in the music hall?
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