Chapter 956 Chapter 956, Worry
"What are you doing?"
On the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Daohua took advantage of the festival to invite all the officials and their families in Liangdu to the palace to appreciate the chrysanthemums and eat mooncakes.
They were busy until the evening. After seeing the guests off, Daohua returned to her room and saw the maids and old women busying around. Xiao Yeyang was standing beside them, holding Daozi and giving them some instructions from time to time.
When Daozi saw her mother coming back, she immediately pointed excitedly at the small kang that the maids were tidying up and said, "The bed is mine!"
Daohua glanced at Xiao Yeyang and said, "Just fool your son. If he wakes up crying in the morning, go comfort him yourself."
Xiao Yeyang coughed lightly and said, "My son cries because he can't see us. If he knew we were in the house, he would definitely not cry."
Although he said it with certainty, Xiao Yeyang was still a little unsure in his heart. He glanced at the little fat boy in his arms and warned him: "A real man should shed blood but not tears. Don't cry casually in the future."
Daohua listened to Xiao Yeyang's words in silence, walked over and hugged her son: "How old is he? Can he understand all this?"
Xiao Yeyang laughed: "Isn't what I said much easier to understand than those stories you tell your son every day?"
Rice Flower: "I don't expect my son to understand when I tell him stories. I just want him to have an impression and learn to speak." As she said this, she teased the rice, then took the milk soup that Guyu brought and fed it to her son one spoonful at a time.
Seeing that his son was eating happily, Xiao Yeyang sat next to him and wiped Daozi's mouth with a handkerchief.
Dazi was eating well, but Xiao Yeyang kept wiping his mouth from time to time, which disturbed his eating. The little guy immediately became unhappy and waved his arms twice, driving him away domineeringly: "Go!"
Daohua immediately smiled and said, "I told you to go away."
Xiao Yeyang snorted and scratched his son's nose: "Your kindness is taken for granted." After saying that, he didn't continue teasing his son.
"By the way, I heard you bought tens of thousands of acres of wasteland?"
Without even looking up, Daohua said, "The Wei family's land is good, but I'm afraid that buying too much will affect you."
Xiao Yeyang: "Those lands were originally to be sold publicly. Whether you buy them or someone else buys them, it's all the same. Who dares to say anything?"
Daohua: "Let's just forget it. Strictly speaking, you just parachuted into Xiliang and have already taken advantage of a lot of people. You're not even fighting with local officials and gentry over land. You've already bought two farms and a ranch, which is enough."
After hearing what Daohua said, Xiao Yeyang stopped talking and just asked, "Why did you buy such a large piece of wasteland?"
Daohua smiled and said, "I've sent people to investigate. There are many rivers in Liangdu. If I buy that piece of land, I can build a canal. After a few years, the wasteland can be turned into fertile farmland. Although the initial investment may be larger, if I can grow corn and potatoes, the loss won't be much."
"I've already thought about it. I want to turn those tens of thousands of acres of land into a high-yield grain cultivation base. Then, the high-yield grain needed by Xiliang will no longer need to be transported from the capital, and each garrison will be able to promote it."
Today's high-yield grain varieties are distributed uniformly by the Dusi, and are basically given to the garrisons first, leaving the common people with almost no time for them.
There is no way around it. The garrisons are responsible for supplying rations to the border troops and must provide them first.
As for ordinary people, it’s not that they can’t buy anything at all. Rice flowers can be bought in all-season seeds at the store, but the quantity is very small.
Seeing Daohua had such an idea, Xiao Yeyang naturally supported her with both hands: "It's good that you know what's going on."
When Daozi saw that his parents were talking and ignoring him, he immediately let out two "ah ah" sounds to indicate his presence.
Daohua glanced at her son with a smile and fed the last spoonful of milk into his mouth: "Okay, that's all."
Daozi stuck out his pink little tongue and licked his lips contentedly, but he didn't clamor for more food. One reason was that his stomach was full, and the other was that he knew his mother would only feed him half a bowl at a time, so it was useless to make a fuss.
That night, after Daohua coaxed Daozi to sleep, Xiao Yeyang carefully moved his son to the small kang. There was a fence installed around the kang to prevent the little guy from rolling off.
"Can you do it?"
Daohua was a little worried: "What if the little one kicks the quilt at night?"
Xiao Yeyang was also a little hesitant: "No, the little brat sleeps well." Seeing that Daohua was very worried, he said, "Well, let's give it a try tonight."
Daohua nodded: "This is the only way."
That night, neither Daohua nor Xiao Yeyang slept well. They would get out of bed to check on Daozi every once in a while, and only go back to sleep after seeing that he was sleeping well.
The next morning, Daozi woke up, opened his eyes and didn't see his parents, so he opened his mouth and started crying.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Daddy and Mommy are here!"
As soon as his son cried, Xiao Yeyang woke up, walked to the small kang in two steps, and picked up his son.
Daozi, who had just cried twice, stopped crying when she saw her father. Her tearful face looked bewildered. "Is Daddy here?"
"Bring the child up here."
Xiao Yeyang handed the rice to Daohua and lay back on the kang.
Daohua covered her son with a blanket before softly asking, "Why are you crying?"
Daozi snuggled in her mother's arms, pouting, "I want mommy, I want daddy."
Daohua smiled and said, "Mom and Dad are here."
Daozi raised his head and looked at the small kang next to him, then leaned back into Daohua's arms: "Together."
Daohua continued to smile and asked, "Daozi wants to sleep with mom and dad, right?"
Daozi nodded immediately: "Let's sleep together!"
Daohua glanced at Xiao Yeyang. Xiao Yeyang was afraid that Daohua would agree, so he quickly hugged his son and said, "You are a big boy now. Big boys should sleep by themselves."
Daozi pushed Xiao Yeyang away with disgust: "No." Then she leaned swiftly into Daohua's arms.
Xiao Yeyang felt a little helpless, feeling that sleeping in a separate bed from his son was a long and arduous task.
Daohua started to dress Daozi: "Today is Mid-Autumn Festival. My uncle and aunt will be coming over soon. Daozi, you must call them."
Rice lay in Rice Flower's arms and obediently let Rice Flower put on her clothes: "I want to eat cakes."
After hearing this, Daohua smiled and kissed her son on the cheek: "Yes, we have to eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival." She mentioned this to her son yesterday, and she didn't expect the little guy to remember it.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather in Xiliang became cold.
After Daohua arranged all the matters related to reclaiming the wasteland, she became free. Every day, apart from handling affairs in the mansion, she spent her time with Xiaodaozi.
The rice walked more and more steadily and could not leave people for a moment.
"Ancestor, Ancestor!"
Gu Jian was a man who couldn't sit still. After Daohua opened a pharmacy in Liangdu, he started to see patients in the pharmacy again.
As soon as he came back today, Gu Jian saw Daozi running towards him. Worried that he would fall, he had to go to meet him.
Seeing his son throw himself into Gu Jian's arms, Daohua, who was following behind, said, "Master, Daozi is getting stronger and stronger. Don't pick him up next time."
Gu Jian glared at his apprentice: "Why don't you catch him and let him fall to the ground?"
Daohua: "Can you ask Dongli to pick him up?" Her son was running like a cannonball now. She was really afraid that he would use too much force and knock the old man down.
Gu Jian ignored his apprentice, picked up the rice, and said with a smile: "Let's go, the old man will take the rice to pick flowers."
The rice immediately clapped its hands in response: "Let's go, let's go!"
Daohua followed behind with a helpless look on his face: "Master, please be careful." One is old and the other is young, which really makes him worry.
Dongli walked at the end with a smile. Since the little prince came into being, the old master's spirits have improved a lot.
(End of this chapter)
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