Chapter 1036, A new brother
September 9th, Double Ninth Festival.
No banquets were held in the Weiyuan Palace this year. Thinking that the twins had never left the house since they were born, Xiao Yeyang waved his hand and took the whole family out of the city to climb mountains and see the sights.
On Longfeng Mountain outside Liangdu City, wild chrysanthemums are in full bloom, attracting countless people to climb the mountain.
On the lawn at the foot of the mountain, Daohua and her maids were spreading a tablecloth on the lawn, and then placing various foods and fruits on it.
Next to him, Xiao Yeyang was grilling skewers with great interest.
Gu Jian sat down on the ground and looked at Daozi and the twins who were chasing and playing around him with a smile.
"Brother, wait a minute, goose!"
The twins can now walk quite well, but they still stagger when they run.
Daozi was flying a kite, and the little guy was concentrating all his attention on flying the kite into the sky, and had no time to pay attention to his younger siblings.
Diaomang is a lively and active girl. When she saw her brother running, she wanted to follow him. But after running a few steps, she saw that her brother did not wait for her, so she turned down her little mouth and her dark almond eyes slowly became misty. She looked very pitiful.
Gu Jian couldn't bear to see the little girl cry, so he quickly stood up, ran over, hugged the little girl in his arms and comforted her: "Don't cry, don't cry, Grandpa will play with you, okay?"
The little girl leaned on Gu Jian's arms, looking at the rice in the distance laughing because the kite was flying high, and pouted her lips: "Brother is bad!"
Gu Jian nodded repeatedly and carried the little girl to the rice seedlings.
The rice seedlings didn't like to move much, so the rice flowers spread out the blanket and the little guy lay on it comfortably.
When Gu Jian came over with Dao Miao in his arms, Dao Miao was slowly chewing an apple, his little feet swaying back and forth. Gu Jian burst out laughing at the sight: "This brat!"
Gu Jian put the rice stalks on the blanket. The little girl was still a little unhappy at this time.
Dao Miao looked at her sister, slowly sat up, slowly crawled to the tablecloth next to her, reached out to take a piece of cake, then slowly crawled back and gave the cake to Dao Mang.
The little girl glanced at her brother, took the cake reluctantly, and then began to eat it happily.
Seeing that the little girl was so easy to coax, Gu Jian was a little amused, and then looked at Dao Miao: "Why did you only give cakes to your sister? Where are the cakes for the ancestors?"
Dao Miao looked at the hand that Gu Jian stretched out to her, her eyelids seemed to roll up, and then she slowly crawled towards the tablecloth.
Daohua and Xiao Yeyang who were sitting in front of the barbecue grill saw all of this. They had some experience in taking care of children, so as long as the child didn't cry too loudly, they would not care.
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "Have you noticed that my uncle treats rice awns better than rice seedlings?"
Daohua glanced at him and said, "How come you didn't notice? Aren't you the same?"
Xiao Yeyang touched his nose and forced an excuse: "I just think girls are more delicate than boys, so they have to be protected more."
Daohua chuckled twice, not bothering to expose him: "Do you think Daomang looks familiar?"
Xiao Yeyang looked puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Daohua glanced at her master, who was playing with her daughter with a doting look on his face, and said, "Daomang's eyes look like yours, and your eyes are very similar to grandma's."
Xiao Yeyang was stunned for a moment, then quickly looked at Gu Jian and the twins: "You mean..."
Daohua nodded and said, "Grandma's face was burned. Neither you nor I have ever seen her face, but I remember her eyes very clearly. Daomang, I guess he looks like Grandma."
"You don't spend much time at home, so you might not have noticed. I've seen Master looking at the rice stalks in a trance several times, as if he were looking at someone else through the rice stalks."
Xiao Yeyang looked at his daughter carefully. If Yi Yi hadn't said it, he wouldn't have felt it. But after Yi Yi said it, he really felt that his daughter looked a bit like Grandma Gu.
Daohua saw the twins and Gu Jian having fun, and Daozi also came over. The old man and the youngster were all beaming with joy, and immediately suggested, "This is a great scene. Didn't you bring your sketchpad? Let's draw them."
Xiao Yeyang also had the same idea and handed the grilled meat skewers to Daohua: "You eat first, I'll ask Defu to prepare it."
In the afternoon, Daohua stood beside Xiao Yeyang, watching him sketch out a scene of family happiness stroke by stroke.
The whole family had a great time that day, and it was dark when they returned home.
Daohua coaxed the three little ones to sleep and returned to the room, where she saw Xiao Yeyang holding a letter and asking, "Whose letter is it?"
Xiao Yeyang handed the letter to Daohua: "Read it yourself."
Daohua took it and looked at it, and a smile immediately appeared on her face: "Amitabha, mother gave birth safely, we finally don't have to worry." Then, she smiled and congratulated Xiao Yeyang, "Congratulations, you are going to be a brother."
Xiao Yeyang looked at the rice flowers in silence, "What's there to be happy about?" He said with a look of awkwardness on his face, "They're even smaller than rice awns and rice seedlings. What's going on?"
Daohua walked over and punched him: "What's the matter? You have a new brother, and Daozi and the others have a new uncle. This is a good thing."
As he said this, he smiled.
"I'm definitely not going to be able to make it for my little brother's full moon gift, but we still have to make up for it with a gift. What should we get him?"
Xiao Yeyang was not interested: "You decide."
Seeing him like this, Daohua asked with a smile, "Are you really jealous of a baby?"
Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua, put his arm around her waist, and then rested his head on her chest: "I know this child is what Mother and Uncle Chu have been looking forward to, but I just feel a little empty inside."
Daohua understood Xiao Yeyang's feelings. Although this guy usually looked indifferent, he actually wanted to be close to his parents in his heart.
Now that the mother-in-law has a younger son, even if she loves Xiao Yeyang in her heart, the attention she receives will definitely be reduced.
"You still have me, Inako, and the twins. We will always be by your side."
Xiao Yeyang nodded, then heaved a long sigh: "Uncle Chu helped us a lot when he was in Xiliang. I'd better prepare a gift myself, so that he won't call me stingy."
Daohua smiled and said, "Mother will be very happy when she receives it."
On September 15th, Han Xinran delivered a note to the palace.
"Why did Second Sister come to Liangdu at this time?"
Looking at the content of the post, Daohua was a little surprised.
Although Yan Yishuang and Yan Yihan both followed their husbands to work in Xiliang, they were busy with family matters and rarely got together except during the holidays.
The next day, Daohua met Han Xinran and Yan Yihan.
Daohua knew that Yan Yihuan had gone to the Yan residence first, and then waited for her eldest sister-in-law to send the invitation before coming to the palace. She smiled and asked, "Second sister, when did you come to Liangdu?"
Yan Yihuan replied with a smile, "I came the day before yesterday." Then, she looked embarrassed, "I'm causing trouble to my sister-in-law and elder sister as soon as I arrived."
Daohua glanced at Han Xinran, who didn't respond, and said with a smile, "Why are you saying these things to your sisters? What's the matter with you coming here at this time?"
Yan Yihuan paused, and said uncomfortably, "Big sister, my mother sent me a letter not long ago, saying that she had come to Xiliang with Yile."
As soon as these words were spoken, Daohua's eyelids twitched and she quickly glanced at Han Xinran. Now she understood why her sister-in-law had a forced smile on her face.
(End of this chapter)
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