Chapter 211 Hemorrhage
"Why are you here?" Xu Hexiao was very surprised.
"What? You don't welcome me?" Zhao Shu had a stern face. He had wanted to wait for Xu Hexiao to come and wish him a happy new year, but he didn't expect that he had waited from morning to afternoon, and when it was getting dark, he still didn't see Xu Hexiao.
What could he do if Xu Hexiao didn't come? If he wanted to recognize this godson, he could only take the initiative to go to his house.
"Welcome, of course welcome, please come in." Xu Hexiao made a gesture of invitation.
Zhao Shu snorted twice, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, "Your place is quite big, is it just your family living here?"
"Yes, this is the house under my and my husband's name." Xu Hexiao replied, but he didn't explain further, and his explanation was not clear.
Zhao Shu was a little surprised. He had asked Chu Congjun and knew that Xu Hexiao and his wife had no elderly people around them, but he didn't expect that the place they lived in was so big. What kind of background did these two people have to have such a big house in the central area of the capital? Even his old leader lived in a military compound, which was just a two-story western-style building.
Zhao Shu suddenly felt a little unsure. If Xu Hexiao had a powerful background, it would be difficult for him to adopt him as his godson.
Zhao Shu was confused and continued to walk inside.
Lin Qi, who was in the kitchen, had heard the conversation between the two and had roughly guessed the identity of the visitor. She prepared some more meat and vegetables.
The vines that were entangled with the children disappeared, and the children who were originally in the kitchen were sent back to the living room. They sat on the single bed that Cao Zheng had slept in twice. The single bed was covered with a thick rabbit fur blanket, which looked soft and warm. There was a stove burning beside the bed, and the children's faces were reflected by the fire, which made them rosy and cute.
Zhao Shu stood at the door of the hall and saw the four children in the house at a glance. He was stunned for a moment.
He knew Xu Hexiao had quadruplets, but he didn't know their children were so cute, delicate and beautiful, white and chubby, wearing red furry clothes and a small red hat... They were a thousand times prettier than the dolls in the New Year pictures. When those dark eyes stared at you and grinned at you, your heart would melt.
At this moment, Zhao Shu decided that he would risk his old reputation and acknowledge Xu Hexiao as his godson. He wanted to be the grandfather of these children!
Xu Hexiao noticed that Zhao Shu's eyes were moist. He shook his head helplessly and did not interrupt Zhao Shu, but walked towards the kitchen.
"Is the one who wants to be your master?" Lin Qi asked.
Xu Hexiao nodded, then shook his head, "I think he doesn't want to be my master now, he wants to be the grandfather of the children."
Lin Qi was stunned. "Do you want to be the children's grandfather? Do you want to adopt you as your godson, or do you want to adopt several children directly? What do you think?"
"I don't have any ideas. I'm fine with anything. Do you mind the children having an extra grandfather?" Xu Hexiao asked.
"He's a reliable person and good to the children. So it's just another grandfather." Lin Qi didn't have much objection to this. It wasn't like she had an extra father.
"I think so too. We can't have other people's children have grandfathers while ours don't." Xu Hexiao said seriously.
Lin Qi's mouth twitched, "You want to compete in this too?"
"Of course, I hope our children have a lot of love." Xu Hexiao said seriously.
Lin Qi looked into Xu Hexiao's eyes, hesitated for two seconds, and agreed, "Okay."
In such cold weather, the stir-fried dishes would get cold as soon as they came out of the pot, so dinner was still hot pot. Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi liked spicy food, so they originally planned to make a spicy hot pot base. Now that there was one more person, Lin Qi asked Xu Hexiao to ask Zhao Shu about his taste.
"No need to ask, he also likes spicy food." Xu Hexiao said, and took the spatula from Lin Qi's hand, "I'll prepare the base of the pot, you warm up the wine."
"Okay." Lin Qi agreed, took a small pot to fill with wine, lit a fire on another stove, and moved it into the living room.
When Lin Qi came in, Zhao Shu, who was playing with the children, suddenly stood up and looked at her.
"Just sit down, no need to get up." Lin Qi put down the stove and then looked up at Zhao Shu. The first impression Zhao Shu gave her was that he was energetic.
People who have experienced gunfire and hail of bullets have a kind of perseverance that others do not have.
Zhao Shu was also looking at Lin Qi, and couldn't help but marvel in his heart, what a beautiful girl. He now knew why Xu Hexiao was so rude to the girls in the factory, even stingy with his eyes. If anyone else had such a beautiful girl, how could anyone else be interested.
No wonder the kids are so good-looking!
"Are you Qiqi?" Zhao Shu had heard Xu Hexiao mention the word "Qiqi" more than once.
"Yes, it's me. Uncle Zhao, Happy New Year." Lin Qi said generously.
"Happy New Year!" Zhao Shu took out a red envelope from his jacket pocket. "This is the New Year's money your uncle gave you."
Lin Qi was a little surprised, then smiled and took it without hesitation, "Thank you, Uncle Zhao."
Zhao Shu also smiled slightly. He liked this generous and unpretentious girl. "You're welcome. Uncle has eaten a lot of your cooking. You are a good cook."
"As long as you like it." Lin Qi said, her eyes swept over the four children. Only then did she notice that there was a gold lock on the chests of the four children.
The first item he made was a piece of gold jewelry, and it looked quite heavy.
Lin Qi raised her eyebrows. Is this old man planning to make it clear today?
"You spent a lot of money." Lin Qi said.
Zhao Shu also went to look at the gold lockets on the children's chests and said, "I am an old man and have nowhere to spend my money, so I leave it all to the children."
Lin Qi's mouth twitched. Do you have to be so obvious about what you mean? Aren't you worried that the couple will team up to defraud him of his money?
Zhao Shu was relieved when he saw that Lin Qi did not refute him. "Who is the boss among the four of them?"
"This is the eldest, Xu Boxi; the second, Xu Zhonghui; the third, Xu Shuzhe; and the fourth, Xu Jiming." Lin Qi introduced the four children one by one. "The eldest is a girl, and the next three are brothers."
Zhao Shu secretly memorized the names and appearances of the four children. "Are they really quadruplets? The differences in their appearances are quite obvious."
"They are fraternal quadruplets. It's normal for them to look different." Lin Qi said.
Zhao Shu didn't know what fraternal quadruplets were, so he didn't ask in detail and nodded randomly, "It's better if they look different, so people won't mistake them."
"Please sit down first, I'll go make some rice porridge for the children." If the children are not fed first, they will make a lot of noise when they eat later.
"Rice porridge?" Zhao Shu frowned, "I'll buy some milk powder tomorrow."
Milk powder is hard to buy, but for the sake of his four children, he is willing to go to his old leader and cry about his poverty.
Lin Qi saw his expression and knew that he had guessed wrong. "The children have not drunk much milk powder since they were born. They drank goat milk when they were born, and then switched to deer milk. Now they drink deer milk and rice soup and rice paste. They are more than five months old now, and we have started to add complementary foods to them recently."
"Deer milk?" Zhao Shu was surprised. "Do you have deer milk powder?"
"It's not milk powder, it's fresh milk. We have a few deer at home." Lin Qi said calmly.
Zhao Shu: “…”
Zhao Shu still didn't come to his senses until Xu Hexiao came in with a small pot.
"What is this?" Xu Hexiao asked.
Lin Qi was feeding rice porridge to the four children. Hearing this, she shook her head and said, "Maybe they were scared."
Xu Hexiao raised his eyebrows, "Why did you scare the old man?"
"I didn't scare him. I just told him that we have a few deer at home." Lin Qi said in a normal tone.
Zhao Shu finally came to his senses when he heard the words 'a few deer'. He said anxiously, "How dare you keep deer at home? If people find out, have you thought about the consequences? If something happens to you, what will happen to the four children?"
"No one will find out." Xu Hexiao said seriously.
"How can you guarantee that no one will know?" Zhao Shu was inexplicably angry. "You are taking too much risk."
"We have our own way, don't worry." Xu Hexiao said, and changed the subject, "Go wash your hands, it's time to eat."
Zhao Shu was still worried, and since Xu Hexiao didn't want to talk more, he could only put the matter aside for the time being.
Lin Qi fed the four children rice porridge and gave each of them an apple to chew on.
The three adults started to eat, and the four children nibbled on apples, their eyes fixed on the bubbling pot, their expressions clearly showing that they wanted to eat.
"Let your teeth grow in first." Lin Qi refused mercilessly.
The four children seemed to understand and turned to look at their father.
Xu Hexiao shook his head, "I can't eat it. Mom has the final say."
The four children looked visibly disappointed, with their brows drooping.
"Can they understand?" Zhao Shu was surprised.
"Maybe." Xu He himself didn't know. He poured a glass of wine for Zhao Shu and said, "The alcohol content of the wine is a bit high. Just two glasses will be fine."
Zhao Shu refused, "I can drink one or two pounds of this kind of wine."
"It's getting dark, and you still have to walk home soon. I'm worried about you drinking too much." Xu Hexiao did not give in.
Zhao Shu was still trying, "Three cups."
Xu Hexiao shook his head.
Zhao Shu: “….”
Want to hit someone.
"I'll pack five pounds for you to take back and drink slowly at home." Lin Qi said.
Zhao Shu's sadness turned into joy in an instant, "Qiqi is still the best."
Xu Hexiao: “….”
All three of them are quiet people. During the meal, they didn't say much, but the atmosphere was warm and inexplicably relaxing. Even without talking, no one felt awkward.
Lin Qi prepared a lot of meat and vegetables, but they were all eaten up without any left.
Zhao Shu touched his belly, feeling a little embarrassed.
"If you are free tomorrow, you can come over to spend time with the children and have dinner here, which will make the house more lively." Lin Qi made the invitation.
"When I'm free, I'm alone and have nothing to do." Zhao Shu agreed quickly.
Lin Qi suppressed her laughter, "Then come early tomorrow and have breakfast here."
"Oh, okay." Zhao Shu smiled foolishly.
Xu Hexiao looked at the old man who was usually serious and now smiled like a fool, and looked away unable to bear to watch.
After seeing Zhao Shu off, Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao took turns taking a bath. After going to bed, she took out the red envelope given by Zhao Shu.
"This red envelope is very thick." Lin Qi said, taking out the money inside and counting it, there were exactly ten Great Unity Banknotes.
"He also gave me one." Xu Hexiao didn't count and gave the red envelope to Lin Qi, "I'm offering you this gift."
"Good boy." Lin Qi patted Xu Hexiao's head and took out the money from his red envelope, which also contained ten brand new big unity notes. She sighed and said, "Uncle Zhao has spent a lot of money today. Not to mention the two hundred yuan we have, the four gold locks for the children alone weigh about two taels each, which adds up to about one catty."
Xu Hexiao nodded, "He used money to bribe the child and us."
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