Chapter 111: The Life of the Zhao Houjing Brothers in Zhuangzi
No matter how many thoughts Zhao Lingmeng had about the two brothers being picky eaters, she compromised when she saw them enjoying their snacks. "Then you two can have two more pieces! Afterwards, come walk around with Mom, okay?"
The Zhao Houjing brothers nodded happily after hearing what their mother said. They were still willing to go around with their mother. If they knew Zhao Lingmeng only wanted to lead them to wander around in the mud, they probably wouldn't have thought so.
While the two of them were enjoying their snacks, Zhao Lingmeng went into each of their bedrooms to check on the servants, making sure they weren't being bullied by their younger selves. She carefully inspected the bedding and other items, and reiterated some precautions for the servants around them.
You have to be extra careful in such a remote place. If you catch a cold or something like that, it's no joke.
When Zhao Lingmeng came back after checking around, the two of them had almost finished eating. "Have you two finished eating? If you're done, let's go!"
Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming very consciously went over and each held one of Zhao Lingmeng's hands. They wanted to follow their mother around like this.
Zhao Lingmeng thought that as long as they were willing to go, it didn't matter whether they held hands or not. Zhao Lingmeng took them by the hand until they had enough people and walked outside. At first, when the road was all cobblestone, the two little guys were very curious, looking around and asking questions from time to time, and they were very lively.
But when they reached the junction of the stone slab and the soil, they both stood there without moving forward.
Zhao Lingmeng pretended not to notice what they were thinking and pointed to the vegetable patch not far away: "What's wrong? Let's go over there and take a look at those vegetables."
They both looked at the place where their mother pointed, and then looked at their clothes and shoes. Zhao Houjing could only frown and say: "Mom, clothes and shoes..."
"It's okay, go back and change after playing. When you grow up, you have to learn to wash your own clothes. Adults have to know how to do that." Zhao Lingmeng said and walked forward. She felt that if she left, the two little ones would definitely follow.
Zhao Lingmeng was right. The two of them watched Zhao Lingmeng walk forward. After a moment's hesitation, Zhao Houming took the lead in making a decision. He quickly ran over, holding his mother's hand and walking forward. Zhao Houjing saw that his mother and brother had already left, so he followed them without hesitation.
Zhao Lingmeng took the two of them around the fields for a long time, teaching them about many crops. Even if there were some that Zhao Lingmeng didn't know, someone nearby would explain them to the three of them. For a moment, the two little ones forgot about worrying about whether they were dirty or not.
Later, Zhao Lingmeng took the two children to pick some vegetables by themselves, and they both insisted on eating the vegetables they picked in the evening.
To keep the fun going, Zhao Lingmeng even had the chef from the Princess's Mansion cook delicious meals that evening. Sure enough, when they emerged from the hot springs and ate their own vegetables with Zhao Lingmeng, they were incredibly happy and vowed to pick more the next day.
Zhao Houjing and his brother didn't stay in the hot spring for long. They couldn't swim, and the pool was very large and deep. After a short soak, Zhao Lingmeng asked someone to pick them up. Zhao Lingmeng thought she should take this opportunity to have someone teach them how to swim, as it would be a very important life-saving skill in the future.
Over the next few days, Zhao Lingmeng took them everywhere, showing them crops and having them explain how to plant them, how they grew, and how to eat them. She would take them to hot springs in the evenings and teach them how to swim. They had also gone from initially disliking everything to now being able to calmly play with a ball of mud.
Anyway, life was very happy, so Zhao Lingmeng planned to let them play by themselves starting from tomorrow. She wanted to go and check out the weapons problem over there.
So after dinner that day, when the three of them were digesting their food in the yard, Zhao Lingmeng held their hands and said as they walked, "Jing'er, Ming'er, starting tomorrow, Mom will be busy with her own affairs. How about you two play with Wu Zhonghui tomorrow?"
Although Zhao Houjing and his friends wanted to play with their mother, who had many ideas and could always come up with a lot of fun and delicious things, they both knew that adults had their own things to do, so they nodded obediently.
"Mom, will you eat with us every day?" Zhao Houming was more concerned about this. He could play by himself, but he wanted to eat with his mother every day.
"Of course, I eat with you every day, but sometimes I have something important to do and can't eat with you. I'll ask Aunt Qiuyue to tell you two in advance. So you two just eat by yourselves, okay?"
"Okay! My brother and I will eat well." Zhao Houjing felt that he was the older brother, so he took the initiative to speak up on his brother's behalf. He felt that he would take good care of himself and his brother when the time came.
"That's very good, but you two have to follow Master Wu to read and learn to read every day, okay?" Zhao Lingmeng felt that reading and learning to read should be persisted in. It doesn't mean that you have to read something, but at least you have to start to understand it, which is also a way to develop a good habit.
"Okay!" This time Zhao Houming rushed to promise. He couldn't let his brother steal his limelight! He was his mother's favorite son.
Zhao Lingmeng felt her heart melt as she held the two well-behaved children. She didn't feel the crush, helplessness, or anger she felt when they got angry with her.
The next day, Zhao Lingmeng didn't immediately go to meet the person in charge of the manor. She first stayed in her room and read some books about the era, such as weapons and military strategies, as well as some introductions to the customs and cultures of various countries. These books were also brought by Chunqing, who was by the emperor's side, and they were usually kept by Chunqing and the others.
Sure enough, in the first few days, Zhao Houjing and his brother didn't go far when they played, and would come back to look for Zhao Lingmeng after a while. Later, when they found that their mother was just reading in the house, they felt more secure and spent more and more time outside playing.
Later, it developed into the two of them only coming home for meals and sleep. The rest of the time, they were just messing around, coming back filthy and full of things to talk about. They also became much more cheerful. My picky eating habits were completely resolved, and I could eat two small bowls of food at every meal, and I ate faster.
Zhao Lingmeng also checked their progress in learning to read, and found that they were indeed studying seriously. Zhao Lingmeng asked Nanny Sun and Qiuyue to keep an eye on them, and she was also going to go to the farm to get busy.
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