Chapter 140 Zhao Lingmeng is pleased to have two helpers to take care of the baby
"Ignore him. He's been feeling a bit down because he's had nothing to do lately. Otherwise, your brother wouldn't be so happy to let the two of us live with you. Your eldest brother is having trouble coping with your father."
"Ah?" Zhao Lingmeng looked up and down at her father in disbelief.
The old marquis, who had nothing to do, was acting up. He refused to admit his behavior and frantically tried to make excuses for himself: "If I hadn't done this, how could I have come so early to take care of your baby?"
"Yes, yes, father is wise. Are you two tired? I'll take you and mother to have a good tour of the mansion." Zhao Lingmeng was afraid that they were tired, so she asked for their opinions.
The old marquis took a few steps forward before adding, "Let's go! We're not tired. We're so close, what could we possibly be tired of?"
Seeing his father like this, Zhao Lingmeng hurriedly supported his mother and followed behind. After a while, the old lady Wei took Zhao Lingmeng's hand away and said, "I can walk by myself! Your health is not as good as mine! I don't need your support."
Then, Madam Wei caught up with the old marquis in a few steps. The two of them discussed the scenery along the way very comfortably, each with their own unique opinions. Zhao Lingmeng followed them slowly, thinking that such a day was not bad.
"Where are the three children? Why can't I see any of them?" Old Madam Wei followed the old marquis for a while, and suddenly remembered, so she turned back and asked.
"The younger one is asleep, and the older two are learning to read from Master Wu! They have to learn to read every day, so I didn't call them."
The old marquis and the old lady nodded in agreement when they heard their daughter say this. They still attached great importance to their children's education, and the cultivation of the next generation was the inheritance.
Seeing this, Zhao Lingmeng could only walk quickly up to them, walking side by side with his father and mother, and chatting about the three children. They still had a lot of common topics.
After wandering around for a long time, they came to the vegetable patch that Zhao Lingmeng and the children were growing. The old marquis and the old lady Wei were very surprised, "There's still someone in your mansion who dares to grow vegetables?"
Old Madam Wei immediately raised her own questions. She and the old marquis also walked around the vegetable garden again and again, very curious.
"I learned to plant with two kids, Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming. We even helped Zhao Houyang plant his own little plot. Isn't that impressive?"
Zhao Lingmeng looked at her father and mother with great interest, as if asking for praise.
Unfortunately, the old Marquis Zhao Changyou was a sharp-tongued person. "Your land isn't as good as my two grandsons'."
"No, Father, are you sure you're not blind? It's obvious that I grew better." Zhao Lingmeng's damn desire to win instantly arose.
"They are not as good as Zhao Houjing's and the other two in any way. Look at the leaves and their size." The old marquis pointed as he spoke, looking like he was very right.
"We're not growing the same variety, okay?" Zhao Lingmeng could only give her father a look that said you don't understand.
"You don't believe it? Wait a few days and your mother and I will plant it for you to see." After the old marquis finished speaking, he looked at Wei expectantly. This was his focus.
Wei knew the old marquis well, and seeing that he was interested in farming, she didn't want to spoil his fun. She nodded happily. Wei thought, growing vegetables should be similar to growing flowers, and she should be able to grow them well.
In fact, it wasn't just the old marquis who felt a sense of loss and disorientation after having nothing to do after relinquishing his title. She had been in charge of the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion for so many years, and now that she no longer had to worry about anything, she felt quite helpless.
Wei was also afraid that she would accidentally cross the line and make things difficult for the eldest daughter-in-law. After all, there can only be one person who has the final say in a mansion. Otherwise, chaos would arise.
"Okay! You two elders can cultivate the land you like and plant it there! I have no objection anyway." Zhao Lingmeng thought to herself that she was not that naive!
Zhao Lingmeng said this, and the old marquis relented and didn't argue with her. After they finished looking at the vegetable garden, they returned to the inner courtyard together.
Later, when the younger one woke up and the two older ones returned to Menglin Courtyard, the courtyard suddenly became lively. The old marquis would join Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming in doing puzzles, the five of them would play "Eagle Catches Chicken," and then they would have a lively meal together.
Wei likes to hold Zhao Houyang in her arms. She likes smaller ones, which are very cute.
So it only took one night for the children to become familiar with their grandparents.
Zhao Houjing and his brother also like to listen to their grandfather's stories about wars. Zhao Lingmeng thinks that boys may be born to like these things. The two brothers also vowed that they will practice martial arts with their grandfather tomorrow and become great heroes in the future.
The old marquis had only spent one night gaining two little followers, and he instantly felt a sense of accomplishment. Most importantly, Zhao Lingmeng didn't restrict him from taking the children to play, unlike his older brother and sister-in-law, who were always worried about them getting bumped or tired. It turned out that Meng'er was more comfortable staying here.
If Zhao Anping knew how his father thought of him and his wife, they would definitely cry out in injustice. They just wanted their father and mother to take good care of themselves in their old age and not to overwork them. But they didn't understand that the older people get, the more they want to prove that they are still useful.
They will be happy only if they feel their children need them, instead of worshipping them highly.
The next day, the old marquis and the old lady got up early. The old marquis exercised for a while before thinking of taking a walk to his daughter's yard to have breakfast together.
As a result, not long after they entered the yard, they were pulled to the side room by the Zhao Houjing brothers to have breakfast.
The old marquis looked at the two children in confusion, "Why are we eating here? Didn't we eat in the main room last night?"
"Grandpa, mom hasn't woken up yet. She will get up later to have breakfast. If we eat there, it will disturb her sleep." Zhao Houming did not forget to use public chopsticks to pick up food for his grandparents while saying this. He was very sensible.
Although the old marquis and the old lady Wei were a little surprised, they were not ignorant parents and did not mean to wake Zhao Lingmeng up to have breakfast together.
"Then you will eat together every morning?" Wei touched Zhao Houming and Zhao Houjing's heads and felt that the two children were very considerate.
Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming smiled sheepishly when they heard their grandmother ask this. Zhao Houjing then replied, "We don't always. Sometimes we both sleep in, and if mom gets up first, she won't wake us. If we get up together, we eat together."
"We think this is great, and it feels good to sleep in," Zhao Houming added.
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