Chapter 149 The Three Children Miss Their Mother
That day, Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming were playing with Zhao Houyang in the room where they usually played puzzles. Now that their mother was away, the two of them spent their time reading, teaching Zhao Houyang to recognize words, and playing.
"Where did mother go?" Zhao Houming asked Zhao Houjing beside him while doing the puzzle.
"She's busy! She specifically told the three of us when she left!" Zhao Houjing replied to Zhao Houming while doing the puzzle. But in fact, he also missed his mother. Without her, he felt that the food at Menglinyuan was not as delicious.
"I just miss my mother. I don't know when she will be back." Zhao Houming had never been away from his mother for so long. It had been more than a month and there was no sign of his mother coming back.
When Zhao Houjing heard his second brother say this, he gestured to Zhao Houming to look at the boy next to him, Zhao Houyang. The two of them looked at Zhao Houyang, who was leisurely working on the puzzle, and didn't seem to miss his mother at all. This didn't match his previous behavior! In the past, he would always be with his mother whenever she went out.
This time, his mother was away for such a long time, but he actually followed them to learn to read every day and was so well-behaved.
Zhao Houjing nudged Zhao Houming with his elbow, suggesting he go ask. The boy was usually quite cunning, but he liked Zhao Houming the most, so if he asked him, he would definitely tell him.
Zhao Houyang had already noticed Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming's little tricks, but he just pretended not to notice. He glanced at them whispering out of the corner of his eye, and then Zhao Houming moved next to him.
"Second brother, can you be a little more promising? If the eldest brother wants to know, he won't come and ask himself!" Zhao Houyang looked at his second brother with a look of disappointment.
Zhao Houming rubbed Zhao Houyang's hair in amusement. He didn't know why this little guy disliked his elder brother so much. "Second brother wants to know too. Otherwise, who can command me, your second brother?"
"Hmph!" Zhao Houyang snorted arrogantly.
Zhao Houming nudged Zhao Houyang and said, "Tell your second brother where Mom is. Mom usually thinks you're young, so she won't hide many things from you. You must know."
"I can't come back for the time being, so you and your brother don't have to think about it. Just study hard!" Zhao Houyang said calmly.
Zhao Houming looked at the serious words spoken in childish language and couldn't help but reach out and pull the flesh on Zhao Houyang's face. "You are only two years old, why do you seem more alive than me? Why did you say you couldn't come back for the time being? Why don't you tell your second brother secretly?"
"Second Brother" Zhao Houyang was a little annoyed, but he wasn't really mad at him. Perhaps because his mother was still alive, his second brother was being well-fed and knew a little more than the average child.
Zhao Houjing looked at how close his two younger brothers were, and if he said he wasn't envious, he'd be lying. Now that he was older, he understood even more clearly what his mother had been through, so it was only natural that Zhao Houyang wasn't particularly close to him.
After all, I secretly hated this younger brother back then. If it weren't for him, maybe my father and mother wouldn't have ended up like this. So it was only natural that he didn't get close to me!
Zhao Houyang couldn't possibly tell them what their mother had done. "Anyway, she went to a very far place, the kind that would take months to travel by carriage, so she won't be back for the time being. You and big brother should study hard, and when she comes back, give her a surprise."
Zhao Houming felt a little desperate after hearing what his brother said. He just lay down on the carpet and said, "It's so far! It will take a long time. If I had known, I would have gone with Mom."
"Come on! If you don't even take care of me, your mother, you two older ones will be even less capable of doing so." Zhao Houyang was still very confident about his position in his mother's heart.
"Who would take care of a little kid who's just in the way?" Zhao Houming was quite dissatisfied with this. After all, he was his mother's favorite son.
"Brother, if you weren't my second brother, I would really beat you up." Zhao Houyang said while raising his little fist.
"But that's me, that's why I'm not afraid!" Zhao Houming just felt a little funny looking at such a cute brother.
Zhao Houming looked at his younger brother who was still doing the puzzle, "Third brother, don't you miss mother?"
"I do, but Mom is busy with work! If Mom wasn't busy, would these people be around us every day? You and your brother are going to study at my grandfather's clan school, but it won't be that easy to get in! We're waiting for Mom to come back, and she will come back."
Zhao Houyang didn't remember many things clearly, but he remembered that in his previous life, his two brothers had never gone to study at the clan school where his grandfather and his family lived. If his grandfather and his family were really as good as they are now, then where were they in his previous life? This was also the reason why he didn't get close to his grandfather and his family.
Maybe in Zhao Houyang's world, things are black and white! But he's just a two-year-old kid, with a bit of temper and a bit of willfulness, which seems normal to outsiders.
"What are you thinking! Grandpa and grandma were so kind to us three brothers, so it should be possible for us to go to the clan school!" Although Zhao Houming said this with certainty, he still had some reservations. After all, during those difficult years for him and his mother, no one really helped them.
"Hmph!" Zhao Houyang looked at his brother, who seemed to lack confidence, and he acted arrogantly and went to work on the puzzle. After he finished two pieces, he turned around and glanced at Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming.
"You two wouldn't do something stupid like running away from home to look for mother, would you?"
Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming could only smile awkwardly. The downside of their younger brother being too smart was that he could guess their intentions accurately.
"No, you two really dare to think so. You can't even study well, and you just make trouble for your mother. You two are really..." Zhao Houyang looked at his two brothers a little angrily.
"Brother, dear brother, we are just thinking about it. Really, mother went to such a far place, where can we find her?" Zhao Houjing also spoke quickly.
"Yes, yes, and we both studied hard, really." Zhao Houming was also quite afraid that this kid would complain. Originally, the two of them had planned to go and find their mother, but now that they knew it was so far away, they definitely couldn't go.
"You two really shouldn't cause trouble for Mom. It's not easy for Mom to be where she is now. Think about Mom's past life, second brother." Zhao Houyang looked at his eldest and second brothers seriously. Especially the second brother, as long as he was convinced, the eldest brother alone would not be able to accomplish anything.
When Zhao Houming heard Zhao Houyang mention the past, he looked at his brother suspiciously. He thought someone must have said that this kid had heard it. This kid was smart and young, and many people were deceived by his age. He didn't avoid talking to him, so he probably knew a lot.
But when he heard his brother say this, Zhao Houming completely gave up the idea. He didn't want his mother's life to go back to the way it was before, nor did he want his mother to have to beg people for help everywhere if something happened to him.
"Brother will listen to you and wait for mother to come back at home. Don't worry."
"Do you keep your word? If you lie to me, I will ignore you in the future." Zhao Houyang glared at his second brother.
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