Chapter 192 The Warm Daily Life of Zhao Lingmeng and Zhao Houming
"Okay, get up! Have you packed your things? Why are you coming here to cause trouble?" Zhao Lingmeng asked while flipping through a book, without raising his head.
"I just miss my mother. I came here specially to see her." Zhao Houming said this without any guilt. He really wanted to stick to his mother.
"Oh, then what do you want to eat? Ask your Aunt Qiuyue and the others to serve it to you."
"I know! Mom, what are you reading?" Zhao Houming brought a stool and sat next to Zhao Lingmeng. He stretched his head curiously to look at the book in Zhao Lingmeng's hand.
"A travelogue written by a scholar. I find it quite interesting and can help me pass the time."
"Oh! Mom, can we ask my cousin to go play with us on the farm?"
Zhao Lingmeng raised her head from the travelogue upon hearing this, "Do you want to go and cure Mo?"
Zhao Houming nodded seriously. He, his eldest brother, and his cousin had been raised together since childhood, and later went to the clan school together, and later to the Imperial Academy together. Now that he and his brother were both in the village, he felt a little embarrassed to leave his cousin alone at the academy.
Zhao Ling dreamed about what they were going to do this time. It was not impossible. Zhi Mo probably didn't have any magic medicine for smallpox. He was the next successor of the Wu'an Marquis Mansion. It was a good opportunity to have a good imperial physician following him this time.
"I can't make the decision on this. I can send someone to ask your aunt, and I can also ask Zhimo himself what he thinks."
Zhao Houming nodded and agreed with his mother's opinion. Although he wanted his cousin to go with them, it depended on his aunt and uncle.
"Thank you, mother!"
Zhao Lingmeng touched Zhao Houming's head and whispered, "Silly child!"
Zhao Houming rubbed Zhao Lingmeng's hand with enjoyment, like a big cat.
Then Zhao Houming ran back, took a book for his homework, sat down across from Zhao Lingmeng, and read with her. He would look up at his mother across from him, and then repeat the same action again. He felt so happy at this time.
Zhao Lingmeng knew that Zhao Houming looked at her again and again, but she didn't say anything. After all, children are unreasonable. Who knows what is in their imaginative heads?
Furthermore, Zhao Lingmeng raised the three of them using a combination of methods from later generations and those of this era, without the authority of modern parents. Therefore, the three children interacted with her more like friends, but if they made mistakes, she would punish them without mercy.
After a long time, they will naturally develop a set of rules in their minds, such as how they behave outside, how they behave at home, what they can do, and what they absolutely cannot do.
Zhao Houming accompanied Zhao Lingmeng to read books for the whole morning. When Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houyang came, they saw such a harmonious and happy scene.
"Mom, you are biased. You only call me second brother and not me! I also want to read with you."
"Third brother is right!" Zhao Houjing immediately agreed with his third brother Zhao Houyang.
Zhao Lingmeng raised her hands immediately after hearing this. "I didn't do that. You two can't wrongly accuse me!"
Zhao Houyang felt that he was not easy to fool. He pointed at the scene in front of him and said, "The evidence, the evidence is still here!"
Zhao Houjing nodded as well, glaring at Zhao Houming, who was grinning so hard his eyes almost disappeared. He mentally complained that this guy had such a good opportunity and didn't invite him, considering he was usually inseparable from him.
Zhao Houming still consciously explained what happened that morning: "You two really wronged me. I didn't watch them clean up and ran over here on my own."
"Is this possible? Aren't you afraid that something might be taken away?" Zhao Houjing looked at Zhao Houming in surprise.
Zhao Houming replied bluntly: "For example..."
"The books you need to study, the homework assigned by the teacher..."
"If I really forgot, I can come to see you, brother, or send someone back to get it. It's no big deal." He said this casually, and Zhao Houming really didn't think it was a big deal.
Zhao Houjing looked at Zhao Houming thoughtfully, "Second brother, I think you have suddenly become smarter today!"
When Zhao Houming heard his elder brother say this, he refused to listen and immediately retorted: "What do you mean by becoming smart today? I have always been smart, okay?"
For a moment, the three Zhao Houjing brothers were in a mess.
Zhao Lingmeng didn't care how the three brothers quarreled. As long as they didn't drag her into it, she wouldn't help anyone. She would try to let the children resolve the issues between them.
Zhao Lingmeng gave instructions to Qiuyue and Qiuhua beside her. After that, she asked them to go out and rest for a while, and then let the second-class maid come in to serve them. Then, she told them to have lunch. The children had arrived, and she was hungry.
By the time Zhao Houjing and his two brothers had finished their fun, the whole table of dishes had been served.
The three of them looked at the table full of delicious food and exclaimed "Wow" at the same time.
"Mom, what day is today? Why is the food so good?" Zhao Houyang looked at his mother suspiciously.
Zhao Lingmeng could only complain in her heart, thinking that children who were older were harder to deceive! But he didn't look shy. He had already thought of the excuse.
"We're going to the manor tomorrow. Do you remember what we had to eat last time at the manor? So have a good meal before you leave. That way, you three won't be complaining about not getting anything to eat at the manor later."
When Zhao Houjing and his two brothers heard their mother say this, they also remembered that everything on the farm was good except for the food, although they were no longer picky eaters and could eat anything.
But who wants to eat pig food when they can eat delicious food? For a while, the whole house was filled with the sound of the three brothers sighing, mainly hoping that their mother would relent and change her decision.
Zhao Lingmeng looked at the three brothers and found them all funny, as if she had raised three delicious piglets.
She first picked up a delicious piece of food for herself with chopsticks and said, "Eat! The conditions in the village we are going to this time are not that harsh. There are still delicious foods."
This wasn't because their self-torture tactics had worked, but rather because they were going to grow a miracle cure for smallpox. Therefore, during that time, they had to prepare dishes they liked so they could eat more and have the energy to fight the virus. Zhao Lingmeng was laying the groundwork for the abnormalities that would occur.
After hearing their mother's promise, the three little guys finally had the mood to eat the delicious food on the table seriously.
"I think the food in our princess's mansion is the best!"
"I think my third brother is right." Zhao Houming immediately agreed with his dear brother.
Seeing this, Zhao Houjing also actively agreed: "I think so too."
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