She was quickly taken to other people, and she would smile whenever someone gave her a red envelope. And let me tell you, she was really happy to receive those red envelopes.
Meanwhile, the others were thinking to themselves, "This child is really smart. He knows when adults are giving him a red envelope and he even reacts. He doesn't cry or make a fuss, which is really good."
As for Liu Linjuan, she is now in an extremely awkward situation. She never expected that she would give birth to a greedy daughter.
Is it really possible to be this happy just from receiving a red envelope?
But thinking back to the lucky money I received during Chinese New Year when I was a child, it was indeed quite joyful. But my daughter is too young now! What could she possibly understand?
Maybe I'm just overthinking it. Never mind, a child this young doesn't understand anything. Maybe he just happened to be happy because there were so many people around today.
After receiving so many red envelopes, I was really tired and sleepy. I yawned, tilted my head, and wanted to go to sleep.
Looking at the child in her arms, Sister Fang, who was holding the baby, said, "This child is sleepy. Xiao Liu, you should put her on the bed and let her sleep!"
"Okay, Aunt Fang," Liu Linjuan said quickly as she took the bag.
As Zhou Tao watched Liu Linjuan take the child back to the house, he quickly said to the leaders, "Since you leaders and Dr. Wang are here today, we would like to ask you all to be our witnesses during the baby's one-month celebration!"
Minister Chen knew something was up when he heard this, and said, "What is it? Just tell me!"
"Isn't it because Shen Dong and the others have grown up? So you're thinking of having them take a girl as their master?"
Minister Chen didn't react immediately and asked directly, "What should I study?"
Political Commissar Ma, who was sitting to the side, heard this and then said, "Xiao Liu agreed!"
"Commander, it was the girl who brought this up!" Zhou Tao said.
"No, Lao Ma, you know?" Minister Chen asked his old partner with a puzzled look.
"It's not hard to guess, isn't it? Little Liu just wants her child to learn martial arts from her? What's wrong with that?" Political Commissar Ma said.
"Oh, so that's what it is! No problem then! I thought it was about letting the child study medicine with her, but I was wondering if he was too young."
"Since the goal is for Shen Dong to learn martial arts, let's discuss it properly. When he grows up, we can have him join the army. Then our troops will have another rare reconnaissance soldier!" Minister Chen said.
"That's easy! I'll oversee the details!" Doctor Wang said quickly upon hearing that he wanted to take on an apprentice.
The others sitting nearby were also a little envious. Putting aside everything else, it's not easy to find a good tutor for a child these days, let alone a tutor like Comrade Liu Linjuan.
They did want their children to become apprentices, but they simply didn't have any suitable children in their families. So they could only envy them, not be jealous. They felt a bit frustrated, though, because their children hadn't been able to have such good teachers.
However, regardless of the circumstances, since Comrade Liu Linjuan proposed to take the Shen family's child as her apprentice, there's no question about it anymore.
After watching Liu Linjuan come out of the inner room, Dr. Wang looked around again, but didn't see a cushion. He thought for a moment, "It doesn't matter whether it's there or not. This is a modern era; there's no need to be so particular." He then said:
"Liu girl, go up and sit there. Xiao Zhou, go and get a cup of water. Shen Dong, take your younger brother and sister over and kowtow to your master first."
Shen Dong knew he was to become an apprentice today, but he didn't know how. Now that someone was there to remind and guide him, he felt quite at ease, so he replied:
"Okay, Grandpa Wang!"
Shen Nan didn't know what to do either, but she knew that she should just do what her brother did.
As for Xiao Shenxi now, he's just a filler; he doesn't know anything and just follows along.
"Alright, go over and kowtow three times to your master!" Doctor Wang said after watching Shen Dong finish kowtowing.
Then he added, "See the tea on the table? Pick it up and offer it to your master!"
"Master, please have some tea!"
"good"
Shen Dong and Shen Nan did exactly as Doctor Wang instructed. When Shen Xi saw his older siblings kowtowing, he also kowtowing. When his older siblings picked up the cups on the table and handed them water, he did the same.
After taking the tea, Liu Linjuan did not rush to drink it. Instead, she said, "I teach you martial arts not to bully the weak, but to strengthen your bodies and protect yourselves when necessary. Do you understand?"
"We understand!" the children replied.
Shen Dong understood what this meant: it meant not to bully the weak or the strong, and that if someone bullied him, he shouldn't be afraid.
Shen Nan knew that he no longer needed to worry about being bullied.
"Get up!"
Seeing this, Liu Linjuan stopped putting on airs and told them to get up quickly.
She knew that apart from Shen Dong, who could understand, the other two children were too young and would need to be taught slowly in the future, but she wasn't in a hurry for now.
Learning martial arts isn't something you can master in a day or two. While it doesn't require much talent, persistence is key. Only through persistence can one become a disciple, so there's no rush in teaching them.
As for Xiao Shenxi, he is only three years old and doesn't understand anything, so there's no need to rush. When you're teaching his older brothers and sisters, you can take him along at the same time.
As for the youngest, Shen Bei, after seeing his older brothers and sisters kneeling there and kowtowing, he quickly ran over and kowtowed as well. However, he was too small and lay directly on the ground. Because he was wearing thick clothes, he couldn't get up, so he banged his head on the ground with all his might.
Seeing her like this, everyone laughed. Liu Linjuan picked her up and said, "Come here, Xiao Bei, call me Master."
"Master"
"Ah! Good apprentice!"
There's no need to worry about this youngest apprentice. When you teach your own daughter, you can teach him too! He'll have a companion then, which would be nice.
After seeing the child finish paying respects to his master, Zhou Tao quickly helped him eat: "Hurry up and take your seat! Otherwise, the food will get cold."
"Yes, yes, hurry up and take your seats," Old Wang said quickly after learning that the dishes were ordered from the Futai Hotel.
Just as everyone was enjoying their meal, they heard a knock on the door.
"Xiao Liu, have you invited anyone else to your home?"
"No? Aunt Fang, all my guests are here!"
"I don't have any, but my colleagues at the hospital know that your baby is one month old today. Maybe one of them came over."
"Is that possible?"
Sister Wu quickly got up and said, "I'll go see who's here!"
"Go ahead, Sister Wu! Sirs, we don't need to worry about anything else, let's eat first!" Liu Linjuan replied.
Because everyone inside was eating and drinking, they couldn't hear the conversation outside. Soon, Sister Wu returned and said to Liu Linjuan...
"Dr. Liu, there is a woman named Zhao Meilan outside who says she is here to celebrate the baby's one-month birthday."
"Who is it? Zhao Meilan? What else would she be doing here?"
"Sister Zhou, don't worry, you're here now. I'll go out and see what's going on."
Upon hearing this, apart from a few unaware individuals, the others who knew this person sat there with serious expressions and remained silent.
Seeing that everyone else was silent, especially his younger sister whose face had turned ugly, Zhou Tao said, "I'll go and chase her away."
"Xiao Zhou, that's not right. How can you kick out guests just because they come to your door!" Political Commissar Ma quickly said.
"That's definitely inappropriate!" Minister Chen echoed his old partner's words.
"Then what should we do?" Zhou Tao asked, somewhat confused.
"It's alright, I'll go see her," Liu Linjuan said.
"Then I'll stay with you!" Zhou Tao said.
"No need, Sister Zhou. You're entertaining the leaders here. I'll be right back," Liu Linjuan said, then got up and left.
Sister Wu hadn't expected that Zhao Meilan was so disliked by Xiao Liu and the other leaders. There must be something going on! And since Xiao Liu and Sister Zhou disliked her so much, there must be something she didn't know. She couldn't let this comrade surnamed Zhao bully Xiao Liu, so she quickly followed Liu Linjuan out.
Liu Linjuan opened the front door from the inside and saw Zhao Meilan standing at her front door.
Without even asking why she came today or what her purpose was, he simply asked, "I wonder what brings Doctor Zhao here today?"
"What are you doing here? What are you doing here, my ass! If it weren't for the occasion of your daughter's one-month celebration, and my intention to befriend you, would I have bothered coming all this way in this freezing weather?" Though thinking this to herself, she smiled and said:
"I heard your baby is turning one month old today? So you came uninvited to have a drink at the celebration!"
"Uninvited, Doctor Zhao, what a wonderful uninvited guest you are!"
Since you know you've come uninvited, please leave!
"No, Dr. Liu, what do you mean by that! How can you turn away a guest just because they come to your door!"
"But we didn't invite you! Are you considered a guest in our house?"
"And also, I'm really sorry, we have important guests visiting today, so it's not appropriate to entertain you properly! Please leave!" Liu Linjuan said truthfully.
Zhao Meilan was wondering to herself, "What kind of distinguished guest is this? Your parents are dead, what distinguished guest could you possibly have? Isn't this just a way to prevent me from going in?"
If she hadn't fallen in love with that tall, imposing man, she would never have stepped foot in that lowly man's house.
But now all I can do is smile and say, "It's alright, I'll just go in and check on the kids. I'll leave the gifts and be done with it. I won't keep you from entertaining your guests!"
"No need, Dr. Zhao, we're not that close yet!"
"Isn't it precisely because we weren't familiar with each other before that we need to get to know each other more often?"
Hearing this, Liu Linjuan was unhappy. She had repeatedly said that it was inconvenient for her to come in, so why did she keep insisting on coming in? Did she not understand human language?
He said somewhat angrily, "Dr. Zhao, we do have a distinguished guest at my house today, and it's really inconvenient to invite you in. Please leave!"
"No, Dr. Liu, Sister Liu, when did I offend you? I apologize!" Hearing Liu Linjuan's direct refusal to let her in, unable to enter the door or offer gifts, how could she possibly approach this despicable woman?
How can she know the preferences of the person she loves if she doesn't get close to her?
If he doesn't get close to her, how can she alleviate her current lovesickness?
Seeing that Zhao Meilan was still trying to get closer to her, Liu Linjuan called her by her first name and said:
"Comrade Zhao Meilan, please don't treat everyone like fools. There are some things I'm reluctant to say outright, but what you need to know, you already know. So you should leave!"
After saying that, he didn't even look at her before closing the door.
Standing outside the door, Zhao Meilan heard, "Sister, let's go back! We have important guests at home! We can't neglect them."
"Okay, let's go back!"
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