On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone goes up the mountain to pay respects at the graves.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, each person returned to their maternal home.
Starting from the third day of the Lunar New Year, people stay at home to observe mourning. People don't visit their homes to offer New Year's greetings, and they don't visit other people's homes to offer New Year's greetings either.
Zhao Dashu was bored out of his mind.
"I originally wanted to go home and have some fun, but who would have thought that this New Year would be even more desolate than in the prefectural city."
The streets of the prefectural city are bustling during the Lunar New Year, and every day there is a different surprise when you go out.
My mother died at such an inopportune time.
"Xiaoyu, what's the point of us staying at home? We just eat and sleep, sleep and eat."
"Dad's bored, we can play cards."
"Playing cards every day gets quite boring after a while."
dislike?
Zhao Xiaoyu shrugged. "Then I can't do anything about it. Anyway, my mother and I don't find it boring. Xiao Lei also has to study. As for my mother, hehe, she reads storybooks with me."
Everyone was busy with their own things, so she didn't find it boring.
I'm naturally a homebody, and with the weather freezing outside and me unable to go out, isn't it nice to stay home and read storybooks?
If Dad really feels like he has nothing to do, he could teach the two kids to read, or he could go to the study and read some books himself, and try to improve himself a little.
Zhao Dashu refused, saying he had suffered enough from studying and never wanted to read the Four Classics or Five Books again in his life.
Upon seeing her daughter, the daughter-in-law, engrossed in reading a storybook, said, "How about you give me a few of your storybooks to read?"
This isn't your cup of tea.
My dad's tastes are different from theirs. He likes to read martial arts novels, or pure erotic novels, the kind with young masters and maids, emperors and 365 concubines, and he'll just go for it!
They're so vulgar, we just don't click with them.
"You can look at your own books. If you've finished looking at them all, tell the housekeeper to go to the county town to buy some. He can also buy some new ones for us while he's at it."
Zhao Xiaoyu didn't even look up when she spoke; she was too busy.
She likes cheesy and overused jokes.
That's awesome!
"Yeah, didn't you say last night that my book was utterly boring? Go buy the one you like."
No one was willing to lend him books, and Zhao Dashu was on the verge of tears. How did he end up like this?
"Fine, I won't look at it. I'll go find the housekeeper."
Women's stuff is really not nice. Go tell the housekeeper to go to the county town and bring back some new things, and also some new toys for the grandchildren.
The two kids were quite pitiful. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Xiao Lei dragged them to the study to study. Their father was heartless and cruel, not only dragging himself into it, but also dragging the children into it.
When the little girl was dragged into the study in the morning, she looked at him with teary eyes, which broke his heart.
"Buy me some new and fun things to keep the kids entertained. And buy me a few... well, the kind of stories about chivalrous heroes." He lowered his voice, "The kind that are... exciting."
The butler understood immediately and replied with a smile, "Don't worry, sir, I know what to buy."
I've bought many books for the old man before, so I naturally know what to buy.
Turning back into the house, I saw Xiao Xue and Zhao Xiaoyu sitting head to head, quietly discussing the plot of a storybook, occasionally letting out suppressed chuckles.
"That Grand Tutor is truly muddle-headed; he doesn't love his own daughter, but dotes on that imposter!"
"Exactly! Let's see how much he regrets it when the truth comes out!"
The mother and daughter were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't even notice him coming in.
Zhao Dashu shook his head and simply went to his study.
In the study, Xiao Lei was reading to his two children.
"At the beginning of life, people are inherently good..." My dear granddaughter recited along in her sweet, childish voice.
My grandson is practicing calligraphy.
"father."
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