Chapter 125 124. Stop Bullying the Baby
"A very good fortune?"
Lei Li raised an eyebrow, questioning the white-browed man, "Could this bamboo tube only contain the best fortune sticks?"
"Sincerity is the key to success."
The white-browed host smiled kindly, implicitly acknowledging Lei Li's words, but he didn't show any embarrassment at being exposed. Either he was thick-skinned or it wasn't his first time.
Lei Li also smiled brightly, but replied bluntly, "A mountain is not famous for its height, but for the immortals living there; a river is not famous for its depth, but for the dragons living there."
"There's a dragon..."
The abbot with white eyebrows was stunned at first, then he laughed heartily. When he heard him questioning the goddess of marriage in the temple, he felt that they had a good impression of each other.
"You are quite an interesting kid. You are talking like this in front of the statue of the temple goddess. If you were in another temple, you would probably be kicked out."
"how?"
Lei Li retorted with a smile, "The Lady of Marriage took the money but didn't do anything? If anyone else heard this, they'd probably destroy the Lady's temple."
"This is not a bargain at all..."
Bai Meimao shook his head and smiled, put the two sticks that Lei Li had pulled out back into the bamboo tube, then took out a large copper coin from a rattan bag and handed it to Lei Li.
"The money for the incense offerings has been donated. If the goddess doesn't give some token of appreciation, I'm afraid you'll destroy the temple... This copper coin was blessed by the goddess. Carrying it with you will protect you from misfortune."
"Can any evil be transformed?"
Lei Li saw that the copper coin was half the size of his palm, with "Heaven-sent marriage" written on the front and "turn misfortune into good fortune" on the back. The copper coin was heavy and had a smooth and shiny edge, which made it look somewhat real.
"Of course not."
White Eyebrows glared at him and said, "This is used to ward off evil and save your life. Let your husband wear it every day. When the time comes, its use will be revealed."
"It's time again."
Lei Li was a little disgusted and asked, "If I keep it, can I have two babies in three years?"
"cannot."
The white-browed host blew his eyebrows and glared, "This is not the temple of the Goddess of Childbirth."
"whispering sound."
This is probably a bluff.
But don’t miss it.
Lei Li had just put the large copper coin into his pocket when he saw the white-browed abbot extending his hand towards him, palm facing upwards. He looked calm and composed, yet not at all shy. "I'm not giving it to you for free. Ten cents."
“…”
Lei Li almost took it out and hit Bai Meimao on the head, but Zhou Yi stopped him, took out ten coins and gave them to the abbot, then pulled Lei Li out of the temple.
"What kind of temple is Mengluo introducing..."
Lei Li's five points of piety turned into zero points, and he almost swore never to come again.
However, there were red blessing ribbons placed at the entrance of the temple. Lei Li, keeping the mentality that since he was already there, took two and found out that these also cost money, he immediately wanted to curse Meng Luo even more.
After paying, writing his name on it, and throwing it onto the tallest branch of the temple's Bodhi tree, Lei Li said with a forced smile, "It better be useful."
Zhou Yi found it funny.
He barely smiled for two seconds before Lei Li tied the copper coin to his belt and patted it carefully. "Put it on. It's ten copper coins... No, ten taels and ten copper coins. They didn't give me the two lots after I drew them, so they put them back."
As he spoke, he muttered, "I told you he was a liar. He was so stingy even when drawing lots."
"fine."
Zhou Yi hugged him to comfort him, "Pray for peace of mind. There are so many people at the Niangniang Temple, I think it must be somewhat effective... After we worship at the Niangniang Temple, where are we going next?"
"Let's go eat."
Lei Li pulled Zhou Yi down the mountain. The temple was built on a mountain that was neither too high nor too low. The stone steps had been trampled on so many times that the snow on them had melted away.
There are many pine trees on the mountain, with a little snow on the top of the pine trees. The mountain is shrouded in mist, with dark green and light blue surrounded by white. Occasionally, you can hear the ethereal call of birds coming from the mountain, and then watch the pedestrians coming to worship, which is also very interesting.
There are many vendors at the foot of the mountain.
Most of them are related to the Goddess Temple, such as blessed sachets and wooden swords, statues of the Goddess of Marriage, jade pendants and jade bracelets, prayer flags, etc. There are also people who pretend to be monks on the mountain to draw lots and interpret them.
In addition, there are puppet shows, vendors selling green pines and cypresses, hollow wood carvings and wooden mechanical toys, strange and bizarre ornaments, a dazzling array of embroidered handkerchiefs, and some vegetarian shops.
Lei Li went into the room with the largest number of people and waited for a long time before the food came.
It tastes really good.
After eating, Lei Li and Zhou Yi went shopping again and bought everything they liked and interesting. It was almost sunset when they took a carriage back to Lei's house in the county town.
This carriage is booked for a whole day.
Finally got home.
The first thing Zhou Yi did was to go see the baby.
The baby hasn't seen his daddy for two days. He was fine when no one mentioned him not seeing him and didn't cry. But when he saw him, he pouted and cried.
"Good boy..."
Zhou Yi skillfully picked up the baby and coaxed him. Seeing him crying heartbreakingly and sobbing, he felt a little distressed.
When Lei Li saw the baby crying, he became malicious and teased the baby's red face. He also imitated the baby's crying, and cried so hard that the baby forgot the rhythm and stared at his father blankly.
I watched it for several seconds before I remembered to cry.
But every time the baby cried, Lei Li would imitate him, making the baby helpless and a little angry, puffing up his cheeks and glaring at this bad father.
"Don't bully the baby..."
Zhou Yi was speechless and helpless. He held the warm baby in one hand and pulled Lei Li's hand with the other, signaling him to be more restrained.
"Okay, okay."
Lei Li followed the advice and kept his mouth shut.
Zhou Yi tried to coax the angry baby again, swaying back and forth gently while saying softly, "Daddy won't bully the baby anymore, baby, don't be angry anymore, okay? Tell Daddy if you listened to Grandpa and Grandma today, drank your milk well, and slept well..."
“Ahh…”
Seeing that his father admitted his mistake in a good attitude, the baby forgave him and told him in babbling voice what he had done today, even gesticulating with his hands and feet.
"Daddy knows. The baby is eating well and sleeping well..."
“Ahhhh!”
"Yeah, I slept for a long time."
“Ahhhhhhhh!”
"Grandpa praised you for being good, didn't he?"
"ah!"
Zhou Yi spoke one sentence, and the baby spoke one sentence, as if they really understood the conversation.
Lei Li only heard babbling and didn't understand a single word. He suspected that Zhou Yi was just trying to scare the baby, but seeing Zhou Yi soothing the baby in such a soft voice also made him feel itchy.
There is no one in the baby's room.
Before they came back, the baby had already finished his feeding and was playing with a small hydrangea. When the wet nurse who was accompanying the baby saw them coming back, she tactfully retreated.
The room door was also closed.
The wind is strong in winter, and it can't blow in to cool the baby, but it is convenient for Lei Li.
Zhou Yi was holding the baby, and Lei Li hugged him from behind, rubbing her face against Zhou Yi's ear affectionately and ambiguously, and kissing his neck.
"What are you doing……"
Zhou Yi felt a little embarrassed.
He wanted to avoid Lei Li's kiss, but with the baby in his arms and Lei Li holding him, he couldn't avoid it. He was either kissed on the left neck or on the right ear, like robbing Peter to pay Paul.
"Kiss my husband, what else can I do?"
Lei Li kissed Zhou Yi's earlobe and teased him vaguely, "What else do you want me to do? What happened last night?"
"Don't talk about such things, the baby is still here."
Zhou Yi was embarrassed and couldn't help scolding him, neither too light nor too heavy. To Lei Li, it sounded like flirting. He chuckled and turned Zhou Yi's face to kiss him.
"Cover..."
Zhou Yi subconsciously covered the baby's eyes to prevent him from being led astray.
But the baby was not an obedient person. When he saw his two fathers playing with him on their backs, he grabbed his father's hands and moved them away, blinking his big black eyes.
"Ahh?"
What are you doing?
Zhou Yi, who has a Level 4 infant language proficiency test, understood what the baby said and coaxed him with a blushing face, "It's nothing. Baby, play in the crib for a while. Daddy will come talk to you later, okay?"
“Ahhh!”
The baby felt unwell, but he was too young to say much, so Zhou Yi coaxed him and put him directly in the crib. Lei Li used the hollow wooden ball bought today to tease him, and the baby's attention was diverted.
Zhou Yi was kissed by Lei Li.
With my back to the baby, I kissed him until his face turned red, his body was hot and his heart was agitated.
Lei Li's dark eyes were watery and gleaming like twinkling stars, but she lowered her voice to tease him, "How did you coax the baby just now? Coax me the same way, okay, husband?"
"don't want……"
Zhou Yi refused embarrassedly.
It's fine if he's just coaxing a child, but Lei Li is already so old and still coaxes him like that, without any shame at all.
Lei Li used to hear him coaxing the baby like that and laughed at him, saying that his meow was like that of a kitten. But kittens were not as soft as him. Kittens were made of white dough that was easy to knead and would become very soft once steamed.
If Lei Li was born in modern times and had access to the Internet, he would know that Zhou Yi was a clamp and would definitely say that Zhou Yi, who was coaxing the baby, was a small chocolate cake.
Sweet and soft.
What is it if not a cupcake?
Lei Li especially loves sweets. He can eat ten small cakes like Zhou Yi's, which are blushing, fragrant, soft, and easy to be bullied, in one go.
"Why not?"
Lei Li touched Zhou Yi's face and teased him, pretending to be pitiful. "Weren't you very good at coaxing the baby just now? Now you can't coax me anymore? You coax the baby much sweeter than you coax me...wouldn't you be able to do it if you called me baby too?"
"That's so corny..."
Zhou Yi really couldn't say it out loud.
"How can I tell the baby again?"
"A baby is a baby, and you are not. How can you treat it like a child..."
"I'm eight years younger than you, so why am I not considered a child?"
But you are twenty-two.
How can a 22-year-old kid graduate from college and find a job?
Zhou Yi thought to himself, he couldn’t say it out loud.
But Lei Li refused to give in and insisted that Zhou Yi coax him like this, which made Zhou Yi blush and be at a loss, feeling both embarrassed and a little awkward.
"Then you can say something nice, right?"
Lei Li didn't know whether to give him a way out or set a trap for him.
Zhou Yi didn't know what sounded nice, so he searched for several nicknames in his mind and finally reluctantly chose one that wasn't too cheesy.
"Good boy?"
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