Chapter 227 226. Young age, big pot
The sky has fallen.
He never expected that his cousin Xiang Chong, whom he was a little afraid of, would actually be the General Xiang Chong, whom he admired immensely. He also never expected that the Young Master Wan, whom he caught and scolded, would actually be the current emperor and the new emperor!
As soon as he saw his cousin Xiang Chong, he subconsciously wanted to hide. What was the point of not even saying a few words to his idol?
What was the point of him chatting with Master Wan about all the daily gossip along the way, asking whether he was married, what type he liked, and secretly trying to introduce him to a partner?
Mengluo felt hopeless.
Mengluo burst into tears.
"It's okay!"
Lei Li patted his shoulder calmly and gloated, "It's just that he hides like a mouse seeing a cat when he sees his idol, and he's being disrespectful to the emperor. What's the big deal? If you stick your head out, you'll get a knife, and if you hide your head, you'll get a knife too!"
"Besides, isn't there a knife?"
"The emperor didn't chop off your head and feed it to the dogs, which shows that he is magnanimous and doesn't care about it at all. Don't regret it later."
"Besides, who else in the world has the same fate as you?"
"Dad is the number one imperial merchant, General Xiang is my cousin, and I also have a cousin-in-law who is the emperor. And yet, your cousin-in-law is so polite to you, her younger brother-in-law, without any airs..."
“Woo woo woo!”
Meng Luo was not comforted at all. Instead, he wanted to cry even more. He threw himself into Mei Yuqing's arms and cried.
"It's okay, don't cry..."
Mei Yuqing coaxed him softly, with a hint of helpless condemnation between her eyebrows. She glanced at Lei Li with a hint of anger, like an old hen protecting her chicks.
Being glared at, Lei Li smiled and added a sharp remark, "Men don't shed tears easily. Mengluo, if you cry again, your face will no longer be a chubby face, but a crying face..."
“…What kind of face is a crying face?”
"Just the look on your face right now~"
Lei Li said with a playful smile, "Your eyes and eyebrows are all wrinkled together. If you cry so ugly, your Xiaoqing will not want you anymore~"
“Woo woo!”
Mengluo started crying again.
Mei and Qing embraced the person and coaxed him in a soft voice, calling him "little darling", "baby", and "A Luo is the best". As they coaxed him, they became a couple and acted so affectionate that it blinded Lei Li's eyes.
Lei Li: “…”
He's obviously not single, so why would he be attracted by other people's affection? He should just go find a husband and have children.
—
When little Zhou Zhou was playing in the backyard, he was bitten by a mosquito and got a bump. There was a red spot on his fair and tender little face, as if the white and soft Mei Niang had printed a plum blossom seal.
This mosquito is very poisonous.
The bite made the boy's face red and itchy. He scratched it several times, but it was still itchy, which made him a little irritable and uncomfortable. He chased the mosquito that caused the bite and killed it. Only then did he calm down and go to his father to apply ointment.
The herbal ointment is refreshing and cool.
Zhou Yi gently applied the medicine on little Zhou Zhou's face and whispered, "Don't scratch it after applying the medicine. It will stop itching after a while. Let's wash our hands and have some snacks first, okay?"
"Um."
Xiao Zhou Zhou nodded and said, "Mung bean cake."
"Okay."
Zhou Yi smiled and touched Xiao Zhou Zhou's head. "Eat the mung bean cake. Do you want some water?"
"don't want."
Little Zhou Zhou shook his little head.
His personality is more like Zhou Yi, rather introverted, unlike his brother Xiao Shengjiang who loves to laugh almost all the time. He only shows a cute smile when he is having fun or eating happily.
He usually has no expression and speaks very briefly. He doesn't speak unless necessary. When he looks at people and things, his eyes are always filled with curiosity, exploration and scrutiny.
Observe silently, imitate and learn, remember the useful ones and throw away the useless ones.
The boy's personality is not lively and cheerful, but he is very opinionated and strong-willed.
If you like to eat mung bean cake, you will only eat mung bean cake and will not touch white cloud cake. If you want to wear green clothes, you will not wear blue, and you will not lift your hands or feet.
He would also clearly tell his father and grandfather that he wanted to eat mung bean cake and that he wanted to wear green clothes today. When he didn't want to do something, he would decisively refuse other people's requests.
For example, Lei Dashan sometimes wanted to take little Zhou Zhou out to play, but little Zhou Zhou thought it was too hot outside and would say no; when Lei Li went to the county town to look after a shop, little Zhou Zhou wanted to go with him, so he would run onto the carriage when his father went out, look up with his little face, and say seriously that Zhou Zhou wanted to go.
If Lei Li happens to have something to do that day and can't take Xiao Zhou Zhou with him, as long as he explains it clearly, Xiao Zhou Zhou will not insist on going with him. Instead, he will nod his head and say seriously, "Then Zhou Zhou will go next time."
As long as Lei Li agreed, but did not mention Xiao Zhou Zhou in his words, the little boy would get angry, put on a stern face, and ignore his father for several days.
Xiao Zhou Zhou attaches great importance to promises. Once he says something, he will do it without any supervision.
Just like the little brother promised his father that he would only play for a stick of incense and then go to bed, he would never delay and would immediately climb into the little bed to sleep when the time came.
He must do what others promised him, otherwise the narrow-minded and vindictive Xiao Zhou Zhou will not easily forgive that person, even if that person is a family member.
Of course, the little brother usually won’t get angry. If you are not sure about something, just don’t agree to it. If there is no agreement, the little brother won’t force it.
...If it was the older brother who was the ginger, the younger brother would be a little more tolerant.
All right.
A little more.
Brother Xiaobao is my brother’s favorite person. If my brother begs for mercy, I feel that I can be more tolerant. After all, Brother Xiaobao is his future sister-in-law.
Although the one-year-old boy didn't quite understand what his brother meant by "future sister-in-law", what his brother said was right.
But principles always seem to be broken.
Xiao Zhou Zhou's favorite person is his brother, and the person he can't resist the most is his father. Although he is just a child, his father always asks him for snacks and wants to play with his wooden sword and majestic big wooden horse.
Sometimes it was obviously Dad who did something wrong and bad, but as soon as Dad came, Dad would put the blame on him and say that he did it.
For example, if it was Dad who secretly ate the braised pork, then it would become his who ate it secretly, and Dad would say, "Oh, Zhou Zhou, why are you eating so much meat? Dad hasn't cooked the meal yet. You can't eat so much, or Dad will have nothing to eat later."
As he spoke, Dad was chewing the braised pork and touching his mouth with his greasy fingers, pretending that he had secretly eaten the meat and that was why his mouth was greasy.
Daddy pretends to be very similar.
Sometimes, Daddy could tell that it was Daddy who stole the food, but sometimes he couldn't. At this time, Daddy would ask him, "Zhou Zhou, tell me, was it Daddy who stole the food and is accusing us of it again?"
"How could I have that?"
Dad said confidently, "I didn't steal it. How could I steal it three times a day?"
Why not?
Little Zhou Zhou saw it clearly. His father had stolen the meat not just three times, but four times. He even ate it once in the kitchen when his father was not around.
But there's no way.
Who said this is his daddy?
Little Zhou Zhou had a stern face, nodded seriously, and said in a baby voice, "Zhou Zhou ate it."
Poor little Zhou Zhou.
He is only a little over one year old and he has already taken on countless blames for his father.
Although his father knew everything, he still reluctantly continued to act along with them as the two of them, one older and one younger, sang in unison.
In fact, Little Ginger has also taken a lot of blame, but this little guy is so happy that he doesn't realize at all that he is taking the blame for his father. Anyway, he just agrees with whatever his father says.
Daddy said that it was Ginger who stole the meat, and little Ginger raised his hands and said happily, "Yes! Ginger ate a lot of meat. If Daddy doesn't come to eat it, Ginger will eat it all!"
Daddy said that Sheng Jiang wanted to sleep alone tonight, so Zhou Yi didn't need to read him a storybook.
Little Ginger nodded and smiled, "Yes! Ginger is a big boy now! Daddy doesn't need to read storybooks to Ginger every day. Ginger can read it now, and even reads it to his brother!"
Then Little Ginger took his little pillow and ran to his brother's room, slept in the same bed with his sweet and soft brother, and talked privately with him.
Or little ginger would run to Xiaobao's house and sleep with his brother Xiaobao.
——Because Xiaobao is getting older and has become a teenager, according to the customs of the Dayou Dynasty, he is old enough to get married, so he should avoid suspicion with young men.
But when the little ginger blinked his big eyes, puffed up his little face, looked pitiful and cute, and called him brother softly and sweetly a few times, Xiaobao softened his heart.
Ginger is still young.
Xiaobao thought that it would be okay to wait until Sheng Jiang was older before avoiding suspicion. Besides, he and Sheng Jiang had a verbal engagement, so no one should gossip about it.
But because Xiaobao and Shengjiang were so open and honest, and had no reservations about suspicion, the villagers were even more certain that they had arranged a marriage, and no one would dare to propose to the Miao family.
This made Miao Fulang a little depressed.
Miao Fulang is worried that there will be too many variables as Jiang grows up, and he may not necessarily become a couple with Xiaobao in the future. He is also unwilling to force a match based on the adults' wishes, as this is unfair to Xiaobao and will make Xiaobao unhappy.
So he wanted to see if there were any good families among the ones who came to propose marriage and were truly interested in his Xiaobao. If Xiaobao was also interested in the other man, he would come forward and talk to Lei Li to break off the child engagement with Sheng Jiang.
Who would have thought that no one came to propose marriage, not even one to test the waters.
Miao Fulang is introverted and thin-skinned, and he is embarrassed to tell others about his family's choice of son-in-law. It will also affect Xiaobao's reputation and the relationship with the Lei family.
So now Xiaobao's marriage is still unsettled. Fortunately, he is only fifteen or sixteen years old. It is not too late to get married at seventeen, eighteen or twenty years old. Let nature take its course.
Anyway, Mr. Miao has enough money to support his little baby, so it’s okay for her to never get married.
——Let’s get back to the present.
Zhou Yi brought mung bean cakes to Xiao Zhou Zhou and only gave the little brother one piece. Eating too many snacks would be difficult to digest and would make his stomach uncomfortable, not to mention that he needed to eat lunch.
The Mengluo family of three naturally had to stay at the Lei family for lunch.
We are all family, the dinner table is lively and there are not too many taboos in what we say.
They chatted about this and that, and suddenly Jiu talked about Sheng Jiang's marriage. Meng Luo joked, "It just so happens that my sister Tian is a girl, and Sheng Jiang is a boy. The two children can talk to each other, and maybe they can become a couple in the future."
“No way!”
Little Jiang is already seven years old, and is a stubborn person. She has decided on Xiaobao. When she hears other people trying to find a partner, she immediately shakes her head and says,
"I already have Brother Xiaobao!"
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