Qin's smile was particularly bright today. Her third son had returned, and her father-in-law would be home soon. Although there was still no news from her youngest son, whom she was most concerned about, she looked at the room full of family members and persuaded herself that she should be content.
"You are such a promising mother to argue with a child." Qin saw her third daughter-in-law, who was usually cheerful and generous.
I also started to feel sad about the passing of time and couldn't help but scold her.
The children who were already playing together formed their own world. Xiao Qi followed Xiao Jun closely, and Xiao Yao supported Xiao Yuan.
"My wife, I also feel that I have been abandoned by my daughter." Xiao Jingmin hurriedly said that he and his wife were connected by the same fate, and he hoped that it was not too late to make amends now. The feeling of sleeping on the ground was too painful.
Just at this moment, I heard my daughter's crisp laughter, "My daughter, you don't give your father any face at all!"
Xiao Yao turned her head and looked at her third uncle with sympathy. Dad and mom were a loving couple, and second uncle and second aunt were in love with each other. But when it came to third uncle and third aunt, they probably had to be henpecked after their love for each other.
If I remember correctly, Third Uncle lost to Third Aunt in a duel, so it's normal for him to be henpecked. Third Uncle, who looks smart and gentle, wouldn't his position in the family be ranked fourth, right?
I don’t know what kind of personality my fourth uncle, whom I have never met, has.
"Hua...Hua..." Xiao Qi uttered two words slowly. He had just started talking, but most of the words he said were reduplicated words.
Xiao Jun is a good brother. He held his younger brother's chubby hand while holding his younger sister's hand, preparing to take his younger brother and sister to see the flowers.
Xiao Yao shook her head. Her sister couldn't walk yet. What if she left and started crying?
"You guys go...I won't go..." Xiao Yao returned to her sister.
Xiao Rui volunteered to take his younger brothers to the garden. He had long been reluctant to stay in the room. He felt so suffocated, but he didn't dare to say it.
Now he is fine, like a bird out of a cage, playing happily in the yard. His two younger brothers watch him jumping up and down, and they don’t know where to look.
"Alang, go and take a look. Don't count on Arui to take care of his two younger brothers. I'll be very lucky if he doesn't make them cry."
As a mother, Yuan Yutong knew her son very well. As soon as the children left the room, she hurried to find Xiao Lang.
Xiao Lang had the same idea and hurriedly followed him out.
"My son is not that bad." Xiao Jingmin tried to save his son's image.
"Huh" Yuan Yutong wanted to say, if you don't believe me, go and see for yourself. Xiao Jun's exasperated voice came from outside.
"Fourth brother is bad."
Xiao Jingmin immediately shut up and turned to look for his niece and daughter. He had been embarrassed several times by his own son and daughter that day. It seemed that his position in the family was
There really is a trend of falling again and again!
The adults started discussing their father's birthday.
Before they could say a few words, Xiao Jun came back with Xiao Qi, and they were all very angry. Xiao Rui chased in and tried to coax his brother with a smile on his face. Xiao Yi was sent out to do something.
Xiao Lang was cleaning up the mess in the yard.
"Ayang, come and play with your younger brothers and sisters for a while." Xiao Jingmin said to Xiao Yang while listening to his brothers talking.
For Xiao Yang, this was a daunting task. Of his four siblings, he was only familiar with Xiao Yao. Even though Xiao Jun was his biological brother, the two brothers were rarely together. What should he do? Xiao Yang missed his eldest and second brothers more than ever.
Seeing her third brother's expression of despair, Xiao Yao kindly offered an idea: "Study, study."
Xiao Yang agreed readily, which was his strength! It was still better to have a sister who cared about him.
This little scholar actually took out his own books,
Planning to read a passage to my younger brothers and sisters, I clapped my hands on the book at the same time.
Xiao Rui has been in elementary education for a year and already knows the two words of "The Analects of Confucius". He doesn't want to listen to this and finds it boring. He finally has the chance to put down the book, but his third brother actually starts giving him lessons at home. This must be firmly opposed.
Xiao Yao's reasoning was, "Dear Third Brother, are you sure the little ones sitting down here can understand what I'm saying? We're not sleepy yet, so we don't need you to hypnotize us."
The request to "change" was very unanimous. After changing four or five books in a row, one person objected and the other had some objections.
I couldn't agree to that because my third brother took out all his textbooks.
Xiao Yao was speechless about this stubborn third brother. "You are trying to coax the child now. Do you know that you can find a travelogue, an essay, or anything else? If that doesn't work, it would be better to talk about your experience in school!" Through this incident, Xiao Yao came to the conclusion that the third brother was indeed not suitable for taking care of the child.
Even Xiao Yuan finally stood up by holding the table to express his opposition, pointing at the book in his third brother's hand and chattering to vent his dissatisfaction.
Xiao Yang closed his book and went to his uncle, begging him to assign him another job, anything other than babysitting. As soon as he left, the children spontaneously joined in the fun, enjoying themselves. He was the only one who was superfluous, and Xiao Yang was deeply hurt by his younger brother and sister.
The servant came in and reported that someone was waiting for the second master in the study.
The three brothers walked out together and in the study,
Xiao Jingtai saw the people he sent to Xuzhou to monitor the Fang family waiting there.
"What's going on?" Xiao Jingtai asked.
"The Fang family has come to Beijing." the man replied.
"When will you arrive in Kyoto? Why are you reporting only now?"
"We have already entered the city. It is my incompetence that has led me astray. Please punish me, sir."
"If the Fang family intends to do this, what can our people do on their territory? No wonder everything looks calm on the surface. It turns out that Fang Yufu already knew that we were monitoring him." Xiao Jingkang thought to himself that he was careless and underestimated the enemy. The Fang family is too cunning and ordinary methods are useless against him.
"He wouldn't be here for his father's birthday, would he?" Xiao Jingmin said after thinking for a moment.
Xiao Jingkang and Xiao Jingtai looked at each other and thought it was very likely.
Xiao Jingtai waved his hand to let the man go down and rest, and the three brothers sat down to think of a solution.
"He showed up again, he must want an explanation. It's a good thing that my father is back too, so this time we must find a way to solve the matter completely." If Xiao Jingtai could make the decision, he would really want to kill Fang Yufu to avoid future troubles.
"If it's just a matter between our two families, it's easy to deal with. But don't forget, the Han family is also involved." This is what Xiao Jingkang is most worried about.
"Why is it related to the Han family?" Xiao Jingmin asked in confusion.
Xiao Jingkang briefly explained the whole story to his brother.
"That's a bit difficult to deal with." Xiao Jingmin also started to worry.
"No matter how easy it is, this matter must be resolved as soon as possible. Second brother, you should send more people to keep a close eye on Fang Yufu. Also, you must find a way to hold them back on the sixth day of the New Year. You can't let them come to our house and cause trouble on that day." Xiao Jingkang said everything he could think of.
"If you ask me, why bother with all this?" Xiao Jingtai made a beheading gesture with his hand.
Xiao Jingkang and Xiao Jingmin shook their heads at the same time. This was a very bad idea and they should never do that unless it was absolutely necessary.
"If you don't listen to me, you'll regret it sooner or later. Big Brother, you know Fang Yufu's character. It's not easy to get him to give up on his own initiative."
"I know it's difficult, but..." He couldn't let his mother live the rest of her life with a guilty conscience. Before they could come to a conclusion, they heard a commotion in the yard. The servants inquired and found out that Tong Mingyu's second sister-in-law had given birth.
Xiao Jingkang was worried his wife would rush back to her parents' home, so he lost interest in the conversation. Since they couldn't find a solution anytime soon, they split up and returned to their respective courtyards.
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