Chapter 1022: Extra Chapter 2: Bringing… Bringing Up Children
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Jiang Yeqing hung up and eagerly went forward to adjust the chair for his wife, afraid that she’d feel uncomfortable.
While this couple here happily tucked into lunch, things were in a great mess on Mu Xichen’s end.
Little Suns.h.i.+ne, Little Bamboo, and Little Panda were already more than a year old. Among them, the youngest sister, Little Panda, looked the best.
In Gu Mingye’s words, the relations.h.i.+p between the three siblings was like this: When the sun s.h.i.+nes on the bamboo, the little panda bear will eat it.
One wondered if it was because of what Gu Mingye said, but the little girl really enjoyed bullying Number Two.
At this point, Number Two was crying again. The chubby Number Three had grabbed her brother’s ear and chuckled when he started crying.
Mu Xichen felt a headache coming on. He slapped her hand away and said sternly, “Don’t bully your elder brother!”
Number Three was very naughty and ignored her father. She released her brother’s ear, got up, and toddled away quickly.
Li Beinian was taking an afternoon nap and had unapologetically handed the three children over to Mu Xichen to mind.
Number One, also called Mu Nanzhou, staggered over when he saw that his brother was crying. He was holding a banana that he had just picked up from the coffee table. His fingers had sunken into the soft flesh of the fruit. By the time Mu Xichen saw this, it was a disgusting mess.
However, the kid did not feel that there was anything wrong with what he was doing. Grabbing the banana, he walked unsteadily in his tiny shoes, to his brother, and exclaimed, “Oh, oh, oh!”
Then, extending his hand, Little Mu Nanzhou stuffed the fruit into his brother’s hand.
Number Two, whose name was Mu Nanxiao, stopped crying the moment he smelled food. He scratched his little face with his tiny hand. With a tear-streaked face and nose red from crying, he reached out to take his brother’s banana.
Mu Nanxiao took the unsightly banana and stuffed it into his mouth.
As he stuffed it into his mouth, he started to sob and looked at his father pitifully.
Mu Xichen was expressionless.
Old Master Mo had personally selected a helper to take care of the children. Upon seeing this scene, she praised, “That’s right. Children have their own way of thinking. Don’t go thinking that it’s dirty. All children go through this.”
Mu Xichen was speechless.
The fact was, this had happened many times. Initially, Mu Xichen would refuse to let them eat it, but later on, having seen it too many times, he became numb to it.
The auntie praised again. “Little Suns.h.i.+ne knows how to coax his brother at such a young age. He’s smart and obedient. Number Three is smart too, but she’s too mischievous.”
It wasn’t that Number Three hadn’t tried bullying Number One before. It was just that his response was different from Number Two’s. He would only turn red in the eyes even when he was hurt. Then, looking aggrieved, he’d pout and smack Little Panda away. He would neither cry nor made a fuss. For a long time, Number Three probably thought that it was more fun to bully Number Two.
At this point, Number Three was holding onto the coffee table that was not much shorter than her. She raised her chubby hand to grab some fruits to eat.
Having managed to grab an apple, she nibbled at it, and threw it away.
Then she grabbed an orange and having tasted it, she contorted her face and shrank her shoulders back as if it was too sour, then threw it away.
Finally she got hold of a strawberry and took a bite. She didn’t seem to mind it and started nibbling at the rest of it.
Among the three little ones, Number Two was the only one who hadn’t started walking. He looked in the direction of his sister and quickly crawled over. He had already eaten the banana in his hand, but it was still sticky and left a trail of mess behind him when he crawled.
Mu Xichen was left even more speechless.
“What kind of habit is this?” Li Beinian finally came out. She s.n.a.t.c.hed the strawberry from Number Three and slapped her hand twice. “You can’t be eating like this, if you want to eat something, finish it, I’ll hit you if you throw it away!”
Little Mu Nanyao was stunned. Then, she opened her mouth and started bawling.