The dumplings and buns scrambled to climb up on top of the small body, almost crushing it onto the bed."Hey, hey, wait a bit." Xiaoxiao hurriedly took off her shoes and climbed onto the bed. She pulled her two brothers who were hanging on her body off the bed and hugged them. Only then did she let out a sigh of relief. He pinched the cheeks of his two younger brothers snappily, then gave them another kiss.
The dumpling and bun looked at each other and giggled. Then, saliva started to flow down the corner of their mouths.
Sighing slightly, Xiaoxiao took out the kerchief and wiped the saliva off their lips. If this continued, she would not have enough kerchief left.
"Mother, younger brothers love to drool too much."
Li Qingling said without lifting his head, "You were like this when you were young."
"..."
She lowered her head to look at her two brothers drooling, then closed her eyes, unwilling to believe that she did the same.
Too … Too much damage to her image.
"Ahh!" Steamed Bun saw that Little Qiao wasn"t paying attention to him. He grabbed his hands and shouted again.
"Alright, alright, alright. Big sis will play with you guys."
Xiaoxiao chatted with her two younger brothers in a very patient manner. It was unknown what they were talking about, but the conversation was extremely lively.
Liu Ye stood at the side and could not help but laugh, "Young miss is really patient with young master."
Lifting his head to look at the Third Sister and her brother who were playing happily, the corner of Li Qingling"s mouth raised up. Small, no doubt.
The first thing Xiaoxiao did after getting up was to visit her brothers and patiently play with them.
So the sons moved on, not to her side, but to their sister.
A small but also have the responsibility of being a big sister, taking good care of the younger brothers.
Retracting her gaze, Li Qingling continued to look at the gift list. Which family would give which gift would have a lot of learning, she did not dare be careless, and did not have to lose face.
Just then, the newly arrived Da Yahuan Red Leaf walked in to report. Zhong Furen had sent someone to deliver a gift.
After Li Qingling asked her to remember what the annual gift was, he sent her a copy of the Paris Alone and kept it in his treasury.
Hong Ye replied respectfully, turned around and left.
"Liu Ye, what do you think of Red Leaf?" After Xi Chun married Nian Xia and had a child, they were still working beside her.
Just half a month ago, when the two of them were carrying a child at the same time, she let them go home to recuperate. Afraid that their hands wouldn"t be enough, she brought up Hong Ye from being a second cla.s.s maid to being Da Yahuan.
"At the moment, it looks pretty good. He"s very good at learning things and is very meticulous."
After hearing this, Li Qingling nodded his head. He would still observe for a while more to see if it was alright.
If she was, she would be more important to her.
After tidying up the gifts, Li Qingling handed them over to Liu Ye, asking her to deliver them in accordance to the gifts list.
Liu Ye took the gift slip and left the room after saying yes.
After standing up to stretch and twisting her sore neck, she smiled as she walked over to Third Sister and Third Sister. Standing beside the bed, she kissed them one by one.
Seeing that Li Qingling had arrived, Steamed Bun opened his arms and let Li Qingling hug him.
Li Qingling sat down and hugged Steamed Bun to his chest. He pointed at Steamed Bun"s nose and said in a delicate voice.
Steamed Bun thought that Li Qingling was playing with him, and couldn"t help but giggle as she placed her small hands on Li Qingling"s clothes.
Seeing his actions, Li Qingling knew that he wanted to drink some milk.
After instructing Xiaoxiao to watch the dumplings, she carried the bun into the inner room and fed him some milk.
She didn"t have much milk, nor did she have enough buns, so she needed some goat"s milk.
"Ahh!" Dumpling looked at Xiaoxiao, pointed at Li Qingling who had entered the room again, and asked, "Where is mother going?"
Xiaoxiao lowered her head and kissed the dumpling, then called maid in with a bowl of goat"s milk.
Mother didn"t have enough milk to feed the bun, let alone the dumplings.
So in dumplings at three months, drink goat"s milk, no more milk.
Sometimes, when she thought about it, her heart ached a little.
But there was no helping it, who told his mother to not have enough milk? Who told Steamed Bun to suffer so much?
"Miss, where should we put the goat"s milk?" maid came in with the goat"s milk and asked Yue Shuang in a low voice.
"Give it to me!" Xiaoxiao received it and tested the temperature of the goat"s milk. Feeling that it wasn"t hot, she took a spoon and gave it to the dumplings to drink.
Dumplings was also well-behaved, obediently sitting in front of the small, open mouth waiting to cast.
When Li Qingling finished feeding the bun, he saw this scene.
Her heart softened as she praised her small and excellent work.
Xiao Xiao smiled embarra.s.sedly as she focused on feeding the dumplings.
When Steamed Bun saw that the dumplings were so delicious, he didn"t feel like drinking anymore. He shouted and wanted to drink as well.
Li Qingling lightly patted Steamed Bun"s bottom and had maid bring a bowl of goat"s milk in, then he sat beside Steamed Bun and helped him drink.
After eating their fill, the two little fellows yawned and fell asleep.
Carrying them back to bed, the two of them soon fell asleep.
Li Qingling covered their heads with the blanket and walked out to gently rub their heads, "Ask her if she wants to go to sleep?"
Xiaoxiao shook her head and said, "I"m not sleeping."
She was not sleepy and did not want to sleep.
Seeing that Xiaoxiao was insisting, Li Qingling did not try to persuade her anymore.
Just then, Hong Ye walked in with the order, and respectfully handed it over to Li Qingling, for her to inspect.
Li Qingling waved his hand towards Hong Ye. After she left, she took the gift sheet and started reading it.
"Mother, what did Aunt Yi send over?"
Li Qingling handed over the gift slip to Xiaoxiao and let her see it for herself.
Xiaoxiao was enlightened long ago, and she could recognize these characters.
Two months ago, Zhong Furen was pregnant, and as soon as she became pregnant she gave Little Third Sister a lot of things, thinking that they were the ones who gave her a good pregnancy.
Knowing that she was pregnant, she was also very happy for her, hoping that she could safely give birth to a child.
After he finished reading the gift slip, he tilted his head and asked Li Qingling what gift he wanted to give back to him.
Hearing that, Li Qingling took the opportunity to teach his a little, and teach her how to return the greeting?
Xiaoxiao nodded, as if she understood something. She then asked Li Qingling curiously, should he go back to the Liu Family to celebrate the new year?
Touching her little head, Li Qingling nodded and said yes.
It was not like they were separated from the Liu Family. They would definitely go back for the New Year.
"Then... Then what about Great Grandfather? " Did he have to let the great-grandfather celebrate New Year alone at home? How lonely that would be!
"We are not staying at the Liu Family. We will go during the day and come back at night." It"s too much trouble not to move around.
"Then... "That"s good." She could come back at night to accompany her great-grandfather, because that way, he wouldn"t be sad.
Li Qingling laughed and told her to go in and sleep with his brothers. She still had other things to do.
Xiaoxiao replied.
… ….
It was the first time that Liu Zhimo and the others had met Liu Kuang. He looked very much like Old Man Liu, and the imposing aura he emitted was even more powerful than Old Man Liu"s.
With one look, one could tell that he was someone who had fought his way out from the battlefield.
When he saw Liu Zhimo and the others, he stiffly broke out into a smile, and sighed as he patted Liu Zhimo"s shoulders. He said that he was more talented than his father, and was stronger than his father.
Liu Zhimo smiled humbly, saying that he could not compare to his father.
"He Mo, here, second uncle has apologized to you guys for not teaching his child well." As he said that, he looked towards Liu Zhilan who was standing on Zhong Qing"s side. "Lan"er, come over here and apologize to Big Brother and the rest."
had lost a lot of weight after returning from the temple, so she shrunk her shoulders and raised her head to look at Zhong Qing.
Zhong Qing shot her a look, then reached out to push her from behind, allowing her to pa.s.s.
Liu Zhilan bit her lower lip, slowly walked towards Liu Mu, and called him daddy in a small voice.
Liu Mu held Liu Zhimo"s shoulder with both of his hands, showing him the others and apologizing.
"No need, second uncle. Fifth sister has already been punished." Liu Zhimo didn"t know what Liu Mu was planning, so he just rejected him.
"Lan …"
"I"m sorry …"
Slightly nodding, Liu Kuang spoke again, saying that he would bring Liu Zhilan to the southwest in two days, and stay by her side to teach her.
To the southwest?
Li Qingling"s eyes could not help but look towards Zhong Qing. Seeing that she did not have any expression of surprise, he guessed that she would follow along as well.
Then … What they wanted to investigate was completely cut off.
They had found out that the person who attacked Steamed Bun was in love with him. Unfortunately, they couldn"t find any evidence and couldn"t drag her out.
Once she went to the southwest, it would be even more impossible for her to live far away.
She was a little unwilling in her heart.
As if she felt Li Qingling"s gaze on her, her love met Li Qingling"s eyes in the blink of an eye, and the corners of her mouth widened into a smile.
"..."
After he told her in his heart, Li Qingling retracted his gaze and did not look at her again.
"Alright, let"s talk after dinner if you have anything to say. Let"s eat first!" Old Man Liu looked at the crowd and said.
Soon after, everyone sat down according to their respective seats.
Old Man Liu sat in his seat, looking at the Liu Family descendants, his face revealed a satisfied smile. He loudly said a few auspicious words, then started to eat.
After eating dinner, Liu Zhimo asked Li Qingling to bring the children back to bed, he stayed with Liu Zhiyan at the Liu Family to keep watch.
Li Qingling replied as he brought Liu Zhirou and the three children back home.
When they returned home, when they heard the news of Old Man Xue bringing Big River to accompany Mr. Luo for New Year"s Eve dinner, they immediately took the child to Mr. Luo"s courtyard.
When Mr. Luo saw that Li Qingling and the others had returned, he immediately stood up and took the dumplings in her arms, and asked them why they were back so early.
"Afraid the children will get sleepy and come back after eating." Li Qingling replied with a smile, then looked at Old Man Xue, "How many cups of wine has this old man drunk? "We can"t drink anymore." He knew he was too old to drink too much, but he still drank secretly behind her back.
Old Man Xue muttered to himself as he glanced over. He immediately replied, and after drinking two cups, you came back.
She was so strict that she had to secretly come even for a drink.
Glancing at Old Man Xue with an unconvinced gaze, Li Qingling warned Big River repeatedly to keep an eye on him and not let him drink alcohol secretly.
Big River looked at Old Man Xue sympathetically and nodded, saying that he would look at his grandfather.
"..."
Old Man Xue felt that the only joy in his life had been forcefully taken away.
He … So pitiful!