Chapter 111 Jing'er Likes This
Chapter 111 Jing'er Likes This
The man who came to open the door was a tall, broad-shouldered man, who looked 50% similar to Ma Xiao, but not as handsome as Ma Xiao, and his expression was also very honest.
Ma Da was slightly startled when he saw Xiao Li and his group, then he grinned and saluted respectfully, "Master, Young Master, Young Master, you are back? I am Ma Da!"
As he spoke, he opened the door, waited for Xiao Li and his group to come in, and then closed the door again.
Lu Yuan smiled and nodded at him, while Xiao Li said "hmm" lightly.
A few years ago, Martha was still very afraid of his own son, but later he found out that his own son was a very good man and the young master looked like a kind person, so he was no longer afraid.
As he led the way, he muttered to himself, "My third brother has to look after the shop and do other things during the day, so most of the time my second brother and I take turns looking after the house. We clean it every day, and it takes about six or seven days to clean the entire house.
My third brother gradually added beds and cabinets to those empty rooms, and bought new quilts and other things and put them in the cabinets, so that people could live there whenever they wanted.
The main courtyard where the young master lives has the most complete items and the best wood, all of which were made by the carpenters under the personal supervision of my second brother.
......"
By the time they reached the main courtyard, Xiao Li and Lu Yuan already knew almost everything about the house.
Because they didn't know when the master would come back, the three brothers of the Ma family had been doing as they promised in the past few years. Regardless of whether the master would come back or not, they always kept the house clean and tidy.
Xiao Li had once planted a mental hint in them and knew that they would not betray him, so they were not surprised to hear this.
Lu Yuan blinked and looked at him in confusion. "Wouldn't it be boring to do the same thing every day? Besides, no one's living here, so you don't have to clean up so often. Once a month is enough, right?"
Before he got married, when he was still living in the Lu family, although the house was kept in tidiness by his young father, he did not clean it every day. Not only would it be tiring, but it would also waste a lot of time.
For poor people, time is money. Even if it is not much, at least any money earned is good.
"Hey..." Ma Da touched the back of his head and smiled a little embarrassedly, "Third brother is smart and can help the young master do big things, and second brother is also smart and can help third brother. I can't do that. I get a headache looking at those books and words. If third brother didn't check our reading every month, I wouldn't even want to learn words.
They can go and do other things, and I'll stay at the house and take care of it. It won't be boring. The house is so big, and each courtyard is different. I feel that life like this is very promising."
Hearing this, Lu Yuan thought of his past self, who seemed to be in the same situation as before. He just wanted a stable life, not to go hungry, and not to worry about food and clothing.
It is still the case now.
He also smiled slightly, "Brother Ma is right."
Xiao Li had already put little Ruijing on the newly made bed, and little Ruixue also wanted to take a nap, so Xiao Li coaxed him for a while.
When I closed the door and came out, I just heard the conversation between the two. Especially when I saw the fleeting look of nostalgia in my husband's eyes, the handsome young man with bared fangs and claws a few years ago suddenly appeared in my mind.
Time flies. He has been in this world for more than four years, and they have been together for more than four years.
Lu Yuan seemed to sense something, looked towards him, curved her eyebrows and smiled slightly.
The two of them didn't say anything, just looked at each other silently.
There were clearly two men with a strong presence next to them, but both Ma Da and Ma Xiao felt like they shouldn't be here.
Fortunately, they only stared at each other for a moment, and then Xiao Li walked towards Lu Yuan, took his hand, and asked, "Do you want to look around the house?"
Lu Yuan shook her head. "Jing'er and the baby are inside. I don't feel safe walking too far."
"Don't worry, young master. I will guard the door. If the two young masters wake up, I will take them to find you and you." Ma Xiao offered to stay and look after the children.
"This..." Lu Yuan subconsciously looked at Xiao Li.
As for Ma Xiao, he had only met him a few times, whether before he left Nan'an County or now. He didn't know what kind of person he was and whether he was trustworthy.
The only person she could trust here was her husband.
"It's okay, we can go and take a look." Although Xiao Li didn't say anything directly, Lu Yuan already knew what he meant.
After knowing that Ma Xiao could be trusted, Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, then we'll just take a look around and come back early."
"Okay." It is the nature of parents to care about their children. As the child's other father, Xiao Li naturally has no objection to this.
Accompanied by Martha, the two walked around the house and then returned to the main courtyard.
As soon as he entered the yard, Ma Xiao, who was sitting at the door, patted his butt and stood up, "Master, Master, the two young masters are not awake yet."
"Okay, I'll go take a look." Lu Yuan nodded, let go of Xiao Li's hand and quickly walked into the house.
Xiao Li followed slowly behind, and before entering the house, he looked at the two people guarding the door and said, "You don't have to guard me all the time. I will tell you if there is anything. Now you can go do other things."
Ma Da didn't think much of it. He rubbed the back of his head and nodded with a simple expression. "Sir, what would you like to eat today? We don't have any fresh vegetables, but we have dried vegetables and meat in the cellar. We also have quite a few eggs, all preserved using the method you mentioned."
At this time, every household might be tightening their belts and eating a little less. Even though there was a lot of food in the cellar, enough for them to eat for a long time, Martha rarely took it out to eat.
If the young master had not come back at this time, the three brothers would have just been satisfied as long as they were not hungry.
Xiao Li just heard about these things from them and didn't care. After all, he paid them a lot of money per month and there was not much work for them to do. He also asked them to prepare the food themselves, and it was their own choice whether to eat or not.
Of course, if they revealed their abundant food reserves due to a momentary craving, thus attracting the covetousness of others, then it would not be his fault.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Li said, "No need to prepare anything special. Just make it as you normally eat. Just send me one portion."
"What about the young master and the others?" Ma Da looked puzzled. "Don't they need to eat?"
Ma Xiao looked at his elder brother with a puzzled expression, "Sir, this courtyard has a cellar. Can't you cook whatever you want? Just do whatever I say, okay?"
"Oh, third brother, you are right." Ma Da smiled innocently, said something to Xiao Li and left.
Ma Xiao was afraid that Xiao Li would despise his eldest brother's stupidity, so he was about to say something nice for him when he heard him say, "You should get busy too."
The two men replied "OK" and left. They only brought a meal without any meat in the evening, and then left without disturbing the host family of four.
After they left, Xiao Li and Lu Yuan accompanied the two to take a nap for a while. When the children woke up, they took the two little ones to "treasure hunt" in the yard.
Although the houses on the farm also have cellars, the things stored in them are mostly food, unlike here where there may be all kinds of messes.
In the cellar, little Ruixue was holding a pumpkin that was almost as big as him. He tried to pick it up, but his face turned red. "Ah! Ah!"
The little guy used all his strength to suck milk, but he couldn't even move the big pumpkin. Instead, he fell out on his butt.
"Bam—"
The cellar was filled with the sound of the little guy falling to the ground. He blinked confusedly, then looked down at the big pumpkin and slowly opened his mouth.
Although little Ruijing was also curious, he did not try anything but watched with his eyes. He stayed by his brother's side and watched over him all the time.
Seeing his younger brother fall to the ground, Ruijing was afraid that he was hurt, so he quickly squatted down and held his little brother's face, "Don't be afraid, baby, I'm here. Where did you fall? I'll show you."
Hearing her brother's voice, little Ruixue came back to her senses. She pouted aggrievedly and stretched out her hands to ask her brother for a hug, "Brother, hug me~"
For a moment, Ruijing, who was worried about his brother, didn't even remember that he was also a three-year-old child. He held his brother's armpits and tried hard to pick him up with both hands. As a result...
His little face flushed red, but his brother was still sitting on the ground motionless.
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Before Xiao Ruixue could react, he had already let go of her hand as if nothing had happened, tugged at Xiao Li's clothes, and looked up and called out, "Daddy, hurry up and hold the baby."
Little Ruixue didn't understand why his brother wanted his father to hold him when he had already been held by him. However, he just wanted someone to hold him, no matter who it was.
So when he looked up and met his father's smiling eyes, he raised his two little arms towards his father and said in a baby voice: "Daddy~ Baby, it hurts~"
"Where does it hurt? Daddy, let me take a look." Xiao Li squatted down, picked him up, and gently patted the dust off his clothes. "Does it hurt here? Or here?"
As he spoke, Xiao Li gently pinched the little guy's butt and then pinched his chubby thighs. They were as soft as freshly steamed white buns, making people unable to let go.
The moment he fell to the ground, Xiao Li had already used his healing ability to check his condition. Only after knowing that he was fine did he stand by and watch the two brothers loving each other.
Little Ruixue buried her face in his arms, then twisted her body in his arms, "It hurts all over~"
"Then what should we do? Ask your Taoist uncle to prescribe some medicine for you?" Xiao Li did not expose the little guy, but deliberately followed his words to tease him.
Xiao Ruixue:!!!
"No!" The little guy was startled and raised his head in disbelief in his arms, "Don't drink the medicine!"
The Taoist priest's medicine is too bitter. Baby, don't drink it.
At first, little Ruijing thought his brother was really in pain, and wanted to coax his brother to take medicine, but when he saw that his father was not anxious at all and his father looked helpless, he seemed to understand something and finally did not say anything.
Xiao Li said "hmm..." in embarrassment, "What should I do if the baby is in pain?"
"It doesn't hurt~ Baby, it doesn't hurt~" The little guy rubbed against his arms, trying to get away with it by acting cute and coquettish.
Not only that, he also knew to seek external help for himself. He looked eagerly at his brother who doted on him unconditionally, pouting his pink little mouth, looking pitiful and aggrieved.
Little Ruijing doted on him to begin with, so naturally he couldn't stand it when he saw him like this. The most important thing was that he knew that his father was just teasing his younger brother.
The expressionless little fellow looked at Xiao Li, tugged at his sleeve, and said anxiously, "Daddy, the baby is not in pain and doesn't need medicine."
"What if the baby feels pain if he doesn't take the medicine?" Xiao Li threw the question back to them, "Didn't the baby say it hurts? Is the baby deliberately lying to daddy?"
Xiao Ruixue:!!!
The little guy's eyes widened in disbelief, "How did Daddy know that?"
Hearing this, Xiao Li raised his eyebrows and deliberately put on an angry look as he looked down at him, "So, baby really is lying to daddy?"
Xiao Ruixue:!!!
With a "snap", the little guy covered his mouth, shook his little head like a rattle, and denied it with his whole body.
Little Ruijing blinked, looked at his father, then looked at his father again, and finally turned his gaze to his little father standing beside him.
Lu Yuan went over and picked him up, rubbing her face against his before whispering in his ear, "Daddy is playing with the baby. Jing'er, don't worry about them. Little Daddy will take you to see what's in the cellar, okay?"
"Is that so?" Little Ruijing actually felt something, but he was always a little irrational when it came to matters concerning his younger brother.
"Of course," Lu Yuan said with certainty. Looking at the father and son over there, his eyes were filled with helplessness. "Don't they do this often?"
But Xue'er only remembers to eat and not to be beaten, and always falls for his father's tricks, just like himself before.
Fortunately, the child is still young, and he can make excuses by saying that he is young and doesn't remember much. If the child grows up and is still so easily deceived, even if the man is the child's father, he can't help but worry about what will happen to the child in the future.
After receiving the affirmative answer from his little daddy, little Ruijing gradually relaxed. He reluctantly withdrew his gaze from his brother, leaned on his little daddy's shoulder and said "hmm".
He was so well-behaved and easy to coax, Lu Yuan couldn't help but sigh softly. She held him in her arms and said as they walked, "Jing'er can be like a baby too. There's nothing wrong with being a little more lively."
If possible, Lu Yuan actually hopes that Jing'er can be more lively. He acts like an old man at such a young age. It would be fine if someone taught him, but no one in their family asks their children to do so.
Little Ruijing leaned on his shoulder and shook his head, "Little Daddy, I like this."
After he said that, what else could Lu Yuan do?
Sighing, Lu Yuan gently touched his head, feeling a little helpless and distressed: "Little Daddy knows, Jing'er can do whatever he wants.
You are Little Daddy and Daddy's child. No matter what you are like, you are our child. We will like and love you, understand?"
"Yeah, Jing'er knows." Little Ruijing straightened up in his arms, holding his face with both hands, looking at him seriously, "Little Daddy, Jing'er likes you too."
After saying that, without giving Lu Yuan a chance to react, the little guy lay back on his shoulder.
Lu Yuan was slightly stunned, then turned her head and saw the little guy's red face. She curved her eyebrows and smiled silently.
This is his child, how nice.
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