SFS Chapter 114 Attitude
Chapter 114 Attitude
After playing with her husband and children for a while, Xiao Li let them go into the space to rest first. She then went to clean up the house and then went in to sleep with them.
The next morning, when Xiao Li woke up, the father and his two sons beside him were still asleep. He did not disturb them, but took them out of the space together, and then went out of the house to wash up.
Ma Da got up early in the morning and waited at the main courtyard gate after preparing breakfast. He walked in from outside the courtyard after hearing some noise. "Young Master, you are up. Breakfast is ready. Would you like to have it brought to you or would you like to eat in front?"
When he came in, Xiao Li was hanging up the face towel. Hearing this, he replied, "Bring it here."
"I'll go right away." Ma Da said as he turned around. He had only taken two steps when he suddenly remembered something. He stopped and turned around to look at Xiao Li again. "Master, do you want to bring breakfast for the young master and the two young masters?"
It would be the end of the Chen hour, which was already very late for him, but it should not be too late for the young master's husband and children. He also knew whether they had gotten up.
Xiao Li was thinking when a not-too-loud noise came from the room.
Soon, the door of the house opened a little, and a little guy wearing only a shirt poked his head out.
Seeing Xiao Li, Xiao Ruixue's eyes lit up instantly. She stretched out her hands to him and acted coquettishly, "Daddy, hold me~"
Xiao Li quickly went over and picked him up from the ground. He gently patted the soles of his white feet twice, then looked at him disapprovingly with his eyes lowered. "You're out on the ground without shoes again. Do you want to get sick and take medicine again?"
When they were at the farm, the two little guys would occasionally sleep with their grandparents and grandma. One time, they got up in the morning and went to the fields without wearing shoes. It was still early spring, and they started to have a high fever that night. Yu Qingshan prescribed medicine for them, and they finally got better after taking it for several days.
When it was time to take the medicine, the sick little guy didn't cooperate at all. In the end, Xiao Li had to coax and trick him into taking the medicine. However, since that time, the little guy has been very resistant to the idea of taking medicine. Every time it was mentioned, it was like a threat to his life.
Upon hearing this, the little guy's face wrinkled instantly, almost as much as the bitter melon, and he obviously remembered how hard the medicine tasted.
The black and bright eyes turned around, and little Ruixue put her arms around her father's neck, put her little face close to him, and gave her father a big kiss on the face, and another big kiss, while still saying coaxing words.
"Wrong, wrong~ Baby, I was wrong~ Baby, I will change~ Daddy is not angry~ Baby... Baby doesn't want to take medicine~"
After all, the last sentence is his key point, and the little guy's little thoughts are clearly revealed.
"Ha!" Xiao Li didn't indulge him in this regard. He deliberately sneered to scare him, "It's not your father's decision whether to take medicine or not. If the baby is sick, he still has to take the medicine. If the baby doesn't take it, then Daddy will force-feed it to you."
Xiao Ruixue:???
Xiao Ruixue:!!!
The little guy stared at him with eyes wide open, unable to recover for a long time. He obviously didn't expect that the father who loved him the most would suddenly be so heartless. Obviously, before, he just needed to act like a spoiled child, and everything would be fine. How could it suddenly become like this?
His little head couldn't think of too many problems, so his face looked dull, like an exquisite doll.
That cute little look was very alluring. Xiao Li lowered his head and gave his rosy little face a kiss. "So baby, you have to be good and obedient. Remember?"
The little guy blinked, covered the place where he was kissed, and nodded slowly, "I know~ Baby, I know~"
Xiao Li's heart moved when he saw this, and he was about to bend down to kiss him again, but two small hands covered his mouth tightly.
The little guy pouted and said angrily, "No, no, no, daddy, no ...
His face was already hurt by his father's kisses, and it would hurt even more if he kissed him again. He was most afraid of pain.
Seeing the little guy's resistance, Xiao Li raised his eyebrows, pulled his little hand away, deliberately put on a cold face, and continued to scare him, "Kiss me, Daddy is going to kiss you!"
As he was about to lower his head, little Ruixue screamed in resistance, "No, no, no, daddy, no ...
"No, the more you don't let daddy kiss me, the more daddy wants to kiss me. Daddy must kiss the baby!" As he spoke, Xiao Li was already very close to the little guy's face.
Seeing that she was about to be kissed, little Ruixue could only lean back, with her two little hands still trying to push her father away, "Daddy, no kiss~Daddy~"
Resistance was futile, so the little guy could only act like a spoiled brat, trying to make his father soften his heart.
However, Xiao Li was not soft-hearted at this time. He grabbed the little guy's two arms that were in the way with one hand, supported his back with the other hand, and then lowered his head to gently touch his little face. "Whose baby is this? Why is it so fragrant and sweet?"
Because he has been drinking milk, the little guy always has a milky scent on his body.
Xiao Ruixue had already closed his eyes and "accepted his fate", but he didn't expect that his father's kiss would not hurt him as before, and he was happy again in an instant.
He giggled and hugged Xiao Li's neck, "It's daddy's baby~"
"So it's my baby?" Xiao Li had an expression of sudden enlightenment, and then said with a proud and proud tone: "Is it so fragrant and sweet?"
"Baby smells so good~" Little Ruixue lay in his arms and rubbed against him like a little kitten.
When Lu Yuan opened her eyes, she saw the father and son loving each other. Her eyes, which were originally a little sleepy, gradually became clear and then filled with tenderness.
When Xiao Li looked over, he happened to meet a pair of peach blossom eyes full of love. His steps paused slightly, and the curve of his lips became increasingly obvious.
After a moment, he walked towards the bed. The little guy in his arms also noticed that his little daddy had woken up, and stretched out his arms to Lu Yuan for a hug, "Little daddy, hold me~"
Hearing this, Xiao Li patted his little butt gently and said with a grouchy smile, "Don't you want daddy to hold you anymore?"
"Yes~" The little guy thought his daddy was jealous, so he turned around and hugged him, put his cheek against his, and then kissed him. Then he said seriously: "But little daddy wants a hug too~"
What he meant was that little daddy also wanted to hug him, he couldn’t just hug daddy.
Xiao Li knew what he meant, but knowing was one thing and doing it was another.
He said "hmm..." hesitantly, then looked at him with feigned embarrassment, "But what if Daddy wants to hold the baby right now? Can the baby hold Daddy later?"
"Ah..." The little guy looked at him with a tangled face, then looked at his little daddy who had sat up and was looking at him "longingly", his heart was extremely tangled, "But, but..."
But after a long time, Xiao Ruixue still couldn't figure out the reason for the "but".
Seeing that the little guy's eyes were almost covered with a layer of mist, Xiao Li stopped teasing him and coaxed him with a smile: "Okay, Daddy and baby are just playing, baby, do whatever you want now!"
After saying that, he placed the little guy next to Lu Yuan. The little guy immediately used his hands and feet to get into Lu Yuan's arms, hugging his little daddy tightly with both hands, "Little Daddy~"
Holding the sweet and soft little baby in her arms, Lu Yuan felt a soft feeling in her heart.
Holding the little guy in his arms tightly, he said softly, "Good boy, baby."
The father and son were happily hugging each other, and little Ruijing next to them slowly opened his eyes and looked to the side when he heard the noise.
Seeing his little dad holding his younger brother and the two of them talking in low voices, he didn't say anything and just watched them quietly.
If he hadn't blinked from time to time, who would have known that he was awake?
Seeing that he was awake, Xiao Li reached out and gently poked his face, "Jing'er, are you going to get up?"
Little Ruijing then turned his gaze to his father, looked at him for a few seconds, and then said "hmm" softly.
Without waiting for him to move, Xiao Li picked him up and took him outside to wash up.
Ma Da didn't get a clear answer just now, and he didn't know what to do for a while. In the end, he just waited in the yard, planning to ask the young master when he saw him.
"Master, Young Master." Seeing Xiao Li coming out, he quickly bowed and asked, "Master, should I bring all the breakfast?"
Xiao Li didn't rush to answer, but looked down at the little guy in his arms, "Jing'er, where do you want to eat?"
"Here." Little Ruijing blinked. Although he answered Xiao Li's question, he was looking at Ma Da.
Looking at the young master who looked very similar to the young master, Ma Da was slightly stunned.
He looked at Xiao Li for a clear instruction, and saw the young master nodded slightly, "Listen to Jing'er."
"I understand, sir. I'll bring the breakfast over right away." This time, Ma Da reacted quickly. After he finished speaking, he turned around and went to the front to get the food.
By the time Xiao Li and Xiao Ruijing finished washing up, Ma Da had already brought breakfast for their family of four.
A bowl of millet porridge, a small dish of pickled vegetables, and a basket of cornmeal buns.
Ma Da put down his things, a trace of shame on his honest face. "Sir, we didn't know you were coming back, so we didn't prepare many good things. You... just make do with what you have. When the harvest comes, I'll make something else for you and the young master."
When he said this, Ma Da was only thinking about giving the young master's family something delicious to eat, and he didn't think at all about whether the young master's family would still stay here when the harvest season came.
"It's already very good. We'll eat whatever we have." Xiao Li didn't refuse his kindness. "When conditions permit, I'll try your cooking."
Hearing this, Ma Da was obviously relieved. His honest face was filled with a bright smile. He touched the back of his head and smiled happily, "Sir, you are such a kind person. It's exactly as my third brother said."
Ma Da had not received much education, and although he could recognize quite a few characters, he still could not remember some fundamental principles. However, he knew that all he had to do was listen to the Master and his second and third brothers.
Xiao Li had heard a lot of flattery, and even though he knew that the other party believed it from the bottom of their heart, he still reacted softly, just saying "hmm" to indicate that he understood, and that was it.
Martha was not good at complimenting others and was not very good at speaking, so in the end he just kept his mouth shut and waited on the side for instructions.
Neither Xiao Li nor Lu Yuan, and even the two little guys, had the habit of ordering others around, so Xiao Li asked him to leave, and the family had breakfast quietly.
After dinner, the two little ones couldn’t sit still. To be precise, little Ruixue couldn’t sit still and pulled her brother to play together.
Although the three Ma brothers were in the house, Lu Yuan was worried about leaving the children with unfamiliar people, so in the end he took the two little ones for a walk around the yard.
Little Ruixue was also easily satisfied. After being told not to leave the house, she never said anything about going out to play. She only played inside the house with her brother and little daddy.
After asking Ma Da and Ma Er to protect the father and his two sons, Xiao Li took Shen Congzhou and followed Ma Xiao out.
This is the North District, and Ma Xiao is the owner of the Nan'an Bookstore. Most of the people living here are scholars and their families. There are really quite a few people who know him. Along the way, people greeted him and tried to find out the identities of the two people around him.
"Shopkeeper Ma, what are you doing today? You are bringing two unfamiliar young men with you. Is there anything I can help you with?" The speaker was a young man dressed in a gray scholar's coat. He was not tall, and his appearance was not outstanding but decent. However, his eyes gave people a very shrewd feeling.
Ma Xiaoyong glanced at Xiao Li out of the corner of his eye. Seeing that he had no intention of paying attention to him, he calmly declined. "Nothing. I didn't expect to run into an old friend after not seeing him for many years. I don't have anything good to offer at home, so I decided to look around and make up for it."
As he spoke, he bowed to the other party and said, "I have something else to do, so I won't chat with you any longer."
Apart from the scholar, there were occasionally some women who would greet him, and it seemed that he had some influence in the North District.
Ma Xiao was afraid that he would be upset by stealing Xiao Li's limelight, so he explained as he led the way, "Since the drought began, I've been working with the government officials. That's why the locals here know me, and some of them are also customers of the bookstore."
Xiao Li probably guessed what he was thinking, raised his hand to signal him to stop, and then said: "You don't need to tell me these things. It's your own ability that has made you successful. I only care about the results I want, not the process."
"...I understand, sir." Upon hearing this, Ma Xiao was slightly stunned. He couldn't help but think of the scene three years ago when he vaguely heard the young master talking to Mr. Shen. It seemed to be similar at that time.
He always thought that he and his elder and second brothers were not as good as Mr. Shen, but looking at the young master's attitude at the moment, it seemed that in the young master's eyes, they were no different from Mr. Shen.
It doesn't seem quite right. It should be said that in the eyes of the young master, their status is no different from that of Mr. Shen a few years ago. At this moment, Mr. Shen is obviously more respected by the young master.
If the three brothers had followed the young master to the capital back then, would they also be valued by the young master to this extent now?
No, they are different. They are not as powerful as Mr. Shen, and they did not know as much as they do now.
His achievements today are inseparable from the trust of the young master.