The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 191 Completed

On New Year's Eve, the capital was full of joy, and the sound of firecrackers was endless.

Compared with the liveliness of family reunions in other families, Yanping Hou's Mansion seemed particularly deserted.

The uncle opened a mansion to live in another place, the second master was working in the south of the Yangtze River and did not come back after a long journey, the third master became a monk, and the fourth girl also married the second son of the prefect's family in Shanxi in August, and only brought back New Year's goods.

But this was the most comfortable New Year's Eve that Mrs. Tai had ever had in her life.

"Great-grandmother, these are the dumplings made by Cancan. Cancan will feed you." Cancan knelt on the kang, holding a small bowl to feed great-grandmother.

After the winter, Mrs. Tai's health became worse and worse, and she stayed in the house most of the time. This year's New Year's Eve also moved the dining table to the kang.

Mrs. Tai took a look at the dumplings in the little girl's bowl, they were crooked, and it looked like they were made by the little girl herself. She lovingly touched the top of her great-granddaughter's head, "Cancan is so good, did your mother teach you to make it?" said Wan just opened his mouth to catch half of the dumplings handed over by his great-granddaughter, then chewed and listened, his eyes occasionally glanced at the twins next to him.

Cancan shook her head, and said clearly: "Grandmother and mother are both pregnant with younger brother. Daddy said they should take a good rest. I learned from my grandmother. My grandmother makes dumplings by herself every year. By coincidence, my grandmother can make several kinds of dumplings. I'll learn it all when I grow up."

Brother Ping and An Ge were playing ball next to him. When his sister mentioned grandma, he also called grandma twice while playing.Brother An was greedy, and kept looking at his sister, wanting to eat the dumplings made by her sister, but his father told him not to eat, and he wanted to go home to eat dumplings with his mother.

The saliva flowed down again, An Ge'er didn't want to play ball anymore, so he left his brother and ran towards his grandfather.

Zhao Yunting was standing in front of the kang, and when he saw the drooling of the second grandson, he understood, and motioned for Cuiyu who came to bring another bowl of dumplings. Cuiyu knew in his heart that the two young masters couldn't be full here. Only two dumplings came in.Zhao Yunting took the bowl, and when he turned around, he saw two big fat grandchildren standing in front of him. He laughed and asked the two brothers to sit down side by side and feed them himself.

Dumplings are sandwiched in half, exactly one bite per person.

Zhao Yunting fed the second grandson first, and An Geer held his grandfather's wrist with one hand, puffed his mouth and blew, puffed up his cheeks and blew several times before he opened his mouth wide and swallowed it, and changed his hands to play with his own feet, and looked at his sister with big eyes , vaguely said that it was the dumplings made by my sister.Brother Ping looks much better than his younger brother when he eats. He sits obediently, chewing, and stares at the bowl in his grandfather's hand...

Mrs. Tai looked at her two great-grandchildren, her heart felt warm, and her appetite improved a lot, she ate a bowl full.Cancan handed the bowl to Aunt Cuiyu and asked her to serve another bowl. Mrs. Tai smiled and hugged the little girl into her arms, "Enough is enough, great-grandmother is full, and if she eats again, she won't be able to sleep at night. We What a coincidence, Jia Cancan, my great-grandmother has never eaten such delicious dumplings."

Being praised, Cancan happily looked at her grandfather.

Zhao Yunting did not hesitate to give the little girl a complimenting smile, just as the two brothers had finished eating, Zhao Yunting asked them to go talk with their great-grandmother with their sister.The two younger brothers were not very close to the strange Mrs. Tai, but they liked their elder sister. Of course they passed by when her sister was there, staring at Mrs. Tai curiously.

Mrs. Tai touched the heads of the three children one by one, and finally looked at Cancan and explained: "Just now Cancan made a mistake. Your mother is pregnant with a younger brother, and your grandmother is pregnant with a younger brother. You must remember, otherwise If you make a mistake, it will make people laugh." Her fourth grandson, to be more aggressive, came out a few days earlier than her third grandson, or it was true that all her nephews and nieces were older than him.

Cancan is surrounded by uncles, uncles, uncles, and uncles, but there is no uncle. Although the elders have told her more than once that the uncle is in the stomach of her grandmother, she still can't figure it out, just like her elder brother and second brother, who are younger than her. They are all called younger brothers. Why are grandmothers and mothers called differently?
She didn't understand, and brother Ping and An didn't even understand.

Mrs. Tai shook her head helplessly, looked out of the window, it was getting dark, guessed that it was almost time for dinner over there, hugged the three children reluctantly, and said to Zhao Yunting: "Okay, I'll go to bed right away, you guys hurry up Let's go, don't make Cheng Yuan wait in a hurry." Now that the eldest grandson has such a temper, she is already very relieved that she is willing to let the three children come over to have a meal with her.

Zhao Yunting nodded, and helped his granddaughter tie the cloak with his own hands. Brother Ping and Brother An were still young, and it was night again, so each of them had to be wrapped tightly in a small quilt before going out.

"Great-grandmother is waiting, tomorrow I will come with my younger brothers to wish you New Year's greetings." Before leaving, Cancan said obediently.

Mrs. Tai smiled and nodded: "Okay, Cancan, remember to come early. Great-grandmother will prepare a big red envelope for you."

Cancan grinned, took one last look at the old man on the kang, and obediently let his grandfather lead him away.

The carriage soon arrived at Wuyinghou's Mansion.

Zhao Chen was already waiting at the door, the car curtain was opened, Cancan got out first, and stretched out his hand to call for Daddy to hug him.

His daughter's sweet voice instantly brought a smile to Zhao Chen's face. He picked up his daughter and rubbed it into the hat to kiss the little girl, and complained in a low voice, "Why did it take you so long to come back? Would you rather be with her than daddy?" mother?"

Cancan laughed: "Daddy is so narrow-minded." Mother said that her great-grandmother made her angry because of her wrongdoing, and her father never forgave her. , so the father who refuses to forgive the great-grandmother is narrow-minded.

Being scolded by his daughter, Zhao Chen was not angry at all, he pinched the little girl's face and put her on the ground, and stretched out his hand to hug the eldest son out.Zhao Yunting hugged Brother An, he held Brother Ping in one hand and his daughter in the other, and they went towards Xiyuan together.

Aju, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were sitting in the room talking, when they heard Cancan's excited voice from outside, Ning winked at Wenmei, Wenmei Xin understood, smiled and ordered the little maids to set the table and serve dumplings.

In the warm inner room, brother Ping and brother An finally saw the light of day again. When they saw their mother, the two younger brothers climbed up to her side together. Brother Ping sat beside her and leaned on her gently. Brother raised his head to ask mother for dumplings, he was hungry.

When it was time to eat, the two younger brothers sat next to their grandfather and father.Brother Ping knows how to use chopsticks, and he is quite proficient. Brother An actually knows how to use chopsticks, but he is probably too greedy. He thinks that chopsticks are not as fast as spoons, so he insists on eating with spoons.Zhao Chen helped Brother Ping to sandwich the dumplings in half. Brother Ping was not happy, so he stretched out his hand to cover the bowl so that his father would not meddle in his business, while Brother An pushed the bowl to his father, and he was only happy when Zhao Chen finished pinching it for him. .

Zhao Chen joked with his wife: "Brother An is greedy and lazy, like his aunt, so I can't let his aunt hold her in the future."

Aju glared at him, picked up a dumpling for her daughter, and said softly: "Cancan heard it, daddy said bad things about my aunt again, next time Cancan sees my aunt, remember to learn from her."

Cancan looked up at her father, and smiled very wickedly: "Daddy is bad, speaks ill of my aunt."

Zhao Chen asked her seriously: "Then tell me, is your aunt lazy?"

"Not lazy!" Brother An over there suddenly interrupted, with a vegetable leaf on the corner of his mouth, and defended himself with wide eyes: "Brother An is not lazy! Daddy is bad!"

Zhao Chen immediately scrunched up his face.

Brother An suddenly lost his temper. He hid behind his grandfather's arm and asked his sister for help, blinking his big eyes.

The adults didn't interrupt, they all watched with a suppressed smile, Brother Ping continued to eat the dumplings as if no one was around, Cancan saw the second brother's pitiful appearance, immediately picked up a dumpling and put it in Dad's bowl.Zhao Chen never made a bad face with his daughter, he touched her head with a smile, and then said to An Geer: "The mouth is not clean, you can do it yourself."

Brother An blinked his eyes, and saw his sister pointing at the corner of her mouth and smiling at him. He was about to wipe it off when he turned his head and saw that his brother was almost finished eating, so he immediately threw his father aside and continued to eat.

Ning looked at the two chubby grandsons, and said to Ah Ju: "Fortunately, you gave birth to two children at once, and the two younger brothers compare everything, which saves a lot of trouble. Chengyuan and Cancan , coaxing them to eat is so tiring, running around just refuses to sit down and eat well."

"Mother..." Now that he is a father, Zhao Chen feels very uncomfortable when his mother brings up the things about his childhood.

Cancan didn't believe that she was so misbehaving when she was a child, but when she saw her father blushing, she suddenly felt very happy again, and secretly smiled at her mother.

Had a great meal.

After dinner, Zhao Chen and Ah Ju sent the three children to the backyard of the main house.Cancan can't sleep with her grandmother now, and likes to sleep with her two younger brothers, anyway, she just doesn't want to sleep by herself.Last time Zhao Chen patiently persuaded his daughter to sleep in a room by herself, but the little girl said angrily that she would move to her aunt's house if her father took care of her, which made Zhao Chen very angry.

In the end, the father took a step back.

"Mother, go back, I'll coax the elder brother and the second brother to sleep." Sitting on the kang, Cancan said sensiblely.Mother has a big belly, so she can't be tired anymore.

Ah Ju just finished eating and was about to stand still, she smiled and touched her daughter's head: "It's okay, mother likes to watch you sleep."

Cancan looked at her father, and was glad that her parents were by her side. She turned around and called her two younger brothers who still wanted to play around to the bed. The three of them lay down on a small bed, and Cancan lay on the outermost side.Brother Ping, brother An, looked up at his mother after lying down, and Aju kissed each other. After all, they were all children. After playing all day during the day, they soon fell asleep.

Zhao Chen went to turn off the lights, and Ah Ju finally covered her daughter's quilt, and when Zhao Chen came over, the couple went back to the house hand in hand.

The due date was at the end of the first month, and Ah Ju looked at her husband who was talking to the fourth child against her belly, and asked him softly: "Do you want a son or a daughter? I want another daughter. A daughter is more sensible and easy to manage."

Zhao Chen slowly sat upright, and asked her with complicated eyes: "Who told you that your daughter is easy to manage? Look at Cancan, hmph, let's have a son, whoever is dishonest will just take him out and beat him up." Hit, my daughter is reluctant to hit.

Ah Ju scolded him: "It's not all because you dote on her too much."

Zhao Chen's heart softened, he hugged him and kissed him twice: "Our first child is so like you, can I not pet him?"

The words sounded nice, Ah Ju felt sweet in her heart, and raised her head to kiss him.Zhao Chen said nonsense: "Hurry up and give birth, after giving birth to this one, I won't have another one. Waiting for a year to conceive a baby is too tortured."

Ah Ju snickered, touched the man's handsome face, thinking of how hard he had endured, she really felt very distressed.

I don't know if it was because she felt sorry for her husband, or because Zhao Chen was urging him every day. When Zhao Chen led the children to hang up lanterns on the Lantern Festival morning, Aju started to activate, and after noon, the third young master of the Zhao family, brother Rong, was born smoothly.

Zhao Yunting hurried back to Xiyuan after watching the third grandson, and couldn't help complaining to his wife's belly after the announcement: "Chengyuan is ahead again, we are obviously sister-in-law and uncle, how come we are the youngest?"

Ning didn't really care about this, she was still thinking about what her husband told her last night, "Tomorrow are you really planning to resign from the emperor?" The glory, is he really willing to step down?

Zhao Yunting smiled, lying on his wife's side, holding her hand, staring at her face quietly, and sighed after a long time: "It took me a lifetime to find out what I value most. Lan Rong, let's talk about the past. Not to mention, this time I want to stay with you all the time, raise this child with you, and never separate from you for a day."

"Then there's no need to resign." Ning asked puzzledly, "Could it be that you planned for Chengyuan?"

His wife Hui Zhilan Xin, Zhao Yunting kissed her rounder face, "Yes, I occupy one of the cabinets here, and it is not easy for Chengyuan to go up. Jia Yan has not been in good health for the past two years. I have to retire in four or five years, and many people are staring at the position of Minister of the Ministry of War. Now that I voluntarily resign, the emperor must understand what I mean, and he attaches great importance to Chengyuan... Lan Rong, I am old, so I will I want to stay with you at home and teach them a few younger ones, and outside Chengyuan will display his ambitions in the court, killing two birds with one stone." Besides, his mother is getting old, and he also wants to spend more time taking care of the elderly.

Ning understands, and teased him with a smile: "You are not as good as you were back then, Brother Pinger, Brother An, they are getting bigger and better, can you manage it?"

Zhao Yunting laughed loudly, then lowered his head and leaned into her ear: "When you finish confinement, you will know whether I am old or not."

The older she gets, the more unscrupulous she is, so Ning stared at him and didn't bother to pay him any more attention.

In two days, Ning's is going to give birth. Because of her age, the birth is not going well this time. Zhao Chen can hear the crying of the old man inside when he is waiting outside. He can't even vent his anger. Walking around, just when he couldn't help but want to rush in, a loud baby cry finally came out.

He is an older brother.

When he already had four children, his mother gave birth to a younger brother for him.

(End of this chapter)