Foster son and husband

Chapter 154 Rainy Night
After Xu Junying came out of the shower, Cui Si and Cui Lian led him to sit down in front of the dressing table, dried his hair, combed it, and tied it with a ribbon of the same color as the clothes.At this time, Mei Niang, Cui Xi, and Xia Lian are playing literacy games on the couch with Heng Er, who has just taken a bath and changed clothes. They are using modern early intelligence development methods for young children. I saw my colleagues teach children this way in my previous life. A few word cards, first correspond to the actual objects to teach him to recognize them, and then mix them together, point to the table, he can find the piece of paper with the word "desk" written on it, and hand him a piece of paper with the word "mother" written on it He stretched out his hand to pull Meiniang, although the movements were a little slow, but he did it precisely. Meiniang was very happy, and felt that Henger was simply a child prodigy. Every time he praised him, he gave him another kiss as a reward. , Heng'er was very excited, clapping her little hands, giggling non-stop, which made Cuixi and Xia Lian very happy.

Mei Niang smiled and said to Xia Lian: "On weekdays, I write some characters and draw some pictures and keep them at home. You can teach him the same way. Children don't necessarily understand the meaning of words. He just needs to know the shape of the characters, but don't force them to read." He, this is just a game, whether he can read or not depends on his pleasure, if he is not happy, stop playing for the time being. You and the nurse have worked hard these two days, I will take Heng'er to bed tonight, you guys have a good rest!"

Xia Lian hurriedly said: "Go back to grandma: We don't work hard! Brother Heng is very good, and my nanny and I are not tired at all, let us take care of it. Recently, my brother always wakes up at night..."

"It's okay, let him follow me, Cuisi will come over later, tell her to stay on duty at night, sleep on this couch, just wake up in the middle of the night and help me!"

Meiniang embraced Heng'er, let him sit in her arms and tear up pieces of paper to play with, and asked Cuixi, "Is Second Grandma the director of Ziyun Hall today? Is she also going to look at Qiuhua Court?"

Just as Cuixi was about to answer, seeing Xu Junying approaching, she hurriedly pushed Xia Lian, and the two backed away to the side, blessed themselves.Xu Junying sat down on the edge of the couch, stretched out a hand with a smile, Heng'er immediately grabbed one of his fingers, stood up steadily, and leaned into Xu Junying's arms with the strength of that finger , Xia Lian said in surprise: "Brother Heng, you can walk now!"

Xu Junying said with a smile: "Heng'er has long wanted to walk. Don't hold him all the time. Put him on the ground and help him walk!"

Xia Lian lowered her head: "Return to Lord Hou's words: Madam said that brother Heng's life is forgotten, and he is not allowed to be placed on the ground before he is two years old!"

Xu Junying said: "That was in Qiuhua Academy, each courtyard has its own rules and taboos, Brother Heng is back in Tsinghua Academy now, he can walk!"

Xia Lian looked at Meiniang, and Meiniang nodded: "Master Hou is right, the sun is warm in spring, take Brother Heng to bask in the sun, you don't need to wear too thick clothes, you can wear thin cotton and woolen clothes in the morning and evening, and it will be clean on the porch The place will lead him to learn to walk, just a little meeting every day."

Seeing Xu Junying playing with Heng'er, Cuixi replied to Meiniang: "Last night, Baoju sent people back to say that the old lady, master marquis and grandma lived in the palace. If they couldn't return home, my mother and I went first." Going back to Qiuhuayuan to go back to the eldest wife, but the eldest wife was still asleep, and the third grandmother could not disturb her, so I went to find the second grandmother as the eldest grandmother said, and the second grandmother agreed to take over the call without saying a word. The affairs of the mansion, from last night to today, everything is under the care of the second mistress. At the eldest wife's place, except for the second mistress who visits occasionally, the fourth mistress and the second girl are guarding the bed side by side. Saying hello outside, but not entering the inner room."

Mei Niang looked at Xu Junying: "I almost forgot about those two aunts and wives. They are very comfortable. They just stay in their own yard every day. They don't need to go to Jinhua Courtyard to serve, and they don't need to go to Qiuhua Courtyard to say hello. We The same goes for the two aunts in the small pool of Tsinghua University, and the second room... ah! I found one thing: the men in Xu's mansion dote on the aunts! From the old waiter to the second master, until... the second master , is it a family of blood, so similar!"

Cuixi pretended to cough, and covered her lips with her sleeve, Xia Lian lowered her head to her chest, Xu Junying's face changed slightly: "This is also in my own room, you are not allowed to talk like this outside, as the eldest daughter-in-law, you have to talk about death If the father-in-law is wrong, it should be considered a crime of disrespect!"

"What is the crime of disrespect?"

"Put a tea bowl on your head, kneel in the ancestral hall, kneel for a day and a night!"

"It's really uncomfortable, I don't want to go out and talk about it!" Mei Niang smiled, and said to Cuixi: "The eldest lady is not good, I should have gone to have a look, but I just came back from the palace and I am really tired. The fourth grandma and the second lady are here, I will go again tomorrow morning. I am not in good health during this period, and the affairs of the house will be gradually handed over to the second grandma, so it is enough for Wang Mama to go and listen to it from time to time, the second grandma The girls and women around you are also very capable, you don't need to run too often in the future, and focus on...our side!"

Cuixi lowered her head and answered, "Yes!"

Xu Junying told Xia Lian: "Brother Heng should go to bed, carry him down!"

Mei Niang hurriedly said: "Let Heng'er sleep in the upper room tonight, I will take it with me!"

Xu Junying looked at her: "You didn't sleep all night in the palace last night, you have to rest well tonight, how can you take him with you? Carry him!"

Xia Lian came up to hug Heng'er, Heng'er pulled Xu Junying's sleeves, and flattened her mouth. Seeing Xu Junying's face was serious and silent, she turned back to look at Meiniang, with tears in her eyes, Mei Niang Mother came over and picked him up, and said: "It's okay! I'll sleep with him, too. At worst, ask Cui Si to wake up in the middle of the night! I feel sleepy now, Cui Xi Xia Lian, you go down, Cui Lian prepares tea for the Hou Ye's study... Wait Grandpa reads and reads official documents, often until midnight, you don’t need to accompany him, there are Baoju and Baizhan, so go and rest when you have to rest! Okay, let’s go, I’m really sleepy! Heng’er, let’s play on the bed ...Cuisi, you come too, play with us, sleep outside at night, and pay attention to Heng'er's movement!"

After listening to the conversation between Meiniang and Cuixi, Xu Junying knew that she was taking care of the affairs of the waiting mansion and was preparing to leave the waiting mansion. She felt depressed and wanted to send the girls and Heng'er away so that she could have a good talk with Meiniang , but she made such an arrangement again, letting Trish stay in the room overnight without discussing it with him.

Xu Junying didn't make a sound, and went back to the study to read the official documents. Cui Lian brought tea, and when she exited, she conveniently put down the two layers of curtains to cover the door leading to the upper room. Heng'er, Mei Niang, Cui Lian Thoughtful laughter still came in vaguely. He was so upset that he could not concentrate on reviewing official documents. He randomly took a book from the shelf to read. past.

Cuisi was making the bed on the couch, and when she saw Lord Hou come in, she was taken aback, Xu Junying asked softly:

"Are you all asleep?"

Cui Si lowered her head and said, "Return to Lord Hou's words: Grandma and Brother Heng are both asleep."

Xu Junying nodded: "I can't sleep on the left or right, so I'm just here to read the official documents and listen to Heng Er's movements, you go down and rest!"

Cui Si hesitated for a moment, Xu Junying looked at her coldly, Cui Si turned her head to look at the carved partition: "There is a lamp on the table inside, I have to take a look from time to time..."

"understood!"

Cuisi saluted, stepped back, and closed the door.

Xu Junying walked into the partition and opened the pink gauze tent. Under the faint halo, Mei Niang was lying on the innermost side, sleeping with her face facing the outside, with a slight smile on her soft and peaceful face, and Heng Er was sleeping outside with her head turned inward. , the mother and son apparently fell asleep after playing, so Cui Si had to cover them with a quilt and keep a light so that they could come and see from time to time.

Xu Junying sat down gently on the edge of the bed, staring intently at Meiniang's sleeping face, feeling a dull pain in her heart: Are you tired?Then rest well.He really wanted to touch her, but he was too far away, and there was a Henger in the middle. He sighed, looked at this, then looked at that, the corners of his lips raised slightly, smiled slightly, got up and left, and hugged her after a while. Turning back with a stack of official documents, with the dim light specially adjusted by Cuisi on the small round table, he concentrated on reading one by one.

In the middle of the night, a flash of lightning flashed outside the window, followed by a bang, and the sound of rain. The first thunderstorm in spring came unexpectedly, and the coolness soaked in. Xu Junying went out to close the window. When she came back, she found that the gauze had moved a few times. Look, it turned out that Heng'er woke up, turned over and propped up his upper body, and looked at him with a pair of dark eyes. Xu Junying pulled the quilt to wrap the little person up, and looked inside. It was thundering and raining outside, so There was such a big commotion that even Heng'er woke up, but Meiniang just turned over and continued to sleep deeply. Xu Junying couldn't help laughing: "Do you want to be a mother too?"Fortunately, she took Heng'er to sleep with her at all costs, if Heng'er fell on the bed, she wouldn't even know!
Heng'er tossed and turned, refusing to sleep again, murmuring, not knowing what to express, Xu Junying asked him in a low voice, "Would you like some tea?"

Heng'er shook her head and asked again, "Are you hungry?"

He shook his head again, and put the quilt horn into his mouth to bite, Ji Lingling trembled, raised his head and stared at Xu Junying's big and small eyes, Xu Junying was stunned, couldn't figure out what he was going to do for a moment, stretched out his hand Touching the ear that Heng'er had scratched during the day, he suddenly remembered what Xia Lian said: Brother Heng has to get up once in the middle of the night recently!
Only then did he understand, he quickly picked up Heng'er, and rushed to the inner room in two or three steps, just as he hurriedly took off Heng'er's trousers, a stream of clear water shot out immediately, if it wasn't for his quick sideways movement, the clothes Got to get wet with him.

Coming out of the inner room, Heng'er pointed to the teacup on the table and hummed twice. Xu Junying poured him half a cup of tea and put it on the bed. He crawled inside quickly and grabbed Meiniang's hair with his hand , Xu Junying rushed forward to grab him, one of the fathers grabbed the end of his hair, the other grabbed the bundle of hair, Xu Junying held Heng'er's little hand tightly with the other hand, trying not to let him pull his hair, neither of them made a sound For a long time, the older one won. He broke off Heng'er's five little fingers and let go of Meiniang's lock of hair. Afraid of waking Meiniang up, Xu Junying left the bed with Heng'er in his arms and walked outside to the soft couch. Putting it down, pointing his forehead, whispered:

"Who allows you to do this? If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, won't you be exhausted?"

But he didn't know that Heng'er had this abnormal phenomenon in these days. Maybe it was because he took too long a nap during the day. After waking up in the middle of the night and peeing, he had to play for an hour or two before going back to sleep. If he didn't play with him, he would Climb up and down, open all the doors of the cabinets on the couch, take out all the small and small items inside, and scatter them everywhere, Xu Junying has a big head. Last night with the emperor, I wanted to lie down after reading a few volumes of official documents tonight. After going to bed for a while, Heng'er's commotion ended up causing him not only to be unable to lie down, he even failed to finish the official documents.

(End of this chapter)