Chapter 73 How can they compare to Madam?
After eating and drinking, the children digested the food for a while and then were rushed to take a nap.
As the saying goes, taking a nap at noon is very important.
Long Baoer was carried back by his brothers and slept with his aunt. He fell asleep almost in the blink of an eye.
"This kid is so tired." Chang Chun said with a smile.
On the other side, Cao Yingying also followed Chang Maoming and Mrs. Cao back to Jinlan Garden.
Because of Chang Maoming's presence, Cao Yingying did not dare to act like a monster at all and followed the two of them honestly.
After a while, I ran to my small courtyard, pulled up the quilt and fell asleep in darkness.
In the afternoon, Chang Maoming will not arrange classes. First of all, it is still the Chinese New Year, and today is also a temporary class.
Not only did Long Baoer sleep until the afternoon, Cao Yingying also slept for an hour.
After getting up and playing for a while, Zhang's mother brought the soup to her.
There were pork ribs and vegetables in the soup, and Cao Yingying ate it very deliciously.
Predictably, Cao Yingying couldn't eat again that night.
"Is it really okay?"
"It's okay." Chang Maoming said casually while holding the book and reading it slowly.
"Husband, how is Yingying's studies today?" Ms. Cao sat down next to Chang Maoming and asked casually, but in fact she wrung her hands tightly.
This time Chang Maoming put down the book and said seriously, "Yingying is not stupid, but she just has a short temper. But after competing with other children, it is rare that she can read it."
"It's only been a day..."
"Yes, it only takes one day." Chang Maoming said, "You can see a lot in just one day."
Mr. Cao immediately lowered his head in shame.
Although the Cao family is poor, it can be considered a scholarly family. His elder brother and younger brother are both good at reading, so she has naturally read a few books.
But for Yingying, she really spoiled her.
I couldn't read more than a few pages of the book, and it hurt here and there, and I couldn't sit still for a moment.
It wouldn't matter if she was jumping up and down like that bald boy. The key was that she was still unwilling to move and her focus was entirely on eating.
Thinking of Yingying in the past, and then thinking of Yingying in Chang Maoming's mouth, Ms. Cao gasped a few times, and then raised her head after a long while, "Maybe I really don't know how to teach children. Husband, Yingying, I treat her as my own flesh and blood." Yes, you see, you see..."
Chang Maoming's heart moved, and he stretched out his hand to hold Cao's hand, "Don't worry, even if Yi'er is adopted in the future, Yingying's position will not be shaken. You regard her as your daughter, I know that."
"Husband..."
"We may never have children in this life. You raise Yingying, which can be regarded as a sustenance for our feelings. If Yi'er comes, you should treat him well, and it will be Yingying's confidence in the future."
Mr. Cao nodded.
Although her vision is not high, she can understand this. Having a brother who she grew up with since childhood is the strength of the girl's family.
Such is the world.
"Don't worry, if Yi'er is willing to come, he will be my biological flesh and blood." Ms. Cao thought about this and said word by word.
From that day on, Long Baoer ran to the gate of Jinlan Garden every morning to look for Yingying.
Most of the people who accompany her are Xue Lei and Chang Xuan. Sometimes when these two are not around, the other brothers of the Xue family will seize the opportunity. Yi'er can also seize it once or twice.
Long Baoer didn't mind who was accompanying her. The long walk back and forth every morning made her walk and trot much more stable than before.
Even Chang Chun said with a smile that this was because Long Baoer was kept in captivity and was often injured. Now that I walk more, my legs are naturally much stronger after being exercised.
Just be careful not to rush for quick results and injure your muscles and bones. Just walking around every day and playing in the afternoon is enough.
On Cao Yingying's side, Long Baoer took her away to the dining room to eat with everyone every morning.
The lesson she learned on the first day made her afraid to be picky about food, for fear of being hungry for a long time.
Sometimes Long Baoer's eyes glanced at her unintentionally, and she would eat the buns nervously, fearing that Long Baoer would think she didn't like them and would take them away.
After eating for a few days, Yingying felt that the breakfast in the big kitchen was quite delicious. Although the buns have skin, they can’t hold up the delicious fillings. And there are both meat and vegetables.
Sometimes instead of eating steamed buns, I eat shortbread in the morning. The shortbread is shiny on both sides and contains minced meat and chives. It tastes crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
Served with white rice porridge, it will be more fragrant.
Eggs are not braised every day. Sometimes they are braised, sometimes they are tea eggs, sometimes they are boiled eggs, sometimes they are fried eggs, two per person.
Yingying has not thought about the big chicken drumsticks in the morning for a long time.
After eating a full meal and doing some exercise, we entered their elementary school in the corner of the flower room.
The sound of reading in the early morning gave the Chang family's usually quiet courtyard a touch of vitality.
The old lady has been in a good mood recently, and even personally ordered her small kitchen to make some complicated but delicious snacks for the children.
Although Long Baoer was young, she worked very hard in studying. Every day, she asked her brothers to help her write down on paper what her second uncle Chang Maoming taught her.
Because she was too young, her second uncle did not allow her to use a writing brush. She could only use her fingers dipped in water to draw on the table and learn to write from her brothers.
Long Baoer had to review the notes he had memorized at night, snuggled in the arms of his uncle or aunt, scratching them one by one with his little finger, and then recited them again and again.
Chang Chun was almost blown away by her niece's serious appearance. He smiled and kissed her cheek, "Why is Long Bao'er so good? Why do you have to study so hard?"
"Because Long Bao'er wants to be like my aunt!" Long Bao'er said loudly. "My uncle said that my aunt is the most beautiful person, well-educated and sensible, and Long Baoer is also..."
Before Long Baoer finished speaking, Chang Chun couldn't help laughing, "Is this all what your uncle said?"
"Yeah!" Long Baoer nodded vigorously.
"Be good! Go wash up first." Chang Chun called his maid over and took Long Bao'er to take a bath and rinse his mouth. He glanced towards the middle door and said, "Don't come over yet!"
"Hehehehe." Xue Qingsong came in with a very embarrassed smile.
"Talking nonsense to a child" Chang Chun glared at Xue Qingsong. "I said that when my second brother saw me these days, his eyes looked weird. It turned out to be because of this."
"Why is this nonsense? In my heart, this is how Madam is!" Xue Qingsong said seriously.
"I think I was a poor boy back then. When I saw my wife, I really felt like a fairy descended from heaven. She was so good-looking, spoke so nicely, and was so gentle to me..."
"What about now? After seeing so many famous ladies, am I crude and unfeminine? I only know how to dance with guns and sticks all day long, and I don't care about my head at all?" Chang Chun asked with a straight face.
"The more I meet those so-called noble ladies, the more lucky I feel." Xue Qingsong took Chang Chun's hand between his own and held it carefully, "Their vision is trapped in the back house, where can I go?" Half as good as my wife’s.”