Chapter 153: Departure
Zhongli was in a very happy mood today, and he was so happy that Zhao Zichen, who was watching next to him, felt that something was wrong.
"Sir, are you having a good day?"
At the dinner table, Zhao Zichen kept looking at Zhongli with his eyes, and couldn't help but ask in a soft voice.
So, everyone turned their eyes to Zhongli, and their eyes were inquiring.
Zhao Yiyan knew a little, but she just thought that Zhong Liyu sent someone to give gifts, and she was naturally happy after being relieved, and she also had a good impression of Zhong Liyu in her heart.
"When are your brother's men leaving? I'll ask the old butler to prepare some gifts to take home with you! ”
Zhongli nodded with a smile and spoke gratefully.
"Yes, yes! Thanks, it's just about another two days! ”
He also had to take some time to prepare the luggage of a few children, and then he could rest assured that Wang Qinglin would take them away.
Zhongli looked at Zhao Yiyan's suspicious eyes, just smiled, and then reached out to touch Zhao Zichen's little head beside him, and casually pulled it twice.
"Yes, brother, I'm in a good mood today! I received a letter from my brother, and I went to the pond to see the lotus, and when I came back, my brother gave you something to eat with the lotus, okay? ”
He absolutely never admits that he is the other party's husband.
"Second brother, second brother, I want to eat too, I want to eat too."
Since Zhao Zichen appeared beside Zhongli, the three villains have gone from the previous warm welcome to the current sullen mood, and they always feel that their seats have been robbed!
In particular, Zhongli also named him to cook for him a few years ago, how can this be?
They've all eaten something made of lotus leaves!
Xiao Liu, who was looked at by his sister and brother's encouraging eyes, immediately raised his hand and shouted at Zhongli, begging for attention.
Zhongli couldn't help but bend the corners of his lips and nodded slightly.
"Good! These days, my sister is dedicated to serving you. ”
Zhao Yiyan looked at Zhongli, who was a little strange today, and couldn't help frowning, just thinking of how good she was to her brother on weekdays, she was also relieved.
When the children heard that Zhongli had stayed with them for the last two days, they were naturally overjoyed.
Zhongli smiled and didn't speak, but carefully selected their favorite dishes for a few children, watching them finish eating little by little, the smile lines on their faces deepened, but the haze under their eyes was heavier.
The next day, Zhongli really asked a few children to throw away their homework to be completed and go boating on the lake with her, picking lotus flowers and lotus leaves.
But when it comes to these, she can only sigh that the aristocracy of this era is really extravagant and wasteful.
Obviously, it is not yet the flowering period of lotus flowers, but there are a lot of lotus flowers in the lake here, and lotus leaves that have already been stretched.
"Sister, sister, can we really eat such a beautiful lotus?"
Zhong Lijue held the lotus flower in his hand, and his face was reluctant.
Zhongli couldn't help but chuckle and reached out to touch her little cheek.
"You can eat it! But if you want to stay, then you can only watch, eat and watch, you choose the same? ”
Her smile was full of urgency.
Zhong Lijue bit his lip, looked at the lotus flower in his hand, and then looked at Zhongli's smiling face, he always felt that his choice was difficult, and finally simply pouted.
"Can't I choose to stay a little bit and eat a little more of you?"
Zhongli was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile on his face.
"No! Has my sister ever told you the story that you can't have both fish and bear's paws? Do you want a fish or a bear's paw? ”
Not only Zhong Lijue, but even Zhong Lixian and Zhong Liyun were obviously stunned, and their little heads slowly drooped.
Zhongli turned his head to look at the shore that was getting farther and farther away from them, and then looked at the three younger siblings sitting on the boat, took a deep breath and spoke slowly.
"I've taught you before, be willing to give. You have to give, right? So, Second Brother has a question for you today. Do you want to stay with me forever and dress up like you are now, or do you want to go to Big Brother and change back to your original personality? In this way, Xiao Jue also has a flower skirt to wear, and Xiao Wu and Liu don't have to wear skirts and hairpins every day like girls. ”
When he said this, Zhongli Xin was also sullen and painful.
However, this is not only their children's choice, but also their own choice.
He took a deep breath and looked at the three children with a smile, watching their expressions change again and again, she couldn't help but purse her lips, her eyes were slightly red, and she hugged the three people in her arms, sitting on the boat and swaying gently.
"The second brother is reluctant to let you go, but there is such an opportunity, and the eldest brother doesn't want to miss it."
The three children raised their eyes to look at Zhongli, and it was Zhong Lijue who was the first to fall into Zhongli's arms, biting his lip and shaking his head quickly.
"Nope! No! No! I don't want to leave the second brother, I don't want to leave the second brother's side. ”
The other two children reached out and tugged at Zhongli's shirt tightly, and although they didn't speak with red eyes, they still meant the same thing.
Zhongli couldn't help but sigh lightly and shook his head helplessly.
She was reluctant to do so, but she knew better than others what they needed.
And, most importantly, she believed that if the three children stayed by Zhong Liyu's side, the eldest brother would also take care of them.
After Zhao Yiyan returned to the palace from the barracks, he was told by the housekeeper that Zhong Gongzi took his three children to swim in the lake today, and after coming back, all of them looked not very good, as if something had happened.
Zhao Yiyan didn't say a word, and the foot that originally entered the study turned directly and went to Zhongli's courtyard next door.
At this time, Zhongli was practicing his previous words to make lotus cakes for the children to eat, and when he saw Zhao Yiyan coming over, he smiled and waved at him.
"Big brother, are you here? It's really delicious, and you can eat it in a while! ”
And Zhao Yiyan's dark eyes just glanced at the lotus cake that looked delicate and lovely outside, and couldn't help frowning.
"You, have you cried?"
Zhongli was stunned for a moment, and then quickly reached out and touched his eyes, but this time he stretched out his hand, and the flour on his hand stained his face.
With a smile in her eyes, Zhao Yiyan reached out for Zhong Li to come over, and carefully reached out to wipe the flour off her face.
Zhongli looked at him with a frown, and shook his head on both sides.
"And now? Is there still one now? ”
Zhao Yiyan's fingertips behind him trembled slightly, but he shook his head without revealing the semicolon on his face, and forcibly suppressed the throbbing in his heart.
"No, it's nothing!"
It's just that with this experience, don't leave him behind everything after that.
It wasn't until the person went out of Zhongli's courtyard that he suddenly remembered, and it seemed that he had forgotten to ask Zhongli what had happened today.
But two days later, he finally learned about Zhongli's plans.
In his opinion, this is a very strange thing.
In order to keep the children by his side, Zhongli even did not hesitate to ask Zhao Zijian to help him ask him to help invite his husband to come to the house to teach his homework, but now he can ruthlessly let the three children go to Zhong Liyu.
Facing Zhao Yiyan's inquiring eyes, Zhongli couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and reluctantly pulled the corners of his lips at the other party.
"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that? They were also asked to leave because the eldest brother had been over there recently. And hasn't there been any movement here lately? It's just right for them to go over there. ”
The more he explained, the more strange Zhao Yiyan felt in his heart.
Is it just right?
He knew he was going to have an accident this time, didn't he? And if it is explained like this now, how can it be explained that Zhao Zichen was left behind?
But Zhongli seemed to have made up his mind, and he had to ask his subordinates to prepare things for the three children.
Seeing that the three children were crying too miserably and out of breath, Zhongli pursed his lips and walked over to hold them tightly in his arms.
"Soon, soon we'll see you again! Believe me, the second brother never lies. ”
First, Zhongli Yun sniffed and pushed Zhongli away, holding out his little thumb to her.
"I'm going to tick!"
Zhongli couldn't help but laugh, his eyes were red, and he pursed the corners of his lips and hooked his fingers.
Several other children followed suit.
Finally sent several children, Zhongli met Zhao Yiyan's eyes, couldn't help but bend the corners of his lips, and shook his head gently.
"Nothing, I'm just...... I'm just worried that things will be busy and I won't be able to take care of them. And isn't Mr. Wei in the family going to teach in the academy too? It's good now. ”
Zhao Yiyan opened his mouth to refute, but looking at Zhongli's lowered eyes and unhappy appearance, he couldn't help but sigh in his mind and quickly changed the topic.
On the day of leaving, Zhongli began to prepare to cook for the three children from the morning, got up early in the morning, and made everything he knew that several children liked to eat.
"You all eat more, and when you go back, the second brother will go over to see you when he has time."
"You have to listen to the big brother obediently, if I support the big brother and say that any of you are disobedient, I won't pass!"
"You ......"
……
Zhongli served them food, and his mouth kept opening.
A few little guys' eyes were red, and they looked at Zhongli with their mouths open, but they didn't speak.
I'm afraid that as soon as I open my mouth, I will hug Zhongli and cry.
And He Hongming next to him looked at the table of dishes in front of him, and looked at Zhongli's gaze a little weird.
Is this really Zhongli's doing?
"Eat, eat!"
Zhongli sniffed, pushed them over one by one, and watched the little guys bury themselves in the rice bowl without saying a word, the pain and self-blame in their hearts were incomprehensible.
It's because she didn't do a good job before, it's because she backtracks, it's because she doesn't take care of them......
Zhao Yiyan looked at Zhongli's appearance, couldn't help but reach out and pat her shoulder, and gently shook his head for comfort.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine."
Zhongli bit her lip and nodded, probably, she could only comfort herself like this, right?
But when the convoy was finally about to leave, Zhongli still couldn't help it, and cried "wow".