Chapter 379: Father's Hope
Cheng Li's cry broke the hearts of a room of women. Everyone couldn't help but take out a handkerchief and tuck the corners of their eyes, Shaohua was even more anxious to hear it, but Chengxi's little hand held her tightly, and Shaohua could only watch her eldest son cry in her husband's arms.
Yan Kaizhi has never coaxed a child, and he has hardly seen Cheng Xi who is raised by his side crying like Cheng Xi who doesn't even want to die. Cheng Xi is a clever child, he knows what to cry, when to cry, and who to cry to, because tears are completely easy for him to caught, so he always wins everyone's sympathy every time. However, Yan Kaizhi felt that men should not shed tears too easily, so every time he cried, he ignored it and let him be quiet obediently.
However, no matter how ruthless Shaohua was, he couldn't see his son crying, so Chengxi would only be coquettish with Shaohua, and when he saw Yan Kaizhi coming, he made a grimace from afar, and then fled behind Shaohua.
was accustomed to seeing the naughty and clever youngest son, and suddenly saw the eldest son who had not been seen for many years, especially this facial features that resembled him, Yan Kaizhi was so crying that his heart collapsed. A pair of small hands clenched his neck, and he had no choice but to hold him and wait for him to calm down.
After all these years of thoughts and grievances were vented, Cheng Li looked at the clothes that were wet with her tears and saliva, and wiped them with her little hands embarrassedly, as if she wanted to erase her embarrassment.
Yan Kaizhi put him down at this time, and Cheng Li found that his father looked not much different from his dream, but he was taller and more powerful than in his dream, his arms were strong and powerful, and his shoulders were broad and strong. Every time he watched other fathers lift their sons high, he always wondered when his father would be able to lift him up like he was now.
Youhan wiped his face distressedly, his eyes were red and he was crying, and his little face was very pink due to his strength, and he was embarrassed, he looked extremely cute. Shaohua looked at his eldest son, and he wanted to rush over in his heart, but he was afraid of scaring him. Cheng Li secretly glanced at Shaohua, saw Cheng Xi's unkind eyes, and then lowered his head again, moved behind Yan Kaizhi, and carefully pulled Yan Kaizhi's pants, as if only Yan Kaizhi was identified.
Although he felt sorry for his son, his cowardly attitude made Yan Kaizhi a little unhappy, he stretched out his hand and gently sent it to Cheng Li's back, seeing Cheng Li turning back in horror, Yan Kaizhi said: "Go and apologize to your mother." Cheng Li glanced at Shaohua quickly, biting his lip, not moving, Yan Kaizhi couldn't help frowning. Your mother worries about you every day, and when you see her ignore you and run away, you know how much it hurts her heart. ”
Yan Kaizhi's stern tone made Cheng Li's calm tears come up again, why didn't he think about his mother, but Cheng Xi's unfamiliar and guarded eyes made him feel that he was just a superfluous.
Seeing Cheng Li bow his head and play with his fingers, but he just refused to speak, Yan Kaizhi was a little angry, "Go!" ”
Shaohua asked Xiaobao to pick Cheng Xi away, walked over by herself, shook her head at her husband, looked at the lonely back, and felt a lot of pain in her heart: "Kaizhi, don't blame him, I haven't seen him for so many years, maybe he doesn't recognize us." Shaohua squatted down, his eyes met his eyes, only to see him with tears in his eyes, Shaohua hugged him and couldn't help but choked up: "Cheng Li, it's A-Niang who is sorry for you, it's A-Niang who is not good, I shouldn't have left you behind." ”
The emotions brewed to the extent that they were full, and Cheng Li felt that her mother's hug was as warm and soft as she remembered, and she couldn't help shouting anymore and cried again: "A-Niang." ”
Finally heard his son speak, Shaohua hugged him tighter with excitement, "Good boy, A-Niang is here." ”
Cheng Xi, who was hugged by Xiaobao, looked back and saw Shaohua and Cheng Li hugging and crying, pouting, and struggling to jump out of Xiaobao's arms. Rushing over at a trot, wanting to break Shaohua's hand, he shouted dissatisfiedly: "A-Niang hug!" ”
Yan Kaizhi saw that his young son was full of jealousy, so he picked him up, lowered his face, and bluffed him: "What are you fighting for at this time?" ”
Cheng Xi gradually stopped being afraid of his father's intimidation, anyway, he knew that as long as A-Niang was there, his father would not dare to do anything to him. He struggled around with great difficulty, and scolded defiantly: "Daddy big badass! ”
Yan Kaizhi raised his eyebrows, looked at him and shrank his head a little timidly, his mouth hooked up the arc of a wicked smile, and sneered at his son's slightly frightened little face: "Stinky boy, your skin will itch if you don't fight for a day?" Don't think I shouldn't have beaten you when I came to my grandfather's house. ”
Yan Kaizhi's hand hadn't moved yet, and Cheng Xi had already let go of his throat and shouted, attracting the attention of the mother and son who were hugging their heads and crying. "Wow~ Auntie, daddy beat me!" Cheng Xi's tears usually come as soon as he says, he quietly looked at his father and his brows trembled, and he was secretly shocked by the signs that his father was going to be angry at this time, so he struggled even harder, and stretched out his hand to Shaohua pitifully.
"You bastard, you should fight!" Shaohua dried up his tears, knowing that his youngest son's behavior was purely to win sympathy. If it weren't for the fact that this was the Li family, if the Ling family knew that they beat their son, they would definitely be brought to the front for a lesson, so Shaohua still took Cheng Xi from Yan Kaizhi's arms.
Cheng Xi began to cry sadly, as if he could still recite limericks in his mouth, and said a word of crying, comparable to Hua Dan on the stage: "Woo woo, A-Niang doesn't want me anymore, Cheng Xi is so pitiful, woo woo, daddy wants to beat me, Cheng Xi is so pitiful, woo woo." ”
Cheng Li, who wiped away his tears, saw his brother crying so sadly, and felt that he was also a little embarrassed, so he walked over and comforted him in a good voice: "Brother, don't cry." ”
How did he know that Cheng Xi didn't appreciate it at all, so he swept away Cheng Xi's hand fiercely, his eyes were so fierce that he was like meeting an enemy, and he roared: "Don't worry about it!" I hate you! ”
"Yan Chengxi, he's your brother!" Yan Kaizhi was very unhappy with his youngest son's attitude, and scolded angrily. Cheng Xi, who was just pretending to cry and pretending to be pitiful, heard his father's roar, and his tears were like beads with broken threads, and his body trembled vigorously, but he stubbornly raised his little face and glared at his father disgracefully.
Suddenly, he pushed Cheng Li hard and ran out crying.
Shaohua stood up in fright, Dabao had already reacted and rushed out, "Dabao, look at him." ”
Completely frightened, Cheng Li stayed in place, he never dared to make such a little temper, and others praised him for being well-behaved. But he thought in his heart that even if he was scolded, he hoped that he could be like Chengxi, and he could be wild and coquettish to his parents unscrupulously. Yan Kaizhi was also angry, shook his hand and walked to the side and sat down, his face looked very gloomy. Cheng Li cautiously moved to Shaohua's side and asked weakly, "Ah Niang, did I do something wrong?" ”
Shaohua touched his head distressedly and said softly: "Silly boy, my younger brother is still young and ignorant, don't take it to heart." ”
Yan Kaizhi also breathed a gloomy tone, showing the anger in his heart, "Ignore him, I have to teach a good lesson when I go back, it's just too rampant." "Every time it doesn't go well, I lose my temper, I have a small belly and I am greedy, I not only love to cry, but I am too shrewd and very good at seeing color. Yan Kaizhi suddenly felt that he couldn't let Shaohua indulge his son anymore, otherwise when he grew up, he would be a miser in addition to Panyan and his power.
Everyone thought that Yan Kaizhi was angered by Cheng Xi's presumptuousness, so they all remained silent and turned to curry favor with Cheng Xi.
Bao'er also likes this little master very much, just like Youhan, she thinks that this child is so sensible that it makes people feel sad, "Da Lang, Erlang is just jealous that Mrs. loves you, don't say it's you, even the soft lady, Erlang was jealous at the beginning." ”
Shaohua smiled at him, and when he saw his bright eyes, he nodded to Xiaobao, "Soft is your sister, do you want to see him?" ”
Because there are cousins everywhere, although Wanhua later gave birth to a daughter, Cheng Xi only met once, and that was when the Ling family took him to the clan as a guest. But Wanhua didn't care about this daughter, she didn't have her mother's love for her sister at all, and when she thought that this milk doll and herself were the same mother, Cheng Li's little heart suddenly swelled with an inexplicable desire to protect.
Although Squishy will be one year old in the near future, he is petite than other children of the same age, and his face is pink. Cheng Li looked at the crystal white and tender little face, the thick and slender eyelashes covered the sleeping eyes, and the lips were small and red, like freshly ripe cherries.
He looked at Shaohua in surprise, looking a little incredulous: "Is this soft? Shaohua nodded at him, seeing that he stretched out his hand and poked her pink cheek cautiously and hesitantly, thinking that it was really soft and tender. But Squishy seemed to be dissatisfied with this troublemaker who poked her cheek while she was sleeping, picked up her little fist and waved it, grabbed Cheng Li's fingers, and made him a little incoherent with excitement: "She, she is holding my hand!" ”
Seeing that the eldest son and daughter could get along in harmony, Shaohua was also relieved, and only hoped that Chengxi could accept this brother, "Do you like it?" ”
Cheng Li withdrew his hand stupidly, he didn't know how to answer, if he could, he would prefer to be like Cheng Xi and say that he didn't like it, he also wanted to monopolize the love of his parents. But he knew it couldn't be, so he chose to remain silent.
Bao'er saw the sadness in Cheng Li's eyes, and hurriedly relieved him: "Da Lang must like it very much, and he is embarrassed to say it." ”
At this time, Yan Kaizhi also calmed down and asked, "Do you still go to school in the afternoon?" ”
Xiaobao took the sleeping softness back, straightened his clothes, and replied eloquently: "Master said, today my father and my mother are back, and I will be allowed to take two days off." ”
Yan Kaizhi nodded: "What have you learned?" ”
Cheng Li replied truthfully: "I have recognized a lot of words, learned the three-character scripture, and ...... thousand-character text" He hesitated for a moment, and added in a low voice with some expectation: "Does Daddy want to hear it?" ”
It's a pity that Yan Kaizhi didn't hear it: "There is more." Cheng Li was a little disappointed, shook his head, Yan Kaizhi's voice was calm, his tone was majestic, Cheng Li stood in front of him and felt more nervous than being asked about his homework by the master, "I heard that your eldest uncle's cousin can read and write at the age of three, and recite poetry at the age of four...... How old are you? ”
Cheng Li spread his hands and thought for a moment, "Five, six...... Six years old. ”
Yan Kaizhi sighed, "I'm not too young, it's time to use dim sum." ”
Shaohua felt puzzled, but seeing Yan Kaizhi shaking his head lightly, signaling her not to speak, Shaohua could only endure it, saw Cheng Li bow his head, and replied obediently: "It's Daddy, Cheng Li will definitely study hard in the future." ”
Only then did Yan Kaizhi let him go satisfied, "Go wash your face, and you'll have dinner later." ”
Looking at his son's departing figure, Shaohua immediately complained, "Why are you so strict with the dough, he is just a six-year-old child." In her opinion, Cheng Li is already so smart that it makes people feel distressed, how can she be willing to ask him for anything.
Yan Kaizhi didn't think so, his expression was solemn, and his eyes became deep, "He is not just a six-year-old child, he is also the eldest son of my Yan Kaizhi, the heir of the Hou Mansion in the future." Seeing Shaohua purse his lips and be silent, he understood that Shaohua understood, "It's because we're not around, so your father and mother will inevitably feel more sorry for him, whether it's the Li family or the Dingxi Hou Mansion, everyone feels sorry for him and spoils him, and when he grows up in the future, what else can he become." ”
Be strict with him, that is to hope that it will be better for him in the future, after all, as the eldest son of the Marquis of Xingyong, he needs to shoulder a lot of things, and he can't allow him to grow up slowly.
Shaohua sighed, looking very distressed, "That being said, your requirements are inevitably too strict, but you can wait a few days before you tell him this, as soon as we met, you didn't see that his eyes were red." ”
Yan Kaizhi patted her hand and comforted: "As the eldest son, he can't avoid these grievances, and his younger brothers and sisters will have to rely on him in the future, if he doesn't get strong, we are old and gone, who can protect them...... Don't feel sorry for you, I'm also doing this for his good, I don't want him to be like I was at the beginning, like a madman, completely collapsed. "Thinking of his father's death and the sudden change in his family, if he hadn't been sensible at that time, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to go on at all.
So when he remembered his mother's hardships for their brothers and sisters, he felt even more guilty.
Shaohua was pinched by him and felt painful, stretched out his other hand and covered it on his big palm, "Don't think about it, it's all over." ”
Yan Kaizhi's heart calmed down and nodded to her, "Well, it's all over, I have you and children now." ”