It was overcast and it rained in a few moments. A spring thunder rumbled, and the raindrops crackled and beat the window paper.

Xu Tinglan was shocked in her heart, her three stupid men were still crazy outside.

Call Tiandong: "Go and send an umbrella to the uncle and the two brothers!" ”

……

The spring rain will not be too big, but it will be dense and urgent. The father and son went to the east and west, Shen Huaiming went back to the front yard, and Shen Yu took Huai'an to the east courtyard.

They ran fast, and as soon as the maid who took the umbrella to pick them up came out of the hospital, they ran into this crazy father and son, who ran in like the wind and threw them off all over the water.

Xu Tinglan went out to take a look, and couldn't help laughing, it was clearly a pair of soup chickens returning to the nest.

After taking a hot bath, Huai'an sat cross-legged on the Luohan bed and let his mother dry his unkempt and slender hair.

Xu Tinglan pulled her son's hair and said to her husband: "Your son's hair is too thin, it's better to shave it a few more times before storing it." ”

Shen Yu ignored her, leaning on the other side of Luohan's bed, glancing at their mother and son from time to time, holding a blank book and drawing.

Xu Tinglan asked Yun Ling to bring scissors, scrapers, grates, and basins to shave Huai'an's head.

Children in this era usually do not grow their hair before the age of ten, and they will shave their hair frequently to achieve the purpose of nourishing their hair.

Shen Huaian covered his head: "Mother, don't!" ”

He has always disliked shaving his hair, every time he can escape, he caught up with Shouxiao last year, and he couldn't shave his hair for a year, which left a black hair that will be able to be tied up, he doesn't like to have a bald head, and wants to tie up his hair like his father, and practice swords in a chic and elegant manner.

"Well, my mother will leave you a wisp on the top of your hair." Xu Tinglan coaxed and persuaded.

Huai'an almost made a marmot call, when people shaved the child's head, often leaving a handful on the top of the head, or coiled into a bun, or braided......

always reminds him of the Qing people's "money rat tail".

Huai'an blew up the hairy head rat, and the maids couldn't catch it for a while, and the house was in chaos.

Xu Tinglan pinched her waist and said to her husband, "What are you painting?" Still don't care about your son? ”

Shen Yu shrank to the other end of the bed, Xu Tinglan felt that something was wrong, snatched the book in his hand and saw that it was a female monkey catching lice for the little monkey.

If it weren't for the presence of a room full of people, Xu Tinglan would have smashed the painting with his hands.

Shen Yu smiled: "If you don't want to shave, forget it, Huaiming is not much older than him when he grows his hair." ”

Xu Tinglan listened, not knowing whether to scold him or praise him. Nowadays, it is rare for fathers to be able to remember their children's birth dates and years accurately, and Shen Yu is even rarer.

Huaiming when he divided the room, when he grew his hair, and when he changed his teeth, he remembered it more clearly than he was a mother.

Now that Huaiming has finally been pulled bigger, it is Huai'an's turn.

Suddenly, I heard a pop, and following the reputation, it turned out that Huai'an was evading the pursuit of the maid, tripped over the threshold and fell.

The husband and wife hurried over, only to see that he didn't cry or make trouble, got up slowly and methodically, and threw up on the ground.

A small tooth mixed with blood was spat out by him.

Yun Ling and Tiandong were frightened and hurriedly knelt down to confess.

Xu Tinglan opened Huai'an's mouth, and sure enough, one was missing from the lower front teeth, and there was still some blood.

Shen Huai'an picked up the tooth, afraid that his father and mother would blame and punish the maid, so he lied: "Mother, this tooth is alive originally." ”

Xu Tinglan saw through Huai'an's thoughts, but she still chose to maintain the kindness of young children. Then he said to the maid: "Okay, it's okay, get up." ”

Shen Yu took the tooth and looked at it for a moment: "Dad threw it on the roof for you." ”

Huai'an smiled and didn't forget to instruct: "Daddy throw it higher!" ”

The willow tree sprouts, the peach blossoms bloom, the delicate rain moistens the earth, and everything is growing quietly.

Huai'an's birthday is on the ninth day of the third month, and by the next month, he will be six years old!

……

The family is still mourning, and the children are only birthdays. On the ninth day of the first month of March, Xu Tinglan got up early in the morning and planned to cook a bowl of shou noodles for Huai'an himself.

She was not good at this, she stood by the stove and was stunned for half an hour, but the cook told her that there was chicken soup simmering in the pot, the noodles were cooked, the vegetables were blanched, and the chicken soup was poured on it, and it was a bowl of simple and delicious chicken noodle soup.

Xu Tinglan nodded, well said! But...... What about noodles?

Noodles, noodles...... The cook is also dexterous, half a sentence of nonsense, tie up the apron and go to roll the dough, the dough is cut very finely, wrapped in egg whites on the outside of the pot, lie down an egg, boiled and fished out, in preparation for his grandmother to show off her skills.

Xu Tinglan personally poured chicken soup, put green vegetables on the table, and brought it back to the east courtyard with a sense of accomplishment.

Uncovering the bowl, the fragrance was fragrant, Huai'an ate it in the blink of an eye, and Xu Tinglan's sense of accomplishment doubled.

Sister Peng couldn't eat noodles yet, so she only mixed a few mouthfuls of soup and lost her temper with her small mouth, until Hao's mother brought minced fish and meat to feed her, and she gradually lost her anger.

Shen Yu gave his son a day off, and he was rarely interested in painting, so he could lay paper and develop various colors of paint.

Huai'an wanted to play with Zhao Pan, and thought that Zhao Pan was going to school, so he was bored and rubbed paint graffiti next to his father.

Shen Yu painted a comfortable literati, with two feet of wide sleeves fluttering, walking slowly on the mountain path in spring, as if depicting himself born in a prosperous age.

The inscription poem says: The warbler is looking for Fang, and Asakusa knows the return of spring (1).

Just as he was about to ask people to go to the front yard to get his private seal, he turned his head to see Huai'an lying on the desk, comparing it with a ruler, drawing a boxy grid on the paper, and filling it with various pigments into color.

He didn't bother his son, he just sat quietly and watched.

When Huai'an finished painting, he lifted the rice paper, blew off the ink, and said, "Done!" ”

Shen Yucai asked, "What is the painting?" ”

Huai'an drew a chessboard of flying chess, but he said in a tricky way: "I had a dream last night, and an old fairy taught me to play chess. ”

Shen Yu couldn't help but wonder, and still asked seriously: "Is this kind of chess?" ”

Huai'an nodded: "It's amazing!" It can be played by two people, or by three or four people. ”

Shen Yu thought to himself, isn't that a double land?

"So, what's it called?" Shen Yu asked.

"Ludo." Huai'an Road.

"Fly." Shen Yu smiled dumbly: "You don't have a small tone." ”

I can't stay on the ground, boy, I'm ready to fly.

Huai'an didn't care about his father's contemptuous attitude, and continued to use colored paper balls to make chess pieces to demonstrate the gameplay of flying chess, which is indeed somewhat similar to Shuanglu, but the rules and moves are more intuitive.

Shen Yu was slightly surprised: "These are all you came up with?" ”

Huai An hurriedly shook his head: "It was the old immortal who taught me!" ”

Compared with the strange power and confusion, Shen Yu is still more willing to believe that his genes are excellent, although the direction of excellence is a bit off...... But it doesn't matter, it's just excellent.

Under Huai'an's entanglement, Shen Yu took him to the street to find a carpenter, custom-made some chess pieces of different colors, and polished a square wooden board, according to Huai'an's sketch, with ruler ink lines to make a more accurate chessboard.

Because it was not far from the carpenter's shop, the two did not take a sedan car. Huai'an was about to get a new toy, jumping happily all the way, everyone on the street was coming and going, and it was very lively, Shen Yu carefully held his son and wandered among the rows of shops.

It was difficult to go out, they selected a new set of four treasures of the study for Huaiming Huaiyuan, and picked a few flower seedlings planted in the courtyard, Huai'an also specially picked a few gourd seedlings, and finally went to Mifangzhai to buy Xu Tinglan's favorite fruit preserves. The little guy carried a large bag of things and followed the father and son home.

Huai'an chattered all the way: "Build a scaffolding on the east side of the yard, climb the gourd vines in summer, you can enjoy the shade underneath, wait for it to produce a small gourd, skin it and dry it in the shade, and you can also play with it for ...... father."

Shen Yu laughed and laughed. Once he has the idea of beating someone, he will coil the Buddha beads, and his son will see it in his eyes and regard it as his preference.

"Dad, am I very filial?" Huai'an had a look on my face that was quick to compliment.

"Well, Huai'an is the most filial." Shen Yu said.

"Your most filial son wants to go to the county government office in a few days, okay?" Huai'an Road.

Shen Yu glanced at him and knew that he had nothing to do and was courteous, and he must have an attempt.

Chapter 15

After returning home, Shen Yu ordered the manservant to enter the inner house and build a big scaffolding to plant his son's filial piety.

Huai'an's mind was no longer on the gourd. The little friend warmly invited, he was not only looking forward to going to the county government to be a guest when he was resting, but also looking forward to the flying chess can be done in time.

Left and right, the carpenter rushed to deliver the finished flying chess to the door the day before, and Huai'an couldn't put it down.

pulled his father and mother to play with him and played game after game.

For more than a year, Shen Yu has never seen his son so happy, and he can't help but feel distressed in his heart, the innocent child should have played with his siblings, partners and classmates, but he had to be restrained from keeping filial piety at home, and the children did not dare to laugh out loud.

But no matter how happy you are, you can't help but sleep.

"Brother An, the little doll who doesn't sleep, the blind black bear will come and eat him." Seeing that the night was late, Hao's mother resorted to the killer trick of stopping the child's night crying.

Huai'an shivered cooperatively, and said extremely perfunctorily: "I'm so scared......"

It looks like it's very bad.

Shen Yu had no choice but to forcibly confiscate his flying chess.

Xu Tinglan went back to the east house to accompany his daughter, Huai'an lay on the bed and couldn't sleep, and said happily: "I will take it to the county government tomorrow and fight with Zhao Pan for three hundred rounds." ”

"Are you sure you take the children to roll the dice, and the father won't kick you out?" Shen Yu lightly poured a basin of cold water and extinguished all Huai'an's enthusiasm.

He looked at his son and thought he was smart and cute, but others didn't necessarily see him that way. I heard that when Zhao Chun was serving as the county school teacher, the first thing he did was to ban alcohol and gambling, which shows that he is most tired of reading people who are indulging in pleasure, shaking the dice and shaking it in front of his eyes, isn't this self-deprecating?

What's more, Shen Yu's so-called conformity with nature is just the ability to be a father and mother, which does not mean that he admires such a method of teaching his son.

Huai'an is a reasonable child, and reasoning is mainly reflected in understanding current affairs, he immediately said that he would not bring it, and obediently got into the quilt.

"Next time, invite Zhao Pan to come to the house to play." Shen Yu said.

Huai'an hugged the quilt and nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

……

The next day, no one called or bed, Huai'an got up and dressed clumsily.

Children do not tie their hair, but they want to tie their hair, and they must first choose an auspicious day to "put it into the bag", that is, to put the long hair into a special bag, and wait until the age of fifteen to become a child, and then do the gift of tying the hair. Therefore, Shen Yu just helped him tidy up his messy clothes, tugged his uneven hair behind his head, and put on a small round hat made of crepe.

In late spring and March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, which is the comfortable season.

The little girl Huai'an took was called Changxing, who was not very old but extremely stable, and was a little scholar who was taught by Li Huan and accompanied Huai'an to study and go out in the future.

They came to the county government by car, and the white servants in the yamen greeted them: "Xiao Shen Gongzi is here!" ”