coobybook Chapter 153 Yu Qingshan is here
Chapter 153 Yu Qingshan is here
After all, he is my brother, so it was Lu Yuan who was responsible for arranging the water slaves.
Since that day, Shui Nu stayed in the Xiao family. Like other farmhands, he signed a contract and received monthly wages. He was mainly responsible for taking care of the three little ones: Xiao Jingnian, Xiao Ruixue and Xiao Ruijing.
The villagers soon learned about this matter, not because anyone was particularly concerned about the Xiao Li family, but because of the matter of including the three children in the family tree.
When Xiao Laofu learned that Xiao Li wanted to put Xiao Jingnian's name under his own, he couldn't help but be stunned for a long time. After repeatedly asking to make sure that he was not doing it on impulse, he convened a clan meeting to add the three children to the family tree.
On the same day, a buffet was held at the Xiao family's old house. There were four meat dishes, four vegetable dishes, a soup and a dessert on the table, which meant perfection. It was both a declaration that the children's names were recorded in the Xiao family and a celebration that the matter of the refugees had been settled.
It was a coincidence that Yu Qingshan, who had not been seen for a while, actually came back and happened to come to the Xiao family's old house in Yangliu Village that night.
When he saw little Jingnian, Yu Qingshan's occupational disease probably struck again. He stared at the child for a long time, while counting with his left hand behind his back.
Soon, his brows, which had originally been unfurrowed, became increasingly furrowed, almost enough to pinch a fly to death. "How bizarre! Another fate that can't be calculated. Is it that the old Taoist's ability to calculate has failed, or have all the people with strange fates come here?"
The eldest son of the Xiao family has only his own destiny, and the fate of the youngest son is confusing. He cannot even see clearly what will happen to his fate after he comes of age. Now the fate of this new child is not much worse, and he cannot see it clearly either. It can't be that he is another visitor from another world?
Thinking of this possibility, Yu Qingshan couldn't help but look at little Jingnian carefully, and even gently poked the little guy's soft little face, "Little guy, what's your name?"
Little Jingnian pursed his lips and stepped back, his little mouth slightly pursed, staring at him silently, but ignoring his words.
Little Jingnian had already finished his bath obediently, while Lu Yuan and Shui Nu took Little Ruixue and the others to take a bath. At this moment, only Xiao Li was playing with the little guy in the main hall.
So when he saw Yu Qingshan didn't look away and even wanted to hug him, the little guy immediately ran to Xiao Li and threw himself on his knees, "Daddy!"
The little guy raised his head on his lap, and his expression looked no different from usual, but if you look closely, you will find that the little guy's lips are almost pursed into a line.
It was obvious that the little guy was unhappy, but he was just not good at expressing it.
Xiao Li didn't know if the little guy was like this before he had a high fever, but he sincerely hoped that children would have the courage to express their own ideas. After all, not everyone was like him and could carefully understand a child's emotional changes.
For a taciturn person like Jing'er, one is enough in the family, no need for another.
Xiao Li reached out and scooped him up onto his lap, propping his face up with one hand and looking at him tenderly, "Daddy's here, what's wrong?"
Xiao Jingnian blinked, looked at Yu Qingshan, then looked at him again, pursed his lips and said nothing. It was rare to see such an accusatory emotion in his clear eyes, but this was not enough in Xiao Li's opinion.
He actually understood what the little guy meant, but he pretended not to understand and frowned awkwardly, "What does Niannian want to tell Daddy? Daddy doesn't understand, Niannian, can you tell Daddy?"
Little Jingnian was slow to react, not that his brain wasn't working properly. He blinked, looked at Yu Qingshan and then at him, and finally threw himself into his arms, muttering in his arms, "Daddy is bad~"
"Who's bad, Daddy or that uncle?" Xiao Li stroked his back gently, coaxing him softly to tell him what was on his mind.
The little guy took a while to reply slowly: "Uncle is bad!"
Saying that Daddy is bad and saying that Uncle is bad are obviously two completely different tones. Yu Qingshan couldn't help laughing, "How come this little guy has two faces in front of others?"
Little Jingnian ignored him and just lay in his father's arms unhappily.
Xiao Li picked him up and let him sit in his arms. Seeing his flushed little face, he gently touched it with his hand, "Niannian is not angry anymore, is he? This is a friend of Daddy's. If Niannian doesn't like him, he can just ignore him. This person is so rude that he touches the little boy and has the nerve to say that we Niannian have two faces."
Yu Qingshan:? ? ?
No, he's such a grown man right here, how dare you say such bad things about him so openly? And you even tell your kids to ignore him, is that what a father should teach?
Little Jingnian was probably only a little over three years old, about a month older than Xiao Ruijing and the others. Because of the high fever, the little guy not only forgot a lot of things, but was also like a blank sheet of paper.
What Yu Qingshan thought was inappropriate was taken for granted by Xiao Jingnian. He nodded and said "hmm" obediently.
Obviously, he felt that there was no problem with what Xiao Li had just said, and not only did he not say it, he was also prepared to do it accordingly.
Yu Qingshan: “…” Such a good child, who knows what he will become in the future.
Probably because he couldn't lure the other two children of the Xiao family to learn Taoism, Yu Qingshan changed his mind and set his sights on Xiao Jingnian.
He stared at the little guy and touched his beardless chin, looking thoughtful.
Not only did Xiao Li think that he was up to no good, but even Xiao Jingnian himself felt as if he was being stabbed in the back.
Out of instinct, the little guy hugged Xiao Li tightly and refused to let go.
Seeing that he scared the child, Xiao Li looked up at him coldly and said, "If you don't want your eyes anymore, I can dig them out for you."
"Ahem!" Yu Qingshan almost choked on his words. He quickly averted his gaze and put on his celestial demeanor again. "Let's not talk about this anymore. I came here this time because I have something serious to discuss with you."
"Tell me." Xiao Li's attitude remained cold. He didn't even look at him, but occasionally teased the little guy in his arms with his hands.
Yu Qingshan: "..."
Yu Qingshan was speechless for a moment, but he couldn't do anything about Xiao Li. He spoke helplessly about the purpose of his visit, "The drought in Nan'an County is over, but Liangzhou is not just Nan'an County, and the north is not just Liangzhou. Master Xiao..."
"What's wrong?" Xiao Li said calmly, letting the little guy hold his big hand and play with it, then raised his eyes to look at him, "Do you need help?"
"It would be the best if Young Master Xiao could lend a helping hand." Yu Qingshan only knew before that his space could be used to store things, but because of the changes in Nan'an County, he had other guesses.
That mysterious space might not only be a place to store things, it might even be a small world. I don't know if people can live in it, but at least there will be no shortage of water.
Even if his guess was wrong, and it was not a small world but a simple storage space, no different from the treasure of Qingshan Temple, then there must be at least a lot of water in his space.
Of these two speculations, Yu Qingshan was more inclined to the former, because the other world he had a glimpse of in his memory was devastated, with not many water sources, and even the water sources that could be seen did not seem drinkable.
Xiao Li raised his eyebrows, "You count on me?"