Lin Long, who was eight and a half months old, could already walk while holding onto a bench. Lin Xiao, who was of the same age, only liked to sit comfortably in the safety chair Tian Dafu made for them, gnawing on sweet apricots and grinding his only four front teeth.
When they were young, boys were not as smart as girls. This was proven by the fact that the twins were not the slightest bit worse.
"I'm sure, it's her."
Louis Stu, who came to Flower Town as a vacation every three to five months, clearly chose the next Pavilion Master of Fengyao Pavilion.
"Si Ling won't agree."
Sirou, who was leaning on the bench, casually threw out a sentence and threw a purple grape into his mouth. Seeing Lin Xiao, who was gnawing on an apricot, turn his head and stare at him with sparkling eyes, he chose a big and black grape, peeled the skin and seeds, and stuffed it into Lin Xiao's salivating mouth.
"That's hard to say." Louis Stu mysteriously raised the corner of his lips.
Originally, he only said to let the children choose themselves.
He didn't say how they would choose.
"Isn't Fengyao Pavilion stable now?
Why are you in such a hurry to choose an heir? "
Sirou saw that Lin Xiao was more interested in the grape than the apricot in his hand, so he simply focused on peeling the grape for him.
"Do I have to wait for something to happen before I choose?
What's more, all of you spend your days in this beautiful courtyard, while I'm the only one working hard outside. Don't you feel guilty? "Si Tuo coldly retorted.
"I don't have the capital to go out anymore." Sirou smiled without hiding anything.
No matter how much he recovered, he could only reach 20% of his peak state at most.
What else could he do other than being a farmer and enjoying his life in peace and comfort?
Assassin?
He would probably die before he could make a move.
"Not everyone in Fengyao Pavilion is an assassin." Louis Stu glanced at him from the corner of his eye.
If someone who didn't know him heard his dispirited words, they might feel bad for him.
Only the few of them knew that Sirou truly had no interest in Jianghu or the martial arts world this time.
"Oh?
You mean you want to hire me as an accountant at Fengyao Pavilion?
Or a steward? "
Sirou saw that Lin Xiao had eaten five grapes in one go and did not peel any more for him. Instead, he carried him out of the safety chair and made him learn from Lin Long, who was walking unsteadily along the long wooden bench. "Xiao, how can a man lose to his sister?
Come, let's take a walk and let your parents take a look … "
Seeing Sirou so enthusiastically entangled with Lin Xiao, who was desperately trying to climb back to the safety chair, Louis Stu shook his head speechlessly. "Did Si Ling pay you?
He actually spared no effort to teach Xiao to walk? "
"Wrong, this is a task I took on.
Don't you think that if you teach Xiao to walk, you'll have a great sense of accomplishment? "Sirou finally succeeded in pestering Lin Xiao, who was sweating profusely, to climb down to the ground.
However, his hands were on the wooden chair's armrests, and he was not willing to move even half a step.
"Sense of accomplishment?
Oh, I thought that any child who reaches a certain age would be able to walk sooner or later. "Louis Stu curled his lips disapprovingly.
"Tsk, this guy with no sense of mission scram to the side.
Don't hinder our practice.
Come, Xiao, be good, come down and try!
Look at how well your sister walks, the feeling of both feet stepping on the ground is great … "
… …
"News from the imperial capital says that Emperor Daoyi summoned Liang Xuanjing at the beginning of the month and granted him the title of Duke of Anguo. The Liang family will enjoy hereditary grace.
Could it be because of you? "Si Chong handed over a piece of news that had just arrived from the imperial capital and teased him mischievously at the end.
Lin Siyao's eyes swept over the few lines of words on the paper, and then he narrowed his eyes. With his usual calm voice, he replied indifferently, "Of course he'd be happy if it's a win-win situation." Even though he didn't say it explicitly, those who heard him knew that he was talking about Emperor Dahui, Li Wenxiu.
Dahui's civil and military officials might not know that Lin Siyao was the Crown Prince of Blood Hades, but Li Wenxiu was very clear about it.
As such, in order to maintain Dahui's stability and ensure the prosperity of his Li family, he naturally had to do something that would make the Blood Hades King, Xue Li, happy.
Right now, Xue Li was most concerned about Lin Siyao, who was far away in Blossom Town. Lin Siyao only smiled for Su Shuiche.
That was why Li Wenxiu believed that letting Su Shuiche's family enjoy the imperial grace was a good way to make Xue Li stop eyeing the Dahui covetously.
"Doesn't he know?
Once your family moves away from Dahui, this kind of grace will only strengthen the Liang family and threaten the interests of his Li family? "Si Chong shook his head and couldn't help but laugh at Li Wenxiu's stupidity.
"He's not stupid.
He knows that I won't leave. "Lin Siyao crushed the paper in his hand into powder and threw it into the mud outside the study window.
"Then, isn't he afraid that the Liang family will launch a counterattack?" Si Chong rubbed his chin and stared at the blooming laurel tree outside the window as he guessed in a low voice.
"If the Liang family wanted to, the Li family wouldn't be the world now." Lin Siyao glanced at Si Chong as if he understood. "Don't forget, Liang Enzai's trusted aides aren't weak.
If Liang Enzai really wants to replace Li Wenxiu, it's not impossible for him to become a fair organization that everyone in Jianghu respects.
But from the looks of it, he doesn't want to take over the Li family's territory. Instead, he's helping Li Wenxiu supervise the civil and military officials. "
"Now that you mention it, that is indeed the case.
There's also that Prince Xiang who's on the same side as Liang Enzai. He's also very strange.
On the surface, he's a free and unfettered prince, but in secret, he's nurturing an elite army.
If he doesn't have any intention of seizing power, then the measures they've taken over the past few years are really too wasteful. "
"Perhaps, this is where they excel. They're using this to urge Emperor Dahui to be more cautious and conscientious, diligent, and loving the people. And they're happy to be free and unfettered.
But they don't have to worry about being uprooted by Li Wenxiu if they're free and unfettered for too long. "
As Lin Siyao spoke, he saw that the two adults and two children, who had been in the lotus pavilion just now, had disappeared. He paused and jumped out of the wide-open window. "If there's nothing else, you can come back after the Mid-Autumn Festival." Before he could finish his sentence, he had already disappeared.
"Tsk, he doesn't use the door. He likes to jump out the window."
Si Chong shook his head and closed the window of the study. He leisurely walked out of Pine Courtyard and headed to the Lin residence next door.
The only thing that could make Si Ling's expression change was either his wife or the two children.
However, when he thought of the twins that were kidnapped by Sirou early in the morning to play with, he could understand Si Ling's anxiety.
"What's going on?" Lin Siyao asked with a dark expression.
"Young master, Lao Ye said that he's going to take the young miss and young master to the lotus pond to pick lotus seeds. This servant was just about to report to the young miss." When Bai He saw that the person who stopped her was the dignified young master, she immediately bowed and explained.
"Pick lotus seeds?
Ridiculous!
They're only eight months old, not eight years old! "When Lin Siyao heard this, his face instantly paled. He jumped up and ran towards the river on the south side of the residence.
"Don't inform the young miss yet …"
Bai He paused for a moment before she understood the meaning of the young master's words. He was afraid that the young miss would be anxious when she heard this.
However, if she didn't tell the young miss and the young miss found out, she would be angry at her for not reporting it.
Sigh, being a servant is so difficult.
In the lotus pond at the end of July, the lotus leaves that reached the sky caused the originally spacious river to have no gaps.
It was as if one could walk from the north side of the river to the south side by stepping on the lotus leaves.
Between the lotus leaves, there were all kinds of lotus flowers. There were large blooming flowers, and there were also budding ones that were just beginning to bloom.
At the bottom of the clear lotus pond, there were lotus pods hidden under the large lotus leaves. White lotus seeds were buried in them. They were big and plump, and abnormally appetizing.
A small and small boat without a canopy slowly swam into the depths of the lotus pond with the creaking sound of the oars.
"How was it?
It wasn't a wasted trip, right? "
Sirou, who was carrying Lin Xiao, winked at Louis Stu, who was carrying Lin Long. "This is the leisure time that I've wanted for a long time.
Uncle Lao, thank you for your hard work. "
"It's not hard, it's not hard." Uncle Lao, who was concentrating on rowing, hurriedly shook his head.
Uncle Lao, who didn't have any other work besides working in the fields, was now working part-time as a gardener in the four mu mansion, the "Si Residence".
Although he was called a gardener, he was actually just cutting broken branches and trimming flowers and plants. Occasionally, he would be sent by the masters of the residence to do some temporary work.
For example, right now, he was kidnapped by Sirou to be a boatman.
"Aren't you afraid that Si Ling will get angry?" Louis Stu weakly sighed.
Sirou's guts were inversely proportional to his skills. He was getting bigger and bigger.
He even dared to lift a tiger's eyelid.
It was one thing for him to come alone, but he actually kidnapped the eight and a half month old boy-girl twins.
However, Louis Stu couldn't help but grin when he saw the siblings, who were so excited that they were just short of going into the water to play.
Children actually liked to play with water the most, right?
Even if they didn't know how to walk or speak.
"What are you afraid of?
It's not like I'm abandoning them. "
Sirou said disapprovingly. He casually broke off a lotus leaf and used it as a small umbrella to hold over Lin Xiao's head, making Lin Xiao chuckle.
His hands fluttered about, wanting to grab the lotus leaf to play with.
Sirou followed him and pulled out a lotus seed pod from the bottom of the lotus pond. He immediately peeled the lotus seed and threw it into his mouth. "Oh, fresh and tender.
Aren't you going to try? "
"No need.
You play. "Louis Stu shook his head. This time, he was sure that Sirou was playing and enjoying himself.
Could it be that living here for half a year really changed a person's temperament?
He no longer clung to the views of the outside world, no longer restricted by age, and could do whatever he wanted …
"Aren't you going to try?
That's your loss.
I've been eyeing this lotus pond for a long time.
It's even better than the ones in the lake.
Not to mention that there are many types of lotus, the key point is that this was planted by Si Ling himself. "Sirou introduced proudly.
When he first learned from Su Shuiche that this lotus pond was planted by Si Ling himself, he was so shocked that his mouth could almost swallow an egg.
However, when he came back to his senses, he even went to the ground, what was so surprising about planting a lotus pond?
"Eh?
Si Ling planted it? "Louis Stu stared in disbelief at Sirou who was throwing fresh lotus seeds into his mouth one after another.
It was hard to imagine that Si Ling, with his cold face, planted lotus flowers …
"What?
Do you have a problem with that? "Lin Siyao turned around and boarded the boat, steadily landing on the side of the boat as he asked coldly.
His eyes stared fixedly at Sirou, whose expression remained unchanged.
"Boss, you came at the right time. Your Xiao-er loves this lotus pond to death. Do you want to throw him in for a swim?"
"Don't even think about it." Lin Siyao took Lin Xiao, which made it easier for Sirou to pick the lotus seeds.
"Let's make lotus seed soup for supper tonight." Sirou suggested fearlessly.
"Whatever."
Lin Siyao saw that his precious twins were unharmed, then glanced at Sirou who was happily picking lotus seeds. He turned to Louis Stu and said, "There's no rush to leave. We'll go back after mid-autumn."
"Of course.
We're here for a reunion anyway. "Louis Stu said something sentimental, which was rare for him.
There were a few people on the boat. Some were holding babies, some were picking lotus seeds, and some were chatting nonchalantly.
Occasionally, a cool breeze blew past, and the fragrance of the lotus flowers and lotus seeds wafted past the tip of one's nose, lingering for a long time …
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