The small fan brings a slight coolness, and the summer is long and leisurely.
Li Shu was reading the account book on the couch, occasionally helping the maid Baozi to coax the little loli Niuniu and the naughty boy Ruiger; the maid Baozi was fanning herself with a small fan, slowly bringing coolness to her mistress, while coaxing and watching the two young masters; Zhu Pingan was reading at the desk, occasionally writing and drawing on paper, looking immersed in it.
Toot
When Zhu Ping'an was absorbed in reading, he felt two little fingers pressing on his waist. When he looked down, he saw a naughty child with a mysterious face.
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law... I'll give you some candy." After the naughty kid saw Zhu Ping'an lowering his head, he stretched out his fat paws mysteriously and looked at Zhu Ping'an attentively with his little fat face.
Wow, has this naughty kid changed his personality
Zhu Ping'an looked down at the naughty kid. Three candies were lying quietly in his chubby hands, with the candy wrappers still unopened, confirming that the naughty kid had not tampered with them.
"It's delicious. I got it from my fifth sister." The naughty child held the candy diligently.
Zhu Ping'an glanced at the couch, and indeed, there were several plates of snacks on the couch, including this kind of candy.
I guess the naughty kid is being so attentive just to get me to say a few good words in front of his new teacher.
"Thanks, it tastes good."
Zhu Ping'an was not polite either. He pinched the naughty kid's fat face, took a piece of candy from the kid's hand, peeled off the sugar coating, and put the chess piece-sized maltose into his mouth. This was an ancient candy made from sugar juice mixed with honey, mixed with crushed peanuts, sesame seeds, etc., and tasted a bit like modern toffee.
"Brother-in-law, it tastes better if you chew three of them together." The naughty kid said, stretching out his fat paws.
Oh, this sounds familiar.
The naughty kid's words reminded Zhu Ping'an of the advertising slogan of a modern chewing gum: two sticks together are best, no, two pieces together are best.
Looking at the naughty child's attentive eyes, Zhu Ping'an couldn't bear to refuse. Besides, the ancient candy seemed to taste good, so he peeled the sugar coating of the other two candies and put them into his mouth.
After Zhu Ping'an put three candies into his mouth, the naughty kid stared at him intently.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Ping'an stopped chewing when he saw this. Could it be that this naughty kid was adding something to the candy
"Just now, Fifth Sister said that you can only eat one candy a day. Eating too much will cause poisoning. But Sister Niuniu likes to eat it, so, let you eat three first to see if you will die. If nothing happens, let Sister Niuniu eat two more."
The naughty child raised his chubby face and looked at Zhu Ping'an and replied, clapped his hands and nodded thoughtfully, "It seems that eating three candies is okay."
After confirmation
Without saying anything, the naughty child ran to the couch, busy offering treasures to little Loli Niuniu. Like a stupid son of a landlord, he shouted at the top of his voice as he ran: "Sister Niuniu, sister Niuniu, we can have two more candies. My brother-in-law has eaten them just now and he is not poisoned."
This naughty kid!
Looking at the naughty kid running wild, Zhu Ping'an curled his lips in amusement... Am I a poison tester?!
"Hey, Rui'er, you can't eat too much of this candy, it will give you a toothache..." When the little maid Baozi saw the naughty child grabbing a handful of candy, she hurriedly tried to coax and persuade him to stop.
"I don't believe it." The naughty kid shook his fat face, holding the candy tightly with the principle of never letting go of things that he got.
Then, there was a chaos.
Zhu Ping'an glanced at it with amusement, and then continued reading. On the desk were books such as "Chuan Xi Lu", "Yongle Encyclopedia (transcript)", and even a copy of "The Art of War".
It is always good to have many skills.
Since you can't go out anyway, you might as well read a few more books at home, learn more knowledge, and gain more insights, which is always useful.
Thanks to Li Shu, Zhu Ping'an also got to experience the life of a landlord.
The teacup on the desk was always 70% full, and the maid Baozi would come over from time to time to refill the tea. Snacks and fruits were also placed on the desk. The oranges were peeled, and the red flesh of the watermelon was cut into pieces. Several bamboo sticks were placed in a magnetic bowl, so that the fruits could be picked up and eaten at any time.
Children have no patience. Little Loli Niuniu and naughty kid Ruiger played on Li Shu's soft couch for a while, then they couldn't sit still anymore and started running around in the study.
"Slow down, keep your voice down..."
The little maidservant Baozi followed closely behind, afraid that the two little masters would bump into anything, and also afraid that the two little masters would disturb their master-in-law from reading.
Fortunately, the two little short legs got tired after running around for a while, and they settled down and squeezed onto another chair at the desk.
Little Loli Niuniu sat on a chair, her chin supported by her two chubby hands, blinking her big eyes as she watched Zhu Pingan reading, looking like a little fangirl.
The naughty kid Ruige started to eat snacks and fruits with a smacking mouth. He never stopped eating since he sat down.
Looking at sister Niu Niu who was looking at Zhu Ping'an intently with her chin in her hand, the naughty kid looked depressed. What's so good about her country bumpkin brother-in-law? He's not even as cute as me. I can read, too. I've almost finished learning the Three Character Classic.
"I want to eat a pomegranate. Open it for me."
The naughty kid stuffed an orange slice into his mouth, chewed it hard for two times, and said to Zhu Pingan, his chubby legs were shaking like a second-generation rich kid.
Zhu Pingan glanced at the naughty kid and curled his lips slightly, "Brother Rui, do you know how many seeds this pomegranate has?"
"This pomegranate is covered with skin and comes in different sizes. Who knows how many seeds it has?" The naughty kid shook his fat face and looked at Zhu Ping'an with contempt in his little eyes, thinking that the question Zhu Ping'an asked was very stupid.
"I know." Zhu Ping'an looked at the naughty kid and said with a profound look on his face.
The naughty kid shook his head vigorously to show that he didn't believe it. He said, "You still want to lie to me, but you are not a god. The pomegranate is not opened yet, so how do you know how many seeds are inside?"
"I said this pomegranate has a hundred seeds." Zhu Ping'an took the pomegranate in his hand, observed it carefully, and then said to the naughty child with confidence.
"How is that possible? There must be more than a hundred pomegranates this big." The naughty kid shook his fat face to express his disbelief.
"I said there are a hundred." Zhu Ping'an said while tossing a pomegranate.
"I said there are more than a hundred." The naughty kid's fat face was full of confidence, "If you don't believe me, let's make a bet."
"Okay." Zhu Pingan nodded.
The naughty kid looked at Zhu Ping'an, then at the little Loli Niuniu, with a look of confidence. Humph, such a big pomegranate must have more than a hundred seeds. My country bumpkin brother-in-law is bound to lose. This time I must let sister Niuniu know that I am better than my country bumpkin brother-in-law.
Under the expectant gaze of the naughty kid, Zhu Pingan split the pomegranate into two halves.
The naughty child couldn't wait to grab the pomegranate, then took a plate and carefully peeled the pomegranates one by one, counting as he peeled, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... ... ..50, 51, 52... ...
Ha ha
When he counted to 90, the smile on the naughty boy's chubby face squeezed out his eyes.
Then he continued to count with pride, 91, 92, 93... When he counted to 98, suddenly a hand reached out and took away the plate.
The naughty kid looked up and saw Zhu Ping'an holding a plate. He said "thank you" to him with a smile, then grabbed a handful of seeds and put them in his mouth, chewing them and squinting his eyes in satisfaction.
"Mmm, it's really sweet. Come, Niuniu, try it."
Zhu Ping'an nodded with satisfaction, then grabbed a handful of pomegranate seeds and put them in the hands of the little loli Niuniu.
"Thank you, brother-in-law. You are so nice."
Little Loli Niuniu thanked Zhu Pingan sweetly, and a pair of dimples appeared on her rosy little face.
The naughty kid suddenly felt that the sky had darkened.