On how to make the big cat sleep obediently [Time Travel]

Zhang Dongxue

When Xiaonian talked about children, he thought of the little friends who grew up together in the orphanage, and Xiaoling's appearance when he was a child, so there was a smile on his face.

Liu Yu looked into his eyes, as if he fell into some kind of contemplation for a moment, and he didn't know whether he was "reminiscing" Xiaonian's words, or thought of something because of Xiaonian's words.

Just when Xiaonian was puzzled and was about to ask him, Liu Yu changed the subject again: "Do you want to go back and take a look..."

He knew that Xiaonian cared very much about his family. Jian Xiaoling was in the outer courtyard and could leave the house at any time, but Xiaonian, as his doctor, could not leave at will.

Xiaonian shook his head: "Grandpa told me not to worry, it's not too late to go to see my aunt when I get home in two days."

The grandfather's original words were that Prince Yu's Mansion had just arranged a martial arts master for Xiaoling, and the Jian family was about to express their gratitude, but Xiaonian left the mansion frequently because of family affairs, which was not appropriate for public or private use.

So he asked Xiaonian to go home according to the usual time, and he didn't go back to see Jane Wu on purpose.

Liu Yu originally wanted to send someone to take him back, but he heard from Xiaonian that this was the intention of Imperial Physician Jian, so he didn't insist.

"I heard from Ziqian that you asked about the construction of Wentang."

"Well, after I heard about the cost and labor of Wentang, I thought it was unnecessary. I just need to prepare more medicinal oil before winter."

Because essential oils have natural antiseptic and anti-oxidant properties, they are not easy to spoil when stored correctly, but this does not mean that essential oils can be preserved forever.

Generally speaking, the shelf life of citrus essential oils is the shortest, such as sweet orange, lemon, bergamot essential oils, etc.; the shelf life of flower essential oils is not long, and herbal stem and leaf essential oils can be stored relatively longer; The most stable are wood essential oils, such as sandalwood essential oil, which can be stored for a long time.

Xiaonian wants to use high-quality essential oils for Liu Yu. Apart from the guarantee of laboratory equipment, he also hopes to obtain better raw materials.

But after winter, there are no herbaceous plants that can continue to grow, even in early autumn, it is already in a state of depression, so Xiaonian moved the idea of ​​​​building a greenhouse.

All princes and nobles in Jizhou have Wentangs, which are used to cultivate flowers and plants in cold seasons for dignitaries to enjoy. Therefore, all flowers that bloom in Wentangs are also called hall flowers.

The way to build and maintain the Wentang is rather cumbersome. First, seal a secret room with paper, dig the ground as a ridge, and then put boiling water in the ridge. After a while, when the water vapor evaporates, it is artificially fanned to fill the whole room with heat. The secret room is used to increase the temperature in the room so that the flowers can bloom out of season.

Because Prince Yu himself is not interested in flowers and plants, and the flowers cultivated in Wentang are placed in his room, and Liu Yu never pays attention to them. Therefore, the Wentang in Prince Yu's Mansion is not as "luxurious" as the Wentang in other palaces, and consumes a lot of money. .

After listening to Jiang Ziqian's description and visiting the real scene, Xiaonian quickly dismissed this idea.

——Although Prince Yu's mansion is rich and powerful, it must be spent on places with high cost performance.

For example, the bath room in the main courtyard also costs a lot, but it is necessary for advanced aromatherapy, so the "investment" is worthwhile.

But the "cost performance" of this greenhouse is obviously too low, and there is no need to build it to attract teachers and mobilize people.

Jiang Ziqian thought that Xiaonian's change of mind was due to scruples in his heart, so he reported the matter to his highness, thinking that his highness would take the initiative to mention it to Dr. Jian and personally agree to the matter, which would not only dispel Dr. Jian's worries, but also allow him to discuss the matter in front of him. Show up and take credit.

He felt that His Highness did a lot of things, but he was always taciturn, which was a disadvantage.

Who knows, Dr. Jian is not the kind of person who "says no, but is very honest in his heart", he really gave up this idea.

Although this "attentive" Xiaonian did not accept it, he still noticed that Liu Yu always cared about everything he said... This formed a sharp and interesting contrast with his indifference to ordinary people and things.

At this time, His Royal Highness Prince Yu continued: "Since we are not going to be a Wentang, we should pack up the things in the medicine house and move them here as soon as possible."

Xiaonian was obviously taken aback when he heard Liu Yu's words, and then he remembered that Jiang Changshi had indeed mentioned "moving" to him.

Because the winter in Jizhou is very cold, although the palace has good silver bone charcoal, the main courtyard of Prince Yu is warmer according to the system of the inner garden of the palace.

Because the walls of the houses there are all built into hollow sandwich walls, which is commonly known as the fire wall. Burn charcoal in the charcoal port, and the heat can be transmitted to the whole house along the sandwich wall and tunnel, which is safe and hygienic.

This kind of fire path will lead directly to the beds in each room of the main courtyard and the warm pavilion in front of the window. Even if the house is snowy outside, the house is still warm as spring.

In Jian's mansion, charcoal is burned in winter, and there is also a kang. When Xiaonian first came to Kyushu, he was really not used to it, but after so many years, he has gradually adapted to this heating method.

So when Jiang Changshi mentioned letting him move to the main courtyard, Xiaonian was surprised and embarrassed at the same time, so he distracted the matter when he spoke, but Liu Yu brought it up again. stand up.

"I'm fine in Wanfengyuan, and I don't feel cold, so why bother... What's more, I'm a doctor, and I live in His Highness's main courtyard, so it's a bit illegal to say it."

Xiaonian knew that according to the rules of the Jizhou royal family, even the future princess had to live in another courtyard, let alone others.

He felt uncomfortable living in Liu Yu's yard, so after much deliberation, he still refused.

Prince Yu looked at him and said seriously, "I feel cold."

"What..." Xiaonian turned his head for a long time before realizing what Liu Yu was implying, and suddenly felt a little hot: "It's warm here, Your Highness, so why do you feel cold?"

——If you feel cold, you feel cold, you should wear more and cover more if you feel cold, don’t go swimming in the lake when it’s too cold!Whether the main courtyard is cold or not, does it have anything to do with whether he can live here? !

Prince Yu saw that the little doctor lowered his head, as if he didn't intend to pay attention to himself, he thought for a while, and said in a cautious tone: "I like to lie there in winter." After speaking, he pointed to the plush carpet.

Xiaonian: "..."

Of course it is impossible for a normal person to sleep on the ground, only a white tiger would lie in that position, so someone's hint was so obvious that it couldn't be more obvious.

In Xiaonian's heart, heaven and man were at war suddenly - if you don't move to the main courtyard, you won't feel uncomfortable... But if you move to the main courtyard, you can pet big cats! ! !

After a fierce struggle, Dr. Jian lowered his head and said in a low voice: "In a few days, after Xiaoling finishes the Wu Xiucai exam, I'll see how to clean up."

Prince Yu nodded: "Well, prepare earlier." If you must wait until Jian Xiaoling finishes the exam, then you can pack everything up on the night of the first martial arts test, and move everything in the morning of the next day!

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The little tiger cub found that since he got the letter from his family, his brother's mood became very bright... When he came back from the outside, he became even better.

"Wooooow~" obediently patted Zaizai, who was concentrating on gnawing on the ear of the rabbit doll, and then rubbed towards his elder brother first.

Xiaonian didn't doubt that he was there, immediately picked it up, placed it on her legs, and gently smoothed its fur.

The little guy was so comfortable that he forgot that he was here to see why his brother was happy. Seeing this, Zai Zai who came chasing him really wanted to pretend that he didn't know him, so he turned his head and was about to go back, but Xiaonian hugged him right away. waist.

Xiaonian mentioned this lightly, and then let the two brothers stand side by side.

While stroking the little tiger cub's back, he chattered to the little guy: "Brother's family will soon have a baby, a baby who is as cute as you." If he doesn't talk about this happy thing now, he will I can't help but think of the "moving".

Obediently heard Xiaonian's words, her ears twitched immediately, she rolled over on her face, and became lying on her back, so she completely exposed her belly, looking at Xiaonian as if she was asking, "What is Xiaonian?" Baby".

Anyway, the little guy can't speak, Xiaonian has always communicated with them based on feeling and experience, so he explained to himself: "Little baby is such a small child, and he may look a little bit like his brother." He is a child of Jian's family. Some of Xiaoling looks like Xiaonian, and his uncle's youngest son should also look a little like Xiaonian. Thinking about it, he felt a little moved.

Xiaonian gestured for the size of the baby with his hands in the air, and his obedient little paws followed suit. He didn't know if he wanted to grab Xiaonian's hand, or follow him to gesture to feel the size of the "little baby".

"But even if you have a little brother or a little sister, my brother still likes you." Xiaonian promised, and tapped the little guy's nose with his fingertips. The little tiger cub immediately stretched out his claws to hug him, but unfortunately he was a step too late. , did not hug, so immediately began to twist and turn, without stopping for a moment.

Xiaonian was secretly happy, so he made trouble with it on purpose, scratching its belly with both hands, rubbing from top to bottom, and then from bottom to top.

Seeing that his brother wanted to play with him, the little guy was very happy. While pretending to be struggling, he wanted to refuse and greet him, and he was still humming, like begging for mercy, or "choking". I don't know, I thought What switch did Xiaonian press, and the obedient crazy mode was turned on.

Zai Zai lay next to it, squinted at it, and felt that it was really insulting, so he took advantage of Xiaonian's hands on Guai Kuai and was temporarily free, jumped onto the bed, and continued to hug his rabbit The doll was biting (sucking) lightly, not intending to participate in their extremely childish "interaction".

Although Xiaonian was playing with Guaiguai, his eyes were still on the other tiger cub all the time. In addition, the little guy's weight gave him a sense of presence, so as soon as the cub left his legs, Xiaonian's eyes followed him. .

He saw that Zai Zai was holding his belongings very calmly, with a domineering aura that didn't match his round and small body, entrenched there, he still had a bit of the character of a big white tiger.

Xiaonian found that every time the little guy hugged its own things, there would be faintly sharp lights in the light blue eyes, and the whole tiger looked vicious, serious... and cute.

If Xiaonian tries to grab something in the little guy's arms, it will obviously and quickly hug or clenched a little bit, and sometimes it will show its little canine teeth to Xiaonian.

However, if it finds that Xiaonian insists on taking this thing, it will finally let go of its claws, but its eyes will keep staring at Xiaonian, as if afraid that he will lose or eat it (fog).

Seeing that Zai Zai stopped playing with them, Xiaonian called it softly, and obediently turned to look at it, as if to invite him.

As a result, Zai Zai just moved around expressionlessly, turned his head, and pointed his round butt at them.

Xiaonian looked at the back of the little guy with his back to them, and suddenly felt like teasing it, so he freed up a hand to quickly stroke the little guy's tail.

The little guy was obviously startled and jumped forward, let go of the little rabbit doll in his mouth, and quickly turned around, only to see Xiaonian and his brother continuing to play that "boring game" affectionately .

Looking at this "peaceful" scene, Zai Zai was obviously a little dazed. It looked back and forth at Xiaonian and Guaiguai with suspicious eyes, but found no clues, so it turned its head away and continued to do its own thing. .

Then, the little tail was touched again!

"Aooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~" this time the little guy turned around and ran towards Xiaonian and the others, regardless of whether he caught the criminal or not.

Xiaonian asked innocently: "What's the matter, baby? Do you want to play with us?" Guaiguai simply got up and looked at Zaizai, and yelled at it twice.

Zai Zai paced around Xiaonian and the others, groaning twice from time to time, and was so angry that his hair exploded, and he began to "scramble".

Xiaonian quickly picked it up and admitted his mistake: "Brother touched Zaizai's tail, brother shouldn't touch Zaizai's tail."

The little guy frowned and looked at him. The little claws scratched in the void and kicked his legs, but they didn't reach Xiaonian's face after all. They just yelled at Xiaonian a few more times, which was accepted. apology.

Obediently seeing Xiaonian lift Zai Zai up, Zai Zai's small tail hangs down like this, the tip of the slightly curled tail falls in front of its eyes, and shakes from time to time following the owner's movements, it can't help but take the little paw go enough.

Fortunately, Xiaonian found out in time, and quickly raised Zai Zai a little higher, otherwise, Xiao Zha Mao, who had just coaxed him, had his little tail obediently moved again, and he probably couldn't be coaxed easily.

Zai Zai originally thought that Xiaonian was going to take him to play the game "Fei Fei", so he tried hard to put on a small face and pretended that he didn't care.

As a result, he looked down and saw the brother waiting below, it immediately widened its eyes, and its little fat legs kicked and kicked, as if it wanted Xiaonian to put it down - it wanted to fight to the death with the boy who coveted his precious tail ".

Xiaonian knew that they would not hurt each other, so he put Zaizai on the bed, and then they staged a thrilling chase scene under Xiaonian's nose.

Seeing the lively and lovely appearance of the little tiger cubs, Xiaonian thought, there should be no one in this world who doesn't like them.

Even if you don't like them at first, as long as you get along with them for a while, you will definitely like them!

When they moved to Liu Yu's yard together, it would be nice to have a lively winter.

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Zhang Dongxue

Whether it is for those who participated in the martial arts or their family members, the first test of the martial arts came very quickly.

Before winter came, less than one and a half months before the Moon Worship Festival, the assessment of Wu Xiucai was held in various counties in Jizhou.

Since the number of participants in the martial arts examination is not as large as that of the children's examination, and most of the military officers who can be the main examiners have real jobs, only the county government has a school.

Those who want to participate in martial arts in each county will rush to the county government before then, and then take part in the three-day examination.

Although Jian Xiaoling's ancestral home is Ning'an, they have been away from their family for many years and have lived in the middle of Beijing for four generations. They hold the certificates of the capital, so there is no need to return home.

Xiaonian was a little more nervous than his younger brother, thinking in his heart early in the morning: Xiaoling should start now...Xiaoling should enter the school field now...Xiaoling has to test martial arts first, this is what he is good at , there should be no problem...

After the little tiger cub ate the milk, seeing his brother was out of his mind, he started to stare at his plate.

It's a pity that Xiaonian was in a hurry, but he was still able to rely on some instinct to stop the little guy's claws before they stretched into the bowl.

The little guy was pinched with his little paw, and whispered softly: "Aww, aww~" Brother, you eat too badly, so I can help you demonstrate it!

Seeing that his brother didn't seem to have much appetite, the little tiger cub didn't continue to quarrel with him, and lay down on the table, his eyes swaying back and forth following Xiaonian's movement of picking up vegetables.

Fortunately, Liu Yu had already sent someone to guard the school grounds, and would tell Xiaonian as soon as there was news, not to mention that the Jingzhong school grounds were originally Prince Yu's "site", even if they couldn't blatantly engage in favoritism and fraud, they could at least help watch over them.

Martial arts exams are no different than literary exams. Horseback riding and carbine are both dangerous. Sometimes people who participate in the exams are too nervous, and it is not impossible for accidents to happen. Therefore, there are "ones of my own" in it, and Jane's family can feel more at ease.

Because of this, although the three-day school examination was not completely over, Xiaonian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As Xiaoling completed one assessment after another, Xiaonian's heart sank little by little.

It wasn't until three days later that Xiaonian had the appetite to eat when Gao Sui reported that the second young master of the Jian family had been taken back by his family.

The results of the school examination will be released half a month later, Xiaonian took advantage of the usual day when he returned to Jian's mansion, and took a look at Xiaoling who had been allowed by his master to move back temporarily to rest for a few days.

During this period of time the sun was not strong, but Xiaoling was obviously tanned a lot, and the muscles on his body also had lines, which made Xiaonian pinch and pinch enviously, but was caught by his cousin, and he couldn't make any more trouble.

Xiaonian looked at his younger brother, and found that the lines on his face had unknowingly become more resolute. If he were to compare Xiaoling at this moment with him a few months ago, he would really be a different person.

"Since you have discussed it with your master and feel that there should be no major problems, let's start looking back. This is just the first step."

Xiaonian felt that calluses had grown on the hand holding her, and suddenly felt distressed: "I heard you say, in two days, even if the result hasn't come out, you have to go back to the outer courtyard of the palace. This time we live there not for one month or three months, but for three years, you..."

The wheat-colored Jian Xiaoling patted Xiaonian's head: "It's okay, three years will pass quickly, I can bear it! And with Master, I still have a lot to learn, three years may not be enough When my martial arts are world-class, then no one will try to bully you."

Because there is an adult living in his heart, even though Xiaonian is not as tall as the other person, he still treats Xiaoling as a child in his heart.

The rapid growth of his cousin in the past two months made him both proud and melancholy.

"Okay, I'll wait for your martial arts to surpass the world..." I hope that at that time, they can all achieve their own success, and they can rely on their own strength to let their grandfather, uncle, aunt, and unborn baby live a comfortable life.

……

Since Jian Xiaoling returned to Jian's house, and then his name appeared on Wu Xiucai's list, during this period, Prince Yu personally or entrusted Jiang Changshi many times to "kindly" remind Dr. Jian that it is time to pack up and move to the The main courtyard has gone.

At that time, the weather was not so cold that the ground was frozen, so Dr. Jian dawdled around and found many excuses to postpone the delay. Finally, one afternoon, he started to pack his luggage.

The little tiger cub was so frightened by the serious expression of someone who was sitting on the chair in the main room as the "supervisor" himself, and from time to time stood on the threshold, looking into the house from outside.

In the beginning, they were a little nervous about why Xiaonian started clearing things—this, in their view, meant that his brother was going on a long journey again.

But when Xiaonian said that he was not going out and would move with the cubs, they relaxed.

But the little guy didn't understand why he had to move to the "big guy"'s territory.

"It's warmer there, so my baby won't be cold in winter." Xiaonian explained patiently.

"Wow~" Obediently paw Xiaonian's hand with his small claws, let him touch the fluff on his body, expressing that he and Zai Zai are not afraid of the cold at all.

Xiaonian: "..." Look, such a small furball is not afraid of the cold, but a certain big furball has the nerve to say that he is afraid of the cold when he lives alone!

But if they don’t explain clearly to the little ones, they won’t be quiet either, so Xiaonian squeezed the cute little paws and touched his body: “Guy has hair and is not afraid of the cold, but brother doesn’t.”

The little tiger cub tilted his head, seeming to understand Xiaonian's meaning, so he looked at him with sympathetic eyes - brother has no hair, how pitiful!

In fact, one of the most important reasons why Xiaonian decided to move to Liu Yu's courtyard was because of the "medicinal oil" in his medicine house.

When the temperature is too low, the essential oil will solidify and crystallize - which is not a good thing for essential oils.

It is obviously unrealistic to hide everything in the laboratory of the space. It is really unsafe to burn charcoal in the dark room all the time, so it is indeed better to move to the main courtyard without open flames in the house.

After they successfully moved to the main courtyard, the first snow fell in the capital.

Standing on the porch with the cub in his arms, Xiaonian felt that this winter seemed to be extraordinarily cold.