Li Daitao

"Daddy, I'll stay at home for a few more days, can I not go to the academy today?" Xiaoji frowned, raised his pitiful face, and blinked his teary eyes vigorously. This was the third time today. General asked.

Qin Shu has become indifferent over the years, and feels that it is good to live in seclusion, but he does not want to force his children to live this kind of quiet and lonely life.Although he has a colder temperament, when it comes to the future of his children, he is just as caring as parents all over the world.It's just that he has experienced a lot in these years and has a different view. He is not like ordinary parents who are eager to see their children become successful. They don't stick to their children's studies, but let their children do what they like.

Now that the three children are all studying abroad, Jian An deliberated, and finally decided to go to Jingzhong to study medicine. Liang Xiao looked weak but focused on martial arts. Many of the people Yi Zhen arranged in the vicinity were brought from Beijing. Liang Xiao worshiped one of the Xiaoqi commanders as his master, and learned bow horse riding and archery from him. The master and apprentice unexpectedly hit each other, and the child lived and ran around the camp all day, and often stayed with him. The practitioners at Master's place did not even return home for three to five days.

The two older ones don't need people to worry about it. Although they are not very old now, they can already see some clues of the future from their usual temperament and handling of things. Jian An is smart and flexible, and he knows the general situation at a young age , Liang Xiao seems gentle and uncontested, but his temperament reveals an inherent stability and tenacity.Even if these two children can't achieve a big career in the future, at least they can make a difference, and it won't be bad.

Only Xiaoji didn't have any definite auspicious plans yet, and he still went to study in the academy honestly.It's not that this child is well-behaved, he was pampered and spoiled by Yi Zhen since he was a child, although he is smart, but his temperament is very tired, all he wants to do is eat, drink, laugh and have fun, wishing to live in such a comfortable and comfortable way all the time, if you ask him If you have any plans for the future, it is simply to do nothing to save effort and worry.

At any rate, Yi Zhen knew that he couldn't just spoil him blindly in this matter, so he had no choice but to send him to school first, and wait for two years to see what path he wants to take.Leaving aside whether the book is good or not, at least a few of his classmates got in touch with him, and at least he got rid of the kid's arrogant and domineering temper and various unique problems, and learned the principles of how to behave.

Xiao Ji's current husband is a well-known Confucian, now that he is old, he went back to his hometown and set up an academy with some old friends to pass the time.This child has been studying outside for two months, and has gradually curbed a lot of bad habits from the past, and he has become more sensible, but it seems that there is no cure for his love of acting like a baby.

Since he went to study in the academy, every time he came back, his heart was like an arrow, and sooner or later he became more and more attached to Qin Shu, and when he was sent back to the academy, it was as if he was going to be arrested and sold. Can't close it.

It's rare that he didn't cry this time, Yi Zhen felt pity for him when he saw his appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted.In his opinion, although this gentleman is good, he does not want to be a simple private school teacher. The academy is not far or close to the villa where they live now. Xiao Ji casts himself under his door. It is extremely inconvenient to come and go at home, so I have to leave home to live in the academy, and I can only go home for two days every ten days.

Yi Zhen thought about how little time he had to go home, and saw how pitiful he looked, and was thinking of agreeing to him, when Qin Shu raised his eyes and glanced at him, with a serious expression on his face, Rejected: "No!"

Xiao Ji sniffed, pondered for a while, and decided to go to Yi Zhen first, and shouted: "Why, why? I just want to stay at home for two more days, and this is not okay? Father, you don't love me. I am young, and everyone in the academy bullies me!"

Yi Zhen didn't quite believe what he said later, let's not talk about Xiao Ji's identity, Mr. Ziyou would give some extra light, and there were servants and guards following him.Just because of his character alone, Yi Zhen would be overjoyed if he didn't bully others.Immediately said seriously: "Nonsense, it's not that there are no children younger than you, besides, Mr. Xu is very disciplined, there is bullying among classmates." , I want you to look good sooner or later."

"I've grown up now, so I don't bully people anymore." Seeing that his father couldn't explain it, Xiaoji turned around to pester Qin Shu again.He knew that Qin Shu was getting heavier, so he didn't jump on Qin Shu's body.He is not big or small to Yi Zhen, but he is much more disciplined to Qin Shu, and he is willing to reason well. At this time, he just hugged Qin Shu's arm and did not let go, and said coquettishly: "Daddy, just let me stay at home." Can I stay here for two more days? Can I do my homework at home? I don’t sleep in class now, and I don’t play tricks on my husband. For the sake of being so obedient, let me stay at home for a few more days , live until you give birth to a younger brother, and I will leave? Okay?"

Qin Shu had a headache, touched the top of his head in a daze, and did not speak.This time Xiaoji didn't cry or play tricks, but he was a little bit reluctant. In fact, it's no wonder that it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days. This child probably wants to hang around at home until the festival is over before leaving.

Originally, it is understandable for the child to want to stay at home during such a festival, but the birth of the child is only a few days before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Qin Shu looked deserted on the face, but in fact his skin was still very thin.Usually with such a big belly, he doesn't want to see people, even in front of a few children, he is very embarrassed. Since he became pregnant, everyone in the village has been dismissed. Usually in front of a few children, although Reluctantly keeping his composure, in fact, he was always ashamed in his heart.

The two older children are precocious and considerate, and they can vaguely guess his two thoughts. Even if he cares about his younger brother, he probably asks Yi Zhen. He doesn't mention it much in front of him. He is not as excited as a monkey like Xiao Ji. Yes, I have to touch Qin Shu's belly every day and talk to my younger brother or something. He is young and pampered, and he doesn't know much about the mood of the test tiger client, which made Qin Shu very embarrassed and awkward several times. .

Now that the three children are not at home very much, although Qin Shu is concerned about it, he has to admit that he is secretly relieved.Now that the childbirth is imminent, he thinks about how embarrassing he might be moaning and struggling if he can't bear the pain, and at the same time he feels anxious, and at the same time he is more and more unwilling to see all the children watching.

But in this way, Xiaoji pestered him more and more. He felt that it was enough for him to be wronged by not seeing Qin Shu and the younger brother in Qin Shu's stomach for ten days in the college. He was afraid that his younger brother would forget him. In the past two days when he came back, he seized all the time to serve Qin Shu, and followed him like a small tail. Even when he was sleeping, he ignored his father's faintly darkened face, acting like a baby and wanting to sleep with Qin Shu. If he couldn't sleep on the same bed, he had to sleep in the same room, so he had to add a small bed to the room before giving up.

But that's all. Qin Shu wanted to avoid the children during the delivery, so naturally he didn't tell him the exact date.But he couldn't stop the child from thinking about it on his own. He felt that Qin Shu's belly seemed to grow a little more every time he came back, and he felt that the day of his brother's birth should be getting closer.

Especially this time when he came back, I don't know if he had a good understanding or noticed something strange, Xiao Ji made a fuss even more than usual, and he refused to go back when the academy started, and he insisted on staying for two more days.Even if Qin Shu walked a few steps casually in the garden, he insisted on coming forward to help him regardless of his short legs. When Qin Shu frowned or touched his stomach inadvertently, he was startled. He leaned forward and kept asking Qin Shu if his stomach hurt or if he was about to give birth to a younger brother. The level of worry was even more anxious than that of a father like Yi Zhen.

Qin Shu has been a little anxious and nervous in the past few days, and thanks to Xiaoji's repeated fusses, he almost had the hallucination of his stomach ache a few times later. If it wasn't for Xiaoji's young age, it was kind , I can't wait to drag this brat out and beat him up to relieve his hatred.

While Xiaoji was asleep, he told Yi Zhen about his troubles, and Yi Zhen also hated his son for getting in the way, making it inconvenient for him to want to be intimate with Qin Shu, so he also gritted his teeth and said, "You still want to get in touch with Qin Shu?" Don't say, even I want to beat him a little these days!"

Of course, this is just to say, Xiao Ji escaped unharmed and was not beaten.After some discussion, Yi Zhen and Qin Shu decided to send Xiao Ji back to the academy, and they were determined not to let him stay at home, so as not to disturb the rest of the house, and adults and children would not be able to rest in peace.Yi Zhen secretly planned to pick him up if the child was born before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and if Qin Shu's day happened to coincide with the two days of the Mid-Autumn Festival, he made up his mind to bother Mr. Xu to take care of him and take Xiao Ji to his home There is no need to come back for the festival.

There are classmates in the academy who are far away from home, and they also agreed to go to Mr. Xu's house for the holiday together, and it would not seem inappropriate to have another Xiao Ji.Although Xiaoji is spoiled, his mouth is usually as sweet as honey. The old lady of Mr. Xu's family loves him very much. If it wasn't for the consideration of his status, he would have recognized him as his grandson, so he would naturally take care of him.

It's thanks to Xiaoji's ignorance of his father's wishful thinking, if he knew, he would be howling like hell.

The child was still holding Qin Shu's arm, which pot was not opened and which pot was being lifted, and he discussed with Qin Shu solemnly: "Daddy, just let me stay at home for a few days, okay? I know you are going to have a baby soon." My brother is gone, and I can help a lot at that time. I know it is difficult to give birth to a baby. When your brother has a stomachache, I can rub it for you so that you will not feel so uncomfortable. I can also comfort my brother Tell him not to fuss. When you are in pain and the pain is unbearable, I will tell you stories and sing to you. If you distract yourself, you won’t feel the pain. I can also go to the doctor and feed you. What……"

Interrupted by him, Qin Shu put back his shaken thoughts, squeezed his face dumbfoundingly and said, "You know what's messed up." Can't this kid look forward to it, what is it? When the pain is unbearable, when the pain is really unbearable, who still has the heart to listen to him sing and tell stories, and if he distracts his attention, he will not feel that the pain is all nonsense. It's not like he hasn't suffered from that.

While giving Yi Zhen a wink, asking him to come forward and pull the child away, he took a final step back and let Xiao Ji stay at home for another night, and then ignored his entanglements early in the next morning and carried him away. Get up, pack up and send to the academy.

Now everything is ready, only waiting for the arrival of the child.

But the date of birth of the fetus is only a rough inference, and the medical officer in Zhuangzhong who has prepared a long time ago can only calculate an approximate time, which is within ten days before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival. No one can guarantee it.Yi Zhen didn't intend to use needles or drugs to change the child's date of birth, he just planned to let nature take its course and wait for the fruit to come to fruition.

But this time passed day by day, and the child's temperament was unknown. He had always been obedient and docile, and he didn't make a lot of noise when he made occasional moves. Qin Shu had suffered a lot less in the past few months.But when it was about to be born, it was still just as tepid.

In the past few days, Qin Shu's fetal movements were more frequent than usual, and occasionally the movement was more intense. Qin Shu was so painful that he was sweating coldly, which alarmed the doctor, but in the end it was just a false alarm. After a while, it slowly subsided, and the child was still living safely in Qin Shu's stomach, with no intention of coming out to see the world at all.

Qin Shu was lying when he said that he was not afraid, and he could still force himself to be calm on the surface, but the string in his heart was always tense.Yi Zhen didn't dare to take it lightly, now that Xiao Ji wasn't around, it was his turn to make a fuss all day long, with such exhaustion, he was going to lose everything.

Mid-Autumn Festival is coming in a blink of an eye. Even though there has been a lot of turmoil in the past few days, what should be done in this festival still needs to be done.Yi Zhen saw that Qin Shu was not very energetic, so he didn't mobilize the crowd very much. He only asked people to arrange Osmanthus chrysanthemums for the occasion around the pavilion in the courtyard, prepare some fresh fruits and snacks, and arranged soft drinks more thoughtfully. Couch and other things, I plan to have some snacks here at night to enjoy the moon, which can be regarded as the scene of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Thinking about Xiaoshu's first pain once a day, although in the end it was still the same as the previous few times, but this situation is not definite, no one can say when it will be born, so I sent it early Someone went to check on Xiao Ji, and asked him to stay at Mr. Xu's house for the holidays and not come back.

Yi Zhen was able to send someone to deliver gifts to his father-in-law who was far away in a faraway place, and Jian An wrote a few days ago to say that he has no time to go home, and he will stay in Beijing for the holidays this year.Liang Xiao stayed at home with his two fathers for a whole day. He ate two mooncakes after the moon came out at night. Then he said that he was going to see Master, and he would not come back at night. He brought some snacks as an appointment Well, I'm going to go back and have fun with some friends again.It's rare that the child has become more cheerful recently, so Qin Shu didn't stop him, but just told him to be careful on the road, sent someone to follow, and let him go.

In this festival, which was supposed to be a family reunion, Yi Zhen would not be unreasonable, those who live nearby gave them a day off early, and those whose relatives were in the village let them go back to the front yard to reunite with their families after dinner.

As soon as the servants left, Liang Xiao went back to find his master to join in the fun, and he and Yi Zhen were the only ones left in the backyard. Liang Xiao was better when he was there, and he took a mooncake stuffed with millet to talk to Qin Shu's belly, He wanted to tease his younger brother to come out to eat mooncakes with a good voice, but Liang Xiao was too discerning. Seeing that Qin Shu was slightly tired, he stopped joking and said very wittily that he was going to accompany Master , leaving space for Yi Zhen and his father to be alone.

In fact, these two people do not lack this little time to get along with each other now. These days, the children are often not at home, and no one jumps out to disturb them halfway. If they want to be intimate, they have already been intimate enough. .On the contrary, with Liang Xiao together, the courtyard seemed deserted.

Even if Yi Zhen tried to tell some jokes, Qin Shu's interest was not very high, so he ate two chestnuts that he peeled and handed over with Yi Zhen's hands, and ate a few dates, and felt that his stomach was full of pain. The bulge is dull and painful, and I lose my appetite looking at the exquisitely crafted mooncakes.

At this time, he kind of missed the chattering Xiaoji, rubbed his stomach with one hand, pushed away the grapes that Yi Zhen was about to feed, and glanced at Yi Zhen with displeasure.

Yi Zhen didn't understand, so he pretended that he didn't like grapes, and eagerly peeled oranges for him: "This is a tribute from the south of the Yangtze River. It's very sweet. Try it. I ate millet seeds just now. Now eat something with water. It's just comfortable..." While speaking, seeing Qin Shu's hand on his stomach, he was slightly taken aback, and the alarm sounded in his heart. He immediately stood up and approached him nervously, "What's the matter? Is it a stomachache?" ? Does it hurt badly?"

Qin Shu patted away his hand that was stretched out to help her, pointed to the seat next to him to signal him to sit down, and complained: "It's okay, but I feel a little deserted. When the children are in front of me, I feel noisy. Now I can't see it, and I feel a little too quiet..."

The moonlight in the middle of the sky is as bright and clear as a jade plate, shining bright and clear light like water all around. In the courtyard, there is a faint fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus mixed with chrysanthemums, and there are pairs of figures on the ground.Yi Zhen felt that this kind of scenery was really just the right place, so he smiled and said, "I think it's not bad."

Qin Shu was in a daze for a while, ignored him, but then sighed carefully: "... I knew there was nothing wrong, so I should have brought Xiaoji back for the festival. Your son is so spoiled by you, and you still spoiled him for the Mid-Autumn Festival." Staying alone at Mr. Xu's house, I don't know what to do right now, don't make trouble so that he can't even live in peace... It's all your fault for not letting him come back!"

Yi Zhen was speechless. Most of what he does now is discussed with Qin Shu in advance. For example, he also asked Qin Shu about not going to pick up Xiaoji today. Qin Shu's stomach was not right at that time Light, tossing and turning feels always uncomfortable, just feeling anxious and anxious, would Xiao Ji come back to add to the chaos, and waved his hand at Yi Zhen upset, so Yi Zhen did so irresponsibly He decided to leave Xiaoji at his husband's house for the holidays.

Later, when his stomach was fine, now he turned around and blamed himself confidently, but Yi Zhen had already worn out his original temper, seeing him huddled on the couch and complaining softly to himself, he didn't feel that he was so angry. It was unreasonable to make trouble, but it was rare to figure out the illusion that Qin Shu was acting like a baby to him.

Yi Zhen feels sorry for him for his hard work these days, and his heart is soft, even if he is really complained unreasonably by the other party, he won't care, what's more, he regards it as coquettish, and he has no temper. He subdued angrily and said: "Yes, yes, it's all my fault. I'll send someone to pick him up early tomorrow morning, that's all right! Let's not talk about this, does your stomach really hurt?"

Qin Shu glanced at him casually again, this time he didn't even bother to say anything.

Yi Zhen didn't mind his attitude either. Looking carefully at his face, there was no pain, and the hand on his stomach was also in the upper abdomen. Knowing that it wasn't a sign of the fetus, he was relieved.They passed by and sat on the bamboo couch together, took Qin Shulai to lean on his shoulder, pulled his hand on the stomach and let him do it for him, stroked down gently and asked: "Is there something wrong in the stomach?" Are you comfortable?"

Qin Shuye leaned on his shoulder for a long time before he sighed comfortably, and said lazily: "...I ate too much tonight..."

Yi Zhen felt that he had eaten too little, and retorted softly: "You didn't eat a few mouthfuls of dinner, and you only ate some millet just now, so there is too much? The little you ate is not enough for your son to absorb. Let's drink some soup after you feel better, huh? You've lost weight recently..."

Qin Shu ignored him, and after a while, he lowered his head to look at his round belly, which was obviously getting bigger and bigger these days, and the clothes that fit him not long ago soon felt tight, and he could no longer wear them.He recalled what he looked like the last two times when his stomach was stretched out. Liang Xiao had suffered a lot with him, and it was not too big to carry in his stomach. Although Yi Zhen tried his best to take care of Xiao Ji, but The child was born prematurely, and I only vaguely remember that it was not of a large size until it was born.

This time, since the day he was pregnant, he has been taken care of in every possible way. Compared with others, he feels that this time his belly is the biggest, standing in front of him like a watermelon. Kind of heavy.The first two times he was able to put on his shoes by himself, but this time he lowered his head and couldn't even see his own toes. Even the doctor said that the child was very strong and not light.

Qin Shu rubbed his hands on his belly, sighed thoughtfully, and felt that Yi Zhen's opinion that he had lost weight just now was very biased and completely nonsense. He rubbed his swollen belly to signal him to look carefully, he could still insist that he was thinner after he became like this, and he didn't know how his eyes grew.

Yi Zhen followed his gaze, and when he saw his round belly, his gaze suddenly softened a lot, he couldn't help smiling, put his hand on the back of his hand, and stroked along the round curve of his belly, momentarily I couldn't help it, and I couldn't help leaning over to kiss his face. After all, it was an extraordinary time, and I didn't dare to go too far. I just rubbed my ears together for a while, and finally leaned into his ear and said softly: "...I just saw your belly Big, but there is no flesh on the body, and the bones can be touched casually..."

Qin Shu was displeased, but he didn't bother arguing with him. He pulled his hand back and motioned him to continue rubbing his stomach. The dull pain was gone, but his stomach was still swollen and uncomfortable when he stopped.