Little wealth

Entering through the gate is the front yard, passing through a door with hanging flowers, walking through a long veranda, and passing through a door before they entered a courtyard inside.Many flowers and plants were planted in the yard, and clusters of flowers bloomed, pink, red, purple, colorful, and fragrant. It can be seen that the owner of this yard is a person who loves flowers.

Before they got there, they heard a gentle voice and a child's soft voice coming from the room.

"Master, I have invited you here." The servant stood in front of the door and reported.

"Oh, please come, please come in." A slightly happy voice came from the room, and soon a maid came to invite them in, "Young master, please come in."

Josh nodded to the boy who led them in, and followed the maid who led them in.

Both their father and son were dressed in ordinary coarse cloth clothes, and these maids and servants did not show any contempt on their faces, which made him feel a little fond of the owner of this house, so-called what kind of owner there is. Such a servant, the servant's behavior reflects the master's character and conduct from the side, these small details let him have a preconceived good impression of the master of this house.

Entering the room, I saw the young man who made an abacus with them that day, and a doll carved in powder and jade sitting there, and two maidservants stood beside him.

Seeing them coming in, the owner of the house showed a smile on his face, and stood up to greet them, "You are here, I take the liberty of asking the servants to invite you, I hope I won't disturb you."

"No, no, it just so happens that I'm not so busy at the moment." The little boy in his arms was not afraid at all when he arrived in a strange place, and his eyes were still fixed on someone else's beautiful little brother, clamoring to come down.

Josh patted the boy's butt lightly, and gave him a warning look. If he is disobedient, he will be spanked.

"Please sit down, I'm so happy to see you here." Bai Luoxi invited someone to sit down, and a servant girl brought tea and snacks. He raised his hand and said, "Drink some water and have some snacks." .”

The boy handed a box to his master.

"This is the abacus that has been made. It looks really good." Bai Luoxi took the box handed over by the servant, opened the box, and saw the abacus inside.He took out the abacus inside, put the box on the low table next to him, rubbed his fingers gently on the abacus, and showed a little smile in his eyes.

Looking at the father and son sitting there, the father and son both look very good.Although they were wearing ordinary coarse cloth clothes, they were neatly packed, and the little baby was even more beautiful and cute.

Only then did Bai Luoxi remember that he hadn't introduced himself yet, "Oh, yes, my surname is Bai and my name is Luoxi. You can just call me Luoxi."

"My surname is Qiao, and my single name is Xu. This is my son, Zhao Nian, who is almost two years old." Josh sat down in his seat, let the child sit on his lap, took a sip of tea, Seeing that it was sweet tea brewed from chrysanthemum and wolfberry, he fed it to the child.

As soon as he drank something sweet, the little brat grabbed his hand and finished it with a gurgling gulp.

"Our Nuomi is three years old this year, one year older than your child." Two fathers with children inevitably talked about their children when they sat together. Bai Luoxi turned around and touched their little brother, smiling. Said: "It just so happens that you brought your child here, so you can be a companion with our glutinous rice."

Two little babies, you look at me, and I look at you.

Zhao Xiaonian showed a bright smile at his beautiful little brother, pointed at him, and shouted loudly: "Brother!"

"..." Josh held back the twitching veins on his forehead, lowered his head to correct their son, "It's brother, he's older than you." Do you understand?He is one year older than you, he is a brother!It seems that the arithmetic he taught the little boy was for nothing, and he will have to remake it when he goes back!

"Brother!" Zhao Xiaonian insisted on his own thoughts, as if he had done something wrong, looked up at the adults, stared at the two short legs and wanted to go down.

"Brother and younger brother don't matter, they are pretty much the same anyway. Your children are so lively, why don't you let them play together." Bai Luoxi didn't mind, turned around and hugged their little Nuomi, and put him on the ground.

Seeing this, Josh had no choice but to put the little boy of their family on the ground, and told the little boy to play well with his brother, and said with a smile, "It's just too naughty."

"It's better to be naughty. Our glutinous rice is too quiet. I want his temperament to be more lively and active." Bai Luoxi watched the two children meet for the second time, you looked at me, I looked at you, he Knowing that my little brother is a bit timid and introverted, it is not so easy to play with children of the same age.

I saw someone else's kid reaching out to grab the hand of their little Nuomi, but their little Nuomi withdrew his hand without making a sound, turned around and ran back towards him.

"Huh?" Zhao Xiaonian looked puzzled, turned to look at his father, and was about to chase after him.

"Hey, come back." Josh was completely speechless about the behavior of their little brat scaring people away. He hurriedly pulled their kid back, and taught: "You scared my brother, you know? You want Holding brother's hand, if you want to ask him if he agrees, you can't just hold brother's hand casually, do you understand?"

The little baby looked half-understanding, but nodded seriously.

"Haha...it's okay, just let them play by themselves." Bai Luoxi couldn't help laughing as she hugged her shy little brother.

As he spoke, he waved to the maids behind him, and some maids came forward to coax the child out.

The two children were taken outside by the maid, and the room finally became quiet.

Josh saw the back of their little boy seeing the beautiful little brother, who didn't even want him as a father, and walked away with the strange lady without looking back. After the child grows up, he chases the beautiful little brother and leaves without looking back.

"I heard you talking about the abacus the other day. I guess you are a person who knows how to calculate. I wonder if you could tell me how to use this abacus?" Bai Luoxi is the son of a merchant. He has been doing business with his father since he was a child. He is the only brother in their family. However, after he got married, the family property was still handed over to him to take care of.

Although he is a brother, he was brought up as a man since he was a child. His father hired a teacher to teach him how to read and write. I don’t know if it is a businessman’s nature in his bones. He has shown great interest in arithmetic since he was a child. interest of.

"I only know superficially, if you don't mind, we can communicate." Josh naturally dare not say that he is a person from the 21st century, let alone planning, he can do calculus.Of course, he can't expose himself too much now, but he is still very willing to communicate with the other party about the usage of this abacus.

So after the child was taken outside, without the child by his side, the two of them talked one by one and listened to each other. Bai Luoxi was very talented in arithmetic, and he could answer three sentences of what others said, so this abacus It didn't take long for him to understand the usage.

But he was very interested in the arithmetic method Josh said.

Just when he was about to continue to ask in depth, he heard the sound of the child being brought back.

The two little babies who were taken out one after the other just came in holding hands.

As soon as he saw the child coming back, Bai Luoxi turned all his attention back to the child. Seeing that their little Nuomi came back with a smile, he knew that the child had a good time.

It's rare to see their little Nuomi smiling so happily, it seems that their guest today is the right one.Catching the little Nuomi who got into his arms, Bai Luoxi lowered his head and asked the child, "Does Nuomi like to play with your brother?"

"Hmm~" The little brother glanced at his cute brother and nodded.

"Are you tired from playing?" Josh took the child and touched the child's neck and back. He didn't feel any sweat, so he knew that the child didn't run much just now, but it could be seen that the two children must have had a good time. good.

Seeing the two children come back, Bai Luoxi asked the servant girl to bring over the lunch, and said to Jo Xu and his son: "It's lunch time, you can stay here for lunch."

"No, no, the child's father should come to pick us up, we have to go back." Josh realized that it was already noon after they came here for a while, and thought that their carpenter Zhao would come to pick them up, afraid that Carpenter Zhao would come to pick them up. He would be worried if he didn't receive anyone, so he picked up the child and prepared to go back.

Seeing this, Bai Luoxi couldn't keep him anymore, so he had to ask the servant girl to bring a box of snacks and send Josh and his son out, saying: "Whenever you are free, you can come to see me at any time, usually it's nothing Nuomi and I are at home."

"Okay, see you sometime." Seeing that the other party didn't underestimate him because of his status, Josh was also willing to associate with such a person, even if it was good to have one more friend to communicate with.

Especially their son, who also likes to play with other people's children.

It's just that after being carried out of the door by him and seeing the beautiful little brother behind him, he burst into tears.

"..."

Until he sat in the carriage with someone in his arms, the little brat still had tears in his eyes, looking terribly wronged.

"You almost ordered it. If you want to do this, I won't bring you to play with Xiao Nuomi in the future." Josh wiped away the tears from the corners of the little boy's eyes with his sleeve. , I dared to shed a few tears today, it seems that I really can't bear to part with the little playmate I just met.

"Do you like playing with your brother?"

"younger brother!"

"No, it's brother!"

"Brother!" Xiao Wa'er climbed on the window, wanting to look out.

"It's brother, he's a year older than you!" But no matter how he corrected it, this brat insisted on calling him brother, and Josh was speechless about it.

When they went back, they saw that everyone was already waiting for their father and son.