Chapter 159

Xu Ran was so regret! Why did he say that?

After saying goodbye to the village head, Xu Ran breathed a sigh of relief. He didn’t know that paying a New Year’s call was actually not easy. Fortunately, the village head would help him inquire about buying the mountain. Moreover, his two children felt happy because of this visit.

Thinking of this, Xu Ran also felt delighted immediately.

Xu Ran had nothing to do in the afternoon except for taking a nap, but he felt it inappropriate to sleep on the first day of the new year, so he started to read a book he had read before.

There were few recreational activities in this world, so Xu Ran felt his could suddenly manage much time. Xu Ran thought that if he had been grown up in this world and then transmigrated to the modern world, he would definitely be a top student.

After reading the book for an entire afternoon, he went to prepare the dinner. Then, he went to bed early. The first day of the New Year passed.

Xu Ran really wanted to do something; after all, it was a memorable day today. However, it had been only a month after Liu Tong had just given birth to little Baozi. He was afraid that having sex at this time would be bad for Liu Tong’s health, so he could only give up.

Little Baozi could fall asleep easily these days maybe because of the cold weather. He could sleep like a dog even if little Qingshu was crying in his ear. Liu Tong felt that little Baozi had developed this habit in his womb, but Xu Ran disagreed,”Even you didn’t become lazy because of too much sleep, how could my son be?”

And Liu Tong didn’t know how to rebut it.

Little Baozi was now fat and white like a real bun.

Xu Ran’s little sheep was weaned, so Xu Ran mixed the porridge with sheep milk to feed two babies.

Surprisingly, little Qingshu seemed to be able to eat more. Xu Ran felt that when little Qingshu came again, he should turn to his another sheep for enough milk.

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Early in the second day of the New Year, Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun took their families to pay a New Year’s call to Mr. Qin.

Shao Yu and the rest didn’t go with them as they were servants. It wasn’t proper for servants to go to the house of their master’s friend in the Spring Festival, so they stayed home. Mr. Hu didn’t go either. After all, it was cold outside, and he hated cold weather.

Xu Ran thought that they might have to stay for the whole night in Qin Mansion, so he had asked Shao Yu and others to ensure the security of their bacon and sausages.

People in Qin family had been busy in the kitchen early in the morning, as Qin Shuwu had told them that Xu Ran and Zhuo Yun would come together at the second day of the New Year. Therefore, all Ge’ers in Qin Mansion was ordered by Elder Daddy Qin to make preparations in the kitchen.

Qin Shuwu’s spouse even smiled and said that their Daddy had preferred Xu Ran after taking him as his “sworn son”. Hearing that, the others all smiled and nodded.

Elder Daddy Qin also knew that they were joking, so he just chided them with a smile and went to the gate to wait for his “new son”.

Actually, who he really missed were not Xu Ran and his Ge’er, but little Baozi and little Qinshu, especially little Baozi. He had never seen them before!

Judging from Tangtang and Guoguo’s adorable faces, Qin Daddy felt that the little Baozi must be very good-looking, too.

When Xu Ran arrived, he knocked on the gate of Qin’s Mansion and it was opened by Elder Daddy Qin. Xu Ran was quite surprised and immediately started to say auspicious words to pay the New Year’s call.

“Happy new year, sworn daddy! I wish you younger and younger, richer and richer, luckier and luckier…”

Before Xu Ran could finish his blessing, he had been pushed aside by Zhuo Yun. Zhuo Yun followed Xu Ran’s words, “Daddy-in-law, I wish you to be the youngest, richest and luckiest!”

Hearing these words and seeing the two handsome son, Elder Daddy Qin grinned ear to ear and said, “Good! Thank you! Thank you!”

Men finished and then children started.

Xu Ran taught Tangtang and Guoguo a lot of auspicious words on their way the Qin’s Mansion, sp yjay they could say to others.

Hearing the sweet words from two identical children who stood in front of him, Elder Daddy Qin was even happier and wanted to hug Tangtang and Guoguo.

Xu Ran thought that Elder Daddy Qin wasn’t young anyway, so he stopped him. Tangtang and Guoguo also said that they could walk on their own.

Then, Liu Tong and Qin Shuwen started to pay New Year’s call with babies in their arms.

Qin Shuwen said, “Happy new year, Daddy! Good luck this year!”

“Good, good, let me see if little Qinshu gets fat.”

Qin Shuwen passed the baby to him.

Elder Daddy Qin hugged little Qinshu for a while and returned the child. Then, he called Liu Tong to him.

Liu Tong replied, “Sworn daddy!”

Liu Tong didn’t come here often. He was an adult now, and he liked to keep silent, so he didn’t have many words to say.

Elder Daddy Qin looked at the baby in Liu Tong’s arms and said, “He has been over a month, right? May I hug him? I haven’t seen him before.”

Liu Tong handed the child to Elder Daddy Qin and told him, “Sworn daddy, he has grown up a lot. He’s quite heavy now.”

Hugging little Baozi, Elder Daddy Qin called him his good grandson.

Of course, he didn’t ignore his own Ge’er, too, so he hugged Qin Shuwen’s baby in his arm. Since he couldn’t hug Tangtang and Guoguo, he could hug the two babies. When he was young, he could walk everywhere with two babies in his arms.

Qin Shuwen and Liu Tong looked at each other. They really lost favor now, completely different from before.

Elder Daddy Qin hugged the the two babies and went into the room. He didn’t even invite them.

Qin Shuwen said, “Yun, take Xu Ran to the carriage and move gifts into the room. We don’t need it now. I’ll go in with Liu Tong.”

Then, Qin Shuwen pulled Liu Tong into the door and started shouting in the yard, “Dad, brother, brother’s spose, I’m back…” Before Qin Shuwen said something else, everyone had already got out.

Elder Dad Qin was very happy when he saw Qin Shuwen. “You’re back, Shuwen! Liu Tong’s also here! Where’re Zhuo Yun and the others?”

Qin Shuwen took Liu Tong to Elder Dad Qin and said, “Dad, Happy New Year!”

Liu Tong also called him sworn dad. Compared with Qin Shuwen, he was a little shy.

However, Elder Dad Qin didn’t care that much. He asked Liu Tong, “You have given birth to a Ge’er, right? Where’s him?”

Before Liu Tong could speak, Qin Shuwen had interrupted him, “Dad, Daddy had snatched two babies! Go to find him! Hurry up!”

Hearing that, Elder Dad Qin turned around and left immediately.

Liu Tong, “…” It seemed to be different from what he had imagined?

Qin Shuwen said to Liu Tong, “Don’t worry about him. He loves children like my Daddy. When my brother’s baby was born, they wouldn’t even let my brother hug him.”

“I remember that you were absent when my baby was born. How did you know that?” A voice suddenly hit Qin Shuwen’s ear. Qin Shuwen and Liu Tong turned back at the same time and saw Qin Shuwu beaming at them behind.

Qin Shuwen let loose of Liu Tong’s hand and patted Qin Shuwu gently, “You scared me! Don’t you know? How can you just appear behind me so suddenly?”

Qin Shuwu took two steps to the side and said, “What? I’m standing behind Liu Tong, OK?”

Qin Shuwen felt speechless.

Qin Shuwu then asked him, “Tell me! How did you know that? I told you to go home, but you refused me at that time!”

Qin Shuwen pouted, “Mind your own business! I just know it! And I’ll never tell you!”

Qin Shuwu scratched Qin Shuwen an itch and they started playing like children.

Qin Shuwen shouted while running, “I’ll never let you know! Never!”

Others were laughing and watching them. It was true that there were a lot of family members in this mansion, but it hadn’t been humming with life for a long time.

The Qin family always worried that their only Ge’er would live an unhappy life in other places.

Even though Qin Shuwen had already gotten married with Zhuo Yun and they had had a child, they were still concerned.

Qin Shuwen was grown up in the heart of Qin Shuwu. They had been much more closer to each other than to others, and Qin Shuwu had always been protective of Qin Shuwen.

Qin Shuwu knew that his younger brother didn’t like to be too intimate to others, but as long as he cared about you, he would treat you warmly.

Seeing Qin Shuwen’s smile and hearing his words, Qin Shuwu felt like he had returned to his childhood. When he came back to earth, seeing that Qin Shuwen had been an adult, he felt it dreamy.

Qin Shuwen ran for a while and saw that Qin Shuwu wasn’t chasing him, and the former stopped and made a ghost face at Qin Shuwu. Then, he went to play with someone else.

Liu Tong also felt envious when seeing this scene. He had no brother and no one else besides Xu Ran would protect him. However, he really wanted an elder brother.  After standing and watching for a while, he turned to find Tangtang and Guoguo.

He already had Xu Ran. However, he was so greedy that he wanted a brother who could protect him wholeheartedly.

He wondered whether he would live a better life in the past if he had such a brother.

Liu Tong shook his head and felt that he had thought too much. He must be too idle to have such an unrealistic idea.