Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 910: Chapter 910 Leaving Home

“Uncle Zuo said it, Chou Chou just ran into him outside.”

So, it turned out that she had heard it from Zuo Xingyu; no wonder then.

“Do you also want to go and welcome your dad?”

“Of course! Mom, Chou Chou hasn’t seen my dad in such a long time, Chou Chou misses dad, and dad must also miss Chou Chou. If he sees Chou Chou coming to greet him, dad will definitely be very happy,” Chou Chou said excitedly.

If it weren’t for the way those eyeballs kept rolling around, Liu Sisi might actually believe it a little, but looking at Chou Chou’s expression right now, she didn’t believe a single word.

“Really? I don’t think so.”

“Mom, everything Chou Chou says is true, just let me go, please, please? Mom.”

“Stop shaking me, you’re making my head spin. You’re only a few years old, you can’t even see over the crowd, what ‘welcoming’ are you talking about? Just stay in the manor and wait for your dad to come back.”

“No! Mom, Chou Chou promised to go with Young Master Gao, Mom, the child doesn’t want to break my promise, just agree, please agree to it, Mom…”

Chou Chou pouted his lips and shook Liu Sisi’s arm without a hint of embarrassment.

Ever since Chou Chou got out of the sky prison, the meat on his body had disappeared, and although Liu Sisi had been trying to fatten him up these days, he only grew taller, not fatter, and couldn’t get back to his previous weight.

Liu Sisi narrowed her eyes: “Lord Gao? Which Lord Gao, when did you meet him?”

“It’s the new Assistant Minister of Rites, Lord Gao! A few days ago, Lord Gao came with his son to visit Eldest Uncle, and I happened to see them, so we started chatting. But at first I didn’t know he was Young Master Gao, and we even exchanged a few moves. Afterwards, we got to know each other.”

“Oh? Is that so…”

Liu Sisi gave him a deep look, full of distrust.

It made Niuniu, who had just stepped into the doorway, giggle non-stop with her lips pinched together.

If among the children, the slickest by far was the Chou Chou right in front of the eyes. This child had always liked scheming behind the scenes. After coming out of the sky prison, he had become even more extreme. Many times, after fooling someone, he often even managed to have them help him count his money.

Among those, Liu Sisi, his mother, was the prime target. Who told her to think her children were the best, without the slightest guard up?

It was only after being tricked too many times that she gradually caught on and realized what Niuniu meant by “completely bad.”

Looking at those rolling little eyeballs in front of her eyes, Liu Sisi felt a chill at the back of her head, why did she feel this was so unreliable?

Niuniu, on the other hand, was simply grinning, knowing her Third Brother as she did, he was probably up to no good again.

Who knew which unlucky soul would suffer next, hopefully not her.

Liu Sisi was also drumming up worries in her heart, looking at Niuniu who was smiling so much that her eyes squinted, she dared not agree casually.

“No way! There will be too many people that day, just wait here in the manor. Even if your dad enters the imperial court, he’ll probably have to accompany them to the palace first, then there’s the palace banquet, he might not be able to return even at night. What’s there to see?”

She spoke plainly, but her mind was scheming, if Chou Chou wanted to leave the manor, then today she wouldn’t let him go at all. To prevent falling into his trappy schemes again.

“Ah? But mom, Chou Chou wants to go out of the city too…”

Without any grand schemes in mind, Chou Chou naturally wouldn’t let Liu Sisi go easily and kept pestering her until nightfall before he finally let her be.

By the time he had left the flower hall, Chou Chou’s previous dejection had vanished; he glanced back at the brightly lit hall with a sly smile on his face and slipped into his own courtyard.

His two followers hurried after him, “Young Master, it’s still you who has the way, this matter has actually become so simple. When they all go to welcome Old Master Marquis, we can carry out your plan.”

“Don’t start that with me; don’t I, as her son, know what kind of temperament my mother has?”

Chou Chou turned his head to look at the two with a smug expression, “As long as it’s something I propose, if she thinks it’s dangerous, she’ll definitely not let me do it. But this is something I had decided on long ago, this time it’s bound to work.”

“Yes, yes, your idea is really good…” The two followers quickly flattered him.

Chou Chou, basking in their adulation, was about to join in their happiness when suddenly two chestnuts hit the top of their heads: “Enough with the talk; get to action and prepare what’s needed so we don’t end up scattered at the last minute.”

“How could that be, we’ve prepared everything needed long ago, if Young Master says so, we’re ready to elope from home right away…”

“Are you courting death, blurting out such things? What if outsiders had heard you?”

Before the follower could finish, Chou Chou forcefully kicked both of them. As they winced, holding their thighs, he quickly looked around and, seeing no outsiders, turned back with a look of disdain at the two.

“Alright, cut the act. I didn’t even kick hard. There isn’t even a red mark, who do you think you’re fooling? Don’t forget, these tricks are all leftovers from this Young Master’s plaything.”

The two followers immediately let go of their legs and stood up grinning.

“Our Young Master really is formidable, to understand even this. We are in awe.”

“You are, but do you even know who I am…”

While Chou Chou was singing his own praises, he failed to notice a delicately carved little girl perched atop the outside courtyard wall.

Hearing the conversation below, she didn’t move but silently retracted herself as if she had never been there.

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As soon as the child left, Liu Sisi continued to scrutinize the account books.

Ms. Gao came up with a cup of light tea, silently placed it to one side, and did not disturb her.

“By the way, how is Ms. Xin doing nowadays?”

Ms. Gao was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly answered, “It’s the same as before. The Young Master still visits every two or three days, but the Young Madam shows no signs of a change of heart. I’m afraid this matter is quite hopeless…”

Initially, when Liu Sisi encountered Ms. Xin in Yingchang City, and after the army surrounding Yingchang City had withdrawn, Ms. Xin left with her.

However, Ms. Xin had been particularly severely injured at that time, and after healing, her face had been left with many scars.

Learning that there would be scars, which would require a long period of applying scar removal ointment to fade, Ms. Xin actually laughed.

“There will be scars? Good with scars; this way, I can let go of a concern. Very nice.”

“Don’t worry, it’s just a new scar that can be removed by applying the ointment; it’s not a big deal. Tomorrow, I’ll find some scar-reducing medicine to bring to you.”

“There’s really no need.”