Mrs. Xiao sighed. She had done a good job with her abacus. She thought she was quite smart at the time, but now she realized that Xie Wanyu was waiting for her here.
It's just a meal for several people, so what does it count?
"Now that you say so..."
"No, grandma, how can she raise so many children? Besides, who knows who she adopted." Xue Xuening was very firm, "I don't agree."
Xie Wanyu smiled, looked at her and said, "It doesn't matter whether you agree or disagree, I don't care about your existence."
"You and I are also from the Xiao family." Xue Xuening said.
Xie Wanyu nodded, "Since I can adopt one, why can't I adopt two or three?"
"There are a few children in the world who are as sensible, obedient, kind and filial as Min'er. What if some children have evil thoughts?" Xue Xuening walked to Mrs. Xiao, "Grandma, our family's property can be You can’t just hand it over to outsiders.”
Mrs. Xiao hesitated.
After all, Xiao Jinmin is not an outsider. It seems that most everyone in the family knows about this matter, except Xie Wanyu.
Therefore, Xie Wanyu pretended to be ignorant and said, "An outsider? Isn't Min'er an outsider too?"
When Mrs. Xiao saw that Xie Wanyu was arguing with Xue Xuening again, she said helplessly, "Okay, let's do this. If you like any child, you can adopt him as your adopted son first."
"Grandma, I'm not in good health, so I'm going back first." After Xie Wanyu finished speaking, she left without looking back.
She wanted to see if her money would work in the house.
In fact, Xie Wanyu knew that with Xiao Mingxuan and Xiao Jinmin here, they would never let Xiao Zhi take advantage of them.
Therefore, I don’t know what they discussed, but in the end, they agreed to Xie Wanyu’s adoption.
Because he was anxious to return the stewardship rights, the matter of opening the ancestral hall and adopting him was done very quickly, and it was all completed without wasting much time.
Xiao Jing was also very cooperative and probably knew the pain of not having money.
Since Xie Wanyu returned to the family, Madam Xiao has started to use the hibiscus muscle powder again after a month-long break, and she also eats the bird's nest and ginseng soup.
Anyway, the money is not spent by myself, so naturally I won’t feel bad.
Xie Wanyu didn't care, she would have to move all the dowry sooner or later anyway.
Let them enjoy it now, because they won’t be able to enjoy it in the future anyway.
The weather was too cold and the snow was heavy these days, so Xiao Mingxuan came back and didn't need to go to Xie's house to study for the time being.
He has grown a lot these days. In the past, Xie Wanyu would personally make clothes for him and take good care of him with three meals a day.
Now that my heart is cold, I am no longer willing to take care of those things.
Anyway, there are servants in charge.
Probably because he knew that Xie Wanyu had adopted another clan child, Xiao Mingxuan felt a sense of crisis and actually came to greet Xie Wanyu.
"Son, please send greetings to your mother." He looked calm.
"Sit down. It's rare that you don't have to study, so let's take a good rest." Xie Wanyu said.
Xiao Mingxuan looked at Xie Wanyu, and then said, "My clothes used to be made by my mother. Why doesn't my mother care about it now?"
He complained slightly, "I really can't get used to what those servants do."
Xie Wanyu couldn't help but find it funny. They were all sewn with needle and thread, so there was nothing he couldn't get used to wearing. It was as if Xie Wanyu worked hard for him so that he could have that sense of superiority.
"I also want to take care of you, but you also know that Min'er is still young and your father told you to take good care of him. Naturally, I don't dare to treat him harshly." Xie Wanyu said helplessly.
"So mother is favoring one over the other?" Xiao Mingxuan said.
Not only Xie Wanyu, but everyone else felt very uncomfortable. It was supposed to be a scene of motherly kindness and filial piety, but in the end, they came to investigate.
"You won't be able to understand things when you are older. Min'er is still young." Xie Wanyu sighed.
"Min'er, Min'er, what's so good about him is that you, my father, and my great-grandmother were all so kind to him, and you even forgot that I existed!" He said very excitedly.
Xiao Mingxuan will be on the 11th day of the New Year, and he will soon be in his rebellious stage, so he will be very hostile to Xiao Jinmin.
"Silly boy, I am your biological aunt. How could I not care about your life or death? But you also know that your father likes Min'er." Xie Wanyu looked virtuous.
Xiao Mingxuan gritted his teeth and didn't say a word.
After a while, he suddenly laughed, "I now suspect that Xiao Jinmin is his father's biological son." After saying that, he ran out excitedly.
Xie Wanyu stood up suddenly.
Xiao Mingxuan, a child educated by the Xie family, is really smart, but he is very indifferent to his relatives.
How could a ten-year-old child suspect this? How stupid she was to have no doubt at all.
However, Xie Wanyu's instigation was very effective. Xiao Mingxuan and Xiao Jinmin started fighting in the afternoon. They were two years apart, so their strength was not very different.
However, Xiao Mingxuan not only learned reading and writing at Xie's house, but also learned riding and shooting, so he was stronger than an adult and gave Xiao Jinmin a bruise on his head.
When the commotion broke out in the North Courtyard, Xie Wanyu was watching Xiao Zhi writing.
He became a real child of the Hou family, the third young master in everyone's mouth, and his food and clothing expenses were different from before, but he could stay by Xie Wanyu's side openly.
"Mom, look at my handwriting, how is it?" he said ostentatiously.
Xie Wanyu took it over and looked at it, "It's really well written."
Instead of calling her mother, Xiao Zhi prefers to call Xie Wanyu affectionately mother. This child lost his mother when he was very young, so he longs for family affection.
"Mom, you should go there and take a look now. Depending on the time, I guess the letter will reach my father's ears."
Xiao Zhi reminded.
Xie Wanyu rubbed his head, "What a smart kid."
Afterwards, Xie Wanyu tidied up briefly before going to the North Courtyard.
Although grandma stopped him, Xiao Mingxuan still took the opportunity to hit Xiao Jinmin on the head.
Xie Wanyu walked over and asked, "What are you doing? How can brothers get into a fight?"
Neither of them spoke, and stood there with their heads bowed.
At this time, Xue Xuening came. As she walked over, she yelled, "You dare to hit my child, you have become more capable." After walking over, she began to push Xiao Mingxuan.
Xiao Mingxuan had never been treated like this before. He was so angry that he immediately pushed her away, "Who do you think you are? Why should you care about me?"
"You, what did you say!" Xue Xuening was furious and raised her hand to hit him.
How could Xiao Mingxuan just let her beat him and run away.
Xiao Jinmin, on the other hand, had red eyes because of his young age and was very embarrassed.
"You rebellious and unfilial thing, come here and hold him down until I beat him to death!" Xue Xuening said bitterly.
Although Xiao Mingxuan ran away, he still did not forget to argue with her, "I am the eldest son of the Hou family and the future Lord Marquis. If you dare to offend me now, see how I deal with you in the future."
