Three days later, the Qin family sent a matchmaker to the Xu Mansion to propose marriage. The Xu Mansion "carefully considered" it, and only agreed to the marriage when the matchmaker came to visit for the third time. So the two families chose an auspicious day to exchange wedding invitations.

This marriage was decided.

Xu Yan was still young and the Xu family was not in a hurry to get married. In addition, there were only a few months left in the year, so it was inevitable that the three books and six etiquettes would be carried out in a hurry. Therefore, the two families negotiated and set the wedding date for September next year.

Knowing that Dabao and Erbao were going to buy a house in the capital for Sambo, Qin Xiaoxiao took out two thousand taels of silver notes and gave it to Dabao.

Dabao didn't want to accept it at first, but was frightened by her two words: "If you don't accept it, you don't treat me as your sister" and "Buy a separate house for Sanbao", so he had to accept the banknote and go to the dental shop to find a suitable house.

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It didn't take long for the house to be found. It was a house with three entrances, not far from the Qin family's small house, and it cost a total of five thousand taels.

The three brothers and sisters were very satisfied after seeing it. Without Sanbao's knowledge, they put the house in his name and told him after it had been repaired.

Qin Xiaoxiao was extremely happy to have her worries settled. But after she was happy, she fell into deep longing and worry for Jing Heng.

Not only her, but the two little ones also did not forget their father who was away from home. One morning during the meal, Mo Mo suddenly hugged the back of his chair and started crying.

"What's wrong? Why are you crying?" Qin Xiaoxiao put down the bowls and chopsticks and put the little guy on his lap who refused to eat properly and was crying inexplicably: "Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

After saying that, she reached out to explore his forehead and touched his vest, but found nothing unusual.

"Woo..." Mo Mo's little hands gripped the back of the chair and refused to let go. Tears fell from her eyes and she didn't answer her words.

Upon seeing this, Princess Protector came over and comforted her grandson in a low voice: "Why are you wronged? Didn't you win the shrimps with your brother just now?"

Nao Nao scooped shrimp porridge into his mouth and watched his brother cry. When he heard his grandmother's words, he said something that was difficult for adults to understand: "My brother is crying because he has not grown taller."

Qin Xiaoxiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She picked up the handkerchief and wiped Momo's tears: "You have grown up very fast, and you have almost caught up with your cousin."

The cousin she meant was Jiaojiao. The little girl was seven months older than the two younger ones and not much taller than them.

"No, wuwu, mother lied, I didn't grow taller..." Momo cried out of breath, and her tears flowed even more fiercely: "Dad refused to come back, he must know that I didn't grow taller, wuwu...

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He obviously eats well and listens to his mother's words, but he is still not as high as the back of the chair. Without the height of the back of the chair, daddy will not come back. He is so useless!

Qin Xiaoxiao was stunned, with dense thoughts filling her heart.

The Lord Protector opened his mouth, and after a while he touched his grandson's head and said, "I don't blame you, we are very good silently, and we are taller than when daddy left."

Momo was still easy to coax. After hearing this, he raised his head and looked at his grandmother, sobbing and asked: "Really, really? Have I grown taller?"

Princess Protector smiled and said: "Of course it is true. If you don't believe it, grandma will help you measure it."

After listening to it silently, he immediately slipped off his mother's lap, looked at his grandmother and said eagerly: "Measure, I want to measure!"

Nao Nao also quietly put down his spoon, climbed off the stool with great effort, and quickly ran to his grandmother: "I will measure it too."

"Okay, okay, I'll measure it for you. Don't cry again after the measurement." Princess Protector touched her grandson's little head lovingly, and they reminded her of her longing for her child.

Qin Xiaoxiao guessed the intention of Princess Protector, and stood up to measure the height of the two little things together.

The two brothers were of the same stature, so it was enough to measure one person, but they disagreed and had to measure them together. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had nothing to do with them, so they asked them to approach the back of the chair, one on the left and the other on the right, to measure at the same time.

"Look, grandma didn't lie to you, you have indeed grown taller." Qin Xiaoxiao stretched out two fingers, pressed them up and down on the back of the chair and gestured: "You just came here last time, see for yourself if you are taller."

A lot?"

The two brothers came forward and stretched out their little paws to compare themselves.

At the end, with two teardrops hanging on her long eyelashes, she silently said in surprise: "Brother, you are really taller!"

Nao Nao tilted his head and looked at his mother with clear eyes: "Mom, are you not lying?"

Qin Xiaoxiao blinked without even blushing: "Of course I didn't lie. How could mother lie to a child? Ask yourself, when you and your brother have grown so old, when has mother ever lied to you?"

Of course, this time doesn’t count. You can’t tell the two cubs that it’s been a month and you’ve only grown less than the height of your thumb. In short, you have to give the brothers a little hope and don’t let them think that they won’t be as tall as the back of a chair until they grow old.

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"Okay." Nao Nao reluctantly believed her mother's words. She stretched out her little hand and made a few gestures on the back of the chair, and began to comfort her brother: "When you are four years old, dad will come back."

Momo didn't doubt his brother's words and immediately became excited: "Yeah, let's eat more and grow taller quickly!"

Nao Nao couldn't see what his brother was like, and frowned in disgust: "Stop crying, you ugly."

Momo became anxious, put his hands on his hips and retorted angrily: "We look the same, I'm not ugly!"

Nao Nao said calmly: "If I don't cry, I won't be ugly. If you cry, you will be ugly."

Qin Xiaoxiao and Princess Protector were delighted when they heard this conversation.

It's so normal for brothers to quarrel, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have long accepted it and let them go. As long as they don't get into fights, no one will interfere in the small disputes between the brothers.

Besides, it is also very interesting to listen to them quarreling.

"Humph, bad brother, I don't want to talk to you!" Mo Mo obviously couldn't quarrel with his brother, so he pouted and turned away to ignore him.

"Me too." Nao Nao didn't want to argue with him anymore. He walked to his seat, climbed up on the stool, picked up the spoon and continued to drink porridge.

Seeing this in silence, he was afraid that he would not grow taller if he took one less bite, so he quickly climbed onto his stool and asked the maid standing by to give him some porridge.

The two brothers stopped quarreling, and competed with each other as if they were eating better. If Qin Xiaoxiao hadn't taken away their bowls and spoons for fear that they would burst, and stopped eating, the two of them would have eaten the remaining half of the meat.

Don’t eat all the bag.

It was also a coincidence that the courier delivered a letter that afternoon, but it was a safe letter from Jing Heng.

Qin Xiaoxiao was so happy that she resisted opening it and went straight to Princess Protector's residence with the letter.

After the two little guys found out, they threw away their shovels and ran towards their grandmother's house, filled with thoughts of their father.

In front of her three mothers, Princess Protector opened the letter. After reading it at a glance, she felt a little calmer after worrying about it for more than a month, and handed the letter to Qin Xiaoxiao.

"Grandma, what did dad write?" Momo held her grandmother's arm, eager to know the news about dad.

Princess Protector smiled and said: "Your father has arrived in Haicheng successfully. He asked you and your brother to wait at home. When he comes back, he will bring a lot of delicious and fun things to you."

Momo's eyes sparkled, and he nodded his head: "Yeah, my brother and I will be good. When I can write, I will also write to dad!"

"Well, he's so good." His grandson was so sensible. Princess Protector pressed her face against his face, but she felt deeply worried in her heart.

On the other side, Nao Nao looked at the letter in his mother's hand. Even though his eyes were dark and he didn't recognize a single word, as long as he saw the words on it, he could recall that he was held in his lap by his father, who taught him over and over again.

Literacy scene.

Seeing that the little guy was anxious, Qin Xiaoxiao simply read out the contents of the letter slowly, as much as he could understand.

This is just a safe letter, without much content. According to the time given in the letter, the person is probably already at sea by now, which also means that there will be no news about him during the time he is floating at sea.

Sent back.

Afraid that Nao Nao might not understand, Qin Xiaoxiao explained it to him in detail after reading the letter.

After hearing this, the little guy suddenly said: "Mom, please teach me how to write."

Qin Xiaoxiao didn't ask why he wanted to learn to write, and responded with a smile: "Okay, Mom will teach you how to read first. You are still young and have no strength in your hands, so you can't even hold the pen steady."

Nao Nao looked at his little hands, then at his mother's big hands, with a little disgust on his face.

Qin Xiaoxiao was amused by his expression, thought for a while and said, "Mom, let me make you some pens that you can hold. You can try writing first."

Nao Nao nodded immediately: "Yes."

These words were heard silently, and he ran over in a hurry, shaking his mother's hand: "I want to learn too, I want to learn too!"

Although I don’t know why my younger brother wants to learn to write, he wants to join in the fun of whatever he does.

Teaching one is teaching, and teaching two is teaching. Qin Xiaoxiao pinched his little fleshy face and said with a smile: "If you want to imitate me, just teach me. If you dare to make trouble, my mother will swell your little butt."

She silently covered her butt tightly, rolled her eyes and asked, "Mom, do you need to study for a long time?"

Qin Xiaoxiao still smiled: "It depends on how much you want to learn."

Mo Mo couldn't understand this seemingly simple but actually profound question. He quickly stepped in front of Nao Nao and asked in a low voice: "Brother, how much do you want to learn?"

This time, Nao Nao didn't think his brother was stupid. He thought about it seriously and said, "Learn how to write letters to dad."

Mo Mo's eyes lit up and he immediately answered his mother: "I also want to learn to write letters to dad."

Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes were slightly hot, and she smiled and took the two cubs into her arms: "Okay, I will teach you slowly."

Princess Protector turned away her face and her eyes were also red.

This scene seemed familiar. Years ago, her only child was also at this age, begging his father to teach him how to write.

At that time, she was about to go into battle, and she didn't know when she would be able to come back to reunite with her father and son. The only way to express her longing for her was through letters, so Ah Li wanted to write her a personal letter.

Such a young child could not hold a pen steady, and would often get ink all over his face, but he never cried out in pain. He had to study for two hours every day before he gave up.
Chapter completed!