Qin Xiaoxiao touched his head and looked at the maid who was lying on the ground coldly: "Go to Manager Zhu to receive your punishment, and you will be deducted one month of silver. If you do it next time, you will be kicked out of the house."

The two maids secretly breathed a sigh of relief and thanked them repeatedly: "I accept my punishment, thank you madam!"

After that, the two of them retreated, thankful that they were not sent out of the house.

After punishing the two maids for neglecting their duties, Qin Xiaoxiao began to deal with the two brats. She glared at Nao Nao, and was so harsh to him for the first time: "Do you know that once you poke your brother's eyes, he will become blind again?"

Can’t see anything anymore?”

Nao Nao obviously didn't know that his poke might have such serious consequences. After being stunned, he also became angry: "I didn't get it, brother poke me first."

Seeing that he dared to talk back, Qin Xiaoxiao became even more angry: "Brother poked you first. Did it make you bleed?"

Nao Nao frowned and said nothing.

Seeing that her mother was angry, Mo Mo started to get scared, but she still wanted to protect her brother: "Mom, I want to play with my brother, so I poked him first. When my brother got angry, he poked me in the face."

After that, he raised his hand to touch the area that was still sore, but his mother stopped him from touching it with his dirty hands.

Seeing Nao Nao's "I'm not wrong" look, Qin Xiaoxiao resisted the urge to spank him and said patiently: "Brother pokes you to make you unhappy, you can retaliate and poke him in the butt, not to him

Strike hard."

Nao Nao said with a sullen face: "It won't bother me until it hurts."

All in all, it's not his fault, and he won't admit it.

Qin Xiaoxiao realized that it didn't make sense to him, and couldn't help but rub her forehead with a headache.

Princess Jiaming, who had been silent for the whole time, advised: "The children are still young and don't know the importance. Just teach them more."

Qin Xiaoxiao pointed at Noisy and scolded: "This little bastard doesn't know the importance of it, he just knows it too well and did it on purpose!"

Princess Jiaming didn't know how to persuade her, so she said to Nao Nao in a gentle voice: "Your mother is so angry, please go and calm her down, okay?"

Nao Nao didn't want to see his mother angry, so he walked over and tugged on her sleeves obediently: "Mom, brother doesn't bother me. I won't hit him, so don't be angry."

After Qin Xiaoxiao heard this, she no longer expected him to admit his mistakes and reflect on his mistakes. Seeing the small wooden sword in his hand, she couldn't help but snatch it away: "Since you don't know the importance, you are not allowed to play with this small wooden sword anymore."

After saying that, she put away the small wooden sword in Momo's hand.

The two little guys played with small wooden swords almost every day. Fortunately, they didn't poke their eyes this time. If they accidentally hurt their eyes or nostrils next time, it would be useless even if she slapped their buttocks to make them swollen. She might as well take them and let them grow.

A memory.

The twins were dumbfounded, silently looking at their empty hands, and suddenly their mouths opened and the whole room was filled with his ear-piercing cries: "Dad, I miss you so much -"

This was his specialty. Every time he was naughty and about to be beaten, he would cry out this sentence at the top of his lungs. No matter how angry Qin Xiaoxiao was, he would not be able to do anything. He just shouted many times, but this time the most

It's sincere and sincere.

"Dad gave this to me!" Nao Nao's eyes turned red and he snatched his small wooden sword from his mother's hand: "I don't allow you to take it away!"

A few months have passed, and the two brothers' memories of their father have been blurred, but the back of the chair in the main hall reminds them every day to eat more and grow taller; their favorite little wooden sword reminds them all the time that they have a father.

Waiting for my father who is traveling far away to come home.

Even their own mother cannot take away the things they cherish.

At this point, the two brothers with completely different personalities were unexpectedly stubborn.

Qin Xiaoxiao was stunned by the twins' fierce reaction. After regaining consciousness, she spread her hands and looked at Nao Nao expressionlessly: "Give it to me."

Nao Nao backed away, hugged Xiao Mu Jian tightly, and looked at her angrily.

Momo was the same, he hurriedly left her arms and stood with his brother, for fear that his mother would snatch her away.

Qin Xiaoxiao's face became darker: "The little wooden sword is a birthday gift from dad. Now you dare to fight with the little wooden sword. If dad knows about it, he will agree with mom to take it back, so that you don't fight again in the future."

Seeing that their mother was really going to take back the little wooden sword, the two little guys were completely panicked, and their eyes were filled with tears.

Silently pleading: "Mom, my brother and I won't fight anymore, please don't accept it..."

Nao Nao also began to admit his mistake: "I don't hit my brother, and I won't hit my brother when he gets annoyed."

Princess Jiaming couldn't stand it, and quietly tugged on Qin Xiaoxiao's sleeve: "They know they were wrong, and they won't dare to do it again if they think about it. Just give them a chance, and don't hurt their hearts."

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded slightly and continued to look at the two of them with a cold face: "Don't say these nice things to coax me, who knows whether your words will count!"

Mo Mo nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "If you count, you will count. If you don't, you are a puppy!"

Nao Nao followed suit and said, "I don't count my mother taking it away."

Qin Xiaoxiao looked at them intently, until the expressions of the two little guys became more and more pitiful, and they wanted to hug each other and cry, then she said: "For the sake of your sincerity in reforming, I will not take away your sword today.

If you two fight again, I will take it away and burn it in the kitchen!"

If you take it and burn it, it will naturally scare the two little things and make them really remember it.

"Yeah, yeah, listen to mother." The two brothers knew that their mother meant what she said, so they agreed obediently like little quails.

Later, Mo Mo apologized to Nao Nao and patted his chest to promise that he would not attack his younger brother again.

Nao Nao also apologized to his brother and stood on tiptoes to whine at the injured area. Apparently, he was frightened by his mother and finally realized his mistake.

Qin Xiaoxiao said nothing and watched them holding hands and going outside to play.

It wasn't until the two brothers jumped away that Princess Jiaming withdrew her gaze and persuaded Qin Xiaoxiao: "The children are still young, so don't be too harsh on them."

Qin Xiaoxiao said helplessly: "Brother Li is not here, and my mother is indulging them, not to mention the maids and servants who serve them. If I don't strictly discipline them, one day they will develop a lawless temper, especially a noisy temper.

, I believe you have also figured it out."

It was her first time raising a child and she had no experience. Sometimes when she saw the little guy crying when she was scolding him, she would wonder if she was being too harsh.

It was not a big deal like just now, but she couldn't help but think bigger. She was afraid that their play would be insignificant, so she thought that taking away the little wooden sword would be the end of it. She didn't expect that they valued the little wooden sword so much, and doing so would hurt her.

Penetrate their hearts.

Princess Jiaming did notice that Nao Nao's temperament was different from that of other children, but she did not realize the seriousness of the problem: "Isn't he still young now? It will be fine when he becomes sensible."

Qin Xiaoxiao rubbed his forehead and sighed: "Although they are young, they are no less capable of judging their faces than adults. If I handle them lightly today, they will dare to do it again next time, and I don't have the energy to watch them all the time."

Teach at all times.”

Princess Jiaming had never raised a child, so she didn't know how much effort it would take. Thinking that she was in charge of the middle child of the house, had to worry about the plantation, and took care of the shop and farm, he understood her difficulty: "Take your time.

Your mother is getting older, and you have to take care of all the affairs in the house. It is normal for her to be unable to discipline her two children. But what I want to say is that when she was young, your mother was not a person who doted on her children. In her early years,

He will personally punish Ah Heng, and the relationship between mother and child is also very alienated. I am worried that over time, you and your two children will become like this."

Qin Xiaoxiao nodded: "I understand, and I will teach them more patiently."

In the blink of an eye, the end of the year has come and Jingheng has been away for half a year. The closer the New Year is, the more the four of them are looking forward to news about Jingheng, always holding on to the hope that he will come back to celebrate the New Year.

Princess Protector went to the palace several times, feeling that if the caravan returned, Emperor Yuanhe would get the news immediately.

But the result disappointed her. Ever since the merchant ship went to sea, no news has come. No one knows where the caravan has gone, whether the people are safe, or when they can come back.

When the Little New Year passed and there was still no news, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law accepted the fact that Jing Heng would not come back and started preparing for the New Year in low spirits.

The twins are still looking forward to it, especially when they go to the Chen family to play. When they see the Chen family's father and son making love and playing, they will look longing, and then they will be depressed for a long time. They can't help but ask their mother and grandmother when daddy will be.

return.

Obviously they could no longer remember what their father looked like. They only vaguely remembered that his father was very powerful. He could lift high with them, carve a small sword, and break bricks with one palm... These were things that their mother could not do.

Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't answer, so she could only tell them over and over again that when they grow as high as the back of a chair, daddy will come back.

But after half a year of hard work, the two little guys were still a few inches away from the height of the chair back. They were obviously impatient. They felt like they were being deceived by their mother, and they had several small temper tantrums with her.

Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't do anything about it. Sometimes when the twins made them angry, he would spank them or punish them by standing in a corner. In short, as they grew up day by day, it became harder and harder to fool them, and they would inevitably be restrained in their discipline.

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At this time, Jingheng, who was far away in Beidu Country, was invited to have a drink by two deputies after finishing dealing with the caravan.

He has always disliked socializing. When he was in the capital, he would return home on time as soon as he got off work. He almost never stayed outside. But now that he was alone and it happened to be the Chinese New Year, he inevitably felt lonely, so he unexpectedly agreed

Invited.

When Jing Heng arrived, the food and drinks were ready. As soon as he sat down, the two deputy envoys toasted to him: "My lord, I will give you a drink here."

He picked up the wine glass, touched them one by one, and drank it all.

When the two deputy envoys saw that he was giving face to him, they relaxed and inevitably drank a few more drinks.

As they got drunker, their words and deeds gradually became more and more unrestrained, and they rarely mentioned the hardships along the way. When it came to emotional moments, the two gentlemen couldn't help wiping away tears.

"Before I came here, I thought it would be very painful. I didn't expect it would be so painful. I almost lost my life in the sea."

"Well, who can say otherwise? In order to go to sea as a deputy envoy, my old man went to great lengths. If I had known this, why bother?"

"Brother, it's true! I have been floating on the boat for half a year. I can't eat well or sleep well. My wife, children and children are not here. I am always worried that a storm will capsize the boat. Look, my face is blown by the sea breeze.

Now, come back and stand with my old man. If you don’t know, you think I’m your father, burp~”

In this short period of half a year, the caravan stopped in four or five small countries, such as the Big Coconut Country, the Little Coconut Country, and the Nanshui Country. Not only did it sell 30% of the goods it brought, but it also purchased many local specialties.

The empty boats were filled again.

The country they are currently staying in, Beidou, is richer and richer than the previous five countries combined. They plan to sell a batch of goods here and then continue southbound to their last destination, Italy.

"Well, no matter what, this trip was successful and the business went smoothly. It can be considered a blessing from God."
To be continued...