Listening to his son's question, He Zexu knew that the child was worried about his mother and younger siblings in Malaysia.
"We came together, so naturally we have to leave together. In this way, how about giving dad three days. After dad has finished handling the things he needs to do, we will leave immediately." He Zexuxin said, he was also anxious and wanted to leave immediately.
Then set off back to Bandar Malaysia.
"Okay." When Xiao An heard this, he agreed without even thinking about it for three days.
Because he always thought that he would stay here for at least ten days and a half.
Hearing his son's cheerful response, He Zexu smiled.
"By the way, I didn't bring you into the palace, and I didn't see your imperial grandfather. Do you feel uncomfortable?" He Zexu remembered and asked.
Xiao An thought about it seriously and compared it with his fingers: "It's impossible to say it doesn't exist, but it's just a small amount. If I have a fate with the emperor's grandfather, I will naturally see it."
"Xiao An, dad and your mother have just been reunited. They haven't said anything yet, and dad is here again." He Zexu paused when he said this, thinking about what he should say next.
"Dad, if you want to know anything, just ask. My son knows everything and will tell you everything. He will never hide anything from you, daddy." When Xiao An heard this, he understood in his heart and said immediately.
He Zexu thought for a while and said: "Dad, I don't want to inquire about anything, I'm just curious, how did you three brothers and sisters know that I am your father?"
"Oh, this, dad, you don't know, there is a portrait of you in my mother's study. We have seen it when we were young. At first, I discovered it by accident while playing in my mother's study. Later, my mother often left it alone.
Take it out when the time comes.
She will also speak to your portrait. As for what she said, we are a bit far away and can't hear clearly.
Therefore, my younger siblings and I wondered whether the person in the portrait might be our father.
Later, when I got older, I also knew more things. For example, that Lao Yu was the person responsible for checking you. Then, he would send the found information to my mother.
Later, I also arranged for someone to inquire about you.
That time at the Loucheng border was the news sent back by someone I arranged for myself.
So, I went to discuss it with my mother, and she agreed, and my son and I led the troops.
But, dad, you are so good, how did you come up with the idea of becoming my brother?
Dad, you didn’t even know that when you went back and told your younger siblings, they both laughed so hard.” Xiao An became a little excited when she thought of the scene at that time.
When his son mentioned that he had proposed to become brothers, He Zexu coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment.
"What about that? Have you told your mother about this?" He Zexu asked curiously.
Xiao An nodded: "Yes, I said it."
"Then do you still remember what your mother's reaction was when she heard this?" He Zexu asked again.
"What other reaction could there be? She was shocked, it felt incredible, and then she also laughed." Xiao An felt depressed when she thought of the scene at that time.
"Hey, the fish is hooked." At the awkward moment, a considerate fish eased the awkward atmosphere.
The father and son spent the whole afternoon fishing, and the harvest was not small. Xiao An actually caught more fish than his father.
This made He Zexu a little puzzled. Didn't his eldest son learn martial arts and study from Leng Wuyi and the others since he was a child? "It seems that you often go fishing on weekdays? Doesn't your mother say that you lose your ambition by playing with things?"
"This is not playing with things to lose one's ambition. Besides, my mother hired a master to teach us about fishing. My mother didn't say that fishing is just playing with things to lose one's ambition. She said, don't look at it, it's just fishing, but you have too many skills to be overwhelmed.
If you know how to fish, in the future when an emergency happens and you have nothing to eat or drink in the wild, as long as there are rivers and lakes, you can fish all year round. Dad, you don’t know, Mom not only lets people teach us how to fish, but also finds ways to fish.
People took us to the mountains to look for wild vegetables.
To get it back, you still have to learn how to do it.
Mom said, these are all things you must learn to survive." As soon as Xiao An talked about her mother, she couldn't help but smile proudly on her face.
Hearing this, He Zexu began to feel bad. It was not that he felt sorry for the children who had to suffer like this since they were young, but he felt that the burden on Sanniang's shoulders was too heavy.
Mothers dote on their children and love their children, but in order for her three children to be able to protect themselves in the future, she has no choice but to grit her teeth and let them learn survival skills.
He Zexu felt uncomfortable and did not continue to ask his son anything. He ordered someone to come over and take the caught fish to the kitchen to add dishes in the evening.
After dinner, the father and son slept in the same room.
I was afraid that Xiao An wouldn't be used to it, so I moved another bed temporarily.
After the father and son washed up, they lay down on their respective beds. He Zexu, who might have been traveling for days and fighting with the rebels one after another, originally wanted to chat with his son, fell asleep not long after lying down.
Xiao An adapts very well and does not recognize the bed. Listening to his father's even breathing, he soon fell into a dream.
Early the next morning, after the two of them had breakfast together, He Zexu told Xiao An that he was going out of town to do some business and asked him to rest at home. If he felt bored, let Zhuo Yan and the others take him shopping.
Xiao An wanted to go with him, but he was afraid that if he really said that, his father would think he was too childish.
So Xiao An agreed.
But he didn't want to go shopping. Although the capital of Anyu Kingdom was more lively elsewhere, to be honest, it was far from his mother's six cities.
No matter which city you are walking in among the six cities, the people you see on the street have a very relaxed and comfortable look on their faces.
Unlike what he saw in the capital, he didn't know how to describe it. Anyway, he just felt that the people living in the capital were not as comfortable as the people in the six cities.
Xiao An decided to read in his father's study today. Zhuo Yan told him that most of the books on the bookshelf were originally there.
There are chess records and military books in it, and Xiao An is very interested in both.
However, Xiao An had no idea that he met a very special person without going out shopping.
When He Zexu left, he told Xiao An that he might come back later and asked him to eat first without waiting for his dinner.
Xiao An read in the study in the morning and fished in the lotus pond in the afternoon. After dinner, he was so full that he planned to go to the garden to eat.
Zhuo Yan was originally accompanying him, but halfway through, Zhuo Yan remembered that he hadn't finished the things his master had asked him to do during the day, so he hurried out of the house to do it.
Before leaving the house, he called another companion to accompany the eldest son in the garden.
"I've already said, it's okay to be alone. You don't need to accompany me. Just go and do what you have to do." Xiao An, who was sitting on the rockery watching the stars, saw someone coming this way and said...
