Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

4The annual Qingming Ancestor Sacrifice was the most important event for the Mu Family Village. Although there weren't many rules, there were many details that needed to be paid attention to.     3

    

Listening to Madam of Patriarch talk about the rules of offering sacrifices to the ancestors, Shen Jingli finally understood that every year, there would be a letter that the clan would send back to Marquis Zhen Yuan Mansion, asking them to return to the clan to offer their sacrifices to the ancestors. The Old Master of Western Mu Mansion himself did not have the energy to come back, so he would only instruct his son to come back for him every year.    

    

After talking for two hours, the Madam of Patriarch finally stopped. She looked outside and said: "It's getting late, you probably want to walk around in the village. Aunty won't hold you up, so let's have Qing Sheng accompany you."    

    

Madam of Patriarch turned around and looked at Qing Sheng, and warned him: "Old Clan Three, this is the first time Zi An's wife is coming to the village, accompany her around the village head."    

    

"Yes, Mother." Qing Sheng acknowledged her, and turned to smile at Shen Jingli.    

    

The few of them had just come out of the wing when they heard a dispute outside the yard. Not long after that, the sound of a child crying could be heard.    

    

Qing Sheng listened carefully for a while, his expression changed as he anxiously ran towards the origin of the voice.    

    

Shen Jingli raised his eyebrows in puzzlement. Seeing him puzzled, Yiming's wife explained: "I think the children of Qing Sheng's family have been wronged again."    

    

Her expression was very natural, and her tone was very calm, but Shen Jingli could hear the disdain and ridicule in her tone. She didn't seem to like Qing Sheng very much.    

    

Not bothering to care about the conflicts of others, Shen Jingli laughed and walked towards the living room. Only Third Old Master Mu and Uncle Lian were left drinking tea while the Mu Chen brothers had long gone to the river with Mu Yiming to fish.    

    

"Jinglee, Zi An and the rest went fishing with Yiming, you go for a walk in the village too, I'll go back by myself later." Third Old Master Mu said.    

    

Shen Jingli nodded, and did not blame Mu Chen for leaving without saying goodbye to him, as he bid farewell to Third Old Master Mu, and brought Xun Er out of the Village Chief's house.    

    

Jin Yu and Nian Hua were playing at the door with Huaixin. Seeing them come out, Huaixin immediately ran over and hugged onto Shen Jingli's legs, stretching his hands out to poke at the drowsy Xun Er.    

    

Xun Er, who was originally about to fall asleep, woke up from this poke and struggled to get down from Shen Jingli's embrace.    

    

Seeing that he was in high spirits, Shen Jingli put him down on the ground. He immediately reached out to hug Huaixin and even gave him a kiss.    

    

Shen Jingli laughed helplessly and turned his head around. He saw a few boys around ten years old with stones in their hands making faces at Qing Sheng and the little boy in his embrace. After being scolded by Qing Sheng, they all scattered.    

    

The child that was carried in Qing Sheng's embrace was about six or seven years old. He was fair and clean, and his pair of eyes looked especially similar to Qing Sheng's.    

    

"What's going on?" Shen Jingli asked Jin Yu.    

    

It was a pair, those big kids didn't seem to like him too much, seeing that he was playing by himself, they threw rocks at him, and that child hid, but once he hid, those big kids were even happier, and in the end he tripped over a rock and fell down, probably because he was in pain, so they started crying. Jin Yu said.    

    

When he was young, because he was a pair, his parents did not like him and he was not even told what to do. Many of his peers were not willing to play with him.    

    

"So what if it's a double? Isn't Twin a human being? " He just couldn't understand why some people specifically discriminated against Twin.    

    

After comforting his wronged son, Qing Sheng held his son's hand and walked him over. He smiled shyly and said: "I've let sister-in-law laugh at me.    

    

Qing Sheng rubbed his son's head, not mentioning the matter of his son being bullied at all.    

    

Shen Jingli looked at the white, tender, and bashful little boy, and said: "This child is really handsome, what's his name?"    

    

Hearing Shen Jingli praise his son, Qing Sheng laughed embarrassedly, he patted his son who was hiding behind him and said: "Uncle, why are you asking for your name? Why didn't you answer? "    

    

The little boy timidly raised his head and looked at Shen Jingli. He immediately shrunk back like a frightened little animal and muttered, "Uncle, my name is Mu Xi."    

    

"Melilotus, isn't that the osmanthus flower?" Shen Jingli said deliberately.    

    

Mu Xi's eyes widened as he shook his head vigorously. He corrected Shen Jingli: "It's not that, it's Mu Xi, Mu of Mu Family Village, and Chen Xi of Dawn."    

    

Shen Jingli saw his cute look, and reached out to pinch his face, "Alright, your name is Xi Er."    

    

He nodded obediently and hid behind Qing Sheng. His bashful look made Qing Sheng shake his head helplessly, "This child is afraid of strangers."    

    

Mu Xi lowered his head, his eyes staring at the tip of his feet, pretending that he did not hear Mama's words.    

    

Seeing him like that, Shen Jingli caressed his head and took out a jade pendant, "Take this and play, this is uncle's and uncle's intentions."    

    

Mu Xi timidly opened his eyes wide, and did not dare to accept the item. Instead, he raised his head and looked at Qing Sheng.    

    

"Sister-in-law, how can this be?" Xi Er is just a child, why would she need such a precious thing? " Qing Sheng was shocked, and quickly rejected.    

    

Shen Jingli did not give him the chance to reject, and directly stuffed the jade pendant into Mu Xi's hands, smiling: "Consider this my child's greeting gift, take it."    

    

Seeing that Shen Jingli was insistent, Qing Sheng did not try to stop him and nodded in acknowledgement. Mu Xi carefully put away the jade ornament, then smiled shyly and said softly, "Thank you, uncle."    

    

Qing Sheng looked at his son and smiled. He was also happy in his heart as he turned his head to see Xun Er, and then fumbled around his body once more with his hands and feet, but he didn't manage to find anything. He awkwardly said: "I didn't bring anything good with me either …"    

    

"It's fine, I don't need to pet that kid." Shen Jingli casually raised his hand and placed it on Qing Sheng's shoulder, changing the topic, "When I came over this morning, I saw a pond at the entrance of the village, is it for raising fish?"    

    

"That's Uncle Chang's fish pond. During the new year, he caught a lot of fish and gave one to each family." Qing Sheng explained, his face turning red uncomfortably, it should be because he rarely interacted with others.    

    

Xun Er held Huaixin's hand, and followed closely behind him, when he suddenly saw Mu Xi hiding behind Qing Sheng, and actually reaching out to grab him, Mu Xi was shocked, and anxiously took a step back.    

    

Seeing him retreat, Xun Er was immediately displeased. With a straight face, he pointed at him: "Stand still, when did this grandpa say you can move?"    

    

Although Xun Er was small, he still carried a lot of power with him. When Mu Xi was small, he was already scared stiff.    

    

Seeing that his son had started to call him Overlord again, Shen Jingli immediately reached out to pick him up and patted his butt, "Stinking brat, that's your big brother Xi Er, what kind of violence are you going to do?"    

    

Shen Jingli did not use much strength, but Xun Er held his butt in grievance, looked at Shen Jingli with teary eyes, and complained: "Mama, you hit me, I want to tell Father, I want to tell Father …"    

    

Mu Xi saw Xun Er's expression immediately change. He was dumbstruck and felt that this little brother was really powerful.    

    

Qing Sheng laughed, and looked at Xun Er with a very gentle gaze, saying: "This child is called Xun Er, right?    

    

"What clever? He will pretend to be a lord and act like he is one all day long. " Shen Jingli shook his head and laughed helplessly.    

    

Qing Sheng also laughed, feeling that this sister-in-law from Beijing was easy to get along with, the caution in his heart had dissipated by quite a bit, and he was not as reserved as before.    

    

Qing Sheng was very familiar with the village, his ability to organize his words was very good, and when explaining to Shen Jingli, he was even more professional than a tour guide.    

    

"The ploughed field below is our farmland. After the clear sky, we are ready to plant the seedlings." Speaking of the matters of the fields, Qing Sheng revealed a happy smile, "Last year, our family created two acres of dry land, and this year, we can plant potatoes and sweet potatoes. During the new year, we can also earn some money."    

    

Seeing his happy expression, Shen Jingli had some doubts, the clan leader's family was not poor, although their food and clothing speed was not as good as the rich families in the city, but they still had some meat paste on the table every day, why did he seem to be lacking money?    

    

But this was a private matter of another's home, so Shen Jingli could not ask, and laughed as he dealt with it, then pulled him along again.    

    

"This is our home." Qing Sheng stopped in front of a house surrounded by wattled fencing, opened the gate, and said to Shen Jingli: "Sister-in-law, wait a moment, I'll go in and get some eggs for you guys to steam tonight."    

    

"Sigh, wait …" Before Shen Jingli could say anything, Qing Sheng ran into the house and came out with a basket of eggs. There were even some dried mushrooms inside.    

    

"This is a mushroom harvested from the mountain. After drying it in the sun, it will last a little longer. When you want to eat it, open it up with water and you can cook it." Qing Sheng laughed, and then pointed to the house not far away, "My house is pretty close to yours, if you want to eat fresh vegetables, you can come and tell me, I'll go to the garden to pick them for you, the vegetables I grow are quite delicious."    

    

After saying that, he blushed out of embarrassment.    

    

Shen Jingli looked at him, then looked at the two houses, and realized that the two houses were indeed very close, they were separated by three families, but he was even more curious about the family, the Clan Chief's family lived in the east side of the village, while Qing Sheng's family lived in the west side. As a family, wouldn't they be too far away?    

    

After walking a few steps, they reached the place where Shen Jingli and the rest were staying. Once they entered the door, Xun Er immediately ran into the room with his short legs, and came out with a pile of stuff after a while, shouting at Mu Xi, "Brother Xi, quickly come and see my toy!"    

    

Although Mu Xi was shy, he was still a child after all. When he heard about toys, he couldn't resist the temptation and quickly ran over.    

    

Xun Er flung his hands, throwing the pile of things in his arms onto the ground. He was small, and although he had a full hug, he actually didn't have many things.    

    

A picture book, a little book, a tiger puppet, a bamboo dragonfly and a Chinese knot.    

    

"Big brother Xi, look at this, this …" "This is a wild chicken. I've seen wild chickens before, they have nice fur and they know how to …"    

    

Xun Er chattered a bunch of adjectives that no one else could understand, and the more he spoke, the more excited he got.    

    

Mu Xi flipped open the picture book, looked at the lifelike animals and plants, and his eyes shone with joy.    

    

Seeing how happy they were playing around there, Shen Jingli asked Jin Yu and Nian Hua to bring them inside the house to play while she and Qing Sheng sat in the courtyard and chatted.