My Stepmother is Soft and Charming

"You know I never talk nonsense."

"Okay, if there are some short-sighted people who insist on having trouble with me in the future, I will use the name of general to scare them. Such a useful backer will not be used in vain."

"I'll give it to you. I'll earn this for my husband. Isn't it just for you and the children?"

"That's right!"

After talking and laughing, the two came to the children's yard. As soon as they entered the door, they heard the sound of crying. So before the smile on Du Jingyi's face fell, he got anxious and took the child he was holding just now. Gu Shaoyu was forgotten.

Looking at his empty hands, Gu Shaoyu felt for a moment that it was really irritating to compare people to others.

Then, he strode towards the cry. He also wanted to know why his son was crying.

When Gu Shaoyu entered the door of the main room, he saw his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and his wife each coaxing one of them. Brother Tai sat calmly at the table, looking at his three younger brothers with the look of a child who loves to cry. Come on, it's quite funny.

"Father."

When Brother Tai saw him, he got off his stool and ran over, throwing himself into Gu Shaoyu's arms. Then Gu Shaoyu picked him up and asked.

"Why are you crying, brothers?"

Brother Tai was calm after hearing this question, thought about it and said.

"hungry."

How could such a large general's residence be so hungry that they cry? Gu Shaoyu didn't quite believe this answer, so he cast curious eyes on the two elders and then asked.

"Father-in-law and mother-in-law, what's going on?"

"Also, Brother Wen was making a fuss and wanted to eat, so we took him to the small kitchen to have a look. It turned out that he was doing well and took a sweet pepper. When we were not prepared, he bit all the brothers. One bite, it was so spicy that I cried."

When he told the reason, Gu Shaoyu also had a dark face.

Although he was not a person who could eat spicy food, it was still a bit embarrassing for his son to cry because of the spicy food, so he didn't know how to answer for a while, but Dan Ruo rushed over and sent honey water.

"Come on, come on, this honey can relieve the spicy taste. Let the young masters drink it."

Du Jingyi hurriedly took over and gave the honey water to the "culprit" Brother Wen personally. Xiao Dou Ding's face turned red from crying. Now he drank the honey water and refused to let go. I feel relieved a lot.

A pair of watery eyes looked at Du Jingyi, and he screamed.

"Mom, hot."

When he heard him say it was spicy, Du Jingyi couldn't help laughing, then touched his little head and said.

"Do you dare to grab something to eat next time?"

Poor Brother Wen shook his head. If he had known that the red thing was not sweet but spicy, he would not have brought it back with him. He snuggled into Du Jingyi's arms and looked at the other two brothers. I'm also quite sorry.

It's a pity that he couldn't say the three words "I'm sorry", so he could only rely on his eyes.

Brother Ming was better, and he was always very tolerant of Brother Wen, a troublesome younger brother, but Brother Cong was not so good. He talked more, so after he felt less uncomfortable, he started to complain.

"Brother is stupid, give us spicy food!"

When Brother Wen heard this, he was originally full of grievances, and then it all burst out at this moment, crying loudly, even more sad than before.

Brother Cong seemed to be frightened by his reaction, so for a moment he wondered if he had said something wrong, so he quickly got into Mrs. Du's arms, feeling a little at a loss.

When Brother Tai saw this scene, he struggled to jump out of his father's arms, then walked up to Brother Wen, patted him with the confidence of an elder brother, and then said like a grown-up.

"If you don't cry or make trouble, your brother is a good baby."

His words did not comfort Brother Wen, but instead made everyone laugh. Brother Wen saw everyone laughing. Although he didn't know what happened, he started laughing and crying too. Only then did Du Jingyi sink. Said in a loud voice.

"When brothers get along, the most important thing is unity and friendship. Brother Wen got the pepper and thought it was a good thing, so he shared it with you, but who knew it turned out to be spicy food? Brother Cong shouldn't say that his brother is stupid, you know ?"

Her words made little Brother Cong lower his head in shame. Mrs. Du comforted her softly. Brother Cong soon recovered, walked to Brother Wen, kissed him, and then said.

"My brother is not stupid. I like my brother."

Brother Wen received this kiss and returned the kiss twice before showing a sweet smile.

At this point, this "spicy eating controversy" has come to an end.

Everyone sat together at the table, eating the dishes specially prepared by Danruo. There were no festive dishes. Most of them had simple ingredients and simple preparations. Since it was during the national mourning period, the drinks were not put out. Replace it with clean water.

Compared with Brother Tai's previous birthdays, today's life was naturally extremely simple. Even the servants serving in other courtyards of the General's Mansion may not know what day it is.

However, this does not prevent Tagore from being happy.

After all, he had received congratulatory gifts from everyone, and he was enjoying opening them right now.

Gu Shaoyu accompanied his sons in the front. The little ones naturally knew that these were their brother's birthday gifts, so they did not destroy them, but just jumped around curiously.

Sometimes I want to look at this, and sometimes I want to look at that. It's very harmonious.

Du Jingyi and the two elders of the Du family sat on stools and watched, with calm and peaceful smiles on their faces. Later, Du Jingyi rejected the Empress Dowager Guo's intention to appoint them to the Procurement Bureau of the Inner Court Department today.

When Chuchu heard this, Gu Shaoyu couldn't help but look back at Du Jingyi, but his son pulled him to continue, so he could only listen carefully while unpacking things for his son.

Compared with his dual-tasking, the Du family was quite surprised.

However, their thoughts coincided with Du Jingyi's. This kind of overwhelming wealth was not suitable for the Du family. It would be most stable to live half-hidden like this.

It is already very impressive to have a capable uncle in the family. If he catches the eye of the nobles in the palace again, who knows how envious the Du family will be. Therefore, Mr. Du and Mrs. Du were only shocked at first, but calmed down after that. It was as if I had just heard the name of the dish I was eating tonight, and there was absolutely no feeling of reluctance or regret.

Gu Shaoyu didn't know about this at first, but now he feels that something is wrong, but now it's hard to speak up about the Queen Mother's problem in front of everyone.