New Year's Day.

Gu Ling and Su Liang paid New Year's greetings to the elderly at home and received red envelopes, but of course the one who received the most gifts was Gu Xiaonuan, the youngest daughter of the family.

Gu Xiaonuan was wearing a festive red dress today. The collar and sleeves were trimmed with snow-white silver fox fur, and she was so cute. From the clothes to the shoes and socks, they were all made by Gu Ling herself.

After a while, people came to visit one after another to pay New Year greetings.

Gu Ling now has many apprentices, the two biggest ones are Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu, and the others are all little Douding.

Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu made an appointment to come together, and they also prepared New Year's gifts for Gu Xiaonuan, both of which were valuable.

The New Year's gifts that Gu Ling prepared for his two apprentices, Ji Xiaoshu and Zheng'er, looked like two identical wooden boxes.

Zheng'er opened his box with a surprised look on his face, "Thank you, Master!" Inside was an airplane model he had never seen before. It had smooth lines and was painted. It was very beautiful. Zheng'er liked small airplanes the most and had collected several.

, all given by Gu Ling.

Ji Xiaoshu watched speechlessly as his box was opened and there was still a box inside...

After opening four layers of boxes, Ji Xiaoshu was already drunk, "Master, don't tell me that the New Year's gift is just this pile of boxes!"

"This is called a nesting box." Gu Ling pointed at the painted matryoshka doll placed on the window sill, which was also made by himself.

It wasn't until he opened the box on the fifth floor that Ji Xiaoshu finally saw something different: a black cloth belt with a small dark green pine tree embroidered on it.

"Master, what is this?" Ji Xiaoshu picked up the cloth belt and compared it. It seemed that it was worn on the wrist and had a knot.

Ji Yuebai coughed lightly, "Xiao Gu, why don't you give me a jade one? A wooden one will do."

"I guess it's a hidden weapon." Zheng'er came over.

The next moment, a silver needle shot at Ji Yuebai. He quickly dodged and fell to the ground. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and stood up. When he looked at the ordinary cloth belt, his eyes were completely different.

, "Son, you want to murder your own father! Xiao Gu, can your brother and I have one of these good things?"

The two children had already found where the trap was. Ji Xiaoshu chuckled and said, "Hidden weapons have to be like this. They look inconspicuous so that they can be unexpected! I like it, haha!"

Zheng'er was a little envious. When he turned around, he saw Gu Ling taking out another cloth belt from his arms and handing it to him. Except for the pattern of a small sun, the rest was exactly the same as Ji Xiaoshu's.

"Thank you, Master!" Zheng'er immediately put it on his hand.

Ji Xiaoshu was now mentally unbalanced, "Master gave Senior Brother two gifts, but I only have one!"

"You have six." Gu Ling pointed to the pile of large and small wooden boxes.

Ji Xiaoshu: ...Master really took great pains to tease him!

Zheng'er smiled and said that the airplane model was played with Ji Xiaoshu. The two of them originally shared the toys, because Ji Xiaoshu came late, and Zheng'er already had a lot when he came.

As for Ji Yuebai's request for a concealed weapon for self-defense, his son and his son's master ignored it.

Ji Yuebai took Ji Xiaoshu with him when he came, but he was the only one left when he left.

Ji Xiaoshu waved his hand coolly, "Dad, please go back quickly! I have already spent the New Year with you! Now you are busy with your business, and I am busy with mine! Master is going to make me run!"

Ji Yuebai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Okay. Dad will come visit you another day and learn from your master and wife. Can you borrow your wristband from dad for two days?"

Ji Xiaoshu shook his head, "Of course it won't work. Dad, your wrist is too thick to wear it. But it doesn't matter. I will learn how to make it from Master and make one for Dad!"

Ji Yuebai laughed loudly, "Okay, okay! Dad will be waiting for you!"

Zheng'er did not stay. Most of Wan's family had moved to the capital. He had many relatives and had a lot of "entertainments" during the New Year. In the words of Mr. Wan, Zheng'er was the most promising member of his family now, and he was not here during the New Year.

But no.

It snowed again in the afternoon. Ji Xiaoshu coaxed Gu Xiaonuan to sleep, but he didn't want to sleep, so he snuggled next to Su Liang and sat by the window on the second floor of Yuanming Pavilion, admiring the snow scenery outside the window.

"Master's wife, is the world at peace now?" Ji Xiaoshu asked Su Liang.

Su Liang nodded, "That's right."

Ji Xiaoshu frowned, "My father said the same thing, but aren't there still bad guys who want to cause trouble?"

Su Liang smiled and said, "The world is so big and there are so many people. There are always evil people at any time." If the world is unified and there is no war, it will be an era of peace.

Ji Xiaoshu sighed, "Master and Mistress, it's really difficult. Do the bad guys think that by harming you, they can conquer the world?"

Su Liang nodded, "You can say that, but what the leader of Xingluo Island wants is not this world, but something else." If Mo Yan is just as ambitious as He Wei, things will become simpler.

a lot of.

At this moment, Gu Ling opened the door and came in, holding the dessert he had made for Su Liang and the children.

Gu Ling put the tray down, and Ji Xiaoshu went over and opened one of the tea cups. His eyes lit up. It was the red bean double-skinned milk that Gu Ling had made before.

"Elder brother, I'm not going to have a good time today!" Ji Xiaoshu picked up the spoon and took a bite. It was sweet, smooth and tender, so delicious.

Su Liang tasted it and praised it, "Master, your cooking is much better than last time."

"Master, after all the bad guys are eliminated, let's open a restaurant!" Ji Xiaoshu suggested, "Master will be in charge, and I will be responsible for collecting the money."

Gu Ling knocked on Ji Xiaoshu's forehead and said, "What a beautiful thought."

"Yes, senior brother's family has a restaurant, I can go and collect the money directly, haha!" Ji Xiaoshu said and became happy again.

Su Liang couldn't help laughing. Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu were really like the two sons she and Gu Ling had raised. One was well-behaved and sensible, the other was mischievous. They were both smart and cute.

After eating dessert, Ji Xiaoshu was sleepy. Su Liang asked him to sleep with Gu Xiaonuan, but Gu Ling disagreed and asked Ji Xiaoshu to go back to his room to sleep.

"No, I'll sleep over here!" Ji Xiaoshu said, having taken off his shoes and climbed onto the bed, lying next to Gu Xiaonuan, pulled the quilt, closed his eyes, "Don't make any noise, my sister and I are both asleep.

"

Su Liang held Gu Ling's hand and chuckled, "Master, the child is still young, so don't be so sensitive."

"He's not young anymore." Gu Ling hummed, "Ji Yuebai must have taught him how to abduct Nuan Nuan."

Su Liang coughed slightly, "Where can we go? They all belong to our family. It's too early to consider these things now. What will happen in the future depends on who your precious daughter likes. We don't have any say."

Gu Ling sighed, "I know." This was also the reason why he didn't throw Ji Xiaoshu out.

After a while, Gu Ling suddenly frowned, glanced at the sleeping Ji Xiaoshu and Gu Xiaonuan, and asked Su Liang, "What if Zheng'er and Xiaoshu want to be with Nuan Nuan in the future?"

Su Liang shook his head, "Master, please don't think too much. How old is the child? Maybe Nuan Nuan will like someone else in the future, not the two of them. They are brother and sister first."

Gu Ling's tone was faint, "We used to be each other's best friends."

Su Liang nodded, "That's true. But regarding the children, just let nature take its course."

Gu Ling sighed, "I hope time passes slower and Nuannuan doesn't grow up so fast."

…

It was night, Zheng'er was away, and Ji Xiaoshu wanted to sleep with Gu Ling and Su Liang, saying that he would be scared to be in a room by himself.

"If master doesn't want me to sleep with my wife and sister, that's fine. I don't mind if master goes to my room to sleep with me!" Ji Xiaoshu said with a serious face.

"See if you're not tired, go down there and build a snowman." Gu Ling said.

Ji Xiaoshu tilted his little head, raised his forehead and said, "Master is abusing his apprentice during the Chinese New Year, and Master's wife doesn't care about it?"

"Stop making trouble. Master, please take Xiaoshu to take a bath." Su Liang stopped Gu Ling's childish rivalry with his apprentice.

Gu Ling picked up Ji Xiaoshu and walked out.

Ji Xiaoshu kept laughing, "Master didn't take me to take a bath before, was he afraid that I would expose you? My father said that men should be confident!"

The corners of Su Liang's mouth twitched slightly, and then Gu Ling said, "Su Xiaoliang, can I throw your apprentice into the snow and bury him?"

Su Liang responded, "Okay, I will plant a small tree on New Year's Day and wait until autumn to harvest a big tree."

Ji Xiaoshu "wailed", "Sister, help me!"

Gu Xiaonuan rolled on the bed with a smile, "Second brother is stupid!" This was definitely taught by Gu Ling.

Ji Xiaoshu heard it, "Master, you slandered me in front of my sister again!"

Gu Ling then asked Ji Xiaoshu a question, "Why does the sun rise in the east and set in the west?"

Ji Xiaoshu was stunned for a moment, "Ah?"

"Stupid." Gu Ling summed it up in one word.

Ji Xiaoshu was speechless, "Make it just like Master, you know!"

"I know." Gu Ling said.

Su Liang heard the door open and close next door, and Gu Ling went downstairs to get hot water.

Ji Xiaoshu shouted in the room, "Master, come back quickly and tell me why the sun rises in the east and sets in the west!"

"Brother?" Gu Xiaonuan threw herself into Su Liang's arms, tilted her little head, and asked Zheng'er.

Su Liang smiled and said, "Your elder brother is not here today." In Gu Xiaonuan's eyes, Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu are probably one and the same, and have never been separated.

After a while, Su Liang heard the master and apprentice next door starting to "make trouble" again.

"Master, come in quickly! It's warm!"

"Master, you are so shy that you dare not take off your clothes in front of me?"

"Shut up."

"There are no outsiders anyway."
To be continued...