Chapter 78: Daring Children (Part 2)
Under Xiang Tao's instigation, a group of brats were a little bit ready to take action.
They all want to be generals in the future, so they don't want to be locked up in the house all day!
"Brother Tao, can we go tomorrow?" Three or four older children looked at him eagerly.
According to Xiang Tao's original intention, he wanted to try his skills now. How could he wait until tomorrow?
But among this large group of younger brothers, most of them are only five or six years old, and there are even a few who are two or three years old. Without the permission of the elders, who would dare to take them out of the city?
"Brother Tao, can you please say something?" urged the boy picking up the apricots.
Xiang Tao rolled his eyes at him: "Azhi, you are speaking lightly. You have taken care of so many younger brothers?"
Azhi is only seven or eight years old, but among the children from a general family, which one did not grow up on a horse?
By the time he reached his age, he had already owned his own mount, and it was not once or twice that he followed his fathers on horseback riding and hunting.
Therefore, he does not classify himself as needing "care".
He looked at the group of little ones and made a difficult decision.
"Why don't we just go, my brothers are too young..."
Before he finished speaking, the little ones headed by Nao Nao all started shouting.
"We have grown up and want to go with our brothers!"
"We must go!"
There was also Xiao Cong’s little voice: “I want to go too!”
Azhi scratched his head and looked at Xiang Tao in embarrassment.
Seeing that his brothers were not making a decision, Nao Nao shouted again: "You are all cowards!"
Boys hate being called "cowards", and even if they are really not courageous, they will never admit it.
Xiang Tao, who was stimulated, raised his chin and said: "Who is timid? I was just thinking about what kind of reason I should find to take everyone out."
The garden suddenly became quiet.
The younger ones have no idea at all, while the older ones are thinking hard.
"Yes!" Azhi suddenly laughed and said, "The day after tomorrow is Da Peng's birthday, let's take this opportunity to sneak out."
Da Peng's surname was Song Peng, and he was the grandson of the Song general who assisted Xiao Bi in capturing Liang Ruoru.
He is nine years old. Because he is tall and strong, everyone calls him Da Peng.
Being stared at by dozens of pairs of eyes, Song Peng, who had always been honest, suddenly became a little nervous.
"Then...what should I do..."
Xiang Tao stroked his chin and said, "Dapeng, I remember that your family has a villa in the northern suburbs, right?"
Song Peng nodded: "There is a villa. I went there with my mother not long ago."
Xiang Tao said: "When you go back later, tell Aunt Song that you want to celebrate your birthday in Bieyuan this year."
Song Peng nodded: "Yeah, I'll tell my mother when I get back."
Xiang Tao then said to the other children: "If you want to go together, do you know what to say when you get back?"
The children said in unison: "I know!"
Xiang Tao bent down and looked at Xiao Cong: "Cousin Cong, why don't you go?"
"No, I want to go!" Xiao Cong said angrily.
"This..." Xiang Tao had a headache: "Okay, my cousin will go and beg the fifth aunt later.
But remember, you kid, you are absolutely not allowed to tell anyone what happened today, not even your parents, but remember?"
Xiao Cong actually didn't understand anything, but he remembered the sentence "Don't tell your parents."
On that day, a very lively family banquet was held in the Hou Mansion.
After the banquet, Xiao Bi and Huan Yu returned to the guest house with their three sons.
Now that the three little brothers have grown up, they no longer need a wet nurse, and they no longer sleep with their parents at night.
After taking a bath, the three brothers climbed into bed one after another, and Huan Yu covered them with quilts.
"It's getting late, you three should go to bed quickly and don't mess around anymore."
"I know, good night, daddy." Nao Nao is still the most lovable one.
Zhuangzhuang yawned, but Lalan had already closed his eyes.
Huan Yu put down the curtain and walked into the inner room carrying the candlestick.
As soon as the door was closed, Nao Nao pushed Lalan hard: "Hey, don't be busy sleeping yet!"
Lazy murmured: "Is there something you can't talk about tomorrow? I'm already asleep."
Zhuang Zhuang yawned again: "San Xiao Nao, are you really not sleepy?"
"I haven't told my parents about going to Da Peng's house yet!"
"Can we talk about it tomorrow?" Zhuang Zhuang couldn't tear his eyes open.
Nao Nao pushed Lalan again: "Er Xiaolan, you are the worst at telling lies. When we talk to mother about this tomorrow, you must not reveal the truth!"
"Okay..." Lalan murmured again and fell into a deep sleep.
Nao Nao was still worried and said to Zhuang Zhuang: "Little Zhuang, what if my parents don't agree?"
"Are you annoyed?" Zhuangzhuang turned over and didn't want to talk to him anymore.
Naonao pursed his lips, wrapped himself in a quilt and stared at the patterns on the tent ceiling. He didn't know how long it took before he fell asleep.
Facts have proved that San Xiaonao is still too naive, and this worry is completely unnecessary.
Xiao Bi has been to the Song family's villa several times before and is very familiar with the situation there.
She arranged for a few guards to go with her sons and did not interfere again.
On Song Peng's birthday, the guards and the little brothers arrived at the Song Family Villa early in the morning.
A large group of brats got together and made the peaceful villa so noisy that it almost exploded.
It didn't take long before the small villa could no longer contain them.
Unable to withstand the young men's pleading, the guards took them to a nearby pasture.
This is the season when water and grass are plentiful, and you can see cattle and sheep grazing and drinking water leisurely everywhere.
Xiang Tao and the others had grown up in Yanmen County since they were young. Such a situation was not unusual at all. They only thought about the birds in the sky.
Nao Nao and others grew up in Ruoshui City, so this was the first time they saw such a scene.
Especially the large number of cattle and sheep is really attractive to them.
"Azhi, something is strange today. Why can't there be even a bird in this pasture?" Xiang Tao rode a pony on the pasture for a long time and felt very dissatisfied.
Azhi raised his head and looked at the clear blue sky, feeling very strange.
On weekdays, they often come to the pasture with their elders to ride horses. Not to mention ordinary birds, hawks and falcons are not uncommon.
What happened today...
Just when I was wondering, the aroma of barbecue wafted over in the wind.
"Who is grilling meat nearby?" Xiang Tao asked.
One of the guards looked up and saw a plume of smoke rising from the woods at the eastern end of the pasture.
He stretched out his hand and pointed to the east: "Young Master Tao, there is someone barbecuing in the woods over there."
"Let's go over and take a look." Xiang Tao waved his hand.
Azhi said hurriedly: "They are just grilling meat there, and it has no impact on us..."
Xiang Tao said: "There are suddenly no birds in this place. Something must have happened.
Chapter completed!