"Godfather, are you done with your work?"

A crisp voice came before the person arrived, and a figure flashed in front of Xu Mingchang, and there was a young boy in navy blue clothes.

Her skin looked even whiter against the backdrop of the navy blue dress, her big round eyes were blinking under her long eyelashes, her nose was sweating from the heat, and her face was white with a rosy glow.

"Yes!" Xu Mingchang nodded with a smile: "Look at you, you are sweating all over, wipe it off quickly."

This Xu Feng was much taller than when he first met her. She was fair-skinned with delicate features. If she hadn't been wearing men's clothes, he would have thought she was a girl.

"Godfather and godmother, Linglong was able to stand up by herself just now with the help of something~" Xu Feng said in surprise.

"Really?" Dong's eyes widened in surprise. People always say that a baby can fall to the ground at three months, sit up at six months, and can barely stand at seven months.

However, it was really unexpected that Linglong, who was only five months old, could stand up by herself with the help of something.

What Mrs. Dong didn't know was that Mo Ru had been living in Kaoshan Village since she became pregnant with Linglong. Until she gave birth, she ate and drank Lingquan water, so the baby's physique was definitely different.

As they were talking, the wet nurse came in carrying Linglong. The little one was very excited and kept trying to break free from the wet nurse and get down to the ground. The little one was chubby and very strong, so the wet nurse could hardly hold her.

Xu Mingchang saw them and walked over. Linglong danced with joy and babbled when she saw Xu Mingchang. She immediately reached out to hold him. The nanny looked nervous, afraid that if she didn't hold him firmly, she would fall.

"Come, grandpa will hold you, let's go downstairs and play!"

Xu Mingchang took Linglong, put her on the ground, and held her shoulders with both hands.

At the beginning, when Xu Mingchang mentioned this new term, Dong found it very difficult to pronounce. Why not call him grandfather?

After calling it that for a while, everyone got used to it.

The young boy was very brave and brave. He stood on the ground and even tried to break free from Xu Mingchang's hands, which scared Xu Mingchang so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Linglong, come here! Grandma will give you a rattle!" Mrs. Dong took out a rattle from the room. At noon, a peddler came to the street corner. Cui'e saw this thing and bought one on her own initiative.

She brought it back to Mrs. Dong, who praised her and gave her 20 cents as a reward.

Xu Mingchang and his wife teased Linglong for a while. Moru had just woken up from his nap. Before he found the main hall, he heard the laughter of the grandmother and granddaughter.

Seeing his daughter and mother-in-law having fun, the father-in-law looked at Linglong with a doting look on his face, and Mo Ru couldn't help but smile.

When she had just given birth to Linglong, she was still worried that she had given birth to a daughter and her in-laws might not like her. Unexpectedly, her mother-in-law did not look down on her because of this. On the contrary, she loved Linglong very much.

"Dad, Mom~" Mo Ru bowed with a smile.

Xu Mingchang frowned and said, "Mo Ru, Dad said that we don't need to perform formalities at home. It seems so awkward."

He is a modern man, and he always feels weird when he sees his daughter-in-law bowing to him.

Mo Ru smiled and said, "Dad, my mom said that this is a rule and a courtesy. You and mom are my elders, so of course I have to greet you."

Mrs. Dong glared at Xu Mingchang and said, "It's rare that your daughter-in-law is sensible. Just let her be!"

After that, he smiled and said to Mo Ru and Xu Feng, "Feng'er, Mo Ru, you're awake. I just asked Cui'e to make some mung bean soup. You can have a bowl to cool down and quench your thirst."

"Okay, thank you mom!" Mo Ru returned the greeting with a smile.

Cui'e observed the expressions on the table and had already brought two bowls of mung bean porridge and placed them on the dining table.

"Thank you, godmother! I like mung bean porridge the most." Xu Feng smiled with his eyes curved.

In the evening, Xu Hao and Wuchun came back. Now they both studied under Wu Ming, the former top scholar, at Hulin College. Wu Ming was the prefect and a friend of the Tenth Prince.

After spending some time in the capital, he became well aware of the darkness of officialdom and was unwilling to go along with it. He would rather give up the opportunity to be an official and return to being the prefect.

Later, Xu Mingchang became the prefect. The Tenth Prince He Li learned that he was worried about Xu Hao's teacher, so he recommended him to Xu Mingchang.

Later, when they both arrived at the prefecture, Xu Mingchang took them to become his disciples. Seeing Wu Chun's intelligence and Xu Hao's pragmatism, Wu Ming accepted them both.

In order for the two of them to have a quiet class, Prefect Xu specially arranged a side courtyard next to the government office and invited Wu Ming to come over so that the two of them could have individual lessons there.

In addition, an old woman and a servant were hired in the side courtyard to take care of Wu Ming's daily life.

Xu Hao and Wuchun also had lunch here at noon and returned to the government office at night.

"You two are back, hurry up and wash your hands and have an meal!" Mo Ru looked at them and said with a smile.

"No hurry!" Xu Hao said, picked up Linglong, kissed her soft face, and said lovingly, "Linglong, dear, do you miss your daddy?"

Mo Ru covered his mouth and laughed: "How could she understand? She can't even speak~"

Before she finished speaking, Linglong pouted and kissed Xu Hao on the face, causing everyone to laugh.

"Look, although Linglong can't speak, he is very smart!" Xu Hao said with a smile.

"Of course, she is as smart as Sister Mo Ru." Wu Chun interrupted, and while speaking, he nudged Xu Hao with his elbow and winked at him.

Xu Hao came back to his senses at this time and asked Dong, "By the way, mother, where is my father?" As Xu Hao spoke, he returned Linglong to the wet nurse.

"He's probably still in the study. He's still worried about the lack of letters from the capital!" Mrs. Dong frowned. She knew that her husband was worried during this period.

She didn't know what it was exactly, she only knew that he was waiting for a letter from the capital.

"Ask dad to come out and see who's here!" Xu Hao looked mysterious.

"Who's here!" Xu Mingchang's hearty voice rang out. He heard Xu Hao's words as soon as he walked out.

"Godfather, you must be happy that this person is here!" Wu Chun also looked mysterious. According to Master Wu, the two of them have been friends for many years.

It was because of him that the Master accepted them as his students.

"Oh~" Xu Mingchang raised his eyebrows. Even the young and steady Wuchun said so. The person who came might be very important, but he couldn't guess who it was.

"You two should stop keeping us in suspense!" Mo Ru gave Xu Hao a reproachful look.

"Brother Shen, come in!" Wuchun said towards the door.

"Brother Shen?" Dong and Xu Mingchang looked at each other.

It seemed to them that apart from Madam Shen, they didn't know anyone else with the surname Shen, so where did Brother Shen come from?

There were footsteps outside the door. Xu Mingchang looked towards the door. The first person to come in was Master Wu, and then a tall figure came into view.

Xu Mingchang was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth. The figure was so familiar that he couldn't believe it.

"Are you the Big Brother Shen that Wuchun mentioned?" Xu Mingchang said in surprise.

"Greetings, Tenth Prince~" Dong reacted immediately and bowed quickly.

Mo Ru was also shocked. When she was in Kaoshan Village, she knew that her godmother had saved Brother Shen.

At that time, Brother Shen had lost his memory, so his godmother named him Shenyang, and she did not know Brother Shen's true identity.

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