burning beans

In the fourth year of Hanzhong Ping, a few snowflakes fell quietly in the courtyard of Cao's house in Qiao County.In the room, a middle-aged man in his early 30s paced back and forth anxiously, and in the inner room separated by a curtain, there were occasional screams of pain.A twelve or thirteen-year-old boy raised his head, and nervously asked the beautiful woman who was tightly clutching an embroidered handkerchief: "Mother, can my aunt give birth to my brother safely?"

Ding herself had never given birth to a child, so she was extremely nervous at the moment, and she didn't want to scare the child she had raised for more than ten years, so she said: "Silly child, nothing will happen." Then changed the subject and said: "Ang'er Do you want a brother?"

"En!" Cao Ang nodded vigorously.

Ding couldn't help laughing: "What? Is my sister okay?"

Cao Ang tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "Sister is fine too. But if brother, Ang'er can play with him and teach him martial arts."

Ding raised her hand and poked Cao Ang's forehead: "You..." Before she finished speaking, she suddenly felt the light in the room dim.Cao Ang also seemed to be taken aback. Looking out the window, he saw that there seemed to be a group of blue clouds blocking it.Cao Cao—the middle-aged man—also stopped pacing, and asked, "What happened?"

Cao Ang heard his father's words, jumped up quickly, and ran outside the house, saying, "My son, go and have a look."

When he was outside, Cao Ang couldn't help but open his mouth when he raised his head. At some point, a blue cloud covered the wing room, covering the roof like a car cover. A dragon swims in it.The feeling of shock has not faded, "Wow -" and the loud cry of the baby pulled Cao Ang's spirit back.After being dazed for a while, he finally realized what the sound was. Cao Ang hurriedly ran back to the house, just as the midwife came out of the inner room: "Congratulations, master, for adding a young master."

It wasn't until dawn on the second day that the blue clouds covering the wing room gradually dissipated. At night, Cao Cao swiped a pen in the study and named his new-born son——Cao Pi.

With a sound of "嗖", the sharp arrow pierced through the air and hit the red heart.Putting down his special bow, six-year-old Cao Pi looked up at his father, blinking his big eyes, as if asking for praise.

Seeing this, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing, touched his son's head, and praised: "Pi'er's archery has really improved a lot in the past year." He sighed: "Nowadays the world is chaotic, you brothers still have to have Martial arts are good for you. My father will lead the army to conquer the Yellow Turban traitors soon, so you must continue to work hard at home, and you must not be lazy."

Cao Pi nodded obediently and said, "Yes, father."

Five-year-old Cao Zhang was sitting on the edge of the playground. At this moment, he stumbled over, raised his hand and grabbed Cao Cao's sleeve, shaking and coquettishly: "Daddy, Daddy, Zhang'er also wants to learn archery, and Zhang'er wants to learn archery with Daddy." Let's fight those bad guys together."

Cao Cao laughed, leaned over and hugged Cao Zhang, scratched his little nose, and said, "Okay, okay. But Zhang'er is still too young, and when he grows up a bit, Daddy will teach you." Seeing that Cao Zhang was unwilling Cao Cao burst into laughter again.

A servant came trotting all the way, and stopped in front of the father and son, panting heavily: "Master, master... Bian, Mrs. Bian... I want, I want, I'm going to give birth..."

A few days later, Cao Cao led the army to go out, and Cao Ang accompanied the army.Before leaving, he named his newborn son Cao Zhi.

In the shaker, Xiao Cao Zhi clenched two small fists and pouted slightly, sleeping soundly.Cao Pi and Cao Zhang stared at the innocent little face from left to right.The facial features have not yet opened, and his face is still a little wrinkled. Cao Zhang looked at it for a while, then turned his head, pointed at Cao Zhi and asked Cao Pi, "Brother?"

Cao Pi carefully observed the little guy in the shaker, nodded: "Yes, your brother and I."

Cao Zhang said with disgust, "It's so ugly."

Cao Pi tilted his head, seemed to think for a while, and nodded in agreement: "It's pretty ugly." Then he remembered something, and hurriedly put on an older brother's appearance: "Ugly is also a younger brother, Zhang'er can't hate younger brothers."

Cao Zhang pouted, as if to express that he was not happy to have an ugly younger brother.

At this time, the nanny came in, heard the conversation between the two brothers, and said with a smile: "It's always like this when babies are born. It will look better when the facial features are opened in a few days."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Zhang's eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief, "I also looked like this when I was a child?"

The nanny smiled: "Isn't that right? The second and third sons also had wrinkled faces when they were born, but they are so cute now."

Cao Zhang turned his head and looked carefully at the little face that still had no resemblance, as if he was imagining what Cao Zhi would look like when he grew up.Cao Pi on the other side was also puzzled: "You mean, Zhi'er will become more beautiful when he grows up?"

The nanny nodded: "Mrs. Bian is a first-class beauty, and the fourth young master's appearance will definitely not be bad." While talking, she came over to help Cao Zhi tuck the quilt, and then bowed and left.

After the nanny left, Cao Zhang muttered: "I don't believe it." He stretched out his thick and short little finger and poked Cao Zhi's bulging cheek.

Being disturbed in his sleep, Cao Zhi pouted his little mouth higher in dissatisfaction, and waved his little hand, as if to drive away the things that disturbed his sleep.Seems to have found an interesting toy, Cao Zhang became excited all of a sudden: "Yeah, it's fun." He stretched out his hand and poked the little face again, seeing Cao Zhi waving his little hand impatiently, he became even more playful , simply stretched out the other hand, and poked it together from left to right.Cao Pi felt that something was wrong, and stopped him: "Don't wake Zhi'er up."

Cao Zhang was happily watching Cao Zhi waving his small hands, trying to get rid of himself, but he couldn't get it, his pouting mouth was flattened, as if expressing his dissatisfaction, but his eyes refused to open, and he felt more interesting in his heart. Where is he willing to give up, and perfunctory: "I won't..."

Before the words fell, as if responding to Cao Pi's words, with a sound of "Wow--", the little Cao Zhi in the shaker burst into tears.

The two brothers were taken aback. Seeing that Cao Zhi's face was covered with tears and snot, they panicked.Although Cao Pi is an older brother, Cao Zhang himself was not very old when he was born, so he didn't know how to coax the child. He felt anxious and stretched out his hand to pat Cao Zhi. He didn't know whether he was coaxing Cao Zhi or himself: "Zhi'er is good, don't cry. , don’t cry, it’s your third brother’s fault, second brother will help you teach him a lesson.” After saying that, he punched Cao Zhang in a resemblance.

Cao Zhang didn't know what to do. He didn't dare to say anything after being punched by Cao Pi. He patted Cao Zhi together with Cao Pi, and coaxed: "Don't cry, don't cry, my brother doesn't think you're ugly, really, really. Good, good,..."

Unexpectedly, Cao Zhi cried even more fiercely. He waved his two small fists vigorously, and with a "pop", the two brothers screamed, one covering his eyes and the other covering his nose, grinning in pain.Glancing at each other, Cao Zhang gave up, flattened his mouth, and cried out with a "wow—"

The pain in the eyes hadn't subsided, and Cao Pi's head hurt from the two younger brothers crying and howling loudly as if they were in a competition.When they were at a loss, Mrs. Bian and the nanny who heard the crying hurried in and coaxed each of them.Cao Pi opened his eyes wide, watching in surprise that Cao Zhi miraculously calmed down under the patting and coaxing of his nanny, and then fell asleep again, with a hint of a smile on his lips.

On this day, after finishing his homework, Cao Pi came to the room where Cao Zhi's nanny was placed.Cao Zhi seemed to have just woken up, and was looking at everything around him with wide eyes. Seeing Cao Pi's head suddenly appeared in his field of vision, he was stunned at first, and then he was not afraid. Instead, he stared at it as if he had discovered something new. Cao Pi couldn't finish watching.Cao Pi let him stare, and at the same time looked at Cao Zhi curiously.The two brothers just looked at each other silently.Suddenly, Cao Zhi's small mouth moved, and Cao Pi's heart jumped, thinking that he was going to cry again, and immediately began to try hard to recall the way the nanny coaxed his younger brother in his little head, thinking that it's bad, what should we do, what should we do? Seeing the corner of Cao Zhi's mouth grinning, he actually laughed.

Cao Zhi's eyes were dark and bright, and he looked exactly like Bian's. This smile made the eyes even more rippling, and even the little face that had not fully opened his facial features seemed to be radiant.Cao Pi was stunned for a moment, and involuntarily stretched out his hand to shave his wrinkled little face.Xu felt a little itchy, Xiao Cao Zhi giggled, waved his small hand, and was hitting Cao Pi's hand, this time he didn't use any force, just flicked like a tickle.Cao Pi also laughed, and poked Cao Zhi's little hand with his fingers, but he was grabbed.Cao Pi twitched, but before he could pull it out, he saw Cao Zhi's mouth was flattened, his eyes were watery, and seeing that he was about to cry, he felt frightened and softened, so he let him hold him.Feeling that the thing he was holding in his hand stopped running away, Cao Zhi was happy, shaking his little hand, laughing "giggle", "giggle".

Seeing his younger brother laughing happily, Cao Pi was also happy, and poked Yuanyuan's cheek with the other hand. Cao Zhi waved his hand as if to hit him, but Cao Pi dodged it, and went to scratch his brother's nose again.Cao Zhi shoots again, Cao Pi hides again, back and forth, Cao Zhi is not annoyed, but smiles more happily, holding Cao Pi's finger and shaking it non-stop, with his small mouth open, and the saliva is flowing out without knowing it.Cao Pi felt a little helpless, picked up the small handkerchief on the edge of the bed and gently wiped it off for him, and pressed his finger on his tender lips: "Zhi'er is dirty, drooling."

Cao Zhi didn't understand what he said, seeing something protruding to his mouth, he instinctively opened his mouth and sucked it, and then seemed dissatisfied that there was no sweet milk coming out, and took a bite like revenge.The mouth that has not yet grown teeth naturally does not hurt, so Cao Pi let him hold it. Seeing that he laughed happily again for no reason, he became happy for no reason, and murmured: "Zhi'er will look good when he grows up." , like a mother. No, better looking than a mother.”

In the winter of that year, Cao Cao defeated the Yellow Turban Army, received more than [-] soldiers, and reorganized it into the Qingzhou Army.Since then, Cao Cao's military strength has grown stronger.