Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Perhaps, in this era of valuing men over women, no one had ever celebrated the birth of a daughter like Li Ji.

Maybe it was simply because he doted on his daughter, or perhaps he wanted to reassure Cai Zhaoji, or maybe there was some other deeper meaning…

However, Liu Bei had no intention of delving into it, nor did he intend to dissuade Li Ji.

On the contrary, based on Li Ji's wide distribution of sweets in the name of the Marquis of Guoshi's mansion to celebrate, Liu Bei also added fuel to the fire in the name of the State Shepherd's office, so that the entire Wu Commandery and even the entire Yang Province could share the joy of the Marquis of Guoshi having a daughter.

Subsequently, watching Li Ji coaxing Little Li Xi while continuing to comfort Cai Zhaoji.

Liu Bei didn't step forward, but simply pulled Li Xiang, who was staring eagerly at the happy family of three, as if he couldn't fit in, and said softly.

"Xiang'er, now that Zikun is comforting your mother, let's go outside."

"Yes, Uncle."

Li Xiang responded, obediently being pulled away by Liu Bei, turning his head back three times with each step, hoping that his father would call him back in time.

Unfortunately, Li Ji's heart was now almost completely filled with Cai Zhaoji and Li Xi, and even Liu Bei had momentarily overlooked it, let alone Li Xiang, who usually behaved quite sensibly.

As the saying goes: The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Li Xiang usually left Li Ji with the impression of being too sensible and worry-free, so Li Ji subconsciously felt that Li Xiang would know how to take care of himself.

On the contrary, Liu Bei, who had always loved and valued Li Xiang, noticed some of the low spirits in Li Xiang's heart, so he patiently coaxed Li Xiang.

Liu Bei, who came from a humble background and was proficient in selling shoes and weaving mats, also possessed some skills that normal powerful people did not have.

That was, a piece of cloth and a few branches could be woven into various interesting things in Liu Bei's hands.

In the end, Li Xiang was still childish in nature, and even though he was a little down because he was neglected by his father and mother, he was easily distracted by Liu Bei.

"Look, Xiang'er, what does this look like?"

Looking at the small skills displayed by Liu Bei, Li Xiang's eyes lit up. "Could this be a fierce tiger? Uncle is so amazing!"

Previously, although Liu Bei also regularly took time to tease Li Xiang and Adou, Liu Bei was usually quite busy, so naturally, he hadn't had the opportunity to perform this craft.

With Liu Bei's current status, there were countless people who flattered him, and Liu Bei also disliked those who were obsequious.

However, Li Xiang's praise made Liu Bei quite pleased, so he simply tore off a piece of cloth from the corner of his clothes, and then broke off some branches and long grass nearby, while continuing to weave other shapes, and said with a bit of complacency.

"Perhaps your uncle can't compare to your father in other things, but in this craft, Zikun is naturally not as proficient as I am…"

This time, what Liu Bei wove was an eagle, with the torn cloth strips acting as the wings, and at first glance, it really had a bit of the charm of soaring high.

And while Liu Bei handed the well-woven eagle to Li Xiang, he said with a smile.

"Speaking of which, Uncle hasn't woven these things for a long time, back then this was the means by which Uncle made a living, I didn't expect that now I can use it to coax Xiang'er, which is not bad."

"Thank you, Uncle."

The feeling of being valued by Liu Bei made Li Xiang feel a little happy as he accepted Liu Bei's gift.

Liu Bei said with a smile. "Speaking of which, Xiang'er is the only one who can get this gift, even Adou doesn't have one."

"Adou doesn't have one either?" Li Xiang asked, blinking his eyes.

"Uncle usually doesn't have such leisure."

Liu Bei replied casually, revealing a bit of neglect and dissatisfaction with Adou in his words.

Compared to Li Xiang's early maturity, Liu Bei was naturally a little dissatisfied with Adou's clear dullness.

Li Xiang heard this and replied without thinking. "Then I'll give one to Adou when the time comes, so that Adou and I can each have one."

Liu Bei was slightly stunned, and the expression that followed on his face was an even stronger smile and affection.

Brotherly love and respect!

'Zikun really gave birth to a good son, it is fortunate for my son Adou to have Xiang'er as his brother.'

Liu Bei couldn't help but secretly praise Li Xiang's reaction.

And after Li Ji comforted Cai Zhaoji for a while, Cai Zhaoji, who was already exhausted, calmed down a little, and almost quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Subsequently, Li Ji handed Little Xi'er to Li Shu and Li Qin to take care of for the time being, and then freed up his hands to deal with other matters.

After Li Ji entertained his father-in-law Cai Yong, whose expression was inexplicably unhappy, he hurriedly came to look for Liu Bei.

Li Ji looked at Liu Bei who seemed to be teasing Li Xiang and quickly stepped forward to salute and apologize.

"I have neglected the Lord, please forgive me."

"Alright, today Zikun has another daughter, this is a joyous occasion, there is no need to be so polite," Liu Bei replied with a smile.

Li Ji heard this and did not insist.

Even though Li Ji had always been mindful of upholding the duties of a subject, after many years of getting along, the two could be said to know each other inside and out, and their private way of getting along was actually no different from close friends.

And Li Ji also noticed the tiger and eagle that Li Xiang was holding in his hand, which made Li Ji raise his eyebrows slightly.

Liu Bei didn't have many hobbies in his spare time, and he often weaved straw sandals and the like to give to Li Ji, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other close people.

However, it was by no means that just anyone was qualified to have Liu Bei personally do it.

Perhaps Liu Bei often admonished himself with benevolence and virtue, but it didn't mean that Liu Bei didn't have a distinction between closeness and distance in his heart, only those who were extremely close to Liu Bei in his heart would Liu Bei weave things and give them away in person regardless of his status.

'Xiang'er really seems to be liked by the Lord…'

Li Ji said secretly, but on the surface, he pretended to be serious and reprimanded Li Xiang for being ignorant and disturbing Liu Bei, and then told Li Xiang to go down and study.

After Li Xiang obediently saluted Li Ji and Liu Bei respectively and left, Li Ji then invited Liu Bei to sit down in the main hall.

The fact that Liu Bei had sent a large number of supplements and rare medicinal materials to the Marquis of Guoshi's mansion had naturally been informed to Li Ji by the servants.

In this regard, Li Ji did not decline Liu Bei's kindness.

The supplements and rare medicinal materials in the Marquis of Guoshi's mansion were really far inferior to those rare things collected by Liu Bei, and it was said that Zhaoji might really be able to use them now.

Therefore, after Li Ji thanked Liu Bei for this, his tone became slightly solemn, and he refocused the topic on the main business.

Previously, Zhaoji was about to give birth, and Li Ji was not very at ease, so he applied for a leave of absence from Liu Bei.

But in fact, the current Liu Bei Group naturally cannot do without Li Ji, especially in the stage of initial settlement in Yang Province and the upcoming transformation of the aristocratic families, so that countless affairs need to be decided by Li Ji himself.

(End of this chapter)