Transmigrated as a Peasant Baby Who is Pampered by All

Chapter 529: Chapter 325: Lantern Festival

The carriage didn’t go directly to the County Magistrate’s residence, but instead went to Liu Bo’s place, where Liu Hongcai and his wife, having received the news in advance, were already waiting for them.

Liu Qingfeng was also supporting Xie Fuya. Seeing that Xie Fuya was about to give birth soon, they persuaded her to rest at home, but she didn’t want to.

With that, Liu Qingfeng was extremely nervous, accompanied by a large group of maids and old women, and even a doctor was specially invited.

Liu Yajing led her mischievous younger brother, who was already four years old this year. He was lively and adorable, mischievous yet courteous, obviously well educated.

As soon as the carriage stopped, the butler hurriedly came up to greet them, while the attendant next to him went inside to notify others.

”Old Master, you’re finally back. Mr. Jiang, please come inside too. The master and madam are all waiting for you inside.”

The others from the carriage also got off one after another, and the butler hurriedly greeted them, ushering everyone into the house.

Just as they reached the second gate, Liu Hongcai and his wife came out.

After greeting Liu Bo, they smiled and looked at the others.

”I guessed you would arrive around this time, let’s sit and chat for a while. The meal will be ready in half an hour.”

Madam Liu cheerfully took Erniang’s hand, leading the two young women to the side courtyard for a chat.

Xie Fuya and Liu Yajing were also there, and as soon as they saw a few people, they hurriedly stood up. Madam Liu waved her hand: ”Sit down, sit down, Xiao Ya, no need for so many formalities now, take care of your health.”

Erniang hadn’t seen Xie Fuya for almost a month, and seeing her belly even bigger and rounder, she too was a bit nervous, nodding along: ”Yes, yes, we’re all family, don’t fuss over formality.”

Then she sat down next to Xie Fuya: ”I heard it’s just in the next few days, is there any discomfort?”

The maids quickly brought over snacks, hot tea, and fruits, while Liu Yajing chatted with Xiaoxue. Both were very fond of embroidery and quite knowledgeable about it.

Moreover, Liu Yajing, being older and with more experience, had an excellent embroidery teacher, making her a fantastic mentor for Xiaoxue.

On the other hand, Xiaoxue was talented too. Although she was self-taught early on, she learned diligently and earnestly without arrogance or impatience, and Liu Yajing naturally liked her very much.

Xiaomi listened to conversations on both sides, with one side discussing embroidery and the other children. Aunt Qian occasionally praised how beautifully her mother raised her two daughters, making her a bit bored.

Suddenly, a small child’s head plopped onto her knee; it was Liu Ze’s younger brother.

Liu Qingxuan.

Among the three brothers, only Liu Ze’s name didn’t include ”Qing.” It was said that a traveling Taoist master had given him the name, which made it different from his two other brothers.

”Qingxuan?” Xiaomi called out.

Liu Qingxuan grinned: ”Sister Xiaomi, why haven’t you gone hunting recently?”

Having met Xiaomi a few times, Liu Qingxuan knew that this big sister was particularly good at hunting; some of the family’s delicious food came from the game she caught.

Yet, there hadn’t been any game in the past couple of months, leaving Liu Qingxuan a bit disappointed.

”In winter, the animals all hide away to hibernate, so there’s no game.”

Liu Qingxuan nodded seemingly understandingly: ”Sister Xiaomi, I’ll take you somewhere.”

With that, he grabbed Xiaomi and ran.

Madam Liu only called out for them not to run too far and let them be.

In this courtyard where there were many servants, as long as they didn’t go out, there would be no danger.

Liu Qingxuan led Xiaomi through a small door beside the side courtyard, running into a little attic filled with many bookshelves, though the books were few.

The attic was quite tall, appearing to have three floors, with stairs winding around the perimeter.

”Qingxuan, why did you bring me here?” Xiaomi was a bit puzzled.

Originally, two maids had followed them, but Liu Qingxuan stopped them from entering when they reached the outside of the attic.

”Sister Xiaomi, just come upstairs with me and you’ll see. There’s something good up there!”

Liu Qingxuan, being small but astute, dashed up to the third floor with Xiaomi, not even pausing for breath.

The third floor seemed very spacious, with windows all around, though none were open.

As soon as Liu Qingxuan arrived, he began to count towards the window.

”One, two, three, four... here.” With that, he tiptoed to push open a window.

At the same time, a flapping sound grew distant; something had flown away. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

”Sister Xiaomi, look, there’s a pigeon nest here, and there are two eggs.”

”Pigeons?” Whatever had just flown away was too quick for Xiaomi to notice what it was.