Chapter 253: A Transparent Minded Child
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After Yao was a month old, Han Qiao and Heng Yi were busy moving.
Truth be told, she wanted to move all the furniture here to the new house, but she also thought that she would need it when she came back in the future.
“I can’t bear to leave it, but it’s not like I can take them away. It will be difficult to do so.” Han Qiao sighed.
Heng Yi was organizing the gifts given by everyone. He had an impression of every one of them and knew who sent them.
After opening them, he told Han Qiao and Han Qiao would write them down in the “favor book”. When the time came to return the gift, they could not give anything cheaper than the gift they gave today.
“Leave it behind. We’ll just get new ones over there,” Heng Yi said.
Han Qiao nodded.
The only thing they could do was leave the furniture behind.
In fact, these furniture were many times more expensive than the ones they were buying now.
With their current status and wealth, it was still impossible for them to buy a complete set of furniture.
It wasn’t a matter of silver, but rather that the timber merchants might not be willing to give them due to their lack of status.
Sometimes, one had to admit that power, fame, and status were really good things.
Sun Yiming didn’t leave anything behind in the children’s hearts.
When Sun Xiu, Sun Yi, and Sun Ke heard of what happened in front of their home, Sun Yi angrily said, “Served him right,”
“Yeah!” Sun Ke echoed.
“You guys…” Sun Xiu said, but couldn’t help her giggles when she heard that, betraying her true feelings.
In fact, she had already forgotten what her biological father looked like.
She had never been loved, nor had she received any pity or care from him.
She used to think that all fathers were like that until she saw how her father treated Ah-Yao.
He had never hugged All-Yao, but he would stay by his bed and watch him attentively for a long time. He was more anxious than anyone else when he heard Ah-Yao cry.
He did not outright say that he loved Ah-Yao, but from the look in his eyes, she could say that he treated Ah-Yao differently from the three sisters, Han Chi, and He Cheng.
That kind of eagerness couldn’t fool anyone.
Sometimes, she couldn’t help but wonder, if Heng Yi was her biological father, how would he treat them?
Even though she knew it was an extravagant hope, she still couldn’t help but fantasize.
Because he was her stepfather, there had always been a layer separating them.
It was not good for men and women to guard against each other.
“S-Sister…” Sun Yi called out several times.
Sun Xiu turned to Sun Yi with confusion.
“Hm?” Sun Xiu was a little confused.
“What are you thinking? I called you a few times, but you didn’t answer.” Sun Yi said attentively watching Sun Xiu’s face for any kind of discomfort.
“It’s nothing.” Sun Xiu exhaled gently and asked Sun Yi, “Ah-Yi, what do you think of your life now?”
“Very good! There’s no more comfortable life than now.” Sun Yi showed her hand to Sun Xiu. “Look at my hand. It’s soft and delicate now!”
“Our hands were rough, black, and dry back then,”
“Even though we have some money to earn from Mother’s meals, if Father didn’t walk outside, it wouldn’t be easy for Mother to do such a big business.”
Sun Yi was smart enough to understand their circumstances in the past.
Most of the time, she was more insightful than Sun Xiu.
“Don’t tell me you’re thinking of that bastard and want to acknowledge him as your father?” Sun Yi said in an accusatory tone.
She hated Sun Yiming.
She didn’t even want to acknowledge that she came from that man.
“I won’t. I don’t have such thoughts. You’ve misunderstood me.” Sun Xiu quickly explained.
“It’s good that you won’t. Think about the days we’ve been through and the days we’re living now. Never blind your mind between what’s good and what’s bad. Although Father isn’t our biological father, he treats us well. As a stepfather, he’s doing very well.”
“He guaranteed that we would not have to worry about food and clothing. He did not scold or beat us up. He does not look at us with contempt or was unhappy when Mother gave us silver.”
“We have to learn to be content with what we have. Don’t think about fatherly love that doesn’t belong to us.”
Sun Yi pointed it out.
Sun Xiu’s eyes flashed with panic.
She did want more fatherly love, but she knew it was impossible for her.
If they were boys, they could still ride horses and shoot arrows, just like Brother Ali-Chi…
“Sister, what are you thinking about? We’re girls, and he’s a man. We should keep our distance. If we get too close to them, there will be gossip. It’s good to meet him respectfully and speak politely like this. No matter how much we admired him, we couldn’t be too close. If we don’t know anything, it’s our mother who will be in a difficult position. It’s not what we should do as daughters.”
“I didn’t. I just happened to be greedy and thought that if he was our biological father, would he…” Sun Xiu wanted to explain.
However, the explanation seemed to be very pale.
“So what if he’s our biological father? Look at how First Uncle, Second Uncle, and Little Uncle treat their children. Do you think everyone treats Ah-Yao like our Father? What are you thinking?”
“Where is your imagination taking you?” Sun Yi laughed fondly.
Sun Xiu was stunned for a moment.
Her sister was right.
Not all fathers doted on their children as much as their father did.
She was momentarily possessed by negative thoughts.
“Don’t let your imagination run wild. Hurry up and wash your face. We still have some books to memorize. I’ve never seen such an obedient and cute child-like Ah-Yao before.”
Sun Yi said happily, her eyes full of affection.
Sun Ke didn’t quite understand what her two sisters had talked about earlier.
But she understood the last sentence.
“Second Sister, was I cute when I was a baby?”
“You were cute, but we were… A little lacking back then.”
Their family conditions were different back then. The food and clothing they had were different, and the people taking care of them were also different.
The difference was more than just “a little bit”.
Sun Yi didn’t want to break her little sister’s heart.
But Sun Ke laughed, “I know. I’m not a stupid kid!”
In the open space of the backyard.
Han Chi was familiarizing Han Dacheng and the others with the horses, explaining the points to note and the essentials of riding a horse.
He held onto Hei Yun as he talked.
Although it was only a few months old, it was already a very beautiful and strong horse.
“Ali-Chi, your horse is really beautiful.” Han Dacheng stroked the horse’s head.
The horse shook him off and spat saliva on his face, causing the boys to laugh.
“I heard from Father that the horse seller said that its father seems to be the Wild Horse King.”
“Wow…!”
The boys were obsessed with horses as much as they were with gold, silver, and beauties.
They all wanted to touch it.
It didn’t matter even if their face was sprayed with saliva.
Hei Yun quickly dodged their hands, not letting them touch it at all.
“When can we have our own horses?”
A horse that didn’t belong to their aunt or uncle, but to them.
“You will have them.” Han Chi said mysteriously.
He knew that his mother and father had discussed finding a few good horses for his cousins and uncles.
However, a good horse was hard to find, so they had to wait.
He had waited almost a year for this horse to arrive in his hands.
“Before that, you have to learn how to ride a horse and how to take care of it. Otherwise, when you have a horse, you won’t even know how to take care of it.” “How did you take care of him?” Han Dacheng asked.
“In the morning, you have to brush its teeth, wipe its eyes, check its feet, feed it grass, give it clean water, and see if its poop is thin or dry. Then you have to know what they like, for example, if it likes to eat cornsticks, I will give it a few every day, and the bond between horse and rider will be cultivated.”
They thought that this was all of Han Chi’s personality..