Chapter 61 (1/2)
“Xiaowu, do you want to practice calligraphy or martial arts?”
After getting out of the room, it took Ling Wen quite a while to return to normal. Now daddy became normal, they did not have to go outside looking for wild vegetables or what again. Thinking that daddy often said wanting them to become a xiucai, Ling Wen decided to go to the backyard to practice calligraphy, to meet daddy’s expectations as soon as possible.
But, how could Ling Jingxuan ever be that kind of pedantic person? If he really planned to let them take the imperial examination, he wouldn’t just let them be a xiucai. Reading was the first duty of a child, he just didn’t want them to become illiterate who were ignorant. In his eyes, a xiucai was only a graduate from middle school, however, in his mind his request was not very high. As for in the future whether they would take the road of the imperial examination, he would respect their own decision.
“I want to practice martial arts. I want to protect you and daddy from being bullied.”
Ling Wu shook his head. Compared with Ling Wen, he was really too innocent, but compared with other children, he was also kind of premature. Although they were twins, Ling Wen had already praised himself as the big brother, the mainstay of the home. One could say he grew up looking at his elder brother’s back. Whenever other kids in the village bullied him, his elder brother would stand out and protect him, and wouldn’t let those bullies touch a hair of him, so every time the one who got beaten was his elder brother. But now everything was different since their daddy turned normal. And they also would become better and better. Daddy even taught them to read and practice martial arts. Compared with reading, he preferred martial arts because he wanted to protect daddy and his elder brother.
“Hmm, let’s bring some tea to the backyard. It’s too hot for you to practice martial arts now.”
Touching his little brother’s face, Ling Wen took him to the kitchen to carry a large pot of tea before moving to the backyard. The brothers had no idea that a disaster was approaching.
Ling Jingxuan’s place was very remote, at least one li away from the village, which also needed some time to come and go. Apparently that bunch of woman’s speed could never compare with men. Before they arrived, Ling Jingpeng already came back after picking two bamboo baskets of wild grapes, later Ling Jingxuan also came back. The two brothers gave each other a smile with sweat all over. Both their slightly immature faces glowed with light flush, but neither showed a slice of exhaustion. Compared with the great temptation of two taels of silver for one pot of jam, that was nothing at all.
“Pfff~ Ge, you cut your own clothes to bag things again? You really can’t blame Xiaowen nagging you.”
After noticing that his elder brother holding two bags of things in his hands, plus his cloths having a large part gone, Ling Jingpeng burst out laughing, remembering that last time how Xiaowen nagged him for quite a while.
“Er…do you really have to remind me of that?”
Face sunk, Ling Jingxuan angrily gave him a stare. Clearly his bun saw him cut the clothes, but he did not stop him, OK? He thought… after they were done, the big bun started to nag him about things like he didn’t cherish things and liked wasting and…, which made his ears boil. Even now it still gave him a headache when he remembered the scene.