I m the Farmgirl You Can t Mess With - Chapter 1323: Side Story: Little Fu (3)
Chapter 1323: Side Story: Little Fu (3)
After being separated for three years, the young Little Fu could no longer recall the voices and faces of Little Leopard and Baozhu, but he still remembered their friendship.
Speaking of which, the days when they grew up together were the most carefree. Every day, they had endless playtime and endless questions. Their biggest worry was to avoid getting beaten up by adults when they caused trouble.
He wondered if his cousins still remembered him.
With such apprehension, Little Fu’s worries about leaving home faded a little.
Little Fu was escorted to Guangzhou by the guards of the King’s Residence.
Qi Haoran had heard that there were doctors from the west here, so he came to see how capable they were and what precious herbs they had in their country.
Upon receiving Zijin’s letter, he happily and proudly said to Mu Yangling, “Look. Even Zijin thinks that he can’t compare to me when it comes to educating the children, so he sent Little Fu over.”
Mu Yangling took the letter and took a look. Smiling, she said, “He clearly said that the environment in the capital is not good, but he didn’t mention that you’re better at teaching children than him.”
At this point, Mu Yangling’s expression darkened slightly. “What’s going on with the Royal School? From what Little An said, it’s become like the Imperial Court with the students fighting every day.”
Seeing her worried look, Qi Haoran couldn’t help but snort and say, “Don’t worry about this matter. Why worry about them when they all have parents? Even if Big Brother is busy with government affairs and isn’t in good health, those concubines and consults have all the time in the world to teach their children. In the end, the children are still led astray by them.”
The relationship between the Qi and Fan families had always been deep. He had grown up in the Fan Residence, and Little An and Little Fu had also grown up in the Qi Residence. They were so close that they pretty much shared everything between each other. His big brother had long said that the two children were accorded the same treatment as the princes, but Little Fu was still bullied so severely.
Little Fu being a child he had taught and raised, Qi Haoran immediately sided with him.
As a result, Little Fu received a warm welcome the moment he arrived in Guangzhou.
Qi Haoran stroked his head and said, “We’re going to stay in Guangzhou for a month or two while we wait for the famous Western doctor. You, Little Leopard, Baozhu, and the others can play here and familiarize yourself with Guangzhou before starting to attend school.”
Little Fu had a good memory. When he saw the sea, he shouted, “I recognize this place, I recognize this place!”
Qi Haoran laughed out loud and teased the boy-girl twins. “Look, Little Fu can remember this place, but you guys don’t have any impression at all.”
Baozhu pouted indignantly and shouted, “I’m younger than Second Cousin.”
Little Leopard said, “I also recognize this place now.”
Qi Haoran pointed at the aqua farm not far away and said, “That’s the aqua farm that you and your brothers set up. Go and take a look.”
After saying that, he turned to leave, leaving the three kids to reconnect.
Little Fu pursed his lips and smiled at his two cousins awkwardly. After all, they had been separated for three years and were still a little distant.
After looking at his sister and then at his cousin, Little Leopard decisively stepped forward to hold his hand and said, “I’ll take you to see the pearls. I know how to dig pearls now.”
Baozhu immediately went forward to hold his hand and said, “I’ll go too. Can you dig up beautiful pearls for me?”
Little Fu felt the heat from the small hand radiate all the way to his heart. Most of the resentment from being ostracized in the Royal School disappeared in that instant. His eyes were slightly hot as he nodded fiercely.
The three children held hands and ran to the aqua farm to look at the clams they had fished up.
In just half a day, the estrangement between the three children vanished. When they returned home in the evening, the three of them held hands and sang along the way home, clearly in high spirits.
Seeing that they were becoming chummy again like when they were young, Mu Yangling immediately beamed.
When Little Fu saw his Fourth Aunt, he immediately ran forward and asked, “Fourth Aunt, we want to see the Westerners.”
Little Leopard and Baozhu also looked at their mother eagerly.
Mu Yangling knew that he was talking about the Westerner’s banquet that was taking place in a few days. Smiling, she said, “Go and ask your Fourth Uncle. If he agrees to bring you there, you may go.”
Little Fu asked, “Fourth Uncle is seeking a famous Western doctor to treat Royal Uncle’s illness, right? Isn’t it said that they’re barbarians? Can their medical skills be better than ours?”
“Barbarians also have their own specialties, such as technical skills. In some aspects, our Great Qi is inferior to the Western Continent. However, in terms of medical skills alone, our Great Qi is still better than the Western Continent.”
“Your Fourth Uncle is awaiting the arrival of that famous Western doctor just to see if he’s good at nursing the patient’s health and what famous medicine there is from his country.”
At this moment, the medical skills of Western medicine were indeed not very good on the overall, far inferior to Great Qi. But perhaps the famous Western doctor from afar was skilled in the aspects where Great Qi fell short?
There had to be continuous development in every field. The overall strength of Great Qi did not mean that it was superior to others in every aspect.
Mu Yangling said to the three children, “We can only continuously improve by recognizing other people’s strengths from time to time and discovering our weaknesses. Only then will our country become more prosperous. If you can only see your own strengths and laugh at others’ weaknesses, you’ll be stuck in your own ways and grow arrogant.”
“While others are working hard to catch up to you, if you smugly think that you’re very powerful while others are weaklings, there will come a day when you’re surpassed by others. When that happens, they’ll return the contempt they’ve suffered a hundredfold.”
Mu Yangling said to the three children earnestly, “You represent the future of Great Qi. The further you see, the better Great Qi will be.”
It had been a long time since Little Fu had heard someone teach him like this. For a moment, he was in a daze. Then, he seriously thought about Fourth Aunt’s words and said solemnly, “Then we’ll just keep walking in front of them and make sure they never catch up.”
Mu Yangling laughed out loud and praised, “That’s a good idea. The key is that you have to be able to do it.”
Hearing the praise, Little Fu’s eyes sparkled.
Little Leopard shouted, “Mother, don’t worry. When I grow up, I’ll lead troops to take down those foreigners and turn them into subjects of Great Qi. Then, no matter how strong they are, they’ll belong to Great Qi.”
Mu Yangling’s mouth fell open, shocked that she had given birth to a war maniac. She quickly stopped him and said, “Little Leopard, war is detrimental to the commoners. Don’t talk about war so frivolously.”
“But the Western countries are starting wars in other countries now anyway. The people are already suffering, similar to the Warring States Period.” Little Leopard said, “Should I go and pacify the Western countries or unite them together so that the people can have peace? Shouldn’t they thank me?”
The corners of Mu Yangling’s mouth twitched. Thinking of the chaotic relationship between the Western countries, she realized that Little Leopard was right. However, this didn’t mean that she was willing to let her son become a war maniac. Hence, she said, “But you’re an Easterner and they’re Westerners. You look different from them. What if they don’t want you to pacify their country and join forces to boycott you?”
Little Leopard curled his lips, not understanding why they would rather have internal strife than unify. He said, “Since they’re so united, I won’t start a war against them. But I don’t think it’s possible. Since even the alliance during the Warring States Period wasn’t maintained, how can those barbarians possibly disregard benefits and unite?”
‘So, Little Leopard, in your eyes, how backward are the Westerners?’ She had clearly taught him well since he was young. Previously, he respected the Westerners very much, unlike now, when he kept calling them barbarians.
