Due to time constraints, the couple stayed one night at Qin's house, went to the bamboo forest to worship Zhang Qingning the next day, and rushed back to the capital that day.

Jing Heng ordered people to go to the Maritime Trade Department to call Chen Feng. The two stayed in the study for a long time, and then Chen Feng returned to the Chen family with a solemn expression.

Hu Qingqing was taking her children to choose vegetables for dinner. When she saw her husband coming back early, she was about to ask. Seeing that his face was not very good, she couldn't help but become nervous: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Standing in the armchair, Xiao Qingyun saw his father and excitedly waved his hands, revealing his white teeth: "Dad!"

Seeing his lovely wife and young son, Chen Feng's face softened unconsciously, and he stepped forward to pick up Xiao Qingyun, but was rejected by Xiao Qingyun. He was quite puzzled for a moment: "What's wrong, you don't even want daddy?

"

Hu Qingqing smiled and said: "The weather is so hot, wouldn't it be even hotter if you hugged me? He is looking down on you."

Chen Feng suddenly realized it, touched his son's soft little face, and then found a small place to sit down and choose vegetables together: "The day after tomorrow, my lord will set off for Haicheng. The return date has not yet been determined, so he called me to the mansion to give some instructions.

thing."

He and Jing Heng are brothers-in-law, but whether in the Maritime Trade Department or in private, he has never had a relationship with Jing Heng. He has always been addressed as "Sir". At first, everyone even teased him to change his words, but they saw that he always called him that.

Just let him go.

"Are these things embarrassing for you?" Hu Qingqing didn't understand the twists and turns in the officialdom, and she didn't dare to inquire randomly. Seeing that her husband was not in a good mood, she asked tactfully.

Chen Feng shook his head: "Your Excellency said that once he leaves, the Maritime Trade Department cannot be left without someone in charge. The Lord may arrange for someone else to take over. Let me keep my duty, do my own thing, and establish a good relationship with the new manager."

Hu Qingqing was confused: "Isn't this a kind word? Why does it make you depressed?"

Chen Feng sighed: "I was able to join the Maritime Trade Department because you gave me the opportunity. I was able to gain a firm foothold and win a place in the Maritime Trade Department. It was also thanks to your cultivation. It was you who worked hard to support the sea trade department."

Secretary, but I am about to take advantage of the newly appointed chief. When you return smoothly in the future, I am afraid that this great contribution will be taken away from you. I am not worthy of it."

Having said this, he paused and continued: "Among the dozen or so people in the Maritime Trade Department, I am the only one who has no reputation. I know nothing about the character of the new boss. I'm worried..."

When Hu Qingqing heard this, she immediately understood her husband's worries: "What's the point? If it doesn't work, let's go out to sell noodles together and let dad have a good rest."

Chen Feng was stunned, looked at his indifferent wife and said, "Do you really think so? If I am really squeezed out by the new boss and cannot continue to stay in the Maritime Trade Department, and I am just a noodle stall, don't you be afraid?

Are you being laughed at by the neighbors and your grandparents?"

Hu Qingqing smiled and said: "What's the point? We don't live by their looks, so why bother with them?"

After that, she suggested: "Didn't Dad say that you were good at studying before? You're not that old anyway, why don't you continue studying? The money our family earns from setting up a stall every month should be able to support you."

She could tell that her husband liked his job in the Maritime Trade Department very much, and he might not be willing to set up a street stall and sell noodles. If he continued his studies and became a scholar, he would be a clerk in a government office or something like that.

Chen Feng's heart moved and he was a little tempted: "Let's take a look, the situation may not be as bad as I thought."

Hu Qingqing didn't think this was a big deal at all, and said: "Wait a minute, anyway, our family is not going to blame you for living with your three taels of silver, so you don't have to worry about this matter."

Chen Feng was so moved that he was glad that he married a considerate and sensible wife: "I understand."

Today is the last day that Jing Heng stays in the mansion. After the couple returned from Qin Mansion with their children, they did not go anywhere and did not see anyone else. The family stayed together to enjoy the reunion before leaving.

The two little guys knew that their father was leaving and would not see each other for a long time, and their mood became extremely low.

Lying silently on his lap, she asked with a flat mouth: "Dad, how long is long? Is it twenty days?"

Not long after he learned to count, he could already count to twenty. To him, twenty was a huge number.

Jing Heng touched his soft hair and said cruelly: "It could be ten or twenty, or it could be thirty."

Mo Mo had no idea about ten twenty or thirty twenty, so he stretched out his white and tender fingers and tried to count. As he counted, his little head became messy. He hugged his father's thigh and cried: "I can't count, so I count silently."

I don’t know, so I won’t let dad leave!”

Nao Nao didn't cry at the side. He silently walked over and hugged his father's other thigh, pressed his little face against it, and looked at him without blinking.

Seeing this scene, Princess Protector's eyes turned slightly red, and she lectured: "I'm leaving soon, and I don't know how to coax them!"

Jing Heng felt very uncomfortable and lifted them up on his lap one by one and sat down: "There is no need to tell lies to deceive them. They will forget me in a month at most."

If you lie to them and say that you will come back soon, you might remember him every day. It is better to forget about him as soon as possible, so as not to cry even more when you don't see him that day, and think that his father is a big liar.

Before Princess Protector could say anything, Nao Nao hugged Jing Heng's arm, raised her little face and said seriously: "Don't forget!"

He nodded silently: "My brother and I have good memories!"

For the first time, Jingheng felt the filial piety from the two little boys and couldn't help but kiss their cheeks.

The two little guys leaned back together, both showing disgusting expressions.

Qin Xiaoxiao, who was originally in a low mood, suddenly became happy and said deliberately: "Aren't you reluctant to let your father post it?"

The twins shook their heads and said in unison: "It hurts!"

Jing Heng doesn’t have a beard. The first thing he does when he gets up every day is to shave the area where he has beard. But his face looks clean. For a kid with tender skin, the remaining stubble is as lethal as a needle point.

No difference.

Therefore, the cubs like to kiss and cuddle with their mother, but they avoid their father, and will be frightened and run away if he comes even slightly close.

"Ha~" Jing Heng couldn't help laughing, and moved his face to scare them: "Don't hide!"

"Wow - no!" Momo screamed in fright, covering her little face with both hands to prevent him from touching her.

Nao Nao didn't scream, but did exactly the same thing as him. His eyes widened unconsciously, observing his father's movements through his fingers.

"Haha!" Jing Heng laughed, pinched their exposed ears, and finally stopped teasing them.

Seeing that the crisis was over, the two little guys felt relieved and lay in their father's arms despite the heat. They kept asking him when he would come back and insisted on pestering him to tell him a specific time.

Jing Heng was not sure of his return date and didn't want to fool them. He gestured to the back of the chair he was sitting on and said, "When you guys grow up to this height, dad will come back.

When the twins heard this, they hurriedly walked around behind him and began to measure each other. When they found that they were about one head apart from the back of the chair, they became happy one by one.

In their opinion, the distance between heads is not much. Didn't they see that the watermelon vine they planted in the flower bed has grown a long distance in just four or five days?

She silently pulled her brother and ran to Qin Xiaoxiao, saying crisply: "Mom, my brother and I will eat more and grow taller. Will dad be back soon?"

Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't bear to hit her son, so she touched his little head and nodded: "Well, that's it."

Mo Mo became happier and happier. She took her brother's hand and ran to Jing Heng again: "Dad, you have to keep your word~"

Jing Heng looked at their shining eyes and his heart softened: "Dad is true to his word, and I will bring you many gifts back when the time comes."

Mo Mo and Nao Nao felt at ease, lying on his lap, one on the left and the other on the right, chattering about what gift their father would come back with. They looked so cute.

The goods here in the capital arrived at the warehouse near the port at the beginning of the year, and they could be loaded onto the ship after Jing Heng went to Haicheng. On the day he received the order, he sent subordinates from the Maritime Trade Department to Haicheng to let the garrison

The confidants over there are prepared in advance.

So this time he took the people on the road lightly, and if there was no accident, he could reach Haicheng in half a month.

It's just that Jingheng didn't bring rock-paper-scissors, so he asked them to stay in the mansion and wait for Qin Xiaoxiao's orders, and took away a dozen other young guards who were loyal to the Princess Protector's mansion.

After breakfast, Qin Xiaoxiao and Princess Huguo took the twins to the Shili Changting Pavilion outside the city.

They reluctantly bid farewell to Jing Heng. When he was about to mount his horse, the twins each took out the candy they received today and stuffed it into his hands. Silently and crying, they said: "Dad, when you miss me and my brother,

Just eat the candy, and you won’t cry after eating it~”

These are the candy bars that Qin Xiaoxiao gave them this morning. He was originally worried that they would cry so that he could stop their mouths, but he didn't expect that they would take them out at this time and use Qin Xiaoxiao's words to coax them to coax their father.

Jing Heng, who wanted to return the candy to his son, paused, then carefully put it into the purse that his wife had embroidered for him, and put it together with a handkerchief with rough embroidery work.

He bent down and picked up the two cubs, who were both heavy. He gave them a kiss on each face and said, "Listen to your grandmother and mother, otherwise don't blame me for coming back and spanking you."

This time the twins didn't hide, and even took the initiative to come over and kiss him on the face, obediently saying "ok".

This scene made Qin Xiaoxiao and Princess Protector's eyes redden, and they finally hugged them and watched the backs of Jing Heng and his entourage disappear from sight.

On the way back, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law felt heavy in their hearts and had no intention of talking. Even Momo was silent for a rare moment. She lay on the car window and looked back. Every time he saw a person riding a horse, he couldn't help but his eyes lit up, thinking that his father was

I can't bear to see them come back again.

After discovering that he was not his father, his mood would become depressed, his eyes would be red and he would cry many times.

Qin Xiaoxiao saw it accidentally, and held them in her arms with great distress, and comforted them softly: "When you grow taller, daddy will come back."
Chapter completed!