Chapter 1509: A Family Reunion Missing One Person

That's more like it; if she had said anything else, even Yueyue, who grew up eating Cornetto, would have been spanked.

When Shi Youxuan educates her children, she is completely rational and treats them all equally; there are only house rules, and acting cute or spoiled doesn't work at all!

Whenever the topic of Yueyue eating candy comes up, she gets a headache.

Basically, there isn't a child who doesn't like eating candy, but Yueyue has no self-control; she eats as much as she can get her hands on.

Therefore, the house never keeps candy in stock, but Yueyue is so likable that she is like a community pet; everyone who sees her wants to give her something tasty or fun.

Other things are fine, but sweets are just too hard to quit!

She eats enough outside every day, yet still wants more when she gets home, so Shi Youxuan restricts her candy intake, which leaves Yueyue looking miserable and plotting from morning till night.

She scares Yueyue: "Let me tell you, if you eat more candy, your teeth will fall out."

"Let them fall," the little girl retorts.

It seems the temptation of candy is even greater than that of her teeth.

"If your teeth fall out, you won't be pretty anymore, and no one will like you in the future."

Hearing that she wouldn't be pretty, the little girl's expression becomes very grave, her mouth turns down, and she suddenly bursts into tears with a wail.

"Waaah... I don't want to not be pretty, I want to be very pretty, very pretty."

"Then will you still eat candy?"

"I'll eat my meals."

It seems the mother understands Yueyue best, and is also the only one who can handle her.

Zichen quietly gives his mother a thumbs-up, not knowing that his mother also has her own hidden troubles!

"Sigh, my biggest mistake was that I shouldn't have had your little sister; it was fine with just you few children. I didn't feel it when I was young, but raising a small child now is truly exhausting."

"Yueyue is so cute, you shouldn't say that, lest she gets sad and cries again."

Zichen thought too much; Yueyue didn't care at all and ran off to play.

Since her big brother wouldn't buy her candy, she didn't want to play with him either.

"Cute?"

"You haven't seen her when she's being a handful; all of you combined aren't as much of a handful as she is alone!"

Everything Shi Youxuan said was from the bottom of her heart; back then she was young and had her mother-in-law to help, so raising children really wasn't exhausting at all.

But it's not the same now; she has reached middle age, and her energy is far less than before.

Zichen said: "You should still let the nanny take her out more."

"No, I don't feel at ease. It's fine for the nanny to play an auxiliary role, but I can't leave everything to the nanny..."

After the mother and son chatted for a while, Shi Youxuan suddenly thought: "Why didn't Yuxin come back with you?"

"Did you two have a fight?"

Shi Youxuan likes Gu Yuxin very much, but they are too young, and being young means there are many uncertainties; no one can say for sure what the future holds.

"No, look at where your thoughts have wandered."

Zichen said: "She signed up to go to a poverty-stricken mountain area to teach. I wanted to go too, but I hadn't been home for half a year and missed you all very much, so I came back."

Gu Yuxin's home is right inside the school, so she can see her family every day even while attending school; the holidays are a time for other students to reunite with their families, but for her, it's a time to do whatever she wants.

Although the two are in a relationship, they don't demand that they always be stuck together.

Zichen said to his mother: "Mom, I have something I need your help with."

"What is it?"

"Can you help me open a safe deposit box at the bank? I want to store something."

There is a safe at home, but that is for his parents to use.

The Gu Family Cookbook is the lifeblood of his master's family for generations, so it's not appropriate to keep it with his parents' things.

"Sure, when shall we go?"

"Can we go now?"

"Alright, let's go."

"Wait for me a moment."

Zichen returns to his room and sets his suitcase to the side.

He moves a chair to open the cabinet at the very top of the wardrobe.

Zichen takes out the item inside, still wrapped up tightly as it was originally; he opens the packaging to check, and the cookbook is lying safely inside.

He wraps it back up and only then takes it out.

Shi Youxuan wants to leave Yueyue at home, but the little girl won't pass up an opportunity to go out; no matter where they are going, going out is better than staying home.

The mother and her two children go to the bank.

The bank manager had already been waiting; the procedures went smoothly, and after filling out a few forms, Sheng Zichen obtained his own exclusive safe deposit box at the bank.

He solemnly places the cookbook into the safe, locks it, and the heavy stone in his heart is finally set down.

When the mother and her two children return from the bank, the house is already very lively.

Zirui and Zihan had gone to a middle school reunion; before it ended, the brothers received a call from their mother saying their big brother was back, so the two returned home early, only to find that not only was their big brother not there, but their mother and little sister were gone too!

After waiting a while, their eldest sister's family of four arrived.

Following closely behind was their father; their mother, big brother, and little sister were actually the last to return.

The family reunion is still missing one person—Litian!

But Zichen's return is enough to make the family happy; Zirui and Zihan surround their big brother, asking about his life and studies at Jiang University.

Although school hasn't started and they haven't entered high school yet, the brothers already yearn for Jiang University.

Zichen is a bit surprised to hear that the two went to Teacher Tian's class, so he asks for the reason.

Before Zirui can answer, Zihan cuts in: "I took the initiative to ask to go to Teacher Tian's class. I'm very smart, but my self-discipline in studying isn't quite enough. I heard that the curriculum in high school is deeper than in middle school, and I'm afraid I won't get into Jiang University and will drag down my brothers and sisters, so I painfully declined Teacher Luo's class and went to Teacher Tian's class to seek suffering... no, to practice self-discipline!"

"Hahahahaha..."

Shi Youxuan really couldn't help it and laughed out loud.

The others in the family, although they knew Zihan wasn't telling the truth, were fortunately able to restrain themselves.

"Mom, don't laugh."

"Alright, I won't laugh, hahahahaha..."

It was simply impossible to hold back, it was just too funny.

Her older sister Shi Ran was a bit plumper than before she had the baby.

She looked very well, her complexion was rosy, and she was being well taken care of at her in-laws'.

Her little niece had just passed her hundredth day, and she looked exactly like Shi Ran did when she was little; she was very pretty, and the girl was named Yun Heyu, the apple of the entire Yun Family's eye.

Her brother-in-law Yun Qitian had added a daughter and also looked in very good spirits, but only Shi Yuan had grown thin.

Dinner was very sumptuous, the whole family sat around together in a lively manner, and after the meal, Shi Ran wanted to go back!

Shi Youxuan laughed and said: "The old saying goes, 'nephew dog, nephew dog, leaves as soon as he's eaten,' the old saying is really right, you want to go back as soon as you're full, do you think this is a restaurant?"

Actually, she was wronging her daughter; Shi Ran also wanted to stay at her maiden home for a while longer, but when she left, her mother-in-law had nagged her incessantly.

She must return home before dark; small children have clean eyes and shouldn't be outside after dark.

Do not put He Yu under the air conditioner to blow, don't let her catch a cold.

The mosquitoes in the room must be cleared out, don't let the mosquitoes bite the child.

Don't dress her in too much, but don't dress her in too little either...

There was no end to the trivial details.

Later, it was Yun Qitian who was afraid his wife would find it annoying, so he spoke up to stop his mother: "That's enough, Mom, the way you're talking makes it sound like we would abuse He Yu; the child is our own flesh and blood, so please just set your heart at ease."