Chapter 21: I Also Pasted a River Lantern for My Brother

Hearing Sui Sui's careful and eager tone, Liu Dafu smiled affectionately: "Of course, brother knows, he will surely be very happy."

Hearing Liu Dafu say that, Sui Sui couldn't help but feel eager: "Really?"

Liu Dafu patted her shiny bald little head, smiling and replying: "Of course, come on, Liu Ye Ye will take you."

Sui Sui obediently followed Liu Dafu.

She had also been tossed around last night, but her constitution was a bit better, and she did not run a fever.

The spot where her head had been broken earlier had also scabbed over; now she no longer needed bandaging, just applying ointment daily to avoid leaving a scar.

As for the other scars on the child's body……

Liu Dafu had already been pondering the prescription his master had left for him.

After returning to Jing Cheng, with sufficient medicinal ingredients, he would prepare the ointment and apply it to the child.

Making the river lantern does not need to start from scratch; the steps Sui Sui needs to perform are actually quite simple.

One only needs to paste the drawn paper onto the prepared bamboo lantern.

During the process, pay attention to the handling of the edges—wrapping the borders, dealing with wrinkles, and so on.

To make it look nicer, one needs to handle the paste well, so it doesn't get everywhere.

The lantern that Feng Xuanrui previously pasted for Sui Sui, although not perfect, had the paste handled very well, with almost no exposed edges visible.

Sui Sui is young and has never done such delicate work before, so she doesn't know if she can reach that level.

But, she will strive!

Liu Dafu had previously explained the details to Sui Sui; now, recalling them and adding system guidance, Liu Dafu occasionally helped from the side, and Sui Sui gradually understood.

The little girl works not quickly, seemingly to ensure the final result is satisfactory, so she pastes especially carefully.

At every corner and edge, Sui Sui repeatedly checks several times before pressing down to apply the paste.

Liu Dafu watched from the side, unable to keep the golden light from his eyes: "What a fine child!"

Good focus, strong endurance—this is definitely a promising seed for studying medicine.

Not taking her back to his residence would be going too far.

No, this child—he must make an effort to win her over!

Sui Sui didn't know that Liu Dafu wanted to lure her back to his mansion to be his granddaughter.

She was earnestly pasting the river lantern, each step done very carefully.

She thought, if she pasted more conscientiously, would Heaven hear her plea and let her brother recover soon?

Sui Sui is small and moves slowly; a modest rabbit river lantern took her all day to paste.

Several times, her fingers were cut by the bamboo lantern's edges; Sui Sui endured the pain, strongly sucked her fingers to stop the bleeding, and then continued.

As evening approached, the river lantern was finally pasted, dried, and could be held and played with.

Looking at the lovely pink little rabbit river lantern, Sui Sui happily yet nervously asked Liu Ye Ye: "Is this enough?"

Liu Dafu did not perfunctorily dismiss her; after taking it in hand and examining it carefully, he then smiled and nodded: "Not bad, Sui Sui pasted it well."

Receiving Liu Dafu's praise, Sui Sui happily blushed.

She held the newly pasted river lantern and followed Liu Dafu to see Feng Xuanrui.

In the afternoon, Feng Xuanrui again repeatedly burned for a while.

By evening, the fever subsided, and he also became spirited.

When Sui Sui and Liu Dafu entered, he was bargaining with Di Jiao about whether to take medicine tonight.

Hearing his vigorous voice, Liu Dafu finally could set his mind at ease.

Feng Xuanrui had originally been in the dominant position, complacently pinching his waist, when he saw Liu Dafu come in.

His smug little face instantly fell.

But upon seeing Sui Sui, he happily jumped out of bed, barefoot, ran over, and exclaimed excitedly: "Little sister!"

Qing Shan followed behind, quickly catching up, putting his shoes on and draping his outer robe over him, only then feeling somewhat relieved.

Sui Sui presented the rabbit river lantern she had pasted all day like an offering, her eyes bright, her voice full of anticipation: "Brother, this is the river lantern I pasted; I give it to you!"

Thinking of the auspicious phrase the system taught her, Sui Sui soon loudly said: "Heaven will bless brother, keeping him safe and sound."

The auspicious phrases were too complex for Sui Sui to learn, so the system taught her the simplest one.

Feng Xuanrui never expected that Sui Sui would paste a river lantern for him.

Although the pink little rabbit does not match his heroic youthful demeanor.

But, it doesn't matter.

What matters is that this is handmade by his sister; he has it, and no one else does!

Hehe!

Feng Xuanrui happily and contentedly held the river lantern in his arms, fearing others might snatch it, quickly took Sui Sui's hand back to bed, and carefully placed the lantern on the bedside.

Everyone: ……

They didn't say they were going to snatch it!

Kids and such……

However, looking at his vigorous appearance, his body should be healed, right?

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Sui Sui didn't know the adults' thoughts, and she quietly bragged to Feng Xuanrui about how fast and well she pasted the river lantern.

She seemed to know that even if she did poorly, speaking up, her brother would not mock her.

Her brother would not be like her uncle and cousins, who only know how to bully her.

Her brother would gently pat her head, encourage her, and praise her.

Feng Xuanrui listened to Sui Sui describe the details of pasting the lantern, and recalling how his own hands had been cut when he previously pasted a river lantern, he involuntarily worried and brought Sui Sui's hand close to examine it.

After looking, Feng Xuanrui's eye sockets turned red.

Actually, making river lanterns didn't hurt Sui Sui much; the bamboo lanterns are ready-made, and occasionally when sticking the edge, it would nick.

Sui Sui didn't feel particularly painful.

At this moment, what made Feng Xuanrui's eye sockets red were the various old scars on Sui Sui's hands.

The little boy's tear fell with a pat onto Sui Sui's hand back, startling the little girl.

Sui Sui didn't understand, still thought brother was sick/uncomfortable, hurriedly gently blew: "Sui Sui blows for brother, brother won't hurt!"

Feng Xuanrui had already been cursing the Chen Dalang family in his heart; facing Sui Sui's worried gaze, the little boy fiercely wiped away a tear, then gave a strong smile: "Mm, having a sister, it doesn't hurt."

The little boy smiled on his face, but in his heart he was cursing: "Damn, they should indeed be sent to the Southwest Quarry, to work them to death!"

Not wanting the sister to recall the past and feel sad, after Feng Xuanrui wiped his tears, he began to discuss with Sui Sui the matter of releasing river lanterns.

Earlier, someone in the city released river lanterns because a wealthy family's daughter on the residence was celebrating her birthday, bringing along a group of young ladies.

At that time Sui Sui was ill and couldn't go; afterwards hearing people say, the scene was still quite lively.

Feng Xuanrui certainly didn't want his sister to have regrets, so he's already pondering: if only he and Sui Sui were there, that wouldn't be lively enough.

So, Liu Dafu and them also have to go.

Including Uncle Prince Qing, plus the guards and attendants, that should be lively enough, right?

However...

How to persuade Uncle Prince Qing to agree?