Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

In the end, there were only three people who did not leave with the peach.

Cao Mi kept them and another person she was optimistic about in her yard, while the others were disrupted and distributed to various courtyards in the backyard.

The addition of these people has injected a living water into the Bei'an Palace, which has been silent for many years.

The slaves did not have names, so Cao Mi renamed the four people who stayed by his side.

Dongli and Nanxi are women. Dongli has a straightforward temperament. She was the one who was in the yard and asked if Taozi ordered Cao Mi.

Xiling and Beisi are men, they don't have much expressions, they look more honest and honest. Beisi was the only one of the four who was "tricked" away by Taozi at that time, but Cao Mi felt that there was something else in him that could be plastic.

After the people were settled, Cao Mi found the housekeeper again, hoping that he could help him find some craftsmen.

"Both woodworking or masonry work. The most important thing is to have good craftsmanship." Cao Mi said his plan.

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, then replied, "There are craftsmen in the palace. If Madam needs to buy anything, just instruct the following to do it."

The Bei'an Prince's Mansion is a royal family, and naturally there are some highly skilled craftsmen in the mansion.

Cao Mi smiled, "It's just an occasional whim, and I want to make some gadgets. And I know that most of the craftsmen in the house have been instructed by the prince and have their own tasks, so there's no need to disturb them."

The butler nodded.

He thought for a while, suddenly remembered something, and said to Cao Mi: "It is more difficult to find a craftsman with a clean net worth. If the madam wants it, it will take a few days. But the old slave suddenly thinks of one person, which may be used by the madam. ."

"Oh?" Cao Mi turned to look at him, "I would like to hear the details."

The housekeeper then introduced: "The man is called Liu Ge. He was originally working in the army to maintain weapons. He is good at carpentry and masonry. But this time he went to the rebellion with the prince. Cut off his right leg."

Having said this, he sighed, "With his physical condition, it is no longer suitable for him to stay in the military camp. The lord handed this man to me, and planned to let me find another opportunity to ask someone to send him back home.

"If it is, if Madam doesn't dislike it, maybe he can use it?"

In this day and age, people with disabilities, even with some craftsmanship, have a hard time living. People feel that such a person is unfortunate in itself, and is likely to bring disaster to themselves, so they consciously stay away.

After this Liu Ge returned to his hometown, he might not starve to death, but after all, he would not have a good life.

But Cao Mi, a woman in the 21st century, how could she care about such a thing, she nodded and settled the person directly, "The prince is strict in governing the army, this person can enter the prince's command, it is a good idea to come. Such a person , where because of the loss of a leg, the world will be scorned by the world."

After explaining the reason, Cao Mi smiled, "Please also ask the housekeeper to deliver the person as soon as possible."

The housekeeper nodded, "If Mrs. agrees, I will have someone bring him over later. These people who are going to be sent back to their hometowns were settled by the prince in a villa outside the city, very close to the mansion."

Cao Mi nodded in satisfaction, "So, of course it's the best."

Outside the hospital, Xia Lin, who had followed Cao Mi for several days, watched from afar the conversation between Cao Mi and the housekeeper, and suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart.

She looked left and right, but couldn't find the familiar Chunlin, so she grabbed Taozi next to her and asked, "Taozi, do you think that Madam is a little different these days?"

Taozi stared at a pair of big round eyes and asked strangely, "What's the difference?"

Xia Lin frowned lightly, "I can't say for sure, but I just think... Madam has more ideas than before."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Taozi thought of something, and suddenly choked: "Xia Lin, do you wish Madam would listen to you all the time?"

Xia Lin was stunned for a moment, then sneered and asked back: "I always follow Madam's orders to give advice to Madam. How come in your eyes, Madam always listens to me?"

"Heh." Taozi glared at her, "Madam just listened to you, and then assigned Zhang's family to this remote courtyard, and only aroused the anger of the prince in the first place!"

"Yesterday, you followed Madam to the study, right?" Xia Lin suddenly remembered this. She seemed to have thought of something and asked anxiously, "Madam... Did the lord say something to Madam?"

"How do I know!" Taozi pouted, looking frustrated.

She didn't notice Xia Lin's thoughts at all, and only complained: "But I know that Madam must have been wronged. When she came out of the study, the corners of her eyes were red."

Xia Lin nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this.

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Cao Mi didn't know what the others were thinking. When it was time for dinner, she came to Jingmingyuan as usual to eat with her three children.

The twins were thinking about the story of the stone monkey. This time they came very early. When Cao Mi arrived, he found that they were already waiting in the hall.

Before the meal was served, the two pestered Cao Mi to continue telling the story. Even the eldest child Qi Rui, who was sitting on the couch and playing with the chessboard, turned his head over.

Cao Mi carried the two bear children on his body to the couch, and while ordering the servants to serve dishes, he took the time to play another game of backgammon with Qi Rui.

Facing the troublesome twins, she firmly refused, "The story will be told after the meal."

After that, no matter how mischievous Qi An and Qi Ran were, she turned a blind eye and only carefully ensured that they stayed safely under her eyes.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for the meal to be ready.

Qi Rui eats less as usual, and Cao Mi has no appetite for these barren ancient dishes. After a little use, he tells a new plot in the twins' longing eyes.

"The stone monkey has been wandering in the world for more than ten years, and then, under the guidance of a woodcutter, came to the Xieyue Sanxingdong Cave in Fangcun Mountain, Lingtai. It is said that there lived an old immortal with boundless mana and immortality—— Patriarch Bodhi.

"Maybe it's time to have some fate with this Patriarch Bodhi. He went up the mountain and soon found this immortal. Patriarch Bodhi asked him where he came from, and the stone monkey answered honestly: 'From Dongsheng Shenzhou Flower Come from Guoshan.'

"Patriarch Bodhi was very angry when he heard this, because the Huaguo Mountain and Fangcun Mountain are separated by thousands of miles, and Patriarch Bodhi didn't believe that the stone monkey could travel from there, so he found his little disciple and wanted to take the stone monkey away Drive away. And the stone monkey got an opportunity to explain, he explained in detail where he came from, where he passed, and those who believed in him.

"Stone Monkey spoke earnestly, and the content in his words was very detailed, so Patriarch Bodhi looked at him differently.

"Originally, the immortals did not accept apprentices easily, but Patriarch Bodhi saw that the stone monkey was simple-minded and had the desire to seek the way, so he finally left him as his own disciple, and named the stone monkey according to his seniority. For 'Sun Wukong'!"

Xia Pangdun Qi Ran still hadn't forgotten the name of the stone monkey. Hearing the name, he widened his eyes, ignoring the vegetable soup that Chen's fed to his mouth, and shouted excitedly: "Monkey King Monkey King!"

Cao Mi reminded with a smile: "The stone monkey has just got a name now, it's not the Monkey King yet."

After she explained, she changed her words and continued to speak, "But, although Sun Wukong successfully worshipped Bodhi Patriarch, he was not liked by his brothers. This is because Sun Wukong is just a stone monkey. He was born in the mountains and forests, and his behavior and habits are very rough, and he can't even use a bowl or spoon!

"In the Sanxing Cave, everyone eats and dresses by themselves, but Sun Wukong can't know anything, so he suddenly becomes an alien. They laughed at Sun Wukong and said: 'You can't even eat by yourself, and you still want to learn magic from the ancestors. , what a fool's dream!'"

She said, looking at the twins meaningfully.

The twins, apparently realizing something too, looked at each other.

Cao Mi took their reactions in his eyes, and silently increased the weight, "Sun Wukong was very angry when he heard their ridicule. But he also knew that he really did not know how to use bowls and chopsticks.

"But as long as you are willing to learn, everything is not slow. On this day, in the Samsung Cave, Sun Wukong bravely picked up the bowl and spoon and began to try to eat by himself."

As she spoke, she scooped up a small bowl of still warm fish soup, put it in front of Qi Rui, turned her head to look at Qi An Qi Ran, the twins, and said, "Your brother Rui can already eat by himself, An'er and Ran'er are no worse than Sun Wukong, right?"

"Yes!" The second child Qi An was still pouting with some reluctance, and Qi Ran, who was pure-hearted, had already echoed loudly.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Cao Mi motioned the maid next to him to put the bowl and spoon on the table with his eyes and let Qi An and Qi Ran try it out for themselves.

Qi Ran grabbed the handle of the spoon, scooped a spoonful of porridge, and stuffed it into his mouth. Not to be outdone, Qi An moved his hand silently.

Although the two of them "shoveled" more food out of the bowl than they put into their mouths, Cao Mi still had some real joy in his heart.

The twins have finally had some gratifying changes, and it is worthwhile for her to change Journey to the West beyond recognition in the past few days, turning a fairy tale about struggle and growth into a parenting textbook.

The Chen family, whom the two children depended on the most, stood bewildered at this moment, as if she could not find her place at all.

Cao Mi glanced at her and said suddenly, "Chen's wet nurse taught me well. Before I knew it, both An'er and Ran'er learned to eat by themselves."

Chen's face was a little embarrassed, and hesitantly replied: "No, er... um, it's what slaves should do."

Cao Mi smiled at her gently, "It's not right to say that, you should be rewarded if you do it well. There are still a few new pieces of cloth in our courtyard, and I just happened to be making some new clothes with you."

After she finished speaking, without waiting for Chen's reaction, she turned her head with a smile and looked at the empty fish soup in front of Qi Rui, and asked in a warm voice, "Rui'er, would you like some more?"

Qi Rui, who had been coaxed by her to eat a lot of things, shook his head firmly, Cao Mi smiled and wiped the fish soup that he accidentally got on his mouth with a handkerchief.