King’s House Kindergarten

The smile in Zhuo Yuan's eyes was light, and before he could retract it, he caught a glimpse of the little figure sitting up on the top of Xiao T'an.

Zhuo Yuan was stagnant in his heart, as if he had done something monstrous, or was discovered by the children in the house, and turned around in a panic.

When he saw the guy sitting up on the couch, Zhuo Yuan's eyes paused, and his nervousness was slightly relieved.

It's Ah Si...

***

The two took their seats before the case in the outer compartment.

A Si held the water cup and said softly, "Uncle Six, I saw that you were stealing a kiss from A Yue just now..."

"No, you read it wrong." Zhuo Yuan insisted thick-skinned, "Or you are dreaming."

Ah Si looked at him, blinked, and didn't pierce him again. When he put down the water glass in his hand, the layers of ripples on the water glass came into his eyes like a glimmer of light, reminding him of the time he spent with Sixth Uncle earlier. , Ah Si whispered, "Uncle Six, you are happier than before..."

Zhuo Yuan would be wrong and sneered, "When am I unhappy? I am happy every day."

After speaking, he paused for a while. I don't know since when, I have been so immersed in my ears and eyes, and even my words have been carved out of the same mold as Shen Yue?

Zhuo Yuan raised his lips lightly and smiled slightly.

Ah Si also followed with a smile, "Uncle Liu, I'm very happy to see you every day..."

Zhuo Yuan was angry and funny, "I'll be happier if you can go to bed earlier!"

A Sipuchi burst out laughing.

Zhuo Yuan also followed him - Dao Xiao.

Uncle and nephew just laughed for a while in the outer compartment for no reason. Si said truthfully, "I can't sleep, Uncle Six, I want to stay with you for a while..."

"Oh, is that so?" Zhuo Yuan looked at him and said in a low voice, "Let's play chess then."

"Play chess?" Ah Si was surprised, "But I can't."

Zhuo Yuan said leisurely, "I'll teach you, backgammon, if you have five stones in a row, you will win. It's easy to learn, not difficult, and it's not difficult to play."

Just as Ah Si was about to speak, Zhuo Yuan replied, "Don't ask, the question was taught by Shen Yue. It was used to pass the time on the carriage, can't you get off?"

Ah Si nodded, "Get down."

Zhuo Yuan stepped forward and said strangely, "This time, I'm going to complain to Ayue, saying that you want to read a book in the middle of the night?"

Ah Si was stunned for a while, then suddenly changed into a laugh, "Uncle Six, take revenge!"

"It's good if you know!" Zhuo Yuan opened the chess box.

These things are always available in the post house, especially the Xucheng post house. The people who come here are all for the hot springs to relax, and they rarely read official documents in the rest of the time, so tools such as chess pieces to pass the time are very necessary.

Zhuo Yuan held Heizi first, and Ah Si held Baizi.

Zhuo Yuan - face to face, - face to face to explain the rules to Ah Si.

Ah Si learns everything very quickly, and it's clear at the point. The child next to him was still a little stunned when Shen Yue played the third game, but Ah Si was able to narrowly beat him in the third game.

Zhuo Yuan was impressed, "If it wasn't for the backgammon that you couldn't cheat, I really thought you were cheating."

Only Uncle Liu could say such words.

Ah Si sat up straight, and chuckled when he settled down, "Uncle Six, it's so nice of you to be here."

Zhuo Yuan was rarely cleaning up Xiao Wu, so he took the booklet on the side and patted him on the head, "There's something wrong! When am I gone! At the end of the year, can you not say something auspicious, such as when? It's okay to marry your sixth aunt or something..."

Ah Si is as good as a stream, "When will you marry Sixth Aunt?"

Zhuo Yuan: "..."

***

Later in the day, Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba were tired of running.

Zhuo Xin brought Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba back to the outer cubicle, and saw Zhuo Yuan and A Si sitting in front of the desk and playing chess.

Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba were sweating profusely from exhaustion, as if they had fallen into the water. Zhuo Yuan was stunned. He could understand Xiao Wu's amount of exercise, but Xiao Ba was a little unbelievable. The two children obviously played with each other. Tired, he threw himself to his side, panting and drinking water, then lazily didn't want to move.

Zhuo Yuan sighed, "What's the matter, have you two just finished swimming in winter?"

Ah Si couldn't help but want to laugh.

Indeed, Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba, you look at me, I look at you, and see each other's hair dripping with water, but it doesn't look like they just came back from the winter swimming, what is it?

The little five-ringed arm pouted.

Little Ba has an ear, "Uncle Six, let me tell you quietly, we went to play hide-and-seek with the second brother, and the second brother—personally drove us both, he—threw us and jumped up and down to run around..."

Zhuo Yuan - listening, - looking at Zhuo Xin with a smile, really saw the sweat stains on his forehead.

Zhuo Yuan said with a casual smile, "Axin, let's keep the year old."

Zhuo Xin was slightly startled, and when he hesitated, the curtain by his side was lifted, and Shen Yue walked out of the inner room. She had slept in front of the Taishi chair for a while, and seemed to have some messy dreams, but the previous The fruit wine should be almost awake.

"Ayue!" Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba suddenly sat up straight when they saw Shen Yue.

Zhuo Yuan also looked at her, his eyes were slightly stunned, and his ears seemed to be a little red, "Awake?"

"Yeah." With such a response, he really couldn't remember the incident he secretly kissed her just now.

The sixth uncle wanted to be with Shen Yue, and Zhuo Xin knew it well.

"I'll go to accompany the Taifu, Taifu-ren is a little lonely, I just happened to talk to him for a while." Zhuo Xinyan turned around, in fact, he was also strange, when would he be able to say this to his sixth uncle Long - paragraph.

"Axin." Zhuo Yuan stopped him again.

Zhuo Xin turned back.

Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba leaned against Zhuo Yuan from left to right. Zhuo Yuan didn't get up, but looked at him gently and said softly, "Happy New Year."

Zhuo Xin was stunned, and after a while, he also whispered, "Uncle Six, Happy New Year."

Just after saying that, I felt awkward again, so I glanced at Shen Yue and the children in the outer compartment, nodded in greeting, and turned around.

Zhuo Yuan didn't seem to expect him to respond, his whole body froze, and then his eyes drooped slightly. When he raised his eyes again, Zhuo Xin's back had left the outer compartment, but the warmth in Zhuo Yuan's eyes did not fade away. , then sighed at Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba, "You two are going to take a bath, you're both stinky and sweaty!"

Xiao Wujue is dissatisfied!

Xiaoba raised his arm and smelled it, where is the smelly sweat?

"I just sweated, but it hasn't dried up yet. It's better to take a break before taking a bath." Shen Yue stepped forward and smiled at Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba.

Xiaowu and Xiaoba looked at Zhuoyuan again.

Zhuo Yuan's ears were originally red. When he looked at Shen Yue, it seemed that because of the previous incident, he couldn't even look at her very well and said in a deep voice, "Listen to A Yue..."

Xiao Ba looked at Shen Yue, and Zhuo Yuan again, and smiled honestly, "Hey, Uncle Six, you listen to A Yue in everything."

Shen Yue: "..."

Zhuo Yuan said quietly, "Ayue is right, why don't you listen?"

"..." Xiaoba was speechless.

Shen Yue smiled and asked Ah Si, "Are you playing chess?"

Ah Si nodded, "Uncle Six said, play Gobang."

Gobang? Shen Yue looked at him.

Before Zhuo Yuan could speak, Xiao Ba interjected and asked, "Ayue, what is backgammon?"

Xiao Wu disliked it, "Playing chess is boring, how can it be fun to hide and seek!"

Zhuo Yuan raised his eyes to look at Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba, and suddenly had an idea - "Who said it's boring... Come, just to see how the backgammon is played, don't just know how to hide and seek."

After Zhuo Yuan finished speaking, he looked at Shen Yue, "The next two games? Just wait until they are almost sweating, and then go to take a shower?"

He seemed to have said a reason why Shen Yue could not refuse, and Shen Yue agreed.

A Si got up and moved away, Shen Yue sat down opposite the case, Xiao Ba consciously ran to Shen Yue and let Shen Yue hug, Shen Yue smiled, the position was just enough to hold Xiao Ba, so Shen Yue hugged Xiao Ba and Zhuo Yuan sat down to chess, A Si and Xiao Wu - left and right lying on the table and the other two watched the two of them play chess.

Shen Yue was patient and explained the rules with Xiaoba.

Xiao Ba is just at the age where he can count. Every time the two play a piece, Xiao Ba will count them, horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. When Shen Yue and Zhuoyuan played backgammon, it was to teach Tao Tao to count. Counting, Taotao is smaller than Xiaoba, making her learning to count alone is a bit boring, but when she and Zhuoyuan are playing backgammon, Taotao is very happy to count.

Right now, Hachi is the same reason.

"—, two, three..." As if counting was a novel and interesting thing.

Xiao Wuze held his cheeks and sighed, "The number is wrong, this one belongs to A Yue..."

"Oh..." Xiao Ba came back to his senses.

Ah Si also said, "Xiao Ba, look, the oblique one can also be counted."

"Really,—, two, three, four..." Little Eight was excited.

...

Zhuo Xinxing went to the entrance of the garden and heard laughter from the outer compartment.

When I stopped and turned around, I happened to see the heads of several children in the outer compartment, talking with Uncle Six and A Yue, that the ever-bright lantern was on the side, like a warm and lively picture.

Zhuo Xin lowered his head and smiled, and then looked at the outer room from a distance before turning around and leaving the card.

There were no regrets in his eyes.

***

The period of Gobang can be very short or very long.

Just as Little Eight was excited to count, Shen Yue and Zhuo Yuan played about ten games of Gobang, each winning or losing, but there were no anxious games that made Little Eight unable to count.

Zhuo Yuan rarely played chess like this with a few children. He saw that several heads were close together, almost occupying the chessboard. Some were in Shen Yue's arms, some were lying on the table, and some were just beside him, but It's all about how powerful Ayue is, it seems that he should win Ayue, but it's not worth mentioning; but if Ayue wins once, a few people will come after all kinds of flattery, as if Shen Yue and them are the only one. child's.

He's another hostile!

Zhuo Yuan was angry and funny.

But Shen Yue didn't pay much attention to it. She was playing chess, and she was paying attention to whether Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba were still sweating, and just wiped them briefly. Is it almost the same now?

When this sentence was over, when the babies were chatting, Shen Yue smiled and said, "It's almost there, Xiao Wu, Xiao Ba, let's go take a bath."

In fact, Xiao Ba is enjoying counting and counting, but Xiao Wu is a little tired. Shen Yue mentioned that Xiao Wu should quickly respond, and Xiao Ba was willing to be with Xiao Wu, so he also quickly responded.

Shen Yue got up and wanted to lead the two of them to the ear room to bathe and wash, Zhuo Yuan also got up one after another and said to her, "I'll go, you're tired today, I'll take care of Ah Si first."

He fell asleep on the Taishi chair when he saw her...

Shen Yue looked at him, and before answering, she saw Zhuo Yuan - holding Xiao Wu, - holding Xiao Ba and turning around, Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba are willing to be with him, - people - sentence and him As he spoke, Zhuo Yuan reminded, "I'm back in the inner room, so be quiet."

Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba quickly reached out to cover their mouths.

The corner of Shen Yue's mouth tickled slightly - although some people are arrogant sometimes, but in fact, they are a good sixth uncle who is competent.

There was a hint of warmth in Shen Yue's eyes.

Zhuo Yuan took Xiao Wu and Xiao Ba away, while Shen Yue and A Si continued to play chess a few days ago.

"You just learned?" Shen Yue felt that he played very well, unlike ordinary children, but Ah Si was used to being smart.

Siping nodded peacefully.

Shen Yue smiled and said, "You really look like a big kid..."

Because I have a lot of contact with children, I sometimes feel inexplicably that Ah Si is different from the children next to him, but if there is any big difference, it is not necessarily, but occasionally I feel that Ah Si is like a big child.

The eldest child is a child of Zhuo Xin's age...

Shen Yue smiled and said nothing, just continued to play chess with Ah Si.

Ah Siben was about to fall, but suddenly sighed, "Ayue, it's so nice of you to come home."

Shen Yue smiled, "Let me guess what's the matter, you sighed twice in a day?"

I sighed once in the morning.

Ah Si smiled shyly, "I feel it."

Shen Yue reached out and touched his head.

Ah Si smiled, "You lost, Ah Yue..."

Shen Yue was stunned and lost again, smart children are really different sometimes...

***

Later, Zhuo Yuan lifted the curtain and came out of the inner room. Seeing that the two of them were still playing chess, he said softly, "They are all asleep."

Shen Yue and Ah Si were both surprised and didn't hear anything...

Zhuo Yuan - facing forward, - said face to face, "Don't look at the excitement just now, I can't open my eyes when I take a bath, and after wiping my head for a while, I dozed off for a long time, and when I went to the small couch, I didn't say a word. Go to sleep when you're done."

It is in line with Xiao Wu's temperament.

As for Xiaoba, I haven't seen him run like this before, and the amount of exercise exceeds the standard...

"Playing chess?" Zhuo Yuan looked at the chessboard, somewhat surprised.

Shen Yue nodded, Ah Si looked at him, and suddenly said, "Uncle Six, you have to help Ah Yue, she can't beat me?"

"Oh?" Zhuo Yuan suddenly laughed.

"..." Shen Yue still couldn't refute.

"You are so powerful?" Zhuo Yuan - smiling, - stepped forward, motioning Ah Si to let go and start over, while he stood behind Shen Yue, as if to see how powerful he was, "Go with him, give him He's so arrogant!"

After Zhuo Yuan finished speaking, Shen Yue really endured.

Ah Si is really good.

Backgammon considers logic and pre-judgment, but most children play randomly, and only adults will consider the second move. Gobang's backhand is different from Go, often making a wrong move, and the outcome is immediately divided.

Therefore, there is no room for error in every step.

Ah Si moved very quickly, leaving very little time for Shen Yue to think. In the fierce chess game, Zhuo Yuan supported Shen Yue, watching the chess game, from time to time he would verbally make up for Ah Si, or make fun of himself, anyway, it was either his fault or Ah Si's fault, After all, Shen Yue can't be wrong...

Even Ah Si couldn't help but laugh, Shen Yue also laughed, the relationship between the three seemed to be a lot closer unknowingly.

It's just that when Ah Si laughed a little loudly, Zhuo Yuan put his hand to his lips and made a low voice, for fear of disturbing the sleeping children in the inner room.

Ah Si quickly fell silent.

Shen Yue wanted to turn her eyes to look at him, but he just leaned over and wiped the breath between her lips on the side of his neck.

There was no speech at the moment, and the atmosphere was a little ambiguous.

Ah Si suddenly yawned, "I went to sleep."

"Okay." Zhuo Yuan responded...

When Zhuo Yuan came out of the inner room, Shen Yue got up from the case, "Did you sleep?"

Zhuo Yuan nodded, "All asleep."

Shen Yue nodded and looked at the copper pot on the side of the drip, and the ion time was only two quarters of an hour...

When the child is over, it is to keep the year old, and it will be soon.

Shen Yue stretched out her hand and helped the case a few times to get up, "Then... I'll go back first?"

Zhuo Yuan paused for a while, but now, even Ah Si is gone, he doesn't seem to be able to keep her...

Zhuo Yuan nodded lightly, but he couldn't help bewitching in his heart.

After Shen Yue turned around and reached the door of the outer cabinet, Zhuo Yuanwu opened his eyes and said, "Shen Yue..."

"Huh?" Shen Yue stopped and looked back at him.

There was no smile on his face, only a gentle voice, "There are still two quarters of an hour before the hour, - let's watch the new year, - people are a little deserted..."

Shen Yue looked at him and couldn't help but stagnate.

On the side, the ever-bright lantern clearly reflected the outline of her side face, and the slender and curled eyelashes blinked gently, as if her breathing was slowly slowing down—pat.

She lowered her head slightly, looked at the flames jumping at the Changming lantern, and replied softly, "Okay."

Zhuo Yuan Qiyan.

***

Just now, they are playing chess, and now, the two of them continue to play chess by default.

Two quarters of an hour is actually not long, and when playing chess, it seems that you don't need to look at each other too much.

The fingertips alternately placed chess pieces, the previous ambiguous beauty seems to be also in the sound of moving pieces, gradually fading a little, the rest is not much, not much...

Just right.

When the fireworks sounded at midnight, the two of them turned their eyes at the same time and quietly looked out the window.

His lips twitched slightly.

The fireworks of Xu Shi are two ticks, and the fireworks of Zi Shi are even shorter, which are one tick.

It was different from watching fireworks with the children in Xu time. Right now, it was just the two of them, neither talking nor the sound of frolic around them. Except for the sound of fireworks blooming in the night sky, they were quiet and far away.

Far in the night sky, yet so close...

"Ayue, Happy New Year~" He turned to look at her.

This is the third time in two days.

"Happy New Year." Shen Yue also turned to look at him.

The fireworks are still blooming in the night sky outside the window, going round and round, like flowing and poetic ink paintings, flowing in the gap of time noisily and quietly...

Only the heartbeat hidden in the bottom of my heart, like the cicadas in summer, bewitched one after another, as if the heartbeat suddenly missed again.

His breathing seemed to be frozen, only the sighing Youlan on his lips, "Next year will be the end of the year, and you and I will be here too, okay?"

Shen Yue was stunned, her slender feathered eyelashes trembled slightly again, lining her eyes—wiping clear water.

He continued, "I think that every year closes, you and I will be there to keep an eye on the new year, is that okay?"

Her fingertips were slightly stagnant, and finally, a fireworks burst into the night sky, lighting up the entire night sky in an instant.

"If you don't speak, you will acquiesce." In the dazzling light beam, he leaned forward and gently pressed the tip of his nose against hers.

"Ayue, this time it's not stealing a kiss..."

She trembled inwardly.

Finally—before the ray of light fell into the starry sky, he closed his eyes and kissed her lips.