Refuse to trample on the pride of heaven

Chapter 307: Taking Care of a Baby (1)

The scene of holding the child and pulling the lotus root out of the other person's hand was so unbearable to imagine. I didn't expect that Xiaolu Wensheng would not let go after touching the lotus root.

As we all know, children are unreasonable. Liu Jiqian tried to coax Xiaolu Wensheng to let go in a soft voice, but was rejected by the other party in a childish voice.

In fact, Liu Jiqian, who is very good at getting along with everyone and guessing other people's thoughts, found it difficult for the first time. But children don't make a big fuss when making requests. They just look at you pitifully, with wet eyes and a crying voice.

"I want it, okay? Pretty brother~ you are the best, Wen Sheng wants lotus root~"

The spoiled child almost wanted to ask you to bring up the stars and the moon. Liu Jiqian actually had an idea - it was just cutting lotus roots, he didn't want the sun or the moon...

The growth process of lotus root includes the germination of the top bud of the lotus root to form a slender underground stem, called "lotus whip", which runs horizontally in the fertile mud and can be as long as 1 to 3 meters.

Leaves and ring-shaped fibrous roots will grow from the nodes of the lotus whip, and the internodes will swell to form new lotus roots, called parent lotus roots or main lotus roots. They can produce 2-4 secondary lotus roots. The larger secondary lotus roots can also produce grandson lotus roots. The small lotus roots only have one node.

The lotus root stem is the rhizome part of the lotus root. When conditions are suitable, the lotus root stem will swell into a lotus root. The lotus root stem connects one end of two lotus root seedlings, and the thicker one is the lotus root stem.

Therefore, the scene of digging lotus roots is still very spectacular.

Liu Jiqian only raised the lotus flowers for display and never dug any lotus roots, so the number of lotus roots under this ordinary mud was simply unimaginable.

Liu Jiqian had read a lot of books, so he had some common sense. For a moment, he felt a little embarrassed.

"Wen Sheng, what do you want lotus root for?"

"It's edible! It's fun!" The cub, who looked so pitiful and about to cry just now, immediately became excited.

It is true that children are made of water. They can shed tears freely.

Liu Jiqian's mind was still working quickly: "Then let's dig a piece, okay? There are too many for my brother to take back."

Children don’t actually need you to explain too much logic to them. They don’t understand and don’t want to listen. In fact, they just need to get the results they want. The amount doesn’t really matter.

Xiaolu Wensheng was easy to talk to again at this time: "Okay~" He only needs a little bit~

Perhaps there is no Nascent Soul in the world of cultivation who uses spiritual sense to dig lotus roots. Liu Jiqian is the first.

Liu Jiqian used his spiritual sense to cut off part of the lotus root that Xiaolu Wensheng was holding: "Okay, but don't pull it out yet..."

Xiaolu Wensheng moves very quickly, which is a common problem among children: he is very action-oriented.

As expected, before Liu Jiqian could finish his words, the lotus root sloshed out a string of mud, splashing directly onto Liu Jiqian's body, from his face to the front of his clothes. Liu Jiqian's expression suddenly froze on his face.

But the little deer Wen Sheng was completely unaware of it. He just kept holding the lotus root with a silly smile on his face, not even noticing that he had turned into a mud monkey.

In fact, Liu Jiqian, who is a bit of a germaphobe, sighed: "..." Forget it.

Now both the child, big and small, were dirty. Liu Jiqian's eyelids twitched when he saw the soft mud sliding down the robes, but the dirty child in his arms had an innocent look on his face.

Feeling the wetness on his face, probably the mud, Liu Jiqian was unexpectedly calm - perhaps he had given up on himself?

However, his tolerance was unusually high, and he smiled at the enthusiastic Xiaolu Wensheng - if it were usual times, he would have gone to change his clothes with a sullen face.

"Brother, I didn't mean it." After being happy, Xiaolu Wensheng noticed that his handsome brother's face was covered with mud. He immediately reacted and felt guilty. He wanted to wipe it off for him, but found that he was even dirtier, and his paws were the color of chocolate.

There was hardly any clean spot on her body, and she was still nestling in brother Qianqian's arms.

Xiaolu Wensheng's eyes widened, thinking that he was such a bad kid, bullying his handsome and easy-going brother and making things so difficult for him.

"I'm sorry..." Xiaolu Wensheng stammered.

"Brother, hit the baby to vent your anger."

As he said this, he closed his eyes and stretched out his arm, which was already half covered with mud. He is a little baby, brother Qianqian won't use too much force, right? Don't hit him hard.

Liu Jiqian really couldn't help it. He couldn't clearly describe the feeling of his chest being filled. He just hugged the cub tightly and gave the other's chubby little face two quick kisses.

Xiaolu Wensheng blinked his eyes, reacted, rolled his eyes, twisted his little body and held Liu Jiqian's face to kiss him back. Liu Jiqian's face was immediately covered with crystal saliva - did kissing him mean that Qianqian was not actually angry with him?

Neither the big nor the small said anything, but they were actually very nervous.

Liu Jiqian slowed down, after all, he was a cunning adult, and immediately changed the subject: "Let's go take a bath, and then I'll make you lotus root, okay?"

He did remember the cub's suggestion that the lotus root be eaten, and he was not perfunctory about it.

Xiaolu Wensheng's attention was indeed diverted: "Okay!"

Liu Jiqian took Xiaolu Wensheng back. Xiaolu Wensheng undressed in a hurry, then grunted and climbed into the wooden barrel filled with water. Liu Jiqian's gaze moved downwards involuntarily, then he looked away awkwardly, with his ears turning red.

Just… cute.

It was inevitable that he was taking advantage of someone's misfortune. Liu Jiqian thought for a moment and asked, "Can you wash it yourself?"

However, it was obviously useless to ask this question when facing the cubs who were already playing in the water and splashing around.

"Wen Sheng, can I help you take a bath?" Liu Jiqian's tone was still gentle, but inevitably there was a hint of coaxing in it.

Xiaolu Wensheng didn't care: "Okay." It would definitely be cleaner if an adult washed it than if he did it himself, and he wanted to be a good and clean baby!

Liu Jiqian had never raised a child, but he knew that children had tender skin. Even though he knew that Xiaolu Wensheng Jindan's body was very reliable, he was still frightened when he touched that soft and tender skin, and he felt his fingertips trembling.

Xiaolu Wensheng didn't feel anything. He looked at Liu Jiqian's red face with a puzzled expression: Is Brother Qianqian out of strength?

After finally cleaning the cub, Liu Jiqian felt relieved. He pulled the child out and wrapped him into a ball in a few seconds.

The clothes sent by the disciples also arrived, and some were curious: "Why did Senior Brother Liu suddenly want clothes for children?"

Liu Jiqian took the clothes package and said, "You'll know later."

The disciple said "oh" and went back to play crickets with his fellow disciples.

"Oh my god, Senior Brother Liu also asked me to get clothes for the child. So what they said about Senior Brother Liu bringing a child back was true? But I didn't see the child, which is a pity."

"And he looks a lot like Senior Brother Lu!"

"Does our cultivation world have something like this? Let's go and ask about it someday."

"Looks like Senior Brother Lu? How similar?"

Liu Jiqian didn't know that there would be many daring disciples lying on the wall behind him, trying to get a glimpse of the cub.