The Empress of the Qing Dynasty is from the Northeast

Chapter 173 Don’t guess what the girl is thinking

It was already dusk when the two returned home, and the children had prepared a birthday gift for Changning.

Hutuli prepared needlework of her own and embroidered a sachet with a magpie on a branch for Changning, who praised it again and again.

"Wow! My eldest daughter is so amazing! Look at the needlework and the patterns. Not everyone can embroider them. You are really amazing!"

Seeing that her mother liked it, Hutuli was very happy and said modestly: "Oh, it's not that good. If you like it, I will embroider another one for you."

Hong Zhao gave Chang Ning a large calligraphy piece that he had written. He held it high up in front of Chang Ning's eyes and said, "Mother, mother, look at what I wrote. There is also a painting!"

"Wow! Our Fei Yang'a can also draw!"

Changning was very surprised. When did their family have this gene? Did Fei Yang'a take after Yinzhen?

When I opened it, it turned out to be another familiar looking stickman.

It has a big head, thin arms and legs, and a few strands of hair. It looks like it should be me.

"Yes, this is what my sister taught me." Hongzhao blinked his big eyes, waiting for his mother to praise him.

Well, Changning didn't know whether to laugh or cry, it turned out that the mother and her two children were all from the same bloodline.

However, it must be said that the characters "Hong Zhao" were written very well, with some of Yinzhen's charm. The calligraphy he copied since childhood was all written by Yinzhen himself, word by word.

So Changning touched his little head and said with a smile: "Not bad, Fei Yang'a has made great progress. These words have the charm of your father. Keep up the good work!"

Hong Zhao was also very touched. Mother is so kind! Mother's words are so gentle! Mother's hands are so warm!

Yierha was also a little shy and awkwardly handed over a handkerchief embroidered with lilies of the valley.

"Mother Chun, I made this. I wish you a happy birthday."

Changning was very surprised and touched Yierha's little face. She was sincere to this child and now she could give something back, which showed that she was a caring person.

"I really like Yierha's kindness. Thank you."

Yierha smiled sweetly when he heard that.

Then the family gathered together to prepare dinner.

Honghui and Hongyan are still in the palace. Hongmin, Hongchen and Hongyang have been making a fuss all day and are now sleeping in the same bed with Tuantuan and Yuanyuan's family.

They were having crabs today, and the kitchen sent over two large steamers filled with steaming crabs served with ginger and vinegar. Changning was enjoying the meal very much, but Yinzhen saw that she had already eaten seven or eight crabs and was still not ready to stop, so he hurriedly stopped her.

"Crabs are cold in nature, and it's not good for women to eat too much."

Changning pursed his lips, but didn't insist in the end. Eating too much would indeed cause diarrhea.

"Tell them to make some spicy crab tomorrow." Changning wanted to eat crab stew again, and thought about telling Eunuch Ma the recipe.

Hong Zhao dislikes the hassle of eating crabs. He prefers to eat simple and convenient things, such as crab meat dumplings and rice mixed with orange-yellow crab sauce.

Chang Ning saw that he was enjoying the crab paste and asked with a smile: "Let them serve you crab roe noodles tomorrow morning?"

Hong Zhao opened his mouth and laughed: "Great! I love crab roe the most! Thank you, mother!"

Like Yinzhen, Hutuli had a bowl of crab soup. This soup was made by boiling fat live crabs in boiling water, then removing the crab meat, crab roe and crab paste, and adding some side dishes, young bamboo shoots, shredded mushrooms, etc. to the freshly boiled chicken soup. It tasted clear and fresh.

Changning doesn't like to eat it, she thinks it has no taste.

Her favorite Northeastern cuisine has several characteristics: it is dark, sticky, and very salty, but Yinzhen jokingly called it "Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit."

Yierha was weak and couldn't eat crabs, so he just tried half a piece of crab meat pastry.

After the meal, Changning distributed some small toys bought at the market to the children.

Hutuli was intrigued by the osmanthus hairpins, which were of ordinary workmanship but bright colors. He inserted one into Yierha's hair and one into himself, and asked Changning: "Father, mother, do they look good?"

"It looks good." The two people said in unison.

In addition, she also liked the dressing table filled with the sweet scent of osmanthus. She planned to hold it next to her mirror and put her favorite jewelry in it.

Hong Zhao was not interested in his sisters' jewelry or his brothers' cloth tigers. He pursed his lips. Then he saw Changning took out a set of twelve inkstones. His eyes lit up.

He liked the one with a monkey catching the moon, and he also picked out one with a green bamboo and flying birds for his brother. Hutuli fell in love with the tourmaline one at first sight, it was crystal clear and very beautiful.

Even Yinzhen chose one with a mountain crane pattern and planned to put it on his desk for his own use.

Hong Zhao leaned over to take a look, fearing that his sister would hit him, but he couldn't help asking: "Sister, is your inkstone okay to use? It won't be scratched, right?"

Hutuli rolled her eyes at him and said, "What do you know? As long as she looks good, that's all. Don't try to guess what a girl is thinking. You won't understand no matter how hard you try."

Changning almost spit out his tea and wanted to twist his daughter's ears.

"Did you peek at my notebook again?"

Hutuli cried out in injustice: "No, mother! It was Fei Yang'a! He turned it out!"

Hutuli quickly sold out his brother. Hongzhao was so scared that he was incoherent: "It's...it's not me! It's Hongchen! He found it out!"

Chang Ning curled his lips: "Make it up! Keep making it up!"

Hutuli chuckled and put his arm around Changning: "Mother, the book you wrote is so interesting! You are so talented!"

"Don't flatter me, it's useless!"

"Really, mother, I'm not lying!" Hutuli quickly gave Hongzhao a look, and Hongzhao also came over and squatted, massaging Changning's legs, very attentively.

"I agree! Sister is right! Mother's talent is unparalleled! She is even better than my father! My father can't even write a storybook."

Changning just watched the children having fun quietly, and Yinzhen was innocently implicated.

In the end, Changning was lost in the praises of the children and completely forgot to warn them not to read these books.

In fact, Changning is not worried about their impact on their studies. After all, all her children are extremely smart and there is no need to worry about their studies. If there is an IQ test, Changning thinks they should all be able to score over 120.

Well, they are still young and do not have the ability to fully distinguish right from wrong. They are still in the stage of exploring the world and are prone to imitating.

If the children turned into greasy and domineering bosses because of reading these storybooks, she would really cry to death!

Because when she was in junior high school, she would slack off in class and read novels every day, which damaged her brain!

However, Yinzhen was not worried at all. He had a mysterious confidence in his genes.

It’s over, Changning thought, the domineering president virus has already infected people.