Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 574 Jueqing Castle (2)

The next day, as dawn broke, Dugu Chen opened his eyes and found himself looking at unfamiliar bed curtains. Then, he remembered he had arrived at Jueqing Castle. He shifted his gaze and saw his wife, who was still in a sweet slumber, and propped himself up on one arm to watch her quietly, as if admiring a beautiful painting of a sleeping beauty.

When Feng Xuxu awoke, the sun was already high in the sky. Noticing the empty space beside her in bed and hearing the sounds of their children’s pitiful pleas outside, she knew her husband was making the kids practice their martial arts routines. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be any sound of begging for mercy. Helplessly smiling, she shook her head.

As soon as Qiqi and Yueyue saw their mother come out, their sorry little faces immediately burst into smiles. They abandoned their horse stances and scurried towards Feng Xuxu, each hugging one of her thighs, coquettishly calling out, "Mom."

"Come back here, calling for your mom won’t help. You’ve been playing non-stop these last few days. Now you can’t even handle half an hour in a horse stance," Dugu Chen said displeasedly, looking at them.

Qiqi and Yueyue looked up and blinked their eyes, giving Feng Xuxu a woeful gaze. It was clear they didn’t want to hold the horse stance any longer.

Feng Xuxu looked up, apologetically glanced at her man, feeling a bit reluctant. Before she could say anything, Dugu Chen cut her off, "Wife, you can’t indulge them. They’ve become lazy while we’ve been away. They used to be able to hold a horse stance for an hour with no trouble, and now they can’t even last half an hour. If this keeps up, that’s not going to work." Saying this, Dugu Chen was grinding his teeth, feeling a sense of frustration that they weren’t living up to his expectations.

Feng Xuxu gave a slight nod and looked at her children, shrugging helplessly: "Finish the remaining half hour of your horse stance, and mom will make you something delicious for lunch."

Qiqi pouted, reluctantly let go of his mom’s thighs, and after looking back at her again and again, reluctantly returned to his father’s side and resumed the horse stance properly.

Yueyue puffed out her cheeks, turning her head every three steps, continuously giving her mom a look of disappointment. Finally, seeing her mom remain silent, she pursed her lips, joined her brother, and began squatting in a horse stance again.

In the courtyard of Jueqing Castle, the two adults sat by a stone table drinking tea, while the two children squatted in horse stances in front of them, giving them pitiful looks.

"Cousin, the children are so young, why are you making them do horse stances?" Jueqing asked, looking at the kids’ pitiful appearance, and was immediately touched by his soft heart.

"Martial training for children starts from a young age. Besides, they’re already three years old. Squatting in a horse stance for just an hour a day is within their capacity," Dugu Chen said, looking at him with a slight frown.

Upon hearing their uncle’s words, both children fiercely nodded their heads, looking at him with eyes as woeful as can be. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Feng Xuxu looked at her cousin, unconcerned. She knew her children’s physique like the back of her hand. Though they were only three years old and seemed to be mere toddlers, having consumed Spiritual Spring Water for three years, their bodies were more mature than most children, and their minds more precocious. This hour-long horse stance was nothing new for them, and it posed no problem at all. Feng Xuxu remained silent, sitting quietly to the side, waiting for time to pass.

Jueqing looked at the couple, unmoved, and felt indignant inside. He went up to the children and was about to take them away, speaking to them, "Your uncle will take you to your great-grandfather’s. Your mom won’t scold you."

Yueyue glanced at her mom, remained silent, and then looked at her dad. Then she said to Jueqing, "Uncle, let me finish my horse stance first."

Jueqing was instantly choked with anger and sat down furiously on the stool, glaring at Dugu Chen: "You’re even more ruthless than a stepfather."