But even as a cat demon, one had worries.
Luoluo sighed softly again, then shifted her head, closed her eyes, and pretended to be dead.
Shen Xiaoyan looked at Luoluo in this state, somewhat speechless, but didn't say anything more.
Though she didn't say it, she was complaining in her heart.
She never thought cats would have tantrums.
And completely without reason.
From this day on, the sky grew more and more gloomy, and after another two days, snow finally began to fall on the evening of the third day.
Shen Xiaoyan and the others noticed the snow when they had just finished dinner.
They stood by the window for a while, and then each returned to their rooms to rest.
Before falling asleep, Shen Xiaoyan thought that perhaps by morning, the outside would be covered in a layer of white.
And it turned out to be just as she thought. The moment she opened her eyes the next day, she felt that it was exceptionally bright outside the curtains.
Lifting a corner of the curtain, Shen Xiaoyan peered out from the corner and saw that it was still snowing heavily outside, and there was already an inch of snow on the low garden wall.
Before Shen Xiaoyan could lower the curtain in her hand, the door of the room was pushed open.
Shen Xiaoyan turned her head and saw Zheng Wei entering.
"You're awake?" Zheng Wei quietly closed the door again and turned to ask Shen Xiaoyan in a low voice.
"Yes, with such cold weather, why are you up so early?" Shen Xiaoyan also said in a low voice.
Little did she know that she thought her voice was quiet enough, but as soon as she finished speaking, the three children all opened their eyes, their dark, bright eyes staring at her motionlessly.
"Are you awake? Did Mom wake you up?" Shen Xiaoyan lowered her head and smiled at the three little ones.
"Yi ah..."
The three little ones grinned at the same time, smiling and talking to Shen Xiaoyan.
Although she didn't know what they were saying, Shen Xiaoyan still felt exceptionally happy.
"They should be up too, they must be hungry." Zheng Wei smiled and walked over, picked up the small clothes placed at the end of the heated brick bed, and began to dress Zheng Jiang.
Shen Xiaoyan said nothing more, picked up a piece of clothing, and began to dress Zheng He.
Although the triplets were only a little over 8 months old, they could already crawl and were at an age where they liked to move around. They were very uncooperative when being dressed. By the time they were dressed, Shen Xiaoyan was already sweating profusely.
To sweat so much on a winter day when it was snowing, it was probably a unique feat.
By the time the family of five was finally tidied up and came out, in the main room, Sima Hanyue, Qingxin, with Sima Shuairong, and Shen Xiaoming and Lu Taobao were already there.
"Huofen, bring the food."
Yue Qingxin first smiled at Shen Xiaoyan, then instructed Huofen, who was standing by the door.
Huofen agreed and walked out. m..oΓg
Now that the weather was cold, the food wouldn't be set out too early, otherwise, it would be cold by the time they ate.
Breakfast included porridge, side dishes, steamed dumplings, and flower rolls.
In addition to these, there were also four servings of steamed eggs.
In the steamed eggs, there was only egg yolk, no egg white.
Shen Xiaoyan had even specially looked at the baby food recipes. The book said that it was best for babies under one year old not to eat egg white.
After feeding the four children their respective steamed eggs and a bit of porridge, they were taken by the wet nurse to the east side room to play, and the adults began to eat.
Although the food was a little cool, it did not affect the taste. Moreover, for parents, seeing their children full was almost as satisfying as being full themselves.
After the meal, they all sat together on the heated brick bed in the east side room, chatting and admiring the snow scene outside.
"Why are you up so early this morning?" Shen Xiaoyan remembered the conversation that was interrupted by the awakening of the triplets that morning, and so she asked Zheng Wei beside her again.
When Zheng Wei heard this, he glanced sideways at Lu Taobao, who was sitting opposite them, then nodded and said, "It's not because there's a diligent student in our family who got up so early."
Shen Xiaoyan was a little confused at first. What did Zheng Wei mean by that?
Since Shen Xiaoming was the only one in the family who was attending school, and it was the 20th today, Shen Xiaoming didn't have class.
Looking at Lu Taobao's embarrassed look again, Shen Xiaoyan suddenly realized that the student Zheng Wei was referring to was him.
Lu Taobao felt embarrassed under Shen Xiaoyan's smiling gaze and could only say with a blush, "I will pay attention in the future."
"Pay attention to what?" Shen Xiaoyan raised her eyebrows and asked.
"I will pay attention..."
"You will pay attention not to be so diligent? That won't do, you made a vow." Yue Qingxin interrupted Zheng Wei's unfinished sentence and spoke first.
Hearing Yue Qingxin's words, Shen Xiaoyan also suddenly realized. That's right, Lu Taobao had made a vow that if he didn't surpass Zheng Wei, he would remain unmarried for life.
Shen Xiaoyan and the others had objected at the time and asked him to change his vow.
But there was nothing they could do, his determination was unusually firm, and he refused to budge.
So, Shen Xiaoyan and the others could only let him have his way.
As they were teasing Lu Taobao in the room, they saw Huofen's slightly hurried figure flash past the window.
The next second, Huofen opened the door and walked in. She first bowed, paid her respects to everyone, and then said, "We have guests."
"Guests? What guests?" Lu Taobao was the first to ask, his tone filled with surprise.
Shen Xiaoyan and the others also showed confused expressions. Who would come to visit on such a day?
"Replying to young master Lu, we don't know the person who arrived. They only said they were passing by and came to visit."
Shen Xiaoyan and the others looked at each other after hearing Huofen's words.
If they were some reclusive masters or people of noble status, it would be understandable for someone to come to visit them out of admiration.
But they were clearly just ordinary people, so who would come to visit them?
Could it be that they were really just passing by? Because of the heavy snow, they wanted to take shelter from the wind and snow, so they said they came to visit.
Zheng Wei pondered for a moment, stood up, and said, "I'll go take a look."
"I'll go too." Lu Taobao immediately stood up and followed Zheng Wei out.
Watching the two of them quickly walk towards the front courtyard from the window, the rest of them were still very curious.
"How many people are there? What are they wearing?" Shen Xiaoyan asked Huofen, who had not yet left.
"Replying to madam, I didn't go to the front. Huo Cheng told me that there were only two people, a man and a woman," Huofen said.
"Two people?" Shen Xiaoyan murmured, then waved for Huofen to leave.
The others didn't wait long. After about a quarter of an hour, Zheng Wei and Lu Taobao returned.
Behind them were a man and a woman.
Shen Xiaoyan and the others exchanged glances, all waiting for Zheng Wei and them to come in.
"Please come in."
Shen Xiaoyan only heard Zheng Wei's polite words, and then the door was pushed open.
Zheng Wei naturally entered first, followed by the two strangers, and finally Lu Taobao.
After Lu Taobao entered, he closed the door behind him.
"Let me introduce you, this is my wife Shen Xiaoyan, and this is brother Sima's wife, Madam Yue." Zheng Wei first pointed to Shen Xiaoyan and Yue Qingxin to introduce them to the two, and then pointed to Shen Xiaoming and said, "This is my wife's younger brother, Shen Xiaoming."
"These are your children?" The woman, however, paid no attention to what Zheng Wei was saying. From the moment she entered, her eyes were fixed on the four children on the heated brick bed.