Chapter 109: All Of You Get Lost
Xie Chong rarely slacked off, playing at home with Qin Wanwan for a while.
The little one remembered yesterday’s events and insisted that Xie Chong teach her martial arts, so she wouldn’t lose face playing with others anymore.
Then, she stood in a horse stance in the courtyard for less than a minute.
“Daddy, I can’t do it. I’ll wait until I’m a bit older to practice,” she said.
Xie Chong replied, “Since you want to learn, you can’t give up halfway. Let’s run first to improve your stamina.”
Qin Wanwan: QAQ
Was this a case of her lifting a rock only to drop it on her own feet?
Xie Chong thought that since Shang Wuyang was teaching her academics, he should teach Wanwan something as well.
Although every time he saw it, it was the seemingly stable Shang Wuyang teaching his daughter, with scenes of near breakdown and chaos.
But Shang Wuyang never gave up; aside from tutoring, their relationship was quite good at other times.
Since Shang Wuyang taught her academics, she could have a Great General father teach her martial arts.
He didn’t expect Wanwan to be powerful, just that she would have the ability to escape when in danger and wouldn’t be easily bullied in the future.
Children of the border passes did not focus on chess, calligraphy, painting, or music, but rather on health and martial prowess.
Some women were even as capable as men.
“From today onwards, you will get up every morning and exercise with me, and you won’t be bullied anymore.”
Qin Wanwan sat down on the ground, pouting and complaining she was tired before they even started.
“But it’s so tiring, Wanwan still wants to sleep in.”
Xie Chong said, “I’ll wake you up later. You’ll like it if you stick with it.”
Ancient people had few forms of entertainment and slept early, usually going to bed around eight or nine o’clock.
Therefore, they also woke up early.
No matter how much they liked sleeping in, they wouldn’t sleep until noon.
Qin Wanwan nodded her little head and compromised, “Okay, but let’s train slowly, Wanwan doesn’t want to be too tired.”
“Alright,” Xie Chong readily agreed. He just wanted his daughter to have the ability to protect herself, not to train her like a soldier under his command.
Qin Wanwan followed her daddy and ran a lap around the General’s Mansion.
The animals in the house, excluding the young, not-yet-grown ones and the legless snakes that could only crawl, all followed Qin Wanwan.
But Xie Chong wished he could drive those guys away.
He finally understood the meaning of the saying, “A doting mother raises a useless son.”
Although Qin Wanwan didn’t have a mother in this household, the animals that Qin Wanwan had raised now doted on her excessively, completely turning things upside down.
After only running for a short while, his daughter hadn’t even complained of being tired, yet they came over, wanting to carry Qin Wanwan.
They were even scrambling to carry her!
Xie Chong’s face darkened.
“All of you, get out of here!”
Qin Wanwan glanced at Xie Chong guiltily.
“Cough… I can run by myself, I’m not tired yet, all of you go away, go away.”
Keke mumbled, “The cub is still so young, why train? Her body will naturally be strong when she grows up.”
What Keke said was the truth; most divine beasts possessed naturally powerful physiques, and Qilins were no exception.
Not only were they powerful, but they were also impervious to blades and spears.
The Qilin cub was just too young, which made it look weak now, but it would be fine when it grew up.
Xie Chong asked, “Do I need you to tell me what to do?”
Keke: …Why can’t even a bird speak?
Xie Chong exercising with Qin Wanwan was not only for her physical health and to develop her independent personality so she wouldn’t be bullied, but more importantly, he wanted to spend more time with her.
After all, with another father eyeing her, he naturally wanted to be closer to his daughter.
Qin Wanwan was truly tired from running. Without even needing the animals, Xie Chong easily continued to run, holding her.
This was no ordinary hug; Qin Wanwan, the little milk ball, was directly riding on her daddy’s neck.
“Hahaha… so high, Daddy, Wanwan is taller than Daddy now~”
From such a high vantage point, Qin Wanwan wasn’t afraid at all; instead, she laughed with exceptional joy.
Xie Chong thought he had made the right decision and would continue to exercise with his daughter in the future.
However, this kind of life didn’t last long.
Shang Wuyang was preparing to go to Shangjing.
He was taking soybean products like dried bean curd, pressed tofu, and fermented bean curd made from the soybean product workshop during this period, along with coconut oil from the oil pressing workshop.
The merchant caravan to Shangjing had already been assembled, and he had even borrowed some manpower from Xie Chong.
“On my way to Shangjing, I will definitely encounter some bandits. Your people will be responsible for eliminating them. Only when the merchant caravan’s route is sufficiently safe will it attract more merchant caravans and escort agencies to this border pass; otherwise, with too much risk, who would dare to venture?”
Xie Chong agreed without much consideration.
“I will give you a formidable squad of three hundred men, all veterans who have fought on the battlefield and can handle bandits.”
Shang Wuyang nodded; three hundred men from Xie Chong, plus his own manpower, would be sufficient.
The day before departing, Shang Wuyang put aside all his affairs and cleared a whole day to play with Qin Wanwan.
“I’ll take you somewhere.”
Shang Wuyang took Qin Wanwan into a carriage and then went to a residential area for commoners on the outskirts of Shahe City.
The open space there was large, but now a new building stood there.
“An amusement park!”
Qin Wanwan’s eyes lit up.
Amusement parks were naturally places for children to play. Shang Wuyang had people spend a lot of time building this one, incorporating many mechanical arts.
It was considerably larger than the amusement park in Shangyang City.
A towering slide, although made of wood, was polished very smoothly.
And based on Keke’s description, Shang Wuyang had actually created a roller coaster.
However, it wasn’t the thrilling roller coaster; this one was also designed with a mechanism and required human power.
The single-person bicycle-like device next to it, which required pedaling, was the power source.
When a child sat on it, and an adult pedaled vigorously nearby, the vehicle would move along the track.
Shang Wuyang, being rich and arrogant, had even made the track out of iron.
He used his own iron for this.
Shang Wuyang controlled several mines, and neither Tianqi nor other grassland kingdoms could force him to surrender them.
He had also made children’s mini-bicycles.
He didn’t want a carousel; he’d rather ride a real horse than a wooden one.
Shang Wuyang kept some pony horses at the amusement park, the short, chubby, fluffy kind.
Adults couldn’t ride them, but they were perfect for children!
Keke flew around the amusement park and was stunned. What kind of genius was this?
It had only mentioned it casually, not even explaining the principles, and Shang Wuyang had actually built it.
Truly worthy of someone who knew all about mechanical arts; this was incredible!
Qin Wanwan was overjoyed. She played on the slide, built sandcastles. The sand was also clean, fine sand that Shang Wuyang had people specially bring. It was a large area, incredibly enticing to children.
There were also seesaws, swings, she rode the little rail car, and then rode a bicycle around the flat ground, and went to ride the little ponies…
