Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 1042 Raising children is a disaster

If Connie hadn't arrived in time, Penelope would have already been beaten up.

Penelope thought for a moment, crawled a few steps on the floor, and rolled directly onto the wool carpet in the living room.

Mikhail gave him an appalling look: "You're wearing new clothes!"

“I was already dirty when I rolled down the stairs,” Penelope said weakly, lying on the wool blanket. “I had to wash it anyway.”

Mikhail had nothing to say.

His sister always manages to keep up with her mother's limits, and even if he wants to help, he won't offer himself up as a scapegoat.

Let her take the beating herself!
Connie, who was tidying up her room upstairs, couldn't help but turn around and take a look.

The two children of Mrs. Alexis were incredibly bright and clever.

Although he is a naughty child, well... four or five-year-olds are not that bad, right?
Connie couldn't help but think, "So this is what a gifted child is like!"

Although she wouldn't mention anything about the Alexandra family to outsiders, or even to her sons, she would occasionally observe the children in Laurel Church.

It's not that her children are too stupid, but rather that these two children are too outstanding.

But she wasn't too surprised.

While at the Laurel Church, Connie often heard the older nuns talk about Crown Prince Luciano's past behavior.

That's basically the same approach.

As for being mischievous... Prince Luciano wasn't exactly a well-behaved child either, and he left behind quite a few legends in Emilia.

Children with strong abilities are usually full of energy, which is completely different from her three sons who could only lie down after finishing their knight training courses.

Connie smoothed out the crumpled blankets in her hands, turned around and took them into the laundry room, then quickly cleaned the room and changed the sheets and duvet cover on the big bed.

He then looked seriously at the two small beds placed side by side next to the main bed.

Connie carefully arranged the toys in the bed in order after taking two folding baskets out of the cupboard.

Then, while listening intently to the sounds below, he quickly threw the mattress from the crib at his feet.

After putting the new mat in, she carefully put the toys back in the same order as before.

Connie suddenly turned to the side... a child was trying to get on!

"Mom!" Penelope's voice rang out sharply, "What are we having for dinner today?"

Fortunately, Mrs. Alexis's return drew the two children's attention.

Connie immediately tidied the other bed, her hands moving swiftly yet steadily, and the order was perfectly correct.

She finally breathed a sigh of relief after making sure the two beds were tidied up... another close call today.

The children of the Alexandra family wouldn't make things difficult for Connie.

However, the two of them are very competitive with each other.

If Connie notices what she's doing, the two children will definitely ask her, "Why did you make that bed first?"

No matter what Connie said, it was no use. She couldn't say that if they chose this bed today, they would clean out that one tomorrow... because the two kids would secretly switch beds.

Unfortunately, all their toys were exactly the same, and Connie couldn't tell them apart at all.

Even if she changes the order in which she puts the toys back after tidying them up, it will cause a fight between the two children... It has nothing to do with her, they will argue on their own.

Although Mrs. Alexis never cared about these things and told her to ignore them and let them argue, Connie simply couldn't do it.

Since she hopes to work here indefinitely, it's best for her to avoid trouble.

Over time, she learned to use her brain.

Just put them back exactly as they were.

Penelope and Mikhail have excellent memories, so they won't have any objections to keeping it exactly as it is.

Mrs. Alexis was a kind person; she saw through Connie's thoughts, so she scheduled the fruit and vegetable delivery to coincide with Connie's cleaning of the upstairs area.

Both children care a lot about what they eat for dinner, so they usually won't suddenly run upstairs. They want to be the first to welcome their mother back so they can influence what they eat with the loudest voice they can.

Even though this was the dish they had agreed on yesterday, it didn't stop the children from having a different idea today.

This is also why Connie admires the two children's outstanding talents but doesn't aspire to them at all... The main reason she was recommended to Mrs. Alexis by the church was that she also had a pair of twins.

She understands the hardships and struggles of raising children and won't cause Mrs. Alexis unnecessary trouble.

For example, saying stupid things like, "Boys and girls are different, how can they all use the same things?"

Those were just two ordinary kids! It's driving her almost crazy.

Before those two children turned 12, Connie regretted her foolish decision countless times... Just because her eldest son was a good boy who came to repay a debt of gratitude, she was eager to have a daughter, but ended up giving birth to two who came to seek revenge.

Eh!
She even specifically chose to have children with the same man!

The outcome was still tragic. But she never gave up on her child... Connie thought that this might be the reason why Alexis was willing to continue using her.

After all, she had heard that Ms. Alexis had planned to replace the maid every three months because of the previous one who was not quite right in the head.

Her work here is actually not tiring. Although it is somewhat trivial, it doesn't take much time each time.

They even partitioned off a small private room for her behind the kitchen, complete with a sofa, a bed, and a window facing the street that could be opened.

Connie glanced down at the noisy, screaming downstairs again, carefully crossed the stairwell, and sat down on the terrace... As usual, Ms. Alexis would let the two children argue for half an hour, and then cook according to the menu agreed upon yesterday without paying any attention.

This period will be very chaotic.

Fortunately, the laundry room would take an hour to finish, so she could go back to the kitchen to eat her meal while the two children were digesting their food in the living room.

Ms. Alex would put her portion in a food basket and then place the basket on the table in her little room.

Connie can choose to eat it herself or take it home.

She wouldn't compromise herself for the sake of her child... Work is work, she just isn't very talented and doesn't have much of a future in a place like Emilia City, but it's not like she's in poor health.

How could the women of the Dark Church possibly be willing to stay at home and be supported by children and men?
But when a mother encounters something good, it's in her nature to save some for her child.

Besides, the meals Ms. Alexis prepared for her were very large... most likely prepared according to her own appetite.

Her useless youngest sons had said that this great knight must be very powerful and have a high demand for energy-rich foods.

This is also why Connie couldn't help Alex receive the shopping basket... If something happened to that basket, even selling their whole family wouldn't be enough.

Connie would behave herself like this for the sake of this dinner.

Those fools who want to extract information from her... they're really dreaming.

Before she left the battle ranks, she was also a Dark Moon!
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Alex looked up at the ceiling and couldn't help but scratch her buzzing ear with her pinky finger.

Her experience raising Lori taught her that when children act up, she should just let them act up and ignore them.

Otherwise, things will only get worse.

Of course, there's a limit; if you go too far, you'll get a beating.

But even with her high tolerance, she sometimes wanted to beat them up right at the beginning.

Fortunately, the two children were smart enough to know that they shouldn't shout or yell after leaving home.

Sensing Connie's slight movement, Alex couldn't help but chuckle.

At first, she thought the Bishop of Laurel was doing it on purpose... first sending over an incompetent fool, then sending in Darkmoon to gather information.

It was only later discovered that although Connie was a member of the Darkmoon, she could only be considered a reserve force.

Limited by her lack of talent and with little room for improvement, she, from a well-off family, turned around and went home.

Bishop Laurel genuinely felt that women who were preoccupied with domestic matters could not work quietly and reliably for her.

Of course, for the first one, he didn't specifically choose one; he just randomly picked one that met his requirements... Alexis's upbringing was incompatible with these women who had no ill intentions but were overly immersed in their families.

Only Connie, who comes from the Darkmoon, can fit her lifestyle.

But Bishop Laurel couldn't possibly send Connie over on the first try... Her identity would inevitably arouse Alexis's suspicion.

If Alexis understands that ordinary people are not suitable for her, she will be able to tolerate Connie's existence for the time being.

Whether they can continue to tolerate each other depends on how well they work things out.

He truly deserves to be called the brains of the Emilia Highlands Kingdom.

Dealing with Ariges's little matter was a piece of cake for him.

She could only get along well with someone like Connie... Alexis never imagined in her life that a laundress could point her finger at her employer and say that she didn't know how to raise children and that things had to be done differently...

Although she was born into a gentry family, she had never truly lived the life of an ordinary person.

It's actually quite interesting, but Alexis, who's practically driven crazy by raising children, simply doesn't have the space to appreciate this kind of fun.

Fortunately, Connie is really great, so she doesn't need to look for someone else... As for replacing her after three months, when negotiating terms, of course, the higher you say, the better.

Moreover, Connie was actually able to apply those principles of the Darkmoon to her... Even though Alexis was well prepared and didn't care about leaking any information, she was still quite happy that she could keep it a secret.

Of course, she wasn't so arrogant as to think that the Bishop of Laurel knew nothing.

No matter who you use, that old fox will find out.

Alexis was already quite content as long as she could keep her family's affairs from becoming gossip on the street.

"Mom! It's Euphemia!" Penelope suddenly shouted from the window.

The pretty girl passing by their house saw Penelope, whose face was crushed by the glass, and waved with a smile.

“I want a dress this pretty too!” Penelope screamed.

(End of this chapter)