When they heard Chen Dazhuang's words, the two people outside the house suddenly became nervous.

Chu Yue hurriedly looked up at Chen Dazhuang, especially Pei Mingzhu, who stood up directly from the chair, frowned, and walked quickly towards Pei Tianci, wanting to keep this huge secret.

Pei Tianci was also very nervous. This was the first time someone called him "little sister" in front of him.

Has his secret been discovered?

The round apple face suddenly turned pale.

Among the few people, the one who reacted the fastest was the injured Lu Yuanbao.

Lu Yuanbao did not panic, but seriously refuted what Chen Dazhuang said, "Dazhuang, Tianci is not a little sister, he is a boy. Look at the clothes and pants he is wearing, they are only worn by little boys."

After being reminded by Lu Yuanbao, Chen Dazhuang tilted his head and looked at Pei Tianci carefully. He was no longer looking at his face, but at the little clothes on Pei Tianci.

A small white shirt and small suit shorts, it is definitely a boy's outfit.

Chen Dazhuang nodded in sudden realization, "So it's my little brother. You're so pretty, as pretty as Rourou, so I made a mistake. Don't be angry, let's be friends."

As he spoke, Chen Dazhuang extended his hand towards Pei Tianci.

He didn't doubt what Lu Yuanbao said at all and believed it.

Pei Mingzhu, who had already walked behind Chen Dazhuang, looked incredulous. Are children nowadays so gullible?

Chu Yue was used to Chen Dazhuang's natural innocence and simplicity, and his straightforwardness. Because Pei Tianci was pretty, he called her "little sister", and because Lu Yuanbao said it was a boy, she naturally believed it.

Because what Lu Yuanbao said always made sense and there was no need to doubt it.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The only one who was still a little nervous was Pei Tianci. He reached out and touched the little bun on his head. Could it be that it was because of this little bun that they could tell that he was a girl?

So should he not get the shot?

But this was the tattoo Lu Yuanbao gave her, and he was a little reluctant to do it.

Pei Tianci touched around hesitantly, and heard Chen Dazhuang's enthusiastic voice from the side.

"Tianci, your name is Tianci, right? You look so small, I am the older brother and you are the younger brother. I will take care of you like I take care of Yuanbao. Let's play games together. I will let you win."

With the addition of Chen Dazhuang, the three children's play became more fun.

Pei Tianci quickly forgot his fear of having his true gender revealed, and ran around excitedly with his shuttlecock-like bun on his head.

Pei Mingzhu watched this scene, gradually felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

At this time, Pei Hanchuan finally broke free from the "siege" of the little chickens and walked into the house just in time to see this scene. He could feel the lingering subtle atmosphere in the air, but he didn't know what exactly had happened. In the end, he could only look confused.

What happened while he was away?

This day is close to the Dragon Boat Festival.

Chu Yue originally planned to make rice dumplings at home. She had already soaked the glutinous rice early in the morning. Since Pei Mingzhu and Pei Hanchuan were both here, why not make rice dumplings together as a way to celebrate the festival in advance.

In the yard under the bright sunshine, a group of people gathered around a basin of glutinous rice.

After being soaked for a long time, the glutinous rice absorbs water and becomes white and plump.

Chu Yue is from the south and likes to eat alkaline rice dumplings, so she added some alkaline water to the glutinous rice.

After adding alkaline water, the cooked rice dumplings will be firmer and more crystal clear.

In addition to glutinous rice, there are also washed bamboo leaves and cotton ropes of different colors.

The red one is candied date rice dumpling, which is sweet.

The blue ones are pickled pork belly dumplings, which are salty.

Ordinary rice dumplings don’t have white ropes or anything else on them. You can eat them with some white sugar, and they taste really good.

This way, there is no need to argue about sweet or salty, there are three flavors, you can eat whatever you want.

For Pei Mingzhu and Pei Hanchuan, it was the first time for them to make rice dumplings by themselves. After all, servants would prepare them during the Dragon Boat Festival in the past, so they just had to ask for whatever flavor they wanted.

Pei Tianci stood between the two of them, looking at the beautiful rice dumplings made by Chu Yue with great interest, and was particularly happy.

In order not to spoil the children's fun, Pei Mingzhu and Pei Hanchuan "condescended" to sit on the small stool.

They held the bamboo leaves in one hand and imitated Chu Yue. They first rotated the bamboo leaves and twisted them into a cone shape. Then they added glutinous rice in the middle and pressed it tightly. Then they folded the grown bamboo leaves back, pinched them into a triangle and covered them. Finally, they tied them with ropes of corresponding colors.

However, making rice dumplings looks simple but is difficult to do.

"ah--"

The bamboo leaves tossed around in Pei Hanchuan's hands, and finally suddenly fell apart, and the glutinous rice that had been put in them fell out.

Fortunately, there was a basin underneath. If such precious glutinous rice had fallen to the ground, it would have been really heartbreaking.

"My little uncle is stupid."

Pei Tianci looked at Pei Hanchuan's frustrated expression and the torn bamboo leaves in his hands, and finally summarized.

After looking at Pei Hanchuan, he turned to look at Pei Mingzhu.

Pei Mingzhu's slender, white and moist hands holding the emerald green bamboo leaves look particularly beautiful, as shiny as jade.

She was more careful and thorough than Pei Hanchuan, taking her time, bit by bit. As long as she was a little slower, the dumplings she made would only look a little less good, but it would not be a complete failure.

"ah--"

This time, the person who made a sound of regret was Pei Tianci.

He watched helplessly as the almost formed rice dumpling in Pei Mingzhu's hand broke into pieces, with glutinous rice remaining glutinous rice and bamboo leaves remaining bamboo leaves.

Pei Mingzhu froze in place in embarrassment, looking quite embarrassed.

Pei Tianci gently patted Pei Mingzhu's shoulder and said, "Mom, it's okay, let's try again. We will definitely make it beautiful next time."

He did not hide his two different attitudes towards Pei Mingzhu and Pei Hanchuan at all.

Pei Hanchuan was so angry that he threw the bamboo leaf in his hand and said angrily, "Pei Tianci, you little bastard, you really don't care about your uncle at all. Your uncle will never buy you toys again."

Everyone thought that Pei Tianci was soft and well-behaved, and after Pei Hanchuan pretended to be angry, he would definitely comfort Pei Hanchuan in a soft voice.

Who would have thought that Pei Tianci turned his head and actually made a face at Pei Hanchuan, and then happily went to watch Lu Yuanbao making rice dumplings.

But Pei Hanchuan was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and said bluntly that all his feelings for so many years were wasted.