Chapter 59 Having a long beak is a good thing

Xiao Tian decided to go home early this time to have dinner with his dad.

Yao Shula also told him that the preserved eggs were right there, and he could eat preserved egg wontons whenever he wanted.

Little Tiantian happily hugged her teddy bear and went back home.

Yao Shula couldn't help but smile as she watched Xiao Tiantian unable to leave that little bear for even a day.

I didn't expect Xiaotian's Abeibei to have such deep emotions!

I wonder what kind of trouble this little rascal will cause when he gets back.

Sigh, every family has its own problems!

Just like at Yao Shula's house now, watching Yao Shuli do her homework every day is a real headache.

Yao Shula was a little confused. The third-grade homework wasn't difficult, so why did it seem like a journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, full of hardships and dangers, when it came to Yao Shuli?

Yao Shuli seems quite smart, so why can't she use her intelligence for studying?

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Little Tian went home happily.

When he got home, Secretary Lei hadn't returned yet. Tian Lei was also surprised to see that Xiao Tiantian had come home so early today.

She quickly asked the nanny to prepare an extra dish.

Xiao Tiantian didn't say anything and went straight back to her room.

He wanted to check if anything in his room had been disturbed.

After checking him over, Xiao Tian finally felt relieved and climbed into bed.

Hehe, nothing's missing, it still tastes just like when I slept last week.

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When Secretary Lei returned and saw Xiao Tiantian, he was quite surprised. He usually couldn't pick her up until almost eight o'clock, but today she was back before six o'clock.

"Why are you back so early today?" Secretary Lei smiled and picked up Xiao Tiantian, who had run over, and weighed him in his arms.

Not bad, it seems to have gotten a little heavier.

"Come back and have dinner with Dad! Sister Shura said that you can't just use your mouth to talk, you have to use it to eat too!" Little Tiantian chuckled.

Secretary Lei was overjoyed and immediately pulled Xiao Tiantian towards the dining table.

It's been a long time since I had dinner with my son.

Secretary Lei asked Xiao Tiantian to sit next to him, while Tian Lei sat on the other side.

It had been a week since I last saw Xiao Tiantian, and Secretary Lei asked Xiao Tiantian a lot of questions.

For example, what delicious food Shula has made for him recently, where the Yao siblings took him to play, and whether he has been naughty.

Xiao Tian answered honestly.

"Shura and the others are so good to me, especially Shura, who takes me everywhere she goes."

They take me with them when they go grocery shopping, when they go to see the sights, and even when they go back to their old house.

Also, every night Shula makes Shuli watch me wash my feet and face.

Oh, Sister Shula also arranged for Brother Ping'an to take me and Brother Shuli to the public bathhouse every Monday!

"Why go on Monday?" Secretary Lei asked as he served Xiaotian a bowl of pork rib soup.

“Sister Shura said the water in the bathhouse is clean on Mondays,” Xiao Tiantian said immediately.

Secretary Lei immediately understood.

Yes, everyone is at work on Sundays, so fewer people go to take showers, and the water is definitely cleaner!

"So you just play every day?" Secretary Lei continued to ask.

"No way! Every day when Sister Shuxin and Brother Shuli come back and do their homework, Sister Shula also lets me do math problems next to them."

"They're all addition and subtraction problems within 100. I do 20 arithmetic problems every night," Xiao Tiantian said proudly.

Secretary Lei became increasingly pleased as he listened.

Yes, my nephew is right. It would be better for Xiaotian to live in a suitable environment.

"Then you can't be naughty."

"You can't make them angry. Also, when you're eating at someone's house, you can't be picky about food like you would at home, understand?" Secretary Lei patted Xiao Tiantian's head.

Xiao Tiantian immediately retorted.

"I'm not picky about food! Everything Shura makes is something I like to eat, how could I be picky!"

Also, as Shura said, being a picky eater isn't just for kids; adults are picky eaters too.

However, adults usually cook what they like to eat, so you can't tell if someone is a picky eater.

Children can't choose what they eat, so if they don't like something, they won't eat it, which makes them seem like picky eaters in the eyes of adults.

"If you make food that kids like, they won't be picky eaters anymore, right?" Xiao Tiantian said earnestly.

Secretary Lei...

That makes so much sense!

Just like how he doesn't eat mutton, he won't allow mutton on the table...

"No wonder you've gained weight! Here, have some pork rib soup, it used to be your favorite," Secretary Lei said with a smile.

Little Tian chuckled and began to drink the soup in large gulps.

Seeing Secretary Lei and Xiao Tian chatting and laughing, Tian Lei felt uneasy.

I don't think you talk this much when you're having dinner with me!

Now I feel like an outsider...

Thinking of this, Tian Lei immediately smiled and put a piece of fish on Xiao Tiantian's plate.

"Knowing you were coming back today, I specially asked someone to make your favorite sweet and sour fish so you can have it every day."

Xiao Tiantian glanced at the sweet and sour fish in the bowl, then at Secretary Lei, and then at Tian Lei.

"I don't eat fish!"

Tian Lei's face stiffened. She was about to say, "How could she not eat fish? I've seen Xiao Tiantian eat fish before..."

"Alright, you won't eat fish every day!"

However, he simply doesn't eat fish with small bones. He choked on a fish when he was a child, so he stopped eating fish after that.

However, we still eat ribbonfish.

"Also, Tian Tian's tastes are like the old man's; he doesn't like sweet and sour food, but prefers braised food." Secretary Lei quickly explained.

"I...I don't know!" Tian Lei hurriedly said.

Secretary Lei waved his hand.

"It's normal that you don't know. You haven't spent much time with Tiantian, so you definitely don't know his preferences."

Wait for Jingwu to return in a couple of days, then have him make a list.

He knows what Tian Tian likes to eat and what he doesn't like to eat, so I'll pay more attention when cooking for him in the future.

"Alright, let's eat!" Secretary Lei gestured for Tian Lei to continue eating.

Tian Lei immediately lost her appetite.

Little Tiantian, however, happily continued drinking her soup.

Shura is right, a long beak is for speaking.

It seems that my stepmother gets upset if I talk too much.

Especially since I talked to my dad more, my stepmother seemed even more unhappy...

I must talk to my dad more often in the future.

More importantly, I feel better now that I've spoken my mind. I don't have to stay up all night angry and unable to sleep for a long time...

Thinking about it this way, Xiao Tiantian was even happier, and immediately pulled Secretary Lei aside to talk for a long time.

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That night, Xiao Tian slept quite comfortably; it was the first time he had slept through the night in this house.

...

Yao Shula and her two siblings also had a good night's sleep.

They had something to do today. The original wall surrounding the courtyard of the newly purchased Cao family's house was to be demolished, and Yao Shula planned to build two houses on the original vacant land.

Uncle Shu also helped find people to repair the house so they could see how it should be built.

Of course, everyone else assumed that the house was bought by Mr. Sun's family.

Meanwhile, Master Sun, who was meticulous about his performance, also had his two sons come over to keep an eye on things and maintain appearances.