Chapter 105 Wow! It's snowing!

Ever since An Fusheng bought the tricycle, the tricycle has become the most popular toy for all the children in the family.

Of course, this includes An Fusheng.

An Fusheng had learned to drive an electric car and now he has a driver's license, so driving a tricycle is no problem for him. The first time he drove the tricycle, he only drove it around a corner on the road in front of the welfare home. After that, he was able to drive it skillfully and take the children for a ride.

However, the wind can only circulate in the yard because Lou's mother said it's not safe outside. When there are children in the car, the electric scooter is not allowed to slip out of the yard gate even half a step.

Wen Xingrui and Wen Xinglan, who used to diligently dig in the soil every day except for eating and sleeping, have stopped digging now. The first thing they do when they open their eyes is look for a vehicle. These past two days, two of the kindergarten children have been given a holiday, so there are two more people eyeing the tricycle.

However, An Fusheng was happy for them to covet the car, because he felt embarrassed to drive an empty car around by himself. But when the kids insisted on driving, he could reluctantly drive for them.

After lunch, Lou's mother urged the children to go to sleep, but the children said they could only fall asleep after riding in a tricycle. So An Fusheng grabbed the tricycle keys and led a bunch of dolls to ride in the tricycle.

"I want to sit in the front!"

"I want to sit in the front too!"

An Shisi and Wen Xingmou quickly climbed up to the front row, leaving Wen Xingrui and Wen Xinglan unable to climb up, looking up and yelling.

An Fusheng carried Wen Xingrui and Wen Xinglan to the back seats. "There's nothing we can do. We can't compete with others, so you two can sit in the back."

Wen Xinglan and Wen Xingrui were happy to have a car, and even in the back seat they were dancing around with joy, their eyes shining as they waited for the car to start.

An Shisi and Wen Xingmou had another reason for vying for the front seat: they wanted to hold the steering wheel. An Fusheng put the two children down, and An Shisi had already sat in the driver's seat and grabbed the steering wheel.

An Fusheng: "Those without a driver's license, go stand aside."

An Shisi held onto the steering wheel tightly: "I can drive. I'll drive to help Aunt Lou transport the big pomelos."

An Shisi was telling the truth when he said he was driving to help Lou's mother transport the large pomelos.

A while ago, Lou's parents sent her a big bag of pomelos. Lou's mother was thinking of taking some to give to her friends. An Shisi happened to be playing in the yard with his toy car at the time, so Lou's mother asked him to help transport the pomelos to her friend's house.

An Shisi's toy car is a Mercedes-Benz G-Class, bought from England by Wen Min's best friend. It has a battery inside, can be driven, remotely controlled, and can even rock—very cool. All its functions are modeled after the real car, and the self-driving mode is not much different from driving a real car. When An Shisi says he can drive, he really can.

However, people without a driver's license can never drive a real car, and An Fusheng ruthlessly kicked him out of the driver's seat.

Although An Shisi is only four and a half years old, he is already a man who owns dozens of luxury cars. He knows all kinds of luxury cars like the back of his hand, and he is also familiar with the surroundings of luxury cars. For example, he knows more about traffic rules, how many points are deducted and how much the fine is than An Fusheng. So of course he knows that you can't drive without a driver's license. When An Fusheng chased him away, he lingered for a moment and then left.

"Are you all seated? I'm about to start the engine."

"alright!"

"move!"

An Fusheng pressed the start button and slowly backed the car out of the garage.

"Wow!" The children started clapping and shouting as soon as the car started moving.

The car was traveling at a speed of seven miles per hour, which did not affect their enthusiasm at all. An Fusheng liked their enthusiasm.

The yard in front of the welfare home is actually quite large, but the area near the wall used to be overgrown with weeds, making it look a bit small. In the past two days, the weeds have been flattened by the wheels of vehicles, making the yard very spacious. You can drive around it slowly in a tricycle for about ten minutes.

An Fusheng drove around the yard twice with a car full of children. Suddenly, a snowflake appeared on the windshield. An Fusheng looked up and saw several more snowflakes gently falling onto the glass, then sticking to the glass and melting into water.

"Wow! It's snowing!" An Fusheng exclaimed excitedly.

"What?" Wen Xingmou craned her neck.

"Look at the glass, there's a snowflake." An Fusheng stopped the car and pointed to a fresh and intact snowflake that had just drifted down onto the glass.

An Shisi and Wen Xingmou followed An Fusheng's finger and saw a tiny snowflake stuck to the glass. They screamed excitedly, "It really is a snowflake! It's snowing!"

Xu Sannian and Wen Yue ran out when they saw the snow, shouting loudly.

"Stop driving!" Xu Sannian shouted, "Don't crush the snowflakes!"

An Shisi and Wen Xingmou were also very fond of snowflakes. When they heard that the car would damage the snowflakes, they quickly pulled An Fusheng and said, "Big brother, let's not ride in the car. We don't want to run over the snowflakes."

An Fusheng hadn't had enough fun yet, but he had to drive the car back to the garage. However, the snow made him very happy, and he wasn't too disappointed that he couldn't drive.

Lou's mother had said before that since it didn't snow last year, it would definitely snow this year. The temperature has been very low recently, already below zero, and everyone is looking forward to the next snowfall.

But it hasn't rained for so long since winter started, and it even drizzles every now and then, making the temperature even lower. It's infuriating!

Xu Sannian said that her grandfather's family lived in the north, where it snows every few days, and it snows heavily and doesn't melt, which made everyone extremely envious.

Snowfall is both exciting and nerve-wracking. Excitement comes from the anticipation of its arrival, while anxiety comes from the fear that it won't fall heavily enough and will melt before reaching the ground, thus missing out on a chance to play in the snow, and the next opportunity might have to wait a year or even longer.

However, this snow had probably been brewing for a long time. When it first started falling, it was just a few wispy flakes, but now it's gradually becoming denser, and you can even hear a rustling sound if you listen closely.

An Fusheng parked the car, and An Shisi and Wen Xingmou couldn't wait to run out and chase after the snowflakes.

Wen Xinglan and Wen Xingrui also saw the snowflakes. An Fusheng carried them home, one in each hand. Even while hanging in the air, they couldn't contain their curiosity and grabbed some snowflakes.

An Shisi and Wen Xingmou were overjoyed and ran all over the yard. Wen Xinglan and Wen Xingrui were still a little unsteady on their feet, so An Fu was afraid that the two of them would knock them over. He carried them to the kitchen door, moved stools for them to sit on and watch the snow, and said, "We'll just watch from here."

Wen Xingrui can now walk a few steps without holding onto anything. He and Wen Xinglan are now like brothers, dragging their spatulas around every day, daring to go anywhere and unable to sit still.

However, An Fusheng had anticipated this. He put the two of them in their seats and immediately went to the kitchen to get two bones for them to gnaw on. These two were foodies who ate slowly and were reluctant to waste food. They wouldn't throw away a bone until it was completely gnawed clean. One bone was enough for them to gnaw on for half a day. When it got cold, they would get another bone. They could sit for as long as they wanted.

So the two of them were pinned to their seats by two bones.

An Fusheng also moved a stool over and sat down with them to watch the snow for a while, but he soon had to go back to preparing the afternoon's dishes.

An Fusheng recalled that when he used to celebrate the New Year in the village, his grandmother and the adults in the village would start making glutinous rice cakes, slaughtering pigs, making blood sausage, curing bacon, and grinding tofu from the middle of the twelfth lunar month, while he could play around. He never expected that he would become the adult who could only watch the children play while he was busy.

The snow fell heavier and heavier in the afternoon. The children played for a while before being called home by their mother, Lou. Wen Xinglin and Bai Mangmang returned after school in the evening, and Bai Mangmang led everyone to play in the yard again.

With the kitchen doors and windows open, An Fusheng watched the snow gradually cover the earth all afternoon, his blood boiling with excitement.

On a snowy day, everyone probably wants to eat hot pot even more. There weren't many orders in the afternoon, so An Fusheng simply stopped working after finishing the reservations. He had been wanting to go out and have fun for a long time!

After quickly tidying up the kitchen, An Fusheng went to the yard, where everyone was rolling snowballs and building snowmen. An Fusheng joined in without hesitation.

"Fuzai, why don't you and Niannian go pick up Aunt Wen and Xinghe?" Lou Lan said.

An Fusheng, holding a huge snowball, looked at Lou Lan and said, "They should be on the bus back by now."

Lou Lan said, "No, your mother Wen had a long meeting today and just finished. She hasn't gone to pick up Xinghe yet."

It's so late after school. Is Xinghe okay at school alone?

An Fusheng, holding a snowball, turned around and asked Xu Sannian, "Shall we go pick them up?"

Xu Sannian also heard Lou Lan's words and said, "Okay."

An Fusheng walked over and put a snowball on the snowman's neck. "You guys play, Niannian and I are going to pick up Aunt Wen."

The children quickly helped the snowman's head up and said, "Okay, big brother."

The place where Wen Min was having a meeting wasn't far from the orphanage; it usually only took ten minutes by car. But today, the roads were slippery from the snow, and it was rush hour, so there were many cars on the road, and the speed was a bit slow. However, An Fusheng noticed that everyone seemed to be intentionally avoiding Xu Sannian's car, and since Xu Sannian drove recklessly, he picked up Wen Min in twenty minutes.

It's quite a distance to Wen Xinghe School. It usually takes forty or fifty minutes to drive there, and it took even longer today.

"It's alright, the teachers are helping to keep an eye on things," Wen Min said.

An Fusheng was still extremely anxious. In the countryside, everyone worked from sunrise to sunset. Once when he was a child, his mother didn't come home after dark, and she never returned. From that moment on, An Fusheng was convinced that he had to go home when it got dark, otherwise he wouldn't be able to find his way home. Although he grew up and knew that his mother's not coming home had nothing to do with whether it was dark or not, the idea of ​​going home when it got dark was already ingrained in his bones.

The snow was still falling, and the roads were getting more and more congested. Now, even people who didn't want to be next to Xu Sannian's car had no choice but to be.

An Fusheng looked at the crowded, motionless vehicles and wished he could get out of the car and run himself.

Wen Min noticed his anxiety and started chatting with him: "Xiao Ba's father has given up custody."

"Huh?" An Fusheng turned to look at Wen Min: "What did you say?"

“Xiao Ba’s father gave up custody of Xiao Ba,” Wen Min said. “He sent the letter of voluntary relinquishment to the orphanage.”

An Fusheng was silent for a moment, then asked, "Why did he give up?"

Was it because of something I said to him?

Wen Min said, "Actually, it doesn't matter whether he gives up or not. The fact that he deliberately abandoned Xiao Ba has been established. Legally, he has lost the right to raise Xiao Ba. The welfare home adopted Xiao Ba, so the right to raise Xiao Ba already belongs to the welfare home. Even if he wants to regain the right to raise Xiao Ba, the law will not support him."

"Oh." An Fusheng felt that this was the proper way. A child is not something that can be thrown away at will, or kept whenever one wants.

But he also felt a pang of sadness; Hachiko had also become a child without parents...