With Xiao Yunying as an example, several children each took a bamboo tube of bubble solution and imitated her by blowing bubbles.

Even Luo Chen and Luo Yang were no exception.

Xiao Yunying gave the bubble ring she had to Luo Xin and gave them some pointers.

"Luo Chen, blow slowly and gently, and you'll blow more bubbles."

"Luo Yang, the bubble solution on the ring is gone, dip it again."

"Luo Li, keep the bubble wrap away from your mouth, you're about to swallow it."

"Xin'er blows really well. If you use a little more force, you can blow even more bubbles."

Yang Tianyun had to admit that he did want to try it, but he was too embarrassed to say that he wanted to play.

"Yun Ying, how did you make this... bubble solution?"

"Second Brother Yang wants to play?"

Yang Tianyun's face turned bright red: "No, it's because I have two nephews, and I wanted to bring them along to try it out."

“This isn’t difficult to make, but the raw materials are hard to find. I bought them from a traveling merchant who came back from overseas. Even if I tell you how to make it, you still can’t do it if you can’t find the materials. Brother Yang, wait for me a moment.”

Xiao Yunying took two empty bamboo tubes into the kitchen and returned shortly afterward with bamboo tubes filled with bubble solution.

"Brother Yang, take this back for your nephew to play with. You know how to make bubble rings. Just come find me when you run out of bubble solution."

Yang Tianyun rubbed his hands together: "I can't accept this."

But his hand had already taken the bamboo tube.

Only after receiving the bamboo tube did Yang Tianyun realize what he had done, and his face turned so red it looked like it was about to bleed.

Xiao Yunying couldn't help but laugh out loud, but stopped laughing when she saw that the other person was indeed shy and embarrassed.

"Brother Yang didn't charge me for the bamboo tubes and bubble rings, so what's there to be embarrassed about?"

"Then I thank you on behalf of my two nephews."

"You're welcome."

Yang Tianyun hadn't recovered from his earlier embarrassment, so he thanked him and left.

Luo Li, who had been blowing for too long and was a little short of breath, was catching her breath when she said:

"I have a feeling that Uncle Tianyun just wanted to play by himself."

Xiao Yunying closed the door: "There's a saying, 'See through it but don't say it,' you know?"

Yang Tianyun is only nineteen years old this year, and in his previous life he was just a college student who had just come of age.

There were very few forms of entertainment in this era, so when a novel thing suddenly appeared, not to mention Yang Tianyun, she thought that even Aunt Yang would like to play it.

Luo Li hesitated before approaching Xiao Yunying: "Step-mother, can I take it out to play?"

He's already calling her his stepmother, surely she won't object?

Xiao Yunying seemed not to hear the word "stepmother": "Okay, but you can't go up the mountain or to the water. It's too dangerous. Come back before dinner."

Luo Li was a little disappointed. Was his voice too soft for her to hear?

Hearing the words of concern from behind made him feel better.

He answered and skipped away, determined to blow bubbles in front of the people who had bullied him before, and not let them play with them, just to spite them.

Luo Chen blew on it for a while, then realized that his behavior was quite childish, so he covered the bamboo tube and put it aside.

Xiao Yunying asked, "Why did you stop blowing?"

Luo Chen said awkwardly, "Let's keep it for my sister to play with."

Xiao Yunying saw through his thoughts at a glance: "Play if you want to. You're only eight years old. You don't need to restrain your words and actions like an adult all the time. Otherwise, you'll lose your childlike innocence. Do the right thing at the right age. Now is the age for you to play. Once you start school, you won't have time to play even if you want to."

Luo Yang calmly blew bubbles beside him: "Stepmother is right, brother, don't be so reserved."

"You guys play, I'm going to knead the dough. We'll steam white flour buns for lunch."

Upon hearing that it was white flour steamed buns, Luo Chen became reluctant again: "How about mixing in some dark flour? It's not good to always eat refined rice and white flour..."

It's too expensive. During the off-season, most families in the village only eat two meals a day, alternating between sweet potatoes, brown rice, and black flour.

Nowhere is there a place like home, where we have meat at every meal and eat refined rice and flour every day.

"You're right, it's not good to eat only refined grains; you should mix in some whole grains."

Whole grains are easy to process and retain more nutrients. Some people may find them coarse and hard to swallow when eaten alone, like cornbread. However, whole grains can be processed into something delicious and nutritious when mixed with white flour.

However, instead of buying black flour, she mixed in some cornmeal available in the supermarket.

Luo Chen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xiao Yunying had agreed, assuming that she had decided to save money.

She even said she would send them to school, but to this day, apart from eating well every meal, he hasn't seen her have any intention of making money.

It won't work if there's only spending and no income. Doesn't she know that going to school costs money?

Luo Yang blew bubbles, his face expressionless, but his eyes were full of laughter.

He felt that what his stepmother said was bad, and what his elder brother said was bad, were completely different things.

Neither of them realized it and they were having a pleasant conversation.

It's possible that the stepmother realized it, but just didn't say it.

"You guys play, Luo Chen, come in and help me start the fire when I call you."

Xiao Yunying felt that she was too shy to be around Luo Chen, so she let Luo Xin play with her brothers and went into the kitchen herself.