Chapter 501 Lantern War

When they walked back to the courtyard, Liu Nanshan's breakfast was ready. He cooked millet and pumpkin porridge, fried a few scallion egg pancakes, two dishes of his own pickled vegetables, and fried two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes. Cha Cha ate a lot and was full again.

After dinner, Liu Nanshan and Xu Qingsong went to the studio. Du Yunxiang took a call and went back to the room to deal with work. Gu Xuelan cleaned up the kitchen and went to the town to buy some things later.

Liu Wangxue took Cha Cha and the three to play in the yard for a while, and then went out to Shen Nian'an's house to find Youyou and Jinghe, and then brought Xiaotao and Haohao back to make lanterns.

Anding was always by his side. His main job on this trip was to look after the president's son when the president was busy.

At this moment, the adults in Shen Nian'an's house were busy with their own things. Xiao Tao and Hao Hao were already there. They accompanied You You and moved a small stool to sit at the gate of the yard, looking forward to Cha Cha's arrival.

Haohao also took out a handful of fried peas from his pocket and shared them with Xiaotao and Youyou: "Have some, my grandma fried them, they are so delicious."

Spiced salty yellow peas, Youyou stretched out her little round hand and took a handful in her palm, picked up one and put it in her mouth, bit it hard with her little teeth, and it tasted so good with a crunch!

The three children sat in a row and crunched peas together.

Jinghe took out three boxes of hot milk from the house and shared them with the three children. Xiaotao and Haohao said thank you together.

Youyou held peas in one hand and pinched peas with the other. He had no hands to hold the milk, so Jinghe inserted the straw and fed him.

Youyou took a big sip, picked up a yellow pea with her short fat fingers, raised her head and put her hand towards Jinghe's mouth: "Brother, you eat it, you eat it."

Jinghe touched his little curly hair, bent down and ate it from his hand.

Youyou maintained the posture of leaning back and raising her face, and asked Jinghe expectantly: "Brother, is it delicious?"

Jinghe nodded: "Yeah, delicious!"

Haohao was very happy to see this, and took out another handful from his pocket and handed it to Jinghe: "Brother Jinghe, this is for you."

Youyou corrected Haohao: "You should call him 'Brother Youyou' because he is my brother."

Jinghe burst out laughing. This little Yuzi is taking advantage, right?

"Okay," Haohao didn't react, and he felt that Youyou was younger than him, so he had to give in to his brother, so he said it again, "Brother Youyou, this is for you. These are the peas fried by my grandma."

Youyou was very satisfied.

Jinghe didn't bother to be polite with Haohao and just reached out to take it. One way to get along well with children is to accept the snacks they actively share and give compliments: "It's really delicious!"

Haohao was so happy that he took the milk, bit the straw and drank it in big gulps.

Xiao Tao put the last few pills in his hand into his mouth, chewed them, drank some milk and then stretched out his hand to Hao Hao: "Give me another handful."

Haohao reached into his pocket and grabbed a handful, then loosened his hand slightly and let half of it fall back. He took it out and gave it to him, saying, "I can only give you half a handful. You have to give it to Chacha when she comes."

"Okay." Xiao Tao nodded.

Jinghe leaned against the door frame, putting the peas in his hand into his mouth one by one, and observing the three children. He thought it was interesting no matter how he watched, especially his younger brother. He looked like he was enjoying the yellow peas in his hand. His intoxicated expression was so adorable.

Youyou finished the last yellow pea and clapped his hands. Jinghe handed him the remaining half box of hot milk. Youyou took it and drank it with both hands. The next moment, as if the invisible radar in his head was activated, Jinghe saw him suddenly stand up, turn right and run over, shouting as he ran: "Little angel! You are here~"

Liu Wangxue and Anding were walking towards this side with Cha Cha, Peng Peng was following beside them carrying Xiao Ci, and Gua Gua was standing on Cha Cha's shoulders.

When Cha Cha saw Youyou running towards him, he was worried that a big rooster would suddenly appear nearby. He looked around vigilantly and trotted towards Youyou.

The kid was really worrying too much. Last night, Aunt Changxiu went home and killed the rooster. She also used her mobile phone to watch videos to learn how to make clay pot chicken. She also put a circle of cornmeal pancakes on the edge of the pot. After it was done, she served a large bowl to Youyou.

Then Shen Nian'an fried one more dish and sent over the dumplings made by Youyou's grandparents while returning the bowl.

So there is absolutely no way the big rooster can run out again and can’t scare little Youzi anymore.

Youyou ran in front of Chacha without braking and crashed into his arms. Both children staggered back a step due to the impact.

Youyou thought it was fun and giggled. She held the milk carton in one hand and tried to hold Chacha's hand with the other: "Little angel, you really came to find me~"

Cha Cha also took the initiative to hold You You's hand: "Don't call me little angel, call me Cha Cha."

“Okay,” Youyou said again, “Chacha, you came to see me!”

Cha Cha nodded: "I promised you."

Youyou jumped happily and handed the milk in her hand to Chacha: "It's sweet, do you want some?"

Cha Cha shook her head: "I don't want to drink it, you drink it."

Youyou took a sip herself and smiled at Chacha.

Xiao Tao, Hao Hao and Jing He also came over and greeted Liu Wangxue and the others. Xiao Tao said, "Cha Cha, since you're here, let's go."

Haohao took out a handful of fried peas from his pocket and handed them to Chacha: "These are the peas fried by my grandma. They are delicious. Here they are."

Youyou nodded vigorously beside her: "Yes, yes, it smells delicious. Chacha, have some."

Xiao Tao also said: "It's delicious. I just wanted to eat some, but Haohao only gave me half a handful. He said he would save it for you."

Cha Cha hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take it: “Thank you, Haohao.”

Haohao stretched out a hand when he saw him, then glanced at his and Youyou's hands holding each other. He felt that one hand would definitely not be able to catch the hand, and it would fall to the ground and get dirty, which would be a waste. So he took a step forward and directly stuffed it into the pocket of his down jacket.

After Haohao stuffed his hands in his pocket, he took them out and patted the outside of his pocket: "Put it here so it won't fall out."

Chacha was completely frozen. He hesitated and didn't reach out to take it right away because he felt that he hadn't washed his hands yet. In his opinion, you must wash your hands before eating, otherwise it's unhygienic. But there was no place to wash your hands, and Xiao Tao said that this was specially left for him by Haohao. He felt that it would be impolite if he didn't take it, so he finally reached out his hand.

Who would have thought! Haohao put it directly into his pocket! Chacha never puts food into his pocket, even if it is packaged.

He was about to collapse in his heart - Mom, my clothes are dirty! Seeing Cha Cha's dazed look, Hao Hao didn't know what was wrong with him, so he guessed that this foreign child didn't know how to eat, so he kindly told him: "Look, just like this, put your hand in, take it out, and put it in your mouth..."

Haohao demonstrated as he spoke, chewing peas with a crunching sound.

Xiao Tao immediately understood Hao Hao's intention. Seeing that Cha Cha still didn't move, he helped to demonstrate it. However, he didn't have a pea, so he reached into Cha Cha's pocket and said, "Look, that's it. Open your pocket, take out a pea, and then eat it..."

Youyou didn't understand anything and thought they were playing a game. It was fun, so she followed their lead and let go of Chacha's hand. She also reached into his pocket and imitated Xiaotao and Haohao, muttering to herself, "Look, that's it. Take one and eat it. Ah!"

Cha Cha recovered and saw that the three of them were eating happily, so she nodded: "Okay, I understand."

Haohao said, "Then eat it."

Xiao Tao said: "It's really delicious."

Youyou replied: “Yes, yes.”

Three pairs of eyes were staring at Cha Cha. Cha Cha felt a pressure that forced him to slowly raise his hand, use his index finger and thumb to open his pocket, and pinch out a small pea from it.

Three pairs of eyes continued to stare, and their eyes were all saying "Eat, eat."

Cha Cha made great mental preparations before throwing the pea into her mouth. Her back molars moved together, and with a crunch, the pea broke into pieces, and the salty and fragrant taste spread out.

Youyou's big eyes sparkled as she asked him, "Is it delicious?"

Haohao said: "You should chew it a few more times, the more you chew it, the more delicious it will be."

Xiao Tao nodded: "Yes, chew harder."

After taking the first bite, there was no need to prepare yourself mentally for the rest. Cha Cha listened to them and chewed it a few more times. Mmm, it was so delicious!

The four children laughed together.

Xiao Tao finished drinking the milk in his hand, bit the straw and sucked it making a slurping sound. Then it was Haohao's turn, and then Youyou who followed suit, and the four of them laughed together again.

While the four children were sharing fried peas together, Liu Wangxue and Anding had already gone to Shen Nian'an's yard to say hello, and told the two elders and Shen Nian'an and his wife that they were taking the children to her house to play.

Jinghe went back with the two of them, and the three little ones stayed with the little boy obediently. When they came out again, they saw the four little kids laughing together.

Liu Wangxue felt particularly happy when she saw this: "Children, we are going to set off to go to Auntie's house to make lanterns for fun, okay?"

The four of them answered in unison and loudly: "Yes!"

Youyou held Chacha’s hand again and said, “Children should hold hands.” In the small class, everyone walked hand in hand when doing activities.

Youyou said as she looked up at Jinghe: "Hey, brother, you are a big friend."

"Yes," Jinghe stroked his curly hair with a smile, "You are the only one who knows the most."

Youyou shook her head: "Hehe, I'm the only one who knows the most!"

After walking a short distance forward, they saw Xiaopang and Yaya, who had just come out of their homes and were squatting at the wall playing cards. Xiaotao and Haohao called them and said they wanted to go to Sister Xuxu's house to make lanterns.

——Influenced by Youyou, all the kids called Liu Wangxue “Sister”.

When Xiaopang and Yaya heard this, they were immediately envious and asked Liu Wangxue if they could go with them.

Liu Wangxue remembered that she bought about ten handmade lantern bags, which was enough for Xiaopang and Yaya, so she nodded and agreed to invite the two children to join her.

Haohao took out a handful of fried peas from his pocket and shared them with the two new members of the team - they had previously eaten from his left pocket, which had been emptied, so this time they went to his right pocket.

When Xiao Tao saw it, he reached out for more, but Haohao only gave him a small handful.

After leaving this path, there was a big trash can at the intersection. Jinghe took the empty milk cartons from the three children and threw them into the trash can.

After walking a little further, they saw Leilei playing the stone catching game with her brother on the roadside, so Xiaotao and Haohao shouted to them.

Leilei's brother is called Fengfeng, who is nearly half a year younger than Youyou and has a chubby face. Fengfeng is not supposed to go to kindergarten at this age, but he is very attached to his sister and has been following Leilei since he could walk. The village kindergarten is next to the primary school, so Leilei's grandmother had to ask the teacher to send Fengfeng there. He went there to play for a year, and Leilei took him to and from school every day.

Now that it is winter vacation, Fengfeng has become Leilei's little tail. Leilei's first-grade classmates don't want to play with the little brat because they think it's troublesome, so Leilei has to play with Fengfeng herself.

As soon as Xiao Tao, Hao Hao and the others shouted, Lei Lei put away the pebbles and came over holding Feng Feng's hand.

So the brother and sister joined the team.

Haohao followed suit and took out a handful of fried peas and shared them with them. The sound of chewing was accompanied by the chattering of the team.

Xiao Tao asked Hao Hao for more, but Hao Hao said, "No more, we have divided them all."

Xiao Tao didn't believe it. He thought that there was so much money in his left pocket, and he took out handfuls of money after handfuls. How could he have used up the money in his right pocket so quickly?

Xiao Tao pointed at Hao Hao, his eyes accusing him: "Yesterday, you ate all the cookies that Grandma Yuehua gave me. The day before yesterday was the same. Today, I wanted to eat fried peas, but you didn't even give them to me!"

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He was referring to the time yesterday afternoon when, after saying goodbye to Cha Cha, he gave half of the biscuits in his bag to Hao Hao, because Hao Hao finished his own first and kept asking him for more.

"There really is no more!" Haohao said, counting with his fingers how many handfuls he had given away to Xiaotao, and then he opened both pockets, "If you don't believe me, check for yourself."

Xiao Tao leaned his head to look left and right, and then confirmed that there were really no more. Then he reached out and took out the two remaining pieces in the corner of Haohao's right pocket and ate them, saying with regret: "Okay then."

The other children still had some in their hands, especially Leilei and Fengfeng who had just received some, and Chacha who had only eaten one in her pocket. They all took them out and shared them with Xiaotao.

Xiao Tao gathered a handful of money in his hands in an instant, and the little regret in his heart immediately flew away.

Seeing that everyone had given, Youyou also dug into the pocket of his down jacket and took out a candy, which he had put in yesterday. He put the candy on the pile of peas in Xiaotao's palm and said, "I don't have any peas, so I'll give you a candy. This is what my dad bought for me. It's very sweet."

Xiao Tao chewed peas and said to Youyou, "Thank you."

Haohao was dissatisfied: "Why don't you say thank you to me? You ate so many of my peas."

Several other children also asked Xiao Tao for "thank you". Even Cha Cha was infected: "And me, and me."

Xiao Tao then thanked everyone one by one.

Liu Wangxue and his friends greeted the villagers on the way here. When asked, they said that they were going to Teacher Shen's house to look for Youyou. Now they are walking back, but a group of children are following them. The villagers can't help but ask what they are going to do.

As they walked and talked, they met Lei Lei's group of little sisters of the same grade. Several little girls were gathered together, some playing games and some reading comics in the open space. When they saw Liu Wangxue and the others coming, they all stopped automatically and their eyes fell on Cha Cha intentionally or unintentionally.

Xiao Tao challenged without saying anything: "What's so fun about kicking shuttlecock? Let's go to Sister Xuxu's house and make lanterns. Lanterns, do you know anything?"

He, Haohao and Leilei lived close to each other, and they were in the same class, so they usually had more time to play together. In the morning, when the two boys went to Youyou's house together, they also called Leilei, but Leilei said that she had already made an appointment with these little sisters to play together, so she didn't go with them.

When Xiao Tao and Hao Hao asked Lei Lei over just now, they learned that these girls were unwilling to take Feng Feng to play. Now that they encountered this situation, they decided to help the siblings get back at them.

Haohao followed the stereotype: "They definitely don't know, they only play shuttlecock, jump rubber bands, and play with dolls, which is boring."

The girls ignored Xiao Tao and Hao Hao and asked Lei Lei: "Why are you hanging out with these stinky boys again?"

Lei Lei reprimanded them: "Because you didn't take my brother with you."

The girls said one after another: "We don't play with stinky boys. Leilei, if you come over now, we will take you with us." Well, it would be better to bring that foreign friend along as well.

Fengfeng poked his head out from behind Leilei: "My sister doesn't want to play with you!"

Leilei held Fengfeng's hand and said, "Let's go!"

Xiaopang and Yaya made faces at the girls and said, "You guys can have fun by yourselves. Leilei, come with us to make lanterns!"

Xiao Tao pretended to invite you: "Do you want to come? There are lanterns just like the ones on TV, many kinds, with light bulbs that can be lit up. You can run around and play with them during the Lantern Festival." He had no idea what kind of lanterns he was going to make at Liu Wangxue's house, he just made it up to show off to the people across the street.

It would be a lie for the little girls to say they weren't moved, but it wasn't mainly because of the lanterns but because of Cha Cha - they didn't play with these boys because they felt they always got themselves dirty, but who wouldn't like a little angel who looked clean and pretty at first glance?

They all heard yesterday that a very good-looking foreign child had come to the village. Many people had seen him, but they went out to play and ran far away yesterday, and did not go to the threshing ground in the evening, so they had no chance to see him.

Seeing this, the little girl's desire for beauty was aroused, but Cha Cha happened to be standing with Xiao Tao and the others. Since they were not on good terms with Xiao Tao and Hao Hao, it was not easy for her to take the initiative to step forward and say hello.

When Liu Wangxue heard that Xiao Tao was going to send out another invitation to expand the team, she felt like she was crying. It wasn't that she didn't welcome the children to go, but with these six little girls, the handmade bags she bought would definitely not be enough to share!

Liu Wangxue was urgently thinking about whether there were any other handicraft materials at home that could be used as substitutes or suitable for children to make, when she heard Haohao say "lululu" immediately afterwards.

Haohao grinned: "Want to come? I won't bring you along! You can only see but not touch, hahahaha..."

The girls were pissed off, but their pride wouldn't allow them to bow their heads. They packed up their things and left: "Who cares? We can do it ourselves!"

"Just wait, I'll blind you during the Lantern Festival!"

"Let's go!"

“Go home and do it now!”

Liu Wangxue watched the little girls leave in a hurry, and looked at Anding, and they both smiled helplessly. Forget it, it's a matter between children, and they adults don't interfere.

The team continued to move forward. Xiao Tao and Hao Hao were still speaking up for Lei Lei and Feng Feng, and said that they would make good lanterns and defeat them when the time came.

The declaration of war was sent out inexplicably.

Youyou held Chacha's left hand and Jinghe's right hand, and raised her face: "Brother, they are so fierce."

Before Jinghe could speak, Xiaotao spoke first. After hearing this, he immediately turned around and said to Youyou, "They are like this. They are very fierce every day."

Haohao Jiaji: "Sometimes it's unreasonable."

Xiaopang said: "I feel the same way. They still call me fat, but I'm not fat at all."

Yaya nodded and said, "Xiao Pang's grandmother said he is thinner than in the summer."

Liu Wangxue, Anding and Jinghe all looked at Xiaopang's round body and secretly tried to hold back their laughter.

When Xiaopang was born, he was not fat at all. He was born prematurely and stayed in the incubator for a week. After he was brought home, his grandmother took good care of him. The old lady thought that children would be healthy and strong if they were fatter, but at that time, Xiaopang's weight gain was very slow, so his grandmother simply changed his nickname and called him Xiaopang.

Xiaopang is now a little over four years old. It seems that he has obviously oversupplemented himself. He is a lot fatter than other children of the same age, such as Cha Cha. But his grandmother still thinks he is thin.

The weather is cold now, and his grandmother is worried that he will catch a cold if he doesn't wear enough clothes, so she puts three layers of clothes on him. So, the little fat boy in front of Liu Wangxue and the others looks like a blown-up balloon, very round.

Anyway, Liu Wangxue couldn't tell how Xiaopang had lost weight compared to Xia Tian.

Youyou and Xiaopang had a friendship that dated back to the days when they had picked lotus pods together. He defended Xiaopang, released Chacha's finger, touched Xiaoci who was lying on his back, and said, "You are not fat, you are round, just like a cat, you are round and cute!"

Xiaoci meowed at the right time, as if to confirm what Youyou said.

Youyou was happy: "You see, Cat thinks so too."

Xiaopang agreed: "Yes! I'm round and cute!"

Yaya agreed: "Yes, you are cute."

Xiao Tao, Hao Hao, Lei Lei and Feng Feng all expressed their affirmation, saying that Xiao Pang was cute, only Cha Cha didn't say anything.

Haohao reminded Chacha: "You have to say it too."

Cha Cha asked knowingly, "What should I say?"

Xiao Tao was very patient with Cha Cha. He felt that since Cha Cha could understand what they said, he was much better than Richard. It was understandable that he couldn't keep up with them occasionally, so he explained it to him again.

Cha Cha looked at Xiao Pang's chubby body and couldn't say the three words "You are not fat". He felt that being fat was a fact, so why couldn't he admit it? Besides, in terms of cuteness, he felt that Xiao Pang was not as cute as You You, let alone Gu Gua.

But as long as the other person is happy, that's fine. Cha Cha thought for a second and equated "round" with "fat" in her mind. Looking at Xiao Pang's expectant eyes, she said to him, "Well, you are round, which is cute, right?" He was telling the truth.

Xiaopang grinned and put the last few peas in his hand into his mouth. A series of crunching sounds expressed his inner joy.

After walking the rest of the way back to the yard, there were eight children in total. As soon as they arrived, the yard immediately became noisy.

Gu Xuelan went to the town to buy something and hasn't come back yet. Du Yunxiang seemed to be still working in the room. Liu Wangxue and Anding took the children up the stairs on the bungalow side, across the roof to the sunroom.

Jinghe was also helping to maintain order from behind. Sometimes when the children talked, they would stop where they were and not move forward, so Jinghe would urge them forward.

The temperature of the sun has risen now, and you can feel the heat as soon as you enter the sun room. Liu Wangxue, Anding and Jinghe moved the tables and chairs inside to the wall, leaving as much space as possible in the middle for the children to play.

The sun room had a floor, but it was tiled and usually kept clean, so you could take off your shoes and sit on it. Liu Wangxue tested the temperature and found it was still a little cold, so she went downstairs to get a carpet and spread it out, then arranged for the children to sit on it one by one, and then asked them to choose a lantern handmade bag according to their preferences.

Chacha's was naturally the parrot shape he had already ordered, Youyou chose a cat head, and the rest included flowers, fish, round, square, etc. In order to take care of the children's hands-on ability, Liu Wangxue chose super simple versions.

After distributing them, there were exactly two left. Anding and Jinghe each took one. While they were making them themselves, they also helped guide the other children.

The temporary "workshop" for lanterns is officially open, only today and the quantity is limited.