When Grandpa Ding talks about his carving skills, he always gives himself a good compliment.

"Grandpa, do you know how to carve jade or anything like that?" Wei Aiguo asked.

"I've carved jade and ivory. I'm not bragging, but my master was most proud of me back then." There was no one else in the room, so Grandpa Ding lowered his voice, as if afraid of being overheard.

Wei Aiguo: "Grandpa, when I find some good material, I'll ask you to carve something for me."

"Okay..."

…

The meal ended in pleasant conversation.

In the afternoon, Wei Aiguo found the big tree where he had kept his things. When no one was around, he climbed up. The things were still there.

Wei Aiguo changed into a patched-up shirt. When he came down, he was a middle-aged, hunchbacked man.

The man then strolled off to the flea market.

…

Children have more energy than adults, especially those with good health like Yueyue.

Running around all morning and coming back feeling perfectly fine? What does "tired" even mean? I don't know!

Today she insisted on taking a nap with her sister.

Chunyang and Wei An shared a room.

This naughty girl, can't she just sleep there? Nobody cares.

After a short nap, Yueyue woke up. She wanted to sleep with her grandma because her grandma would know when she woke up.

They didn't go to Grandpa Zeng's room either.

Uncle Di's eyes were like light bulbs, shining brightly everywhere.

The little girl got up, rubbed her face vigorously, climbed out of bed, and put on her shoes. Her older sister and Aunt Chunyang were still asleep. She squeezed out through a crack in the door.

Bai Shuang lay there lazily, her tongue lolling out as she panted.

"Don't yell! Let's go for a walk!" Yueyue unfastened the buckle around Bai Shuang's neck. "Let's go! Quietly, okay?" Now her family won't let her go out by herself.

Yueyue struggled to open the door, finally managing to open it a crack. Baishuang helped pry it open a little wider with her paws. The child and the dog were then able to squeeze through.

The alley where Song Yan lives is quite spacious and long. There is a tree at the end of the alley.

Elderly men and women who have nothing to do often like to sit under the tree to enjoy the cool shade.

As people get older, they sleep less and don't take naps. They get up after lying down for a short while and come out to sit whenever they have nothing to do. The old lady and gentleman are happy to be here, since it's stuffy inside.

Mrs. He prefers to sit here. The house is a mess, so cramped; it's nowhere near as spacious and bright as this!

There's also a breeze coming through here from time to time.

They were still quite far apart, so Yueyue patted Bai Shuang and said, "Sit down and enjoy the cool air."

Bai Shuang obediently lay down in the shade by the wall.

Nowadays, every family has many children. In just this one alley, there can be a whole bunch of kids.

There are two children, a little older than Yueyue, playing outside with their grandparents.

Yueyue wasn't familiar with them and was an outsider, so she didn't approach them. Yueyue took a piece of candy out of her pocket, unwrapped one end of the pretty candy wrapper, leaving the other half still wrapped. Yueyue then held one end of the candy and licked it little by little.

These days, candy is incredibly appealing to children. The two kids stopped playing and ran over to Yueyue to look at her.

The older one stared intently at Yueyue's bag.

"You want to steal it? It listens to me now."

"If you steal my candy, I'll make it pull down your pants!" Yueyue licked the candy again, one bite at a time. She was such a good, obedient child. Her mother had said that Bai Shuang couldn't be allowed to bite anyone.

White Frost is such a big dog, it's really intimidating.

"Bai Shuang, come here!" Yueyue called out.

Bai Shuang slowly came over.

Yueyue patted its head, "Go back!"

Bai Shuang slowly returned to her original position. She was very familiar with this game. Yueyue always did this to show off to her friends.

The two children were dumbfounded. Was this dog really that obedient?

The older children didn't dare to even think about grabbing it. But Yueyue's candy was too tempting.

Because Yueyue was so stubborn about candy, Song Yan bought her a lot of candy, and she could ask her mother for two pieces a day.

There are so many delicious things at home, and it's not just candy that's tasty. For the first few days, Yueyue only had eyes for candy. After that, she was quite eager to get candy, but she wasn't in a hurry to eat it. Now her bag is full of candy.

"I have candy in my pocket." Yueyue took out a piece of candy.

"Can, can I have it?" the older child asked pitifully.

"I'll give you candy after we play games," Yueyue said.

"Sure! Sure! What do you want to play?" The older children were very excited. Their calls attracted the attention of several elderly people over there, but no one paid them any attention.

"Stop making noise!" Yueyue said unhappily.

The older child covered his mouth in fright, afraid that Yueyue would be unhappy and wouldn't give him the candy.

"I want to play too, can I have a piece?" the little child asked.

"Wait a minute! You go first."

"Your grandma pulled the chair away when she wanted to sit down, so she sat on the floor and I gave her candy," Yueyue said, pointing to Mrs. He.

These are both grandsons of the He family. The older one is nicknamed Erdan, and the younger one is called Sandan. The eldest grandson is called Tiedan, but he's not here.

Erdan nodded, "That's easy!" His grandma was winding yarn. She would stand up to get the yarn, then sit down again.

Erdan ran up to his grandma and squatted down.

That's how kids are; they come over for a bit, then run off again. Nobody seems to care.

Mrs. He stood up and handed the yarn to the other person before she sat down to wind it up.

Erdan quickly moved the small stool away before anyone could even remind him.

"Ouch!" Mrs. He fell flat on her backside and it hurt so much!

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