Jiang Si nodded, indicating that he could get the noodles.

When they sat down at the dinner table, she said, "Don't worry about things at home. Work is important. If you really don't have time during the New Year, forget it..."

"I can go back to celebrate the New Year." Huo Tingzhou said.

I can’t talk about the details of the work, but it is certain that I will return to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

This is included in the other party's itinerary. Once the work here is over, he will have to return to Shanghai.

There are still many things to coordinate on the air defense side.

Since he said so, Jiang Si didn't ask any more questions. "Eat it quickly while it's hot."

Huo Tingzhou said he was not hungry, but his body was honest and he finished a big bowl of noodles in just a few minutes.

"Put the bowl there, I'll wash it later." Before Jiang Siqi finished speaking, Huo Tingzhou had already entered the kitchen with the empty bowl.

After doing all this, he glanced at the time and said, "Then I'm leaving."

Jiang Si nodded.

It was cold outside, so she didn't go out to see him off. "Drive slowly on the road and be careful."

Huo Tingzhou pursed his lips and stood there for almost a full minute.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Si felt a little confused by his gaze.

Seeing that his wife still didn't react, Huo Tingzhou held her face with both hands and kissed her hard.

He didn't let go until Jiang Si gently pushed him.

Jiang Si looked at Guo Dian with amusement, "We've been married for four years..."

Before he finished speaking, Huo Tingzhou said seriously, "It will be like this for forty years."

Then he asked, "Don't you have anything to tell me?"

The way he looked at her made it seem as if he would just stand there and not leave until she said something.

"I'm scared of you." Maybe it was because he heard the two children say love every day, so the next words didn't seem so awkward to say.

Jiang Si said, "I will miss you. Are you satisfied now?"

Huo Tingzhou nodded.

…

After a good night's sleep, when Jiang Si woke up the next day, the two little ones had already dressed themselves and gone downstairs.

After all, I have a game today, so I didn’t eat anything greasy or heavy in the morning.

After breakfast and checking what they needed to bring, Jiang Si took them to the competition venue.

The venue for this competition was chosen to be the Beijing Abacus Association. I had heard before that there would be many contestants participating in this competition, but I didn't expect there would be so many.

Even though today is not the weekend, there are still crowds of people outside the association.

All of this is to cheer up their own children.

He thought that with so many people at the scene, it would take some effort to find the old man and the others.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she got off the car, Jiang Si saw an extremely conspicuous banner.

Jing Yan's name was written on it, and below it were a bunch of words of encouragement.

Looking closely, I saw that the old man and my third uncle were holding up the banner, and Grandma Huo and others were standing beside them.

Jiang Si hurriedly took the child to reunite with them.

Before I could say a few words of encouragement, a staff member came out with a loudspeaker.

He was reading out the rules of the game.

Generally speaking, apart from the fact that the number of participants is slightly higher this year than last year, the rules remain basically unchanged.

Regardless of whether it is the infant group, youth group, or adult group, all contestants will have to go through two rounds of elimination.

The first round of examination is addition and subtraction, with a total of 30 questions and a time limit of 10 minutes.

Those with an accuracy rate greater than 90% will automatically advance.

The second round of competition is multiplication and division, and the rules are the same as the first round.

After two rounds of eliminations, the competition organizing committee will be responsible for checking all test questions and qualifying places. After confirmation, the final will be held that afternoon.

The finals will also last ten minutes, with no limit on question types. Whoever answers the most questions within the specified time will be first!

If the scores are tied, an overtime round will be played.

In addition, in order to create a good competition environment for the children, parents are not allowed to watch the elimination matches.

Family members are allowed to enter the finals in the afternoon, but only one person per family is allowed.

It should be noted that since the finals are held indoors, no noise is allowed during the competition. If any parent violates the rules, the contestant will be disqualified.

There's no other way. If we don't have this rule, who knows what will happen during the competition.

After the competition rules were read out, all contestants began to line up according to their competition tracks under the guidance of the staff.

Jiang Si had said these words of encouragement countless times during this period. She took Zhao Zhao's little hand and walked her to the queue area for the youth group.

"Just go ahead and play your best."

Zhao Zhao nodded, and suddenly clenched his little fist and made a gesture of encouragement to the old man and his third uncle who were not far away.

"Zhao Zhao will do his best!"

The little baby's voice was clear and loud. Coincidentally, the staff member was standing nearby and immediately looked over when he heard the words.

"Little boy, you're in the wrong line. This is the youth group, and the toddler group is over there."

Zhao Zhao: "That's right, I'm in the youth group."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire team in front looked over.

The staff member seemed a little shocked. "How old are you, kid? Why are you signing up for the youth group? Did you accidentally check the wrong box when you registered?"

Jiang Si was about to explain when a sarcastic male voice suddenly came from the crowd.

"Teacher, she's not little anymore! She's already four years old this year."

Someone nearby also said with a playful smile, "No, no, no, he's not even four yet. If we're talking about his age, he's less than two and a half."