Chen Wenlian, who was originally worried that her grandson could not endure the hardship, was very grateful to Ling Ran after seeing her grandson's different spirit and energy.

Hearing what Ling Ran and Zhou Xiang said, he immediately nodded and said, "Yes, yes, it's good to take advantage of the summer vacation when you have nothing to do and get some exercise. After graduating from college and entering the society, with this temperament, you will have a higher chance of getting a job interview than others."

Zhou Weibin wailed inwardly. Why was he showing off? He was simply shooting himself in the foot.

After chatting for a while, Chen Wenlian happily took her grandson away from Zhou's house. No one paid attention to Zhou Weibin's sad little eyes.

School has started, my grandparents and dad have all left, and only one of the six children is left. Mei Zi has not come back yet. Hanhan doesn't miss his parents at all, and all he talks about every day is his brothers and sisters.

Zhou wanted to call Mei Zi to ask if she still wanted a daughter. Mei Zi jokingly said that she had given her daughter to her. "I'm here to help! Li Li is here too. Now, the passion we had back then has returned. If Zhang Ning hadn't just found out she was pregnant, she would have come to work too.

The environment here is truly wonderful. "I'm reluctant to leave" perfectly describes my feelings. We plan to build another row of wooden villas for our own residence."

"Using public office for personal gain!" Zhou Xiang immediately rebuked, "Have you asked me, the big boss?"

"Didn't you say you wouldn't participate in decision-making?" Xiao Chunmei didn't care about Zhou Xiang's fake-sounding scolding.

"It's fine not to participate in decision-making, but you've abused public power for personal gain and occupied public resources. I must severely criticize you."

"Okay, okay!" Xiao Chunmei comforted him halfheartedly, "You have a villa too, stop complaining and take good care of my daughter for me."

Then he hung up the phone without giving Zhou Xiang time to speak.

Zhou Xiang felt both angry and amused as he stared at the buzzing phone. He had treated his daughter like a treasure in Beijing before, and his passion for work had disappeared without a trace. Now that his passion was back, his daughter had become like grass.

"Hanhan, your mother doesn't miss you at all." Zhou Xiang teased his niece.

Hanhan was sitting next to her aunt, listening to her phone call. She didn't care about her aunt's provocation. "Mom makes money, a lot of money. My brothers and sisters go to school, and I will accompany you. We can make up for each other."

"Who taught you that?" Zhou Xiang gently pinched his niece's face.

"Sister Tongtong said that they can't accompany you because they go to school, and that my mom can't accompany me because she's busy making money. The two of us are just right."

"What about me?" Ling Ran's tone was full of resentment. This aunt and nephew could not see him as a living person in their eyes.

Hanhan raised her head and asked, "Shouldn't my uncle go to work?"

"What kind of job do I have?" Ling Ran was surprised.

"Go to the food station! Take care of Uncle Lu and the others. Sister Tongtong said you're very powerful and have dozens of people under you," Hanhan said, her eyes turning to her uncle's hand. "Uncle, can your hand become as big as the Buddha's?"

Well?

Well?

Zhou Xiang and Ling Ran were both confused. What did this have to do with anything?

The little girl continued, "It was like a mountain pressing down from the sky and grabbing Sun Wukong in one hand."

“Pfft…hahaha.”

Zhou Xiang finally understood what his niece meant, so he hugged her and laughed out loud, leaving the other two confused.

Seeing both the big and small looking at him with confused eyes, Zhou Xiang couldn't help but smile again.

Ling Ran really didn't know what his wife was laughing at.

Hanhan knew that her aunt was laughing because of what she said, but she didn't understand why. "Aunt?"

After finally stopping laughing, Zhou Xiang kindly explained to his lover, "Hanhan took the three words under her hand as their literal meaning."

Ling Ran raised his big hand and took a look, and couldn't help laughing. "Okay, uncle-in-law, listen to Hanhan. I'll use the Five Finger Mountain to suppress those disobedient people."

"Mmmm, uncle, please don't hurt them. Monkey is very pitiful."

"Okay, I'll just tap it gently."

"OK!"

Zhou Xiang was amused by her little niece's childish talk again. As she laughed, the smile froze on the corner of her mouth. If she hadn't missed those four years, she should have been able to store some of Haohao, Dangdang and Tongtong's childish talk in her memory.

Ling Ran saw his wife's expression change and guessed what she was thinking, "Come on, let's go out for a walk together."

"No," Zhou Xiang waved his hand, "It's too hot, go by yourself!"

It was only September and the weather was indeed hot. Ling Ran did not force his lover to go out, but just asked Lu Ying to come out and accompany her.

Zhou Xiang felt sorry for Lu Ying, who had lost weight, and said, "Thank you for your hard work this summer."

It's all because of those energetic naughty kids. In the past, Lu Jing had help, but this summer, only Lu Ying is accompanying six children, and also the children of the security guards in the warehouse building. Taking care of so many children is more tiring than that of a kindergarten teacher.

"It's not hard," Lu Ying said. This little bit of hardship was incomparable to when she was a child. "My sister is finally pregnant and is receiving special treatment from my sister-in-law. All I can do is exert some brute force. I can't be considered anything."

"Where's your little Fatty?" Zhou thought, thinking that Lu Ying had no time to look after her own child. "Is he old enough to run around? When he's older, you can bring him over to play with us."

Although these naughty monkeys are noisy, the games they play will become beautiful memories in the future, which is much better than playing in the mud in the countryside.

"Let's talk about it later. His grandparents can't bear to let him go."

Time flies, and it was the end of January 2007. It was already the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the children had started their final exams. Dong Yunrong and Ling Quan prepared New Year's goods early this year, and learned how to make sausages from others. They also discussed with their son and daughter-in-law that the grandchildren would live with them as soon as they had their vacation.

Zhou Xiang agreed. The children lived in the school dormitory and had to do homework and interact with their friends when they returned home on weekends. They had no time to visit their grandparents.

Zhou's father, who arrived a little late, could only ask his eldest grandson to go back to the Zhou family as soon as the holiday came.

Zhou Yan looked at his sister Hanhan who was clinging to his aunt, "Grandpa, let me finish my winter vacation homework first and try to go back early."

"Okay." Father Zhou left with disappointment.

Zhou wanted to touch the top of his nephew's head and said, "Follow your own heart and don't worry about others."

When the children were receiving their report cards, Third Brother and Mei Zi finally decided to come back. Looking at the pair of black monkeys, Zhou Xiang couldn't help but teasing them that they looked like they had escaped from the mountains.

Zhou Hua's eyes sparkled. "That's about right! We've only lived in the mountains for half a year!"

The dark and thin Xiao Chunmei was also in very good spirits. "Yes, we are almost like mountain monkeys, running up and down the mountain every day."

"Who can I blame?" Zhou Xiang rolled his eyes at her. "You don't even want your daughter anymore. Is there any treasure in the mountains?"

"Almost," Xiao Chunmei hugged her daughter tightly as she twisted her waist to get down. "There are several hills there. Two of them are adjacent to each other and form a canyon with a stream and wild fruits. You can fish with spears and pick wild fruits. There are so many fun outdoor activities..."

"Stop, stop, stop," Zhou wanted to interrupt her. "If I remember correctly, you're going there to help, right? Why does it sound like you're going there for fun?"