Chapter 82 Nian Nian Buys a Schoolbag

“This one looks good.”

“I think this is better.”

“This one’s not bad either!”

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A group of people from the Shi family sat on the sofas placed around the coffee table, each refreshing the shopping interface and choosing a new schoolbag for Nian Nian to go to school.

"Oh, listen to me." Shi Nanqi forced everyone in the Shi family to show the product picture on the phone screen, saying with certainty, "There's a cartoon rabbit in a tuxedo playing the piano on this backpack. It looks exactly like Nian Nian! How cute!"

Shi Linzhuo reluctantly raised his head and glanced.

They look quite similar and are quite cute.

"But aunt, I think what I chose is more in line with Nian Nian's aesthetic." Shi Linzhuo's phone's shopping interface was facing Shi Nanqi's face. "It has a lot of pockets designed on it, which can hold a lot of small pendants that Nian Nian bought. How practical!"

Shi Nanqi retorted, refusing to agree: "There are so many pockets that I'm going to have trypophobia. They're not as good as the one I chose."

Wang Xiulin, who was sitting on the other side of the sofa, tilted her head to glance at the two of them and gave them a negative response: "What you chose is too ordinary. When I go shopping, I see all the kids carrying these. It's not new at all."

"Looking for something new and different when choosing a schoolbag?" Shi Guilin, who had been scrolling through the screen for a long time, felt a bit overwhelmed. "Then pick Nian Nian an old-fashioned army green canvas bag like the one Lei Feng used. I guarantee no one will have the same style as her."

Shi Linzhuo: "..."

Shi Nanqi: "..."

Wang Xiulin: “…”

An eerie silence spread. After a few breaths, Shi Linzhuo clapped his hands and exclaimed, "This is a great idea! I'll vote for it first!"

Shi Nanqi was also very excited: "Great, with this bag, I can see Nian Nian at a glance after school. There is a big red five-pointed star on the bag, which is very eye-catching."

Wang Xiulin's expression changed several times, and she looked complicated: "...It quite meets the requirements."

Shi Guilin looked at everyone's expression in turn, his eyes filled with disbelief, mixed with a hint of eagerness to try: "Then I'll ask Nian Nian's opinion."

He half-turned, resting his elbows on the sofa back, and waved to Nian Nian, who was playing with building blocks on the carpet behind him. He said loudly, "Nian Nian, come here quickly! Take a look at the schoolbag we picked out for you!"

"Wait, Nian Nian is here!"

He threw down the building blocks without any reluctance, supported himself on the carpet with his palms, used the force to stand up, and ran over with a clatter.

"Where is the schoolbag? Nian Nian comes and has a look." He rushed to Shi Guilin, his eyes full of anticipation.

Shi Guilin enlarged the product picture and unfolded the phone in his palm.

Nian Nian pulled Shi Guilin's wrist holding the phone, poked her head out, and what caught her eye was the Jiefang bag in military green with a red five-pointed star.

The joy in his eyes and the expectation at the corners of his mouth froze and slowly turned into obvious questions.

Shi Guilin and the others swore to heaven that this was the first time they saw such an obvious change in expression on Nian Nian's face.

Before anyone could ask Nian Nian about her schoolbag, she raised her confused face.

He poked the schoolbag on the screen with his short, small index finger, blinked his dark eyes in confusion, and asked a mystery from the depths of his heart:

"Papa, is Nian Nian going to join the army?"

"ah?"

Several people said in unison. Shi Linzhuo even scratched his ears, wondering if he had misheard.

Shi Guilin opened his mouth wide.

Nian Nian kept asking, "Papa, can I join the army while I'm in kindergarten?"

Shi Guilin hastily denied: "Of course not!"

"Oh." Nian Nian was a little disappointed. "Nian Nian and Grandpa were watching TV, and everyone in the show had this schoolbag. Um... Grandpa also said... said..."

His memory was a little fuzzy, and he lowered his head and racked his brains to recall.

"Oh!" The little guy's expression suddenly brightened. "Nian Nian remembered it. Grandpa said, 'This new recruit fights well!' Nian Nian thought it was amazing!"

Shi Nanqi knew what was going on as soon as she heard it. She immediately laughed and complained, "Dad, why is he taking Nian Nian to watch an anti-Japanese war drama again? He's already looking like a reserve soldier."

Wang Xiulin laughed and scolded: "Old guy is really..."

After listening to just a few words, Shi Guilin and Shi Linzhuo both looked puzzled.

The little guy held his round chin with both hands, still regretting that he couldn't join the army: "Nian Nian also wants to be a new soldier. So powerful, bang bang bang, the bad guys fall down."

He gestured with one hand towards the gun, trying to straighten his chubby face to make himself look more serious, imitating the way new recruits fired guns in TV dramas.

Shi Guilin didn't expect that Nian Nian, at such a young age, had been influenced by the old man to become so passionate.

"Do you know what a rookie is?" Shi Guilin smiled and tapped his forehead. "You are now one of the rookies standing at the starting point of the school journey."

"Papa, you're talking nonsense. Nian Nian is not good at studying." He doesn't look like a rookie who kills bad guys with every shot.

"Okay, regardless of whether you're a new recruit or not," Shi Guilin said, wrapping his arms around the baby and holding him in his arms. "Do you want this schoolbag?"

"Yes! Nian Nian likes it." Although he is not a soldier yet, he can get the same schoolbag.

Shi Guilin nodded, placed the order and paid.

"What about this one?" Shi Nanqi pulled Nian Nian to his side. "Do you like this rabbit one?"

Nian Nian glanced at it and said: "I like it. Nian Nian also plays the piano."

"I bought it!" Shi Nanqi paid readily.

After finishing this, Shi Linzhuo held his shoulders and turned around, and then he started to recommend it to him in a spoonfull manner, "This one with lots of pockets, do you like it?"

"Wow, that's a lot." The number of pockets is so high that Nian Nian would be shocked when she saw it.

"Nian Nian likes it too."

When Linzhuo received the little guy's approval, he was very excited. He shook his feet and said happily, "Then I'll place the order."

Everyone's money was spent and everyone was happy.