Chu Tian leaned over to the dazed Xinxin and asked in a low voice, "How is it? Is Dad awesome?"

Xinxin gave Chu Tian a thumbs up and said, "Dad is the best."

Yao Xiujuan came back with the food and asked curiously, "What's the most amazing thing?"

Xinxin quickly stepped forward to help, "It's okay, Mom, you heard it wrong..."

Sitting at the dining table, Yao Xiujuan first handed a pan-fried bun to Old Mrs. Chu, and then handed a pan-fried bun to Chu Tian before looking at the three siblings.

"You've been out playing for over a month now. School will start in a few days, so you should focus on your studies and make up your homework. You should review what you need to do..."

Xinxin picked up a pan-fried bun and took a bite before she spoke, "Mom, I almost finished my homework while I was out playing. I only have two English essays left to do. I plan to go to the Xinda Family Compound with Si Ya and find Grandma Qi..."

Pingping continued, "Mom, I'm almost done with my homework. I only have a few weekly diaries to write. I'll start after dinner..."

Yao Xiujuan nodded in satisfaction, paused, looked at Lele, who was about to bury her face in the bowl, and frowned and asked, "Lele, what about you? I remember you brought your homework with you. How much did you finish?"

Lele raised her head and used her chopsticks to pick up a pan-fried bun for Yao Xiujuan. She smiled guiltily and said, "Mom, please try the pan-fried buns that the aunt in the lobby gave us. She said it's a new flavor and tastes very good..."

Yao Xiujuan, “…”

Xinxin and Pingping burst out laughing when they heard this. Xinxin looked at Yao Xiujuan and said, "Mom, you've been away for over a month. Have you seen Lele touch any books? Why are you asking? He definitely hasn't written a single word~~"

Lele yelled, "Sister! You..."

Yao Xiujuan glared at Lele in dissatisfaction, "Why am I calling you sister? You're not doing your homework and you think you're right?"

"After dinner, come with me to the store downstairs, and I'll watch you do your homework!"

Lele quickly looked at Chu Tian, ​​"Dad..."

"I····"

Before Chu Tian could say anything, he heard Yao Xiujuan's cold voice, "Dad? There's no point in calling you dad!"

Seeing her father lower his head to continue eating, Lele looked at Old Mrs. Chu, "Grandma..."

After drinking the last mouthful of porridge, Old Lady Chu pretended not to hear Lele's cry for help. Instead, she stood up and looked at Yao Xiujuan cheerfully and said, "Xiujuan, grandma saw the tomatoes planted on the roof this morning. They've all turned red. I'll pick them later. Can you make some fried dumplings for lunch? I haven't had them for a long time. I'm craving them..."

Yao Xiujuan quickly responded, "Okay, I'll take out another piece of mutton and chop it up and cook it in at noon."

Seeing that even Old Lady Chu didn't help her, Lele instantly became depressed and ate her meal with a look of grievance.

Seeing that Mrs. Chu had finished her meal and left, Chu Tian and Yao Xiujuan also finished their meal and were about to go downstairs. Before leaving, they saw Wang Yanfang also speeding up. Chu Tian hurriedly said, "Yanfang, take your time to eat, don't rush..."

Wang Yanfang finished the porridge at the bottom of the bowl in a few gulps and said with a smile, "I'm done."

Chu Tian nodded, "Okay."

Yao Xiujuan said, "Yanfang, don't rush to come down. Don't open the door now. Wait an hour until the clerk comes and then open the door. I will go to the train station with your uncle to pick up the goods."

Wang Yanfang hurriedly said, "Uncle, aunt, can I come along and help?"

Yao Xiujuan waved her hand. "No need for you. Xu Cheng, Wu Bin and the others came early. We can take them with us on the tricycle to pull it."

After saying that, Yao Xiujuan and Chu Tian left.

After a while, except for Lele, Xinxin and Pingping had also finished eating. Seeing that Lele had been drinking her half bowl of porridge for almost ten minutes, Xinxin no longer waited for her and helped Wang Yanfang to clean up the rest of the dishes on the table.

Wang Yanfang held the empty bowl and chopsticks, looked at Xinxin and said, "Xinxin, aren't you going to look for Si Ya? Go ahead, I'll clean up..."

Xinxin shook her head. "Cousin Yanfang, I'm not in a hurry. Second uncle and the others must still be having breakfast at this time. Even if I go, I'll have to wait..."

Wang Yanfang nodded, and went downstairs with Pingping, carrying the dishes and chopsticks.

Yes, although they now have a kitchen upstairs that is connected to the water pipes and has a gas stove, they still have the habit of going downstairs to boil pots, wash dishes and cook. For this, Chu Tian is helpless. However, it is indeed inconvenient to cook upstairs. For example, every time after cooking, there will be smoke in the house!

Xinxin cleaned the table and looked up to see Lele still dawdling. She urged him dissatisfiedly, "Lele, eat faster! Your bowl is waiting for you!"

Lele turned a deaf ear and continued writing.

Seeing this, Xinxin said coldly, "Lele, even if you procrastinate, you still have to do your homework honestly under your mother's supervision!"

Lele paused while drinking the porridge, perhaps figuring something out. He closed his eyes and drank the porridge at the bottom of the bowl in two gulps. He wiped his mouth with one hand and handed the empty bowl to Xinxin with the other.

"Sister, give..."

Xinxin put her hands on her hips and looked at her coldly, "What are you giving me? Are you a young lady? Take it yourself!"

“····”

Lele's eyes immediately filled with tears, and she said pitifully, "Sister, you don't love me anymore..."

Xinxin remained unmoved, still staring at her coldly, and snorted, "Lele, your parents and great-grandmother are not here. Are you sure you want to continue pretending to be pitiful in front of your sister?"

“····”

Lele immediately wiped away the tears in her eyes, stood up swiftly, and ran downstairs with her bowl in her hand.

Xinxin watched Lele's back disappear into the stairwell and thought to herself that she had to tell her parents that they couldn't let Sister Yanfang wash the dishes every time. Lele was eight or nine years old, and from now on she should be the one to wash the pots and dishes after dinner.

When they arrived at the train station, Chu Tian left Yao Xiujuan and Lin Yuan to watch the three tricycles and the bicycle he rode, while he took the other three male shop assistants into the freight yard of the train station. Not long after, they each came out carrying a large bag. They ran back and forth three or four times before they finally collected all the goods.

Chu Tian looked at the three tricycles filled with large packages, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at Yao Xiujuan and asked, "Is this all? I see they are all clothes. Are there no shoes?"

"It's in, but it hasn't been shipped yet. I asked about it, and the shoe factory said they don't have that much stock, and they think it will be shipped a few days later..."

"These aren't all the goods. I bought a lot, so I guess there are still three more!"

When Lin Yuan was loading the truck, Yao Xiujuan already had a rough idea of ​​what was inside.

"Okay, let's go back first. I left my office phone number. They said they'll call me if there's more stock arriving, and then I'll come get it for you..."

Chu Tian sent them to the store door and left them alone to unload the truck and unpack. It was getting late and he had to go back to the company. Today they had an appointment with the commander of their corps to see the new regimental headquarters drawings.

"Xiujuan, I'm leaving first, I..."