On the side, Lu Yuanbao was wrapping the rice dumplings in an exquisite manner.
He had small hands, so Chu Yue picked some smaller bamboo leaves for him. He followed the same steps as Chu Yue taught him: turning in circles, filling with glutinous rice, covering it, and then tying it with a rope.
He was careful and cautious in every step.
Just a few minutes later, a small rice dumpling appeared completely in Lu Yuanbao's palm.
The bamboo leaves did not crack and the glutinous rice wrapped inside did not leak out, making it a very beautiful little rice dumpling.
"Brother Yuanbao! You are so awesome! You can make rice dumplings!"
"Yuanbao! How did you do that? I can't even hold it steady."
Pei Tianci and Chen Dazhuang squeezed on either side of Lu Yuanbao, looking at the small rice dumplings in his hands with great interest. They were obviously not the ones they made themselves, but for some reason their faces were filled with pride, as if they were completely honored.
Lu Yuanbao smiled shyly and said, "It's not difficult to make zongzi. If you follow my example, you will learn how to do it."
"Yeah, yeah, we'll learn from you."
Pei Tianci and Chen Dazhuang followed Lu Yuanbao carefully to learn. Although they did not succeed in wrapping it in a short time, they managed to do it pretty well.
Pei Hanchuan looked down at the bamboo leaves in his palm that were torn apart by brute force, and then thought about Lu Yuanbao's words "It's not difficult". Bullshit! It's obviously difficult, okay!
Young Master Pei is flexible and will never force himself to do things he is not good at. He started to act as a handyman and no longer touched the bamboo leaves.
Pei Mingzhu, on the other hand, was very patient. After failing several times, she continued to practice silently and after a while she was able to make very beautiful rice dumplings.
"Mom, you did it! It's a big zongzi!" Pei Tianci said with sparkling eyes and nodded his little head excitedly.
He nodded, and the little tuft of hair on his head swayed along with it, looking quite soft and cute.
At this moment, as Chen Dazhuang said at the beginning, this little girl is really beautiful.
Even though Pei Tianci was wearing boy's clothes, his face and expression were completely like a little girl, and he was becoming more and more distinctive.
Pei Mingzhu smiled and said, "Tianci, can I give you this rice dumpling that mom made by herself?"
"Okay! I will eat all the rice dumplings my mom made!"
The mother and son looked at each other and smiled happily.
At noon that day, Chu Yue did not prepare any other dishes to entertain the distinguished guests from the Pei family. She cooked the rice dumplings that everyone had made together, and invited Chen Dazhuang to stay to eat the rice dumplings as well.
Pei Tianci ate the rice dumplings that Pei Mingzhu made herself. He ate two in one go, making her belly round.
Lu Yuanbao ate three, one sweet and one salty to suit every appetite. When Chu Yue asked him which flavor he liked better, Lu Yuanbao thought for a long time but couldn't come up with an answer. Anyway, they were all delicious.
As for Chen Dazhuang...
"I want five!"
From the very beginning, Chen Dazhuang was ambitious and wanted to eat five.
Later, somehow, Pei Hanchuan started to compete with Chen Dazhuang. It was like a competition, you eat one and I eat one. The small dumplings wrapped by Lu Yuanbao were the most delicious. If they ate the big ones, they would be full.
In the end, after eating six dumplings, I still felt full.
Glutinous rice is not a very easy food to digest, and it will make you feel very uncomfortable if you overeat it, so a group of people played the game of "statue" in the yard again.
Lu Yuanbao was injured and unable to move, so he acted as the person shouting "three, two, one". The others stood far behind him and had to stop immediately when he turned his head.
The afternoon sun was shining brightly and everyone was sweating, but they were still so happy that they couldn't stop.
Even the exquisite and elegant Pei Mingzhu put aside her reserve as a young lady and played with the children. Laughter could be heard from time to time. When several sisters-in-law passed by outside the yard, they were attracted by the laughter and couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Happy times always come to an end. In the evening, Pei Mingzhu and Pei Hanchuan were about to take Pei Tianci back home, and it was time to say goodbye.
Chen Dazhuang was especially reluctant to part with the handsome Pei Tianci. Even though he was a little brother, he was still a handsome little brother.
He muttered, "Tianci, are you in school? It would be great if you were in the same school with me and Yuanbao, so we could play together every day."
Wuxin's words made Pei Tianci and Pei Mingzhu's expressions change slightly.
Pei Tianci is already old enough to go to school. Logically, he should be able to enter the first grade in the second half of the year. However, Pei Mingzhu was worried that there would be too many people in school and Pei Tianci's secret would be exposed after he went to school. Therefore, she never mentioned sending Pei Tianci to school and always invited a teacher to come to their home to teach him.
Although Pei Tianci is young, he understands this in his heart.
So when Lu Yuanbao talked about the happy things in school, Pei Tianci was envious and yearning, but when he returned home and faced Pei Mingzhu, he didn't mention anything.
Because the little child doesn't want his mother to be sad.
Pei Mingzhu smiled gently and said, "Our Tianci is still young, there is no rush for him to go to school."
"Is that so? Not going to school can also be fun. You don't have to do homework!" Chen Dazhuang said cheerfully, and quickly reminded Pei Tianci, "Tianci, going to school is hard. The teachers are very fierce and there are a lot of homework. It's still the happiest not to go to school."
"I see that you have been going crazy since the school has been suspended for the past few days and you don't have to go to school! Chen Dazhuang, haven't you had enough fun? Come back here now!" Chen Fengying's voice suddenly came from a distance, scolding Chen Dazhuang harshly.
She smiled at Chu Yue and Pei Mingzhu in a business-like manner, then grabbed Chen Dazhuang by the back of his collar and took away the man who had been eating and drinking for free at Chu Yue's house for a day.
Pei Mingzhu and her family also got into the black sedan parked outside the staff quarters.
Pei Tianci still had his hair tied up in a bun, leaning against the car door window and waving to Chu Yue and Lu Yuanbao.
"Aunt Chu, goodbye. Brother Yuanbao, goodbye. Brother Yuanbao, you must get better soon. We will play together again next week."
"Okay, see you next week."
Lu Yuanbao waved to Pei Tianci and watched the black sedan slowly drive away.
Not long after the vehicle drove out, Pei Tianci lay in Pei Mingzhu's arms, still feeling unsatisfied with the day, with a smile on his face.
Pei Mingzhu touched his little face and said, "Tianci, are you happy today?"
"Happy! So happy! It's great to play with Brother Yuanbao." Pei Tianci smiled with his eyes curved, covered his mouth with his little hands and yawned.
As they left Lu Yuanbao's house, the fatigue from a day of fun came over them. Plus, since he hadn't taken a nap at noon, Pei Tianci quickly fell asleep in the swaying sound of the winding mountain road.
Pei Mingzhu kept looking at Pei Tianci quietly, feeling both gratified and distressed.
Happy days like today should be the most common for children, but they are too rare for Pei Tianci.
Pei Hanchuan was sitting in the driver's seat, watching this scene through the rearview mirror, and suddenly thought of something.
"sister……"
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