Chapter 269 Gossip Loudspeaker
"Look what this is! Ding ding ding!" Lin Xia took out the candied haws that she had specially prepared, hoping to divert their attention.
"Wow~ What is this?" Lele looked aggrieved. Suddenly, a few strings of red balls appeared in front of him, with sparkling halos on them. His eyes suddenly brightened up.
Ningning and Anan also began to watch eagerly, having forgotten their previous accusations.
Lin Xia raised an eyebrow at Lu Yuxiu, as if to say that she was prepared.
Seeing that the attention of the three children had been diverted in this way, Lu Yuxiu felt that she was worthy of being a mother and had a good way of dealing with children.
"Go get bowls quickly. I'll divide the food among you and also give some to grandma and the others." Lin Xia directed the three little ones. The sticks on the candied haws were too long for them to hold in their hands and eat.
The candied haws were covered with full of syrup. Lin Xia was afraid that they would have problems with their teeth if they ate too much, so she strictly controlled the amount of sugar and prepared to split the candied haws into pieces.
Each child got two, and each adult got three, and the three strings of candied haws were just enough to share.
"Mom, why do you have one extra?" An An counted and found that the distribution was unfair.
"We are adults! So we want one more!" Lin Xia explained seriously. He took a bite, and the crispy and sweet sugar coating on the outside was bitten through with a "crunch", and he could taste the hawthorn inside together with the sugar coating.
A mixed taste of sweet and sour instantly came into the mouth. The sugar coating on the outside neutralized the sour taste of the hawthorn, making it very appetizing.
Grandma Lu and Aunt Wang hadn't eaten these little things for a long time. Seeing the whole family eating them, they couldn't help but feel hungry and wanted to try them too.
But my teeth are not very good, so I can only slowly eat the sugar coating on the outside and then eat the hawthorn inside.
"It's so delicious!" Lele took a bite and raised his little face with a flowery mustache to express his emotion.
Each candied haws is not very big, and no matter how slowly you savor it, there will only be a little bit left. The little ones were reluctant to finish it.
"There's more here!" Aunt Wang and Grandma Lu used the excuse that they were old and had bad teeth and couldn't eat anymore, so they handed the remaining hawthorns to the three children.
Lin Xia wanted to refuse, but when she saw that Grandma Lu was having difficulty eating, she wasn't sure whether she really couldn't eat, or if she saw that the little ones loved it so much and wanted to save it for them.
"Mom, is that okay?" An An saw that there were still four pieces left in the bowl, and looked at Lin Xia with bright eyes, asking for her consent.
Lele and Ningning also understood, and now they looked at Lin Xia eagerly, hoping that their mother would agree.
"How to divide it?" Lin Xia asked with a smile.
An An understood that Lin Xia agreed, and immediately stood up happily. She held a hawthorn in her little hand and handed it to Lin Xia, "This is for mom! The rest will be one each for Lele, Ningning, and me."
The little fellow calculated the accounts clearly, and he counted with his little hands, then looked at his mother for approval.
Lin Xia nodded and took the hawthorn.
"What about Dad?" Lu Yuxiu saw An An handing it directly to her mother, as if she didn't notice that her father was there, and he suddenly felt inexplicably jealous.
An An's face suddenly became a little embarrassed. This was too difficult! If she gave one to her father, there would only be two left, and it would be hard to divide them.
But if I don't give it to my dad, he will be very sad. An An frowned, as if he had encountered a huge problem, and sighed in a baby voice.
"Alas~"
"Here you go!" Lin Xia's heart melted when she saw the little girl's look. She reached out and fed the one that had just been given to her to Lu Yuxiu's mouth.
"I was just teasing them." Lu Yuxiu winked at Lin Xia, indicating that he was just teasing the children and was not greedy for the hawthorn.
"Eat quickly!" Lin Xia understood, but still insisted on feeding him, otherwise An An would feel uncomfortable and would be troubled for a long time. Since this child started to go to school, he has attached great importance to fairness. This is an inevitable stage in the development and growth of a child. Lin Xia cannot stop it, she can only guide it.
During this time, Lin Xia tried to be fair and just when dividing things among the children. When Lu Yuxiu was not at home, whenever things could not be divided equally, An An would assume that the larger amount would go to her mother, so that it would be fair to her and her younger siblings.
He just gave it to her out of habit. After all, he was not at home during the day and could not think about it.
Lu Yuxiu responded to Lin Xia's look and ate it obediently.
"Dad has eaten it! You guys can eat the rest!" Lin Xia saw that An An was still distressed and comforted her gently.
An An happily shared the three hawthorns in the bowl. She held the last hard-earned hawthorn in her little hands with care. Just as she was about to eat it, she paused, licked her lips, and handed it to Lin Xia, "Mom, take a bite!"
Lin Xia's heart was softened by her, and when she saw the hawthorn in front of her, she pretended to open her mouth wide to bite it. The little guy stared at it without blinking, and his little face suddenly became nervous.
Lin Xia laughed wildly in her heart, feeling warm, and moved very big movements, but in the end she still took a small bite.
Seeing the remaining hawthorn in his hand, An An breathed a sigh of relief and then began to eat it happily.
When Lu Yuxiu saw Lin Xia interacting with the child, he was thoughtful.
The next day, we agreed to go to Lin's house.
The whole family got up early in the morning and started working. This is what it is like when they are not in Beijing. When they come back occasionally and it is the New Year, they have endless relatives to visit.
I'm going to the Lin family today, the Fang family tomorrow, and I'll probably have to go to Aunt Lu's house the day after tomorrow.
After getting the children up and quickly finishing their breakfast, they took the things they had bought and set off for the Lin family.
The children were extremely excited on the road, and they were even more curious after getting on the bus. Lin Xia acted like a strict mother and promised that the well-behaved children would be rewarded.
This made them calm down. Their mouths were closed, but their little heads never stopped moving. They kept turning around and their eyes were looking out the window.
Lele suddenly saw something new and reached out to pull Lin Xia's clothes. "Mom..." Just as he shouted, he saw Lin Xia gesture with his hands, "Shh! Don't make loud noises." Lele immediately covered his mouth with his little hands.
Lin Xia explained to him in a low voice what it was to satisfy the children's curiosity.
After a bumpy ride to their destination, Lin Xia, Lu Yuxiu and their three children got off the car and ran into Aunt Zhang, the famous loudspeaker in the alley and the gossipy know-it-all.
"You... who are you?" The woman in front of her looked very familiar. Aunt Zhang was a little stuck for a moment. The name was on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't say it out.
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