"Okay." Shen Li said, "Take out the prawns, mantis shrimp, crabs, beef, pork and other vegetables from the refrigerator. Let's have hot pot tonight."

"Okay." Lu Jingchuan went to the kitchen to busy himself, while Shen Li went to the small courtyard.

At this time, everyone was sitting neatly in the small courtyard. It was already 12 o'clock in the evening and the sky had already darkened. The sky was dotted with sparse stars, twinkling. There were several lights installed in the whole small courtyard, so it looked bright.

Du Lan entertained the guests in the yard, serving tea and water to everyone. Some military wives also brought their children, and Duoduo and Minghui played with the children.

Several girls were playing skipping rope in the small yard.

Duoduo was watching beside them, her big black eyes sparkling as she stared at the scene.

Before, in kindergarten and in the schoolyard, the girls all liked to play skipping rope. She often hid in a corner and watched the girls' feet tumbling on the rope, as if flowers were popping out from under their feet. But no one liked her. Everyone thought she was a freak and no one ever played with her.

Some girls even called her a "jinx" who brought death to their own mothers.

She never wanted to get close to big guys. She was afraid to deal with anyone and closed herself off from the world.

But since my mother came to the island, the other children in the compound have envied me for having a good mother. They all take the initiative to play with her and give her candy.

No one called her a wild child anymore; everyone was very friendly to her.

Gradually, she started to play with the big guys.

"Duoduo, do you want to try skipping rubber rope?" Shen Li noticed that Duoduo was just watching the other kids skipping rubber rope but never went up to try it herself. She bent down, placed her soft hands on Duoduo's slender shoulders, leaned over slightly, whispered softly into Duoduo's ear.

"But I haven't jumped before, I don't know how to..." Duoduo said in a low voice.

"It's okay, Duoduo is a good learner," Shen Li said with a smile, "Just look at how they dance, and then you can follow them. Duoduo, do you want to give it a try?"

Shen Li knew that during this period of time, Duoduo went from being silent to being able to communicate normally with others, and from being very introverted and even autistic to being a little more extroverted, but this was only limited to being extroverted towards family members. Although she could get along well with other children outside, she still couldn't completely integrate into the group and become one of them.

Duoduo looked at the girl skipping rubber rope eagerly, feeling a little hesitant.

"Duoduo is the smartest and bravest child," Shen Li said, "So, be brave and give it a try, okay?"

Duoduo raised her eyes and looked into her mother's gentle eyes. Her mother's gentle and quiet eyes gave her great comfort. She pursed her lips and finally nodded, "Yeah."

"Then later, baby, you have to stand up bravely and express that you want to play, okay?" Shen Li smiled at her tenderly.

Duoduo clenched her fists and nodded heavily.

Not long after, a little girl failed because she didn't step on the right rubber rope when skipping rubber rope. According to the rules of skipping rubber rope, the failed person is responsible for standing still and using her legs to support the person who is going to skip the rope, so that the next person can jump up.

The little girl wiped the sweat off her forehead. She had just been jumping for a while and was already tired. She was now standing there jumping rubber ropes, waiting for someone else to take over. "Who's next?"

Duoduo took a deep breath, mustered up her courage, raised her little hand, and said softly, "Can I?"

At this time, all the children's eyes fell on 놇깊 Duoduo.

Duoduo took a deep breath. Her face was a little red because of nervousness, like a ripe red Fuji apple. Her thick and long eyelashes trembled. She took a deep breath, mustered up her courage, and repeated, "I, I want to play."

Shen Li gave Duoduo a thumbs up and said with a smile, "Duoduo is awesome!"

Duoduo looked at Shen Li and became more down-to-earth. It didn't matter if she was rejected. There was no shame in that. As long as her mother was with her, she didn't care. She became very brave!

"Of course! Come and play!" said a girl.

The other girls also spoke up, "Come up!"

Duoduo smiled widely, revealing the little pear-shaped curls at the corners of her lips.

Two little girls were skipping rubber ropes. Duoduo was wearing beautiful red double-star sports shoes and trying to jump on the rubber rope. Her two little braids were swinging back and forth as she skipped rubber ropes, and her little face was filled with a happy smile.

In fact, she had seen adults jump rubber rope a long time ago, and she knew all the moves.

"Little ball, banana, pear, lotus blossoms two and one."

Duoduo hummed a nursery rhyme while playing skipping rope.

Shen Li watched this scene with a smile, and found that some nursery rhymes were accompanied by some movements when the children jumped rubber rope, which was the rhythm of the jump. The posture of the feet was different every time they jumped.

Shen Li watched this scene with relief.

"Two five six, twenty five, twenty eight twenty nine one."

"Five, six, five..."

"Five, six, five, eight, nine, five, one."

Lu Jingchuan on the side watched this scene with satisfaction. Duoduo used to be very withdrawn. She would curl up and play by herself in kindergarten, let alone skipping rubber rope with everyone. She was very afraid of others and didn't like to get close to anyone. But since Lili came to the island, everything has been different.

The boys huddled together, their little heads piled together, and played with my marbles.

The small courtyard became joyful, warm and beautiful.

"Is this still Duoduo and Minghui?" Du Lan was so moved that she almost cried. She had only seen them once when Jingchuan adopted them. Minghui at that time was troubled and looked like a gloomy little adult. Duoduo was also withdrawn and closed, and never spoke. She also thought Duoduo was a little mute and felt sad for a long time.

But I didn't expect that after such a short period of time, these two children have already played with other children and got along well with the other children.

All this is thanks to Xiaoli!

Xiaoli is simply the lucky star of their family!