Chapter 448 Origami
Wen Zhen got up and found some used kraft paper, ready to teach them how to do handicrafts.
Zhongli Zhuang looked at the brown paper she brought back and asked, "Do you want to use this brown paper to play games?"
"Origami."
"What is origami?"
"Just watch me do it, and you'll know in a moment."
Wen Zhenyi took out a piece of brown paper and folded it while explaining the steps to the four children.
After she finished folding a piece of paper, a little frog appeared in front of them. She gently pressed the back of the frog's body with her hand, and it jumped out.
"Mom, teach me."
"Auntie, teach us."
Shen Hanxing and the others took the little frog she folded and studied it. It really looked like a frog, and they didn't expect it to be able to jump.
When they saw Wen Zhenyi teaching four children, they also took paper and learned from the side.
Wen Zhen teaches her four children personally, which also helps to cultivate their hands-on ability.
Everyone else followed suit.
Wen Zhenyi waited until their little frogs were all ready and said, "Let's have a competition to see whose frog can jump the farthest."
Little Abu smiled and said, "It's all the same. How do you know who owns who?"
"We can draw some patterns or numbers on the frog's body, so we can distinguish it."
Everyone went to find brushes and painted beautiful patterns on their little frogs.
It is hard to describe Wen Zhenyi's frog paintings.
When others saw this, they expressed their understanding. If she was good at everything, it would be really unbearable for people to survive.
Wen Zhenyi originally wanted to help the children draw, but when they saw Wen Zhenyi's frog, they shook their heads and refused, and went to ask their father and uncle to draw.
Shen Hanxing originally wanted to comfort her, but seeing that she was fine, she cut out the remaining paper and didn’t know what to do.
After everyone finished drawing their frogs, an extraordinary paper frog long jump competition began.
Everyone stood behind a line and then let their frog jump out one by one.
The four children did not perform well because they did not use their strength correctly, so they jumped the farthest.
Wen Chengwen got first place. Seeing that the four children were unhappy, he planned to give up his first place to them: "I will give my first place to you."
The four children were very happy at first, but when they heard Wen Zhenyi's words, they hung their heads again.
"Dad, this is a competition, we can't do this."
Ma Yinghe felt distressed when she saw the four children were sad: "Yi Yi, it's just a game."
"Mom, this won't do. If it's a competition, there will be winners and losers, but there's no such thing as giving in."
"But...."
Wen Zhenyi walked over to the four children and squatted down: "This is a competition. Since it is a competition, you must abide by the rules of the competition. It doesn't matter if you lose, we can win it back next time, but what is given to you by others is not the result of your own hard work."
"We'll win next time." Huanhuan was full of confidence in the next competition.
The other three kids did the same: "Yeah, we'll win next time."
Wen Zhenyi touched their little faces and asked, "Still playing?"
"Play."
They continued the competition for several more rounds, and the four children were no longer the last one. They seemed to have mastered the strength of pressing, and they began to think.
Feng Qianlan and the others seemed to understand what Wen Zhenyi meant by this.
Zhongli Zhuang looked at Feng Qianlan: "The child she raises will be envied by others in the future."
"When you have children in the future, you can teach them this way."
"I'm afraid I can't teach her as well as she can."
"I have often written to you to tell you of her methods of raising children."
"That's possible."
The adults had a lot of fun and the children had a lot of fun too.
Wen Zhenyi waited until they were tired of playing, and then taught them how to make handicrafts such as east, south, west, and north, and paper airplanes.
But they were all very happy, because it was the first time they felt that a paper airplane could fly so far.
Shen Hanxing looked at the paper airplane and thought of something: “Yi Yi, this is the one you told me about, the one flying in the sky?”
Wen Zhen nodded: "But this is not true. It is really many times larger than this. It can accommodate one or two hundred people. It may only take one or two hours to get from Xinglin Village to the capital."
“It’s amazing how they do it.”
"They saw bird flight, then we had kites, then gliders, then airplanes, and it was a long process."
"It's a pity that I won't see that day."
"That's not certain. Maybe, in our next reincarnation, we can see what we want to see."
Adults and children alike had a lot of fun playing with paper airplanes flying in the yard.
Before lunch, Wen Zhenyi asked everyone to change their clothes. He had been playing with them all morning and everyone was sweating a lot.
Chef Fan looked at the food he brought back and realized that he had consumed much more food than usual at lunch today. "What's going on?"
Manager Huang said, "The young lady took them out to play today. They used up a lot of energy in the morning, so they ate a little more at noon."
Chef Fan patted his chest and said, "I thought my food was so delicious that it made me eat more."
"Although today's meal has nothing to do with your cooking, your cooking skills have improved a lot, so you still deserve praise."
Chef Fan rolled his eyes at him and said, "Thank you."
"Lao Fan, since your cooking skills have improved, I've eaten an extra bowl of rice. Aren't you happy?"
"Should I be worried about the young lady's wallet? Her appetite has increased, and the money she needs to spend on food will also increase."
"What nonsense! You should practice your cooking skills. We are counting on you for our food, clothing and other expenses in the future."
"How about I go back with the young lady?"
"Stop it! The young ladies are all back at their fiefdoms. It takes at least seven or eight months to go back and forth, if not a year. You're leaving the whole family starving."
"That's not possible."
"That's all, let's make a good New Year's Eve dinner."
In the afternoon, the yard of Old Lady Wen and her family became lively. When they opened the window, they saw a group of people moving tables, chairs and benches and placing them in the yard.
Old Man Wen was a little puzzled: "Butler Huang, what are you doing?"
"We are preparing the New Year's Eve dinner."
"New Year's Eve dinner? Why set up a table here?"
"This year's New Year's Eve dinner will be served in your yard."
"What?" Old Lady Wen leaned over and said, "It's so cold out here, you'll get sick."
"Madam, it's not cold outside now. We've got everything covered up. We'll light some charcoal braziers later and make sure the yard is warm."
"Whose idea was this?"
Butler Huang didn't know whether to say it or not. When he was struggling with the dilemma, he saw Wen Zhenyi coming.
"Grandma, here's my idea. Since you won't come out, we can have a reunion dinner with you in the yard. You can see us from inside with the window open."
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