Just then, Lu Chenyan walked in with an eagle and a wolf. Seeing Lu Shiyan, he happily asked, "Daddy, are you sleeping at home tonight?"
Lu Shiyan nodded. "Mm."
"Yay!" Lu Chenyan jumped onto the bed happily. "I'm sleeping with my parents tonight."
He rolled around on the bed happily a few times, and when he saw that the two of them didn't move, he urged, "Father, Mother, come quickly!" After urging them, he also made a request, "Mother, I still want to hear the story of Brother Monkey."
Recently, Jiang Tangtang has been in the valley, and every night she tells him a story from Journey to the West.
Lu Chenyan has a good memory. He can not only remember the stories Jiang Tangtang told him completely, but he can also tell the stories clearly to his friends when they play together.
There wasn't much entertainment in those days, let alone for the children in the village.
Moreover, Journey to the West is a Chinese classic, so how could any child not like it? As soon as Lu Chenyan started telling the story, the children loved it.
Now, he is surrounded by children every day, asking him to tell them stories.
Knowing that Jiang Tangtang tells him stories every night before bed, the children are incredibly envious. This envy leads them to constantly seek out Lu Chenyan whenever they have a spare moment, asking if he listened to a story the night before.
So Jiang Tangtang thought she was only telling stories to her son. Little did she know that many children were already following along.
Jiang Tangtang walked over with a smile, pinched his little cheek, and said, "Do you remember where we left off yesterday?"
Lu Chenyan nodded cutely and said, "Daddy, come quickly, Mommy's story is so interesting."
Lu Shiyan smiled and got into bed with him.
So, the originally somewhat ambiguous and tense scene was transformed by Lu Chenyan's arrival into one where he slept in the middle, with Jiang Tangtang and Lu Shiyan sleeping on his left and right sides respectively. Then, the father and son watched Jiang Tangtang tell stories with one smiling and the other looking excited.
Jiang Tangtang: "..."
Being watched by a time-traveling deity and forced to tell monster stories must be incredibly stressful for her, right?
Lu Chenyan was completely oblivious to his mother's feelings at that moment. Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, he urged her anxiously, "Mother, please tell me!"
Fine, I'll tell you then!
Jiang Tangtang took a deep breath and continued telling the story from the previous night.
Previously, in order to make it easier to tell stories to her child, she spent time carefully recalling Journey to the West and then made notes in her electronic notebook. Now, she tells the story according to the notes in the notebook, which goes very smoothly, and she doesn't have to worry about telling too much or mixing up too many contents.
An hour passed quickly, and Jiang Tangtang patted her son's head and said, "Alright, that's the end of tonight's story. Go to sleep!"
Lu Chenyan said, still wanting more, "But I want to hear more."
Jiang Tangtang said, "But we agreed that we would only talk for half an hour every night. We have to keep our word, right?"
Lu Chenyan was a little disappointed, but still obediently said, "Alright then! We'll listen again tomorrow night."
Jiang Tangtang pursed her lips and explained softly, "My father and I are going out tomorrow, so we might not be home tomorrow night. Can I make it up to you when we get back?"
"When are you coming back?" Chen Yan was just a little disappointed, but with his parents there, he quickly cheered up again. But this time, his whole face scrunched up, and his mood plummeted.
Seeing that he was unhappy, Jiang Tangtang felt a pang of reluctance, and at the same time, a touch of sadness welled up inside her. She promised, "I'll be back soon."
To cheer him up, she said, "Then I'll tell you another half an hour of stories today, and tell you tomorrow's stories first, okay?"
Unexpectedly, Lu Chenyan refused, saying, "I'll wait for Mother to come back, and then you can tell me when you return."
Jiang Tangtang then realized that behind his calm demeanor as he watched them leave lay the fear and reluctance that any ordinary child would feel.
He was a genius with a photographic memory, but he was also a child.
A sudden, subtle ache welled up in Jiang Tangtang's heart. She reached out and hugged him, then kissed his forehead. "Go to sleep! I'll tell you a story when I get back."
The next morning, amidst Lu Chenyan's reluctance and Tian Guizhi's eager anticipation, Jiang Tangtang and Lu Shiyan left the valley together.
Lu Shiyan used his light-footed skills to carry Jiang Tangtang along the mountain path. As usual, Jiang Tangtang activated her scanning system.
The route the two took this time was one they had never taken before, and before long, Jiang Tangtang saw many warnings.
With plenty of time to spare, she couldn't resist taking Lu Shiyan to stop and do some shopping. Thinking of Lu Chenyan's reluctant and lingering expression when she left this morning, Jiang Tangtang wanted to find something he liked to take back as a gift for him.
Looking at the bright red wild hawthorns in the mountains, she suddenly had an idea.
If we pick them and make them into candied hawthorn skewers, the little guy will definitely love them.
Thinking this, Jiang Tangtang called Lu Shiyan to join her. And so, the two of them traveled while gathering mountain goods, and by evening they arrived at a hill near the black mine.
Lu Shiyan settled Jiang Tangtang in a cave and left the two eagles with her, saying, "Wait for me here. I'll go contact the others first. If you feel tired, you can take a nap first. We'll move around in the middle of the night."
"Okay, go ahead!" Having lived in a cave countless times, Jiang Tangtang now felt quite used to it.
She found a relatively clean-looking rock to sit on and took out a glass of water from her spatial storage to drink.
With two fierce eagles by her side, Lu Shiyan wasn't worried about her safety. After giving her instructions, he went about his business.
After drinking water and resting for a while, Jiang Tangtang took out a small pot from her spatial storage, intending to cook something.
Before setting off, she used her points to redeem some storage space. Now the space is quite large.
She didn't empty her storage space this time. But based on what Lu Shiyan told her about the black ore, she figured she didn't need to, and it would be enough for this trip. Of course, if it really wasn't enough, that was fine too! She had plenty of points now, so she could exchange them later.
She had rice, flour, and cooking oil in the storage space, but since she was in the wild, she decided to make the simplest thing possible.
This morning, when they left, Zhou Qiongniang specially steamed a pot of steamed buns for them to take with them on the road! The steamed buns were still warm and soft in the space.
Jiang Tangtang, accompanied by two eagles, gathered some firewood nearby, started a fire, and cooked a pot of egg drop soup to eat with steamed buns.
She cooked a lot of soup, and the leftovers were carefully stored in her spatial storage.
After finishing her meal, Jiang Tiantian took out a recliner, laid out a soft cushion, leisurely read a book for a while, and then closed her eyes to rest.
While Jiang Tangtang closed her eyes to rest, Lu Shiyan had already met up with Fei Hu and the others.
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