After finishing the apples, the family gathered around to look at the photos they had brought back.
Duo Shou pointed at his own photo with some dissatisfaction and said, "I closed my eyes, it's not as good as Duo Lu's photo."
This photo of the six people was the first one taken. The first time it was their turn to have their picture taken, they were not used to the flash. Tasuku and Taki were so frightened by the burst of light that they closed their eyes.
Doro was a reckless fool; when the light flashed, he curiously opened his eyes as wide as possible, trying to see where the light came from.
The result of this was that the eyes in the photos were particularly big and round, making him even cuter. Next to him, Duoshou, with his eyes closed and his little face scrunched up, looked like a little old man in comparison.
Pian Duolu was unaware that he had provoked Duoshou. Pointing at Duoshou in the photo, he chuckled and said, "You're all wrinkled."
Duo Shou was so angry that he shoved him, which also affected Xiao Duo Xi, who was pointing at himself. The two little dumplings rolled together.
Yu Rujia picked up the photos of the four children and handed them to Duoshou to comfort him: "That one wasn't taken well, but this one is good. Isn't Duoshou handsome?"
Duoshou peeked out and saw that the photo didn't show the eyes closed. It was indeed beautiful, and he smiled broadly: "Beautiful, more beautiful than Duolu." This little kid, not even two years old, had already developed a competitive spirit.
Upon hearing his name called, Duolu let go of Duoxi, whom he had been playing with, got up from the ground, looked at the photo, and gave his opinion: "Not wrinkled at all."
Well, this hurdle can't be overcome. Sure enough, Duoshou pushed him again in a bad mood, and Duoxi, who had just gotten up, was pressed down by Duolu.
The oblivious Duoxi thought his second brother was playing a trick on him and giggled as he tried to climb onto Duolu.
Duoshou: "Auntie, will we take photos again in the future?"
Yu Rujia patted his little head and said, "Take pictures, we'll take pictures every year from now on, and we'll make sure our Duoshou is photographed beautifully."
The little guy cheered up again, thinking to himself that he would definitely take better photos than that silly little guy, Duolu.
Duofu flipped through the photos and said, "There's only one aunt. We'll take pictures of many aunts in the future."
Gao Guojing: "I only have one, why don't you say you'll take many more pictures of me in the future?" Yu Rujia and Gao Guojing only took one picture with the four children at the very front.
Duofu offered a few words of comfort, saying, "Take more pictures of Uncle Guojing." Then he turned the conversation to the sullen Gao Shujing, adding, "Uncle, take some pictures too."
Gao Shujing patted Duofu's little shoulder: "Duofu is still the one with a conscience." As he said this, his eyes looked at Yu Rujia again.
After looking at the photos, Duoshou, preoccupied with earning apples by sweeping, took out his little broom and started sweeping. Duofu also took out his broom and started working.
When Duolu and Duoxi saw this, they found it amusing and remembered what they had said earlier. So they dragged out their special brooms and swept here and there. While sweeping, the two of them even started sparring with the brooms.
I accidentally scattered the pile of trash that Duoshou had swept up all over the floor.
Just then, Duo Shou witnessed this scene and shouted angrily, "Duo Lu, Duo Xi, what are you doing?"
Duolu felt a little guilty and forgot to correct Duoshou, who usually called him "Second Brother," as he said, "Duoshou, don't be angry, I'll sweep them up right away."
After saying that, he obediently picked up the broom and started sweeping. However, there was a guy named Duoxi next to him who was dragging him down. He swept this way, and Duoxi swept that way. After sweeping for a long time, the garbage became more and more scattered.
Duolu looked up and saw Duoshou looking over with a tense face. He quickly pulled Duoxi to the open space next to him and said, "Duoxi, you stand here and wait for your second brother to finish sweeping before we play together."
Duoxi, holding the small broom, innocently opened her big eyes and said, "Sweep."
Duolu: "Second brother sweeps, Duoxi can just watch from the side."
Duo Xi understood this and nodded her little head, saying, "Okay, I'll wait for my brother."
After calming Duoxi down, Duolu picked up the broom and continued sweeping. Seeing this, Duoshou finally stopped staring at him.
Duolu turned his back to Duoshou, secretly wiping non-existent sweat from his forehead, thinking to himself, "I'm the older brother, so why do I have to listen to Duoshou, my younger brother?"
He secretly turned to glance at Duoshou, only to meet Duoshou's gaze again. Duoshou's thoughts vanished instantly, and he quickened his broom-wielding movements, as if this would prove that he was working hard.
Thanks to the efforts of Duofu and Duoshou, and the occasional mishaps of Duolu and Duoxi, Gao Shujing and Yu Rujia's house was cleaned spotlessly.
Gao Shujing took out the cut fruit: "Duofu and Duoshou did the most work, so they get a big piece of apple. Duolu and Duoxi helped out well, so they get a piece of apple."
Duoshou finally got the apple he had been longing for, and immediately stuffed it into his mouth. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the apples in Duolu and Duoxi's hands were smaller than his own, and he was even happier. He decided that he should do more work in the future, because the more he did, the more he could eat.
Duoxi always received the least amount of food among them. He didn't mind that his apple was smaller than his two older brothers', and happily chewed on his apple with his little teeth.
After taking a bite of his apple, Duolu's eyes were fixed on Duoshou's. His gaze swept back and forth between the two pieces of apple several times, and finally he shouted out as if he had discovered a great secret.
Duolu: "Uncle, my apple is smaller than Duoshou's."
Gao Shujing said without changing his expression, "Yes, so Duolu should work hard like Duoshou in the future in order to get more delicious food."
Speaking of this, Duolu felt a little guilty, remembering what Duoshou had said to him earlier.
Seeing that Duoshou's eyes were looking this way again, Duolu, who had already developed a conditioned reflex, stopped fighting for the apple and obediently shrank back to eat the apple he had been given.
After a simple lunch, the three adults began preparing ingredients for tonight's hot pot.
Duofu was playing with several children nearby. His job was to watch over his younger brothers and prevent them from causing trouble. The little guy used the stone slab next to the pump well as a boundary, and whenever his brothers tried to come over, he would either call them or pull them back.
Yu Rujia was in charge of cleaning the vegetables, while Gao Shujing and Gao Guojing were in charge of the meat dishes.
The bone broth is already simmering; it will be the base for tonight's hot pot.
As the firecrackers went off, the little ones, who were hearing such a loud noise for the first time, were so frightened that they clung to Yu Rujia's legs.
Once the sounds stopped, Yu Rujia pulled the little ones out and comforted them, saying, "It's okay, it's okay. That's the sound of the New Year, announcing that we can eat delicious food. Do you like it?"
Upon hearing that there was delicious food, Duolu's earlier fear vanished, and he exclaimed happily, "Oh, delicious food!"
His emotions infected Duoxi, and the little guy's pouting mouth relaxed, and he jumped around beside his second brother, saying, "Eat, eat, eat, Xi, eat."
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