"Juan, is it delicious?" Zhou Chengning handed the small box of chocolates to his lover as soon as he got home.
Xu Xiangjuan opened the chocolate and peeled a piece to eat. "Try one yourself and you will know whether it tastes good or not."
It tastes like chocolate indeed, but it's a bit melted and doesn't require much effort to chew.
"I don't know if it tastes good or not. Juan, if you say it tastes good, then it must taste good. If it tastes good, I'll leave it to you and Guagua. I won't eat it. Teacher Liu said it's candy, and it's sweet."
Mention Guagua and Guagua will appear, "Mom, I want some candy!"
This time Xu Xiangjuan did not say anything to refuse. She peeled one and put it into Guagua's mouth.
Children may not like chocolate, and the chocolate that Aning took home was quite bitter.
Sure enough, Guagua had a bitter expression on his face, "It's not tasty, I don't want it."
Seeing that Guagua was about to spit it out, Xu Xiangjuan said, "Don't waste it. Eat it. Mommy has made longan tea. Here, Guagua can drink the longan tea after you finish eating."
She just happened to have a small bowl of tea ready to drink, and now she was using it to remove the smell from Gua Gua.
In the evening she made fried dumplings and boiled longan tea, and it just so happened that Guagua had a bitter taste in his mouth and could drink longan tea.
Gua Gua quickly swallowed the chocolate and started to gulp down the longan tea.
"Juan, is it very unpalatable?" Seeing his daughter's twisted face, Zhou Chengning became suspicious.
He heard from Teacher Liu that this was very expensive, costing several yuan per box.
"It's okay, you can try it." Xu Xiangjuan peeled one and put it into Zhou Chengning's mouth.
Maybe this chocolate is not as delicious as the cheap gold coin chocolate. It tastes average at first, but it has a lasting effect and is intoxicating.
Zhou Chengning ate it and found that it tasted indeed not as good as the fruit candy that his daughter loved.
Xu Xiangjuan saw Zhou Chengning's face full of pain as if he had spent a lot of money on something worthless, and asked, "Did you buy this?"
How could he possibly buy something like this? Pork would be better than this. "No, this is a gift from the new teacher to everyone."
"Your new teacher is quite polite... This chocolate depends on personal taste. I think it's okay. There is an aftertaste after eating it."
If she were to give an evaluation, it would probably be neither good nor bad.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, as long as you like it."
Xu Xiangjuan: "What do you mean as long as I like it? Did you buy this specifically for me?"
No matter how she listened, she felt that her man was treating the gifts distributed by the new teacher to everyone as gifts he bought specifically for her.
Zhou Chengning took it for granted, "I brought this specially for you. If you don't like it, you can eat it alone from now on."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Okay... Guagua, don't drink longan tea anymore. You're still drinking it when your belly is already bloated? Are you going to have dinner?"
When asked by his mother, Gua Gua finished the remaining longan tea in the small bowl and said, "I had dinner, water, and I'm hungry."
Although my stomach is very full now, it will definitely deflate later.
...
These days Zhou Chengning has been thinking about taking his wife and daughter to kindergarten.
Do I have to ask Xu Xiangjuan every day what I should bring to kindergarten?
What else can I bring? Just bring my baby and some money.
When the 18th day of the first lunar month really arrived, Xu Xiangjuan, who had originally wanted to use a bicycle as a means of transportation, let her husband ride a tricycle because of Niu Niu.
She originally wanted to take Niu Niu to grandmother's house while Niu Niu was sleeping, but Niu Niu not only woke up but was also very sensitive. When he realized that she was about to hand him to grandmother, he started crying. There was no choice, so the sister took the brother with her on his first day of kindergarten.
Gua Gua didn’t mind having her younger brother accompany her, because today she could finally carry the small schoolbag her mother had sewn for her!
Although her mother didn't allow her to carry a purse, it didn't matter; her schoolbag was enough.
The last means of transportation was a tricycle. Zhou Chengning rode a tricycle to take his wife and children to kindergarten.
Niu Niu is much more curious about kindergarten than his sister who is about to go to kindergarten, especially when he sees many older brothers and sisters playing and chattering, he follows them and makes noises.
Generally, children go to kindergarten in the second half of the year, so Guagua is considered a "transfer student". Even though he is a transfer student, Guagua quickly integrates into the small group with Xixi as his guide.
Although Xixi is introverted, she has stayed in the kindergarten longer than Guagua, so naturally she knows a lot of friends, and she introduced them all to Guagua.
Wang Qing and his wife also sent their child to kindergarten today. There were no classes in the first and second periods in the morning, so they did not need to take leave to send their child.
Xu Xiangjuan asked Zhou Chengning to hold Niu Niu and go with Xixi's mother to pay the money.
Niu Niu didn’t have much objection to being held by his father. The chubby little hand patted his father’s chin and asked his father to follow his mother.
"My sister is still over there, and mom will be back soon." Although he wanted to follow his lover, Gua Gua was still a little worried.
Kindergarten is a place for children to get together and play, but it is my daughter’s first time in kindergarten, so as a parent, how can I not be worried?
Wang Qing: "Kindergartens are mainly teachers who take care of children. Fortunately, an additional 5 yuan can provide lunch for a whole semester."
"Do I have to pay another 5 yuan?" Zhou Chengning didn't ask in detail. After hearing what Teacher Wang said, he clapped his chin with his two chubby hands.
Wang Qing: "This is voluntary. You don't have to."
"Kindergarten is too expensive. I'll go ask my wife if she brought extra money. If not, then don't have to have lunch. Gua Gua can have lunch with me at noon... I thought it would only cost 5 yuan for books and 5 yuan for tuition." This time, Zhou Chengning didn't need Niu Niu to pat his chin and took the initiative to find his wife.
The kindergarten is not big, and he can see where the parents pay and know where his children are.
Wang Qing and Zhou Chengning went together. "It's a bit expensive, but it's okay. It costs 15 yuan to take care of the child for a semester."
"How much can a child eat?" Zhou Chengning selectively ignored his daughter's big appetite.
"Juan, the meal expenses are 5 yuan. We have no money. Guagua can eat with me at noon." The parents lined up to pay, and it was not his wife's turn yet. Zhou Chengning bent down and whispered in his wife's ear while holding Niu Niu.
"I'll take care of him, so don't worry about him. I have to take care of Guagua every afternoon and at noon. Aren't you tired?" She must have thought it was expensive before. The child in this kindergarten doesn't study and plays all day, and it still costs 10 yuan?
Thinking about it, ten yuan was actually not that much, and she had just talked to Xixi's mother and knew that the lunch in the kindergarten was not bad, so five yuan was still worth it.
"It's just a side note. It's not tiring." As soon as he said that, the fat little Niu Niu put his hand on his father's chin again.
"You are not tired, but Guagua is... You take Niu Niu with you first. The money will be paid soon. I will get the book for Guagua and we can leave."
In fact, the books are not filled with words, but pictures and educational materials.
"Are you a bull? You have such a bad temper." His wife had already lined up in the cashier's office, and Zhou Chengning finally freed one hand to grab Niu Niu's chubby little hand that was making trouble.
When Niu Niu's hand was grabbed by his father, he started to scream. Zhou Chengning was so scared that he immediately let go of his son's hand and held his son with both hands.
He was not afraid of his son crying in this situation. After all, there were children older than Niu Niu crying in the kindergarten. He was afraid that his wife would hear it and say that he didn't know how to take care of children.
Niu Niu stopped hitting his father and tried to climb onto his father's shoulders. Zhou Chengning sensed his son's intention and lifted him up.
Being carried up by his father, Niu Niu concentrated on watching his brothers and sisters play, and would call out from time to time.
Wang Qing: "Teacher Zhou, your Niu Niu is really smart."
"Besides beating me, he would tell tales to my wife. Telling tales means crying. I don't think he is smart at all."
Zhou Chengning dared to say this only because his son couldn't speak and couldn't understand what he was saying.
If Niu Niu was as eloquent as her sister Gua Gua, he would not dare to speak so boldly. If he dared to speak, Niu Niu would turn around and tell her mother the original words and let her teach her father a lesson.
Niu Niu really didn't understand what his father was saying, and he was still concentrating on watching his brothers and sisters play.
After paying one semester’s tuition, Xu Xiangjuan took her books and went straight to talk to Guagua.
Gua Gua and sister Xixi were having a great time playing together. When mom came over to give her some instructions, she flipped through the book with curiosity and agreed to everything.
I finished what I needed to say. "Guagua and Sister Xixi, stay here for a while after school this afternoon and Dad will come pick you up."
"Um!"
Feeling quite relieved about her daughter, Xu Xiangjuan said what she needed to say and left with Zhou Chengning.
Because sister Xixi was around, Gua Gua didn't feel too sad about her parents and Niu Niu leaving. Her mother said that her father would come to pick her up in the afternoon, so she had a good time with sister Xixi.
...
Wang Qing had classes in the third and fourth periods in the morning, so he sent his child to kindergarten and went back to school. Zhou Chengning took half a day off, and his daughter made arrangements to ride a tricycle to take her and Niu Niu home.
Along the way, he kept complaining that the kindergarten fees were too expensive.
Xu Xiangjuan couldn't pretend to be generous. The money was earned by the child's father, so it was normal for him to feel distressed.
"Juan, it's only ten o'clock now." Without a watch, Zhou Chengning was surprised when he looked at the clock hanging on the kitchen wall when he got home.
Xu Xiangjuan handed Niu Niu to Zhou Chengning and said, "I'll cook lunch now. After lunch, you can ride your bike back to school. Remember to pick up Guagua in the afternoon. Guagua will be out of school at three o'clock."
"I remember that."
Today is my daughter’s first day going to kindergarten. Zhou Chengning was even more excited than Gua Gua. He rode his bike away immediately after lunch.
When I got back to the office, I remembered that I had finally taken half a day off and should have had a good talk with my lover. I regretted it so much because we finally had some time together as a couple.
The number Niu Niu is equal to nothing when rounded off, so it is just a world for two of us.
The kindergarten is not far from the middle school, and it only takes 6 minutes to go back and forth by bike. After two classes, it was time for Zhou Chengning and Wang Qing to pick up the children together.
"Teacher Zhou, you are still careful. Remember to tie cotton cloth on the horizontal bar." Wang Qing noticed that the horizontal bar of Zhou Chengning's bicycle was wrapped with thick cotton cloth, or perhaps it should be called a tattered cotton jacket.
Zhou Chengning: "My wife is very considerate. I never thought that this would make the child more comfortable."
"I also tied cotton cloth on my daughter's bicycle when I got home."
The two fathers took the children to the office. Zhou Chengning still had one class left, so he let Gua Gua sit in his seat and hurried to class.
Wang Qing had a full schedule of classes in the afternoon, so he left the office with Zhou Chengning to go to class.
The two little girls were originally sitting in their respective fathers' seats, but soon they were together.
"Which teacher's children are these two kids?" Hao Man walked into the office and saw two kids studying a pot of flowers she had placed on the windowsill, and asked in a soft voice.
"Xiao Hao is back. These two little girls are the children of Teacher Zhou and Teacher Wang." Another teacher in the office who had no classes and was about to go off work answered the question.
Xixi saw that the aunt opposite seemed to be the owner of the seat, so she took Guagua's hand and left, going to her father's seat.
"Sister, my mother is pretty." Guagua whispered to Xixi.
Gua Gua had never seen Hao Man dressed like this. After talking to Xixi, he looked at his own little woolen shoes.
That auntie has shiny shoes, but mom doesn’t.
"Yes, Guagua's mother is pretty." Xixi has seen Guagua's mother.
Guagua added, "Sister's mother is pretty too."
"Well, my mother is pretty too... Guagua, what's wrong with you?" Xixi noticed that Guagua had a strange expression when he saw the aunt, and asked in a low voice.
Hao Man couldn't hear the two children's whispering, but she could tell which one was Teacher Zhou's daughter. When she saw Teacher Zhou's daughter, she felt that she really looked like Teacher Zhou, a very smart little girl... A little girl of this age was dressed a little rustically.
"My mother has no shoes." After saying this, Gua Gua quietly looked at Hao Man's feet in the distance.
Xixi actually understood what Guagua meant. "Those are little leather shoes. My mother has them, but she doesn't wear them very often. They are my mother's treasures."
"My mother doesn't have any." Her mother, like her, only has woolen shoes and cloth shoes.
Guagua, who always likes to brag about his mother, suddenly felt sad.
Mom wouldn’t buy shoes for herself. She had never seen her mother buy shoes for herself.
When Gua Gua saw Hao Man wearing this kind of clothes for the first time, the kid didn’t know how to describe it, but he thought it was beautiful and her shoes were also shiny.
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