"Strong."
"Um?"
Zhuangzhuang pulled him to sit on the bed. When he heard the sound, he tilted his head to look at him.
"Have you been..." Xiao Yi thought for a moment and used a less hurtful word to describe it, "Swelling?"
"ah??"
Zhuangzhuang bit his lower lip and looked at him in confusion. Swollen?
"No, I'm not swollen." Zhuangzhuang shook his head vigorously to indicate that he was not swollen.
Seeing that Zhuangzhuang didn’t seem to understand what he said, Xiaoyi pursed his lips. If he directly told Zhuangzhuang that he was fat, he would be unhappy. After all, people don’t seem to like being called fat.
"Xiao Yi means that you are fat."
As soon as Xiaoguo entered the door, she heard Xiaoyi's tactful words. With such a silly son, she could only understand directly.
The strong little Xiaogou was hit hard by such blunt and even cruel words, and looked at Xiaoguo with a hurt face.
Xiaoguo didn't even look at him and put down the bag with great effort. The weight was acceptable, but she had no idea what was in the bag that made it so big!
Zhuangzhuang bit his lip and looked at her aggrievedly, but he never got the attention of the perpetrator.
Xiao Yi looked at the strong appearance and hugged him distressedly, looking at the woman who was only concerned with drinking water with an accusing look.
"⊙?⊙?" Xiao Guo just felt a chill when she drank some water. She turned around and saw an accusing and aggrieved look. What did she do?
"I'm going to cook."
Xiaoguo found a random excuse and ran away. As for the matter of Zhuangzhuang gaining weight, she personally felt that it was better to tell the truth. Zhuangzhuang should face the reality.
Seeing the man running away, Xiao Yi raised his hand and stroked his hair, "Guai Zhuangzhuang, you are still very cute, round, white and tender."
"Yuan? Xiaoyi, you've given up on me too..."
"No, no, I was just praising you for being cute!"
Xiao Yi quickly denied it. He really thought that the "zhuangzhuang" look was just cute, and "round" was just a modifier that did not take up the main topic.
"Cute? Really?"
Zhuangzhuang stopped crying when he heard this and looked at Xiaoyi with wide eyes.
"Haha, you didn't cry, you idiot~"
There was not a trace of moisture in Zhuangzhuang's wide-open eyes. When he saw that he was exposed, he immediately returned to his original state, hugged him, and stretched out his hand to pinch Xiaoyi's itchy flesh. He discovered this when they were resting in the same bed. Xiaoyi's whole body was covered with itchy flesh.
"Hahahaha, stop making trouble, stop making trouble~"
The moment he pounced on him, Xiao Yi surrendered. There was nothing he could do. Zhuang Zhuang knew his itchy spot too well and he could hit the spot every time. There was no choice but to surrender.
"You know what, Zhuangzhuang, I haven't been this happy in a long time!"
Xiao Yi wiped his tears, moved closer to Zhuangzhuang, and spoke happily.
Zhuangzhuang tilted his head and asked curiously, "Why?"
"Because no one can be like you. There is only one strong one, and I only like strong one!"
Xiao Yi sincerely expressed his love for Zhuangzhuang. After Zhuangzhuang left, it took him a long time to adapt to the days without Zhuangzhuang. The days he spent with Zhuangzhuang were his happiest days.
"Really? Didn't your dad find you a boyfriend?"
Zhuangzhuang was very moved, but what does Xiaoyi usually do? Who does he play with? Doesn't he have any friends like Brother Xiaohu and Sister Xiaohua?
"I have looked for them, but I don't like them because they are too... too..." Xiao Yi racked his brains to think of a phrase that his father often said. What was it? That's right!!
"Vanity!"
Xiao Yi spoke the two words in a sonorous and powerful voice, shocking Zhuang Zhuang for a moment, "Hypocritical?"
Little Yi nodded vigorously. The playmates his father found for him would bow their heads when they saw him. They would not dare to say anything else when he said something was different. If he pointed at black and said it was white, they would not refute him but would obey him unconditionally. At first, he would think it was fun and interesting, but slowly he would feel tired and listless, no different from a puppet who could only nod and smile.
So at that time he missed Zhuangzhuang especially, missed him treating him equally, missed him scolding him when he did or said something wrong, and missed his strict demands on himself. He really missed Zhuangzhuang so much!
Thinking of this, Xiao Yi threw Zhuangzhuang to the ground again and rolled back and forth on the bed with the still dazed Zhuangzhuang in his arms. He was so happy!
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In the kitchen, Xiaoguo was cutting vegetables. After all, Xiaoyi was a distinguished guest, and he came to celebrate Zhuangzhuang's birthday, so she should order more dishes. Besides, Zhuangzhuang's birthday had not yet come, so it would not be good to keep it too simple tonight.
Although Xiao Yi came here by carriage, he had been traveling for several days after all and certainly had not had much rest. In addition, it was freezing cold, so I prepared a pot of soup for him to drink to warm his body and calm his nerves.
After covering the soup pot, Xiaoguo continued to prepare other dishes. Since there were two little ones and one adult, it would be a waste if they cooked too many dishes. So, in addition to the soup, the hot dishes included stir-fried pork with soybean paste, a plate of scrambled eggs, stir-fried choy sum, and five large steamed buns.
A simple meal with meat, vegetables, soup and dry food, that’s about it.
While Xiaoguo was cooking, she could hear the laughter of two children in the house. With this special background sound, Xiaoguo was particularly motivated and the meal was ready in no time.
The two children came just as they did when they scouted the place. As soon as Xiaoguo served the dishes, the two children came to the kitchen together.
"Mom, we're serving the food!"
Zhuangzhuang pulled Xiaoyi to stand beside Xiaoguo, aiming at the steaming dishes next to the stove.
“It smells so good~”
Xiao Yi imitated Zhuangzhuang and took a deep breath, then let out a sigh.
This operation successfully made Xiaoguo laugh. This child is still so sincere. She likes it~
"Okay, bring it over."
Xiaoguo passed the scrambled eggs to Xiaoyi, and then passed the fried meat to Zhuangzhuang, because the scrambled eggs were a little cooler and the fried meat would be hotter after coming out of the pan.
Because Zhuangzhuang is the one who serves the dishes, even though he is small but has steady hands, he can handle serving the hot dishes. But Xiaoyi is not sure. If he gets burned or something, he probably won't be able to explain himself clearly. If he is then charged with treason, that would be really annoying.
The father sent the child over with confidence, but if she didn't take good care of the child, and his anger was accidentally transferred to her son or Jiang Shanhe, wouldn't that be the end of her.
Seeing the two children come to the table smoothly, Xiaoguo then felt relieved and carried the other things over.
We had dinner in the kitchen instead of going back to the main house. Although the stove was only two steps away from the table, this small thing could make the children feel a sense of accomplishment, so I wouldn't disturb them.
After putting down the clay pot, Xiaoguo left the task of using chopsticks to set the table to the two of them. Letting children help with small things within their ability is also conducive to enhancing a good family atmosphere.
After everyone finished their meal happily, Xiao Guo told the two people who wanted to stay to help to leave, telling them to do this themselves and go back to their room to play.
I quickly cleaned up the dishes and closed the stove. After all, I would not be in the room after dinner, and it would be useless and a waste to keep it on. So I turned on the stove when I cooked and ate, and closed it when I left. This way, the stove could be kept hot and charcoal was not wasted, killing two birds with one stone.
After returning to the house, Xiao Yi always felt that there was something he had not done. But he didn't know if it was because he had eaten too much, his head was so groggy that he couldn't remember anything at all. As he was small, his brain capacity was limited. After thinking for a while, he stopped thinking about it and concentrated on playing with Zhuangzhuang.
When Xiaoguo came into the room to make the bed, I saw the bag I was carrying beside me and then I remembered it. I almost forgot it!