An Qingbai looked at his wife with a puzzled expression.
"Honey, aren't we going to treat Uncle Qin to hot pot?"
Zhuang Zhimeng nodded.
"We need to invite Uncle Qin."
Tomorrow, Xiazi and Mengge will leave Beijing for Xiazi's hometown.
Let's treat them to hot pot, and then take them to the train station.
As for our two families who have been busy with all the preparations for our wedding, we should treat our families to a meal.
If my eldest and youngest aunts weren't leaving, I'd like to invite the whole family.
Unfortunately, my aunt's family is leaving tomorrow morning too.
"Okay, I'll listen to you. With this money, we can definitely treat our family to a meal."
I'll talk to my family when I get home tonight, and then borrow my second uncle's car to take Mengmeng and Yanxia there.
"Okay, you don't need to pick me up tomorrow morning, Aber. I'll go back as soon as I get up."
Just as An Qingbai was about to respond, there was a knock on the door.
"Auntie, Uncle, please play with us."
Zhuang Zhimeng laughed as she listened and opened the door to the room.
"What do you two little ones want to play?"
An Qingbai suddenly thought of something.
"Come here safely, you two."
"My uncle gave you red envelopes, but I forgot to give you red envelopes in return for the custom of addressing you as 'aunts'."
Ping An quickly went to her uncle's side.
"Uncle, do we really have a red envelope?"
An Qingbai took out two small red envelopes from his pocket and handed them to the two boys.
"Of course I will. You call me uncle, so I'll definitely give you red envelopes."
He safely and securely put the red envelope into his pocket.
The two brothers thanked him in unison.
"Thank you, Uncle."
Zhuang Zhimeng made the suggestion.
"Peace and safety, shall we go downstairs and play Eagle Catches Chicks?"
"Okay, Aunt, Uncle, let's go quickly."
Let's call our uncles, Cousin Conghui and Cousin Conghao, and play together.
Ping An An pulled her aunt and uncle out of the room.
Zhuang Zhimeng looked at her three younger brothers sitting in the living room.
"JunJun, CongHui, CongHao, let's go downstairs and play Eagle Catches Chicks."
Junjun, Conghui, and Conghao all stood up.
"You're here, sis."
"Cousin, you're here."
"Okay, cousin."
The group went downstairs together to play games.
“In the first round, I’ll be the mother hen to protect you, and your brother-in-law will be the eagle.”
Zhuang Zhimeng stood directly at the front.
Ping An immediately stood behind her aunt and grabbed the hem of her clothes.
"We should stand behind our aunt."
Zhuang Zhijun asked his two cousins.
"Conghui, Conghao, where do you want to stand?"
Conghui made the suggestion.
"Cousin Junjun, you stand at the back, the two of us will stand in front of you."
"Okay, then I'll be last."
An Qingbai faced the group.
"Are you all in position? I'm about to start making arrests."
Zhuang Zhimeng looked back.
"Everyone stand in line, let's begin."
Zhuang Zhimeng stretched out her arms, with a string of chicks trailing behind her, and focused intently on preventing an eagle from attacking.
"Ah, Auntie, hurry! Uncle is coming from the left."
"Ah! Uncle is coming from the right."
Zhuang Zhimeng led the chicks, constantly changing their positions left and right.
An Qingbai stopped and then suddenly accelerated.
Zhuang Zhimeng and her chicken team successfully evaded his attack.
"Haha, Arber, you can't catch my chicks."
An Qingbai smiled as he looked at his wife's smug smile.
Suddenly changing direction, they grabbed Junjun, who was in the last position.
"Haha, Zhizhi, you better watch out, I caught a chick."
"Hehe, I still have four chicks, I'm sure I won't let you catch them so easily."
Zhuang Zhimeng and the remaining four chicks were highly focused.
After countless rounds of dodging and weaving, they finally managed to protect the four chicks.
In the second round, Ping An An will take over as the Eagle.
The two little guys didn't have any tactics; they just cried and tried to catch the chicks.
Don't let their small size fool you, they're incredibly fast runners.
Catching half the chicks without any leniency is quite an achievement.
After playing several rounds of Eagle Catches Chickens, the group switched to another activity at Ping An'an's request.
Several children, both big and small, started playing hopscotch.
Zhuang Zhimeng drew a nine-square grid on the ground with stones.
"Aberdeen, do you know how to play this?"
"Yes, we used to draw these kinds of things when we were kids."
Zhuang Zhimeng nodded.
"Let's play rock-paper-scissors, whoever wins jumps first."
Several people reached out their hands together.
"Guess the shell".
"Ding-gang hammer".
“锛绞裹”.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter.
"Haha, I didn't expect that the terminology for rock-paper-scissors varies from place to place!"
An Qingbai smiled.
In Northeast China, rock-paper-scissors is called "ding-gang-chui".
Conghui also explained with a smile.
"Cousin, in Jinshi, the word for rock-paper-scissors is 'ben jiao guo'."
Zhuang Zhimeng nodded.
"I understand, who won the first round?"
As a result, no one saw it clearly; everyone was focused on the way it was called.
Let's start over.
"Guess the shell".
"Ding-gang hammer".
“锛绞裹”.
The group played rock-paper-scissors again.
Every time I say it, everyone laughs.
Zhuang Zhimeng and An Qingbai spent the afternoon playing with the group.
Happy times always seem so short.
My aunt's family is going back to the compound to have dinner with my grandparents.
After all, they had to take the train back home as soon as it was light.
Zhuang Zhimeng and her family sent her aunt's family away again.
Hao Caiyun suddenly sighed.
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