Chapter 150 Make her happy every day!
"Pei Jiuyan, have you been spending too much time with Brother Yunlai? Aren't you supposed to be a big ice block? When did you become so eloquent?" On the way back, Qin Suisui sat on the back of the bicycle, still feeling indignant as she recalled the scene at the photo studio.
"I'm just... listening to you, remembering my status as a married person at all times, aren't I?"
Qin Suisui turned her head to look at Zan Zan sitting on the crossbar in front of the bicycle, and then secretly pinched the soft flesh on Pei Jiuyan's waist, her voice tinged with gritted teeth: "I'll settle accounts with you later."
Pei Jiuyan chuckled and reached back to help her sit up, saying, "Sit still and don't move around."
To fulfill Qin Suisui's wish, the family had already planned to take photos at the photo studio this morning, and then go to the department store to buy a few bottles of soda and pastries to take with them when they went to the mountains to dig for wild vegetables!
It sounded like a trip to dig for wild vegetables, but it was actually more like an autumn outing, which Qin Suisui was really looking forward to.
When she was in elementary school, the school organized a "wild vegetable digging activity." Ostensibly, it was a labor activity, but the teachers allowed them to chase wild rabbits and pick wild fruits. When they got tired at noon, they would take out the lunchboxes they brought from home and share them with their classmates.
That was almost the happiest time in her elementary school memories.
After returning home that day, Qin Suisui wrote a letter to Pei Jiuyan that very night, telling him about her "work of digging for wild vegetables" and wishing that she could go on an autumn outing with him in the future.
What was just a few innocent words from a child back then has actually come true more than ten years later.
After returning from town, you first need to go home to get your tools and food.
Pei Jiuyan got up early and made a big pot of braised rice with pickled bamboo shoots and cured pork, along with cold shrimp salad and pan-fried small yellow croaker, served with pickled cucumbers and fermented bean curd that Qin Suisui had bought on the black market. This was their family's lunch.
This time, they didn't go to the mountain near Guangmingding Brigade, but instead walked along the perimeter of the family compound all the way to the small ditch where they caught crayfish, and then walked upstream along the ditch.
There are several small hills here, and in the middle of the hills is a small valley. The valley is cool and damp, with fertile soil, green flowers and grass, and plenty of wild vegetables and fruits.
They left early and returned from town at just past nine o'clock.
Sure enough, as soon as we entered the valley, the sun was blocked by the dense shade of the trees, and the cool, moist air rushed towards us, making every pore on our body feel comfortable.
"This is the temperature autumn should have!" Qin Suisui ran towards the shade of the tree with her arms outstretched, even kicking off her plastic sandals. Her bare feet stepped on the soft grass, and she felt completely healed.
Pei Jiuyan parked his bicycle against a big tree. Seeing how happy she was, he couldn't help but smile. "If you like it, we can come here often. This place is especially cool in September."
Zan Zan followed behind Qin Sui Sui and tried to kick off his sandals, but his little feet were growing fast and the sandals were just the right size. He couldn't easily shake them off. He wanted to catch up with his mother, so he tried to pry them off with his hands. Unexpectedly, the strap that had been glued to the front of the sandals broke again.
He looked at the sandals with a blank expression, then cautiously glanced at Pei Jiuyan. His father had said that as a military family member, he should take the lead in promoting the spirit of hard work, frugality, and thrift. Oh no! He had only worn these sandals for a couple of days after they were repaired, and he had ruined them again. His father was definitely going to be angry.
As expected, Pei Jiuyan's face darkened as soon as he saw the pair of sandals that had accidentally flown to his feet and broken.
"Pei Yifan! What did Dad tell you?"
The sign that Dad is angry is when he calls him by his full name! Upon hearing these three words, Zan Zan trembled and instinctively looked to Mom for help.
Meeting the little guy's gaze, Qin Suisui quickly turned her eyes away: "Oh my, there are so many wild berries here, all ripe and so sweet! I want to pick more!"
Although Qin Suisui loved her child very much, she also knew that parents must be united in educating their children. Since Pei Jiuyan had chosen to be a "strict father," she, as a "loving mother," could spoil and pamper the child as usual, but she absolutely could not interfere when he was disciplining him.
Seeing his mother run off to pick wild berries, Zan Zan knew his mother wouldn't speak up for him, so he could only lower his head listlessly and say, "I'm sorry, Dad, I know I was wrong."
Pei Jiuyan maintained his stern expression: "Where did you go wrong?"
"I shouldn't have tried to pry the sandal open and broke it."
"Okay, now that you know where you went wrong, you need to learn to take responsibility for your mistakes. So, when you get home today, can you glue your sandals back together yourself?"
Yes! I can!
Hearing the little guy's firm and resolute answer, Qin Suisui couldn't help but laugh. She always felt that Pei Jiuyan was treating the child like his soldier. But she also agreed that boys were mischievous when they were young, and that they could be a little strict.
After teaching Zan Zan, Pei Jiuyan took the child to find wild grass in the bushes to weave straw sandals. After weaving with Zan Zan for a while and confirming that he had learned how, he slowly strolled over to Qin Suisui's side.
Qin Suisui was sitting on the grass eating myrtle, which is a shrub that can grow up to about two meters tall.
She didn't know why, but these bushes were so short, yet they were covered with purplish-red berries, which she could just reach while sitting on the grass.
Pei Jiuyan knelt down and wiped the juice from the corner of her mouth, smiling as he asked, "Was it delicious?"
Qin Suisui nodded, her mouth still moving, and then pointed to her small bamboo basket: "I picked some for you too, so many! Take the rest home to make jam!"
Pei Jiuyan nodded: "You decide!"
The couple sat there eating wild fruit, waiting for little Zan Zan to finish weaving the straw sandal. Then, carrying the broken little sandal, wearing the newly woven, crooked straw sandal on one foot and the intact plastic sandal on the other, they walked towards their unreliable parents: "Dad, Mom, I'm done weaving!"
As he spoke, the big toe of the foot wearing straw sandals kept picking at the sandals, as if he was a little uncomfortable with the rough surface.
Pei Jiuyan nodded: "Wear these straw sandals until you fix your sandals, understand?"
Zan Zan pouted, looking aggrieved, and glanced at Qin Sui Sui's new sandals, as if to say, "Why can Mom get new sandals when they're broken?"
Qin Suisui glanced at her feet following his gaze, then quickly hid them behind her legs and coughed somewhat awkwardly.
A few days ago, she went to the brigade and it was so hot on her way back that she rode her bicycle too hard and accidentally broke her sandals. The pair she was wearing was the new ones Pei Jiuyan bought for her this morning on his way to the department store. And... she had several pairs of different colors and styles at home.
And Zan Zan... seems to only have this one pair...
"Why are you looking at Mom? Have you forgotten what Dad told you before?"
Pei Jiuyan's stern voice rang out, and Zanzan immediately shifted her envious gaze from Qin Suisui's feet, raised her head, and answered loudly, "Mom is a girl, and Dad and I are men. We should love Mom, give in to her, and give her all the good food and fun things! We should make her happy every day!"
Qin Suisui was immediately speechless.
Look at how fluent he is, it's like he's reciting a book, he must have memorized a lot.
Pei Jiuyan, with his hands behind his back, looked at Zanzan with satisfaction: "Are you still envious of Mom's sandals?"
Zan Zan shook his head and looked at Qin Sui Sui sincerely: "Mom, I won't wear sandals anymore. I'll just wear straw sandals. You can wear all my sandals!"
Looking into his sincere eyes, Qin Suisui gave an awkward laugh: "Hehe... thank you, darling, but... that's not necessary..."
After dealing with the "sandals incident," the family continued walking deeper into the valley, which was divided in two by a small river that was just over a meter wide. On both banks of the river, lush water celery grew.
Remembering the water celery Su Yunyi had brought over a few days ago, which was delicious stir-fried with meat, Qin Suisui smacked her lips, rolled up her trousers, and prepared to wade into the stream.
Pei Jiuyan was digging for wild vegetables nearby when he saw this and quickly brought her sandals over: "Put your shoes on, there are small stones underneath, be careful not to cut your feet."
Like an old woman, he talked while squatting down, lifting her feet to wipe them on his own body, and then carefully helping her put on her sandals.
Zan Zan was already used to it, and wearing straw sandals, he stepped into the water: "Mom, there are little loaches in this stream!"
Qin Suisui turned her head away: "Where? Catch him! We'll have stir-fried loach for dinner tonight!" The stream wasn't deep, only reaching Zan Zan's knees. With two adults watching from the side, they weren't worried about him going into the water.
When Zan Zan heard his mother say that they were going to eat stir-fried loach, he hurriedly waded through the water and tried to grab the loach. Unfortunately, the loach was slippery and slipped into his hand before disappearing into the mud.
Qin Suisui panicked. The foot that Pei Jiuyan was holding moved slightly, but her face was turned towards Zanzan: "Baby, you put it down, Mom will take care of it. Don't alert them!"
Zan Zan took a step back, lost his balance, and sat down hard in the water: "Huh? Where's the snake?"
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