"Eat, eat at noon today." Cheng Zhenzhu helplessly searched for her handkerchief. Why did Siqi's naiveté look so familiar?
When she caught sight of Liu Tiao, whose eyes lit up, she realized something. Siqi's naiveté and Liu Tiao's foodie-ness might have a lot in common...
Cheng Zhenzhu boiled some hot water to help Siqi wash her face and hands, then changed into a coat and took out two clothes covers.
One set is for Siqi and the other is for Liutiao.
"Mom, don't wear this." Liu Tiao looked at the clothes covered on his body and pointed at Lu Jianxian with his eyes wide open. He was the older brother now, and this little brother didn't wear a clothes cover, so why should he wear one?
"Because Jianxian likes to be cleaner than you." Cheng Zhenzhu was a person who reasoned and spoke the truth. Seeing Liu Tiao was not convinced, she compared his sleeves and collar with Jianxian's one by one. "Do you think so?"
"Okay~" Liu Tiao was a reasonable person. Seeing the facts, he did not resist. He took out all the snacks from his pockets and put them in the pocket of his coat. It would be more convenient to eat them this way...
Siqi also had snacks in her pocket. After changing her clothes, she immediately ran to change her pockets and ate some sweet potato chips from the pocket of her clothes.
"Okay, there's nothing to do. Go play in the house for a while. Mom is going to cook." Cheng Zhenzhu threw the clothes she had changed into the bathtub, intending to rinse them twice and put them in the washing machine for two cycles.
"Okay~" San Tiao agreed and pulled Lu Jianxian into the house. "Qi Tiao, let me show you something nice."
"Hmm~" Lu Jianxian nodded and followed San Tiao obediently.
Sanjo ran to the cupboard and brought out a pile of colorful picture books. "Look at this."
After reading these books, my brother and his friends didn't want them anymore, so I gave them to him. Brother Xiaohu also gave him two books. He now has many, many books...
"I like it~" Lu Jianxian picked up a book and couldn't let it go. Then the two kids lay down together to read.
The two of them couldn't read yet, so they just looked at the pictures and muttered a few words to themselves as they looked.
Yitiao and Ertiao took out their homework books and started to do their homework. Liutiao and Lu Siqi fiddled with something nearby for a while, then got bored when they saw the other brothers reading or doing their homework, and couldn't help but run over to take a look.
"Sixth and Eighth, can you please get some notebooks and pens and play by yourselves?" Er Tiao was having trouble answering the questions and was getting annoyed. His two younger brothers were messing around beside him and he was grunting in annoyance.
"Can I have a new notebook?" Liu Tiao asked. His second brother always liked to use the paper he had written on, so he had no space to write on.
"No, notebooks are expensive. We can save money by using pre-written paper. Then Mom can buy us more delicious food."
Er Tiao's words hit the nail on the head. Liu Tiao stopped pestering for a new notebook and instead took his pen and written paper tape to follow his little brother Ba Tiao and start writing...
After Cheng Zhenzhu finished cooking, she saw the little kids huddled together in the room, looking incredibly quiet and well-behaved. "What are you doing? Eating?"
"Come here, mom, I smell something so nice~" Liu Tiao's nose twitched, and he immediately put away his pen and ran towards the table. Behind him was a little kid Lu Siqi holding a pen.
"Put your pen away properly." Liu Tiao saw his little brother grabbing a pen and going to the table. He pulled it out and carefully put it into the pencil case made by his mother. His mother said that he had to put away the pen after use.
"Okay, I'll tell you next time~" Lu Siqi nodded and ran back to the room.
"Mom, we finished our homework today, and also taught our younger brothers how to draw flowers..." When they heard about the meal, they quickly packed up their things and ran out, taking the opportunity to ask their mother for credit.
"That's great. Mom will have to think about what delicious food to make for you this New Year." Cheng Zhenzhu drew a big pancake for the children.
"Happy New Year~" San Tiao sat down at the table, his eyes shining brightly.
"Delicious, delicious!" Liu Tiao climbed on the table excitedly.
"Eight, let me help you." Two had already sat at the table. Seeing Lu Siqi lift his foot to get on the stool, he pulled him up with both hands. One lifted his buttocks and helped.
Another little kid, Lu Jianxian, was also helped onto the high stool by the two brothers using this method.
"Let's eat." Cheng Zhenzhu picked up a meatball with her chopsticks and handed each of the children a meatball. Today's lunch consisted of a pan-fried fish dish, a bowl of meatball soup, and a stir-fried cabbage dish. While the variety wasn't huge, the portions were substantial. There were at least twenty meatballs, and the cabbage was cut in half.
"Fish, fish, eat it!" Lu Siqi bit the fried fish piece, his eyes as big as copper bells, as if he had opened the door to a new world.
It was also the first time for Lu Jianxian to eat such delicious fish. With joy in his eyes, he couldn't help but speed up his eating.
Several of them had eaten this delicious fish many times before, but they didn't get tired of it at all and still loved it. In the end, the two large fish made a pot of fried fish nuggets, which were devoured cleanly by one large fish and six small fish.
There was still half a bowl of meatballs left, which Cheng Zhenzhu used as an afternoon snack for the kids. She poured out the soup, microwaved it twice, and even after the skin dried out, sprinkled some cumin powder on it, it was still delicious.
"You all should get up early tomorrow and we will go to town together." There were only eight meatballs left. Cheng Zhenzhu gave one meatball to each child and took two for herself.
"Going to town?" Yitiao stopped eating the meatballs and ran to confirm the news with his mother.
"Yes, isn't Chinese New Year in a couple of days? Let's go buy some New Year's goods and send a letter to Grandma and the others." This year, they'll celebrate Chinese New Year on Sanshi Island. We'll see if we can go there during summer vacation. Just to give his parents a heads-up...
"Great, great!" Er Tiao was delighted when he heard this. There were so many fun things to do and delicious food in town, and he loved it. And taking photos was so much fun.
"Mom~" San Tiao was also very happy. He held a meatball in his hand, used his hands and feet to crawl into Cheng Zhenzhu's arms, and found a comfortable position to sit.
When the two brothers Lu Jianxian and Lu Siqi saw their brothers having fun, they also started to have fun, biting their meatballs with their eyes wide open.
"Mom, I'm done eating. I want to eat another one~" Liu Tiao is definitely the best at showing off snacks. After a while, he finished a hot meatball. Seeing that there was still one left in the bowl, he ran to his mother and acted coquettishly, rubbing the soft ball against her.
"Once you finish eating it, it's gone." As she said that, Cheng Zhenzhu ate the remaining meatball in front of Liu Tiao.
The six little mouths made an "oh oh" sound, and the light in their eyes shattered with a "pop".
"The meatballs are gone, but there are still candied haws." One meatball was indeed too little. Cheng Zhenzhu remembered the dozen or so strings of candied haws she bought last time. She gave one string to each of the four children, and she was feeding the twin little kids, so the number was halved.
"Hehe~" Liu Tiao laughed secretly while holding a whole string of candied haws. Now the one whose number was halved is finally not him, wakaka, hahahaha~~~
Lu Jianxian had no objection to halving the portion, as he couldn't eat much anyway. However, Lu Siqi couldn't help but ask Cheng Zhenzhu for an extra one.
"Aunt Spider~Aunt Spider~" Lu Siqi looked at Cheng Zhenzhu with her big cute eyes.
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