The adults were a little more restrained when they saw the dishes, but the children, who had been playing all morning, became extremely agitated, hugging the table legs and crying, and when they were told that dinner was ready, they immediately rushed to the table.
You Yumei's eldest and second children also wanted to join the table. But their mother said they couldn't join until the guests had finished eating, so they just stood aside and watched. They looked for a moment, then ran to the kitchen to see if they could get a couple more slices of meat...
Seeing their mother was still busy, the two older brothers, Yitiao and Ertiao, quickly found seats and arranged for their younger brothers to sit at the table. Then Yitiao brought Liutiao and Batiao, while Ertiao brought Santiao and Qitiao. The six children took up half the table and two high stools.
The other children were not happy to sit at the same table with their parents, so they crowded in. The adults just wanted to eat properly and were too lazy to care about the children, so they just let them be, eating and chatting by themselves, feeling free.
Dolls are creatures that easily gather in groups. Soon the table in the corner was completely occupied by the doll army, with ten or eleven of them sitting on the stools.
There were also some boys standing next to the table legs. They were all twelve or thirteen years old, tall and strong. They were very hungry. When they smelled the delicious aroma of the dishes on the table, which included the rare meat, they instantly became like hungry wolves in the mountains, their pupils glowing, and their hands moving swiftly. In a few seconds, half of the plate was empty.
The bowls on the table next to them were empty even faster. Seeing that there was still food on the table of a bunch of kids, some of them reached out to pick up some with chopsticks and took them back, their movements no slower than the kids.
Rokujo had never seen such a scene before, and his eyes widened. Even though he was always quick at picking up food at home, he couldn't keep up with this speed. He finally scooped a spoonful into his bowl, and when he was about to scoop another, the plate was already empty...
Three, seven, and eight, each holding their newly-picked spoons, were bewildered. One and two grabbed two spoons and shared some with the three younger brothers. When the next dish arrived, they immediately joined the scramble and snatched two pieces of meat.
Liu Tiao only got a spoonful of the first bowl of vegetables. When he got the second bowl, he learned his lesson decisively. He knelt on the stool and waited to dig vegetables. He kept saying, "Dig, dig, dig more, dig, click, click~"
After a quick dig, Liu Tiao stopped, but someone bumped into him, and the food on his spoon spilled onto the table. He hesitated for a second, grabbed a small piece of goose meat that had fallen, and stuffed it into his mouth, then put the rest of the food into Ba Tiao's bowl.
"Thank you, Brother Liutou~" Ba Tiao was busy eating white rice. When he saw his brother Liu Tiao putting vegetables in his bowl, his little face suddenly lit up. He said that Brother Liu Tiao was very nice to him. He gave him sweet potato strips and vegetables... Ba Tiao held the bowl, slurped his mouth twice, and ate with a gusto.
Ichijo and Nichijo were digging vegetables while taking care of their younger brothers. Nichijo looked at Sanchijo and Chichijo, who were eating quietly beside him without any sense of competition, and sighed.
"Get moving, get moving. It's time for the third bowl of food!" Er Tiao raised his fist to encourage his two younger brothers.
"Oh~" San Tiao nodded gently, then divided the small fish in the bowl into seven pieces and fed him a mouthful of rice mixed with vegetable juice. This spoon is not very easy to use, so he feeds his brother.
Qi Tiao opened his mouth obediently, his eyes curved into crescents. "Xia Xie Shan Tiao~"
"Call me brother~" San Tiao put down the spoon and gently rubbed Qi Tiao's head.
Then Nanajo called him "Brother" sweetly, his voice soft and sticky. There was no trace of the serious little brother he looked like when they first met.
He had shared the small fish with three of them... The second one had no choice but to "fight" alone. He finally managed to get some food into the bowl and gave some to each of his two younger brothers, leaving only a mouthful of food in the bowl.
By the time the fourth course arrived, Rokujo, who had barely eaten a bite, was completely emboldened, bringing his rice bowl directly to the vegetable bowl to collect the food. Hey, so much food, and it's not falling off... Rokujo dug harder and harder, his smile growing wider and wider. As he pulled his bowl back, a few hands knocked the food over.
Liu Tiao looked at the rice and vegetables that had fallen onto the table, and he was so distressed that he almost cried. When he saw the chopsticks extended by others, he quickly stuffed the meat into his mouth. When his mouth could not fit any more, he put another piece into Ba Tiao's bowl, and then he started crying.
The remaining five looked at the six crying with concern. Seeing this, the other children slowed down their food intake and ate while watching the three crying children at the table.
Didn't you just not snatch them away? You're incompetent, so why are you crying? Also, what's this guy from Aunt Pearl's house crying about? He's already eaten a few pieces of meat, and he's still crying, with such a big mouthful of meat in his mouth...
"Liu Tiao, it's okay, I've helped you clean up the meat in the bowl." Yi Tiao stuffed the bowl into Liu Tiao's hands, "Not a single piece of meat was dropped, you can eat it all."
"Woowawa~" Liu Tiao stretched out a little finger towards his big brother. In such a long time, he only got to eat three small pieces of meat.
Ichijo didn't understand what Liutiao meant, so he hooked his little finger and continued to comfort him.
"Don't cry~" Sanjo looked at Rokujo, who was sobbing like a storm, and stuffed the handkerchief he had pulled out of his pocket back into it. Rokujo seemed to be crying, but no tears were shed, and without the handkerchief...
Cheng Zhenzhu just came out of the kitchen and saw Liu Tiao howling at the top of his lungs. He reached out and picked up the little guy from the stool, "Why is our Liu Tiao crying?"
There are more than six, there are two dolls on the table crying, crying even more sadly than the six. I wonder what happened?
"Huhu~" Liu Tiao saw his mother, and all the grievances in his heart instantly came to his mind. He buried his head in his mother's arms and rubbed it hard, as if he wanted to rub away all the sadness and grievances. "Mom~"
He was so sad. All the vegetables he had dug were scattered, and he could only pick up the ones on the table to eat...
Cheng Zhenzhu held up the six chins, turned the little face over, saw the little guy's bright eyes that were holding back tears, and asked the big brother about the whole story.
Yitiao gave his mother a brief account of what had happened, while Tiao Er, Tiao San, and a few others muttered a few words beside him.
"No, nothing..." Liu Tiao groaned, turned around, pointed at the table, and shed tears of sadness.
"It's here, keep it~" Ba Tiao picked up the bowl and showed him the piece of meat that Liu Tiao had put in his bowl, with a smile on his little face.
"There's a fish~" The seventh one picked up a small fish and wanted to feed it to its poor sixth brother.
"So it was because they didn't get to eat," Cheng Zhenzhu laughed. The kids were all huddled together, so it was very likely they'd bump into each other and fall over. And with so many people sharing one bowl of food, it was already quite good that Liu Tiao managed to break through the crowd and get a couple of bites of meat...
"Here are the dishes!" You Yumei's brother-in-law shouted and started serving the sixth dish.
"Mom, I want more meat~" Six ears moved, wiped away two tears, and struggled hard with his hands and feet towards the stool.
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