Seeing the sweet potato strips, Yu Haidan's mouth immediately dropped. What did that mean? He'd worked so hard for so long! Besides one and two, he hadn't picked up as many as the remaining strips, and yet he only got one sweet potato strip!
These three stripes are so stingy! Is it worthy of his efforts? He never works this hard at home! You can't play like this...
San Tiao saw that Haidan didn't accept it and asked, "Don't you want it?"
He didn't want it, he just thought it was too little. Yu Haidan was so angry that he was breathing heavily.
"That's all," San Tiao said, taking the sweet potato strips back. They hadn't agreed on what to exchange for food, and he felt that one sweet potato strip was already quite generous...
Yu Haidan was quick to grab it, and said in an unconsciously overbearing tone, "It's too little, not even enough to fill my teeth. You must give me ten more dried sweet potatoes, and then give me a candy, White Rabbit Milk Candy."
Even making demands? Yi Tiao put down the firewood in his hand, glared at Yu Haidan, and began to clench his fists. It seemed that he had to take action! He would punch Yu Haidan away. He hadn't found a reason to beat Yu Haidan before, but today he finally got his chance!
"If you don't agree, let's fight." Er Tiao said in a rough voice.
"We are not afraid of fighting!" Then seventy, eighty, ninety, ten fists took position one after another.
The six "Henghenghahei" showed Yu Haidan a set of combined punches. He had recently learned boxing and had made considerable progress. If Yu Haidan dared to hit them, he would definitely beat him to a pulp!
"I'm going to beat you up~" The seven and eight fists were as small as eggs, but with four fists, they were full of momentum.
Yu Haidan shuddered, remembering the fear of being dominated in the past, and hurried to get his "salary" of a dried sweet potato. It was best to get it, because if the next one got angry, he might not get a single dried sweet potato. "Whatever you promised to give me, it's mine!"
Yu Haidan swallowed his tears in frustration. This was too much! A piece of dried sweet potato to get rid of beggars? I will never help them with their work again... Yu Haidan chewed the dried sweet potato in his mouth with some resentment, and then...
"Oh, they smell so good!" Yu Haidan stared at the sweet potato strips in his hand with wide eyes, a little bit incredulous. Aren't they all dried sweet potatoes? Yitiao's is so delicious, why are his dried sweet potatoes so bad?
Seeing Yu Haidan absorbed in the aroma of sweet potato strips, the six children ignored him and worked together to bring firewood to the yard. Then, each of them used a small stool to bundle the firewood. After tying the bundles, they washed their hands and went to ask their mother for a reward.
Cheng Zhenzhu looked at the neatly arranged firewood bundles in the yard and the rosy-cheeked girls, and generously gave out rewards: five QQ candies, a big apple, and a sausage to each person.
This reward is too good, isn't it? The children were so happy.
"Mom, you are so nice! You are the best mom!" Liu Tiao flattered and smiled.
The eight or so people were quick to offer their delicious flattery, each one holding an apple and biting into a delicious sausage, saying that they would go out to collect firewood and make firewood sticks tomorrow.
Yu Haidan, who had been lingering at the gate of the courtyard and had never left, saw this and looked resentful.
He'd clearly gathered a lot of firewood... but he couldn't fight or rob anyone, so what was the point? Dejected, Yu Haidan went to the beach to learn how to doggy paddle. His father said he'd beat him to death with his belt if he couldn't learn...
"Big brother, how long is the Dragon Boat Festival?" Liu Tiao finished eating the sausage and ate the QQ candy, then put the apple away, intending to save it for the Dragon Boat Festival.
"There are still about fifteen days left," Nijo answered first. He had been looking forward to the Dragon Boat Festival. It would be a day off, with delicious food and fun activities. How wonderful!
...Yes, how wonderful! All six children gathered together, looking very happy. Xijing Sanjo was also very happy. However, the next day, during the "morning training", under the stern gaze of his brother Yitiao, he was not so happy.
"Why are you still running..." Even the vigorous Er Tiao almost turned into a kitten. His elder brother gave them extra training! "Brother, can you take a break?"
"No, run faster!" Following Yitiao's command, the five little kids scatter in all directions with a "wool~" sound, running in a mess. Yitiao quickly adjusted the formation and slowed down to let the shorter-legged Seventh and Eighth rest.
"Hmph, hmph~" Qi Tiao is a self-disciplined little guy. Although his brother Yi Tiao said he could take a rest, he still strictly required himself to finish the run with his brothers, and his two short legs moved quite fast.
Ba Tiao couldn't rest either, so he came over to join in the fun, running a few laps behind, wiggling his little butt. He even told his brother Liu Tiao with a smile that he was also running with him...
"Oh~" Liu Tiao nodded. Even if Ba Tiao said so, he wouldn't give him any money for running with him! At most, he would give him a sweet potato strip.
"Hoo-hoo!" Qi Tiao ran out of breath, then returned to the living room, drank a few sips of water, and began to practice boxing. His little hands and feet were doing it very well. His three brothers next to him looked like they had just grown out their limbs and were not familiar with them yet. They started to look around for their hands and feet again.
Anyway, after throwing a set of punches, he was stumbling.
I saw that I had tried my best, but I didn't force it anymore. I let them disband and have fun.
As we were having fun, two weeks passed quickly.
The children finally had their long-awaited day. Tomorrow was Dragon Boat Festival. Cheng Zhenzhu soaked the glutinous rice the night before, and the next day, she led the others in making zongzi (rice dumplings). They had several fillings, both sweet and savory. The savory ones included bacon and pea fat. The sweet ones included red dates and red beans.
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