Chapter 194: Puffy Cheeks
"Okay, okay, let's take a look."
"Wow wow wow, is this me? Am I that handsome?"
The little kid came running over, with his hands on his waist, looking at his own stick figure.
The children nearby also came over and stared with their eyes wide open.
He looked at his companions who were standing with their hands on their hips and their heads held high, and then looked at the painting on the beach.
"Sister, sister, I want one too. Please draw one for me."
"Pretty sister, I came here first, draw me first."
"Nonsense, I was here first, I'm first in line."
Lin Xiaotong instantly felt like she had become the principal of a kindergarten, and her ears were filled with the calls of "beautiful sister".
"Stop arguing. One, two, three. Everyone, line up."
The first child who had a stick figure shouted at the top of his voice, and soon the confused little kids lined up.
The one who got first place was a tall girl, who puffed out her chest and walked with a gait that showed she didn't care about anyone.
With a proud and confident look, they faced the sun and performed a standard salute.
Lin Xiaotong finished the painting quickly and thoughtfully drew a flag next to it.
The little girl was like a little warrior, so she happily thanked him again.
He jumped aside and waited for the second friend to come.
She noticed that her beautiful sister with skillful hands had beads of sweat on her forehead and ran out.
After a while, she finished drawing two more and Lin Xiaotong wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Fortunately, she brought a straw hat when she went out to block out the sun.
The poses the children made were relatively simple and they were quick to draw.
The paintings are all lined up in a row, like a long scroll on the beach, a certain distance away from the shore, temporarily protected from erosion by sea water.
The children who had their own little paintings soon gathered together to look at them, pointing at each other's hands and talking to each other, trying to see whose pose was the best.
"Beautiful sister, please drink."
The first little girl who finished drawing came back with the opened coconut and handed it over.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. It's my duty. Come on and drink it. My mom just fished it out of the cold water."
Lin Xiaotong took it. It was a big coconut with a tube inserted into it.
One sip on a hot day is incredibly satisfying, and the cool feeling in your mouth dispels some of the annoying heat.
"Sister, I'm here too. Squat down and I'll give you a shoulder massage. I'm really good at it. My dad always praises me for it."
The little boy who could shout slogans to gather people also came over to show his courtesy, jumping up and down anxiously.
Seeing that the child's face turned red with anxiety, Lin Xiaotong squatted down and obediently stretched out her arms to be pinched.
She closed her eyes and drank from a coconut in one hand.
Some people pinched her shoulders, some pinched her wrists, some stood to block the sun for her, and some fanned her with their little hands.
It’s so cool, in one word, it’s “cool”.
"It's my turn now. You've been pinching me for so long."
Some people have been pinching for a long time, and the friends behind them are getting anxious and urging them to do it, hoping that they can take over.
What’s funny is that someone else echoed this statement: “That’s right, the beautiful sister is not yours alone.”
The team cannot be in chaos. The person who is massaging shoulders comes out, stands by, sticks out his belly and shouts commands.
"Don't worry, come one by one, one, two, three, we have them all."
After resting for a while, Lin Xiaotong continued to work.
Finally, I finished drawing all the little friends, put down the stick that was burning from being squeezed, and took the coconut from the little boy's hand.
While drinking, he crossed his legs and admired his masterpiece on the beach.
It was soon time to get off work after training, and Xie Yi and Xiong Chuan came back arm in arm.
Passing by the beach, I saw Lin Xiaotong standing there, with a group of children beside her pointing at the sand on the ground.
The two looked at each other and walked over curiously.
Before Xie Yi even came up to her, he waved from a distance, afraid that others wouldn't see him, and shouted at the top of his voice, "Xiaotong."
Lin Xiaotong, who was facing away, heard the shouting, turned around and waved vigorously.
Captain Qiu, who was lagging behind, saw it and looked over. He saw a familiar person and was still sighing.
"This child has grown so big in the blink of an eye."
Coach Xiao, who was walking side by side, was also taken aback: "This is Lin Hai and Jing Yang's child, looking at his face, he does look a bit like Old Lin."
Xiong Chuan and Xie Yi had no idea that these two elderly leaders who liked to be melancholic about the passing of time were the ones who strode over.
Xie Yi had good eyesight and he saw the first family portrait at a glance, his eyes sparkling.
"Sister-in-law, I didn't expect you to have such a talent. Why don't you draw one for me?"
Xiong Chuan rushed over carelessly and stepped on it without noticing.
"Xiongchuan, move your feet away!"
Xie Yi shouted in panic, but it was too late.
Xiong Chuan stumbled and stepped on the face of Xie Yi's portrait in panic, causing his left cheek to sink.
"I'm sorry, brother. I'll patch up your cheek."
Xiongchuan apologized with his teeth bared, squatted down and scooped up a handful of sand to fill his face.
I didn't expect that I didn't control the amount and used too much sand, and my left cheek bulged again.
"Hey, look at this. I'll add the right side for you as well."
Xiongchuan is like Nuwa, repairing things with sand.
"Xie Dayi, take a look at my craftsmanship. Now it's symmetrical, right?"
Xie Yi couldn't laugh at all this time. Among the portraits in the row, only his cheeks were bulging, like a squirrel hiding a nut, which was particularly eye-catching.
"Xiongchuan, you're dead. I'll draw you a weasel."
"Sister-in-law, help me, come and save me."
One of them was running away, while the other was chasing. The crowd of children watching the show on the beach were screaming with excitement.
Lin Xiaotong was so amused by the funny look of these two people that she stood and watched for a while.
He turned around, squatted down, and added chubby cheeks to his own portrait with sand, then clapped his hands.
"It's done."
Now it looks like he and Xie Yi are a perfect match.
She called out to the two who were still running: "Xie Yi, go home for dinner."
"Here I come."
The large group of children watching were also hungry, and they said goodbye to her one by one, carrying their buckets.
"Beautiful sister, I'm going home to eat too. My grandma is calling me."
"Me too, my dad called me."
These little kids looked back every three steps, reluctant to leave, and soon made an appointment to come back in the afternoon.
Lin Xiaotong waved: "Goodbye."
…
Xiong Chuan finally agreed to wash Xie Yi's socks for a week, went to the cafeteria to get his meals, and then went home.
The young couple walked side by side, and Xie Yi was still muttering, "This kid is so lucky."
"Hey, here you go."
Lin Xiaotong handed over a half-remaining coconut and blocked his mouth.
"Wife, you are so nice."
Seeing that there was no one on the road, Xie Yi said with emotion that he knew his wife still had him in her heart.
Look, his mouth says it’s dry, but you still give him water to drink.
"Today's lunch is pretty good, including your favorite Qingbuliang."
Qingbuliang is the most popular dish in the summer, and everyone brings a big bowl to the cafeteria to get one.
The sweet coconut milk is filled with red beans, jelly, coconut meat, and topped with fresh seasonal fruits.
Some people take it home and put it in cold water to chill for a while, which will make it taste better.
It's so refreshing to have a bowl of it after training.
"Are you going to take a shower at noon? You're all sweaty."
"I can just rinse myself with cold water. You can go to sleep after eating. I can just rub the clothes."
Xie Yi’s showers were all quick showers, which only took a few minutes.
"Add some hot water, otherwise it's too cold and it'll hurt your joints. You'll suffer from rheumatism when you get older."
"We'll all listen to you. I'll boil some hot water after we finish eating."
She gave him a reproachful look and said, "You're just a chatterbox."
"Didn't you say I was the sweetest last night?"
"Hey, wife, wait for me, I was wrong."
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