Chapter 85
◎Rehabilitate the Tortoise and the Hare!◎
After staying at the top of the mountain for a while, everyone wanted to go down and play with other monsters.
Lian Jiu walked at the end, making sure everyone got on the bus.
The brothers Ye Gan and Ye Kun were walking at the end because of their mobility problems, and they seemed to have not spoken much to each other.
Even when filming extra scenes, they did not rush to add their own lines like other tourists, but sat there quietly like a background board.
Lian Jiu didn't take the initiative to talk to them, as if he treated them as ordinary tourists and didn't know what had happened before.
After coming down from the mountain, no one was in a hurry to return to Banshantang. Since there were no cameras at the moment, they decided to have some fun and search for other little monsters.
Can’t afford it but look down on it?
The painted horse stopped by the lake and everyone got off.
There is a group of demon cubs playing on ice sleds on the ice.
Originally, the entire lake was frozen. Considering that winter had arrived and the cubs needed a natural ice rink, Si Lan melted half of the ice on the lake.
The ice sled was made by Yuan Qing for them. It can hold two children at the same time. They don’t need anything to pull them. They can slide back and forth on the ice and control the direction themselves. Some big monsters will come here to play when they have time.
"I'll count to three, two, one!" Kong Xinxin continued to act as her little referee. "Whoever reaches the finish line first gets my prize!"
The prize she mentioned was placed aside. It was a small snowman she made herself.
The prize is not very valuable, but children are always happy for such small victories.
“Go for it!!”
"Turtle cub is number one today!"
"Come on, come on!! Come on, Bunny!"
"Ogawa! You must bring honor to us beasts!!"
Not only were there competing teams, but there was even a cheerleading team. Suddenly the ice was bustling with activity.
Some big bird monsters also flew over and stopped in the sky to watch the children's thrilling competition.
The childish shouts and cheers of the little monsters attracted the adults who had just gotten off the bus. Infected by their fighting spirit, they stepped forward to watch the fight.
The other small ice cars led the way for the two cars in the middle. At the starting point, one of the cars was Turtle Boy and Li Paopao, which were underwater monsters, and the other was Little Rabbit Monster and Little White Tiger, which were walking animals.
It seems to be a showdown between two races.
"Come on," Lian Jiu said, "Teacher will give you a prize. Whoever wins will get an extra box of chocolates today."
Although this car does not require power, the little monsters need to control the direction themselves. There is also a small accelerator and a small brake, but they need to "move their feet" to pedal the car. It also requires the efforts of two people, and there is a little room for acceleration and deceleration.
The little monsters sitting on the little ice sled clapped their hands excitedly: "Yeah yeah yeah!!"
Fang slowly raised his hand to grasp the steering wheel and told the little carp spirit sitting in the passenger seat, who was about to start the car, "Fasten your seat belt!"
On the other side, the rabbit demon and the tiger cub were also ready.
Kong Xinxin waved her pearl-covered tail: "Three! Two! One! Start!"
The two small ice cars started at the same time and flew out with a whoosh.
The guests watching exclaimed, “Wow!!”
This speed is quite fast. In the human world, no child would dare to play like this!
The drivers of the two cars were Fang Manman and the little rabbit demon. The two little guys looked at each other and saw fighting spirit in their eyes.
Humph, we already learned the story of the tortoise and the hare in kindergarten! This time, let's take it seriously! This is the real tortoise and the hare!
The crowd watching also laughed: "Another kind of tortoise and hare race! I think the hare will win!"
"Slowly but not too slow, and he and Bubbles are coordinating so well! I think Turtle Baby will win!"
"Bunny won, I bought everything she had!"
"The turtle cubs won, and I bought everything in their entire car!"
The other onlookers broke out in cold sweats. Not only were there pearls around them, but they also had pearls on them.
It turns out that only rich people have this special money ability!
At this time, Ye Kun, who was standing at the edge, pulled his brother and said, "Brother, shall we go somewhere else?"
His brother has difficulty walking and has never learned to drive. He must feel very uncomfortable seeing this scene.
But Ye Gan shook his head gently: "Let's see."
Lian Jiu walked up to him at some point, smiled and asked in a gentle voice, "Who do you think will win?"
Seeing that it was the headmaster, Ye Gan felt a little embarrassed and shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"It should be Rabbit." Lian Jiu thought for a moment and said, "Man Man is a big-headed turtle. Even if he doesn't have to walk, his movements are still a bit slower than Rabbit Baby and Tiger Baby, so his pedaling speed must also be slower."
Ye Gan pursed his lips.
Lian Jiu asked him, "Want to make a bet with me?"
Although what the headmaster said was true, Ye Gan couldn't bear to see Manman and Paopao, who had worked so hard, lose. Although his support was feeble, it still counted as something, so he nodded and said, "I bet Manman and Paopao will win."
"Okay." Lian Jiu reached out and took a large pink pearl, estimated to be 20 carats, from the little peacock spirit who was wandering around and watching the game with such excitement that its tail was spread out and its pearls were swinging.
She smiled and said, "If you win, this pearl is for you."
Ye Gan was so frightened that he quickly shook his head: "This, this is impossible! I can't accept it!"
Although he was poor and didn't know anything about jewelry, there were always people around him who knew about jewelry and told him how valuable these pearls were. He said he had worked hard in the countryside all his life and couldn't even earn enough to buy a single pearl, so how could he afford such precious things?
Even Ye Kun refused on his brother's behalf: "No, Headmaster, this is too expensive."
"This isn't a gift for you," Lian Jiu said. "This is our bet."
"Even betting is not allowed." The two brothers lowered their heads in embarrassment.
Although Ye Kun has a job, he is an ordinary working class person with a mortgage and car loan to pay off. He is just an ordinary person.
In order to pay for his brother's medical treatment and health, the family has been conserving all the working capital they can, leaving them with very little money. He said, "We don't have any good bets."
"Yes." Lian Jiu looked at Ye Gan, "If I win, you should try to live another year."
Ye Gan's body trembled suddenly, and he stared at her blankly, his lips trembling and unable to speak.
One year...
Can I live another year?
Lian Jiu asked, "How is it?"
Ye Gan said hesitantly, "You're at a loss."
"One pearl for 365 days of life." Lian Jiu held the pink pearl in his hand, turned his head to look at the fierce competition between the little guys, and said with a smile, "Where's the loss? Let's see."
At this time, both groups of children had finished one lap and were competing in the final lap, with both sides competing very closely.
The game has reached a critical point.
At this time, the elders who had been strolling around also came back. Seeing so many people and monsters here, they also came over curiously.
When I learned that the children were competing, I also joined in cheering them on.
The comments in the live broadcast were instantly drawn into this atmosphere, with everyone guessing who would win.
Even like the people at the scene, they used the goods links on the children as a bet.
Ye Gan watched the situation on the field and began to get nervous.
He didn't actually care what the stakes were, he just felt like a turtle cub.
I was born lagging behind others and couldn't run any faster no matter how hard I tried.
He couldn't tell whether he wanted the turtle cub to win or he wanted to win.
Finally, the two groups crossed the finish line one after another.
Just as Lian Jiu said, it takes the combined efforts of both children to accelerate the car, but the slow movement will always be slower, so naturally they can't catch up with the baby rabbit and the tiger cub.
So the final winners are still the baby rabbit and the tiger cub.
【Aa ...
[Rehabilitate the Tortoise and the Hare Race!!!]
[Our bunny and tiger cub are always the coolest! ]
[It's okay, it's okay. We're doing great with Bubbles, so just have fun!]
[It's just a snowman! I'll make a hundred or eighty of them for you!]
But the next moment, a scene that stunned everyone appeared again. The rabbit cub and the tiger cub did not stop, but drove straight into the water.
The baby turtles and fish that followed closely behind also rushed into the water.
Everyone was horrified and rushed to the lake.
Some people were already taking off their coats and preparing to jump in to save the children.
【What the hell!!!】
[119120!!! Please don't let anything happen to my child!]
[This is too dangerous! I told you that car was going too fast!]
When everyone was nervous and worried, Lian Jiu stopped the tourists who were about to jump into the water to rescue the cub: "No rush."
"ah?"
Before he could finish his words, the two cars that had plunged into the water floated up. The four kids were all wet, but they were still trying hard to push forward.
The car, which originally only glided on the ice, looked like a boat in the water.
"Ha!" Turtle Cub drove his car and rammed the other car's head, "Kamehameha!!"
Unwilling to be outdone, Bunny rushed back: "Invincible Bunny Wave!!"
The little carp spirit spit out a lot of bubbles: "Bubble attack!"
Xiao Baichuan roared: "Tiger Roar Piercing!"
Everyone: “???”
With a duang sound, the four little cubs stuck together anxiously until the rabbit baby and the tiger cub were pushed to the shore, pulled up by several big monsters standing there, and then slowly drove back to the ice.
[Is this even possible?!]
[WTF? I want this car too! Is there a link? I want one!!!]
[Wake up, even if we sell it, we don't have a lake with ice on one side and water on the other. And if you fell off the ice, you would be dead the moment you fell off the ice.]
[While this may be a bit literal, I wonder if I could go to their kindergarten and learn this skill!]
Seeing the babies return safely, all the adults breathed a sigh of relief.
Ye Gan leaned on his cane, feeling very complicated, and said softly, "I lost."
Lian Jiu looked at his expression carefully: "You seem very disappointed."
"Since we made a bet, of course there will be some." Ye Gan sighed, "But the kids have tried their best, so this is good. Besides, they lost due to talent."
Lian Jiu raised an eyebrow: "Not entirely."
Then he motioned for him to look up.
Ye Gan was confused, but he saw the little peacock spirit pull all four cubs over and said, "You are all very good, so during your competition, I made another snowman, so you all have prizes!"
The four children hugged their prizes excitedly, and it was impossible to tell who won and who lost: "Great!!!"
Lian Jiu reached out to Si Lan beside him and said, "I'll lend you some snacks."
Si Lan silently took out four bags of chocolates from his pocket for her.
[…Who are you borrowing snacks from? Whose snacks are they?]
[How many snacks are in your coat? How come you have four bags in one pull?]
[Some people may look cool on the surface, but in reality their pockets are filled with snacks. Shame on you.]
[The point is, Jiujiu knew he would definitely bring snacks, and Si Lan gave her four bags without even asking. This kind of tacit understanding, family, I'm so impressed.]
【Wow, wow, wow, it’s true that I’ve been thinking about you for a long time!!】
Lian Jiu, who had successfully obtained the snack bag, waved, "Here, this is Teacher Jiujiu's reward."
The four children all ran over, and Lian Jiu lowered his head and asked the baby rabbit, "Why did you run into the lake?"
"The turtle and fish live in the lake," said the rabbit. "We can't outrun them in the water."
So later the baby turtles and fish used a car to push them to the shore.
Although the children are young, they also understand the differences between species.
Lian Jiu asked again: "Who do you think won?"
"We all won!" Xiao Shirakawa said, hands on his hips, "We are all very good!"
Lian Jiu distributed the chocolates in his hand to them one by one: "Then Teacher Jiujiu will give four pieces of chocolate to the four little winners."
The little monsters happily took it and said in unison: "Thank you, Teacher Jiujiu!"
Soon, the next game is about to begin, and this time these four children will be the referees.
They also each made their own snowman and prepared to give it to the next four children.
"Xiaochuan said that Turtle Cub also won." Lian Jiu turned to look at Ye Gan, who hadn't reacted yet, "So I lost too."
She stretched out her hand and handed him the pink pearl in her hand: "If I win, you can live another year. If I lose, I will give you this pearl. It's all yours."
Ye Gan and Ye Kun suddenly realized that Director Lian Jiu had not stipulated who would win or lose from the beginning, because she would give out the gift in the end.
[Such a big pink pearl! ! ]
[Jiujiu said he would give it to someone and he gave it away? How much is this pearl worth?]
I don't quite understand what it means to live one more year.
The two brothers didn't accept it. Ye Gan's throat was dry and he spoke with difficulty: "Why?"
"Turtle Boy is six, almost seven," Lian Jiu said slowly. "Do you think he and Fish Boy don't know that they're slower than Xiaochuan and the others?"
Ye Gan clenched his cane: "He knows."
Just like I have always known that I am different from ordinary people, I cannot compare with others, and I can only be a burden.
I used to be a burden to my parents, and now I am a burden to my younger brother.
Lian Jiu asked, "Why do they still compete even though they know the outcome?"
This time Zi Yegan couldn't answer.
Lian Jiu chuckled, "Because they like it, they like playing with their friends, and they think it will make them happy, so they choose to do it."
Ye Gan stared blankly at the god-like director in front of him and opened his mouth.
"What about you? What were you thinking when you picked them to win? Why?"
"I..." Ye Gan swallowed hard and couldn't say any more.
Lian Jiu looked at him quietly, his brown eyes filled with warmth and determination. "Is it because even though you know the outcome, you still look forward to the glory of life ahead?"
She whispered, “Maybe that day will come a year from now, but for the next 365 days, you still don’t know what will happen every day, and you are always looking forward to it.”
"I look forward to your brother and sister-in-law's bright future, and I hope my little niece can grow up happily." Lian Jiu looked at him gently, "After all, every day is different, isn't it?"
The surroundings gradually became quiet.
Everyone knew what happened when Ye Gan and Ye Kun came to the mountains before, so no one interrupted the director at this time.
Ye Gan's vision gradually blurred.
He thought about it, he thought about it every day and every night.
When his parents were alive, he would think every day about what meal he could cook for them the next day to make them happy.
Later, my younger brother got married and had a lover and a daughter.
He began to think again about what he should do for his sister-in-law today to make their family harmonious, and make some small toys for his niece to make her childhood happier.
But since he fell ill, he felt like a burden to them every moment.
They will not be happy as long as I am around.
Then just disappear.
Even so, he could not deny it, just as the headmaster said.
Deep down in my heart, I always want to see tomorrow again.
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