The teacher told her about it last Sunday, but at that time, her mother had that incident.
The sensible Yuanyuan didn't say anything, but after hearing her daughter's words, Ye Zhaozhao asked.
"You want to participate in this painting competition, right?"
Yuanyuan nodded. She had been studying with her teacher for a while, and the teacher praised her for being very talented.
So she also wanted to participate in the competition to see her own strength.
"However, the teacher said that the competition will not be held in Kyoto, but in Yancheng."
Yancheng is more than 500 kilometers away from here, and we will need to take a train to get there, Ye Zhaozhao asked Yuanyuan.
The competition was on Sunday, and she promised Yuanyuan that she would take her to the competition.
Tuantuan and Manman were very happy to learn that Yuanyuan was going to participate in the competition.
They surrounded Yuanyuan, asking her questions about the competition, while the youngest, Suisui, held Yuanyuan's hand.
"Sister, could you draw me first?"
The others thought that Sui Sui was being completely unreasonable, as they had seen Yuan Yuan's paintings.
Most of her paintings depict small animals and flowers.
They hadn't seen Yuanyuan draw people yet, and Yuanyuan listened to her younger brother's request.
Without hesitation, he agreed and immediately picked up the paintbrush next to him to start drawing.
Half an hour later, everyone saw that there was an extra Sui Sui on the paper. Even Sui Sui thought it looked too much like him.
They surrounded Yuanyuan, hoping she would paint one for them too.
"You all line up."
Ye Zhaozhao went back to her room and told Gu Yunduan about Yuanyuan's upcoming competition. Gu Yunduan thought that she could take the day off to take them there.
"Wife, I'll go with you then."
"good."
Ye Zhaozhao originally thought that if Gu Yunduan didn't have time, she would accompany the child herself, with Gu Yunduan there.
She felt more at ease; she didn't know that ever since the last incident...
Chief Liang wished he could assign several people to protect her, if he knew she was going on a long trip.
Even if Gu Yunduan didn't say anything, he would still have Gu Yunduan come along.
Mr. and Mrs. Gu were very excited to learn that Yuanyuan was going to participate in the competition, as this was their child's first time participating in a competition.
The two of them were even more nervous than Yuanyuan.
On the day of departure, Gu Yunduan and Ye Zhaozhao set off with Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, as well as Manman Nian Nian Sui Sui.
The three of them were left in the care of Mr. and Mrs. Gu.
"You three should listen to your grandparents at home."
"I'll keep an eye on them, you guys go ahead."
Gu Yunduan's orderly took them to the train station; Gu Yunduan had already bought the train tickets.
He asked a comrade to buy it for him. Knowing that he was taking his daughter to the competition, the comrade was happy for him.
So I readily bought him tickets. He and Ye Zhaozhao bought adult sleeper tickets, while Tuantuan and Yuanyuan bought children's tickets.
The four of them boarded the bus and found their seats. There happened to be a bed on the lower bunk, so Gu Yunduan asked Ye Zhaozhao to take her daughter to the lower bunk.
He and his son shared the upper bunk. Gu Yunduan told them to sit down and rest for a while while he went out to get some hot water.
A little while later, Ye Zhaozhao heard a commotion outside, but she didn't leave her child to go out and see what was going on.
When Gu Yunduan returned, she asked what had happened outside. It turned out that there was a woman with a child.
Because the child did not have a ticket, the train conductor told her that she needed to buy a ticket.
But the woman refused to pay the full amount, only half, saying that her son was in elementary school.
Everyone was looking at his height.
She doesn't look like a primary school student at all; she's almost 1.7 meters tall, clearly an adult. People look down on women who try to evade fares.
The train conductor got anxious and simply spoke to her.
"If you don't buy a ticket, I'll have to ask you to get off the train."
The people around her also started urging her on.
"Hurry up and buy your ticket. Don't just stand there; you're blocking everyone's way."
"That's right, don't waste the train conductor's time."
Seeing that everyone was talking about her, the woman reluctantly bought the ticket in the end.
Then Ye Zhaozhao was surprised that the woman actually brought her son to their location.
Ye Zhaozhao understood; the woman had also bought a sleeper ticket, but she just couldn't figure it out.
If you can afford a sleeper ticket, why would you need to evade paying for it?
The woman also saw Ye Zhaozhao and was immediately struck by her beauty.
She had never seen such a beautiful woman before, and then she looked at the two children beside her.
Both of their children were exceptionally beautiful, and the woman was about to reach out and touch them.
Upon seeing Gu Yunduan's dark face, the woman was so frightened that she quickly withdrew her hand and started chatting with Ye Zhaozhao.
"Your two children are so beautiful."
Ye Zhaozhao gave a few perfunctory replies, and seeing that she didn't want to say more, the woman began to instruct her son.
"You really have to do a good job this time, okay? I heard the best drawing gets a 500 yuan bonus."
From the woman, Ye Zhaozhao learned that she had also taken her son to participate in a painting competition.
As for the prize money, Yuanyuan didn't mention it. She felt that painting was just painting, and if she only thought about money, she would probably get distracted.
"Do you understand?"
The boy was getting impatient. He had already lost face by paying for the ticket earlier, and he didn't want to talk about it anymore.
They arrived at the restaurant quickly, and Gu Yunduan went out to get the food and came back.
The woman didn't want to buy food, but then she thought about how her son might get first place later.
This amount of money is small, but I still reluctantly bought my son a meal.
Then she ate the cold pancakes she had brought in her bag, and casually glanced at Ye Zhaozhao and the others. The child was even eating meat. The woman thought to herself, "This family is really generous."
Along the way, the woman tried countless times to strike up a conversation with Ye Zhaozhao, but Gu Yunduan was there.
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