Chapter 290: Dough Figurines

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat after hearing this. She pushed open the door and said with a choked smile, "I'm back!"

When the little kids heard her words, they immediately looked up and saw that it was indeed their mother standing at the door. They couldn't help but run towards the door happily.

"Mom, you're back! Yanyan missed you so much."

"And Ye Ye, Ye Ye misses mom more than Yan Yan!"

"Well...Yaoyao also wants to..."

The three little guys spoke in baby voices, hugging Xia Juanjuan's legs with their chubby little hands, looking up at her with rosy cheeks, looking very adorable.

Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei also had happy smiles on their faces, and then Xiaowu pouted and burst into tears for some reason.

"Mom, you're back! Woo woo woo ..."

Xia Juanjuan: “…”

I don't know if it was because of Xiao Wu's influence, but Beibei pouted and burst into tears.

Xiaowen also showed an aggrieved expression on his face.

When the triplets saw their older brothers and sisters acting like this, they started crying even more without any hesitation.

For a moment, the yard was extremely lively.

Lin Yuru came over with a look of amusement and heartache, picked up Yanyan, and said with a smile: "Didn't you just cry for your mother? Now that your mother is back, why are you still crying?"

Xia Juanjuan was helpless.

However, seeing the three little kids crying like trumpets, Xiao Wu Beibei also cried very aggrieved and felt very uncomfortable.

This is the first time she has been away from home for such a long time since the triplets were born.

Xia Juanjuan quickly took out the dough figurines from the bundle and gave them to them.

In the past, when it was not a big deal, there were craftsmen from the streets who came to the village to make dough figurines and sugar figurines.

However, this has not been seen for several years, so even for Xiaowen and Xiaowu, it was the first time for them to see such colorful and lifelike dough figurines.

"Mom, what is this?" Xiao Wu stopped crying immediately and stared at the dough figurine in Xia Juanjuan's hand with wide eyes.

When the other kids saw this, they were so surprised that they forgot to cry.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "This... is called a dough figurine. It's made of dough. One for each person."

As he said this, he first gave the Chang'e holding the Jade Rabbit with her clothes flying to Beibei: "This one is for Beibei. The other five, you five brothers, share them."

Beibei took Chang'e and almost jumped for joy.

"Mom! This is Chang'e! And her rabbit! So beautiful!"

Xiao Wen said in surprise, "Mom, I know! This is Sun Wukong! This is Tang Monk, this is Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk, the four of them went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures! There is also a Nezha the Third Prince! Our teacher told us about this in class!"

Xiao Wu also remembered and said excitedly: "I remembered too! I want the Monkey King Sun Wukong!"

Xiao Wen patted his head and scolded him, "You are such a grown-up! Don't you know how to give in to your younger brothers? Let your younger brothers choose first, and then you can choose."

After hearing this, Xiao Wu looked at Sun Wukong with anger, but he still nodded sensibly, lowered his head and said to his brothers like a little adult:

"Yan Yan Ye Ye Yao Yao, you choose first. Second brother tells you, this is Tang Monk, he is not good enough! He cannot be chosen! He always doubts Sun Wukong, what a fool! This is Sun Wukong, he is so powerful, he can jump 180,000 miles with his Somersault Cloud! He also has the golden hoop, he beat all the monsters to death! This is Zhu Bajie, he is too lazy..."

Xiao Wu explained the five dough figurines to the triplets in a vivid and detailed manner.

The triplets actually didn't quite understand what the four masters and apprentices meant, so they just looked at the colorful little figures and reached out to take them.

In the end, Yanyan chose Tang Seng, Yeye chose Zhu Bajie, and Yaoyao chose Sun Wukong.

Xiao Wu was so nervous that his palms were sweating. When he saw that Sun Houzi was still taken away, he looked like he was about to cry, but he still managed to remain calm like a little adult.

Ugh! Strong!

He is the elder brother, and an elder brother should give in to his younger brother! Um...

There is only one monk Sha and one Nezha Prince left.

Xiao Wen patted Xiao Wu's shoulder sympathetically and said, "I'll leave Nezha the Third Prince to you. Nezha is also very powerful and can fight with Sun Wukong!"

Xiao Wu sniffed, took Nezha listlessly, and said, "But Nezha can't beat Sun Wukong..."

Xia Juanjuan looked at these little guys and felt sorry for Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu. At the same time, she couldn't help but praise them for being really good kids.

Apart from other things, which boy of Xiaowen and Xiaowu's age doesn't admire Sun Wukong? Who doesn't want a Sun Wukong dough figurine?

But no matter how much Xiao Wu showed he wanted it, he still endured it, and selflessly told Yanyan and the others about the greatness of Sun Wukong without reservation - although Xia Juanjuan estimated that they only understood a little bit, and in the end Sun Wukong was picked up by Yaoyao, and Xiao Wu did not cry.

Xiaowen is even more so. He never mentioned which one he wanted, but his eyes never left Sun Wukong.

In the end, he took the initiative to give Nezha to Xiao Wu and chose Sha Seng.

Xia Juanjuan felt soft in her heart. These children were really heartwarming.

Lin Yuru watched from the side and couldn't help but sigh: "Ah... How many years have I not seen him? He's really good at kneading!"

After saying that, he came back to his senses and smiled at Xia Juanjuan, "Look, I was so busy looking at the noodles that I forgot about it! You just came in, you must be hungry? I'll make you a bowl of fried noodles with soybean paste."

Xia Juanjuan's heart moved, and she smiled and said, "Mom, I'm not hungry. I ate some sesame cakes on the way."

But, do you still have flour at home? Do you still have spinach and purple sweet potato? Oh, and do you still have red hawthorn?

Lin Yuru was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, but why are you asking this all of a sudden? Making dumplings... doesn't require spinach, purple sweet potato or hawthorn, right?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "I am useful."

As Xia Juanjuan spoke, she gave a piece of peach cake to Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Beibei respectively, and the three younger ones each got a piece. The rest was sealed and kept at home.

She didn't dare take out White Rabbit milk candy, sesame candy and the like, and kept them together with the peach cakes, lest the little ones would be too obsessed with them and eat them to the point of damaging their teeth!

After packing up, Xia Juanjuan took out some cheese jerky and beef jerky and gave them to Lin Yuru: "Mom, try it. This is a specialty of the grasslands in the northwest. It's delicious."

Lin Yuru was also seeing this for the first time, and she habitually declined: "Well, keep these for yourself and the kids. I don't want them."

Xia Juanjuan naturally knew that she was just being stubborn and liked to save the delicious food for her children and grandchildren, so she said, "Just eat it if I tell you to. I bought a lot of it, and there must be some for the little ones. They just ate the peach cakes, how dare I give them back?"

After hearing this, Lin Yuru happily took it, took a bite of the jerky, and then asked in surprise: "This is... meat?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "It's made by drying the beef in the sun."

"Ouch! The beef is dried out? How big a piece of meat would it take to dry out such a small strip? If it were fresh, it would be enough for two meals!" Lin Yuru felt distressed.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "There is no land for growing food like here. It's all grass, so every household raises herds of cows and sheep. So there is more meat and less food. During festivals, we just kill a cow or a sheep. There is too much meat to eat, so we make it into jerky to preserve it. It can also be used as dry food to eat when we go out to graze!"

Lin Yuru's eyes widened as if she was listening to a story book: "Is there such a place? Can't we eat meat every meal there?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "It doesn't mean you can have it every meal. By the way, you can try this too."

Lin Yuru took the cheese sticks again, took a bite, and was immediately filled with the aroma of milk.

"Is this... milk?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "It's made from cow's or goat's milk, and it's also for preservation."

Lin Yuru couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, it turns out there are so many places in this world that are different from our place. I have also gained a lot of knowledge from my daughter!"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "It's nothing. Later... we will all move to the city, and then we will take you and Dad to visit all parts of the country!"

Lin Yuru didn't even dare to think about it, but just hearing Xia Juanjuan say this made her happy enough.

After talking for a while, Xia Juanjuan went to knead the dough. Then she mixed spinach juice, hawthorn juice and purple sweet potato into the flour respectively, making green, purple and dark red dough.

Xia Juanjuan started to work hard, and soon she had made two Sun Wukongs that actually looked quite realistic.

Lin Yuru looked at it and couldn't help laughing: "So you want to make monkeys for them? You are spoiling them too much. Isn't this a waste of food?"

Xia Juanjuan said, "It's okay. Let Xiaowen and Xiaowu play with it for a while, and tell them not to touch it with their hands. It won't be a waste when we cook it in the evening."

Nowadays, sometimes, a handful of rice or noodles can save a life. Even if Xia Juanjuan has a full warehouse of food, she cannot waste it.

As he spoke, he secretly called Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu over and handed them the dough figurine of Sun Wukong.

The two were stunned for a moment, and then they were so happy that they almost jumped up.

"Mom! You are so amazing! Sun Wukong! I have Sun Wukong too!"

Although Xiaowen didn't say anything, his face was full of joy.

Xia Juanjuan said solemnly: "I'll let you play with it for a while, but you are not allowed to touch it with your hands if it gets dirty. We have to cook it in the pot tonight."

Xiao Wu's face wrinkled when he heard this, and he said helplessly: "Mom, don't talk like you want to fry Sun Wukong in a frying pan and eat him. He jumped out of a stone, he's not delicious..."

Xia Juanjuan couldn't help laughing: "Stinky boy, stop being poor and go have fun!"

Xiaowen and Xiaowu ran away in a flash, probably going outside to show off to the kids in the village.

In the evening, Xia Shuangshan came back from working as a bricklayer for others, and Xia Juanjuan gave him some beef jerky and cheese jerky again.

Xia Shuangshan was also overjoyed, and asked again whether he had seen Li Zhan, and whether he was okay.

That night, Xia Shuangshan stayed here for another night, and moved back to his own home the next day.

Let’s not talk about what happened in Qingshui Village. Here in Jing City, Li Sancai and Li Erni planned to use Li Erni’s second daughter named Heinu to replace Xia Juanjuan and go to Jing City to recognize their relatives.