Chapter 136: Smells Far Away and Smells Nearby
He Yan held Tuantuan and Yuanyuan and played with them for a while. Seeing the envious eyes of He Ping and He An, he thought of the fact that the two brothers had not had their parents around since they were young.
His second brother and his wife were doing research in the Northwest a few years ago. As for whether they are still in the Northwest or where they have gone, they have no idea.
He Yan put Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan down and patted the fat butts of his two chubby sons. He stretched out his long arms and picked up He Ping and He An.
The body suddenly floated into the air and the vision suddenly opened up.
He Ping and He An were startled at first, then they realized that they were being picked up by He Yan.
They felt embarrassed again, and then novelty and surprise took over their minds.
After all, he's just a child.
After a while, the two brothers were grinning on He Yan's shoulders just like they had just been together, and they exclaimed as He Yan walked and raised his arms and hands.
Tuantuan and Yuanyuan looked at the three of them. She didn't look unhappy at all. Instead, she clapped her hands and laughed. She was happier than when she was sitting on He Yan's shoulders just now.
"Dad, that's great!" Tuantuan praised.
Hearing Tuantuan praising He Yan, Yuanyuan followed suit.
"Dad, you're the best!" He even stretched out his chubby fingers to gesture.
Lin Guifang came out of the kitchen and saw them laughing and making noises, and He Yan carrying He Ping and He An and walking around.
She laughed and scolded, "Put the child down quickly and have breakfast."
To He Yan, she laughed and scolded, but to the children, Lin Guifang turned into a gentle spring breeze and drizzle.
"Ping An, Tuan Yuan, who of you can go check if Yang Yang and the others are awake, and call them over for dinner."
"I'll go and shout!" He Ping, He An, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan said in unison.
Finally, the four children held hands, walked out of the yard sideways, and brought back Jiang Yang.
Jiang Chao had already gone to the army, but Xu Zhishu hadn't gotten up yet. She had just finished the test papers and rankings two days ago, and she was so irritated by those naughty kids that she couldn't sleep well at night.
When Xu Zhishu mentioned it to Jiang Yingying and Lin Guifang, they were still very angry.
Seeing Jiang Yang coming over alone, Jiang Yingying asked, "Yangyang, where is your mother?"
Jiang Yang shrank his neck, "My mother hasn't woken up yet, and she said she doesn't want to see a lively kid like me recently."
Lin Guifang said, "Then leave some for Xiao Xu, and let her come over to eat when she wakes up."
Jiang Yingying pointed her finger at Jiang Yang in the air, "You, you are indeed too lively."
They finished their breakfast in a lively atmosphere. Since He Yan, the "missing person", had finally returned, He Ping, He An, Tuantuan, Yuanyuan, and Jiang Yang did not run out to play immediately after their meal.
They all stuck to He Yan, wanting to hear him talk about what he encountered while carrying out his mission.
He Yan picked out the things that could be told, and the children didn't care about anything else. They were concerned about the details of the fights, and how to identify the bad guys and how to subdue them.
When several men gathered together to listen to stories, Lin Guifang and Jiang Yingying sat on chairs nearby, mending shoe soles, embroidering, drinking tea, and chatting.
After a while, Xu Zhishu joined them, and Jiang Yingying and Lin Guifang had a lot of gossip to listen to.
All the men in the family helped prepare lunch.
Originally, when it was time to prepare lunch, Jiang Yingying got up and wanted to make lunch.
But when He Yan was at home, he wouldn't let Jiang Yingying do any work.
He stopped Jiang Yingying and asked her to continue chatting with Xu Zhishu and Lin Guifang while waiting for dinner.
Then, He Yan led a group of little men into the kitchen.
Hearing the clanging sounds in the kitchen, Jiang Yingying and Lin Guifang exchanged glances.
The brain waves of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are strangely connected. Can they do it?
In comparison, Xu Zhishu on the side was much calmer.
"Don't worry, no matter what, they won't be able to overturn this kitchen."
Xu Zhishu said: "As long as the kitchen is not blown up, the rest will not be a big deal."
"You have to let them practice. If they don't know how to do it, they will get it after practicing a few more times."
"Auntie Lin, Yingying, as long as the food isn't too bad, we'll try to give praise and encouragement."
Xu Zhishu said: "This way, the children will have the motivation to cook in the future. After practicing more, we can free our hands and wait for dinner."
Lin Guifang and Jiang Yingying both smiled, "Xiao Xu is right, Teacher Xiao Xu is smart!"
"Listen to my sister-in-law. She is a visionary."
Xu Zhishu handed each of them a piece of cake, "Fill your stomachs first. No matter what happens later, at least you won't be too hungry."
When the Little Man Corps, under the command of Captain He Yanhe, prepared a table of dishes, Jiang Yingying and the other two took a quick look.
It actually looked quite good. He Yan served the dishes while the younger ones were responsible for carrying and arranging the bowls and chopsticks.
A table of people sat together, and He Yan asked, "Want to try it?"
He Ping, He An, Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan, Jiang Yang, these five people stared at Lin Guifang, Jiang Yingying and Xu Zhishu with shining eyes.
Yuanyuan patted his chest and said, "I'll wash the dishes!"
"I picked the vegetables. I cooked this dish of stir-fried vegetables!" This is Jiang Yang.
"This dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes was made by my brother and I." This is He An.
He Ping was a little embarrassed and said, "I don't know if it tastes good..."
Tuantuan stretched out his little hand and introduced seriously: "Sweet and sour spare ribs, pickled fish, spicy fried potato shreds, kelp minced meat candy."
"Please taste it." Tuantuan said.
“Tuantuan, were those dishes you just reported cooked by you?” Xu Zhishu took a breath and asked in disbelief.
Tuantuan nodded and said, "I did it."
"Wow, our Tuantuan is so awesome!" Lin Guifang praised.
Jiang Yingying was also a little surprised. He Yan said, "What they just said is true. The braised pork left on the table was made by me."
"Oh my god, Yuanyuan can wash vegetables, Tuantuan cooked several dishes by herself, and Heping and Hean worked together to make a tomato scrambled eggs dish. You guys are amazing."
Xu Zhishu praised: "I am really impressed by you!"
When her eyes fell on Jiang Yang standing beside her, she also praised him.
"Not bad, not bad. Jiang Yang can cook now. It seems that he will be a good cook like your father in the future."
The cooking team was waiting for Jiang Yingying, Lin Guifang and Xu Zhishu to taste the food. They didn't waste any time and picked up their chopsticks, picked up the food, put it in their mouths and chewed.
"How about it?"
He Yan was confident in his cooking skills and was also curious about the dishes of these boys, so he tried them one by one.
"Well, not bad, not bad, they are all delicious!" Lin Guifang praised.
After the first compliment came out, Jiang Yang and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension in their hearts finally settled down.
Xu Zhishu nodded as he tasted the food. "Mm, not bad, not bad. I never knew that the little men in our family are all so capable."
Jiang Yingying said: "Wow, Yuanyuan washed the vegetables very cleanly, and Yangyang picked the vegetables well too. The old leaves were removed. The stir-fried vegetables are delicious."
She continued to praise: "This tomato scrambled eggs is also very good, and Ping An and you two are working together, you are really amazing, brothers working together can break iron with strength."
"I hope that when you encounter something you don't know how to do or difficulties in the future, you can remember this tomato scrambled eggs that you made together today."
"Yuanyuan, Yangyang, Pingping, and Anan, all four of them are great."
"The best person today was our Tuantuan, who cooked several dishes by himself. This is your first time cooking."
"And each of these dishes is more delicious than the last. Our group is awesome!"
Jiang Yingying praised the children who had just been praised by Xu Zhishu and Lin Guifang until their eyes sparkled and they held their heads high.
Xu Zhishu secretly pulled Lin Guifang's hand, and the two of them exchanged glances.
Um! When it comes to praising others, they still need to learn from Jiang Yingying.
Look, look, these little ones are almost lost because of her coaxing.
Tuantuan pursed his lips, but still happily showed his tiny teeth.
He said, "Mom likes it. I will cook for her in the future."
Yuanyuan was unwilling to be left behind and raised his little hand.
"Me! Me! I still have to wash the vegetables tomorrow!"
He Ping, He An and Jiang Yang also quickly expressed their willingness to continue helping with cooking tomorrow.
A table of people were eating together in a lively atmosphere. He Yan grabbed the corner of Jiang Yingying's clothes under the table and pulled it.
Jiang Yingying turned her head and met his wet gaze.
She pursed her lips, and while helping to clean up the dishes after dinner, she leaned close to his ear while no one was paying attention and whispered, "Our Yanyan is the best."
Lin Guifang just turned around and found that her youngest son was smiling like a cat stealing fish.
She shook her head and muttered to herself, "Could it be that I beat him up last night and he became stupid?"
In the morning, the children pestered He Yan to tell them stories. Near noon, they went to the kitchen together to learn how to cook.
By mid-afternoon, He Yan could no longer resist Yuan Yuan's coquetry, nor the expectations of the other children.
He led a group of little boys into the kitchen to bake cakes. Lin Guifang was curious and squeezed in, wondering if she could learn a thing or two.
Cake, isn’t this a foreign thing?
Her old son actually knows how to do it? Then, will she be able to learn it and tease the old man?
However, after Lin Guifang went in and observed for half an hour, she decisively came out.
She shook her head, sat next to Jiang Yingying, and continued to sew her soles.
It’s complicated. Too complicated.
She can't even learn how to cook, so she's not good at making such complicated and advanced things either.
Before dinner, the children got to eat the delicious cake they had been looking forward to.
Yuanyuan held her little face in her hands and said, "It would be nice if Daddy could make cakes every day."
Jiang Yingying smiled and said, "Then your teeth will become black."
Yuanyuan covered his little mouth with his hand, not wanting to talk to his mother who was scaring him for the time being.
"Dad~" The youngest son's round and sweet voice sounded, and he rushed to his dear father.
Lin Guifang watched the father and son get along with each other the whole day today, and she never expected that her eldest son would be like this after becoming a father.
During the confinement period, He Yan seemed to be quite doting on the child?
Is there?
Lin Guifang tried hard to recall. She moved closer to Jiang Yingying and asked in a low voice, "Yingying, are they usually so close to each other at home?"
The children stick with He Yan all the time. To put it more exaggeratedly, when he goes to the toilet, they have to wait at the toilet door.
He Yan dotes on the two children so much that he tells them stories and makes cakes whenever he wants.
Looking at the big and two small figures not far away, and the occasional black fox that appears.
Jiang Yingying pursed her lips, leaned close to Lin Guifang's ear, and whispered, "Mom, they are just like the saying that things smell good when they are far away but smell bad when they are close."
"He Yan just came back from a mission. The three of them haven't seen each other for a while. They are getting close now. After a day or two, they will be able to get along normally."
Hearing Jiang Yingying's words, Lin Guifang chuckled.
"If that's what you mean, then I understand." She said, "If your father is away on business for a few days, when he first comes home, I will treat him better than usual."
After dinner, Yuanyuan stuck to He Yan and said she wanted to take a bath with him.
Jiang Yingying handed Tuantuan and Yuanyuan's spare clothes to He Yan. He handed the clothes to the two children and picked up one in each hand.
The father and his two sons went into the bathroom to take a shower together. Hearing the laughter coming from the bathroom, Lin Guifang shook her head helplessly.
The relationship between the father and his two sons was really good, but soon, Lin Guifang saw the "stink" of the three of them.
The candy that Yuanyuan hid in his trouser pocket was confiscated by He Yan. The child loved sweets, so Jiang Yingying set a daily quota of candy for him.
He had two candies this morning and some cake in the evening.
Yuanyuan's sugar intake exceeded the limit today. When He Yan was washing his clothes, he found the sugar he had hidden for several days and confiscated it all at once.
The most important thing is that Jiang Yingying and Lin Guifang didn’t know where the candy came from.
When asked later, he found out that he had begged for it from the brothers He Ping and He An.
After finding out the whole story, He Yan immediately decided to confiscate his candy and also punished him by not allowing him to eat sweets for the next three days.
Yuanyuan howled at the top of her lungs for a while, but saw that He Yan was not shaken at all.
His tears were still hanging on his eyelashes, and he looked so distressed.
Jiang Yingying felt a little reluctant, but the child's habit of eating too much sugar must be corrected, otherwise his teeth will rot early in the future, and there will be various diseases caused by excessive sugar intake.
Furthermore, if the other party is in charge of the family and has a good reason, the other party will not interfere. Otherwise, in the eyes of the family and the children, his/her punishment and decision will not be important and will have no authority.
Although children are small, they are actually very smart. They know who makes the decisions in the family and whose words have the final say. Saying this means they really disagree, and saying that means they are just saying it.
Yuanyuan looked around and saw that no one spoke up for him.
His candy, the candy he had saved for almost four days...
Tears blurred his chubby face. Yuanyuan stomped his foot heavily and said, "Stinky dad!"
He ran back to the room sadly. He Ping and He An glanced at He Yan and followed him.
Tuantuan frowned slightly, glanced at He Yan, and went back to his and Yuanyuan's room.
Lin Guifang sighed and planned to go back to find something delicious to appease Yuanyuan.
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