Mu Xiaocheng smiled at Grandma Xu and obediently walked closer.
Then, sitting down next to Grandma Xu and watching the old woman skillfully make lanterns, Mu Xiaocheng asked curiously, "You're making lanterns so early?"
There are still some days until the Chinese New Year.
Grandma Xu smiled and glanced at her, saying as she pasted paper lanterns, "Isn't it almost New Year's?"
“My neighbors and fellow villagers have been very kind to me. Every household comes to buy from me every year. Although there are better lanterns for sale in big cities now, they don’t want to come to the city. They’d rather support this old woman’s business.”
"That's why I start preparing well in advance every year."
Hearing her words, Mu Xiaocheng nodded, and suddenly became interested as she watched Grandma Xu skillfully make lanterns.
"Grandma Xu, could you teach me how to do it?"
She had never made a lantern before, and it looked quite interesting.
Grandma Xu pushed up her reading glasses and said with a smile, "Okay."
“Pick up that bamboo strip over there. I’ve already cut it all out. Try to shape it like this.”
"Oh, okay."
Mu Xiaocheng picked up the bamboo strip next to her, and was about to use it when someone took the bamboo strip from her hand.
Ji Huaishen squatted down beside her, holding the bamboo strip she had just taken.
Just as Mu Xiaocheng was about to speak, she heard Granny Xu next to her say, "You must be Xiaocheng's boyfriend, right?"
Mu Xiaocheng: "..."
How exactly did they recognize it?
There were no words written on Ji Huaishen's face.
"Yes, it is," Ji Huaishen replied calmly, his voice deep and pleasant.
When Grandma Xu heard him say that, she immediately smiled and looked at Mu Xiaocheng, saying, "A few days ago, I went to your grandfather's to get some medicine. When we talked about you, he showed me a picture of you and your boyfriend."
"Your boyfriend is handsome and likes you."
"Upon seeing him today, it's clear that the young man is indeed a handsome and talented individual."
Mu Xiaocheng smiled awkwardly, but gritted her teeth inwardly. Her grandfather was really something.
He was dissatisfied with people before, but now he's showing off everywhere?
Does he want the whole world to know that he has such a grandson-in-law?
Grandma Xu glanced at Ji Huaishen, wanting to continue speaking, but Mu Xiaocheng quickly interrupted, saying, "Let's start making lanterns."
"Okay, okay."
Grandma Xu smiled kindly.
Ji Huaishen held a bamboo stick in his hand, preventing Mu Xiaocheng from making a move.
Mu Xiaocheng wanted to do it herself, but he refused.
"I'll do it, you just watch from the side."
He was afraid she would hurt her hand.
Mu Xiaocheng picked up some more bamboo strips from the side, not wanting to argue with him, and pouted, saying, "I can do it myself."
That defiant tone is just like a child's.
Ji Huaishen had no choice but to let her do as she pleased.
Following Grandma Xu's instructions, Mu Xiaocheng carefully stretched the paper strips into shape, but because the strips weren't very flexible, she always struggled with the last two.
She glanced furtively at Ji Huaishen and saw that he had already finished.
He was looking at her.
Mu Xiaocheng quickly looked away and lowered her head to fiddle with it.
Hmm~
Ji Huaishen is really amazing; he seems to know everything.
Or, could you ask him to help her fix the last bamboo strip?
No, no, they're in a cold war right now. She can't be the first to back down. Even if she has to back down, he should be the one to apologize first.
Thinking about it this way, Mu Xiaocheng's stubbornness resurfaced.
She just kept her head down, fiddling with the lantern, without looking at him.
Ji Huaishen sighed silently, then reached out and took the unfinished lantern from her hand.
He said in a shameless tone, "I want to help you."
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