Yuan Zhao looked at Qiao Zhen with a blank expression, then looked down at the broom in his hand and retorted, "What kind of holiday is Labor Day? Can we go out and play?"
Qiao Zhen said in a serious tone, "It's a festival for cleaning the mansion. If we finish cleaning the mansion before it gets dark, I'll take you out to eat delicious food, play fun games, and drink good drinks."
Yuan Zhao was swayed by Qiao Zhen and became very enthusiastic. He picked up a broom and went to clean the room and the courtyard. Fortunately, the mansion was not very big, with only three bedrooms, a kitchen, an outhouse and a courtyard.
Qiao Zhen cracked sunflower seeds and spat the shells onto the ground, deliberately trying to make things difficult for Yuan Zhao.
Although Yuan Zhao was a bit simple-minded, he was quite clever at crucial moments. He bypassed Qiao Zhen and painstakingly cleaned up the rest of the place. Finally, just as the sun was about to set, he finished cleaning up the sunflower seed shells under Qiao Zhen's feet, his forehead covered in sweat.
When Yuan Zhao put down the broom and came back to find Qiao Zhen to go out, he saw another pile of sunflower seed shells at Qiao Zhen's feet. He immediately got angry, "You lied! You just didn't want to take me out to play! You're such a bad guy! Waaah..." He choked up after accusing Qiao Zhen.
Qiao Zhen glanced at the sunflower seed shells on the ground, then nodded towards Yuan Zhao with her chin, her eyes feigning innocence. The meaning was clear: If you don't want to go out for food and entertainment, you don't have to sweep them up.
Having succumbed to Qiao Zhen's tyranny, Yuan Zhao, filled with grief and indignation, picked up the broom again. By the time sweat beaded on his forehead, Qiao Zhen had finished cracking open the sunflower seeds. He exclaimed happily, "That's all! I'm done cleaning! Let's go out and play!"
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