When several people stopped in front of the toy counter, Lele, who was originally a little unhappy, immediately widened his eyes and stared at the toys on the counter without blinking.
Then, as Xiao Ya was struggling to make a choice and Wen Sitian ordered her to choose only two, Xu Jianguo bought her a set of building blocks with a five-pointed star printed on the box and a green tin frog.
Xu Jianguo bought this iron frog for Funiu when she was a child, but when they left Sandaliang, Funiu gave the frog to her best friend in the village, Brother Shitou, who was Li Lei, the youngest son of Li Mancang.
After solving Lele's unhappy problem, Xu Jianguo took the family to the shoe counter and bought a new pair of shoes for everyone. Wen Sitian got a pair of black leather shoes with heels, San Yatou and Wenwen each got a pair of white Huili shoes. As Lele was too young, the store really didn't have shoes that she could wear, so she had to give up.
After buying the shoes, the family went to the food counter and picked out some famous food in Bingcheng, such as braised food and black bread. They bought a lot of them. In addition to keeping some for themselves, he planned to divide the rest into several portions and send them to the two old men, Ma Guoliang and Dong Jixiang.
In this way, Xu Jianguo and his group left the department store with bags of all sizes, and then found an empty alley and put everything except the tin frog toy into the space.
Looking at the time, Xu Jianguo found that more than three hours had passed without him noticing, and it was already past eleven o'clock in the afternoon.
So he waved his hand and took Wen Sitian and the five little ones towards Songbin Hotel.
When the little foodies heard this, they immediately became excited and walked forward hand in hand in the direction Xu Jianguo pointed.
Lele, who was held in Xu Jianguo's arms, became anxious when she saw that her brother and aunts did not take her with them. She struggled in Xu Jianguo's arms for a long time. He had no choice but to put the little girl down.
The moment Lele's feet touched the ground, she ran forward with her short legs, shouting in her baby voice: "Brother, Auntie, wait for me!"
When the four of them heard this, they immediately slowed down their pace. Wenwen even turned around and ran back, holding Lele's hand and leading her slowly forward.
Seeing their eldest son caring so much about his younger sister, Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian, who were following behind a few people, couldn't help but look at each other, and saw a kind of relief in each other's eyes.
After walking for a while, the group arrived at the entrance of the restaurant. Since it was dinner time, there were already many guests sitting in the restaurant.
Xu Jianguo led his whole family into the restaurant, and the waiter recognized him immediately. After all, it was rare in that era for a customer to order two meat dishes and a soup. In addition, he was wearing a cadre military uniform, so the waiter had a particularly deep impression of him.
Noticing that the waitress was looking at him, Xu Jianguo smiled and nodded at her, then led Wen Sitian and the five little ones to find a large round table by the window and sat down.
Normally, the family usually eats at home or in the cafeteria, and there is almost no chance for them to go out to a restaurant.
That is to say, the three girls had been to the restaurant with Xu Jianguo and his wife before. Funiu went to the restaurant when they were in Fu'an County, while Daya and Erya were taken to the restaurant once by Xu Jianguo and Wen Sitian after they met them when they were traveling in Bashu.
So after the five little ones entered the restaurant, they began to look around curiously.
After settling several people, Xu Jianguo stood up and walked towards the waiter to prepare to order.
A moment later, Xu Jianguo came back after ordering the dishes. This time, the dishes he ordered once again shocked the waiter.
Sweet and sour pork, stir-fried pork slices, cherry pork, fried fish slices, three fresh vegetables, hot and sour soup, plus twelve bowls of rice.
Because Xu Jianguo had eaten here before, he had some understanding of the portion sizes of the dishes in this restaurant. Based on his understanding of Wen Sitian and the five little ones' appetites, he believed that these five dishes and one soup would be enough. Even if it was not enough, they could order more later.
"Brother, did you order sweet and sour pork and stir-fried pork slices?" Funiu asked.
"I've already ordered it. How could I not order it since you requested it so strongly?" Xu Jianguo rolled his eyes at her.
"Hehe, thank you brother!" Funiu said with a smile. After that, she took out the newly bought pen from her pocket, unscrewed the pen cap and started to look at it. Seeing this, Daya and Erya on the side also hurriedly took out theirs. The three sisters each held a pen, whispering something, and laughing from time to time.
Lele put the tin frog toy in her hand on the dining table, and pulled Wenwen, who was sitting next to her, to play with her happily. Occasionally, she would imitate the frog's "quack" sound, which made Wen Sitian laugh so hard that she covered her mouth.
Since they chose a location near the window, the midday sun could shine in perfectly. Looking at the smiling profiles of his two children, especially their clean, clear big eyes and long eyelashes, Xu Jianguo couldn't help but take out the camera from his bag to record this beautiful moment forever.
Just when Xu Jianguo pressed the shutter, the originally noisy sound in the restaurant suddenly became much quieter, and all the guests who were eating looked towards them.
When everyone saw the camera in Xu Jianguo's hand, they all showed envy on their faces.
Xu Jianguo didn't care about this. He just smiled and nodded to everyone around him, then put the camera back into his bag.
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