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That makes sense. Lin Zheng thought she was amazing, since he himself couldn't get his younger brother to talk. No matter how he tried to coax him, it wouldn't work; he would just hug him and whine.
"My cousin-in-law is really capable. I'll have to trouble her with Xiao Rong."
Lin Zheng asked with some delight, as he also wanted his younger brother to return to normal.
"It's alright, kids need playmates. Today it's all thanks to the other kids; he had a good time with them and was having fun, that's why he said those things."
With a clear direction, Yu Jiu decided to spend more time playing with other children, and that studying could be put on hold for now, without having to rush things.
So after dinner, she took Xiaolong out for a walk again, looking everywhere for the group of children from the morning, but after searching for a long time, she couldn't find them and didn't know where they had gone.
"Grandma Liu, have you seen where Er Mazi and the others went to play? We want to find Er Mazi and the others to play together."
Yu Jiu caught up with an old woman who was enjoying the cool air at the village entrance and asked her about Er Mazi's whereabouts.
"Er Mazi, I just saw them running around, like they were going to play hide-and-seek. I guess they've gone down to the foot of the mountain again. You can go look for them over there."
Grandma Liu warmly gave Yu Jiu directions.
Hide-and-seek is great! Yu Jiu immediately grabbed Lin Rong's hand and headed down the mountain. These children are still quite young and usually don't go up the mountain to play. If they don't have older children with them, they usually stay at the foot of the mountain.
The grass at the foot of the mountain is lush, providing a safe and fun place to hide if you want to play hide-and-seek.
Yu Jiu led Lin Rong there and, sure enough, found Er Mazi and his gang at the foot of the mountain. Er Mazi and his gang had just finished arresting people and were redistributing roles between those who were arresting and those who were hiding.
"Why am I always the one chasing people? I want to play hide-and-seek too."
"That's right, that's right. I often arrest people too, but I've never arrested Er Mazi. Er Mazi, why don't you come and arrest someone? We'll all hide together."
Er Mazi's henchmen seemed a bit dissatisfied and were all criticizing their leader. Er Mazi, of course, was unwilling to accept this and retorted vehemently.
"I don't have to catch people because I always manage to hide until the very end. The reason you guys are caught is because you were found first, okay? It's not like I deliberately let you catch people and prevented you from hiding. Why should I be the one catching people? I don't want to."
He refused his friends' request, and the two sides reached a stalemate.
"What a great opportunity!" Yu Jiu said cheerfully as she led Lin Rong to them.
"We'll be the ones to catch people, and you guys go hide, okay? We can be the ones to catch people three times, and the first person we find in the third round will be the one to catch them, and the rest of you can hide. Is that alright? It's fair, isn't it?"
"Fair, fair, yeah, it's settled then."
Er Mazi cheered. Anyway, he didn't want to be the one to catch people; he preferred to hide and be the one being looked for.
"Okay, let's start now. We'll close our eyes and start counting from one to how many? Is 30 enough? We'll stay in this area, okay? Don't go too far, or we won't be able to find you."
"Don't worry, Yu Zhiqing, we won't go far. Quickly close your eyes."
Everyone was eager to hide and urged Yu Jiu and the other person to close their eyes.
Yu Jiu first covered Lin Rong's eyes, then closed her own eyes as well. She turned her back to everyone and began to count slowly.
"1, 2, 3, 4..."
Yu Jiu counted to 30 before releasing her hand from Lin Rong's eyes, and Lin Rong opened her eyes herself.
"Alright, that's enough. Now let's go find the others. Xiao Rong, can you tell where everyone is hiding?"
Yu Jiu took his hand and slowly walked towards the various bushes. Lin Rong was very excited. He knew they were playing hide-and-seek. He opened his bright eyes and looked around, searching everywhere.
Yu Jiu saw the hiding children, but she didn't point them out, leaving the first one for Lin Rong to find. However, Lin Rong was still too young, and the grass was too tall for him to see where everyone was hiding. After a while, when they still couldn't find anyone, Yu Jiu pointed out one of the children.
"Hey, isn't there someone here? I see you, Fatty."
Yu Jiu smiled and parted the grass, finding the first unlucky guy, Little Fatty.
"Oh dear, how did you get found? I hid it very well, Yu Zhiqing."
Little Fatty was about three or four years old, chubby and very cute. Yu Jiu had a reason for choosing him first; she gestured for Little Fatty to hold Lin Rong's hand, saying seductively.
"Come on, Fatty, let's go catch someone together."
"Okay, I've been arrested. Now everyone can't hide. Let's get to the arrest."
He took Lin Rong's hand and eagerly rushed into the bushes to look for her. After a few rounds, Lin Rong had basically become friends with the children.
"Yu Zhiqing, why can't Xiao Rong speak? Is he mute?"
After they got to know him better, everyone started to wonder why he never spoke. One of the children asked innocently.
"No, Xiao Rong is just a late talker and he's shy. He'll start talking when he gets to know you guys better and plays with you the most."
Yu Jiu patiently explained.
"Oh, you're a late talker? I know that. My younger brother didn't start talking until he was quite old. My mother always said he was a late talker."
This reason was easily accepted by everyone, and Little Fatty even took Lin Rong's hand and played hide-and-seek with her. Yu Jiu also hid in another place, and this time it was finally Er Mazi's turn to catch them.
Yu Jiu spent the afternoon playing wildly with the little kids, feeling her childlike spirit return and experiencing immense joy. If Xiao Rong hadn't been there, she wouldn't have dared to join the children's group.
When it was time to go home, Lin Rong started talking again.
"Sister, play."
He tugged at Yu Jiu's sleeve and pointed at Little Fatty, indicating to Yu Jiu that he wanted to play again, his cute little face full of joy.
"No, we have to go back for dinner. We can play again tomorrow, okay? Little Fatty, can you come to your captain's house to play with Xiao Rong tomorrow?"
The second step in making friends is to arrange to go out and have fun together.
“Okay, Yu Zhiqing, we’ll come find you tomorrow.”
"Did you hear that, Xiao Rong? They're coming to play with you again tomorrow. We're going back now."
Yu Jiu coaxed with a smile, showing great patience, which made the uncles and aunts passing by sigh.
"Yu Zhiqing is so patient. If I had to play with these kids, I would go crazy. Yu Zhiqing will definitely be a good mother in the future."
Yu Jiu doesn't know if she can be a good mother, but Xu Zijiang might not be a good father for the time being.
Lin Rong took up too much of Yu Jiu's time, squeezing out the time Xu Zijiang could spend with Yu Jiu. After only a few days, he started to get irritable and asked aggrievedly.
"Honey, Xiao Rong is starting to talk more now. Can't we let another auntie take care of him? You don't have time for me at all!"
"Why are you arguing with a child? Besides, I've always been there for you. Don't be unreasonable. Go get back to work. They need you in the fields and to keep an eye on the house construction."
You're busy, don't bother me.
Yu Jiu happily waved goodbye to Xu Zijiang and took Lin Rong out to play again. Rather than saying she was taking Lin Rong out to play, it would be more accurate to say she was using Lin Rong's name to join the other children's group. She loved playing games with the other kids; it was so relaxing and fun—she'd never had such a happy childhood!
"young married woman!"
Xu Zi was indignant. Those silly games for little kids were so childish! How could they be so fun? If she wanted to play, he could play with her! If she wanted to play, that would be even better!
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