There was a carpet on the floor of the living room, on which were placed many items for the "Zhuazhou" celebration: pen, paper, ruler, dictionary, abacus, seal, scale, onion, copper coins, all the necessary items.
The young men from the Guanjia Village were having a great time. They threw whatever they could think of on it, including candies, biscuits, towels, spatulas, celery, bamboo, and one young man even grabbed a handful of straw and put it on it.
When the "Zhuazhou" ceremony began, Zhu Hang and Zhou Yu placed the little ones in their arms on the carpet respectively.
The two little guys still like to crawl and don’t want to learn to walk. The things on the carpet immediately attracted the attention of the two little guys.
They climbed up twice and looked at the things but didn't take them. Zhou Yu became anxious and pointed at the things and asked them to take them. They simply sat down and looked at the things, grinning with drool.
"Sister, tell them to catch things." Zhou Yu had no choice but to ask his sister for help.
Zhou Xiang squatted down beside the carpet, clapped his hands to attract the attention of the two little guys, pointed at something on the carpet, and said, "Jian Jiankang, you two grab something for your aunt!"
The two little guys immediately changed from sitting to crawling. Kang Kang grabbed the seal first, quickly crawled to Zhou Xiang's side, pulled Zhou Xiang's sleeve and stood up, and handed the thing in his hand to Zhou Xiang, "Auntie."
The guests who participated in the "Zhuazhou" ceremony were all amused. Not only did this little guy listen to their aunt, but he also called them aunt? You know, they teased them for a long time, and the two little guys didn't say a word.
Jianjian was anxious and didn't make a choice. He grabbed the pen closest to him and quickly crawled towards Zhou Xiang. He held Zhou Xiang's other sleeve to stand up and handed the pen in his hand to Zhou Xiang, "Auntie."
Zhou Xiang took the things from the two children's hands, and the guests said auspicious words about the things the two little guys were holding, and the Zhou-grabbing ceremony was successfully completed.
Zhou's father and Zhu Hang invited the guests to the South Building Dining Hall for dinner.
Zhou Xiang kissed the two little guys who were standing steadily and smiling in front of her on the cheek. The two little guys also followed Zhou Xiang's example and kissed her on the cheek.
Mother Zhou looked at the jealousy on her eldest daughter's face and covered her mouth to hold back her laughter.
Zhou Xiang pointed at his second sister across the street and said to the two little ones, "Go, go to your mother and kiss her too."
The two little guys immediately squatted down, changed to a crawling position, and crawled towards their mother.
Zhou Yu quickly squatted down and stretched out her hands. The two little guys used her hands to stand up and kissed her.
Before Zhou Yu could kiss back excitedly, the two little guys crawled back to Zhou Xiang, grinning and drooling at him.
Zhou Xiang saw that they were looking for praise, so he praised them generously, "Not bad, very well behaved."
Zhou Yu was about to cry out of grievance, "Sister, you asked them to call me, I have been teasing them for two months, but they just won't open their mouths. They also don't call their dad, so today they are calling you."
Zhou Xiang chuckled, "Hehe, you said you weren't jealous, but now you are jealous? Darlings, go over there and call your mom."
Jian Jiankang just turned around and called to Zhou Yu, "Ma~Ma." Then he turned to look at Zhou Xiang, "Auntie."
Zhou Xiang hugged the two little ones and said, "Yeah! It's easier to call me aunt, right?"
The two little guys were grinning.
Zhou Yu went to the dining room to eat angrily. Zhou's mother came over with a smile and picked up one of the children. Unfortunately, he refused to hold her and the child had to lean against his aunt.
"Okay, Mom, go eat! I'll play with them here for a while."
Zhou's mother brought the steamed egg custard, and Zhou Xiang fed it one spoonful at a time, and took the opportunity to drop a few drops of well water into the egg custard.
The final exams were on June 23rd and 24th. After the exams, I was notified to take the train to Beijing on the 28th.
Zhou Xiang caught up with Ran Qiming and asked, "Teacher Ran, has the school booked the train tickets?"
"No! I'll go get the funds right away."
"We need to take a sleeper berth. I'll pay the difference, and I can ask someone to help book the tickets."
Ran Qiming hesitated for a moment. She must be talking about her small group, and then there were only him and Ping Zhengping left.
"Then let's all book berths together and link the berth numbers together."
Zhou Xiang raised an eyebrow. "You want me to book it together? Aren't you afraid of exceeding the cost?"
"It can't be that Ping Zhengping and I are the only ones with seats, right?"
"Okay, as long as you can reimburse it." After Zhou Xiang said that, he walked towards the administrative building.
Ran Qiming also went to the administrative building. He wanted to find the principal to report the situation. If the sleeper ticket was not reimbursed, where would he find a seat ticket?
Both of them were heading for the principal's office. Ji Zhongcheng chuckled, "Why are we here at the same time?"
Zhou thought, "I'll call and book a ticket."
Ran Qiming, "I'm going to talk to the principal about the train tickets."
After hearing this, Zhou Xiang was no longer in a hurry to make the call. He waited until Ran Qiming finished speaking before calling.
"You tell me." Ji Zhongcheng felt that it must be Zhou who caused the trouble.
Sure enough, "Zhou wanted to book a sleeper ticket. She said she would pay the difference. What about Ping Zhengping and I? Am I supposed to only take care of Ping Zhengping?"
Zhou Xiang, however, extended a hand to Ji Zhongcheng and said, "You have to make up for the difference in your son's price."
Ji Zhongcheng took a step back and said, "Alright, let's reserve a sleeper berth. The school will register it. If you win the prize, I'll also reserve a sleeper berth for the return trip."
Ran Qiming took the opportunity to ask, "So, what about the funding?"
"Take some first and come back to talk about it later."
Ran Qiming left with satisfaction. Zhou Xiang pointed at the phone and said, "Borrow it for a moment."
"Use it!"
I called Zhou Yizhou's home and asked him to help book tickets to Beijing for the 10 pm train on the 28th, eight student tickets, three adult tickets, and berths, preferably next to each other.
After hanging up the phone, Ji Zhongcheng asked her who the two extra adults were.
"My mother and my eldest brother."
Ji Zhongcheng didn't say anything. If the adults were willing to follow, they would just have to pay for the expenses themselves.
At the school gate, the third brother and the others were waiting for her. "I asked someone to help book a sleeper berth on the train for the evening of the 28th."
Ji Bin was a little unconvinced, "Will my old man agree?"
"It's none of my business. It's just a sleeper berth, why are you worrying so much? If you come back with a prize, he'll even reserve a sleeper berth for the return trip."
With an award as a foundation, won’t the funding increase?
Finally, it was agreed that we would have lunch at Zhou Xiang's house at noon on the 28th, and then gather at the main gate of No. 1 Middle School after lunch. This was the location mentioned by Ran Qiming when he notified us.
Then, everyone went back home to find their own mother.
After finding his mother, Zhou Xiang told her that they would set off on the 28th.
Zhou's mother was anxious to prepare the "specialties".
Zhou Xiang had no choice but to take her job and take care of the two little ones.
Jiankangkang likes to stay in his aunt's arms the most, and the things in the playground have no appeal to him anymore.
"Let's go back to the house. It's so hot here. What's fun here?"
Zhou Xiang held one child in each hand and slowly walked towards the north building.
Seeing this, Zhou Yu wanted to beat up her two sons. No matter how she told them to walk, they would not listen and kept crawling on their own. Now, their sister was holding their hands, and they were walking obediently and steadily.
Zhu Hang certainly knew what his lover was upset about. He chuckled and said, "You should think about it the other way around. At least there's someone at home who can control two children."
This was the only way to comfort himself. Zhou Yu nodded, went into the house, and didn't look!
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