When Chu Linyu saw that the figure had disappeared, he hummed and looked for someone, "Where's my brother? I'm not close enough to him yet."
"Oh, good baby, brother will be back soon." Chu Minghai gently rocked the swaddle to coax his daughter.
Lin Zheng ran to the outer room, took off his cotton jacket and put it away, then went to wash his hands, and used soap twice. After washing, he put his hands close to the stove to warm them.
"Does Zheng Zheng like his sister?"
Cai Honglian, who was cooking dumplings nearby, was afraid that Lin Zheng would not be able to accept the sudden gender change of his younger brother, whom he had been waiting for for several months.
"I like it, of course I like it!" Lin Zheng answered crisply without any hesitation.
"That's good as long as you like it, but your third brother said that he won the bet this time and wants your good slingshot. If Zheng Zheng is reluctant to let his aunt help you, we won't give it to him."
When Lin Zheng heard this, he realized that this was not okay, so he turned around and said to Cai Honglian seriously, "Aunt, I admit defeat. Just give the slingshot to my third brother."
"Don't you feel bad?"
"I feel bad, but—"
"But what?"
"But I've learned how to make it. I'll make the same one again in a few days, hehe."
Cai Honglian burst out laughing.
"You, you, the fourth child in our family, have been eating your third brother's food. He has been looking forward to having a one-of-a-kind slingshot to show off, and now you can actually make one. Hahahaha!"
Cai Honglian didn't feel sorry for her son at all. She just thought it was too funny that the third son would be humiliated again after just a few days of happiness. It was another chapter in his dark history.
Lin Zheng scratched his head, chuckled twice, and continued to roast by the fire.
When he felt that even his body was no longer cold as it was outside, he hurried back to the east room.
This time he didn't look at his sister first, but hugged Lin Shufen's waist.
"Mom, you've worked hard. Are you scared when I'm not by your side?" She turned her head to Chu Minghai and said, "I'm sorry, Dad. I didn't fulfill your request. I shouldn't have gone out today."
Lin Shufen knew her son would be like this. This kid is good in every way, but he is too sensible. Touching the stubble on his head, she said:
"Zheng Zheng, this has nothing to do with you. It was an accident. No one could have controlled it. You took such good care of mom before. Everyone who saw me praised me for my good fortune in my previous life to have a good son like you. It was your efforts before that made mom raise her so comfortably and gave birth to my sister safely today."
"Really?" He blinked his big, bright eyes to confirm.
Chu Minghai put his daughter next to his wife, pulled his son over, picked him up, and let him sit on his lap.
He consoled her, "Of course it's true. Not only did you do a great job, you exceeded your expectations! Better than what Dad did! Without you, your little sister wouldn't be able to grow so fat."
Lin Zheng felt completely relieved that his efforts were recognized and his parents did not blame him. He climbed onto the kang and knelt beside his sister, looking at her tenderly.
After listening to their conversation, Chu Linyu felt warm in her heart. Her new home is so happy. She started to like this little brother even more. He is such a good boy. She will definitely treat him well in the future!
"The dumplings are out of the pot! Come and eat."
"Hey, here I come." Lin Shufen responded.
Seeing that the father and son in front of her were still not moving, Lin Shufen urged them to go, "Hurry up and eat. The dumplings are ready, but you are not eating them. I am sorry for you."
It was the first time that Chu Minghai and Lin Zheng ate the dumplings so voraciously, not because they were hungry but because they were in a hurry. They didn’t even dip them in the garlic paste, not because they didn’t care but because the garlic paste had such a strong smell, what if it offended their daughter/sister!
Of course, except for the silly boy Lin Feng, no one else dipped the food in garlic paste.
Lin Feng complained as he stuffed dumplings into his mouth: "What happened today? I worked so hard to peel the garlic and mash it into garlic paste, but you guys don't want to eat it? Dumplings without garlic will lose half their flavor, don't you know?"
However, no one reminded him. After all, teasing Xiao San'er had become a tacit understanding in this family. Besides, with one less competitor, they can hold the baby longer.
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